The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-30
THE JUMPING-0FF PLACE.
MATTERS AND rHISGs nv Il NEBRAs-
h4 COUNTY SEAT.
Fitting Out Miners for the Black Biiis-A
Projected Ruiiroad-Rich Digainq- Some-
where-A Claim that has Paid Well.

Fitting Out Miners for the Black niiis-A
Projected Ruiiroad-Rich Digaing- Some-
whcre-A Claim that has Paid Well.
SIDNEY, Mob, Nov. 2i.-Sidney Is tho
jumpine-or place for the Hills, and Is an ex.
oeedingiy lively little bureh OF 100 permanent
and from 100 to 800 floating population, loca-
tod 4l4 miles west OF Omaha on the Union
Pacific Railroad. 1t Is the county ssat Of
Cheyenne county, and very vain over its
past, present, and prospective success There
are numer hotels and saloons, Globe Thea
tire, general outfttinp stores wherein winohes-
ter rifles, pistols and murderous-iooklng knives
senting. | an assured, clean. solid comfort to
the OCCUPANTS and court house aud county
jail. The former was built for a private resi-
dence at a cost OF about $1,000. aud upon its
completion was partly occupied bv the owner,
for court purposes for Ave years at an annual
rental " 1900. but the biggest Joke. and the
one over which Sidneyltes are wont to smile the
broadcast. Is embodied In what Is used as the
county jail. 1his IL low, one-story wooden
building. not over % by 60 feet IN Dimensions,
that cost $50, aud from out Of which any culprit
can walk at leisure yet f'r the CONSTRUCTION OF
this miserable affair tho county issued bonds to
the amount Of $4,000, all Of which were taken
by hnsncters. The town boasts Of its weekly
paper. the ToieDIuph, which has a large circula-
tiol Tor these paris. aud eniOvs a liberal adver-
tisine p itrOnige. sidney Barracks are located
about stones throw from tho centre OF the
town. aud are occupied by two com oanIes Of
the fifth CIvalry. aud one company and mead
quarters OF the Niuth Regiment OF Infantry,
Gen. King commanding.
AT present sidney has but one rival as an out
hitting station for the Hills -Cheyenne-and no
serious fears are entertained that tue conpeti-
lion VIII result In any disco nituro TO Sidney,
which enjoys tho advantage Of icing ninety
eight miles nearer the EASTERN IT ties (fhe
source Of expected immieritlon) th Chey-
enne. and n more conveuiently located for
uuick access to the hills. Iii weekly lines OF
STAGES run from both TINS city. and Cheyenne,
aud freight IT .ins are constantly passing aud
r. assing up and down the lonely and oft-tlmes
dangerous trail to Red Cloud and Spotted Tail
Agencies. and to the more northern mining
clmps. | an formed that AVERAGE of
s0.0O pounds OF freight are daily sent north by
tnese mule trains from this city alone.
aud stores Tor the Indian agencies were
forwarded. rherc Is much talk about
tue Union Pacific to Deadwood in fact, articles
OF incorooritnn OF the Northern Railroad
COMPANY were nled in the secretary Of states
Once Nov. <, vita w. II. jerks, Alex. lIaz iri,
Lesll, stu n, and other phila lelphia capitol
ists. who wero Interested In the Centennial
narrow -gause road : incotporaturs. route
h been surveyed running from this city to
Gust City, and grading IA expected to beein In
tho srring. Gre opposition Is openly mani
tested to the sch me bY miners ut the Hills and
merchants here. Cheyenne IS stiivng to secure
the southern terminus, and may ultimately
e here. II is also reported that tue
Union Pacific Company has, or Ia ABOUT to
putch SO the Oman, and No thwestern Road,
aud will extend the line to the His. freignts
range from seven to ten cents per pound from
here to DeadwoJd, and two cents less to Custer.
can us yet speak OF TIVE mineral discOvcrios
In the iills only from hearsav. except inst was
shown. when IN the itils before, specimens tnat
salis1 ID mo that rlch diggings abound some
where. The Wheeler brothers carried home
1900 pounds Of dust taken from claim pur-
another parry for sou and the latter have al
read, Cleaned uU S6)GQ1 all since MAY last.
THIS am told on what | believe to De good
No Indian troubles have been reported slong
the road for two weeks.