Old Spot Leads Front Campaign Against Indian Hostiles
Telegraphed report from Fort Robinson Neb shows General Crook at Issy with Spot-tailled Sioux chief Spotted Tail moving toward Tongue River camps to urge surrender terms. A body found along Cottonwood Canyon is identified by a torn handkerchief marked 5. D. indicating a murder about a month prior.
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Spot
Tongue River
Mle
Fort Robinson
Neb
Crook
Issy
Sheridan
J‘all
Spotted Tail
Gwin
Cottonwood
Canyon
Sidney Growth Prompts Black Hills Route Hype
The Sidney tenor is praised as a rapid growth town with carpenters, government tents and booming freight, while the Lincoln Globe notes the rush to the Black Hills. Sidney leads in route debate and construction, with Beaver City colleagues commenting on development and a railway shortcut claim.
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Beaver City
Furnus County
Sidney Tenxonavia
Sidney
Lincoln Globe
Black Hills
Rane shipments route from Europe to the United States
Mail from Europe and Africa flows to New York then to the Eastern States chiefly Massachusetts followed by widespread distribution. Perfumed billets doux and dunning letters reach professionals including journalists doctors lawyers and preachers across the region.
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Rane
New York
Europe
Aswand Africa
Massachusetts
Rulings Postpone Execution in Mountain Meadows Case
Supreme Court overrules lower court rulings delaying execution of Jatin D. Lee, the Mountain Meadows murderer, signaling possible appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Silver Commission session hears Henri Cernaschi discuss gold and silver relative values and bi metallic standard. Sidney is crowded with strangers.
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Jatin D. Lee
Mountain Meadows
Supreme Court
Second District
United States Supreme Court
Silver Commission
Senator Jones
Nevada
Henri Cernaschi
City Personals Highlight Sidney Business Moves
Several new arrivals and relocations shape Sidney with Pratt & Ferris agencies and wholesale clothing links. notable figures include Mr J J Lutz and Mr G H Gaseer considering Sidney, while Em ery plans to move Pioneer Livery to town. Kennard Simpson open 20x75 wholesale rotting house. J S Gantz joins Beatrice trader network. McCann firm expands west with liquor and grain trade.
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Cep. Allen
Fremont
Neb
G.P. Watkins
Sutton
Gueug
Guicago
H. Hooper
Nebraska
Bidney
Peter
Randolph
New York
John Paret & Co
Newman
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Sidney
Dunn
Adolph W@engke
J. Embody
Pratt & Ferris
Owen Blerpont
Denver
John Donovan
George Galenela
North
G. H. Gaseer
Crete
Saline County
Nick” Yager
Ottumwa
M J. Yager
Joseph J. Kennard
James F. Simpson
Second and
Vine Street
Kennard
Kennard Bros
Omaha
Montana
Utah
Simpson
Lowa
Kangas
Bain
Mining mentions in Black Hills add to growing boom
The Black Hills Herald notes massive activity with new mine sales near Golden Gate the Golden Terry and Ophir sold for fifty thousand dollars to J W Bailey and Durbin. A rich silver ledge is found on Hoodoo Gulch near Castleton by Hank Jennings. Hayward grows with about thirty buildings and a ten mile square quartz district organized. Numerous claims report rich prospects from Sage Chance to Foster districts and 74 stamp mills en route. Mountain City District attracts attention while Castle Creek yields rich prospects along its course. An expedition to Big Horn returns amid heavy snow. Passenger traffic to Sidney grows as miners expect east-backed companies to move west in spring.
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Hoodoo Gulch
Castleton
Hank Jennings
Montana
Hayward
Hayward, Currant & Co
Ziarney
Battle City
Sidney
Foothilla
Sage Chance District
Anderson & Co
Phillips and Brown
Rosebud
Massachusetts
Foster
Edward Mason
Custer
Rapid Creek
Mountain City
Stage Road
Castle Creek
Young
Battle Creek
Big Horn Country
Ft. Reno
Red Canyon
Fear Rock
Cheyenne's Rough Street Life Draws Tarnished Image
A Cheyenne correspondent portrays the city as crowded with busted freighters and derelicts, where main street is lined with saloons and faro rooms. He notes heavy drinking at twenty five cent whisky, common firearm carry, and barroom violence among soldiers miners thieves and frontiersmen including murderous reputations.
