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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1886
Page
5
Oct 1866 reports cool weather and growing settlement at Grand Prairie with remarks on Slingluff joiner prospects antelope sightings and local illnesses. It mentions a school nearing completion and various residents and travelers moving, visiting, or leaving, including O D Lyon, J A Slingluff, and others amid prairie life.
Local items report neglect of more schoolhouses in Cheyenne county while praising community efforts led by Rev. R. Cooley. The Beacon Light lodge grows, buildings rise, and services occur in the schoolhouse. Plans cover a new school, railroad land activity, farm prospects, and votes for Frank L. Smith as county commissioner.
Republican convention at Ogalalla nominates W. H. McCann of Hay Springs on the twenty second ballot for the fifty first district seat. Supporters expect a rousing majority victory, while townsfolk travel long distances to participate in the process.
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