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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , APRIL 2 < 1 , 1802 15 \ Bnpotb Specimens Plucked from the Record f Madison Oounty , FROM POVERTY TO COMPARATIVE WEALTH A Favored Region Amply Rewards the Thrifty and Industrious. DRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE BLESSED A Remarkable Percentage of Woll-to-do Tillers of the Boil. EARLY STRUGGLES AND LATER REWARDS Inntructlvo Furls Otenncil from tlio Kspe- rloncn of Nolirmliii 1'nrincrs Ittiturlcnl nnil KtutUtlcnl Hollow of a 1'oorloM County Wiishotl by they Madison county lies Inland the fourth county from the river on the east and the third from the north line of the stale. It Is bounded on the east by Stanton county , on - the north uy I'lorco , ; vest by Antelope nnd Hoono. and south by 1'latto. The Elkhorn river runs through the county from west to east , near the northern boundary , forming a valley which for fertility of soil , cannot bo excelled. The higher pralrlo lands nro of deep rich soil , well adapted to a variety of crops and ] ust rolling enough to make farm ing easy and drainage perfect. There isper haps , no other county in the state with so * - - largo n percentage of Iboonliro population of thrifty , well-to-do and oven wealthy farmers. The county is largely lolllod with Germans whoso native thrift , industry and habits of economy nrn provorelnl. Madison county was organized January 21 , 1803. In that year the population was only 140 : two years later. In 1B70. it had increased to 1,183. nnd in 1875 , to ! ) ,171. In 18SO it reached 5.587 , nnd in 18UO , 13fi09 , a gain in ten years of 8.082. In area Madison county has 57lJ squnro miles , or : ir 3i40 ( acres , of which , exclusive of town lots , 177,721 ncrosaru improved , and 149,933 unimproved. The as- aessed valuation In 1801 wast,83T.2SOagalnst fl,252WJ : In 1SSO. The estimated actual valuation f-r 18'Jl was $1B,211,0 ! > 0. The bunk deposits per capita In 18'Jl was S50.S3and the total bnnk deposits $01)4,805. ) According to the assessors' returns there was raised in the county in 1801 , acres of wheat , 11,801 ; corn , 81b02 ; oats , 28b ( S ; barley , 1)32 ) ; flax , 0,103 ; rye , 250 ; millet , a,9 0 , and meadow , t'5,720. By tno same moans wo find that in 1S91 there were in the county 20,20J cattle , 20DUO bogs , 8,810 horses , 503 mules nnd 511 sheep. Good unimproved farm lands can bo bought for from $12.50 to $20 per acre. Improved farms , such as nro for sale , nro offered at $15 to $25 per acre , according to Improvements / nud location. The best improved farms , ' , ' which constitutes the majoilty of the culti vated lands of Madison county , cannot bo bought nt any prlco. Poor , sandy lauds , of which there are but a small per cent can ba bought for $8 to $12 per acre , and they nro not unproductive by any mentis. There is only a small bolt of sand In the county nnd there nro plenty of prosperous farmers making fortunes on Iboso same lunds. Madison countv is coming to the front in other Hues as well ns that of a farming community. She has within her borders seven Important towns with an ag gregate population of over 7,000. Norfolk In the northeastern portion of the coanty stands fit the head with a population of 4,510 , Madl- f son , the county neat , In tbe southeastern portion , with 1,200 , Battle Creek in the northern part near tbo center , east and west with 500. Burnett , on the west line , 500 , Meadow Grove In the northeast , with 200 , Newman's Grove In Iho southwest corner , GOO , \Vnrnorvlllo , n few miles south of Norfolk , with 3,000. There nro in the coun ty live flouring mills , six elevators with a storing capacity of 100,000 bushels. There are sixty-seven miles of railroad- that county. Norfolk has the largest boot sugar factory in this countv. The unylum for the insana is also located there and the city has electric llgnts , street railways and water works. The north Nebraska 'normal school is located at Madison , which is also the county sent. Norfolk is also lay ing the foun dation for a $50,000 hotel , the clti/ons aiding the enterprise with a bonus of $10,000. The Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley and Union Pacific roads brings the population within casv distance ot Omaha and gives nn outlet to Iho products of the farm and fac- to'ry. As for the chances for homos and the success ot these who nro already tilling , . Madison county aoil lot the farmers spnak - > - for themselves. A Thrift-G rmun. August Bittnor is a representative Gor man farmer who has made himself rich by farming In Madison county. Ho landed in Now Vork direct from Germany with ono lonesome penny in his pocket. Ho worked six months to got money cnouch to continue hU journey west , bringing up in Madison county , live mlles southwest of Madison , where lie selected a homestead on which ho now llvos. Ho then wont to Columbus nnd worked a month to get the necessary $15 homestead fee. In splto at his poverty , grasshoppers and all the other drawbacks of these early days , ho prospered , and now owns 500 acres of land , well improved , ull fenced Into ilolas , and well stocked. Ho bought his second end quarter section in 1877 , for $300 cash and another eighty in 1884 for $050 cash and two years nco still another 100 for JJ.OOO cash. It