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Nuckolls County One of Southern Nebraska's Richest Garden Spots
TTTE OMAITA SUKDAT BEE: NOVEMBER 21, 1000.
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UK story of Nuckolls county
commenced w Uh tlx great lrn.il
period for the overland route
from St Joe, Mo., to Callforn'ji.
The past your has been on
of unusual prosperity to tl
faimers of Nuckolls county. For Instance,
K largo piano dealer of Lincoln declares
trat he Is Helling fewer piano to the city
per pie than ho sold last year, hut that
Hi" farmer are buying nearly twice as
ninny us they bought the. year before.
The center of this business Is swlmrini?
ny from the cities and Into the rural
cr minunitUs. The farmer had good crops
Inst year; lin sold them at the best prices
on record; and he seemi likely to have
the same experience this year.
The. Nebraska farmer's- first duty Is to
feed the American people. But one-eighth
of his products are sent abroad. The
yearly consumption of agricultural pro
ducts, Is ' per capita. The average acre
produces but 111 a year. Opportunity In
Nuckolls county yet kreps Its door open.
If they could only shut the door of waste,
the well-being of the people would surpass
all previous human experience.
Nuckolls County was organised as a
county In 1871, has an area of 678 square
miles, a population of 20 000, nlncty-thr?e
public schools, seven high schools, 1T0
miles telephone, 137.M miles of telegraph,
141.69 miles of railroad three free libraries,
free rural mall delivery. This county Is
watered by the Republlcnn and Little Blue
rivers, Elk, Beaver. Ox Bow and Spring
creeks. The Little Blue Is especially noted
for Its water power. It furnishes power
for fifteen flouring mills In the state. Tho
valleys of the Republican and Little Blue
are noted fur fertility and productiveness.
No county In the state of Nebraska
can excel Nuckolls county In the raising
of alfalfa. While alfalfa 1h raised to a
limited extent In all parts of the state,
the soil In Nuckolls county Is peculiarly
adapted to the redlrements of this wonder
ful grass. Alfalfa grows In this county
or. the upland and lowland, rouph land
and smooth land. In fact anywhere It la
planted, which Is evidence there Is no
"gumbo" soil. There Is no crop that can
be raised that will produce the quantity
and quality of roughness as alfalfa. Three
or four heavy crops of hay are cut from
each alfalfa field each season. Anayl.ils
and experiments have proved that alfalfa
has much the same feeding value and fat
producing qualities as corn. No hay can
re raised that has the fattening qualities
of alfalfa, aa It contains 90 per cent of
fat producing elements. Aa corn, the king
of grains, alfalfa does not wear out the
eull. but tends to fertilize It The Im
portant advantage Nuckolls county has
over other alfalfa districts, Is that It Is
a pood corn and wheat country. Alfalfa
in kI corn will grow In adjoining fields, and
It Is a great advantage to the feeder to
be able to raise both hay and grain, as
also to tho farmer to be able to market
his corn with his neighbor.
Nuckolls county Is situated In the south
ern tier of ' counties, the fourth county
can of the center of the state and but a
little more than 100 miles west of the Mla-
lourl river.
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Tetrpoat and Telegraph.
CCE8SFUL test wr made
SI recently of th new tele
I post system between Indianup
I ..Ho .wl iit T ntila A h.tnh
news dispatches for the St.
Louis Republlo were handled
on th lines wllh great speed and aocuracy.
Many startling claims are made for the
new sen-Ice by Its supporter. They say
the telepost can transmit sixty messages
over a single wire in th same time the
Mors system require for one. Four
wire. It Is said, will do the work of sixty
eight quudruplex-worked wires of the
Mors system.
The company use ordinary telephone
wire for its service, getting leases upon
them from their oaners. A system of
coils enables the telephone wire to carry
both telephone message and telegraph
messages at th same tlm.
Th astonishing rapidity with which mes
sages can be transmitted was illustrated
last night. An operator, using an ordinary
telegraph key, perforates hole In a tap
which I run by a motor. These hole ar
In duplicate and represent th ordinary
dots and dashes of th Mors code.
Th tape is put Into a transmitting ma
chine. At th other end of the line Is a
receiving machlna Th operator puts his
perforated tap into the first and touches
a button. It 1 whirled through so rapidly
the eye can scarcely follow it. At the re
ceiving end another tape, chemically pre
paid, I whizzing with equal rapidity.
