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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1878
Page
3
A clumsy local column notes odd pricing, listing dine charges at 25 cents and a special locals section with 15 and a double price line. The garbled text suggests inconsistent rates and unclear headings for local notices or ads.
John Carrigan of Fay, a prominent Blair lawyer, visited the metropolis this week. Seward County Advocate debuts in Seward with a bold journalistic aim. Daugherty Kelly & Co open in Ganiz & Son's shop. TeLyxorarit may feature them. Five men displaced. sheriff Zweltel’s county establishment seen. Wells and Allen of Crete launch Taz Stoney Telegram. new Nebraska namesake born. Prof. Kelley gives a varied music show at White House hall. repeat performance planned. Mrs. Kelley to play piano selections. Curran and Johnson, reliable local builders, pledge prompt, fair work. consult before contracting. Their shop faces the TeLeonard office.
A driver on the Sidney stage reported the body of a man named Win Wilson, alias Cloud, found on the prairie near a Crook City ranch eight miles from the Big Marmack road. The deceased, about 40, with red hair, likely died by his own hand, a gun beside him. Letters on the corpse identify relatives in Lockland Ohio and a brother in Minneapolis. The ranch owner Grasshopper Jim notified authorities and confirmed the identification.
Rev Crates N Care expresses gratitude for community support in raising funds for a church organ. He notes $105.00 raised in two days and a festival receipts total of $144.60. He thanks Mrs. R Vin Tessell and Jus B Gos Co for donations and Sidney residents for generosity and kindness.
A Sidney society event last Friday opened the season with a church organized carnival at White House hall. Guests crowded the venue from 8 to 12 with a lavish supper and tables of fruit, confectionery, and lemonade. A cake raffle with a gold ring sparked rivalry between Mrs Van Tassell and Miss Berg, ending in Van Tassell’s $18.50 win. The event featured toasts, including a notable speech on law by A M Stevenson, and concluded with Breibower winning the prize cake and gifting the ring to Van Tassell, who presented it to Mr Cate.
The speech lauds the law as open to all and credits Nebraska and Sidney bar associations. It highlights the roles of lawyers as interpreters of law and advocates for innocence and justice. Names Bierbower Fowler Heist Ballou are mentioned as exemplary figures in the Bar.
The article details receipts totaling 144.60 plus 25 in gold bouquets from Mrs Van Tassel and about 50 from a confectionery stand, as King Carnival ruled the week. White House Masquerade attracted a crowd despite a waxed floor, nearly 70 tickets sold. American House event drew crowds, 130 tickets sold, praised costumes and crowds from nearby towns. hints at a renewed masquerade push by Williams and Kounse.
Local ads include Calico at C A Moore's and new York Dry Goods Store offerings. Notices promote Rent or sale of dwellings, Capitol billiard hall at Rose and Second, breakfast bacon at Adams Redington Haas, Humbug Cigars, and cattle hogs from Adams Redington Jans. Also mentions American House drinks and cash payments for hides and pelts.
A small room to rent on favorable terms, apply at this office. Mesars Adams Redington Nans Excelator Meat Market offers sausage making and fresh beef and mutton. For livery services contact Henry Loomis at Vine and Second Streets.
A 10 dollar reward is posted for the capture of the person who killed a hog owned by G A Moore of Sidney Nebraska. The hog is marked with a square crop in both ears.
The partnership between Marie F. McCann of Washington DC and Phil J Lonergan of Keith county is dissolved per the August 8 1876 contract. Lonergan assumes all debts. Brand details include XX cattle and J left shoulder horses owned by McCann with D J M and D J brands. Sidney Jan 14 1878.
The partnership between Coltharp and Isaacs ends by mutual agreement. All partnership accounts are collected and settled by John Isaacs who will continue the business as previously conducted by Coltharp & Isaacs.
In county court, before Judge Dar row, Che vs McGuire and Hefner of Custer County Nebraska, defendants listed.
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