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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1876
Page
5
The Sidney Telegraph states that communications must be in hand by Thursday for the next issue and advert placements on Tuesdays should be in by noon Friday if lengthy. This deadline schedule guides submission timing for.T
A cluttered local page highlights McDonald’s as a hub for maple sugar dried herring fresh salmon green apples toasted Rio coffee and butter eggs and pickles with prices. Sidney Nebraska druggist O E Borgquist Dudley’s ventures railway updates and various town happenings fill the rest, including train movements and a Black Hills expedition.
Reported Indian attacks disrupt the Sidney route with deadly ambushes. A party under John Sechler faced ten attackers, two mules and a horse were killed, wagons at the Agencies were shot, and a squaw named Antonio Barrett was shot dead near Hank Clifford's ranch on Running Water. Freight for J W Dear and Jewett Feay lost stock on Snake Creek. The incident follows other Indian raids on the same area.
Persenalia A G Shaw proprietor of the Custer House is in town. Max Meyers of Omaha took a spin around town last Wednesday. Mr C Ferris left for Omaha Sunday evening and returned Thursday morning. Mrs Jas Douglass left for North Platte to visit her daughter for about a month. If Bradley formerly conductor on the UPRR now sheriff of Lincoln county was taken in Sidney on Wednesday. W F Kimmel post trader Camp Robinson arrived from the east last Monday and left for the Agency Friday. Mr W Harbin will leave Monday for Philadelphia for about three months and will take in the Centennial. Mr J W Dear proprietor of the stage line arrived last Monday evening and will leave for Cheyenne Tuesday morning then for the Indian Agency. He will have his hair cut and head sand papered before leaving for the north.
Post office updates list newly established offices and appointed postmasters across Nebraska counties including Webster, Lancaster, Hamilton, and Merrick. Names cited include Isaac Cowley at Catherton, Samuel 8 Frankfather at Bhitoh, Win Hf Euncanson at unknown, and John H. Gogan at Farrall plus Nela Johngson at Logan and Andrew Buell at Weat Point.
Charles A. Moore, proprietor, reports two car loads of lumber received Thursday and sold out. Awaiting balance to fill orders in a full line of dressed flooring, siding, fencing, lath, shingles, picks, blinds, doors, sash and mouldings. Also notes prominent figures in Washington and New Orleans, plus a Journal of Commerce visit to Sidney for a local history feature. District Court adjournment ordered by Judge Gaslin, O. K. Aulen, County Clerk.
Reports from the Black Hills frontier detail miners selling $50 to $500 in dust with $100,000 awaiting shipment. Joseph Prew from Custer notes scarce provisions and a nugget, Beary’s mill moved to Elizabeth City, and several returns praise prospects on Deadwood and Bear creeks. Local mining boasts, a $30 nugget, and $228 from Bear Creek claim accompany mentions of Indian policy critique and hopes of profit. Cheyenne Sun notes gold country promise, with others detailing jail adjournment for Cheyenne County and early 1876 district actions.
C A Moon warns all Welles to De Parties to settle accounts by June 1 or they will be turned over to an attorney for collection. Bidney Nebraska May 6 1876. 4t
Legal notice for the estate of Robert W Porter deceased. Creditors must present claims for examination adjustment and allowance before Cheyenne County Nebraska at the courthouse. Meetings set June 6 1870 July 4 1876 August 7 1876 September 4 1870 October 4 1876 and November 6 1876 at 9 am. Six months to file claims and one year to settle from June 1876. Sidney May 1 1876.
Advertising promotional note for a Bristol Tennessee publisher selling a six month subscription to The Souvenir literary and family paper for 60 cents with four oil chromos in sixteen colors. The offer includes a club incentive of extra copies, agent opportunities, prepaid cash requirement, and a reference to the Post Master for trust.
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