The receiving operator removes this front
his machine when th nssag is com
plet. lie takes It to a typewriter, wher
two small motor pull It across th key
board in front of th typist, who reads the
message and writes it. Th claim I made
that tho transmitting maohln will carry
from tuO to 1.000 word a enlnuta
Th Indianapolis office was opened but a
short time ago. It is a new link In th
chain which 1 to connect th middle west
division of th servlc with th New Eng
land system. Already the oompany ha ar
ranged for an extension of Its lines from
Indianapolis to Chicago. Chloag la Uieu
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The soil of Nuckolls county Is a rich,
fertile, black loam, one to four feet In
depth, underlaid with spongy clay sub
soil, which makes this hind especially
adapted to the growing of alfalfa, the
greatest hay-producing gras In the world.
Horses, cattle and hogs are produced lib
erally In Nuckolls county and with profit.
Wheat, corn, oats and rye, vegetables
and fruits yield abundantly and drouth
has never caused a total failure In Nuckolls
county. v 1
Fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches,
plums, grapes and berries, are of tho finest
flavor.
There are six flouring mills In Nuckolls
county, the combined capacity of which
Is 1,000 baruls daily. The3o ml!!.s nre In
operation the year around, and when run
ning on full time consume dally 5.000 bush
els of w heat. This wheat Is. of com ho.
all grown In the county. Besides this
milling Industry there are twenty-six ele
vators In the county hi connection with
the railroads.
Three-year-old steers fed on alfalfa meal
and ground corn will gain about four and
one-half pounds a day for sixty days. The
reason for this large gain is that this
forma a balanced ration; the steer dues
not chew his cud.
Jewel oounty, on the south of Nuckolls,
la the banner county of Kansas In the pro
duction of corn and alfalfa. It was un
fortunate for Nuckolls county thut much
of Its lana was taken In an early day
for speculation by the shopmen of the
Union Pacific railroad shops at Omaha.
Nuckolls county Is pretty well timbered
with natural forests along the streams,
while on the uplands the handiwork of
the frugal husbandman Is everywhere In
evidence and the level expanse of farm
land Is studded with young bearing or
chards and numerous groves of shade
trees.
The artificial timber consists of maple,
elm, boxelder, ash and catalpa, while along
the streams abound the black and white
oak, oottonwood, elm, ash, eto. In great
profusion.
In the northern part of the county small
grain crops prevail and In the southern
half along the bottoms, corn Is king, as
la readily seen from the many long cribs
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GRAND ARMV VETERANS OP NELSON, NUCKOLLS
In the Field of Electrical Experiment
to ba connected with New York and tho
New England link will be supplied by a
line from New York to Boston. The con
cern now has offices open In Sedalla, Mo.;
Springfield. 111.; Terre Hauto, Ind.; St.
Louis and Indianapolis.
Wireless Telephone on Train.
The recent experiments with wireless tel
ephony on the Erie railroad ar pro
nounced by th New York Press as "a
notable success." Th tests were made on
a train running thirty miles an hour be
tween Newark and South Paterson. Th
operators talked without Interruption with
operators on either end of the run, and
official of the Erie who participated In
the demonstration were delighted with the
results. Th Inventor, Fred Lecrolx, said
his system when perfected will permit of
conversation from a train running at can
non ball speed within a radius of 1,000
miles.
Ills confident statement was relied upon
implicitly by the officials who witnessed
the test. Th wireless telephone was oper
ated from the engine cab. The electrlo
current Is taken up from a small third rail
at the side of the track. Perfection of tho
system. It is said, will reduce almost to
zero the possibilities of train accidents by
attachments in the cab that show when a
train 1 stalled ahead and Indicate how dis
tant It is. Another device operates the air
brake attachments th Instant the recorder
Shows there Is a fctalled or derailed train
within two miles ahead. The road offi
cials pronounce it a marvelous Invention.
Ther was a short test of the invention
on a section of Erie track several months
ago. This section was set apart for the
test. The test yesterday was on a train
running on schedule, and th efficiency of
th Invention was proved.
