Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 5, 1892, Page 18

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE NEMAHAIS A BEAUTY A Bustling Southeast County Blooming With Health and Vigor. INCIDENTS OF EARLY HISTORY RECALLED Natural Resources Torsely Demonstrated by Their Fraits. GRASPS THE BANNER FROM OTOE Instructive Reoord of Progress @loaned From the Assessor's Rolls, LEADERS BUSINESS IN THE CITIES Religlous, Educational and Soclal Featares ~Briof Blographies of the Men Who Made Nemahn Attractive and Prosperous. Nomaha county In early territorial days was called Forney coanty, and the boundary lines were also different from the present enes. Atthe first regular session of the 1erritorial legisiature, however, the present name was adopted, and at & subsequent ses- slon in the winter of 1857-8, the present boundary lines were defined, embracing an area of about 400 square miles, or 256,000 acres.. It lies in the southeastorn part of the ate, bounded north by Otoe county, south by Richardson and Pawnee, west by John- son, and oast by the Missouri river, The Nemaha is the principal interior stream, run- ning dlagonally through the central portion of the county from northwest to southeast, empting into the Missouri at Nebraska City. The Little Nemaha has numerous tributaries, couverging from different portions of the county, Muddy creek, Long branch and other tributaries of the Groat Nomaha water the southern and southwestern vortions of the county, white the Missouri river washes the ontire oastern boundary, having ot a single township, and scarcely a quarter-seo- tion, without running water. The various stronms are fringed with groves, and the Missour: river bottoms are heavily timbered, furnishing an abundance of timber for all purposes. The many stroams with their borders of natural timber intersecting the undulating prairie lands which form the bulk of the area embraced in the county, to- gother with thousands of artificial groves and apple orchards, form a land- scape, which for beauty as well as use cannot be excelled 10 any county. Tho soil is the usual biack loam common to the south- eastern portion of the state. varying in depth from two to six feot. Drouth was nover known to affact crops to any great ex- tont in Nehama county, and excepting on the flat river bottoms excessive rains do not in- terfere with farm operations. ‘I'ne soil and subsoll is specially noted for drinking in ex- cessive molsture and again giving it up in periods of meager rainfall. About 15 per cent of the land is valloy, ubout 5 por cent bluff, and the balance genorally rolling irie. much of it practically level, yet not lat, with perfect dralnago and a surfuco sdapted to the use of all the latest improved farm machinery. Figures on Trult, The entire county is so well adapted to fruit growing that every farm bas its orch- ard and vineyard and the fruit crop is looked upon as & source of profit second only to corn. In a former articlo he adjoinlng county of Otoe was credited with being the banner fruit county of the state, with & crop last yoar of 600,000 bushels, estimated, while the official figures obtwined from the state board of agriculture gives Neaba 787,543 busbels shipped out in 1891, This does not Include home consumption or wagon de- liverios. ‘Iho small por cent of rough land emoraced within tho lines of the county bas proved to bo natural fruit lands, and some of the finest and most prolific orohards In the United States today are growing on the rocky bluffs in Nemaha county, land which In carly days was considored worthless, The climate, soil, lay of the land, water and timber have made Nemaha county a natural garden for the production of cereals, fruits, vegetables and berries. and o foodiag ground for live stock which oannot be excelled. The entiro surface of the county is now a suocces- sion of highly culured farms and happy country homes, surrounded by all that na- ture could possibly lavish on the industrious husbsudman. The farmer is king in Nemaha, He owns the bank stock and the bank do- vosits as well as the land, the cattle and the horsos, and his surrounaings are 8o inviting that many men who have mado their for- tunes and are able to live wherever they choose, either in the city or county, are buy- 10g farms and removing their families from the dusty strects to tho shady lanes and eroves of Nemaha county farms. This is roversing the usual order of things and 1t is significant fact. There is plenty of good bullding stone in tho county, as wellas timber. Near Johason in the western part of