required u good many years of toll nnd hard- y slih ) to reach the point where anything more than a moro living could bo made , but it camu nt last. Mr. Blttner has a model rural home. Hlshouao cost $3,000 nnd ono barn 51x0 i foot $1,000 , besides other houses and buildings bringing the aggregate amount spoilt in buildings up to jOUO. * ! llo has a largo orchard and nil kinds of small fruit. Ha la a stockholder in one of the Madison banks nnd has plenty of money at Interest. lie rulsos grain nnd buys moro and foods stock. Kverv dollar ho has has beau made on a farmllo maintains that a poor man can come hero now and inr.ko a start much easier than when ho came. 15 oil Jos that the futurn of the country ls now assured whllo , t that time no ono knew whether Nebraska would ever be a place lit lor white men or not. Mi rtln imtncr. In October , 1S03 , Martin Ulttnor , a brother of August nnd Gottleib , whoso names appear elsewhere , secured a homestead live mlles west of Madison. After locating his claim bo wont back to Columbus and wonted throe jears to get money enough to pay his fooi and open up his now placn. Ho broke bis land with oxou and raised craps ot grain which ho was forced to divide with the pesky grasshoppers for seven successive years. It took him about twelve years to begin to make monov , uut ho stayed with it and now hits a beautiful farm of 700 acres , highly improved. In IbSJ ho bought a half section nt $ T per ncre , nnd two years ago bought 220 acres moro nt ? 15 nn acre. His land Is all fenced Into Holds and 500 of it is under cultivation. The buildings are amont , ' the best In the country , surrounded by ex tensive groves , orchnras and other conven iences equal to eastern homw , feeds about 100 head of cattle a year , using all the corn ho can rulso and buying moro , Hus 220 head of cattle on tha pluco now and U feeding UK ) . Mr. Bittncr has made this handsome littlu fortune by farming only , nud the farm does not tell it all ho has plenty of money loaned out. nought Clulm. Joseph Wohoukol is ono of the smaller farmers of the countv who came In n later day. In ISisO ho phid $150. all ho had. for a homestead ownca by another man. Ho then went to work chorine around nnd husking com in tbo winter to get something to live 011. Ho uroKo his land aud then rented ground from hit neighbors on which to raise some thing to cat pending the rotting of his god , The next year be had u good crop on hli own land and begun to llvu comfortably. Five years auo ho reached out for another eighty BttlOan acre. Ills throe forty's are welt improved wllhUluu bulldmci , orchard , fences and groves. Ho has put Iota of money In nn provoiuouts and owes every coat of it to his farm. AHhongh he T" " not amont : the flrst o settle In MadUon county , anil yet got bis land cheap , he think * there Is n better shower ( or a poor man hero now than when ho came , ( ieorge Hrjrnnt , Oeoreo Bryant Is the owner of ono of the nicest llttlo inrnn in Madison county. Ho took a homestead six miles southwest of MadUon In 1370 , nnd worried through the grasshopper years alone with his neighbors. Ho has smco added 100 acres to It , making a half section. It Is all under cultivation and well Improved In every way. Mr. Bryant hai a splendid bouse and ample barn and hecl room. At flrst ho sold some corn , but of late years feeds It all and buys more. Lnst year's corn crop was rather poor , averaging thlrty-flvo to foity busnols per aero on his farm. liixlsoj some wheat every year. Ho has mot with some tosioi , especially hogs , of which ho lost 13.000 worth at least. As an example of the hard times the early settlers encountered and tbo small amount of money they were permitted to handle , .Mr. .Bryant states that at ono tltno tor sixteen months at n stretch ho never handled ono cent. Ho bought bis Hour wilt ) butter and eggs and al most wont naked. Ho lives In better style now , and dug his prosperity all out ot the soli. r. V. llnrnrs. P. VV. Barnes Is known ntnonR hit neigh bors as the original proprietor ot the slto ot the city of Madison. Ho pro-omptod the quarter section the center of which Is now about the center ot too oily , in the Bprlnc of 19)7 , never uroaminR that some day n county snat town would spring up on his patcb of wild land. But li did , and Mr. Uarnos Is now cotter llxod than ho wus then. In fact , ho had nothing but his ulunn these days , not oven nolRhbors. llo boucht lum ber in Omaha at S15U a thousand to build a shanty , and wont to Columbus , forty-eight miles , for his mall. Mr. Barnes staved In Columbus a year before comlnp to Madison county , nnd then drove cattle throujjh for other parties. Ha nroko his land with oxen and raised crop1 * under the well known dim- culttoi of that period. But ho saved a llttlo uiotiov and bout-lit , inoro land In later y.can , perhaps over n thousand acres In all , selling off some and buying more , but ho always stuck to his tlrst lovo. Ho now owns only SOOacios of land nnd pays no attention to farming , having established the Flrit Na tional bank several years ago. The city of Ma'llion has mndo Mr. Barnes wealthy , but it nil grow out of that pro-omption claim on which ho btavod pioneer life and expected to farm It wb.Ho ho lived. From that llttlo ven ture ho has disposed of $50,000 worth of lots nnd hat some