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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1876

Page

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County Officials Borrow Sinking Fund for County Debts

County Commissioners of Culeyene County Nebraska meet at 10 p m to authorize borrowing 93000 from the sinking fund to cover two years for the County General Fund and outstanding indebtedness. County Clerk to certify the resolution to the County Treasurer. Attestations by County Clerk and Senior Commissioner. Also a note of thanks from Mrs C Conningham for rescue of furniture and part of her building from a recent fire.

C. Conningham

Swindlers Target Local Shoppers Warns Brethren of the Press

The notice urges citizens to beware pretended sample men selling at home and warns that swindlers have moved west to dupe locals. It advises patronizing home merchants to keep money in the community and to spread the warning across the Brethren of the Press.

Walrath and Miss Nelli Serbia wed in Sidney Me

Judge Carrigan performs the Nov 11 ceremony in Sidney with Walrath and Nelli Serbia of Big Springs. The couple receives public congratulations as they begin their life together. Cheyenne papers note smallpox prevalence while Cheyenne Telegraph reports heavy snow storms east west and north. The snow route between Sidney and the agencies and mines resists drifting.

Walrath Sidney Meeces Carrigan Miss Nelli Serbia Big Springs Telegraph Wesr M. A. Brown Beatrice Azpress Henry Sidney Trade Pratt & Ferris van Tagsell

A Novel Sight In Sidney As Death Comes To Town

A troop of soldiers marches a dead man through Sidney, the first funeral in memory of locals, drawing curious crowds from Front street to the cemetery. Gen King grants passage, the 6th Infantry band plays, and observers recall past funerals and the dreamlike scene of death entering everyday life.

Sidney Gen. King Cheyenne King Front Street 6Th Infantry Morlan’s American House Crook Usll Idney

Smallpox in Cheyenne and public works notes

Reports note smallpox in Cheyenne as part of broader outbreaks. Telegraph line to Deadwood completed with first Western Union dispatch to H T Clarke. Wyoming Kit J B Adams joins Cheyenne Sun, prompting sharp editorial changes. Read of a Union Church 18 by 25 feet for school use near South Platte, costing about $800. Budd Doble arrives in Birney with 15 top horses valued around $200,000, including Goldsmith Maid and Bodine.

Deadwood Western Union Co H. T. Clarke J.B. Adams Wyoming Kit Cheyenne Sun Poulton Budd Doble Birney San Francisco Goldsmith Maid Bodine Chicago Abe Edgington California Sam Purdy J. D. Benton New York Barus Greenport Long Island Budd

Cheyenne Welcomes D. J. McCann Market Leader

Cheyenne receives a flood of freighters and business leaders with the arrival of D. J. McCann a leading wholesale dealer. He plans a 30 by 100 foot building to house a wholesale general merchandise operation as the city faces growing pressure.

Cheyenne Sidney D. J. McCann West McC McCane

The Captain's Goat Makes a Daring Descent

Goats of Tom Kane thrill locals with a comic escape near the Methodist church. One goat leaped ten feet, escaped via a church window, and bounded through a roof scuttle into the loft, landing safely amid crestfallen cars below. The stunt showcased the goat's fearless, puzzling antics and left onlookers impressed.

Tom Kane

Perfection Sewing Machine Advertised in Cheyenne

The Perfection Sewing Machine is promoted as a simple cheap durable model, warrantied for three years. J. Sanderson is named as Cheyenne agent with priced machines and attachments, and is also agent for the Sewing Machine Patent Street Lamp. Letters to Mr J Sanderson Cheyenne will receive prompt attention.

J. Sanderson Cheyenne Ifo J Cheyenne

Substantial Item Prompts Storage Building at Military HQ

The army plans to erect an 80 by 100 foot building near the railroad by the machine shops to handle general military uses and storage as inbound stores surge northward. Construction begins December first, amid scattered tepees and encampment imagery around Sidney as merchants await holiday goods.

Conductors Brotherhood excursion returns from the west

A group reports the conductors Brotherhood returned from the west on Monday. Hunters from the South Platte brought seven buffalo four black tailed deer and several antelope saddles to Sidney. They note buffalo numbers near Sterling. A man named Curry who assaulted Edward Rosewater was sentenced to imprisonment in the State. A citizen dispute over a $5500 error in Black Hills repairs shows the corrected amount is $7300.

H. T. Clarke James Stephenson Capt. Marsh Rumsey Fort Wayne Chas Heineck Denver John Zweifel Fred Nye Fremont Zridune Ed. Parker Lone Tree Sidney HT. Clarke Bellevue Wim J. Doughty Hills Andy Walrath W H Michael North Platte von Leutwitz 8Rd Cavalry Julius Abel C. 8 Goodrich Abel C. J. Westerdahl General Western Singer” Manufacturing Company Chas. Smith C.J. Maher Maher Red Cloud South Platte Sterling Curry Edward Rosewater Omaha Zee Faocen Sage Lake Black Hills

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