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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1879
Page
7
A lengthy commentary discusses the Cheyenne uprising, praising the troops for their obedience while condemning the Interior Department for failed policy. It blames broken treaties, misused contracts, and harmful administration for the tragedy, urging reform to prevent future massacres.
Two men recount recent events in Grand Teland and Wasashington. S. P. Mobley won a postal agency between Kearney and Omaha, while P. R. Williams secured the Grand Island postmastership.
The Olive gang trial begins February 3 in Kearney with a large audience expected. Olive has lawyers Hinman and Neville of North Platte Hammer and Connor of Kearney and I L Warrington of Plum Creek. Gen. Dillworth will represent the State.
The piece lists Mar r H Carpenter elected U S Senator from Wisconsin Orville H Platt from Connecticut J Donald Cameron from Pennsylvania General John A Logan from Illinois Roscoe Conkling from New York and Governor Vance from North Carolina The tone hints at a skeptical reaction to the results and the broader commentary on the crowd.
The Telecram acknowledges receipt and thanks officials for placing in its possession the Biennial Report of the Treasurer of State the Letter of O H Irish to Hon John D C Atkins the Report upon the Condition of Crops the Report of the State Librarian for the years 7 78 and the Tenth Annual Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instructions.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court outlines that a widow's dower begins at marriage and cannot be affected by the husband's post marriage judgments, recognizances, mortgages, or other encumbrances, not even a King's debt. Dower is a legal and moral right, highly protected by law, second only to life and liberty.
A large pursuit forms against Indian thieves after 600 head of cattle and horses were stolen in Cheyenne Keith and Lincoln counties. Seventy five men already left Sidney for Col Norths Ranch, with a rendezvous at Norths tomorrow. Ten soldiers and an officer from Fort McPherson join as the hunt expands with cavalry support expected from the north.
Fort Hubinson residents recall a Cheyenne escape plot ten days after Native prisoners were confined. The plan aimed to kill a guard, seize guns, and ride off on horses to the bluffs, but two cavalry companies returned the night before the execution, saving the fort from a major breakout and potential wide-scale pursuit.
Public auction scheduled February 24 1879 at 2 pm at the east door of the Isid county Courthouse to satisfy judgments in the case of H V Redington plaintiff vs F Hirshstein et al with lands in Sidney Cheyenne County Nebraska described by lot and block locations and plat references. Joan Zweisfel Sheriff and Special Master Commissioner.
The narrative recalls heroic desperations among the Cheyennes as they choose liberty or death. A warrior, gripping his infant son, is killed after a doomed charge on soldiers. A mother poised to kill her child vows mutual death, but is stayed by death’s hand before the deed can be done.
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