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 95

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

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The April term of April 10, 1883, was opened by Judge T. L. Norval, with Thomas Darnall, dis- trict attorney ; E. M. Battis, court reporter; H. C. Denman, sheriff, and Frank Sears, clerk. The whisky cases and the trial of Stephen Binfield, Henry Bonsen, Nicholas Bonsen and Fred Whit- tler, for murder in the second degree, were pre- sented, and Richard C. Glanville was admitted to the bar. On September 8 Stephen Binfield was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury of whom William Stolley was foreman, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.

The February term of 1884 was opened by Judge Norval, February 12; Thomas Darnall, district attorney; John Allan, clerk; H. M. War- ing, reporter, and James Cannon, sheriff. In Oc- tober, 1884, Winfield S. Hayman was admitted a member of the bar.

The transactions of the last few years belong principally to the civil docket. The officers pres- ent at the October term of 1889 comprised F. B. Tiffany and T. O. C. Harrison, judges; E. B. Hen- derson and C. W. Pearsall, reporters; W. R. Ba- con, prosecuting attorney; E. A. Wedgwood, sher- iff, and John Allan, clerk.

While the county has been exceptionally fa- vored by the absence of heavy criminals, the civil docket has always been full, and the court records spread out over several volumes. The record of elections points out the contests for court positions and the last election shows the return of Sheriff Costello, vice Wedgwood.

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CHAPTER XXV.

FIRST NEWSPAPER IN HALL COUNTY-MORMON JOURNALS-IMMIGRATION INDUCED BY JOURNALISM-PIONEER PAPERS -EXPRESSED OPINIONS OF SUNDRY EDITORS-AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES-GRANGE, ALLIANCE, ETC .- IM. MIGRATION SOCIETY-SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY-AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME-MORTGAGE RECORD-EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS AND TEACHERS' ASSOCIATIONS-STATISTICS- PHYSICIANS CIRCLE-MEDICAL AND DENTAL ASSOCIATION'S-TRANS -- PORTATION FACILITIES-RAILROADS-RAILROAD HISTORY.

Time, place and action may with pains be wrought, But genius must be born, and never can be taught .- Dryden.

FO THE Mormons must be 1 accorded the honor of es- tablishing the first newspa- per in Hall County. In the spring of 1858 a number of farms were opened on Wood River by them, and there the first newspaper in Hall or ad- joining counties was established by them. It was named the Ban- ner, and it was owned by Peck and edited by Joe E. Johnson. This journal was published under several names, one of which was the Huntsman's Echo. In the spring of 1863 the Mormons moved to Salt Lake, and there Johnson re-established the Banner under the title-The Mountain Bugle. The Saints, or bigamists, or voluptuaries, or adulterers, or whatever name may be conferred upon them by persons of other re- ligious societies, could never be called drones. Wherever they settled the wilderness was con- verted into a garden spot, and their organ, the "When city Iots were staked for sale Above old Indian graves;" saintly newspaper, made music for the workers. The Banner was the evangelist of the tribe on and the era of enterprise was introduced.

Wood River, and however base its teachings in the eyes of some, it pointed out to the impure a religious system which would recognize impurity and thus abolish the spiritual and legal punish- ments imposed by the old time Christians. It is simply Mohammedanism revived. A few miles east- ward a colony of German Christians settled. They knew little of the great land in which they made their homes, and less of the rude language of this section. To them a paper printed in the rough langnage, which Americans adopted, was useless, if it was not actually unwelcomed, and therefore, for over a decade their news was supplied by Ger- man papers, published at Chicago or in the far- away Fatherland, so that up to July, 1870, there was no gentile local press here, unless the itiner- ant newspaper, which accompanied the graders on the Union Pacific, may be considered a local paper. A great change was impending. A news- paper established in the Far West sought out the more hospitable island for a home and was wel- comed by the people. The time arrived

The

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ideas of the editor were in accord with the spirit of the times.

