Biographical and historical memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton counties, Nebraska, comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a brief descriptive history of each of the counties mentioned, and numerous biographical sketches of the citizens of such counties, Part 60

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820

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the supreme court in the case of forcing the pay- ment of $400 in 10 per cent bonds, issued by orig- inal school district No. 22, Sections 27, 28, 33 and 34, Township 5, Range 7, was discused. A special assessment of 15 mills was made on the two first named sections, and 14 mills on the last numbered sections. On July 28 an election was ordered in School Creek, Sutton, Lewis, Lone Tree and Fair- field precincts, to vote bonds to the Kansas City & Omaha Railroad Company. The petition was signed by fifty-six tax payers, and the vote was ordered to be recorded September 2. At this time Sutton peti- tioned to have an election on the question of issuing $20,000 bonds. School Creek gave 129 votes for and 1 contra; Sutton, 352 for and 1 contra; Lone Tree, 187 for and 24 contra; Lewis, 132 for and 35 contra; Fairfieldl, 305 for and 88 contra. Spring Ranche, Lincoln. Inland and Harvard precincts pe- titioned for elections on a similar question affecting the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad. and gave almost a unanimous vote in favor of the proposition. Francis Abbey, with Messrs. Farley and Meyer, were commissioners in 1887.

In June, 1887, a county, bridge, road and insane tax of 19 mills was levied, with 7 mills on Lone Tree, Fairfield, Spring Ranche and Glenville (origi- nally forming Little Blue), to meet indebtedness on bonds of September 9 and October 1, 1873, in ac- cordance with writ of supreme court, issued Novem- ber 24, 1886. The tax to provide interest on rail- road bonds in the several precincts was as follows: Fairfield, 5 mills; Lone Tree, Lewis and Sutton, 33 mills; School Creek and Lewis, 2 2-5 mills; Lone Tree, 2 4-5 mills; Sutton, 2 9-10 mills; Fairfield, 4 mills, and School Creek 2 mills. Special assess- ments were also made in Sutton and Harvard for the purpose of constructing sidewalks, together with a 10 mill tax on Clay Centre and Fairfield, and 3 mills on Harvard (villages) to meet interest on bonds. A village tax of 92 mills on Sutton; 8 mills on Harvard and 10 mills on Edgar was also anthor- ized, and a levy for school purposes ranging from 3 to 25 mills made on the seventy-two of the seventy- three school districts then organized, together with special levy in six of the districts to meet bonds and interests on bonds. In April, 1888, Commissioner

Abbey resigned, and Fred Grosshaus was chosen to represent the First district. The levy was fixed at 10 mills for general and other purposes, including 7-10 mill to meet judgment in favor of Young in the matter of court house; the interest and sinking fund tax, on the townships granting railroad aid, was heavy, and a special levy of 7 mills was made on Spring Ranche to meet judgment of court. The levy for the villages reached 23 6-10 mills in the case of Edgar; Harvard, 11 mills; Sutton, 7 mills, and 10 mills for Clay Center and Fairfield. On August 20, 1888. J. B. Dinsmore and 137 others petitioned the board to submit the question of town- ship organization to the people in November, and an order was made in accordance with the prayer of the petitioners, and on November 21, the first meet- ing of the board of supervisors was held; Ezra Brown was chosen president. The names given to the Congressional townships April 19, 1875, were retained except in the case of Township 7, Range 8, changed from Scott to Inland; committees were ap- pointed and rules for the government of the board adopted. Clinton Davis was appointed superinten- dent of poor farm.

The names of the supervisors elected in Novem- ber, 1889, are given in the political chapter. In January this board authorized the employment of expert accountants to examine the books of the treasurer who filled the office prior to Mr. Walter's time. Messrs. Palmquist and Gratz were employed at $12 per day, and are now (February, 1890) engaged in the work of auditing. The county is practically free from debt, and warrants are paid upon presen- tation to the treasurer.