the count sive quarries mentioned in sketoh of the town of Johnsou in this artic “'he sounty has fiftoen postofiices, Auburn, South Auburn, Brownvilie, Peru, Nemaha City, St. Deroln, Howe, Bratton, Johnson, Brook, Febing, Gleorook, Julian, ‘Aspinwall and Loudon, Statistics of Growth., Tho assessors' returns are very fncomblote in the matter of acres of grain, heads of stook, numver of frait and forest rees, grapo vines, etc., some townships not being ro- ported atall. Such as thoy are, partly esti- mated, they are as follows: Acres of im- proved lands, 237,441; unimproved, 17,303; acres of wheat in '1891, 17,000: corn, 68,000, oats, 13,500; barloy, 850;" mondow, 40,000; number of fruit trees, 10,002: forest Lrees, 846,958; grape vines, 24,808, Number head of horses, 9.400; oattle, $4,353; mules, 1,003; shoep, 1,397; 'bogs, 81,937. ‘Total ' as- sessed valuation for 01, §3,520,88; actual estimatod vetuation $24,709,%0, The average prico of land is wbout' $3U per acre, ranging in price from 814 to $100, according to location and value of improvements. The population in 1880, 10,451; in 1890, 1ncrease 1n tou vears of 2,47V, seven bunks in the county with an aggregate capital of $217,000 and deposits amounting to 302,183, Bank deposits por capita $30.3 ‘Thore are six weokly nowspapers in u by, threo at Auburn, oue at Peru, onn a City and one ut Brock. There are wiles of railroad 1n the county. The ur Pacifio hus 30 miles nssessod $3)0,000 worth of hogs; 787,543 of applos and 1,200 cars of corn, ere fraction of the amouut raised as the t bulk 1 fed on the ground, Also shipped out 300 cars of wheat, with six milis in the county manvfacturing 1uto flour tho bulk of the product; thirty wou: of grapes, which represents ouly the surplus after the wine press has rotlnnn‘d it work, and 15,000 quarts of berries. Aubura, Auburn, the county seatof Nemaha county, 1s located near the ceuter of the county. Not many years ago Sboridan and Colvert were the usmes by whioh two rival tow ro desigoated and whioh now aoa:lmuu Adnhurn. whlfii‘ “l,';w; 0w ", o goes under two names, North an Houth Auburn. On June 2, 1885, Sheridan and Calvert were incorporated s one towa sud oalled Aubarn. There is still & spirit of rivairy existing tosome extent between tho two sections of Auburo, there being two bus- ven Lwo postofioes brick business blocks and established manu- factures of various kinds., The B. & d Missouri Pacific enter the city, the form: South Auburn and the latter at the otherend of the city, the depots boing nearly two miles aport. Tils—Auburn mills, watee power, Sohradt & Taylor, proprietors, Frederichs A miilsy John B. Coloman, proprietor, steam power— two_alovators, seven churches, a $10,000 High school building, with Prof. Fordyce in chargo of the city schosls. ‘The ciizons of Auburn are very proud of their schools and justly so. In ‘manufactures thers s the Auburn bod spring factory, William Hill proprietor, dolng a large business,manu facturing & SUDErior spring, with more than local trade. Auburn tank factory, Allen & Hickey proprietors, manufactures ail sorts and sizos of tanks for farm water works and rail- roads, Thero is a broom factory and the Au- burn combination fenco factory, by Harmon Bros,, with improved machivery, turns out rough farm fences or neat lawn fences ready for use. Tho Auburn brick yards are operated by Willam Horrun, have a capacity of 25,000 per day, ana furnish all the brick for the vity excopt pressed brick used for fronts, The rapia growth of the business part of Auburn, of late, has taxed the capacity of the brick yards to the fullest extent. A. C. Mutz is oroprietor of an_extensive nursery in the edge of town, has his agents ail over the country and is doing large business. Among the fine buildings is the opora houso block, bullt of brick and stone, 120 foet deep.’ The opera houso is elogantiy fur- nished and the stago is of ample proportion: Auburn has three banks. The First N tional, capital §50,000, . W. Samuelson, pres. ident, [ Wood, oashier; loans and dis- counts, §95,500: surplus fund,$8,/00; deposits £50,000 throe-fourths farmers’ money. Farmers and Merchants Natlonal banlk, capi- wl 0,000, J. C. Bousfield, ' pres- ident, W. H. Bousfleld, cashior; deposits- $05,000: loans and discounts, $05,000; sur- plus, $2,500. Carson National bank, capital $00,000; John L. Carson president, . M. Boyd cash- : loans and _discounts, $133,590; surplus, $,100; dopost ts, $151,000. The latter is the oldest bank in the county, having formerly been in Brownville. Auburn has threo weekly newspapors, Au- burn