The Platte Valley Independent was issued at North Platte, January 1, 1870, by Mrs. M. T. G. Eberhart and Seth P. Mobley. In their saluta- tory they claimed that the new journal would prove precisely what its name indicated. On the editorial page are given good descriptions of North Platte and Grand Island. As it was the only pa- per of the whole western and north and south central sections of the State west of Fremont, its pages were filled with advertisements and the news columns were very replete. On June 11 the edi- torial attack on J. P. Marston was made. This led to an action for libel, which suggested the sale of the Independent to Barton & Park on June 25, but ultimately to the withdrawal of the suit and the dismissal of Marston as foreman of the Union Pacific shops. Mr. Mobley, however, re- mained at North Platte as editor for some time, and the name was changed to the Advertiser. The first issue of this paper at Grand Island is dated July 2, 1870, Mrs. Eberhart being resident editor, with an office in the two story brown frame building near the depot. The tone of the new paper was decidedly Republican when political affairs were under discussion, and the news col- umns were very replete. It was the advertising medium for all this section of the State, and gained a foothold which has since been maintained. On December 9, 1871, Mrs. Eberhart married Seth P. Mobley, who was editor of the Fort Kearney Her- ald, in 1865. Mrs. Mobley was born in Limerick City, Ireland, and came with her parents to the United States in 1849, where her father died in 1851. She attended St. Mary's convent at South Bend, Ind., in 1852, and in 1864 was engaged to teach school at Peoria, Ill. In 1867 she removed to Omaha, and in 1869 presided over the school at North Platte, where, with Mr. Mobley as part- ner, she established the Independent. Mrs. Mob- ley, like her husband, was very prominent in the Grange movement. Her Fourth-of-July addresses and lectures on statesmen and agriculture received a good deal of attention. The Platte Valley Daily Independent was issued October 2, 1873. From

the salutatory the following paragraph was taken: "It will appear at sun-up each morning, and in order that there may be no fears in regard to the permanency of its financial basis, we make both subscription and advertising rates payable weekly." In reality this was a campaign issue, and ceased with the political battle of the year. The Daily Fair Bulletin was issued September 18, 1878, from the Independent office. The present daily issue was subsequently commenced. J. W. Livering- house was proprietor of the Independent in Jan- uary, 1884. On July 19, that year, Fred Hedde became owner and editor, and Mr. Liveringhouse issued his valedictory.

The war on the Independent by a faction of the White Cross League waxed earnest during the cold weather of March, 1888. The journal called it " the purity circus," and in advertising, it introduced the names of Sanders, Merrill & Co. Of the first-named the editor speaks thus: "Sanders, the head manager will perform the great feats of squeezing himself through the eye of a needle, and of curing the blindness with which his own mental eye is troubled. Standing on his head he will give a lesson in de- cent language, one of his most difficult perform- ances - and deliver an oration on the terrible life led by all people who have no children. Fin- ally he will show the wonderful trick of changing in the twinkling of one of his blind eyes a barbar. ian (by which he means a person not born in this country) into a civilized person * * * *

and initiating him into the mysteries of the purity paralyzers' school for scandal."

The Grand Island Weekly Times was established July 16, 1873, by Charles P. R. Williams as a Re- publican journal. In January, 1882, the semi- weekly Times was issued, and a few months later the office became the property of W. H. Michael. After Mr. Michael's term of ownership Mr. Liver- inghouse had an interest in the Times. Messrs. Ryner, now in California, and Rice, now in Kansas, became owners. After a short time Mr. Ryner became sole proprietor and continued so until the office was sold to J. S. (now in New Mexico) and C. W. (now in Denver) Stidger, who sold in Sep- tember, 1888, to Bion Cole, formerly of the Des

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Moines Mail and Times, and W. H. Scarff, of the Newspaper Union of Des Moines. M. A. Lunn, now assistant editor, has been for years engaged in land affairs in Iowa and other States, and was connected with the National Renl Estate Directory. The proposition to establish a daily edition of the Times is under consideration, but the proprietors will not make the venture until the citizens guaran- tee sufficient support to warrant the issue of a bona fide daily journal with full press dispatches.

The Orchard and Vineyard was issued in 1871 from the Independent office, but B. L. Easley, the nurseryman, was interested with Mr. Mobley in this agricultural journal. This journal continued publication for about one year.

The Mirror, a temperance journal, called also The Rechabite, was founded at Grand Island in August, 1874, by J. I. Wylie and Miss M. V. Huston. In October Miss May Van Pelt took the place of Miss Huston. This Wylie was a painter by trade and was only a short time engaged in temperance newspaper work when he was cow. hided by Mrs. Mobley for an editorial assault upon her as a newspaper woman. This chastise- ment was inflicted on Wylie in the Grange Hall.