The first record of the district court of Clay County dates back to May 16, 1873, when Sheriff Kearney and Clerk Brown opened court in the usual form. Judge Gantt's letter stating: " The Legisla- ture having made some confusion in amending the act fixing terms of court in this district, adjourn eonrt till Friday, May 23, 1873, at which time I will be there to hold your court." In accordance with this instruction court was adjourned to the day named. On May 23 Judge Gantt was present, and the first grand jury was impanelled: Daniel Cronin, W. F. Guthrie, William Todd, G. T. Warren, C.

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M. Turner, R. N. Brown, Richard Bayly, Leroy S. Winters, Louis N. Bryant, J. Rowley, F. Northrop, Joel Longstreth, T. Weed, R. S. Balliett, George W. Bemis and I. N. Clark. A committee of the bar on examination of applicants for admission to the bar was then appointed. This committee comprised II. W. Gray, A. J. Weaver and J. D. Hayes. On their report W. H. Mitchell, H. C. Griffith and Jones M. McCall were admitted. The first suit tried here was that entitled Percey Reed es. J. R. Maltby. Judgment was rendered for $384.22. This was followed by Jordan & Ruffner rs. Robbins & Marthis, Peck & Weston vs. Cheeney & Farmer, and the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Com- pany cs. Clay County. The first criminal case was that of the State rs. Lorenzo Snow, for assault and battery, tried by B. F. Hockett, Ezra Brown, P. H. Manchester, Isaiah Alley, S. C. Sloat, A. Hardy, J. M. Ramsey, A. B. Smith, E. E. Lake, Alex. Weston, A. M. Lathrop and J. F. Sawtell, the first petit jury. Snow was sentenced to pay $10 and all costs, and to be held in Fillmore County jail until such sums were paid.

The indictment of Daniel A. Smith for assault with intent to kill eame next. He was next in- dicted for manslaughter, but the trial was continued. Dr. M. V. B. Clarke and Attorney H. W. Gray were appointed commissioners of insanity.

The second term of court was opened in May, 1874. Robert G. Brown and A. A. McCoy were admitted to the bar, and D. G. Hull, W. Il. Morris and R. G. Brown were appointed a committee to examine future applicants for admission. The first petition for divorce was presented by Charles J. Martin, followed by E. G. Glazier, Susan Dunnell, Hosea W. Gray and Charles Church, who based the cause of action on the desertion by or continued absence of the defendants. William A. Farmer, E. H. White and George W. Bemis were admitted to the bar. The first declaration of citizenship was made at this session, by John W. Price, who came to the United States with his father when a child.

In February, 1875, a special term of court was held. Marion S. Edgington and I. J. Starrhuck were admitted as members of the bar. A few peti- tions for divorees were presented; the trial of D. A.

Smith was continued, and a number of indictments for selling liquor without license and for gaming returned. The injunction suit entered by the Bur- lington & Missouri River Railroad Company against the commissioners was decided in favor of the lat- ter, and the railroad company muleted in costs. Joseph S. Le Hew was admitted to the bar. In June, 1876, Judge S. B. Pound presided at the court house in Sutton. The term was given up to civil business, of which foreclosures of mortgages formed a large part. A forgery case, and the trials of Sorgenson and Masterson for unnamcable of- fenses, occupied some time; while the trial of D. A. Smith resulted in a verdict of not guilty.

The fall term of 1876 was opened October 2, by Judge A. J. Weaver. A number of persons were admitted to citizenship; the effort to have school taxes equitably adjusted between the county and Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company was successful, but the company had the tax for mill bonds perpetually enjoined.

The summer term of 1887 commenced May 30; A. L. Lemont, of Wisconsin, was permitted to prac- tice here, also S. H. Sedgewick. The business was entirely of a eivil character as was also the calendar presented in November of that year.

On May 20, 1878, Judge Gaslin opened court in the Odd Fellows Hall, at Sutton. James R. Candy was indicted for assaulting Edmund Coen, but his trial was continned to the next term, when a jury returned a verdict of not guilty. T. A. Barbour was admitted to the bar. In November Candy was sub- jected to a second trial, found guilty and sentenced to a one year's term in State's prison.