Post, established in 1879, then called Sheridan Post, republican; Rush O. Fellows, editor and proprietor. Nemaha County Granger, Independent; Dundas & Wheelden, propriotors; J. H. Dun: das, editor, Nemaba County Herald, democratio; J. W. Baruhart, editor. The city has one first class hotel, o wned by the railroad company. Brownville. Brownville is the oldest town in the county, and, as stated above, was the first county seat. It was al one time the trading and sup- ply point for a torritory hundreds of miles in extent, the river crossing and gateway totho southwestorn country, and in its palmiest days had a population of 4,000, among its oplo being numbered the most noted pub- ic men of young Nobraska. The settloment and development of the country bas robbed Brownville of its former prestige and much of its population, the latter being now about 1,000, but it is still a good business point, backed by a splendid agrioulturai territory. It has six churohes and a_brick senool build- ing which cost $20,000. Browuvilleis on the B. & M. road. Johnson. Johnson is a growing town In the western part of the county on the B. & road, with 400 population, three ele- vators, tores churches and one bank, State Bank of Johnson, al, $10,000. J. D. Russell. president, J. Greer, ocashier. Loans and discounts, §37,800, deposits, $24,000, practically all farmers’ money. Near Johnson are deposits of building stone, which are being quarried and shipped all over the country. dJ. C. Greer, cashier of tho bank, operates tho Nemaba quarries, employing thirty to fifty wen, the montnly pay roil amounting to from $900 to $1,200. Since March 1 of this year Mr, Greer has shipped out over 80 cars of stone, largely to Omaha, the contract for the stone work on_the new postofiice at Omaba valling for Nemaha county stone. Vancourt & Reed, an Omana firi 150 oper- ate quarries at, Johnson, employing sixty to 100 men. Besides the stone Johnson 1s a great'grain, stock and fruit shipping station. There were seventy cars of apples shipped from that station lastseason, ons irm snip- ping thirty-six cars, One farmer near John- son sold his crop of apoles last year to a Chicago firm for $1,600 cash before an apple was pickea, the purchaser taking them on the treos. Brock, Brock s 1n the north part of the county, on the Missouri Pacific road. It has a popu- Iation of 600, and is a live business town. It has two banks: Baok of Brock, cap: tal, $25,000; Peter Berlet, president; C.'E. Yoot cashior; deposits $35,000. Farmers and Merchaots bauk, capital $15,- 000, Jacob Good president, Eilmer Good cashier. -One newspaper, Brock Enterprise, independent republican, Ray Scuotield edi- tor. Throo olovators and an alliance institu- tion. T'he latter also operate a lumber yard. There are threo churches and ood schools, Brock is an important shipping sud trading point. Nemahu City, in the southeastera portion of tno county, s a population of 600, & large roller mill, two churches, and has voted bonds for buliding a fiae High sohool editice; 1t i3 on the B. & M., at the mouth of the Nemaha and is & growing town. 1t has one newspa: per, Nemaha City Advertiser, established in 1856 by ex-Governor Fuarnas. Julian is 8 small but lively town with two olovators, two general siores, a church, school, and is & great.shipping point for both Rraw and stook. Peru, Peru is ono of the Nemaha county river towns, and is probubly as widely known as any town of 1t size in the state,owing to the fact that the State Normal school is located there, and it is also the home of Lieutenant Governor Majors, It has one bauk and one nowspaper, Citizens State bank, capital $12,000, Jacob Good president, M. ooa cashier, deposits §30,000, practicully all farmers' movey. The _ Peru Gazette, independent republican, W. H. Rodebaugh editor, The State Norwalinstitute was established in 1867, first bullding oreoted in 1570, and an addition doubling its capacity erected-in 1385, In 1887 the dormitory was enlarged to double its original size, and In 1839 an appropriation of $13,000 was mado and for erecting & Library building and u separate bullding for the heating apparatus. Last year, 1801, an appropriation of $3,000 was granted for estab- hishiug an electrio Jight plant. The plant hus been completed, but is not eutirely satis- factory. The entire cost of the plant to the state as 1t now stunds is about $80,000, and is cousidered worth ut loast $100.000, the F:m-u-, sixty acres, having been douated. e bulldings stana on s wooded eminonce, @ most beautiful ava picturesque spot just outside the city sud