loll. When Mr. Barnes began life In Madison county there was not a reader or a bridge across a stream ; the poitofllco was forty-eight miles nway , the nearest general - oral supply place was Omaha , ISO mlles , nnd the nearest crlst mill on Logan crack , sov- onty-flvo miles distant. But the most dls- couraglne thing was the grasshopper , which troubled more or loss every voar nnd finally rounded up with n grand throe voars1 ban quet , during which time , In 1372-a-4 , they took everything. ( iottlolli lllttnor. Gottlelb Bittnor , who Is now ono ot the largest farmers In Madison county , lives on Union creek , a few mlles west of Madison. Ho settled there in I860 , In company with some brothers , brothers-in-law and bis aged mother , all taulug homesteads. Ho had a small amount of moans to start with , which was a Dig thing in these days , and has Im proved his opportunities so well that ho now owns a largo number of farms bought from his neighbors who were less thrifty nnd could give his cnoek forJSO.OOO. Ho is strictly a farmer , raises corn , heirs nnd cattle tlo and hauls the manu.o on to nls fields. StivrmlVouil. . C. F. Haaso resides on his splendid llttlo farm of 320 acres , two nnd a half miles from Norfolk near the sugar laotory. His history is similar to that of many of the representa tive farmers of Madison county. Ho first took a homestead and settled on it , but had absolutely nothing to live on. and in early years , 1871-y , used to walk to Norfolk witn Ins saw and buck on his back , no matter how severe tbo weather , and saw wood for some of the six or eight families who lived there. The 43 or 50 cents ho could make In that way was absolutely necessary to keep his family from starving. Ho is now worth at least S1S.OOO , and has made it all strictly on the farm. Ho has never speculated , bought nnd fold , or any thing of the kind , and might have been worth moro money If ho could have kept stock earlier In his farming history. IV. II. Lowe. W. H. Lowe Is one of the best known men in Mudison county , being identified with the early settlement of the county. Ho homesteaded - steaded land In ( Jumlng county in 1S < ! 9. sold his claim and came to Norfolk in April , 1871. Like many others no claims ho allowed good opportunities to go by and for that reason ho has not prospered aa'ho inieht have done. In the grasshopper years , 1874-5-0 , he could nave bought quarter sections of choice lands almost anywhere from $150 to $ .200 which ore now worth $5,000. Can call to mind fifty men who were forceu to remain on their claims , because nobody would uuy them , and are now corapaantively wealthy raon , made so from the nroduet of the soil. In the twouty-throo years ho has boon hero has never known of u drought sufficient to af fect crops to any extent. The grasshopper days were the times .that tried men's souU null stomachs too , but that Is all past. Mr. Lowe spoaUs encouragingly of the boot sugar industry and says it cannot fail to become an important source of Income to the farmer. True there are some discoursing features connected with the management of the business under present conditions , but a few years will suftlco to place the manufactories In the hands of the people and in the mean time farmers will leurn all about raising and marketing the ntants. So far It la all ex periment , but oven the llrst year with us was not altogether unsatisfactory. Mr. Lowe claims thut beets assaying 14 to 10 per cent of saccharine against 0 to 11 per cent in the old countries , raised on land worth 25 or $ .10 per acre against $000 land In Germany , and yield about the sumo number of tons per aero without fertilizing Is bound to bo a pay ing business. An r.ljjI'ty-Acro Kiivm. Thirteen years ago J. K. Herr bought eighty acres of laud near Norfolk for $000 and farmed it In the usual manner , raising corn , hogs and cattle and never dreamed that his llttlo farm would over oo of value for anything but farm laud. Norfolk did not boeln to grow for several yoar.ulxor that , but now it is crowding Mr. Herr oft his land. Ho platted one forty mid sold it in auro lots at $1 ! > 0 a lot , nnd has been olfcrcd SJOO an aero for the other forty. Mr. Herr U u well known shipper of live stock and for year ? paid fSl ) a car to Chicago. Ho can ifow got a car to Omaha for ? S. Ho tells of ono of his neighbors wuo wont to mill and had to wall throe weeks fur his grist , BO ho took his ox loam and wont to plowing near the mill and came homo with moro money In his pocket than ho haJ over had boforo. In these days men were always willing to work , but they could not always got tbo chance to work for monoy. Htiirtinl lit the Itotttim. George Williams is ono of the successful Madison county farmers , who started at the bottom and camu out on top. Twenty yours ago ho pre-empted 100 acres and later homesteaded - steaded another quarter section. In hU ef forts to got a foothold ho underwent the usual privations common to Nebraska pion eers. Ho had no money to work with but managed to exist until ho r.iisca .something to live onVcut to Sioux City to mill , clguty-tlvo mlles , and got bis family sup plies us best ho could. When the grasshop per years came on , instead of solllne out for what ho could got as many did , ho bought land as law ns ill an acre and has since paid as lilch