Lecrolx. th Inventor, Is little mor than
a youth. He la U year old and look
younger. II learned electrical nginer
ing in Texas, and is said to have a remark
able comprehension of the broad subject.
When th test was confined to the ru
tin cab. th development of th Inven
tion mean that a maa In a Pullman
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COUNTY FA1U GROUNDS AT NELSON.
filled with golden ears and the thousands
of bushels piled upon the ground In great
ricks.
The cattle industry has developed to a
wonderful degree In the lust few years,
and It 1 no uncommon thing to find 700
and 00 cattle being fed on one ranch and
fitted for the market.
This Industry Is conducted on a large
and profitable scale al ng the Republican
valley. Within a radius of eighteen to
twenty miles of Superior, there are on an
average of 40 000 to 61,000 head of cattle
grazing and fattening for the market.' The
cattle business Is made especially profit
able here by riason of the dry, open
wlnterB and quality of the grasses. The
per cent of loss Is extremely light snd the
usual maladies afflicting cattle in other
secilons. aro scarcely known.
About 20,000 head are shipped yearly from
t-uperior to eastern markets, at an average
price of $f5 per heid, so you can grasp
the magnitude of this great Industry.
Nuckolls county was organized and held
is first election June 27, 1S71. The Mormons
passed through the country along tho
course of the Little Blue on their westward
way; making the first road or trull in
Nuckolls county, which was, In 180S
adopted, straightened, bridged and used by
the government. In 1S59, Butterfleld started
the pony express over this road, which,
considering the time and route, was a haz
ardous enterprise. The same year, Ru sell
and Waddell started the overlai d stag
line and established stations along the
route In Nuckolls, the most noted of which
was Oak Grove- In 18C7, during the Indian
raid, the country was abandoned by the
white settler, excepting a mn by the
name of John Lorlirer, who could not be
Induced to go. In less than two weeks he
fell a victim to the merciless tomahawk
and scalping knife.
The first permanent settler In the county
was B. L. Comstock, locating at Oak
Grove, on the Little Blue, with his family
In 1881.
The first marriage ceremony In the
county was performed March 6, 1S72, by
Judge E. A. Davis, It being about the first
official act. The contracting parties were
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sleeper may be aroused from slumber to
answer a call and talk to his mother,
wife, sweetheart or business friend 1,000
miles away. It is predloted the invention
will b as wonderful in its development
as wireless telegraphy; and Its accompani
ment, the device to prevent railroad acci
dents, makes It the more remarkable.
Th third rail, which carries the power
for the Lecrolx system of wireless tele
phony, Is not "deadly," a a person may
walk upon it without receiving the slight
est shock. The test was watched by a
few road officials and several newspaper
men. They crowded Into the engtne cab,
as many as could find standing room at
one time. They found a receiver and
transmitter much like the ordinary tele
phone attachments on the side of the cab.
Close by were th dials and attachments
of the device for sounding the warning of
danger ahead.
The members of th party first talked
through th transmitter to train dispatch
ers at either end of the line and received
messages in response. The train was run
ning at twenty miles an hour; and then
the speed was Increased five miles, and
then to thirty miles. There was not the
slightest Interruption of the conversation
even a th amount of speed was Increased
To make the test severe the speed was
Increased quickly, so that the cab shook
and the cars wabbled, but ther was no
Interruption of th talk.
The wireless telephone having been
tested to the satisfaction of the officials,
Ihe traln-storping device was demon
strated. The train was run In close uion
a passenger train, and the moment the
danger zone was reached, the engineer
having his grip on the lever, the air
brake attachment was operated automat
ically and the train stopped within fifty
feet, when running at twenty-five miles an
hour. There was 110 sudden Jar; It came
te a standstill gradually. There will be a
public test if this device on Wednesday
of next week on the same stretch of truck.
Two engines equipped with the devlc will
be started on the same rails from opposite
directions at full speed. Lecrolx says he
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Mr. J. E. Bunker and Miss Martha John
ston. Being his first attempt, Mr. Davis
desired to show dispatch and said, "Since
there la no prescribed law In Nebraska for
marrying people, I pronounce you man and
wife."
The first sermon In the county was
preached In the summer of 1872 by Rev.
Mr. Penny of the Presbyterian church.