arosupphied with all modern appliauces, a library of 5,000 volumes, embracing 8 wide range of literature and re- ference. Professor George L. Faroham has beeu in chargo for the past cight years. The entire number enrolled in 1855 was 885; last year, 450; the present year, 500. This 1s ex- clusive of about 100 pupils who are receiving Instruction in the primary grades. The board is composed of Hoa. B, E. B. Kennedy, Omal C. "W, Kuley, Red Cloud; J. T, Spencer, Dakota City; Hon, Church Howe, H . E. Majors, Peru. mombvers of the board. The farmers of Nemaha oounty are amon g the most prosperous aud wealby in tho west- v, Hear what they say in the following brief sketches: Proved it by Lisutonant-Gevernor Mujors, Jacob Good, now president of the Citizens State baok at Peru, and also of the Farmers and hants bank st Hrook, came to Nemaba sounty 1o 1850, & boor boy, i com- pavy with bis father, who lived and died a poor man. Ho began by filing on a quarter sostion before ho was of ske and at his mujority procured a land warrant by deeding balf his claim w0 the owner of the warrant. ‘That ieft him eighty acres. Smd he: “I followed farming up Lo three years ago and increased my holdings of land to 1,200 acres of as good laud as there is in any countey. 1 disposed of it st prices ranging from 5 to $35.50 por acro and went into the bankiog business, here st Peru and at Brook. 1 must tell you & big farming story, whioh it would not be safe to tell for publication if it were not that Governor s sits here to cor- Yo bafore 1 ok out Wwho Faised forsy sores year who orty aor of wheat which averaged fifty-Lwo u‘ J bustels the grain wero the coun- aad [ Tux acquainted wish Auburn has two 100-barrel flouring | acres of land adjorning the town site of Au- burn, He 18 one of the newcomers, having been hero only six years. Mr. Coddington freely reiated his experionce and gave his views ns to tho rolativo merits of Nebraska and Iliinois as farming countriss. Said he, “1 came here from [liinow, twonty miles north of Springfield, whero I was born and raised. The farm I'loft rents for an nove, cash ront, and I do not considor it worth halt as much as this. 1 could not bo tnducsd to o bock thers, although thut is justly con- sidered & good ¢ountry, but this is vory much better. 1 would rathér go 200 miles fartner wast than go back to Illinois, Last vear [ bought an cighty of land here at $30 per acro, and raised corn enough on it to almost pay forit. I got a good price for the corn— 55 cents per bushel, T think a farmer could afford 1o loss every third arop here if nec sary and stiil mako money. 1 raised 1 aores of corn last year that averaged forts five bushels per acre. Oats made forty bush- ois. 1 had thirty-five acres of winter whoat. Ouo plece mado thirty-five bushels per aers'! and another twonty-five, It was the heaviest wheat 1 ever worked in. 1 like to raise wheat, although I was advised not to try it when 1 camo here, In spito of the advice, 1 selected about ten acres of the poorest corn on the place and sowed the wheat among the stalks and out as good a crop thoe noxt year as I havo ever so T paid 5 an acre for all my land oxcept ono eighty, and would noy sell it for &0 an acre. It is not for sale, I feod but little stock, a few hogs, and sell grain.” ‘Worked by the Month, Charles Bourlier, a Frenchman, who camo to this country twelve years ago, prosents a fair examplo of Nemaha county possibilitios, when tested by industrious, intelligent men. Mr. Bourlier landed in Nemaba county, 8 stranger in a strango land, without a dollar to his name, and worked by the mouthat about $20 a month, for the first six vears, Suid he: “T saved iny money and bought 160 acres of raw 1and. It is all paid up now and Town a block of baunk stock and am one of the directors of the Farmers and Morchants National bank at Auburn. I never had a dollar's worth of heip from any source. Farmers rake more mor.2y in tho last throo years than ever before. They make it rais- ng hard winter or Turkey wheat. It 1s o sure crop and yields enough to almost buy the land it grows on every year. I have o brother in Lafayette precinct who came at the same time I did, $250 worse off than nothing, He ndw owns a quarter section of land which ho paid §6,200 for, and out of deot, and he made it all by his own exertions right bere in twelve years. I know thare is 10 country in the world where a man with- out means can make himself independent so quickly as in Nebraska, 1love this country und propose to stay with ft. James ¥, Ely. James F. Ely has a splendid farm of 480 acres