In May, 1879, Judge Weaver presided. The suit of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company against the commissioners was successful, in that the court decided that the taxes complained of were illegal, except in the amount of $3,000, and the defendants were enjoined from collecting the taxes of 1875, except such sum of $3.000. In No- vember Frank A. Sweezy was admitted to the bar. and also George W. Lienhocker. In November. 1880, S. G. Wilcox and R. W. Christy were admit- ted to the bar, and an indictment against James Moore, a negro, for an attempt to murder Johanna

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Donohne was returned; indictments were also re- turned against John Urbaur, for an attempt to kill Henry Krann. Both were found guilty. Urbaur was sentenced to a three years' term, and Moore to a twelve years' term in the penitentiary; while the comparatively innocuous horse stealer, Foreman, received six years' imprisonment. B. C. Oyler, Ar- thur Williams and F. W. Burdick were admitted to the bar in May, 1881, and E. W. Lewis in Novem- ber. Andres M. Anderson was indicted for murder (poisoning John Johnson); a jury of whom H. J. Grant was foreman, returned a verdict of " not guilty" in May, 1882, and the prisoner was dis- charged.

A good deal of the time of the court in 1882 was given to the admission of residents to United States citizenship, and not a little to petitions for divorce. A few indictments for horse stealing were presented and several for illegal sale of liquor. The injunction suit entered by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, to restrain the com- missioners of Clay County from collecting court house and jail tax ($619.53), was successful, and the tax was declared illegal by Judge Morris. In May, 1883, J. L. Epperson and C. J. Martin were admitted members of the bar; in October, 1884, H. H. Hendee was admitted, and in May, 1885, J. B. Cessna, of the supreme court bar, was admitted to the bar of this district; Charles K. Hart of the New York bar was also admitted. The indictment for murder against John Taylor was presented at this term, and in May, 1886, an indictment against Wil- liam Taylor was returned. A verdict of " not guilty " was returned in each case. The boys were subsequently indicted for injuring fences and other property. In May, 1887, the liquor cases were pre- sented in number, and petitions for divorce or for modification of former petitions, helped to swell the volume of civil business. In October, 1887, infor- mation for the murder of Fred Dickman was entered against August Mentz. He was found guilty of murder in the second degree, October 26, 1887, by a jury of whom George E. Birge was foreman, and was sentenced to imprisonment for twelve years, to be kept in solitary confinement on July 19 of each year. E. E. Hairgrove, C. J. Bills and Morris H.

Pope were admitted to the bar May 15, 1888; a year later H. N. Hairgrove and Edward P. Mitchell were admitted. The officers of the court at the close of 1889 were judge, Hon. W. H. Morris; county attor- ney, J. L. Epperson; reporter, S. A. Searle; clerk, J. E. Wheeler; sheriff, E. D. Davis. The members of the bar were J. L. Epperson, R. G. Brown, B. F. MeLoney, E. E. Hairgrove, E. A. Mitchell, T. A. Barbour, S. W. Christy, T. H. Matters, W. P. Shockey, Charles Epperson, William M. Clark, L. P. Crouch, L. G. Hurd, W. S. Prickett, G. W. Bemis, E. P. Burnett, M. S. Edgington, H. M. Pope, W. M. Hairgrove, Hartigan & Albright.

The law circle of Sutton, np to 1882, included Robert G. Brown, who settled here in 1871. He tried the first law suit in this county before Judge J. R. Maltby, November 2, 1871, the case being that of James S. Schermerhorn rx. David P. Jayne, and the fee was $10. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention, held at Cincinnati in June, 1876. Ilosea W. Gray, who settled here May 4, 1871, was also concerned in this law suit. He formed a partnership with A. A. McCoy in March, 1874; J. S. Le Hew was admitted in 1875, John E. Bagley began practice September 4, 1874, and E. H. White in May, 1874. He came here in July, 1873. from York, Neb., where he established the York Monitor. He was interested in the Times and Globe. G. W. Bemis was also here, while J. L. and W. F. Stone settled here August 1, 1879.

On March 30. 1885, Herbert H. Hyde, Rees T. Rees, John Llewellyn, David Burnett, George Van Gilder and Harvey Barnhart were brought to trial for the lynching of Jones and Mrs. Taylor. Judge Burnett presided. Col. Dilworth and John D. Hayes, of Hastings, R. G. Brown, of Sutton, and T. H. Matters, of Harvard, represented the State; Messrs. Reagan, of Hastings, L. G. Hurd, of Har- vard, and J. L. Epperson, of Fairfield, the defend- ants. Old Mrs. Jones, aged 66, was one of the principal witnesses, but the evidence was not suf- ficient to convict and so Judge Burnett declared the prisoners to be free. Clay Center was almost as full of people as was the court room, and the order of the court was received with cheers within and without.