as J100 per acre , Jiu ucnv owns 600 acres all In Madison county , worth on an nvcraeo $30 to # .13 per acre. In answer to questions Mr. Williams said : "No ono but tboso who experienced It can have an ade quate idea of the difficulties under which we pioneer * made our start. There were no roads nnd DO bridges across tbo streams and it sometimes toalt a month to go to town or to mill and return , A man without a dollar can coma right bora now and go to work us wo did then and make a start quicker and cosier than wo did. MoH of the o wealthy German farmers all around us worked hard and nearly starved for a dozen long years before fore they reached Ihu point whera fortune began to smile on them. True , they had the land but what man and family would bo willing now to barely exist , under inconveniences and exposures for twelve to fourteen years for 100 acres of land even at present prices , whllo at the time wo mention land was worth a mere nominal sum and we b'ad no as surance that It would over we worth mucti more. YOJ , sir , homes are eatler and quick er made DOW under present conditions than then. Struck It Jtlcli. Ferdinand I'asewallc U ono ot tba wealth iest men in Madiioa county and ho made it all by tAklnt : land under pre-emption ana homestead acts. Ho came to Hamilton county In ISO * In company with four other families from Wisconsin and established his homo on a pro-omptlon claim near where Norfolk now stands. Ho olsohoraestoadod n quarter section , giving up for it a pony team , a wngon to fit It nnd &JOU In hard cash , for Mr. Pasowalk , unlike most ot the early sot- tlcri , had some money $1,500 when ho catna bore. Ho also bad thrco teams of hortos which ho used In breaking his lands. When ho first came Norfolk consisted ot ono llttlo pen oral merchandise store , kept by John Olnoy , who for two years hauled his goods from Omaha , 123 miles nwny. liitor on , the Fremont , Elkborn nnd Missouri valley road was extundcd to Wisnor , only twenty-eight mlles distant. That was very convenient. Omaha was the nearest point where lumber or general supplies could bo bought and Losran Crook , seventy-live mlles nway , was the neuron grut mill. The flrst time Mr. I'.iso- walk wont to mill he bought hU wheat at West Point and drove to Lo an crook to have it ground. Of course ho asked the miller when ho could huvo It ground , for that was an Important question nt that time. Ho was told that it would bo about four weeks it ho waited fur his regular turn , but that It ho would pay 50 cents n bushel besides the toll , ho could hnvo it next morning. Mr. P. had the money nnd paid It. "For , " snld ho , "my neighbors were out of Hour and I wanted to got back and loan tbom some. I did not sell it. Men who had money had to wait. I got along the best I could , raising corn , hoes ' nnrt cattle until conveniences llnallv camo. 'Then Norfolk began to grow , a thing wo did not nt llrst , nor for many year * expect , until It is now quite a city , ntnbniclntr within its corpo rate lines some of my farm lands * 1 have 150 plattrd lots nnd forty ncroa not platted with in the city limits. I own 10J acres In Stanton county nnd 110 whore I live. Last year I paid $305 taxes and have SJD.OOJ loaned out. Of course the growth of the city of Notfolu nai made mo moat of my money , but I took uiy chances with othorn on the farm and would bo well oft now If Norfolk had never existed , as I made money farming even when Omaha was thn nearest market. " Mr. Pnsownlk Is estimated to be worth from $150,000 to $200 000. Lost It 111 C. H. Snldor , who llvoi at Tildon , was a homesteader , hut afterward pro-emntod his land , borrowing the commutation foe from W. ii , Lowe of Norfolk. Ho prospered , ana four or live years ago Hold his land for $1,500 , cash nud wont Into the mercantile business and lost his monoy. nimlu It nil Farming. William Dommer lives near Mr. Haas and his history as a farmer Is similar. Ho was obliged to "chore around" for a llttlo hionoy with which to buy broad for his family. But ho stuck to It until ha could raise something to oat , and continued to farm , and nothing clsn , until now ho owns i)20 acres of llrst class land , well Improved , and is worth easv $15,000. ( Tnnios I. . Grant , James L. Grant ownsiono of the finest farms In Madison county , nineteen miles northwest of Madison. In Novcruoor , 1S71 , ho secured a homestead nnd timber claim , and still owns both , with another half sec tion added , making a section in all. Mr. ( Jrontaays : "I have uo entire section im- nrovod , 400 acres under plow nnd the balance pasture. The homestead quarter has two sots of buildings , bearing orchard and walnut trees. Twenty acres of the timber claim is considered the finest grove in northern Nebraska , and I have water works on that quarter that cost mo $1,000. "Wo had pretty tough tlmos for the flrst few years , but have come out nil right. I was oaten out by grasshoppers two seasons. but in the twenty yoiira I hnvo been here I hove made $ CO,000 worth of property , or an average of $1,000 a year. Corn with us averages about 45 bushels and oats 40 , though plenty of it goes GO or 70 bushels per acre , I thinlc that a man can begin at the bottom hero now n great deal easier than when I came , becauseho can always cot something to do and got money for doing it. I