four and one-half miles northeast of Auburn. In speaking of his farming experi- enco, he said: *I came to Nemaha county in 1868 with money enough to buy & half-section of raw land av $7 per acre. I built & hut 14x 20, got a team and went 10 work to break up tho (and and improve the farm, 1 still own it ona liveon it and have added another quarter-section to 1t, It is nicely improved, ®ood buildings, eight acres of orchard and nearly ail fenced with hedge, which I con- sider the best kind of fenco for Nebraska. The first year I was on the place L1alsed a crop of sud corn which I sold at 15 cents a bushel and fcleared an even $100. The next ‘week after I got the monoy in my pocket one of my horses broke his log and it just took the $i00 to buy another. *I never sell grain sinco the first year or two, carrylug from 100 to 150 head of cattle. Fed sixty head this year. 1 am breeding trotting horses. I paid 1,500 for a 5-month- old colt last June. I have 140 acres in tame grass and alternate it with plow land. Tm- provements on the place cost about $5,000. 1 wonld not_take iess than 250 an acre for the place. 1 ship stock to Omsha and consider iv a better market than Chicago,” Mr. Kly has @rown wealthy on his farm and hus made it all except the first invest- ment strictly by farming, He is interested in one of the Aupurn banksand has plenty of loose means. Lost His Money. Andrew Higeins is a reprosentative farmor of Glenrock precinct, and owuer of six quar- ter sections of land and & potato patch of elghty acres vesidos. In talking it over he remarked that he “‘came to Nebraska in 1887, with a tram and $500 in money, loaned the money and lost it. I then pre-empted 160 acres on which I now iive. Ihave it nicel. improved, good buildings and orchard. ‘There is an even section in the home place. 1 follow the plan of keeping half of my farm land in tame grass and alternating it with the plow land. Last year I raised about 10,000 bushels of corn on 200 acres of ground, seventy-fivo acrees of wheat averaged thirty bushels per acre; forty acres of oats, average fifty bushels. I nevor sell grain, but food it Lo stock. I carry ubout 15) to 160 head of cattle and fed 155 head this year, which 1 markoted at O:naba and consider it a good stock market. I consider this as good farming country as the world affords,” Has Never Known a Fallure. R. T, McAdams says: “I have been here since 1864, Started with nothicg and bave steadily prospered. 1 own a well fmproved farm of 400 acres one mile southeast of Peru. I am not a stockman, but raise grain for sale aud food a fow hogs. 1 have never known a failure of crops in this county, though in 187 the grasshoppers hurt us. 'Have made mouey every year.” Mr. McAdams' wealth 1s not measured by his farm sud its improvements, as he has plouty of surplus means investod 1n bank stock and other securities and 1s vice presi- dent of tho Peru bani. ‘Walnut Grove Stock Farm, Hon, Church Howe is better known as a politician than farmer, aithongh be is some- times called “Farmer Howe" in jest. A visit 1o his model farm in_the sonth part of the county near Howe Station, however, would convince any man that Mr. Howe is & prac- tical farmer on a largo soale. He is the owner of the finest, bast improved and most scientifically operated stock farm in tho state. Mr. Howe lives on his farm and per- sonally directs all the lavor performed on the ce.” When visited by the Bze man Mr. Towe was found with rubber boots on, in mud wnd water, superintending the work of perfecting his race track, in which he had a force of twenty men engaged. The heavy rains had mado it necessary to raise tho track in places. Tue track in question 1s a half mile rogulation track built by Mr. Howe for his own private training courss and enciroles a fish pond fed by springs, from which bis men take fish with hook and line that weigh as high as six pounds. When it is stated tl Walnut Grovo stock farm has on it 110 head of trotting bred horses, it will oxpiain why Mr. Howe goes to the trouble aud expense of fitting up @ training track. The home farm ~ contains acres of lang, and thore 1s enough more scattered about to make over 2,000 acres. Church Howo bought bis first land twenty-three yeurs ago, and 1 the. interveuiug years has with energy,good taste and money, succeeded in making a wodel farm and an elogant home. verything about tho place, in the house, about the well AuP: aud hignly oroamented lawns, or o the barns and sheds,displays the tasto and skill of the owner. Mr. Howe has just finished planting out flur acres of apple trees, surrounded by a row of evorgreens six fact apart, for protection and ornument. Ho has avout 1,000 bearing trees now. He has 400 acres of timothy and clover whieh stands tho winters as well and grows as luxuriantl 28 10doosu the eastert. sates. Thers. is usually about 100 acres of corn raised on the place, or about 5,000 bushels, which is all used at home. heat and borses are the staple oo Mr. Howe's place. 