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Judge S. B. Pound spoke on "Lincoln, Law, and Groceries," referring to the years of 1866 to 1868, when he was engaged in both occupa- tions without great inconvenience to himself. Colonel J. E. Philpott followed with some remarks on " The Missouri as a Highway to Ne- braska in 1867," detailing some river experiences of the very early days, and the importance of the river routes in reaching the interior of the great west.
After further vocal music, Mr. Stewart McConiga detailed how the settlers rushed in for claims at "The United States Land Office Twenty Years Ago," at which he was the Register. Mr.A. J. Sawyer recounted the years of trial during which the grasshoppers scourged this region, the period being from 1874 to 1876. Rev. H. T. Davis related some entertaining reminiscences of the early churches.
Then followed a "basket dinner" and social among the pioneers. After dinner, the feature which first attracted attention was the exhi- bition of a Lancaster county pony twenty-six years old. The animal was then and there declared a member of the Old Settlers' Association and was decorated with a badge. The horse was the property of S. W. Mckesson. It was ridden across the sight of Lincoln before the town was laid ont, by John C. Fremont. Mckesson, who was on hand, explained the circumstance fully. The pony was nimble enough to clamber up into the speakers' stand, a feat which not many horses can be induced to attempt.
Colonel George B. Skinner told about having been auctioneer for the lot sales of 1869. He received $1,500 for five days' work, and when he took the money said to T. P. Kennard that he would not give that roll of bills for the whole town and the whole county of Lancaster. But he has radically changed his mind since. Mr. John S. Gregory then told of the early days on the Salt Basin and the vil- lage of Lancaster, in a racy and entertaining manner. Mr. Levi Snell recalled some reminiscences of the State lot sales. Elder E. T. Hud- son closed the programme with some stories of the very early settle- ments. Then the old settlers were photographed in a body, and the first Congress of the Old Settlers adjourned. The meeting was just such a wholesome, happy, affair as affords joy to the heart of a pioneer.
Not all present on this occasion have joined the association, but the record of those who have is a valuable part of the history of this county and city, and is therefore appended in full.
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Here is the Old Settlers' Association, as its roster appeared in July, 1889, the native State and year of coming to this county being also given :
ROLL OF OLD SETTLERS.
A. S. Godfrey, Massachusetts, '70. Louie Meyer, Austria, '70.
E. E. Brown, New York, '70.
C. B. Beach, Ohio, '69.
A. B. Beach, Ohio, '70.
W. H. Dobson, Ontario, '72.
B. Cox, Virginia, '72. Mrs. E. B. Cox, Ohio, '72.
John Schuller, Austria, '74.
S. B. Hohmann, Pennsylvania, '69.
S. Peckham. England, '74.
James B. Hale, Indiana, '66 J. W. Smith, Indiana, '73. John Y. Ellenburg, Germany, 73
R. J. Williams, Pennsylvania, '68.
J. H. Painter, Pennsylvania, '73. Dr. A. K. Painter, Pennsylvania, '74. J. N. T. Jones, Kentucky, '69. Adelia Boyd, Sweden, '70. A. H. Wilson, New York, '66.
W. Flanigan, Canada, '71.
M. V. Radford, Illinois, '70.
N. G. Franklin, Ohio '71.
II. E. George, Illinois, '70.
E. Duling, Ohio, '79. Luther Batten, Wisconsin, '70.
JI. L. Andrews, Wisconsin, '71.
O. M. Druse, New York, '71. P'. Hayden, Ireland, '70.
H. Wittman, Germany, '73.
H. Malberts, Germany, '65.
D. L. Peckham, Michigan, '67.
J. L. Porter, Virginia, '66. L. N. Haskin, New York, '63. James Gilmore, Indiana, '72. Wm. Frohn, Germany, '70. W. W. W. Jones, Illinois, '74.
A. E. Hargreaves, England, '72. J. W. Castor, Ohio, '73. Charles Hichewick, '67. Robert Pickel, Illinois, '67. J. K. Honeywell, New York, '68.
H. Schultz, Germany, '66.
George A. Mayer, Germany, '63. F. S. Wittstruck, Germany, '65. J. C. Clarke, Vermont, '71.
Ed. Bingham, England, '67.
J. P. Walton, Ohio, '74.
C. C. Pace, Kentucky, '74.
Mrs. M. P. Husted, Michigan, '67.