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The execution of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Taylor* and Tom Jones took place March 15, 1885. It appears that about 1 o'clock that morning a party of fifty men arrived at the sod-house ranche of old Mrs. Jones (four and one-half miles southeast of Spring Ranche Mills), mother of Tom and sister. A call was made on the inmates to evacuate the house, which, for a time was onheeded but was ultimately acceded to. A number of persons, including Wil- liam Foster, or Texas Bill, Nelson Celley, N. C. Clark and one Ferrel presented themselves and were made prisoners, then came Tom Jones, Mrs. Taylor and Luther Wiggins, a boy herder, who came three weeks before from Hastings, so that old Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Taylor's child were the only persons left in the sod-house. The mob carried the persons about one-fourth of a mile from the building and made an attempt to extort a confession from them. Mrs. Taylor is said to have acknowledged that her brother hired a man to burn Llewellyn's barn. The crowd marched the prisoners to the bridge over the Blue, near the sod-house, where Mrs. Taylor and Jones prayed loudly in the Welsh language for some minutes, when they were led under the bridge and hanged. The other prisoners were brought to the house of R. T. Rees, where N. C. Clark was ordered to leave the country at once, and the others told it would be well for them to leave also.

In the morning Nelson Celley returned to the sod- house to feed the stock and saw the bodies dangling from the bridge. Later the boy, Barker, was sent out to give information, when Joseph Meehan, John Quinn, Ed Young and Ed Rollins repaired to the scene. Mr. Meehan ordered the bodies to be left there until the arrival of the coroner. A jury, com- posed of J. C. Ward, Jacob Eller, Cal Earnest, James Leiteh, H. M. Goldsmith and M. Wiliman, with Jesse F. Eller, coroner, found that death ensued from hanging, the act being done by persons un- known. The ropes used were ordinary mule halters. Evidently the ropes were placed round the victims' necks while standing on the ground, then drawn across the stringers of the bridge and pulled upon by the executioners until the man and woman were strangled.

In former pages references are made to the mur-

ders perpetrated in this county, and the action of the court in the trial of the alleged murderers related. In the pioneer chapter and in the pages devoted to the cities of the county the many stirring encounters with the Indians and deaths resulting therefrom, as well as from accident, are referred to.

During the winter of 1883 Mark Percival was frozen to death while under the influence of liquor. The widow brought suit against one of the persons who sold her husband liquor, and in the fall of 1885 at verdict for $2,500 was given, the trial taking place before Judge Morris, of Clay Center.

The murder of John Roberts, of Spring Ranche, was perpetrated January 8. 1885. The first reports of this crime credited it to the Taylors, as Mrs. Tay- lor, a Welsh woman, threatened the Welsh man, Roberts, with punishment if he dared to take any timber from an eighty-acre traet which she claimed on the Blue.

Elijah Smith, an old resident of Logan Town- ship, while engaged in burning an old straw stack, was burned to death in 1885.

Mrs. Joseph Warner, who resided five miles south of Edgar, was poisoned by aconite in Novem- ber, 1885.

The railroad disaster at Deweese occurred Octo- ber 19, 1886. It appears a construction train back- ing down to Deweese, carrying ninety-five men to dinner, struck a bull near the house of George Shep- pard. The cars were thrown from the track into the draw twenty feet, killing six men and wounding several. The names of the killed were: R. H. Mar- vin, hotel-keeper at Deweese; George Burke, St. Louis; Dennis O'Conner, Weston, Mo. ; Dennis Ham- ilton, Michigan; Robert Collins, England, and Thomas Kelly. Eight others suffered severe injuries.

John Harvonic committed suicide in November, 1884.

Fred Ronzo committed suicide in September, 1887, while imprisoned at Clay Center, pending his trial for attempting to kill his wife.