1t is » pleasure 10 walk through Mr. Howe's baru. ‘fhe stracture is 140x162, with xoom provided for eizhty head of horses, 130 tons of hay and has twenty box stalls of improved pattern, coutaining some of tho best bred trotting stock in Lho siate. The barn is so urranged as toadmitof & driveway from each of the four sides, as a matter of convenience and for greater y in caso of fire. The oftiue room of U is neater and better kept tuan the living room of many families. Iu is provided with wardrobe for blankets, a glass case for har- ness, s medicino case’ and other furniture. ‘There is water in the barn aud in all the cor- ralis adjoining. All imploments and -n“flu- of all kinda are housed aud there ls no litter allowed about the buildings. Tho baro is very substactialiy built, oven the open stalls belng surmounted with strong iron There wero twenty-six highbred. in the, and thoro were t; with alta this spring. Mr brod horses than Aside from horses and farm operations in which Mr. Howo is recoenized authority he is a cultivated gontlemsn, His home is ele- gantly furaished, eversthing displaying not merely wealth but refined taste, The library is well stocked with books and besides Mr. | Howo takes and pays for sixty papers, many of thom daliies. He is porhaps uotter posted on public affairs 1 general than anv other farmer in the state. His neighbors swoar by him and take lessons from him in farming and stock raising. Hoisa man who makes money and speads 1t where his family and friends got the benofitof it. He 18 worth at loast §150,000, John C. Bousfleld, John C. Bousfleld is notn farmer and never was. Ho nover even uvwned or doolt in lund with a sinzle.oxception. Ex-Gover. nor Farnas once sola him a half section of land the title of wnich proved worthless, vand," said Mr. Housfield, I never got over it. Icame herg jn 1856, was dead broke aod held myv own, pntil after tho war. Tam a brickmason 44d after I came homo in 1865 1 worked at ‘my trade, saved a little money and bought & steam ferryboat at Brownville. I ulso bgught some teams and ostablishod a freight and hack line. 1In 1 1 sold out the antira business ana went into the grain and stock, business, continuing it for tvelve years, 1’ mate money at it and then established tho Farmers and Merchants bank here in Aubura,’ Mr. Bousfield is stil president. of the bank and has on deposit_many thousands of Ne- maha county farmers' money, although he lost faith in roal estate through a defective title. He suys he had seon the timo that ho could have made 81,000,000 by speculating in land, but it did not tempt him. Lisutenant Governor Majors. Licutenant Governor Majors, familiarly known all over the state as plain *Tom Majors,” 18 ono of the large, practical and successful farmers of Nemaha county, his farm adjoining the village of Peru. Mr. Majors hias been a resident of the county for thirty-three years, during which timo he has been an active tiller of the soil. His home farm contains 822 acres, and he owns enough more in the county to make 1,600 acres, be- sides lands In Groeley and other counties. Ho's a grain and stock raiser, keops about 100 head of cattle all the timo, and is also a dealer in and breeder of Hambletonian horses, of which ho now has on the placo forty-five head, His barn cost §1,500. There 1s twenty acres of orchard on the place and small fruit in abundance. There were 475 acres of corn raised on the placo last year, which averaged about forty bushels per acre; 125 acros of wheat, averag- ing twenty-three bushels per acre. On tho howme place there 1s 300 acres of tame grass, and two miles of hedge fence. Governor Majors is a heavy stockholder in,‘and one of thu dircctors of, the Citizens State bank at Peru and he 1s rated as one of the wealthiest farmers in the state, A Largo Wheat Fleld. Twelvo years ago William Ernect was a poor man, but thanks to his native thrift and the fertility of Nemaha county soil he is now independent. He owns a section of land and controls thres more, near tke line between Nemnha and Johnion counties. He is a heavy stock raiser and feeder and raises any amotint of grain. Last year and year before his wheat averaged