Indian Tribes Protest Invasion of Cherokee Territory
The Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations protest proposed white and black encroachment on their lands in Indian Territory west of the Arkansas. They urge the President to act and Congress to halt infringements, while a bill seeks to create the Oklahoma Territory and grant railroad land. Indians are described as content and prosperous despite railroad interest and settlement pressure.
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Indian Territory
Losata
Arkansas River
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Zoo
Congress
Oklahomna
Public Documents on Agriculture Arrive. Nevada Anger at Franking
The writer questions the value of the 1878 Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Investigation of Diseases of Swine. They accuse Representative Daggett of using franking to waste public funds and insult Nevadans by sending useless documents.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington
Daggett
Nevada
Department of Agriculture
le Duc
Tas RAMROID AND STEAMSHIP WAR
A transport war erupts between Pacific Mail Steamship Co and Pacific Railroad Co after a non compete contract expired. Water routes cut fares from New York to San Francisco with cabin rates down to 75 and average fares to 35, promising relief for California shippers but likely no gains for Nevada.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Pacific Railroad Companies
Steamship Company
New York
San Francisco
California
Nevada
Eggs in Eureka Tied to Weather Report
Prices in Eureka fluctuate with the Signal Service weather forecast. As temperatures rise the egg market climbs since warmer skies are seen as a sign hens will lay more eggs.
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Eureka
Signal Service
Boos
Nomination of Census Supervisor Jackson Ferguson Confirmed
The telegraph notes the Senate confirmation of Jackson Ferguson as Supervisor of Census for the District of Nevada. Unclear origin and prior Nevada ties prompt questions about his background and local political involvement, with a Churchill County assembly member previously named Ferguson as a possible candidate.
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Jackson Ferguson
District of
Nevada
Senate
Hayes
Ohio
Ferguson
Assembly
Churchill County
Supevidor
Parne ll addresses Irish land question in America speech
Charles Stewart Parnell urges American public opinion to press for a peaceful Irish land reform. He cites land tenure, critiquing private ownership, emigration as remedy, and calls for Irish farming to become owner-occupied, modeled after continental reforms.
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Charles Stewart Parnell
Ireland
House of Representatives
America
Froude
New York
Prussia
John Bright
Bright
Senate Exolus Committee
B. K. Morris
Indlianapolis
Thomas Mills
Indianapolis
Voorhees
Indiana
South Carolina
Bland
United States
Fort Buford
D.T
Gros Ventre
Uprising Feared on Yellowstone and Wisconsin Fire
A spring uprising of Indians along the Yellowstone is feared. A Wisconsin county hospital on the county farm at Wauwatosa was burned. Over 60 inmates likely. at least 30 escaped, two bodies recovered. The flames collapsed walls. bones may remain. A Golos letter from Susilal, Russia reports Old Believers archbishop and two bishops confined in a fortress for decades. A Bank of Augusta cashier Israel Boatty reportedly shot himself after leaping into a cistern. Directors say accounts likely sound. Philadelphia reports Samuel J. Tilden to wed Miss Fanny Raach of Louisburg Py this week.
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Yellowstone
Wauwattosa
Wisconsin
Susilal
Russia
Viaitimir
Israel Boatty
First National Bank
Augusta
Maine
Dreams of Days Gone By Poetry Query
A poet asks where the dreams of days past lie and notes dreams fade like time. The piece humorously suggests the mind can witness vivid dreams again by eating a mince pie 24 oysters and pickled pig feet then drinking cider before sleep.
Hay and Dairy Ranch For Sale at Pepa Sife
For sale a Hay and Dairy Ranch mile east of Witew Polit Pepa Sife gores Of and w Land large new dwelling Mowe Tuiey Hover Para Cartels Locher Coat buildayes abso Hay Bake Two ts This two party will cheap for cash in exchanges for major movable property Hee 4 apnly at this office vi at the ranch The property will be sold at a bargain want to engage in other business first J Whitaker
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Witew Polit
Pepa
J. Te Whitaker
Notice of Intention to Levy Road Tax Across County
Board of County Commissioners of nmbeldt County Neva held January Wth 1340. The intention to levy a road tax for 138 across the county at not more than twenty five cents per one hundred dollars of assessed value, unless a majority of voters in a given district object. Attest Hi Job Clock Wivunemucca February 8 1279 lw
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Board of County , Commissioners
Nmbeldt
Neva
Job
Wivunemucca
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Datantoy
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M. Opes Hmim
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Pamhana
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N. Levy
Tonacco
Alieath
Unionville
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Tog
C. F. Naramore
R. W. Woe
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Fort McBeriit
Canyon City
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