James McCullough committed suicide by stab- bing in May, 1889. The scene of this tragedy is eight miles northeast of Glenville.

* Mrs. Taylor and others were charged with the murder of John Roberts, of Spring Ranche, in January, 1885.

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Jesse Gordon, the eight year old son of Charles Gordon, was buried in the corn hopper at Minor's elevator and smothered to death.

The accident at Sutton, October 13, 1887, re- sulted in the death of the eight year old son of George Conn. The boy attempted to jump on a moving train, but falling had one arm and both legs cut off instantly, as if by a knife. Before he could be rescued he was struck by a bolt and killed.

W. R. Prosser was killed by the cars at Hansen in March, 1887.

In August, 1889, a three year old son of T. G. Dumke wandered into a field of sowed corn which his father was engaged in entting down. The child was hidden in the edge of the thick heavy growth, so that the father drove by, the unfeeling mower cutting off the boy's feet as readily as it cut down the corn. A sister sent in search of the little one found him covered in the stalks, and gave the alarm. Dr. Ray was summoned, but could not save the boy.

The first election for Clay County was held Oc- tober 14, 1871. A. K. Marsh, P. O. Norman and A. A. Corey received 55 votes each for county com- missioners, and F. Shaw, M. L. Latham and G. W. Langford, 33 votes each, while C. H. Calkins re- ceived 2 votes. The contest for the position of county clerk was between F. M. Brown, who received 54, and F. M. Davis, who received 33 votes. J. Hollingsworth and J. C. Sloat received a similar vote for the office of treasurer; for probate judge, J. R. Maltby received 55, L. J. Kearney, 16, and E. Brown, 12. P. T. Kearney received 59 votes for sheriff and B. R. Royce, 28; R. S. Fitz- gerald 58 for surveyor and G. W. Noble, 33; James Schemmerhorn 55 for school superintendent and L. N. Bryant, 33; J. Stienmetz 55 for coroner and A. S. Willis, 33. For judges of election, R. L. Gau, C. H. Calkins and L. French received 56, and L. Thayer, J. Flynn and E. Brown, 33. Thomas T. Gan and H. B. Hull, received each 56 votes, and D. W. Evans, 33, for clerks of elections. There were 56 votes cast in favor of Sutton as the county seat; 24 in favor of the geographical center; 8 in favor of Section 34, Township 8, Range 7. and 1 in favor of Section 8, Township 5, Range 8.

The elections of 1872 show 254 votes for S. A. Strickland and two others, and 31 votes for Edward Creighton and two others, for presidential electors; L. Crounse received 194 and J. F. Wanner, 64, for Congress; Henry Koenig, 192 and F. W. Holiman, 64, for State treasurer; N. K. Griggs, 195, and 1. W. Vore, 63, for Senator of Twelfth district; J. E. Cramer, 193, for representative, Thirteenth district; A. Tracy, 147, and R. G. Brenn, 106, for treasurer; M. L. Latham, 169, and D. M. Nettleton, 79, com- missioner.

The elections of October, 1873, resulted as fol- lows: E. P. Burnett, 375, Mark Percival, 128, can- didates for probate judge; F. M. Davis, 306, and A. Traey, 227, for treasurer; F. M. Brown, 280, and R. L. Gau, 230, for clerk; R. Bayly, 266; and W. R. Stephens, 249, for commissioner, long term; Ezra Brown, 317, and O. G. Peck, 205, commis- sioner, short term; J. T. Fleming, 308, and J. P. Scott, 154, surveyor; J. B. Dinsmore, 304, and Daniel Cronin. 224, sheriff; Martin Clark, 390, and P. Nagle, 143, coroner; D. W. Garver, 390, and J. S. Schemmerhorn, 135, school superintendent.

In 1874, Lorenzo Crounse received 378, and J. W. Savage, 168, for Congress; while Patrick O'Hawes received 378, for the office of contingent congressman; Silas Garber received 379, and A .. Tuxbury, 164, for governor; N. K. Griggs, 375, and R. P. Stein, 170, for Senator Twelfth district; Albinus Nance, 374, and G. H. Peebles, 168, for representative Thirteenth district; C. M. Turner, 319, and George Stewart, 211, for commissioner. The question of holding a constitutional convention received 292 votes, and was opposed by one.