W. J. Turner, Ohio, '69.
W. E. G. Caldwell, New Hampshire '70.
W. J. Cooper, New York, '69. John Currie, Pennsylvania, '72.
i Chris Fossler, Germany, '69.
M. Bowden, Ireland, '68.
R. S. Browne, England, '79.
W. C. Burke, Ohio, 68.
Fred Schmidt, Iowa, '70.
H. H. Blodgett, New York, '69.
J. S. Lefferdink, Holland, '71.
H. Heffner, Germany, '69.
G. M. Blodgett, New York, '69.
J. H. Myer, Hanover, '69. Fred Funke, Germany, '74. D. L. Graham, Ohio, '70. George Sexton, Ohio, '75.
J. Farmer, New Jersey, '70. Thomas Morrissey, Ireland, '69.
J. A. Morrissey, Tennessee. '66.
J. D. Kleutsch, Prussia, '72.
C. G. Bullock, New York, '73. E. G. Bohanan, Illinois, '75. W. R. Horn, Illinois, '70. Thomas C. Mawe, England. '72.
H. S. Gordon, Massachusetts, '74.
C. A. Tueker, Nebraska, '71.
A. Chandler, Pennsylvania, '69. A. C. Ricketts, Ohio, '72. W. B. Hargreaves, England, '70.
J. D. Johnson, Sweden, '70. A. Keens, England, '72. W. L. Gorton. New York '70. I. N. Leonard, Ohio, '70.
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H. Oehlchlager, Germany, '74. F. Claus, Germany, '69. Thomas Price, Ireland, '69.
George W. Prey, Wisconsin, '56. Wm. Charlton, Iowa, '73. H. F. Mitchell, Ohio, '73. H. F. Warner, Iowa, '64. A. G. Warner, Iowa, '64. J. S. Howard, Ohio, '72. Adna Dobson, Wisconsin, '72.
T. R. Prey, Massachusetts, '56. L. H. Meyer, Iowa, '68. W. H. Meyer, Iowa, '72. Henry Bartells, Germany, '73. Silas Sprague, Ohio, '68. M. Oppenheimer, Germany, '68. Joseph Oppenheimer, Missouri, '70. John Thompson, 71. Robert M. Manley, Ohio, '68. Robert Mitchell, England, '71. J. H. Kellum, Massachusetts, '71. Cornelius Moran, Lincoln, Neb., '61. M. G. Bohanan, Illinois, '68. E. T. Roberts, New York, '73.
H. D. Hathaway, Ohio, '72. George Sherrer, Germany, '72. Maurice Dee, Nebraska, '60. N. D. Smith, Ohio, '71. E. R. Sizer, Illinois, '74. A. W. Field, Illinois, '63.
N. C. Abbott, New York, '71. T. C. Kern, Indiana, '72. Wm. Roggenkamp, Friezen, '60. H. W. Hardy, New York, '71. J. A. Bailey, Ohio, '68. Timothy Kelley, Ireland, '69. Ed. A. Church, England, '68. J. B. Trickey, Illinois, '70. Mark Howe, Ohio, '70. R. H. Corner, England, 173. H. H. Grimes, Ohio, '74. W. E. Wittman, Indiana, '70. W. J. Marshall, Vermont, '70. C. H. Foxworthy, Indiana, '74. J. H. Foxworthy, Indiana, '73. M. Shay, Ireland, '59. Ellen Shay, Ireland, '59. E. B. Hyde, Illinois, '69.
Eddie I. Bohanan, Nebraska, '74.
Isaac Whited, Ohio, '71. J. F. Schultz, Germany, '67. C. C. Morse, Vermont, '72. A. C. Munson, Nebraska, '71. Mat Maule, -, '71.
