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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1876
Page
1
The Germania Hotel in Sidney burned early Monday, with losses estimated between 5600 and 6000. Firefighters and volunteers battled the blaze, protecting nearby shops. all sixteen occupants escaped, and surrounding businesses suffered minor damage. Residents raised funds to rebuild a stronger, fireproof Germania.
A wall that ran the entire length of Front Street burned down leaving no fire extinguisher or ladders in town and causing a sharp rise in hotel applicants as brave volunteers battled the blaze and other inns faced overload.
A local column urges charitable empathy and self-reliance, praising the city’s frugality and progress while noting no destitution. It argues residents can earn honest pennies and sustain themselves, recalling the old maxim to remember the poor and imagining minstrel shows filling seats.
A 1876 letter recounts a Cheyenne village destruction after a fatal attack on a herder near Crazy Woman's Fork. It notes a captured account book with the name Benson and a July 14 entry for H V Redington. The writer claims weapon injuries and losses among the Cheyennes, plus hardship from cold, clothing, and supplies shortages. Captain Wi Wesser signs the message.
The Shakespereen Literary Club plans its Third Annual Ball at the American House on Christmas evening December 25. Committees named for Invitations Reception Floor Managers include J G Ivy J K Chambers H Snyder O Essig G W Heist A E Annis Wm J McDonald G W Smith Wm France Thos Kane. The piece notes past success and hopes for liberal reception amid city events. Also mentions 200 pounds avoirdupois of Two Lancer and a report of 822 freighter teams in Sidney, Carpenter J O Lee arriving to settle, and concerns about snow depth on the Bouth Platte causing cattle losses. mockmen work to remove stranded animals.
HW T Clarke Capt Marek and Jas Stephenson return from mines via new Sidney route. Rapid City and Crook City post offices established. Route saves miles from Sidney to Deadwood and avoids Cheyenne hills. Freighters report long trips, travelers seek comfort and cheapness on the Sidney Short-Cut.
A strange parcel from Hills arrives in Sidney containing twenty thousand letters undelivered from around the world to a miner’s friend who never claimed them. Postmaster Dudley sorted the batch on condition and sent it to the dead letter office, revealing a trove of unclaimed correspondence and mystery.
A critical passage lambasts nightly dailies for reprinting uncredited material from Sidney Telegraph and Chicago Tribune. It cites gold dust reports from Disney Nebraska, and mocks misinfo about Black Hills dust and claims of stage shipments. The piece questions Sidney donation parties and local clergy prominence.
Telegraphic report from Berlin dated December 18 notes a six to eight week extension of the armistice is assured. Plenipotentiary sittings of the conference will be held after Christmas to discuss the terms and next steps.
Washington report notes that 400 employees at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are discharged, nearly half of the total force. The majority of those let go are women, comprising about two thirds of the affected workers.
In St. Louis Col Henry Olmstead, sentenced to fifteen months in the county jail and a $1000 fine for whisky frauds, has been pardoned. Howard Mead and Jones, government gaugers also tied to the frauds, expect pardons soon. In Omaha Dr Linderman, Mint Director, reports overwork at mints and needs extra accommodations, proposing a branch Mint at Omaha.
The former Lower California governor Villagrana, deposed by revolutionary forces, is in San Francisco. He declines to reveal his mission but reports say loyal Mexicans will be asked to contribute funds and men to restore the national government on the frontier. He plans to sail to Mazatlan to seek action from General Ance to quell the uprising.
In New York on December 19 the postmaster blames the railroad for failing to accept the mail after 3 a.m. The Railway Mail Service must have mail to Jersey City by 8 a.m., fifty-five minutes before the train’s start, with no New York boat leaving between 3 and 3:30, requiring use of the Bolock boat one hour and twenty five minutes before departure.
A 59000 fire in New York at Canal and Mercer destroyed James Mymes's paper goods block and A Rog ers' jewelry shop and heavily damaged Knuckenhock Express building. Earlier Todds's Graphic claimed J J Davenport reports nineteen thousand men enrolled in the city to inaugurate Tilden on March.
Four freight teams with five men were attacked by Indians on Indian creek six miles north of Cheyenne Reuta Creek Wy December 20. Two men B C Stephens of Salt Lake and Fritz of Colorado were found dead, horribly mutilated. Wagons looted, flour spilled, six horses missing, shells from Sharp's rifle. Local troops and citizens reached the scene. bodies buried. About 248 Arapahoe and Sioux scouts, led by Louis Richards, were en route to join Cronk.
A telegram dated December 18 from New York reports the Emma mine suit, Emma Company versus Park Baxter and Stewart, resumed in court this morning. Park's counsel argued Park bears no liability for Grant's acts, claiming Grant acted as his agent and that Grant must cover all expenses.
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