have never complained , never been a cal amity bowler , and I believe the people of this section of the country have made more money than any eastern men in the same length of time. " HnilXoTouin. N. L. Bryant is one of the oldest settlers of Madison countv , taking a homestead throe and a half miles east of Madison , in 18GO. In relating his experience he said : "I hud no team , nothing but my two hands nnd a small kit of carpenter tools. I worked at carpen tering to got money to buy un ox team to break my land with. I built a house 12x12 , and paid $5 a day for a team to haul the lum ber from Columous , whora I paid an enor mous price for It. I paid $5 an acre for the first live acres of breaking , so as to have a patch on which to raise something to eat. Wo got our supplies , groceries and provis ions from Columbus , and I paid 30 cents u pound for bacon. I worked along for thir teen years before I began to mauo anything ahead , and then bought nnothur quarter sec tion joining me. I still own it all and have it well Improved : good house , big barn , groves nnd 100 apple treoi. I have besides a n I co home in Mudison nnd no.v rent my land for grain rout. Year before last my "share brought $800 nnd I still have last year's crop on hand. " KOHCIH I.iko Komuiirr. In the fall of 1S05 Herman Braasch and Fred Waggoner came to MadUon county from Wisconsin , to look up a location for themselves and a number of their neighbors who desired to make homes in a now country where lands were cheup. They chose a loca tion near where Norfolk now stands , and wont back and made their report. Thn next spring thirty-two families , w'.th Herman Braasch at their head , arrived at the prom ised land and prepared to take possession. At that time there was no other white per sons In that part of tbo country and Omaha was the base of supplies. Madison county , which had been hold back ns an Indian reser vation , had not been surveyed. Accordingly Mr. Braasch got Bill Sharp , aCuming county settler , who was a surveyor , to come over and survey the portion upon which the col ony desired to squat. Surveyor Sharp had neither compass nor chain , but some of tno boys in the Immigrant company had pocket compasses , and the HUGH fioin the only "liorso team" in the outfit wore made to do service for n chain. A school section corner - nor on the line of Cuining county was taken for a starting point and n survey made which answered for Ilia establishment ot equuttors' lines , and , indeed , proved nftorwara to bean an approximately correct survey. In the fall of the same year the government surveyors came , and each head of n family entered Hit ) acres under the homestead la > v. To avoid dispute as to choice of farms , thirty-two numbered tickets were made corresponding with tbo numbers of thn land a drawing had which batislled all par ties.The entire company of homesteaders wore woruttiKUion who had saved enough to buy u yoke of cattle and some kind of a wagon , Mr. Braasch , jvuo was the acknowl edged loader and the moneyed man of the com pany , had a horse tomn and six cows , and but llttlo else. Ho had no monoy. At that time common board lumber was worth $75 and flooring $100 per thousand In Omaha. So lumbar was out of the question. Each fam ily built n log bouse with clay floors nnd thatched roofs. The upper floors wore also clay , laid on split wlllows.and the "daubing" between the lo s was protected from thoolo- mcuts with prairie buy nailed on tba logs in successive layers , sblngla fashion. The men built their houses , made their hay , and then struck out for Omaha nnd worked through tbo winter on tbo Union I'acitia at $ i per day. Mr. Braasch says thov never could have got through if It had not been for this chance to work , as their money wan all gone. Ho smiled when asked if a maa could maka a start hero now at present prices or land as easily us when land could bo bad for nothing. "Why , " said ho , "ayoko of cattle nt that time was worth $150 , and oven t M , and was hard to k'flt. Wo had to go fifty-six mlles to mill , and sometimes had to wait a week for our grist. There were no bridges and it svaa simply an awful trip to mill orto Omaha for supnlHM. Now , if a man hai no team , ho can work for good wages and buy ono , and ho can go in debt for bis land and pay tor it , and oil the time can have every con von ion oo and comfort at his door , I never feed much stock but raised and sold grain which I hauled to Sioux City , Omaha and Fremont , Stock could not bo hud for n long time after 1 came hero. With tba exception of grasshopper years wo have alwayb had good crops. The man who came bero with mo all live around Norfolk and all have douo well some of them are rich. I have eleven children and they are all doing well. I bad a half section hero , but had not enough for all tbo children so I sold fifty-five acres nt $150 par acre and 120 for $ ' 200 an aero and I have thirty ucrea bore whore I live. Mr. UraascQ has a pleasant home Just out- slJo the corporation of Norfolk , where bo first settled. Ho Is now past the. ago for act- Wo f rm worn but U a fair typo of tUe VU thrifty , truff&l Gorman-farmers with which MadUon county is largely populated. Snttlor Bros , nro a'moog the largoit land owners of Madison caanty , nnd have mndo a success of farmlngV""Mr. Saltier says "Wo came lo this oouflfjr twelve years ago from Maryland wltboumoans ( , ; saved a little - tlo money by worklngitiard , and borrowed some from friends In tUo oast. Our flrst venture - turo was the pnrcbnsnftf a timber claim 100 acres for J-Ti for the tract , nnd sold it within n year for $30i > j' ' 'Tho same quarter section sold recently f , $3,500. Wo bought land along as wo cotU4n at prices varvln ; " from $ T 00 a quarter to-J,200 a quarter "sec tion. I claim that if Vsvcry good quarter sec lion of land In this county was rented nnd at grain rent at the usual rate one-third the crop with the present price of grain , sar ! SJ cents for corn , the snino for oats nnd 70 cent ! forwhoat.lt would pay a fair raw of Interest on a valuation of $50 per aero. Ot conrso I moan If It wa rented Jto good working ten ants. As an example , our SOO-acro farm last year yielded at the rate of M.30 par aero at grain rent , nnd another of olghty-ilvu acres yielded $1.'J5 an acre on the same terms. " The Saltier Bros , have mot with ono dlv couraelng foalura in their farming oxnorl- once , which Is ihuy Invested Heavily In line stock , especially horsas , and lost money in the operation owing lo the f.ict that line stock Is not at the present time appreciated as It should bo in this tmrt ot the state. Wllllum 7nU. William SCutz came direct from Germany to Wisconsin In 18159 , and one year Liter moved to Madison county , whore he has lived over since. Ho landed hero with money enough to buv nn ox team and a cow , and homesteaded - steaded 109 acres two miles north of where Norfolk now stands. In 1S7D ho bought an other quarter section for $1,100 , The place Is well improved and well stocked , and Is farmed by his son , Paul /Cut ? . Mr. X.utz h is usually foci the c.Utlo of his own raising , but usually sells grain. His son , 15. W. Eutz , was soon at the Norfolk National bank , in which institution the old gentleman is n shareholder , and stated that his father would not sell his farm for less than $ i > J an acre. There nro no Improved farms within a rea sonable distance of town that c.in bo bought for less than ? JO per acre , and from that lo S100. Of course wo all worked hard , but nro satisfied with our success. Wo hnvo had sev eral grasshopper years which cleanou us oul pretty well , but aside Irom that we huvo never had n failure. Wo raise as hleh ns scvoiity-Ilvo bushels of corn per acre and an average of , say fifty-five , bushels. There U no doubt but that Industrvtvid frugality will win success for any man on n M.idlson county farm. As for the beet sugar business , I am not so sure. There ara some features of it that docs not commune ! It to farmers nt present , but in time I think it will prove to bo a good thing. So fur it is all experiment nnd has not been entirely satisfactory. Spectacles , Dr. Cullunoro , Boo building. It Is said that the Actor * ' Fund fair In Now York will in mnny respects oxreed anything of the kind over- given in Gotham , It will begin May 2. The cash contributions thus fnr amount to 33,000. Many valuable gifts other than money h.vvo also been received. The largest single subscription was Hdwin Booth's , $1,500. Mrs.ICtiml.il his ttlvon fl.ll'O. ' Thu receipts of Daniel Dougherty's lecture wont $1,400. The Consolidated Gas company gixvo $1,000. Fourtodii subscriptions of $500 ouch , eight of * | fi.Vj each , nnd VITV many of smaller sumsranglng fiom $ 00 down were received , ui \ WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP Fnr the RUnbtalp ami Complexion. Tlii. rc ut < * * ) jwirs1 o | * ricncu. At 2 > , tiufr.k ( tr Mcnt Ij mall. coc. A f4pii > io Cake anil 1S4 pngo lloi.h on DcnnatiihiKjr ml Iloaiity , imtniUftV mi Skin , Sculp , Neriou , nil MorMkDii < LH9oa anil tholr trult * nttnt sent puultnl. tOr.t IH flcnrO' _ nts , IMrth .Mjrk < . MoltM , V rl . India ' Ink mill Piiwtlrr > M rk , S < nr , I'llUim , ReilueM of NoMifSuperlliKiua I'fllr , 1'lra. plea , etc , removed. Ceninltatlou rnnnt olllco or bj mall. JOHN H. yVOODDURY , Dfirpiatological Institute , 15J5 1Vet42ad Klrcgjt , 2Vew 1'ork City. Eaby's cheek is lilte-n pencil , Is. it Madame Uupperrs bleach ? No ! but baby's mamals-oheek Volumes' to Its praise tyotH speak ! Cull ror-.Muiflvltu p9rf 'iuitl fal" of. Mrs. J. lli'iisim 216 tli bt. , Omalii , Neb. MHOFF'S STORE. ReM3d to 1514 DOUGLAS St TRADE MARK. If you want the whiskey wtiicliviii 1101 scald the throat , burn the stomach not cause headache and nausea , but is smooth nnd pleasant to the taste , of exquisite bouquet and guaranteed to be positive ! } pure , rich and wholesome , call for and taks no other. You may know it by the above qualities and the proprietary bottle tlo in which it is serv'c'3.1 For sale at all first-class drinking pkj and drug stores 12 DALLEMANfUi. CO. , Chicago Dll.K.0 , WEST'S NKHVU SVNO IMAIM TUISVC1. llKNT.n Bueclbofor HrJtarU iMitinon , Klti , Nja. ralxla , Ueadic'.iu , Merrout fnmrv.lon eau oj by at. conol orlobaooa , WuLutulgpjf ; Mental DjprunUa BofloDliiK of tHa llruln , mount Iniinlty , misery , decaydua'h , I'riiumiira OI4 V < 9 , llirMnnuii , I.jii of I'owor In eUhunuif. Imputuncy , taticorrlioai anl ollt-'emalo Woiknajioi , Involuntary J-oiioi , Soir- matorrhoeacausuj by ovor-axartlun of tlia br.itn Bolf-nbu 'Jovor.ln luUonojffj A munttl'j troatiugnt II , U far IV by