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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1878
Page
5
The city column reports Oberfelder & Co's store opening from 9 a m to 12 pm and notes a fortune for Sergeant Da Baddie of Omaha, now calling his wife the Countess De Baddie. It also sketches freight rate declines, river transport talk, and crowd behavior in the streets with a grim street-level mood.
A fragmentary diary reports a string of late night incidents in a desert town. A husband and wife quarrel ends with a man fleeing after an attempted assault. A hotelier is shot when a patron demands repayment for a boarding bill. Other minor misdeeds include animal harms and petty disturbances.
District Court week brings a special gathering of stockmen from the Western Stock Association and Laramie Association at the Court House. Officers are chosen, dates set for May roundup, April office and Ogalalla meeting arranged, and calls for unity between Cheyenne, Laramie, and South Platte counties. Silent session debated secrecy amid murder confession claims involving Trent and Warren Clough.
The western Wyoming district court heard the Cattle Cases as defense and state counsel argued the indictments under a 1877 law violate Section 11 of the state constitution by covering two distinct subjects. Judge Gaslin ruled the law unconstitutional, voiding the indictments. A new set of bills was filed, and trials resume April 18.
Members are called to meet at the Court House in Sulney on Thursday April 18 1878 at 2 PM to elect officers for the ensuing year and address other business C Fenn Vice President A S Brown associated notes report stock goods from Council Blaffs surveyor Andrew Rosewater was in the city yesterday
Hat and coat check upon arrival at the Grand Dress Ball hosted at the White House Trust on April 1, 1878. Attendance details and party atmosphere implied by the event listing.
The notice from Adam3 RepinutoN & Co. forbids skinning any cattle branded with their mark whether killed by railroad or other means. It warns of prosecution to the fullest extent of the law for unauthorized skinning.
Seek the Capitel corner of Rose and Second streets for comfort Fresh Bread daily at Ewing's new Bakery For anything in the very line call Tlenry Loomis on Vine and Second Messrs Adama Redington Haas Excelsior Meat Market offer sausage making and best beef and mutton on the prairie
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