28 Oct 1876
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1876
Page
1
The piece predicts a new daily route to the Hills via the CPRR, noting over 80,000 pounds of freight unloaded daily and four heavily loaded passenger trains this week. It describes Sidney as bustling with people buying supplies for departures, comparing town activity to a county fair. It warns readers against pretenders and urges readiness for the expected daily service.
In Deadwood South Dakota the October boom sees over fifty houses under construction as mills run at full capacity. Alpha-Messie and partners Piney Scott and Gay drive new mining ventures with cleanups totaling thousands daily. Hidden Treasure mine changes hands for 25000 cash, with Gardiner Co to hold a quarter interest. new owners plan immediate ore processing.
A twenty two housed five hundred pound quartz mill reached Dorado from Chicago for the new enterprise. The stick company will run it. it promises employment for hundreds and weekly laborer allowances. Major owners BR LT Vasburg and MM Miller departed for the Hills last Wednesday. May success attend them.
Grand jurors listed by the Clerk of Court and Sheriff for the upcoming term include Thos Reason George Darrow J A Datson Pewr Miller P Vo Lynch Morgan Warner M Fitzpatrick If William ernhard Henleche AE Annis James May AP Wakefield Co A Moore Mseph Cleburne Julius Wie 2 Y Dalton Petit jurors Thomas Garity J Al Frye A Baldry Jas MoeWermit Win France W IL Taylor POS Rawlins C Wo Smith G Dikinson Henry Libby J Co Barnham U Wagh Mcfadden J Wo Gallard Mike Kane John McDonald 8 P Deihl Chas Brooks George Moor John Andersen LoD Bordner Thom Lawrence Henry Tussier dimes Lench West Lowe
A People's Party convention met at the Court House in Sidney on Wednesday afternoon October 25, 1876. The meeting elected eight delegates by acclamation to represent Victory precinct at the county convention in Shiney on October 20, and adjourned with G W Dupey as secretary and C K Allen as chairman. Delegates named included Carrigan Fred Glover Griffin P Laucier JoL Frye CK Allen H Williams Snyder Ono Woll.
A telegram style digest from PA and other world agencies reports on current events and notable happenings as the moment toward press time. Readers get terse summaries of international and domestic developments with emphasis on timely facts and named entities where readable.
Dispatch from Custer City reports Gen Crook trapping agency Indians and arming their guns. Citizens ring the streets as Major Newson praises Crook while crowds cheer. News of Crook and government brings security sentiment. Black Hills mining grows with quartz mill output rising daily.
In Charleston County on October 23 a serious armed negro demonstration was reported in Mattiot Pleasant village opposite Clintheston. Local leaders plan to petition mayor George Ruever for troops to restore order as officials report restiveness among the Black population.
New York Oct 24 Thomas Filis a passing teller of Park National Bank has been found to be a defaulter of large sums. He has not been seen. A reward is offered for his capture. The report notes interest in the Franklin steamship incident and crowd reactions as Boss Tweed related events unfold in the city.
General Crook, at Fort Laramie, disarmed Red Cloud and Red Leaf bands numbering about 800 Sioux near Shadow Creek. Cavalry under McKenzie surrounded the camp at daylight October 28 and marched them to the Agency after taking ponies and arms. Snowed Tail named head chief. Red Cloud deposed. Spotty Tail and Little Wound pledging aid for Crook’s coming campaign. Disposition and loyalties clarified as forces prepare for ongoing operation.
Mr Griffin cannot attend to his young trotting mare and will let the buggy and harness go at a reasonable price. A move is hoped to bring the fine animal to be kept in our town.
Fragmentary note referencing a cemetery fence and a supposed repair effort with scattered phrases like peaceable Indiane and rocking Invala. Unable to determine a clear news item, person, or event. No verifiable entities or dates.
A letter from Desdwood complains of extreme slowness of the Sidney express route to Cheyenne via Clarke's Pony Express. The writer doubts any mail line to Cheyenne exists and calls the route unsafe. Mail sent via Sidney will depart twice weekly and is expected to reach 18 destinations in the Hills within four to six days.
Brigadier General ngok reports complete success against hostiles. Col Merritt builds trails toward the Agency, preparing a new expedition with Major Goad and Capt Mauck commanding cavalry. The line between enemy and peace is drawn, and Merritt’s command arrives tomorrow to organize further action.
Circles with diplomatic access discuss a fanciful link between Russia moving on Armenia and Asiatic Turkey and George Eliot’s Deronda. A dying Jew’s plot to restore Palestine is cited to justify Russian aims and to offer indemnity for war, with alleged involvement of bankers and prominent figures.
A telegraph line was cut near Red Canyon Ost 24 as a western road from Red Cloud was dissected. Sixty one tracks were fitted in the trail. Indurn bart caused the disruption sixteen miles south of Alum Springy.
This morning Brigham Young appeared before Judge Shadler in Salt Lake City on an alimony matter to Ann Eliza his nineteenth wife. A. K. Smith was appointed special commissioner without bonds to seize property, sell it, and cover costs. The court issued authority under seal to the commissioner and discharged the defendant from further alimony pendente lite, noting the amount due exceeds $4,000.
Reuters from Constantinople says General Tenatieff will meet the Sultan privately while the Porte is prepared to meet Russia's latest demands if Ottoman integrity is guaranteed. A Vienna note claims no six weeks armistice if reform plans are not interfered with and status quo in Servia and Montenegro. London reports U S Minister Pierrepont elected to reform club and a conspiracy to murder the Grand Vizier and Midhat Pacha leading to arrests and exiles. A Russian telegraphic dispatch notes the departure of…
A volley of dispatches from Vienna London and Belgrade report diplomats pushing for a six week armistice to avert a broader conflict with Russia and Turkey. London sources note divisions over terms with Russia pressing for a longer pause while Britain Europe and Germany weigh acceptable guarantees and the pace of peace talks.
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