The Anti-Monopolist was issued Jannary 3. 1883, by the Grand Island Publishing Company. P. P. Ingalls, editor. The Anti-Monopoly party's platform, as adopted September 27, 1882, was printed in full. Fred Hedde is said to be the act- ive spirit and owner of this journal.

The Hall County Democrat. The old Dem- ocrat was established here fifteen years ago by George W. Treffern, from whom the office passed to Lee and thence to W. H. Weeks, under whom publication ceased.

Der Herold, the German newspaper, was founded October 29, 1880), by Henry Garn and Charles Boehl. Henry Garn settled at Grand Is- land in 1866, and taught school in the village un- til 1879. In 1883 Mr. Boehl sold his interest to Garn. G. M. Hein is the present owner and editor, purchasing the office April 9. 1889. The circulation is about 1,200.

Weltblat, another German weekly newspaper. is also controlled by Mr. Hein. It was established

by him Jannary 1, 1889, and is one of the few Low Dutch magazines published in the world, and now has a circulation of about 1, 100 copies.

The Democrat is edited by E. J. Hull.

The Grand Island Workman was issued Angust 10, 1889, by F. G. Lockwood. In January, 1890, the editor proclaimed his principles thus: "The Workman believes our tariff system, our land sys- tem, our financial system and our ballot system to be wrong, some in part and some in whole. The Workman will labor for commercial freedom, the single tax on land valnes, the Australian ballot system, and honest money. The Workman be- lieves that the late confederation of the Farmers' Alliance and Knights of Labor to be a grand step in the cause of human happiness, and shall sus- tain, to the best of our ability, this union of forces, believing that it will result in a perfect union of action, which will be for good government."

The Herald (American) was established Au- gust 2, 1885, and issued from Henry Garn's office, then publisher of Der Herold.

In May, 1888. Mr. Ed. J. Hall took charge of the Grand Island Herald (American) for Henry Garn, then publisher of the two Heralds. In Jan- uary, 1889, Mr. Garn sold the Grand Island Her ald to Mr. Hall, and in July the German Herold to Mr. Hein, and the office of the American Her- ald was moved to the Bartenbach Opera House, where it is now published. The circulation is abont 800. Mr. Hall, the editor, has been in the Nebraska newspaper field for eighteen years, fif- teen of which were passed in publishing the San- ders County Times.

Charles Rief, whose letters from Europe and Palestine claimed much attention in 1889, may be included with the journalists of the county. He contributed the following verse to the Independ. ent, in August, 18SS, on the death of Sheridan:

The fatal summons bears returns. Of grief-a loving nation mourns. Death guides him on his final ride, Across to realms on yonder side. Silent, forever, to command. He leads no more the valiant band.

Our cherished thoughts cling to the man. The great, immortal Sheridan.

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The Wood River Gazette was issued September 9, 1881, by R. H. Miller, who sold the office to James Ewing, March 2, 1882 (vide history of Wood River).

The Doniphan Index was established April 1, 1888, by Charles Kelsey, who in 1879 came to Hastings, and worked at the case there until his removal to Doniphan. The Leader is now pub- lished there (vide history of Doniphan).

The pen is mightier than the sword-we're told, But what is either to a sharpened Faber? Paste-pot and scissors have a mighty hold And save a sight of heavy mental labor- But if you want a power-sturdy, bold- Archimedes' hand-spike, or Damocles' sabre- Give us a Washington, a Taylor or a Hoe

And spondulicks enough to make the critter go! *

Prior to January 1, 1870, there was nothing accomplished toward the organization of agricult- urists in the county. The pioneers were too much engrossed in providing for daily wants to let their thoughts wander far away from home, and the chances of forming any sort of a society were as poor as those which were presented to the man who would reconstruct something intangible.

The Hall County Immigration Board was formed March 22, 1871, with Henry A. Koenig, president; S. P. Mobley, secretary; W. H. Platt, H. P. Handy, John Wallichs, Fred A. Weibe, Peter Peterson, W. M. Spiker, H. Wrage and E. W. Arnold, members. Later that month, the J. N. Paul colony of twenty-nine families arrived here en route to Howard County.

The Orchard and Vineyard was issued at the County seat and the Independent was used by the board as an advertising medium for the county.