The Elkton Sunday school was organized
June 12, 1872, being the first In the county,
composed of four members, R. Holllng
worth, C. O. Fletcher, Joseph Carlon and
Mangle Fullmer.
The last buffalo was killed on the Re
publican bottom, Just below Superior, In
1875, by William Crablo. The first Fourth
of July celebration was held at Oak
Grove about two weeks after tho firit
election in 1ST1.
When the first court was held In Nelson,
there were only two bouses In the town.
One of the first cases to be tried was that
of a horsethlef.
Next to Thayer county. Nuckolls suf
fered more from Indian raids and depreda
tions than any county In southern Ne
braska. In the great Indian raid of August
7, 1M4, which extended from Gage county
to Denver, Colo., Oak Grove, the home of
Mr. Comstock, was the only place In
Nuckolls that held out against the Indians.
Superior pays abuut one-fourth the en
tire tax that goee Into the county treasury,
and Is the first city of the county.
A few short years ago nothing but
wooden buildings could be seen and they
were small and Inadequate. Today we find
a city of business bouses substantially
bullded of brick and atone and occupied
by enterprising business men. Superior has
made a phenomenal growth In the last fif
teen years. The brick used In the oon
struotion of these block was produced by
Its own brick plants and Is as good as
can be produced anywhere. Its sidewalks
are largely brick and cement and as fust
as possible old board walks are being re
placed by new brick ones. The boom days
are now past and Superior has come out
smiling and prosperous and its citizens are
all aa firm as ever in their determination
to push the town. The growth now is
steady and substantial. The onward march
of Superior la backed up by the country
that surrounds It. Every year tees more,
good farmers tilling good farms, more cat
tle grazing and being fed for market and
more fat hogs going to market to fill the
coffers of hustling stockmen. To vltit
Superior and the valley tributary Is to at
once desire to make a home with this peo
ple. Tho eixpertenco of nearly all business men
teachea that well graded and Improved
wagon roads for a distance of five to
twenty-five miles from a trading point like
Superior add more .to Its business inter
ests and permanent growth than any other
one thing that can be don. The Com-'
tnerclal club Is a live body of business
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WHEELER, 6PURCK A WHEELER BUILDING, NELSON.
will be In one of the engines and will prove
that collisions can be made Impossible by
his system.
Loiulaou Aro Headlights.
The increased size and speed of the elec
trlo cars now used In interurban service
between cities and large towns, make it
extremely dangerous to run after dark
without a good headlight. In the begin
ning of electric railway service small oil
lamps were thought to be good enouph
for headlight purposes, but when the curs
were made larger and geared to go faster
the small old-fashioned arc lamps or large
Incandescent lamps were used for head
lights. Toduy It is nothing unusual for the
large Interurban curs, currying over 100
passengers, to hit a speed of nearly a mile
a minute and In this case the very best
kind of a headlight Is necessary.
When the now luminous arc lamp, with
Its flood of mellow light, was produced
by the engineers of the General Electric
company they immediately designed a
lumlnouB arc headlight which will throw
a beam of light for many yards on either
Bide of the track for a distance uf nearly
2,000 feet ahead. Such Illumination is of
great assistance to motornien in tuklng
curves or avoiding collisions with vehicles,
animals or persons. Many of the cities,
however, do not allow these blinding lights
within the citv limits. Fortunattly t!ils
new lamp can be dimmed by a simple throw
of a switch, making it avallubie for both
city and Interurban service.
Not Ihe- Maine Joanna.
"We i.ad a county Judge down my way a
few years ago whose love for biblical lore
wa so pronounced that he coulJn't resist
the desire to air It on every possible occa
sion," said Congressman Henry P. Clayton
of Alabama a few days since. "Ono day
an old darkey was brought in frum the
mountain district under suspicion of main
taining an Illicit still. There was no real
evidence ugainft l.lni.
" 'What's your i.ame. pnsoner?' utked the
judgrt a he peered at the shambling biack
man.
" 'Man name's Joshua, jedge,' was the
reply.