D. C. Brown, Missouri, 772. R. W. Kent, Illinois, '73. W. H. Schmale, Germany, '67. C. A. Porter, Iowa, '66. H. Perkins, Indiana, '69. M. B. Donahue, Iowa, '68. M. Cobb, Wisconsin, '71. Harry Abbott, England, '71. J. A. Snyder, Indiana, '62. Wm. Bohanan, Illinois, '69. C. F. Retzliff, Germany, 58. E. L. English, Illinois, '70. A. G. Kellum, Massachusetts, '71. Henry Alberts, Germany, '65. H. H. Schaberg, Wisconsin, '70. T. E. Longstreet, New York, '70. A. W. Stutheit, Iowa, '66. S. C. Blasier, New York, '68. John Lundgreen, - '73. L. B. McFarland, Ohio, '74. G. A. Spencer, New York, '71. C. G. Beams, Ohio, '74. Sam McClay, Ohio, '67. James Burcham, Ohio, '68. John Fisher, Pennsylvania, '69. Phil Bohanan, Nebraska,' 71. E. Warnes, England, '62. J. C. McNair, Maryland. George A. Nandichle, New Jersey, '69. J. J. Robinson, New York, '71. G. E. Cox, Nova Scotia, '71. T. D. Moulton, Illinois, '75. L. N. Fuller, Massachusetts, '70. E. S. Reed, New York, '72. W. M. Oyler, Missouri, '75. Jacob North, England, '72. Wm. McClain, Indiana, '65. A. M. Davis, Indiana, '67. H. J. Walsh, Ireland, '69. John Schmidt, Bavaria, '71. Eli Bates, Ohio, '74. J. R. Bing, Ohio, '72.
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LINCOLN.
C. M. Leighton, Maine, '68. Dennis Merriman, Ireland, '65.
W. H. Boyer, Ohio, '68. W'in. Hopkins, Delaware, '71. Chris Rocke, Atlantic Ocean, '70.
C. E. Hedges, Illinois, '73.
J. F. Bishop, Indiana, '70. J. W. Hedges, New York, '73. J. W. Rees, Ohio, 70.
A. H. Masterman, West Indies, '74.
Adamı Bax. Germany, '68.
W. W. Wilson, Pennsylvania, '71. John Reed, Wisconsin, '71.
W. E. Keys, Ohio, '63. Eleanor G. Keys, Canada, '63.
J. J. Butler, Newfoundland, '69. W. F. Little, Pennsylvania, '72.
J. S. Gregory, first permanent settler, Vermont, '62.
C. O. Strickland. Illinois, '69. John Michael, Pennsylvania, '56.
W. L. Wilcox, West Virginia, '70. I. M. Raymond, New York, '71. O. P. Davis, Ohio, '73.
W. H. Goodrich, New York, '70. R. P. R. Millar, Missouri, '84.
M. D. Henry, Ohio, '67.
W. E. Field, Massachusetts, '74. C. H. Hohmann, '69.
T. J. Dickson, Scotland, '71.
A. L. Frost, Iowa, '68.
C. C. Munson, Connecticut, '70. H. Gardner, England, '73. J. R. Clark, Ohio, '74.
J. H. North, England, '73.
F. A. Hovey, New York, '69. G. F. Hodges. Iowa, '67.
S. K. Hale, Ohio, '75. Nels Westover, Canada, '70.
C. H. Castor, Ohio, '73. J. H. Bullock, New York, '73. H. Vanderpool, New York, '72. W. E. Hardy, New York, '71. W. G. Bohanan, Illinois, '69. T. H. Hyde, Vermont, '68.
W. G. Roberts, New York, '73. J. F. Cadman, Illinois, '59. G. R. Wolf, Prussia, '73.
L. P. Fisher, New York, '70. C. J. Heflly, Pennsylvania, '67. M. L. Hiltner, Pennsylvania, '69. R. Schneider, Switzerland, '71. A. G. Barnes, Ohio, '74. E. A. Morgan, New York, '70. A. G. Hastings, Connecticut, '69. J. P. Loder, Ohio, '57. Robt. McCartney, Illinois, '69. J. M. Meyers, Ohio, '69. J. M. Tiger, New Jersey, '67. Oscar Lau, Pennsylvania, '67. Hiram Polly, New York. '74. W. J. Harris, Ohio, '65. A. S. Williams, Massachusetts, '65. Henry Townson, England, '7-4. W. D. Guliek, New Hampshire. '72. J. E. Philpott, Indiana, '67. J. H. White, England, '69.
L. B. Treeman, New York, '73.
B. F. McCall, New York, '66.
J. Wheeler, Ohio, '68.
P. O'Shea, Canada West, '71. Gottlieb Meyer, Germany, '73.
D. D. Helweg, Germany, '73. James Kane, Ireland, '71. J. H. Ames, Vermont, '69. E. C. Ames, Nebraska, '75. Kate Martin, Ireland, '67.
