Lame Johnny the Outlaw Executed by Vigilantes at Buffalo Gap
Fort Robinson Neb July 5 The outlaw Lame Johnny known for slave raids and murders was hanged by a mob after escape attempts. Deputy Smith first seized him and sent him toward Buffalo Gap but vigilantes captured him and carried out the hanging.
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Lame Johnny
Buffalo Gap
Fort Rosinson
Neb
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Times
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Crowe
Aner
Tagas
Pue Ridge
Jotiana
Quick repair trip earns commendation at Grand Island
H P Makely foreman of the UPRR repairs department rushed a special engine tender and repair car thirty miles to fix an express car axle two miles west of Gibbon. He completed the job within three hours and the train moved again in under two hours after the accident. The Grand Island meeting of the G A R featured officer installations with N F Hazen as post commander and E M Day as adjutant.
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H. P. Makely, Rey
U. P.R.R
Gibbon
Hank
Grand Island
Comneseadth
G.A R
N F. Hazen
E. M Day
Chas, Streater
J. Neubauer
G. W. Russell
Hugo Deprezin
Tatanka Yetanke and Fort Laramie Treaty Recall
The piece recounts Tatanka Yetanke alias Sitting Bull urging a peace message to the United States via Father Genin, citing 1863 Fort Laramie treaty breaches and Sioux resistance. It also covers Custer’s 1876 campaign, a staged Indian village, a flag of truce incident, and mythic accounts of battles, plus unrelated local curiosities and a historical cannon claim.
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Tatanka
Yetanke
United States
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Sherman
Terry
Fort Louramie
Yotankee
Litle
Big Horn
Custer
Rwebad
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Pather Geale
Relief of Grasshoppered Settlers Act Passes House
The measure, introduced by Senator Paddock, relieves settlers on public lands in districts affected by grasshopper recurrences. It allows absence from lands for up to one year with no adverse rights, and extends proof and payment deadlines by one year. Applies to pre emptors and timber growth provisions from 1873 acts and amendments.
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Uriel States of America
Congress
Indiana
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House of Representatives
Growth and population forecasts for Nebraska and Kansas
The Lincoln Journal extols Nebraska’s 1879 population rise over 1878, predicts near 500000 more souls by next US census, and notes Kansas reaching a million as rail expansion opens new counties. It compares Nebraska’s growth with Indiana Illinois and other states, and comments on state finances and legal costs, criticizing public corruption and inflated bills.
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Nebraska
Alpo
United States
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Kansas
Reilevod
Illinois
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Indiana
Union
Weathered notes mingle crops and oddities from Nebraska
A garbled rural column lists crops and seasonal forecasts including peas lettuce beans and potatoes with remarks on dog days in July and a vast black berry crop. It notes cattle range expansion in Nebraska west of Kearney and homestead activity toward the Colorado line, ending with a humorous regional aside.
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