mill Wa Uutrantai glx b < i oi t > cure. Kaohordar for * box 4 wtlii | | will an1 writ ten guarantee to refund Itbttl ourJl. Ouarantae lituudonlyby A. HUiruturjiUruitilat , solo agonu tf IS. cor. lull nnd t'aruuiu nU.aDiu.iUa , Neb. lleivuroof luiltatlons ' Mr _ CURB A DOIT an ! Cotnplote Treatment. couiUtlax of BuppOiltorte * . ointment la C'apmlei , alia In Jlox anai'tllii * I'osUlTo Curj for Kxtornal , Inturnal litlnd or UleeJtni licUlnj , Cliroulo. Itecenc ur lleiedltary t'ltoi. Tins Uoaiedy liiti nuror ba > m known tofull. II per box.ii forln sent by mill , Wby auSorfrona tbii turrlbla Ulioai ) wbjai writ' ten Kuaranvea li positively iflven wild 0 t t i or refund tbe money U noi'carji. Bonl > tatnp tor free Bamplo. lluaraatoa Uiual by ICuUn & Co Uruggliti , Bolo Aiioatj. corner lit'.j nua treet . OuiaUa. Neo. CONSUMPTION. 1 h io a pcaitlre remedy for tti tboTe due&s * ; by III DM thouiindi tl caul of llie wont klad anil of lung Ktandmff lure been cured. Indeed BO itron li my f altU lu it * ctllcicy. t bit I will und TWO DOTTUJ nirr. . witb HVA.LUA1II.K TUKATISI ! oa thU dbeue la any iuf. fu t aba will tend mo tbeir KipreM and I * . O. ddr n , V. A. Slucuui , ni. V. , 183 I'curl St. . N. Y. A'WINNING HAND In that great and exciting game which Is ever being plajed between Health and Ufoon ono side , nnd Disease and Death on the other , Abil ity Is the Joker , Experience the KlRlit ikracr , and Skill the Lcrt. And those are all held by America's unrivaled Specialists , DRS. BETTS & BETTS Whose marvelous success In eUcctlng speedy and permanent cures In nil diseases of a privateer or delicate nature is the wouder of the age. Syphilis. Conorrliooa. Sporrnatorrhoen. Stricture , Hydrocolo , Varlcocolo , Pllos , Lost Manhood , Somlnnl Woaknosa , Fpmalo Weakness. ? J25i ! al Diseases , Kldnoy Troubles. Blndderand Urinary Difficulties v All scientifically , safely , speedily and perma nently cured. _ Send Four Cents for 1'JO pags Hook , hand somely illustrated. Consultation Free. Call upon , or nddresa T.'itli , stamp g g DRS. BETTS& BETTS 19 South Mth St , N. E. Corner 14th nnd DouRlas Sta. Omaha , Heb. Wo ppnd tlm mirvolnus French Itcmcily CALTHOS free , ninl i\ local guarantee that Cuiiios will HTOI > DlMlmrac * if F.tnUnlonn , CUIIR Nnrrmntorrhcn. arlcix-clo and UESTOKK Ixnt Viepr. Use it and pay if satisfied. AJJrt ! ! , VON MOHL CO. , Slid lintrlcin iefnU , Clatlnnitl , Ohio. FINE SPECTACLES and RUB Glasses , 'or ' the correction of nil defect * of vision Solid Cold Spectacles From WTO upward Fine Steel .Spectacles I'romSl.OO upward Protect nnd Improve your eyesight. 5Tour eyoi tested ireo by a practical Optician. MAX MEYER & BRO. CO Kstalillsheil ltd' * ; . FAUNAM mid Ibtli. DR. J. E , McGfUEW , THE SPECIALIST IN THE TKEATiHENT OF ALT. FORMS OF PfiXVATE DISEASES CONOR- RHOEA , STRICTURE , SYPHILIS , CrLEETAND ALL WEAKNESS AND DISORDERS OK YOUTH AND MAN HOOD. IMMEDIATE RELIEF WITH OUT LOSS OF TIME FKOMUUS1NESS. Write fore icul.its. N. E ConHllll.iii I l > 'miam SU. , Omxlu.Xob If not , Jt soon will bo mil wo would boglud o iuvvo you moot it iiilf wny , with ono of our LAWN MOWERS. C.ARDEN IIOSK , WWB NKTTING.for poultry yards TIIHLL1SKS , etc. 1511 Dodge St. mm OF MEN Easily , Quickly , Permanently Restored. tVenbiiCH , A'ervou.neii , Jleblllly. and all tbo train of evils from early errors or later ei ceases , the result * of overwork , ckkneBs , worry , etc. full itronxlli , dOTeljuptuont , nud tonu plvrn to every organ aud portion ol llio body , Hlmplo. natural Dietlioda. Immediate Improvement w > cn. failure Ioi | > oi8lblo ' 'OUO reference * , book , explanation ) and pnxifs mailed denied ) f reo. Address ERIE MEDICAL CO , , BUFFALO , N. / 1)11. K.O. WKSTH NKIIVKANDHUAINTHKAT- MKNT , a tpeclno for Uyitorl * . Dltilnaii , r'lti , Nun ralicla , lleadacbe , Nervoui 1'rostraton cauiod b/ alcobolor tobacco , Wakufulnen. Mental Ueprci- ilon , boltnenof the Drain , cuuiliiif Iniaiilty , uilnery , dociy.deatti. I'rcmaturo Old Aao , llarrenen , l.oji of I'owortn either tax , Icupatuacy , l iucurrhoa and all Kemale Weakneaaai , Involuntary Irtiioi , tipor- matorrboa cau > ud by uvur-vxartlon of tlia brain , heir abunu over IndulKonce. A moiitli'i troatuiuut ll.Cforti , by mall. Wuguurantooilx boxes to euro. Kacb order fordbuxei , trllb n will tend written KuaranUeto refund If not cured. Uuarautoolnutl by Goodman UrueCo , , HID 1'araam bt,0inaba. BLACKWELL'S EVERYWHERE , SMOKING TOBACCO , Whether on the hills ganihiR ; In the place of business ; or at home , It always tills that niche of com fort a good sinoUc. Put up In handy packages , and rcco nlrcd everywhere as a Pure Granulated Leaf Tob.icco of the hlfxhrst quali ty ; It recommends itself to every smoker's use. Sold everywhere. BULL DURHAM Is always uniform in quality. Pure , sweet and clean. THE IDEAL OF FINE TOBACCO. BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO CO. , DURHAM , N. C. l > THE RIPANS TABULES regulate the stomach , liver and P * bowels , purify the blood , are pleasant to take , safe and always effectual. A reliable remedy for Biliousness , Blotches on the Face , Bright's Disease , Catarrh , Colic , Constipation , Chronic Diarrhoea , Chronic Liver Trouble , Diabetes , Disordered Stomach , Dizziness , Dysentery , Dyspepsia , Eczema , Flatulence , Female Complaints , Foul Breath , Headache , Heartburn , Hives , Jaundice , Kidney Complaints , Liver Troubles , Loss of Appetite , Mental Depression , Nausca , Nettle Rash , Painful Digestion , Pim- pics , Hush of Blood to the Head , Sallow Coin- plexion , Salt Rheum , Scald Head , Scrofula , Sick Headache , Skin Diseases , Sour Stom- ach , Tired Feeling , Torpid Liver , Ulcers , Water Brash and every other symptom or dis- case that results from impure blood or a failure in the proper performance of their functions by the stomach , liver and intestines. Persons given to over-eating are benefited by taking one tabule after each meal. A continued use of the Ripans Tabules is the surest cure for obstinate constipation. They contain nothing that can be injurious to the most delicate. Price : One gross § 2 , sample bottle 15 cents. For sale by Druggists , or sent by mail postage paid. Address THE RIPANS CHEMICAL COMPANY , New York. Mine. A. Eupport's Face Bleach can l > c used n lifetime without harmful ci'i'ect though this is not necessary , asvhun the complexion has once been cleared by it , it remains so if proper care is taken. Freckles , Moth , Pimples , Blackheads , Ex = ccssivc licdncss or Oilincss , ami in fact all skin blemishes arc quickly eradicated by it. It docs not take a month , but in a few daya it will show wonderful improvement. One botllo S3or three boltlM fnr $ B. Cull fnr ! > nok "How to ha Beautiful" MMU. A. KUri'KKT , 0 EAST I1T1ISTUKET , SUW YO11K. For sale in Oinaliii by Mrs. J. Bontori , JJ10 South 15lh Slrcot. Winning to Introduce out FOR 30 &AYS CRAYON PORTRAITS iul ut the Hiinio Ituio ox * ml our buslnpBa anfl inukc new ciiBtomerB , wo Imvo decided to innka thfe tSicclnl OfU-r : Bend us ii Cabinet I'lcturo , Photo- Rrnph. Tlntypc.Ambrotjrpe urDaRurrutjrpo of ynursolf or nny nioniticr nf jour kfarully , llrlni ; nrdcad , nnd fwo will mnko you n OKAVONrOKTKAIT Fitii : : OK CIIAKUK , provided you oihlhlt It to your friends ns ft immplo of our work , nnd use your Influence In nerurlnu no future orders. I'lace _ _ nnmo nnd nddrces on tack of picture and It will no returned In perfect order. We make any clmnRO in picture you wisli , not Intorfcrlna with ttio likeness llcfcr to nny t > nnk In ChlcnKO. Address nil mall to THE CRESCENT CRAYON CO. , Opposite New German Theatre , CHICAGO , ILL. l > . S.Vo will forfeit f 100 00 to nnyono nondlni ? us iilioto nud not rocclvlnc nnyon picture ns pur this offer. Till * nlTcr I" Iwinn-lldc. -HOTEL LAFAYETTE Lake Dltnnotoukft , Minn. Reason of IBM begin ? Jane 4th. Lending bum in or Jlotcl f > r I do Unit. Mrry roam fur. < tlialukt * . Henltli- ful location. All modern eonirortUallyconcertflllne Ec * ner > bout < f llsmiiffnnrtj - - - Bulllnc1 , Fiequci.t trams In and fioin ht , 1'aulnntl Mlnnrapollflf one hour from Kt. I'aul.30 mimiti- * from Mm- neai.'olld , addresa , 3D. * V. 'EXoloozu.1doF 04 ilrrut Aurtltcru HuUdlaid bT. 1AUJU MIAN. The UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS that the Behr Bros. & Go's. PIANO Ifnvc atlnliiptl , nnd the lilfjh prnlso ( hey Inno rliultoil from llio worMV MOST \IK- \ NOWNKI ) A HTISTS. from UK ; press anil from a pillii : ! luii n' iirojiiilleoil In favor of Itlcr iiuikc-i , It Is t-jiTu to iissiiniD tliat Uitt Iiistniuiutil niiiit bt ; pinsussol of UNCO.U MOS ATTHIUUTKH. ATTHIUUTKH.MAX MEYER & BRO. CO. , Sole Agents , Omaha , Nebraska. Established 1866. CHIOHESTrti'S ENQUCI1. RED CROSS THE OHIOINAL AND CCNUINC TU on ) j Hnfi' . Hurtml rttiallt nil fo I.iullcrt , a k ( JrugtUlfor C<kttttr tnglitk 7/iamonJ JJramt I * Iteil oJ Gold LOIM Kr lil wltb tina rltbou 'J'cLo no oilier Mini * Xtfutf JSultitilvtiont /inUnlfonl.N fiipi tl > o rJ toxtti , j-lnk wr i''rr | , r diinir4 > rnu * . . AlIruiililicrMn m . ftutiiiiii r > r i > nl uiif . iilmonul * . und ' 111IIIr tar l.udl. . , " Inlrlltr lj rt-lurn Mull. lO.IIIIO Tull-nonlili. KiniT'tn DP" 1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb. Tb eminent perlallit In nervoui , chronic , private , Ulool , > kln and urinary dlsoasci A recular and rQKlfttcred graduate In medcine , aa diplomat und cerittlcaten > lio\r. Is itill truntlnir with tliu iircutust lucceit eaturrli , ipvrmaturrbooa , loitt uanUood , setnlnal Wfuknuii , nlvbt lossoi , tin potency i/pldltk , ttrtoturi * . icon * arrhuua , itlevt. > arlcoruloctc , J c mercury u eJ. Now Iruatmunt forlos ofHiil power , J'urllet unable U vltlt mu mnj bo treated at homo by corroii'tm.lur.co , Meilliloe or ln > trument < sent by mull oreiprni ourelypackud.ni ) mark * tctndlcuto rent nt or lender. Ono iicrionnl Interview preferred. Consultatlua frao. Corroipondeneo itiictly private. Uuok ( M/il rl j ul IJfe ) luiil tte . Ollluu uoundla , in. U > 'J p. u. BundAjiilUa.ni.loUui.b ua UuuvIu > reply. INTERESTPAIDOHDEP05ITS ATQMAHA10AN&TRU5TCO. SAViM&S BAMK 5E.CDR. IB" * DOUGLAS5T5 , CAPITALS : 100.000.00 DIRtCTOnSJAUWYMAM-C.W.NASH . . . IHMIOARO'Cliy-CBAHTON'C.B.LAKC. JJ.OFIOWN-THOS'U.KIMBALU , Or , Bailay , $ [ The Loading Dentist * Third l-'loor , P xton nioj'c. Tcluplionu 1085. Kith anil Furimm Sti. A full * ct ut teeth on rubber for 15 Perfect fll Ti-utli without plntoi ur removablu brldiii ) work Juut the Ihluji for uln eri or publloipeakon. never Uiupdown. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. All tilling at reasonable ratei.all work narr nto * Bt tbli out for