W. J. Lamb, New York, '68. C. C. Burr, Illinois, '68. M. W. Sargent, New York, '74. W. C. Davis, Indiana, '70. W. T. Scott, England, '72. J. N. Larsh, Indiana, '70. D. E. Prey, New York, '56. Wm. Krueger, Iowa, '69. V. A. Markle, Canada, '68.
R. R. Tingley, New Jersey, '68. Laurena Tingley, New York, '68. Jackson Johnson, Tennessee, '69.
F. R. Denton, Ohio, '67. W. M. Seeley, Illinois, '73. S. G. Owen, Ohio, '70. Thos. Carr, Ireland, '74.
W. C. Spencer, Vermont, '69. Frank Chaffee, Ohio, '73. A. N. Burd, Pennsylvania, '65.
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OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION.
Cyrus Carter, Ohio, '65.
George Wornholz, Germany, '68. S. W. Gettier, Pennsylvania, '69. S. J. Douglass, New York, '75. John Thompson, England, '71. F. C. Zehrung, Iowa, '74. Palmer Way, Pennsylvania, '68. .G. M. Lambertson, Indiana, '74. J. D. Macfarland, Pennsylvania, '71. M. F. McWilliams, Ohio '69. R. Wallingford, Ohio, '58. Jerome Shamp, Ohio, '66. J. D. Monell, New York, '68. D. E. Bomgardner, Pennsylvania, '70. W. C. Rohde, Germany, '74. L. Barr, Europe, '74. O. N. Humphrey, Ohio, '69. John Sheedy, Ireland, '70. T. J. Noonan, Missouri, '70.
J. J. Lichty, Pennsylvania, '73. S. P. Ritchy, Kentucky, '71.
G. H. Simmons, England, '74.
C. D. Jewett, New York, '71. H. W. Keel, Germany, '66. P. H. Sudduth, Ohio, '66. Amasa Cobb, Illinois, '69.
G. S. Foxworthy, Indiana, '74.
S. B. Pound, New York, '61. P. E. Beardsley, New York, '71. Nellie M. Beardsley, Iowa, '71. J. P. Beardsley, Nebraska, '74. W. A. Doggett, Massachusetts, '75. G. W. Lee, Illinois, '74. L. Stewart, Pennsylvania, '68.
G. B. Skinner, Connecticut, '70. L. C. Pace, Virginia, '75. H. C. Meadows, West Virginia, '70. W. W. Webster, Ohio, '69. L. H. Robbins, Illinois, '69. T. W. Lowrey, Illinois, '71. F. W. Krone, Germany, '69. H. A. Poston, Virginia, '75. J. A. Wallingford, Ohio, '54. David May, France, '69. C. F. Damrow, Indiana, '68. Geo. Leavitt, England, '70. L. J. Bumstead, Connecticut, '71. D. N. Syford, Pennsylvania, '74.
M. L. Trester, Indiana, '69.
J. O. Carter, Ohio, '72. J. H. Harley, Nova Scotia, '71.
J. H. Barrett, Vermont, '70. Jacob Rocke, Germany, '69. W. S. Latta, Pennsylvania, '73. J. C. McBride, Ohio, '74. D. B. Howard, Indiana, '74. W. M. Leonard, Illinois, '74. M. B. Cheney, New York, '69. O. C. Bell, Indiana, '72. J. J. Deck, Wisconsin, '68. W. C. Griffith, Pennsylvania, '69.
T. M. Marquett, Ohio, '74. F. M. Hall, Illinois, '76. A. J. Guthridge, Ohio, '68. Lewis Gregory, Connecticut, '75. W. A. Cadman, Illinois, '59. E. Hallett, Massachusetts, '71. H. J. Byam, New York, '70. J. R. Webster, New York, '69. D. G. Courtney, New York, '74.
S. M. Melick, New Jersey, '70.
J. H. McMurtry, Indiana, '71. C. E. Loomis, New York, '71. W. E. Stewart, Indiana, '60.
T. H. McGahey, Pennsylvania, '72. J. J. Imhoff, Pennsylvania, '72. Eugene Woerner, Germany, '71.
H. A. Ensign, Iowa, '70. A. D. Baker, Ohio, '74.
M. E. Chevront, Vigirnia, '72.
E. P. Childe, New York, '75.
J. P. Lyons, New York, '74. Wm. Brokelmeyer, Germany, '74. J. T. Beach, Ohio, '68.
B. Ringer, Ohio, '68. A. Bolar, Ohio, '68. Carl Funke, Germany, '68. C. Wisner, Holland, '68.
Charles Philpott, Nebraska, '75.