" 'Joshua, eh?' said the Judge, as he rub
bed hm hands. 'Joshua, you say? Are you
that same Jot-hua spoken of In Holy Writ
the Joeliua who made the sun stand stlllT
" 'No, jedge,' was the hasty answer,
'twaru't me. Ah'n: de Joshua dat made de
moon shine.' "National Monthly.
men, who appreciate the fact that tholr
success lies In securing the trado of farmer
In this section, and know that the way
to attract trade to this city Is beet done
by the luylng out, grading snd keeping
in strict repair the main roads leading
to the city. Every farmer who is looking
for a market and trade center, ha his eye
on Superior, and the action of the Com
mercial club will boar fruit at no distant
day.
One of the big industries of the winter
season Is the lee crop, harvested from the
mill race by the Santa Fe railway and local
concerns. Nearly all tho ioe for the great
Santa Fe system is harvested at Superior
and shipped to various points along the
route.
Wo hear a great deal of talk of the "wild
and wooly west," and way down east,
many people seem to have an idea that
business out In this section of the country
Is conducted on a very primitive plan,
but tho fact Is, that even way out In Ne
braska the retail merchants are fifty years
at least In advance of the retailers of New
England and the middle states In store
management and In the judicious display
and arrangement of their stocks. West
ern merchants are nothing if not progres
sive. They are constantly Introducing new
ideas into their business, and not only
in the Interior arrangement of their re
spective places of business, but In their
methods of advertising and extending their
trade.
No such splendid railroad facilities can
be found In any town In Nebraska three
fold the size of Superior.
Tho Burlington & Missouri River railroad
Is the Chicago. Burlington & Qulncy's Kan
sas City-Denver main lln and carries eight
to ten trains daily. They built through
Superior In 1879 and have given this entire
valley eaay access to eastern and western
markets.
Superior is th terminus of the Santa
Fe from Strong City, Kan., connecting
with the main lln of their great system.
Superior has made a remarkable and sub
stantial growth In the quarter of a cen
tury since It sprang Into existence. It has
thirteen railroad postofflces, each of which
has grain markets and general merchan
dise stores.
Dcweese and Edgar are just over the
county line on the north and Davenport,
on two railroads, Just over the lino east.
Nelson, th capital of Nuckolls county,
is second In size, with a population of
1.200. It has two railroads, two substantial
banks, a flouring mill of 100 barrels capac
ity. Besides numerous re-tall establish
ments, Nelson has two large department
Btores, each occupying three large store 1
rooms, 26x100 feet, elegant high school
building, churches, court house and hotels.
Nelson Is about the geographical center
of the county. It Is a well-built little
city and has some very crctty residences.
The court house is a well-constructed
building, as is also the high school.
Gossip and
Millionaire and Philanthropist.
OHN S. Kennedy, tho deceased
New York millionaire whose
bequests to educational, relig
ious and charitable Institutions
surprised the country, was one
of the few potential factors in
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the financial world whose deeds escaped th
vigilance of newspapers. "He was a Scotch
man, with humor," says the Brooklyn
Kale. "He was a staunch Presbyterian,
with hospitality for all sincere denomina
tions. As a railroad man, he was one of
the most successful and wis of his genera
tion, yet the least ostentatious and the
least oppressive of all that great olass.
Mainly, however, he was In business as
a banker and his railroad connections were
developed from his relations to th enter
prises which he financed.
"In addition to this. Mr. Kennedy was
a benefactor of education, an organizer
of charities, a. student of history, a friend
of hospitals, a lover of art and a promoter
of civilization and learning through mis
sions In foreign lauds. For many years
he was a member and trustee of the Fifth
avenue Presbyterian church when Dr. John
Hall was'Its pator and even before that
time; but at his death he belonged to the
Madison Square rrecbyterlun church and
was tlm friend and adviser of L" Charln
H. Parkhurst, the rastor of that founda
tion. Horn In Glasgow, January 4, 1830,
and one of nine children, John Kennedy
was sent to school only from his fifth to
tne end of his twelfth year, and at 13 be
came a clerk and messenger in a shipping
office. At 17 he was secured by an iron
and coal concern and when lie wan 20
he l.ciainu connected with Its interest In
the United States. When 27 years old, h
became a bunker In old New York, and at
lis death on Sunday he was probably the
leading bunker of tho old conservative
stylo In the Lnit-d States.
"The great, good and genial man had no
children. He mado learning, humanity and
uplift take lh place of children In Ills
heart and mind, and. while he would not
let Ms left hand know what his rlghk
hand gave, lie gave much, thought much,
designed much and powerfully Influenoed
much which contributed to happlnets, to
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NUCKOLLS COUNTT FARM VIEW.
