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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
1
Cheyenne county Nebraska boards discuss claims, road funds, and official bonds. Resolutions honor judges George W Heist and others as the district court term closes, with delegates named for a beet sugar convention and local civic notes on construction and agriculture.
Country Callings reports blustery weather as Attorney E D Hamilton and wife visit Iowa for Thanksgiving. Farmers market small grain, gather corn, coal dealers stockpile for winter, Chappell merchants cheer trade, and stock of all kinds remains favorable. Rev John Sodona moves to Ogallala to lead the Baptist church. district court commences next week with several cases. Small grain shipments and hay being sent to Denver. One Ladies Aid Society plans a Thanksgiving dinner during court week. Treat engages in cattle shipping. hyoom corn acreage expected in spring. corn husking underway and Dykman brothers thresh around Dew county. William Iyisco to build five or six hundred.
Obituary notice from Eastor Telegraph reports Colonel Joseph S Conrad, 21st Infantry, died of pleuro pneumonia at Fort Randall South Dakota on the 4th instant. Born Ithaca New York August 23 1833 he graduated Military Academy 1857 and served from 1857 onward. He commanded the 21st Infantry at Fort Sidney since April 6 1891 and was highly regarded as a strict prudent officer with warm character. Mourning is declared for thirty days and notes of his service are reviewed. Local notices urge Oberfelder to bring rye and wheat for high cash prices and report a meeting of Cheyenne county Independent Central Committeeman in Sidney December 10 1891.
W.T. Foster of the Western Observer predicts a harsh 1892-93 winter with widespread drought especially in the Mississippi Valley and Atlantic lowlands. He urges farmers to store grain and hay and notes storms across the continent, criticizing the National Weather Bureau and calling for meteorology focused on agriculture. He cites prior forecasts of cold springs and warm summers and discusses land ditching opportunities in Nebraska and Iowa.
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