During the year 1873, there were 39,280 acres proved up in the Grand Island Land District of the 269,3523 acres entered.

The Grange movement commenced here in 1872, and, like the bashful maiden who has to be led to the piano, and once there plays the guests out of patience, the Patrons of Husbandry carried

out their peculiar notions, until the country ac- knowledged them.

Grand Island Grange No. 6 was organized in April, 1872, with S. P. Mobley, master, and Robert Mitchell, secretary. The State Grange was organ- ized August 2, 1872, with W. B. Porter, master, and William McCaig, secretary. Central Star Grange No. 518 was established in April, 1874, with S. P. Mobley, master, and N. A. Lord, secre- tary. In 1875 it was in fact consolidated with Grange No. 6. The Co-operative Association of Patrons of Husbandry was organized in April, 1874, with D. C. Smith, president; S. P. Mobley, secretary and agent. In 1876 there were nine granges in Hall County, comprising 500 members. Peter Harrison was president of the association; E. S. Searson, secretary, and William Stolley, agent.

Wood River Grange was organized March 31, 1873, with Rufus Mitchell, J. F. Walker, C. E. Towne, James White, J. Osbon, Isaac King, B. F. Odell, F. P. Welch, Miss Ella Warner, Miss A. Odell, Mrs. E. Mitchell and Mrs. L. Osbon, members.

Alda Grange was formed July 18, 1873, with F. B. Stoddard, E. W. Brown, John Leckenby, William Powell, L. Powell, Mrs. Stoddard, Mrs. Sweet, Mrs. L. Brown and Mrs. L. Powell, officials.

Platte Valley Grange was organized in April, 1873, at the house of Charles Dufford, south of the river, with M. Stump, Henry Denman, W. J. Burger, D. O. Grice, A. J. Price, A. R. Thorn, S. S. Schultz, D. Beidelman, Charles Dufford, Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Robb and Miss Creason, officials.

Advance Grange was organized in school dis- trict No. 23, west of Alda, February 7, 1874, with the following named members: P. Harrison, D. C. Smith, Sarah Smith, A. V. Smith, Mrs. R. E. Smith, W. H. Norton, M. E. Norton, C. E. Har- rison, Kate Harrison, J. S. Donaldson, Delia Don- aldson, H. M. Jones, Mrs. B. M. Jones, J. H. An- drews, J. L. Gray, Stephen Jones, Maggie Jones, G. F. Dodge, Annie Trout, J. M. Cummings, J. A. Conner, J. M. Howe, Clara Trout, Charles Streeter, Alice Streeter, M. B. Heitman, T. E. Harrison, T. H. Trout, Amelia Trout and Mary

* F. M. MacDonough of the Plattsmouth Watchman, May 20, 1873.

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Jones. Prairie Creek Grange was organized abont this time.

Highland Grange was organized at Union Chapel, March 7, 1874, with the following-named members: Wesley, Lucinda, George and Phoebe Dempster, John and James Creason, James A. and Lizzie Williams, S. Lineback, Miles, Martha and Laura Humphrey, Naomi French, Mary J. Linsa- enm, Mrs. S B. Poe, C. J. Rhodes and S. Brooks.

Elm Island Grange was organized at the Union school, March 6, 1874, with the following-named members: W. H. Austin, E. J. Morse, Charles Watson, T. J. and Mary Peck, S. Uhrig, William E. Tyler, R. G. Hackett, G. H. and Orilla E. Wil- cox, O. F. and Malinda Foote, Ira and Mary A. Wilson, S. W. and Hattie Wilson, George H. and Mary E. Wilcox, J. A. and Mary Mattick, William Lehrich, E. N. and Mary A. Adams, Ira Wilson, Walter and Sarah Miller, James H. and H. M. Sweeting.

South Loup Grange was organized March 12, 1874. The members were S. A., G. A. and Ella and Mrs. G. A. Pease, S. and A. H. Holman, J. P. and E. A. Gordon, W. W., George, Mrs. H. and Mrs. G. Kendall, P. Hirst, B. F. Mannel, C. M. and Elizabeth Robinson, Walter and Mrs. W. A. Hill, L. Fleming, John and Mrs. K. Marigold, C. O. and Mrs. Woodruff and Lawrence Mitchell.