In April, 1875, M.W. Wilcox was given 317, and W. S. Randall* 255 votes, candidates for represent- ing the district in convention. On August 14, that year, 1,092 votes were cast (2 scattering), on the question of re-locating the county seat, and on Sep- tember 24, 1,210 votes were cast, as follows: August election-Sutton, 313; Harvard, 349; Fair- field, 282; Clay Center, 146. September election- - Sutton, 497; Harvard, 391; Fairfield. 322.

* There were thirty-six votes given for W. S. Randall in Leicester precinct, which were not reported in time to be con- vassed.

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The general elections of October. 1875, show 725 votes for A. J. Weaver for judge of First dis- triet; 572 for J. W. Eller, and 156 for W. O. Ham- lin for district attorney; 786 for and 3 against new constitution; 773 for and 3 against article relating to seat of government, and a similar vote on the article allowing elections to express their preferences for United States Senator. E. P. Burnett received 551, J. S. Le Hew, 203, and H. W. Short, 154 votes for county judge; Ezra Brown, 475, and Joseph Flick, 325 for commissioner; J. B. Dinsmore, 473; F. M. Brown, 194, and J. M. Ramsey. 109 votes for county clerk; F. M. Davis, 808 votes for treas- urer: O. P. Alexander, 494; B. R. Royce, 275, and W. D. Aikens, 30, for sheriff; T. W. Brookbank, 782, and M. S. Edgington, 16, for superintendent of schools; M. S. Edgington, 652, and George Nuss, 92, for surveyor; and Martin Clark was elected coroner.

In October, 1876, the vote on re-location of county seat shows precisely the same figures as in September, 1875, for Sutton and Harvard, and 355 votes for Fairfield, or 32 above the number given in 1875.

The November elections of 1876 show 1,036 votes for A. H. Connor and two others; 341 for S. H. Calhoun and others, and 4 for H. L. Lally and others, presidential electors. For Congress, Frank Walsh received 991, Joseph Hollman, 344. and Marvin Warren, 43. Silas Garber and Paren Eng- land received the respective party vote for governor; F. M. Davis and Henry Grebe for land commis- sioner; John P. Maule and B. S. Malona for district attorney; Marcus W. Wilcox, 1,042, and Richard H. Wirts, 347 for Senator of Twenty-third district; James W. Small, 585, Algie S. Hill, 527, and F. W. Holman, 264 for representative of Twenty-third distriet; Julius O. Chase, 1,044, O. G. Peck, 356, representative Fifty-second district; W. S. Randall. 1,045, and Henry T. Hoyt, 353 for treasurer; Rich- ard Bayly, 1,055, and C. H. Amey, 342 for com- missioner Third district. The county seat re-loca- tion question was brought forward at this time, Har- vard receiving 802, and Sutton 606 votes.

In November, 1877, Francis Northrop received 470, and George H. Vanduyne 354 for commis-

sioner: Ezra E. Howard. 580, and Joseph Flick, 300 for clerk; William S: Randall, 572, and John G. Glazier, 310 for treasurer; A. J. MePeak, 449, and George S. Alcorne, 416 for sheriff; E. P. Burnett, 663 for judge; William A. Gunn, 506, and Jolm T. Fleming, 344 for surveyor; . I. D. Newell, 597, and Dr. E. Brewer, 262 for superintendent of schools; Dr. Martin Clark, 575, and Uriah H. Hallick, 263 for coroner.

The election of 1878 shows 848 votes for E. K. Valentine and 301 for J. W. Davis, candidates for Congress, 845 for A. Nance, and 294 for T. B. Par- ker, governor; 911 for F. M. Davis, and 217 for James McCready, land commissioner; 630 for John P. Maule, and 485 for John Saxon for district attorney; 801 for John F. Coulter for senator, Twenty-third District; 845 for M. S. Price, represen- tative Fifty-second District; 684 for H. A. Draper, and 474 for Melvin Estes, representative Twenty- third District; 835 for W. R. Hamilton, and 284 for M. Flynn, commissioner Second District.

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Author: Goodspeed Brothers Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 820

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820