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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1876
Page
8
An unclear telegraph notice from Sidney Telegraph outlines insertion timing for ads. It mentions bands and days with confusing spellings and states ads must be ready by noon Friday for the next issue. The garbled text provides no firm dates or reliable instructions.
Win Furgison, Tom Calilla, and Sheriff McCarty in town with stock and roundup notes. A herd of 200 mares bound for Oregon passes east. 800 ponies head for eastern markets. Local business ads from Moore, Swartz, and Germania Hotel. preparations for a post route to the Hills. stamps and subscribers noted.
Daily arrivals and departures from Sidney highlight crews like G T Morecraft and J A Rawls heading to the Hills with thousands of pounds of freight. Others including Captain Hubert and Antone Weber report sizable loads. Notes claim Sidney is a busy, if dull, route with millions of pounds moved this week and a few profitable prospects ahead.
The Sidney telegraph notes rumors of Lt. Col. Crook’s defeat by Lame Deer near Goose Creek. It claims Indian forces killed more than in Custer’s last battle and plans to sweep miners and agencies, then threaten railroad stations. The piece cites prior telegraph reports as its source.
A brief match feel with clashes on the right edge as players clash in red and white. The report notes a crowding confrontation and a decisive outcome with the red side suffering a fall while the right stripe remains dominant.
Mr Goodwin reported from the Hills that forty three young men left Red Cloud last week to join Gen N Sitting Bull in a violent frontier action. A cavalry pursuit intercepted them about 80 miles northwest of Red Cloud Agency, killing all but seven. The report, deemed reliable, praises the success and urges more of the same.
Mr Geo Johnson begins building a new home. Pratt Ferris teams arrive from the North. Lawrence Foreman reports quiet at Camp Clarke. A large herd of horses passed through, guarded by the peaceables near Antelope. Dudley the postmaster received over 100 letters from gold fields sent via Sidney route to Cheyenne. Dr Mark of Kearney Junction arrives with funds and plans a return with provisions. A tin shop opens in the rear of the hardware store run by S Livingston at Cheyenne. Sidney grows as L moves his outfitting business here despite a local stinker from Jail’s old home.
Messrs Goodwin and Morris sent over 100 letters from the Hills, forwarded to their destination by our Post Master to Mr Alex Sutherland who has shifted from book keeper to editorial duties at the ran dsome. Rumor says additional companies may be sent to this post and Sidney Barracks might become a General Supply Point, a move that would save government funds. Sympathy, a key human virtue, keeps its importance even amid national anxieties. A letter from A H Reynolds of Central City, Colorado, signals possible banking expansion here. he could establish a branch, buy gold dust, handle county warrants, and draw Sidney and Western Nebraska patronage.
A fragment from a frontier bulletin recounts an attack on a mowing machine by Tuscarora Indians with nicknames Lame Leg and Solemn Face. The pair contemplate theft, fail, then allegedly break the machine in two. The report is attributed to Wirie Resrxcr and labeled as underground telegraph dispatch.
A front page note reports Red Cloud Agency Indians crossing the North Platte to steal horses near Lodge Pole creek and Bostler’s ranch, with three recaptured by herders and the rest taking flight southward. The item condemns the Indians as “peaceables” and urges frontier residents to shoot first when encountered. It also touts TEM Jorgans and I T Clarke’s forwarding firm as busy in commerce.
Notice lists a Saturday meeting at the Court House for the Sipsxey Mountren Riries and includes numerous local business ads. It mentions Mc Donalds fresh eggs beer lager Jenkins reading room Urbach Moore and Goodman drug stores with various goods and services.
A collage of local ads lists fresh eggs, breakfast bacon, cigars, barber services, 14 year Kentucky sour mash whiskey, Fremont lager beer, ice cream by Mrs Porter's, California fruits, fresh potatoes at four cents per pound, and a variety of dry goods and building materials. It highlights John Carrie remaining in Sidney, Moore Lumber, and Dalton boot and shoe services with multiple product mentions and shop names.
July 11 1876 notice that Joseph B Gossage & Co have associated in the printing business and publication of the Sidney Tri weekly with the firm name to replace the old. All bills due will be collected and all bills against the old firm settled by the new firm.
Notice states money due on advertising will be collected on the 1st of each month to inform patrons of costs. It promises tenfold value for a dollar spent and asks business men to support the Telegraph publication to sustain the paper.
For sale. Four coal stores offered cheaply at McFadden's with market appeal for buyers seeking value and potential return.
A twenty five dollar reward is offered for information leading to conviction of the person or persons who maliciously damaged a mowing machine on the public hay grounds about four miles east of Sidney on July 13. Notice declares the undersigned have bought the entire brand of cattle known as the bridle bit cattle and empowered Mr A J Walrath to gather the same. BMC Eve mee 84-41 Anams Reninaton Co
Help wanted posted by the American Hotel seeking a skilled cook and a dining room girl. Apply in person to the hotel staff for employment opportunities.
One span of mules offered for sale or exchange for cattle. Apply to Charles Morros at Lodge Pole Nebraska.
Ranch for sale at Lodge Pole eighteen miles east of Sidney includes a dwelling house a milk house a large corral and stable with twenty five acres broken for cultivation and a good water privilege for irrigation perfect for an inn or ranch terms available from C A Moore Sidney Nebraska
Taken up by the subscriber at Bidney Cheyenne County Nebraska one bay horse with white face stripe about eight years old No brand One buckskin horse about eight years old No brand in my possession as the same property
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