True Blue Grange was organized at Prairie Creek school-house, March 16, 1874, with the fol- lowing-named members: Lester and A. A. Hough- ton, W. W. Dubbs, S. D. and A. Deyoe, A. S. Donaldson, O. A. Hoyt, F. M. and Sarah Adams, N. P. and Harriet Dickenson, George Smith, James E. Peebles, James Ewing, I. W. White, M. Burkerd, Ed S. Towne, J. H. Newton, J. W. Honold, Cyrus Miner and G. E. Crawford.

Mount Moriah Grange, south of Platte, was or. ganized in July, 1874, with Martin Ennis, master, and William Whitecar, secretary. There were twenty-two members enrolled.

Alda Grange No. 7, was presided over in 1872 by John Leckenby. True Blue Grange of Sonth Loup Precinct was organized in April, 1875, with J. E. Peebles, master.

The County Council, P. of H., was organized

in April, 1874, with A. V. Potter, master; S. P. Mobley, secretary; William Stolley, treasurer; Mrs. Mobley, lady assistant steward; Mrs. Levitt, Flora and Mrs. Gilbert, pomona.

The State Grange met in convention here in December, 1887.

The advisory committee of the Hall County Relief Association, appointed at organization in November, 1874, comprised William Stolley. W. H. Platt, Henry Garn, Claus Stoltenburg, James Jackson, Squire Lamb, E. C. Walker, S. M. Walker, G. F. Warner, D. O. Grice, N. S. Demp- ster, W. W. Mitchell, H. Newton, Henry Streator, J. H. Leonard, Edgar Varney, George J. Spencer, W. E. Tyler, G. H. Wilcox, W. H. Austin, O. H. Taylor, Martin Skinner, F. E. Smith, D. E. Smith, W. J. Burger, James M. Ply, Theodore Sherzburg, A. J. Leckenby, L. E. Frink, Z. B. Partridge, J. C. Moore, J. H. Bliss, J. A. Williams, Thomas J. Peck, C. L. Alford, E. A. Edwards, Edward Searson, E. Harris, Martin Ennis, Thomas Fran- cis, R. H. Newcomb, James McCleary, Henry Bon- son, M. M. Foote, John H. Powers and B. F. Odell. The appointments were made in the order of school districts, or from No. 1 to No. 47 inclusive.

William Stolley, the agent and pilot of the Grand River colony, located his homestead ou Sections 28-29, Township 11, Range 9. The first colony comprised thirty-five persons, all of whom located southwest and southeast of Grand Island City. After the grasshopper plagne he was chosen by the State Grange to solicit Congress for aid and succeeded in having an appropriation of $150,000 made for the relief of the sufferers. He also urged on the railroad companies the propriety of free transportation of goods intended for the relief of the settlers, and won this point also. Frederick Hedde was a member of this colony with the others named in the pioneer history.

The Hall County Agricultural Society was or. ganized in the summer of 1874, when a call was made by Peter Harrison, and an organization com. pleted, with Mr. Harrison president. Hon. William Platt was the author of the constitution and by- laws. The first two fairs were held in the court-

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room. The proposition to hold a fair in 1875 was scarcely noticed, as the grasshoppers destroyed the crops, and thus left nothing to exhibit in the agri- cultural department. In 1876 a committee of three was appointed-Seth P. Mobley, W. B. Larrabee and Eli A. Barnes -- to locate fair grounds. The northwest quarter of Section 16, at $16 per acre, was purchased from Daniel Morgan, administrator of the Chapman estate. Ten acres of this tract were fenced in and otherwise improved, and in the fall a successful fair rewarded the energy of the officers of the society. Prior to the fall of 1889 Hall County sent seven exhibits to the State Fair, the two first exhibits being taken from the county fair by Peter Harrison and Seth P. Mobley. For the three succeeding years the county took first prize at Omaha, and won the champion medal, now held by the Hall County society. The only exhibit made at the State fair, in the five years ending September, 1889,* was that at Lincoln in 1887, when the first premiums fell once more to Hall County. In 1889 the society sold forty acres of their purchase of 1876 to Marsh & Lannigan, for $22,750.35, and then purchased 160 acres adjoin- ing the city, on the west, from Patrick Touhy, paying him $16,000 therefor.

