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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1880
Page
3
The Didney Selegraph is published as an official paper in Midzey on Saturday July 24, 1880. It serves as a local record of events, notices, and advertisements typical of a regional newspaper.
Local briefs mention Steve Walsh and W. J. Getty visiting, Star Clothing House as Cowboys HQ, new stand for John Goedert, and Persinger Whitney carload of flour. Public auctions, ice cream, a Catholic fair, and a circus upcoming in Cheyenne are noted alongside fire casualty Walter Lowrey and various regional updates.
The article recounts Northwestern Nebraska shifting from viewed as arid and unfit for agriculture to a region opening for stock ranching and settlement. Surveyor R Harvey reports rapid improvement in tillable and grazing qualities, urging capitalists to promote the area and attract investment for farming, pasturage, and timber lands along the western portions.
The Catholic congregation of Sidney hosts a grand fair and festival at Masonic Hall on August 3 4 and 5. Father Donnelly from North Platte has begun preparations and a ladies and gentlemen meeting formed committees. Prizes include a diamond ring for the most popular lady and a gold watch for the most popular gentleman with other jewelry prizes.
Mr Teague of Ricker & Teague, leader of the Continental band, received a handsome silver cornet as a testimonial from fellow band members after a Mason Hall rehearsal. The instrument was made in Elkhart Indiana and described as superb.
Local notes recount a parade of visitors and residents moving through the area. J M Adams, H Jewett, D Sheedy, Major Mayfield, Fatty Madden, Carl Schurz, and other named figures were seen in town or passing through. Clergy, contractors, stock inspectors, masons, and merchants appear in varying roles as the community records arrivals, departures, and social calls.
Preato stands as champion Indian club winger of the army. Visitors gather at the Post evenings to witness the retreat roll call. Sergeant Hart of Company O becomes Post Sergeant Major due to his qualifications. Surgeon Moxely receives twenty days leave of absence pending a temporary successor. Interest grows in forming a baseball club at the Post for possible first class play. Sergeants Dean and privates Fenton and Carney of Company E depart for civilian life in the East. Corporal Dodson and two privates of Company E, Sixth Cavalry, leave with two prisoners sentenced to two years at Leavenworth. Games equipment purchases for each company follow billiard receipts: croquet sets, footballs, chess and draughts, plus a strategic game. Captain King, formerly of the Sixth Cavalry, publishes Campaigning with Crook recounting the Sioux campaign of 1876 and the unit’s role. First Sergeant George Smith of Company E, Sixth Cav., leaves after ten years, choosing civilian life in North Park. Last Sunday a general prisoner Eyre of Company E, Sixth Cav., escaped from guardhouse. an immediate search ensued and he was later found hiding near the guard house.
The article notes births for Mr. and Mrs. Dolson and Mr. and Mrs. Evans. It reports a convulsive week in Beatrige with whisky disputes in Penteica, a police judge trial, and mobs clashing with knives and missiles. Prisoner Markie escaped Plum Creek murder sentence and remains at large. Lincoln compares its state prison to Eaney’s former jail.
The August issue offers extensive entertaining reading with 128 quarto pages and over 100 embellishments. It features N Robaeon on the Oberammergau Passion Play with 12 illustrations, J iMagar on American women, and pieces like What the japanese Eat and Cameo-Cutting. The magazine, praised for high quality, costs 25 cents a copy or $8 yearly postpaid, from Frank Lesie’s Publishing House in New York. Stoney M. E. Church notes Rev. Edward G. Fowler, pastor, with Bethath Sunday services at 8 am and Sunday School at 10:30 am. union services welcome all.
The August issue highlights Sister Dora and Missionary Effort in Patagonia along with Venice past and present. It includes fiction silk with Maid Marjory and Be Be the Mallmaker’s Daughter, poetry, essays, obituaries, music, and a note on the 128 page quarto with 100 illustrations. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary edition boasts about 110000 defined words and 15000 new entries in its Biographical Dictionary.
An historical notice offers employment to women to sell suspenders and skirts for the Queen City Suspender Company of Cincinnati Ohio. It urges reliable energetic ladies to apply by mail with name and address and mentions exclusive county agency and salaries.
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