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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1878
Page
3
In Sidney Nebraska the Local Column lists parish and county events with notices for residents. The item notes financial terms about rates and charges on specific days, mentioning February 12 and local items in Pargkoy Caxvexar County.
City notes report a Grand Masquerade Ball at the White House on the 13th and a February 14th event at the American House. Also mentioned are mining dust receipts in Sidney and a storm extending to Canada with favorable snow prospects.
Major Conkling reports favorable progress in the newly discovered oil country near Jenney's Stockade in the Rapid City district. Fifty two claims are filed with cabins. a town site will be laid out. Silliman Legrove Hennesey Calderven plan salt works ten miles north. Conkling will return with a surveyor to mark and plate claims.
The Cheyenne Stage route abandonment is detailed with the Sidney line now shorter by about sixty miles and offering open level terrain. The Cheyenne stages shift to the Sidney route, reducing travel distance to Sidney and improving safety, with twenty four hours saved for passengers and a week for freighters.
A local account describes a Monday evening event at the Metropolitan where Mr Joseph Nolan and Mr James O Kane wed Miss Alice Dwyer and Miss Bessie Brown. The write up notes a clerical guest, playful angles, and warm wishes for the couples as they begin their new lives.
A grand Saint Patrick's Ball on March 17 1878 at White House Hall raises funds for a Bidney Catholic Church. Tickets include supper and music at eight dollars. Prominent local ladies and gentlemen are listed as organizers and contributors. The notice also mentions nearby news items and commercial ads.
Deadwood businessmen sign a public resolution to fix gold dust value. From February 1 1878 gold dust will be taken and paid at seventeen dollars per ounce. unsettled debts or contracts before February 1 adjust at eighteen dollars per ounce.
Calico six cents a yard at A A Moores. For rent dwellings for sale or rent. Seek Capitol corner Rose and Second for comfort. Breakfast bacon at Adama Ked Ingles Haus. Anderson Williams Capitol Billiard Hall at Rose and Second. Two billiard tables and a bar. Calico six cents at C A Moore’s. New York Dry Goods Store strand clearing sale of Ladies underwear and suits. Newman Humbug Cigar fame. Masquerade date set for American House February 14.
Advertises two desirable business rooms available for rent or sale. For particulars inquire at the Telegrapic office.
Frosts patent enables bale sizes from 250 pounds using a two horsepower press. Cras Morton Lodge Pole Cheyenne Nebraska Mesers Adama Redington Hang Excelsior Meat Market offers sausage making and winter beef and mutton. Henry mis on Vine and Second street white Blacksmith shop moves to Joe Bowers building. Masquerade Ball on February 14 and new dry goods stock at McDonalds.
A Grand Masquerade is planned at the American House on February 14, 1873. The new Meat Market run by Adams Redington and Ifaas boasts premium cuts. Anderson and Williams at the Billiard Parlor on Rose and Second Street are attracting more patrons with seasoned service and popular drinks.
A grand ball will be held at White House Hall in the evening of March 17 1878 to celebrate St Patrick's Day with music dancing and social gathering for attendees.
Property listing for a five room merchant building with an office on Front Street and a full sized lot. Indicates limited availability and invites inquiries at Darrow & Stevenson's Real Estate Office.
Tickets for the Brant Masquerade Ball at the American House on February 14 are $1 each and on sale at the American House. door sales available the evening of the ball. Spectators pay full admission, unmasked promenaders barred until after 12, with a committee at the door to check masks.
An odd railroad tale from Nebraska tells of a couple who rode a remarkably slow train and, after telegraphing a minister to meet them at Nebraska City, were married on arrival and became parents before reaching Lincoln.
The document records the dissolution of a partnership between Mario F McCann and Phil Lonergan dated August 8 1876 with Lonergan taking all debts. It lists cattle brands XX and J on the left shoulder and the cattle brand D J M and horse brand D J. It also notes a sheriff’s attachment in Cheyenne County Nebraska for fifty six dollars and twenty five one hundredths from January 21 1878.
Notice to stockmen announces a February 9 1878 meeting at 2 PM in the Sidney courthouse to arrange prosecution of stock law offenders. Full attendance required.
The partnership between Coltharp and Isaacs is dissolved by mutual consent. John Isaacs will wind up and continue the business as Coltharp & Isaacs, with all accounts settled and the firm’s operations carried on under Isaacs at Halfway Hollow Renel on Black Stage Line.
Fragmentary OCR mentions county clerk, individual names and a case reference with initials and numbers. Readable elements point to a civil or legal filing but lack clear actions, dates, or outcomes for a fuller summary.
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