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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1899
Page
8
Local notices include Union Pacific timetable details with east and west trains, freight schedules, and multiple rail terms. Also listed are Cheyenne county mortgage data, local visits by officials, business notices, and remarks on fairs, mowers, medicines, and lumberyard activity.
Up to date job work at this office. Footwear at McLernon’s. J. W. Harper & Son handle brick. Charley Nelson and Jack Clanges visit the city. A Muggy top for £50 at Essig’s. Mrs. Libby of Lodgepole visits Mrs. Sharmer. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Burke a girl on May 25. Iron bed and springs for £5 at Essig’s. Dr. E W Murlless, dentist, in Sidney. Roney family return from Salida. Lawn sprinklers and pumps at Harper & Son. Polley has six bulls for sale. Shoemaker takes two weeks off. Well drilling tips from Hans Johnson. All children’s wear at Bergian’s half price. Englert and Weyerts from Lodgepole visit. Laces and ribbons at McLernon’s. Divorce decree in Mary A. Smith vs Peter Smith. Rev. Moore returns from Decoration Day in Ogalalla. Barrett and McGrale visit from Lodgepole. Wheel advertisement from Charlie Wright. Dr. Harris treats female diseases. Prof. Mont Chase arrives after closing Sutherland school. Land office blanks in stock. 500 head of horses for sale by D. W. White Camp Clarke. Wisner, Robert, and McCracken visit from Bayard. Tobin moved to Kansas division as assistant agent. A. L. Fowler returns from Cheyenne. Miss Clara Rankin at Sidney gallery May 30 for photographs. H. T. Jenkins in Sidney on wool shipment business.
Residents of Sidney poured out to greet Rear Admiral Schley as a special westbound train arrived at 5 15 p m. Ex Senator Manderson led the welcome and introduced Mrs Schley. The admiral shook many hands and kissed a baby amid cheers and a flower ship presentation in Salt Lake.
A wreck occurred two miles east of Dix on Saturday evening when two trucks on a train of fifteen Burton stock cars carrying race horses broke down. The track was torn up for about 300 feet but no other damage occurred. Passenger No. 1 was delayed several hours.
Miss Whitehead leaves for Stuart Nebraska to visit her brother then return to her old home in Perry Iowa. While in Sidney she served as teacher and principal and formed a large circle of friends. her absence from next school year is deeply regretted.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Cooley of Omaha arrested five tramps aboard trains 1 and 4 after they were stopped near the station. They were taken to North Platte and will be presented to a U.S. commissioner on the charge of detaining the mails. The issue of roaming hobos on trains is highlighted as a growing problem.
The land office surge brings busy times for lawyers. An enterprising attorney opened in the front of the land office and ran a lively “land office business” until it was found to be forbidden. He moved next door prompting a general attorney shift around the land office as a party set up a street table and drew considerable business.
Union Pacific ticket office burglarized Tuesday night. Thieves pried the window with a chisel while the night watchman worked elsewhere. $21.32 in cash was taken. Two men who had been in town for days were suspected, captured at Julesburg with three ten dollar bills found, but released as unlikely culprits since the stolen money was small change.
Estrayed from Deep Holes Cheyenne county twelve head of horses branded 7 T on left thigh one branded M on left shoulder and one branded N L on left neck side MARSHALL DAVIS Sidney Nebraska filed report of stray stock with local authorities.
An old FDA style remedy advertises Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claimed to cure a cold in one day. It notes a 25 cent price and a refund if it fails, urging purchase from druggists and identifying the genuine tablets by the L B Q marking on each tablet.
One fare plus two dollars for a round trip via Union Pacific with tickets on sale dates announced by E. R. Breisch agent. Call for full information on booking and sale dates for the event in Portland Oregon.
The interior department ruling on the 1897 act opens reservoir land to entry stating title cannot be acquired while possession and use are controlled by water retention. Nebraska districts Broken Bow Alliance North Platte show rising filings with 149 quarter sections at Sidney by Friday noon. Large entries include D W White at twenty four quarters and C C Nelson at twenty two. The act permits reservoirs on unoccupied public lands for livestock related use with declaratory statements detailing land descriptions business, reservoir capacity, and prior filings.
The last Redington Association of the school year will meet at Redington on June 10. The program includes How to introduce fractions by Mr. James Burns Nature Study by Miss Julia McFadden The Distinctive Aim of Education by Mr. J. C. Neubauer Book Review The Evolution of pobeale by Bang and ara Miss Minnie Chase Drawing by Miss Katie McKee Current Events by Mr. Harvey Stephens Paper by Mrs. L. Wailman Mrs. E 8 Crigler Otis D. Lyon Co Supt.
The Union Pacific offers a greatly reduced rate of 25.00 to Portland and other Puget Sound points, also to Helena and Montana points, Salt Lake City and Utah points. For tickets and full information contact E. R. Breisch, Agent.
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