H. D. Pierson, Indiana, '68. Ed. Franklin, Ohio, '72. John Franklin, Ohio, '72.
Flora Frost Snell, Iowa, '68. Mrs. C. Paine, England, '73. S. C. F. Mckesson, Illinois, '67.
S. W. Mckesson, Pennsylvania, '67.
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E. Eisler, Germany, '73. Almon Tower, Minnesota, '68. - Waltemade, Germany, 71. John Gieser, Germany. '69. Mrs. E. C. Martin, England, '71. S. W. Knight. Ohio, '74. H. C. Foster, Pennsylvania, '69. John Burke, Ireland, '70. D. W. Huff, Michigan, '70. Wm. Hogan, Illinois, '70.
Theo. Benninghoff, Pennsylvania, '69. T. J. Crawford, Ohio, '66. W. T. Shnekman, Pennsylvania, '70. Wm. Wilson, Massachusetts, '71. B. HI. Hollister, New York, '73. A. Ward, Maryland, '69. James Brown, Kentucky, '72. George Bosselman, Germany, '72. Mary G. Cochran. Ohio, '67. R. P. Beecher, New York, '69. Wm. Wilson, England, '78. G. H. Exley, England, '71. J. Burkendorf, Missouri, 172. Zack Hammel, Ohio, '71. L. Leavitt, Ohio, '71. Howard W. Caldwell, Ohio, '74. Allen Barber, Rhode Island, '73. D. A. Gilbert, New York, '72. Mrs. H. A. Tuttle, Massachusetts, '71. Mrs. A. C. Clark, Illinois, '71. George C. Spencer, England, '71. E. E. Gillespie, Nebraska, '69. Charles F. Joers, Germany, '74. Mannil Davey, Illinois, '64. A. Hitchcock, Canada,' 70. Mrs. Duke Beal, New York, '75. Anthony Gregg, New York, '71. C. W. Pierce, New York. '71. C. S. Cadwallader, Ohio, '66. W. J. Weller. Ohio, :69. W. L .. Hermance, Nebraska, 774. C. C. Waldo, New York, '75. Isaac Oppenheimer, Germany, '70. Rev. I). Kinney, Ohio, '71. Henry Veith, Germany, '69.
Mrs. 11. Veith, Germany, '72. Katie Veith, Lincoln, '74. Henry Veith jr, Lincoln, '72.
Mrs. J. C. Johnston, New York, '75. John F. Wittstruck, Illinois, '70. 1I. H. Leavitt, Missouri, '74. Oren Snyder, Wisconsin, '62. Major Moore, North Carolina, '71. John G. Stine, New Jersey, '62. George Seifert, Germany, '72. Pat MeGerr, Ireland, '69. R. J. Campbell, Ohio, '72. Sam Arbuckle, Illinois, '75. Celestine Theibeaut, France, '71. G. H. Butler, England, '71. R. H. Oakey, New York, '70. Andrew Bayless, Tennessee, '72.
W. P. Phillips, Ohio, '71. N. S. Harwood, Michigan, '71. P. J. Grant, Ireland, '69. Charles W. Woodward, Iowa, '74. J. F. Egger, Switzerland, '71. Wm. B. Harlow, New York, '72. Mrs. Jennie May, New York, '67. H. T. Davis, Ohio, '67.
G. H. Augdin, West Virginia, '75. J. P. Munson, Kentucky, '66. John Naderhoff, Illinois, '70. James Giles, England, '69. E. S. Hudson, England, '69. Solomon Kirk, Tennessee, '57. W. E. Bates, Michigan, '74. John Lemke, Wisconsin, '59. S. Westerfield, Missouri, '72. G. W. Pleasant, North Carolina, '74. John Gesler, Iowa, '68. Joel N. Converse, Ohio, '70. S. J. Dobson, -, '71.
M. W. Griswold, New York, '69. Herman M. Reeves, New York, '70. Dr. W. Queen '60. W. J. Knowlton, '69.
Henry Waterman, '70. Wm. Robertson, '71.
Myron Tower, '68.
W. W. Carder, '67. Thomas Hornby, '74. W. Smith, '70.
A. L. Pound, '66. G. C. Hickox. '72. J. J. Hunt, 69.
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P. H. Cooper '65.
John Hermance, '72. L. W. Billingsley, '69.
