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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1876
Page
3
A fragment from a local page notes St Patrick's Day activities and crowd scenes at the Globe Theatre and McDonald's. It mentions Jamie Ryan the Irish comedian, the Nelson Sisters, and Larry Connell leaving for the east. It also references hardware and mining tools, fresh eggs, rifles, and lumber shipments for a bridge project, with brief political and transport notes about Black Hills and a centennial start.
A 19th century travel bulletin outlines gold in the Black Hills, with routes from Sidney to Custer City, freight and passenger fares, and outfitting costs. It details distances, stage lines, and transport times, plus prices for horses, gear, and mining tools. Also notes arrivals of inspectors, local business reports, and the death of Matthew L. Douglass.
A meeting of stock raisers in Cheyenne County established a Stock Association to protect stock interests and plan the coming roundup. C. T. Harkison elected secretary, T Kane president, a bylaws committee named. Meetings set for March 10 at Sidney Court House and the first Monday of March annually. membership requires at least 200 head of stock. Bulls at large may be taken up at owner cost. notices to owners required.
The Sidney meeting on March 11 1876 adopted by laws for the Cheyenne County Stock Association and laid out round up routes from Sidney to Beaver Creek and Cheyenne River. Henry Tusler elected foreman. organization aims to protect livestock from fraud and theft and to advance stock growers interests. Membership requires two dollars and admission entails proposal, ballot, and possible rejection by black balls.
A readable fragment lists prices for various commodities and tools including apples, potatoes, coffee, sugar, bacon, cheese, salt, buckwheat, syrup, chickens, and mining tools. The itemized entries show per unit or per pound prices in a period-appropriate style with multiple items and units. Local trades include staples like sugar, coffee, and flour alongside hardware such as shovels and picks, reflecting a general store price sheet.
An advertisement notes painting and kalfemining on short notice, supplies at the Ateilcan House, and travel guidance. It extols the Chicago & North-Western Railway as the shortest Omaha to Chicago route with steel rails and early arrivals, recommending Marshall Cedar Rapids Clinton for Northern Iowa and Fulton for Northern Illinois Wisconsin, and promotes Pullman Sleepers Day Coaches and smoking cars. Contact Moontax Western Traveling Agent in Omaha or W. B. Seenser, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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