The officials of Nuckolls county are an
efficient and obliging set of men, well
qualified for the positions of trust which
they have been elected to fill.
As a rule the people do not read school
journals and do not study school plana
and measure, and are left to estimate their
value and progress from the several local
conditions. The Inestimable value of
schools is a sufficient reason to ask and
secure th attention of their patroua with
out apologizing for doing so. As an in
stitution it is th result of many yeara
of evolution. Its growth, though, not re
markably rapid, bas been steady, sub
stantial and along tight lines.
As an Institution It Is the chief corner
stone of our glorious republic. We do not
prize It so supremely because we have
millions Invested tn wood, brick, stone and
marble In the form of magnificent build
ings, but because our schools ar Institu
tions fur the education of our children.
The present state of efficiency of th
Nelson public schools Is th result of many
years of evolution. Its growth, though
not remarkably rapid, has been steady,
substantial and along right lines.
Going us far buck as the year of 1SS1-3
we find tho school In charge of W. II.
Gerdts as teacher, with an enrollment of
forty-five pupils. Th next year the en
rollment was Increased to fifty-four and
C. W. Devall was th teacher.
In the spring of 18S0 the first commence
ment exercises were held, when a class of
two boys graduated.
It was now becoming evident to many
of the citizens that the old school building
was inadequate to accommodate the school.
In the spring of 1891 a petition was circu
lated asking for a special election to con
sider the question of voting bonds for a
new building.
The building was ready to be occupied
in January, 1892. Th school had scarcely
gotten located in th new building when
on the 30th of March a tornado wrecked
the building.
The graduating clana of 1902 consisted of
nine girls and seven boys, the class of 1504,
four girls and sir boys and the olasa of
1906, fourteen girls and four boy.
At tho present tlm Nuckolls county ha
ninety-one school districts, with ninety
three school buildings, where 3,170 students
are taught by ISO teachers, who draw 100,547
annual salary. The School property of th
county is valued at 1170,290.
The county has two accredited schools
with twelve grades, Nelson and Superior.
Superior has just moved into their Dew
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COURT HOUSE
Stories About Noted People
welfare, to religion and to oivlllzatlon
within this republic, and at th greatest
centers of need within the world. His
modesty was unusual. His humor was
dry. Illuminating and ever kind. A oourte
ous listener, a close and careful thinker,
a wlso reasonar, a delightful companion,
a ' strong and lovable man, he will be
missed by thoss who knew him well for
as long as they will live, and his memory
will be cherished In th records and hon
ored In the institution to which he gave
his thought, his time, his means and him
self." risk's Prio of Lies.
Jsmes Fisk, Jr., had been a peddler from
his boyhood days through New England
towns. His father wa a peddler, and
James hud been brought up In thut life ab
sorbing all the bluff, nerve and flashy dis
play characteristic of the traveling venders
of Yankee notions and tinware, who wet
conspicuous In the early day, before mer
chandise had developed In a perfect sys
tem. It may be said of Fisk that he hud
been a prince of peddlers, and his wagon
was spectacular In appearance, being
painted In th brightest color and to
which he drove well groomed horses thut
always attracted a large crowd of rural ad
mirers wherever he went.
A story of an Incident of th days when
he was traveling with his fathw Illustrates
Flak's standard of moral honesty. An old
woman charged Fisk's senior with having
misrepresented the value and quality of a
piece of calico sold at lL'H cents a yard.
"Well, now," said Fisk, Jr.,i "I don't
think father would tell a He for 1-V4 cents,
though he might tell eight uf 'ein for a
dollar."
f lenirnreau and th Joker.
On of the stories concerning M. Clem
enceau. the fallen French premier, tells
how he recently nonplussed a practical
Joker who sent out a number of invita
tions to people all over Paris to a big
dinner at lieuienctau'a house. Some day
after aid M. liemenceau wa surprised
to reoxlv letter from total uan(r ao-i-eptlng
"fa I kind Invitation to dlnaer,"
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school building coating $jft,000 nfl modern
in every respect. Both of thes ohools give
th normal training coors.
