SNEAK PEEK - CHAPTERS 51-60
Chapter 51 Crime . . . Still A Common Occurrence
Did incorporation bring about peace and tranquility? The October 1885 headlines included a cowardly assault with a knife; a man was discharged from the Army for marrying a disreputable woman and was fined only $5 for beating his wife; and a terrible quarrel and resulting aftermath took place in a popular local saloon in a quarrel over a woman as the two men . . . . . .
Chapter 52 Tragedies
A Sidney, Nebraska deranged man was being detained in Council Bluffs, Iowa en route to Washington D.C. to kill President Cleveland in order to rid the country of Democrats. He was heavily armed, had considerable money and . . . . . .
Chapter 53 Custer
Frontier “Old West” newspapers were fascinated by the battles and travel of General George Armstrong Custer. The Sidney Telegraph carried the very first printed word of the Custer massacre at Little Big Horn with the full description of the battle with the blood curdling . . . . .
Chapter 54 Cody and Custer, or is it Custer and Cody?
An 1883 Interview by the Sidney Telegraph with Buffalo Bill Cody, who spent some time in Sidney is an in-depth conversation with Buffalo Bill and his associations with General Custer. This chapter also carries a 1927 interview with an eye witness at Custer’s Last Battle from the native American . . . . .
Chapter 55 Martha Jane Cannary . . “Calamity Jane”
Calamity Jane was rumored to have bore a child in Sidney that was fathered by a Fort Sidney soldier, but one thing for certain she did frequent the saloons and gaming halls at Sidney before heading to . . . . . .
Chapter 56 New School .. .Tests More than A,B,C’s
A school bond issue carried overwhelmingly in 1886 Sidney to construct a new school. Education was serious business in Sidney and two of the old tests appeared in the 1884 Sidney Telegraph that proved it was more than just . . . . . . . .
Chapter 57 Foul Language and Foul Play
As rough and tough as Sidney was, when it was finally incorporated, if you gave your wife a tongue lashing using bad language you wound up in court, fined and jailed. Foul play was suspected in another domestic dispute when . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 58 The Marshall Did It
The Village Marshall was shot through the body and dangerously wounded when the assailant got into an argument at the one of the “Bangino” houses of entertainment with one of the ladies he previously . . . . . . . .
Chapter 59 Train Wrecks
An entire Union Pacific train was engulfed in flames and the engineer burned to death in 1888 as the train was going at a high rate of speed and struck another train . . . . . . . .
Chapter 60 Telegraph Requests Citizen Aid
The town that seemed “heartless at times” was challenged by the local newspaper if the citizens indeed had a heart and were willing to help and old sickly man near the Water Holes ranch living on next to nothing in an old shack, enduring hardships that . . . . . .
Did incorporation bring about peace and tranquility? The October 1885 headlines included a cowardly assault with a knife; a man was discharged from the Army for marrying a disreputable woman and was fined only $5 for beating his wife; and a terrible quarrel and resulting aftermath took place in a popular local saloon in a quarrel over a woman as the two men . . . . . .
Chapter 52 Tragedies
A Sidney, Nebraska deranged man was being detained in Council Bluffs, Iowa en route to Washington D.C. to kill President Cleveland in order to rid the country of Democrats. He was heavily armed, had considerable money and . . . . . .
Chapter 53 Custer
Frontier “Old West” newspapers were fascinated by the battles and travel of General George Armstrong Custer. The Sidney Telegraph carried the very first printed word of the Custer massacre at Little Big Horn with the full description of the battle with the blood curdling . . . . .
Chapter 54 Cody and Custer, or is it Custer and Cody?
An 1883 Interview by the Sidney Telegraph with Buffalo Bill Cody, who spent some time in Sidney is an in-depth conversation with Buffalo Bill and his associations with General Custer. This chapter also carries a 1927 interview with an eye witness at Custer’s Last Battle from the native American . . . . .
Chapter 55 Martha Jane Cannary . . “Calamity Jane”
Calamity Jane was rumored to have bore a child in Sidney that was fathered by a Fort Sidney soldier, but one thing for certain she did frequent the saloons and gaming halls at Sidney before heading to . . . . . .
Chapter 56 New School .. .Tests More than A,B,C’s
A school bond issue carried overwhelmingly in 1886 Sidney to construct a new school. Education was serious business in Sidney and two of the old tests appeared in the 1884 Sidney Telegraph that proved it was more than just . . . . . . . .
Chapter 57 Foul Language and Foul Play
As rough and tough as Sidney was, when it was finally incorporated, if you gave your wife a tongue lashing using bad language you wound up in court, fined and jailed. Foul play was suspected in another domestic dispute when . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 58 The Marshall Did It
The Village Marshall was shot through the body and dangerously wounded when the assailant got into an argument at the one of the “Bangino” houses of entertainment with one of the ladies he previously . . . . . . . .
Chapter 59 Train Wrecks
An entire Union Pacific train was engulfed in flames and the engineer burned to death in 1888 as the train was going at a high rate of speed and struck another train . . . . . . . .
Chapter 60 Telegraph Requests Citizen Aid
The town that seemed “heartless at times” was challenged by the local newspaper if the citizens indeed had a heart and were willing to help and old sickly man near the Water Holes ranch living on next to nothing in an old shack, enduring hardships that . . . . . .