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Cheyenne
Black Hills
Catholics of Sidney Organize for New Church
At a Sidney meeting chaired by Rev. John McGoldrick a four-member committee including Kane Griffin Dalton and Mahoney was chosen to solicit subscriptions for a Catholic church. Kane is to locate a site and Herliby was named treasurer. The group adjourned with monthly reports to the pastor and a published record in the Sidney Tribune. The Dawson County Pioneer notes T L Warrington—Eng.—visiting Sidney.
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Sidney
Edward Lowry
John McGoldrick
Mesars
Kane
Griffin
Dalton
Mahoney
Herliby
Sidney Trix Grapi
Epw
McLennon
Secy
Editorial Acquisition of a Wise White Owl
The Osceola Record boasts possession of a large white owl said to be as wise as a presidential elector. It notes no other journal in the Commonwealth can match such an editorial acquisition.
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Osceola Record
Ile
Commonwealth
Bridge across the Platte interest Weld and Cheyenne counties
The TELLoRom urges South Platte correspondent to publicize the Platte bridge project as vital to Weld and Cheyenne county farmers. Judge Lytle traveled from Custer City to Sidney via the Short Cut on Saturday en route to Omaha to buy goods, praising the Sidney route and favoring speed and fairness over other routes.
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Tellorom
South Platte
The
Platte
Weld County
Cheyenne County
Judge Lytle
Sidney
Custer City
Omaha
Bridge damage feared on Lodge Pole river freshet
It is believed most bridges on the Lodge Pole river will be destroyed during the present freshet. This would be severe for Cheyenne county farmers and cause embarrassment for weeks while structures are rebuilt. The river yesterday morning was at bank full.
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Lodge Pole
Cheyenne County
Fi Lee Gaee
Sidney masque at American House draws large crowd
The bar masque at the American House in Sidney Tuesday evening was the season's largest. About seventy masks showcased a range of beauty and ugliness with the Sidney Cornet Band providing music. Masks included devils of many sizes and outfits, all deemed devilishly pretty. Participants disbanded at midnight and, in a playful twist, claimed they knew their neighbors. The party ended at 5 AM.
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Sidney
Sidney Corne
Representative W. P. St Clair of Nebraska's 49th District
W. P. P. St Clair, member for the 49th district including Cheyenne, Keith, Dundy, Chase, Hitchcock, Red Willow and adjacent territory, born Sept 30, 1842 in Monroe County, Virginia. He lived in Schuyler in 1806 then moved to Ogallala, Keith County, pursued banking at Kearney Junction, served with Co G 11th Ohio Cavalry in the war, married Hillsboro, Ohio in Aug 1866, has five children, stands five feet six inches tall and weighs 105 pounds, and is described as a Democrat.
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Peiletakios
Nebraska
Bt Clair
W. P. P. St Clair
Cheyenne
Keith
Dundy
Chase
Hitchcock
Red Willow
Ogallala
Keith County
Monroe County
Virginia
West Virginia
Schuyler-in-Nebraska
Kearney Junction
Co. G
11Th Ohio
Yo Cavalry
Hillsboro
Ohio
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Banking Home
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WM. Wallace
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Sidney, Nebraska
Geo. R. Dallyu
Geo. W. Heist
Attornel
Chan, H. Brown
John M. Thurston
Brown & Thurston
Attorneys AL Law
Omaha, Nebraska
Tunman & Gantt, Attorneys AL. Law
North Platte, Neb
Brown Brothers
Stone Masons
L. Hobbs
Arciustecle
J. GC. Ivy
T. Murphy
Main and
Walnut Street
J. Maho Bey
Surles &Cqrant
Strett
C.A. Moore
Carrie
Raad
Carrigan’s
Wirth
Marmey
James K. Isis
Druccist
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Ranka
Jeremiah ‘Mahoney
City City Hotel
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City
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Old Spot
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United States
Edwin ©. Gray
Fond du Lac, Wie
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Fred Becker
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Lavery
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Emery
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Missouri River
Lucre
Mara
J. S. Gantz
Baltimore
D. K. Osbourn
Henry Gantz
Henry Gantz & Co
Metropolitan Railroad
Washington
Point of Rocks
Washington County
J. McCann
Tkrmunara
J. 8. Gantz
McCann
Paul H. Rawlins
Golden Terry
Ophir
Golden Gate
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Indiana
Dalton’s Ranch
Laramie
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Chronicle
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Catholic Church
Dawson County
T. L. Warrington
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