N. Carpenter, '69. F. H. Bohanan. '68.
D. A. Cline, '70.
Levi Snell, '69. John W. Prey, '56.
E. G. Clements, '69. Alexander Buchanan.
C. H. Gere. George Gardner.
L. J. Byer.
W. W. Holmes.
Louis Helmer.
D. J. Hunt.
J. A. Leonard.
J. F. Erecson.
1 Ira J. Hunt.
As an interesting addendum to the foregoing roster of the old set- tlers, Mr. T. H. Hyde, editor and founder of the Lincoln Daily News, on June 20, 1889, printed a list of the business and professional men of the city who were engaged here prior to 1875, and still so continue. This list is as follows:
Rev. H. T. Davis, first Methodist min- ister.
L. K. Holmes, manufacturer of brick.
J. B. & E. L. Trickey, watchmakers and jewelers.
Leopold Barr, same.
Bohanan Brothers, meat market, livery, and sale stables, hacks, omnibusses, etc.
Wm. Hyatt and Frank Rawlins, same. W. H. Brown. W. J. Turner, J. H. Har- ley, druggists. W. N. Rehlaender, pharmacist.
J. & D. Newman, dry goods. Fred Schmidt, dry goods and general merchandise.
L. H. Robbins, M. D. James Ledwith, grocer. Wm. D. Gulick, baker and grocer.
Henry Veith, baker and grocer.
Wm. Harlow. baker and dealer in fancy groceries.
Charles Spicer, baker.
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J. A. Bailey, house painter and decora- tor.
Humphrey Brothers, farm implements and hardware.
Raymond Brothers, wholesale grocers. A. S. Godfrey, C. C. Munson, lumber. J. W. Hedges, founder.
State Journal, C. H. Gere, editor; H. D. Hathaway, business manager; A. H. Mendenhall, superintendent mechan- ical department.
H. W. Hardy, furniture.
A. E. Hargreaves, retail grocer in 1875 to wholesale in 1878.
E. G. Clements, photography.
S. H. King, dental surgeon.
F. H. Hohmann & Sons, music, musical instruments and teaching.
A. M. Davis, carpets, rags, mattings. cur- tains, etc.
P. H. Cooper, ice.
A. C. Zeimer, passenger and ticket agent B. & M.
T. R. Burling, '68. John W. Crist, '71. Isaac Johnson, '71.
W. W. English, '71.
M. D. Tiffany, '70.
Wm. M. Mclaughlin, '68.
John Morrison, '69. J. L. McConnell, '58. C. Rellar, '69. John Dee, '56. Thomas Maloy, '67.
Michael Noonan, '69.
H. H. Wilson, '73. J. P. Hebard, Connecticut, '69.
E. W. Rykert, '67.
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D). 1 .. Peckham, L. J. Byer, Sam Mc- Cord, carpenters and contractors.
J. J. Butler, architect and builder.
J. P. Lantz, J. F. Lansing, real estate and insurance.
J. H. MeMurtry, same.
J. 11. Woodworth, saddlery manufac- lurer.
S. C. Elliott, crockery, glassware, etc.
J. E. Philpott, S. B. Pound, C. C. Burr, S. J. Tuttle, Harwood & Ames, J. H. Foxworthy, T. M. Marquett, L. W. Billingsley T. F. Barnes, W. J. Lamb, attorneys.
R. L. Smith, machinist.
David May, A. Hurlbut, clothiers.
John Morrison, John MeWhinnie, and C. F. Damrow, merchant tailors.
T. W. Lowrey, grain elevator, flouring mills.
R. C. Manley, fruit, cigars, etc.
Louie Meyer, dry goods.
E. T. Roberts, undertaker.
Geo. Seifert and George E. Fischer, har- ness and saddlery.
J. A. Buckstaff, Jumber.
Joseph Whittman, harness.
This list will be exceedingly small in ten years from this time, but the work of the old settlers will live on in the generations to come, when not a man now on the roster shall live to answer at roll call.
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LINCOLN AS A BUSINESS CENTER.
CHAPTER XXVI.
LINCOLN AS A BUSINESS CENTER -THE GROWTH OF HER BUSINESS INTERESTS FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS-MENTION OF SOME OF THE MEN WHO HAVE BUILT UP THE CITY.