Ther ar two larg Cathollo parochial
schools in th county, one In Lauranc. and
one near Mt. Clare. School Interest is ex
cellent all over th oounty. At a teachers
meeting in October, nearly vry teacher
was present Fifty of th Nuckolls oountyj
teacher attended th state teachers' meet
ing at Lincoln November 6-4.
Nuckolls county la on of the rich coun
ties of Nebraska. It antlr valuation
amount to $26,000,000. Th productiveness
of the county can best be expressed ami
appreciated, by using a few figures, not
many, just a few. The farm of th oounty
contain 823,000 acres, with 207,000 acres
under cultivation. From these farm were,
old and shipped out of th county, la.t
year, 32,900 fat cattle and 6&.960 fat hogd.
Also 900 horses and ZOO head of sheep. This
oounty also shipped out L&80.000 bushels of
corn, 613,000 bushels of wheat and 2S0.OM
bushel of oats. Nuckolls is on at the
prominent counties In the state in th mill
ing business. Last year the flour mills oC
this county sold and shipped out 7,410,000
pounds of flour and 7,000 pounds of mill
feed.
The splendid crop of alfalfa that ar
being grown, are fast bringing thla county;
to the front as one of the prominent dairy
section of th state. Mor and more each
year, th farmers, or th farmers' wives,
are turning their attention to th poultry
industry. Last year they sold and shipped
out 187,309 pounds of butter and 948,300
gallons of cream. They also sent to market
84.000 dosen of eggs and 160,000 pounds ofl
dressed poultry. During the last summer,
thes farmers used 400 hand separator and,
kept (.800 head of oows on their farms.
Nuckolls county stand third in the stata
in th production of alfalfa, as they pro
duced last season over (1,000 acre, besides
1,800 acre of timothy and 1,000 acres of
clover. During th last season they also
produced 108,000 acres of oorn, 43,000 acres
of wheat and 19,000 acres of oats. Thai
county Is also producing a liberal amount
of fruit, largely for home consumption.
They have at present, growing and in full
bearing, AWW0 apple trees, 107,000 peach,,
8,900 plum and 13,000 cherry trees.
Taking th county as a whole, and from)
every standpoint, it will compare favor
ably, not only with any county in Ne
braska, but with any county in any, slate)
In tho Mississippi valley
.1 f . il !m ufrrL.
AT NELSON.
and thanking him most cordially. Now,
th ex-premler is a man of wit. and in
stead of flying into a temper, be realized
that soma on had been playing a trick
upon him, so he gave order for a dinner,
and It was duly held. HI unknown guests
wer highly delighted to be tnUi oom
pany of th distinguished statesman, but
their ardor wa somewhat dampened when,
after the banquet, their host broke th
new to them that their presence there was
really due to a choice little joke which had
been perpetrated by some person or per
sons unknown. Naturally th diners hast
ened to depart as soon as they oon
vnlnlly could.
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'Senatorial Cartay
Justice Peck hem's death revives th al
most forgotten tarn of David B. Hill, to
whom It was Indirectly du that Rnfus W.
Peckham, and not his brother, Wheeler it.
Pcckham. bocame a Justlc of th supreme
court. ' When a vacancy was caused
the death of Jukllca Dlatchr,,i-H e,t
No f
York, in 1MO. relates the Philadelphia
Ledger. President Cleveland nominated
William B. Hornblower, then and sine a
leader of th New York bar. Mr. Horn
blower bad been on of th opponents of
Senator Hill in New York politics, and
Hill, regarding his nomination as an af
front, appealed to "senatcrial courtesy" to
prevent his confirmation. Th president,
therefor, withdrew Hornblower nam
and nominated Wheeler H. Peckham. a
much more active and pronounced ant I Hill
democrat, and Hill eucceeded In ecurlng
til rejection. Mr. Cleveland did not con
tinue th fight, but named Senator Whit
of Louisiana, whos nomination wa
promptly confirmed. Two year later, on
the death of Justice Jackson, Presldoot
Cleveland nominated for this vacancy
Rufu W. Peckham, who was then a mem
ber of the court of appeals of New York,
a his father had been befor hiin. Hp
also was a Tildau democrat, but was out f
politics, and he met with no objection,
But If It had not bcaii for Hill th other
on of the elder judge would hay keen
th United States Just lo.
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