Peaceable Indians Suffer At Red Cloud Agency Ambush
A Dec telegram from Red Cloud agency reports two couriers killed near Sage Creek by a small party of hostile Indians as Tate the mail carrier and a wood chopper were wounded and frozen. A search party pursues the bodies while residents lament ongoing barbarities and call for stronger protection.
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Red Cloud Agency
Sage Creek
Red Cloud
Dillon
Reddy
Tate
Led Cloud Agency
Death on the Rail at Ashtabula Ohio in 1876
A terrible railroad accident occurred at Ashtabula Ohio on Friday night Dec 29 1876. Seven cars and all baggage and express cars burned. About one in five passengers died. The crash happened near the depot beside an iron bridge over Ashtabula Creek seventy five feet high. The wreck doused the ice and many were drowned or burned. The coaches carried Eastern passengers total about 175. Two engines pulled the train one remained on the bridge as it collapsed. Rescue and funeral efforts were soon underway. Separately the Omaha and Republican Valley Railroad reached Wahoo with a celebration of cross county handshakes.
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Ashtabula
Ohio
Lake Snocae
Ashtabula Creek
The Cowboy
A. J. W. argues cowboys are misjudged as reckless and defends their vigilance and generosity. He contrasts metropolitan snobbery with cowboy grit and humanity, urging fair treatment and acknowledging courage under extreme conditions.
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Sidney Telegraph
Holowell & Frye Dissolved and Reorganized Notice
The firm Holowell & Frye is dissolved as of December 12, 1876. The business will thereafter be conducted by J. F. Moinowet.
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Holowell & Frye
Glittering Gold Found Near Battle Creek Stirring Custer Custer City
Telegraph reports discovery of rich gold near Battle Creek twenty-five miles northeast of Custer with new diggings, a planned town named Say Wood, Bartholomew as a street name, and a rush of miners from Deadwood and abroad. Claims rise to fifteen hundred dollars, roads and toll lines expand, and local officials plan saw mill and wholesale commerce as exploration continues.
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Costren Urry
Battle Creek
Custer
Timblin
Sartholo
Fer
Mesgers
Kennedy
Lytle
Bartholomew
Mary
Wood
Herald
F.W. Beck
Rapid City
Anon Ag
Messrs. Currant & Co
Barnard Heiniche
Sidney Barracks
the Herald
White
Sidney
Stephhianon
Buffalo Gap
Henry Sloman
Deadwood
Redland
Point of Rocks
Homan Line
Interior
Trenry
Stephenson Company
Horsehead’s
Pond Creek
Prospecting notes and housing ad from Sidney Neb
An old miner reports rich discoveries on the western slope and predicts rapid mining development. Indians are numerous but miners have a stockade and provisions. a stampede is possible. The Sardioga House, 18 by 40 feet with 10 rooms, is offered for sale as a hotel or boarding house near Sidney's business district. Inquiries to O C Gartitwalt.
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Justin
Anc
O. C. Gartitwalt
Sidney
Neb
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Tie County
Joseph Bd. Gossage
George G Dariow
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Pullman Palace
Omaha and
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R. KR
Wahoo
Saunders County
the Cowboy
BY A.J. W
J. F. Moinowet
Telegraph
City of
Haywood
Custer City
Big Horn
D&c
A. L. Strang
Farnam Street
Omauaa, New
C. F. Goodman
Omaha, Neb
Cheyenne County
John McDonald
John J. Hambright
Cosmopolitan
Sidney and Vicinity
WM. J. Harrison
H. V. Dalton
Ramsey’s
Singer Sewing Machines
Sidney, Neb
WM Stephens
Pr. Wlox
Farnham St
Omaha, Nebraska
Dewey & Stone
Nebraska
J. H Pratt
Pratt & Ferris
C. Freruts
General Outfitting Depot
Camps Robinson
Sheridan
Front Street
Cilt Edge Hotel
TALL
U.P. BR
C. T. Harrison & CO
D. J. McCann & Co
Chicago
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Mark Goods
Sidney Bakery
Oyster
Anheuser’s
St. Louis
M. Urbach
J. Lloyd
Adams, Redington , Haas
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