From the wild prairie hamlet of 1867, possessing less than fifty people, Lincoln has grown to a city of over 50,000 people in just twenty-two years. From an insignificant settlement in a wilderness, without trade or developed resources, there has been built up here a property worth not less than $50,000,000, the State Capitol building, the State Penitentiary, the Asylum for the Insane, the State Univer- sity, the Wesleyan University, the Christian University, which will open this fall, and city school property valued at $500,000. Out of the prairie sod has grown the educational center of the Northwest, the political center of the State, and the most remarkable radial rail- way center west of the Missouri river, comprising four great systems, twelve diverging lines, reaching 1,000 towns, whose trade represents 154,000 square miles of territory.
Here now are operated seventy factories, eighty wholesale houses, eleven banks. The city possesses thirty-eight churches, twenty-six schools, thirteen temperance societies, five public libraries, twenty-six newspapers and periodicals, and nearly two hundred moral, social, fra- ternal, charitable, and similar organizations. The State Fair has been located at Lincoln for five years. The city possesses strong compa- nies for supplying illumination by gas, the arc, and also incandescent electric light. It has eight miles of paved streets, twenty miles of sanitary sewers, ten miles of storm-water sewers, and an ample system of water-works. It possesses five street car companies, one of which has a capital of $1,000,000, and they are now operating thirty-one miles of track. Among its great enterprises are the stock-yards and two large packing-houses, three immense paving-brick works, seven building-brick works, a large woolen mill, a paper mill, a cracker fac- tory, two planing mills and wood-working factories, a large tannery, three foundries, and extensive stone-cutting works. Lincoln is a divi-
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sion station on every railroad system entering here, and it seems prob- ablethat the great Rock Island railroad system will be added to her railway advantages in the near future.
'The city is supplied with the Western Union and Pacific Mutual Telegraph companies, who employ forty operators, and have through wires to all cities. Its telephone service ineludes over 600 local instru- ments and direct connection with sixty towns in Nebraska and sixty- six in lowa. Its express service comprises the combined facilities of
RESIDENCE OF FRANK SHELDON.
four great companies, with arrangements to bill direct over 70,000 miles of road without transfer, with a constantly and rapidly increas- ing business. It also possesses an organized message service under the name of Lincoln District Telegraph Company. This was organ- ized on May 21, 1887, and possesses a very strong support in its board of stockholders, who are: G. W. Holdrege, J. D. Macfarland, C. E. Yates, J. McConniff, C. Thompson, E. E. Brown, John R. Clark, R. H. Oakley, George W. Bonnell, J. J. Dickey, L. H. Korty,
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and Charles G. Burton. Mr. Burton is Secretary and Manager. This company's office is at the southwest corner of O and Tenth streets. It furnishes messengers and hacks at all hours, day and night; delivers trunks, and distributes advertising matter and invitations, and pro- vides night watchmen.
The internal improvements made in the city in 1888 reached the grand aggregate of $3,287,418, including the erection of 1,000 resi- dences at a cost of over a million dollars. The jobbing business ad- vanced over twenty-five per cent during the past year. Over 600 traveling men now reside here. The growth of the city for 1889 is more solid and extensive than ever before, many costly brick blocks, residences, and other improvements, being in process of construction, including a county court-house to cost $200,000, a new city well and pumping station, and two new houses for fire companies, with addi- tional costly fire apparatus.
But while the city has grown so rapidly, it has been the result, mainly, of the efforts of those men who from the early days evinced their faith in the city and in its future development by their acts, and who, through months and years of depression, disappointment, and discouragement, never lost their nerve, but kept the future always in view, and spoke words of encouragement to those who were hesitating whether to make Lincoln their home. These men-most of them, at least -have been amply rewarded for their faith, and mention of a few of them will not be out of place in a work dealing with the founding and growth of the city.
Hon. Isaac M. Raymond, senior member of the firm of Raymond Brothers & Co., wholesale grocers, is one of the most able and suc- cessful business men of Lincoln, and one whose work is closely identified with the city's progress for eighteen years.
His father was the Rev. H. A. Raymond, pastor of the Dutch Re- formed Church at Niskayuna, N. Y., and was a graduate of both Yale College and Rutger's Theological Seminary, New Jersey. He continued as pastor of the church at Niskayuna for sixteen years, where he was very highly esteemed, both personally and as an able minister, declining, in the meantime, frequent calls to city churches at a higher salary. Here seven of his nine children were born.
The mother of I. M. Raymond was born in Passaic county, New
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