The roll of life-members is made up as follows: Othman A. Abbott, William Anyan, John Allen, John Appledorn, Joel H. Andrews, James Allen, I. R. Alter, S. J. Bateman, Eli A. Barnes, James Baldwin, F. P. Barks, L. M. Bryan, W. J. Bur- ger, Patrick Britt, S. Benson, Giles H. Bush, James Bly, Fred Beeker, A. D. Burrows, A. E. Blunk, Benjamin Berry, W. R. Bacon, C. F. Bent- ley, Henry Beorson, Daniel Baker, T. B. Bush, Henry D. Boyden, Thomas J. Brownfield, J. H. Bliss, L. Bruce, W. Bonsen, H. Beaford, John Creason, George Cornelius, James Cleary, George Clark, George Chesebro, W. B. Coggeshall, A. J. Clement, George H. Caldwell, Frank Corkins, H.

C. Denman, W. C. Denman, A. C. Denman, Z. H. Denman & Son. W. H. Denman, Patrick Dunphy, N. M. Depue, J. L. Donaldson, W. A. Deuel, G. W. Dennison, C. H. Duennermau, George P. Dean, Martin Ennis, C. S. Elison, William Eldridge, John Eggers, Claus Ewoldt, Cay Ewoldt, H. A. Edwards, Joseph Fox, George W. Frey, John Flusher, S. H. Ferguson, A. B. Fraker, M. C. Fuller, John Fonner, Charles Fuller, Henry Giese, William H. Gillet, M. J. Gahan, Jerry L. Gray, Henry Garn, H. H. Glover, Frank Gardner, Philo Green, H. A. Gallup, O. F. Groves, Edward Hooper, T. J. Hurford, William Hagge, W. H. Harrison, C. H. Horth, J. D. P. Hutchins, Richard Harrison, T. O. C. Harrison, James Heesch, H. W. High, C. J. Jansen, N. H. Hurford, B. C. Howard, C. L. Howell, Casper Hines, Fred Hedde, W. H. Hurley, James Hall, W. H. Houser, F. E. Howe, Jonathan Hal- stead, George P. Honnold, Robert C. Jordan, C. E. Jerome, James Jackson, E. F. Jonte, John L. Johnson, D. F. Jamieson, Joseph Killian, John Kraft, Henry A. Koenig, B. Knox, H. E. Kent, John Kramer, W. C. King, Isaiah Lewton, W. B. Larrabee, A. J. Leckenby, George Loan, C. E. Lykke, John B. Lowery, Ira Lewis, W. H. Lamb, Squire Lamb, E. S. Lamon, J. S. Lamb, J. W. Liveringhouse, A. C. Lederman, Seth P. Mobley, J. E. Meth, W. R. McAllister, H. P. Makely, W. W. Mitchell, Archie Murdock, John D. Moore, J. H. Murphy, James Michelson, Engene Miller, John L. Means, Robert S. Mitchell, D. W. Mill- hollen, D. Morgan, Patrick Moore, John S. Mullen, Lafayette Myers, N. McCombs, Charles Melisen, J. T. Mehaffie, Fred McIntire, Isaac Messeraul, Al. McAllister, R. H. McAllister, Detlif Matheson, M. Murphy, Jacob F. Miller, J. R. Moeller, W. R. McMaster, P. O. Marquise, Patrick Nevills, W. P. Nicholson, N. P. Nelson, Edmund O' Brien, Clause Obermiller, Hugo Oehlrich, James O' Keefe, William H. Platt, William Powell, Z. B. Partridge, Charles F. Peterson, Hans Paustian, I. T. Paine, J. F. Proctor, Peter Pehrs, Charles Pierce, C. F. Peterson, S. M. Pederson, E. A. Park, A. S. Pat- rick, H. J. Palmer, M. V. Powers, Henry Rosswick, Fred Roby, Joseph Roach, V. S. Runnels, Emer- son Rogers, Charles Rief, John Riss, John G.

*Hall County, in 1884, made one of the leading exhibits at the State fair. John S. Donaldson took first prize for corn on the stalk ; E. A. Park, for wheat in the straw; Jacob Shoemaker, for rye; Z. H. Denman, for an eight-year honey locust, seven inches through, nine feet from base; William Powell, of Alda, for a cottonwood, planted twenty-one years before, measuring twenty-two inches nine feet from base; JJacob Shoemaker and William Stolley presented fruit trees, and the latter thirty-one varieties of grapes.

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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