thirty-two bushels per acro and this yoar ho has 1,800 of winter wheat growing with a splendid prospect of Retting almost enouzh wheat to pay for tho land it grows on. He always has ioney in tho bank and is worth at least $30,000, por- haps doubie that amount. Came Back to Nebraska, Michsel Feistner, a rustling German, came to Nebraska years ago and then wandered off to Califormia, where he lost all he had and camo back to Nebraska doad broke, nota dollar to his name. That was six years ago. Today he owns two quarter sections and an eighty aajoining the town of Johnson, is out. of debt, and has dug itall outof the grouna 1n six short years. He has had no help finan- cially or physically. Who can beat 1ti Bunked In a Dugout, patriok Dougherty of Bedford prosivot came to this country in 1860, leaviug his family behind because he was too poor to bring them with him. He bunked in a dug- out until such time as he could raiso the monoy to pay thoir faro to his new home. He gradually worked bis way up from poverty. to affluence by virtue of industry and econ- omy, saconded by the fertility of Nemahs county:eoil. -He is thaowner-of two sections. of land, well-improyed, and besides has built two briok blocks in Avburn, one costing $14,000 and tho other §10,000. 'He has never ongaged in anythine outside of farming ana stock raising excopt to invest his surplus meaus as stated aboye, Ho is worth at least £60,000. A Tasty Farmer. E. C. Magor is an Eunglishmsn who came to this county in 1578 with small means, traded in cottie on the plainson a small scale at first, gradually enlarging his operations maing 8 succoss In the long run. He sold out his catule at B good time, when cattle wore_high, came to Londoa precinct and bought a half section of land, which ho has converted into one of the neatest farms in Nomaha county. Mr. Magor s & man of tste, bas a beautiful home, is 8 heavy foeder of stock, raises a large amount of fruit of all kinds and makes money rapidly. He fis worth at least $25,000, A Prosperous German, J. Grube came to Nemaha county & penni- less German a few years ngo and workoed on He has since built & nice house anli barn, has the land and all paid for aod has money in the bank. Heis worth $10,000 or more and made it all working by the month ana out of his farm. An Elegant Home, Alexander McKinney came to Nemaha county in 1803, pooras & church mouse, and has made for himself and family an elegant home in Loudon precinct. He bas a section of land and has accumlated lots of otner property. His farm is one of the best, well improved, s large orchard and plenty of stock. Mr. McKinnoy is worth $20,000 or more. Has Made a Fortune, John Bath began poor in 1871, and 1s now one of tho woalthy farmers of Nemaba county. Ho owas o soction aud a half of land in Loudon precinet, well improved, is a large cattlo owner aud feoder and is worth 5,000, His brother, Thomas Bath, has a similar history, lives n the samo prozluct, 1s a large farmor and feodor, and is worth at loast 30,000, Both have large orchards and small Trdits in abunaance. Willlam Tynon. Mr, T ynon 1s one of the best known farm- ers of eastern Nehrasku, having settled 1n Nemaha county about 1870. He had about $2.000 to start with and has increased his wealtb until he is populariy reputed to bo worth $100,000. He1s emphatically & farmer, has never speculated in any sense of the word. Besides owning 500 acres of valuable land, he has thousands of dollars loaned on real estate. His bulldings are good and bis farm in a high state of cultivation. He 1s a Iarye oreeder and feoder of stock, feeding 200 head this season. His place joins that of Lioutenant Governor Majors un tho nortb. Harman Ray owns an extensive farm cor- nering with Mr. Tynon's, He has not less thao 2.00 acres ana {s worth §75,000 or more. Tie is a corn grower, raises and solls grain and (ra- but littlg stock, and piles up money rapudly. enty Stiles Is snother large and prosper- ous farmer located just across the road from Harman Ray. He has made his money pure- Iy by farmicg. John Baruard, Jullan Bybua and John Lavigne are a trio of Frenobmen, residiug in Glenrock precinct, who sre among the wealthiest farmers 'in the county. They all came to this country poorand made their mouey on the farm. Dr. Nesl settlod in Nemaba connty in an early dsy with nothing but his medical edu- cation and a shingle with his name on it for capital. 'There was ¥o money in the county, and the dootor took lils pay for professional services in calves and cacbage and soon began to acquire lakid. Heis now owner of 2,000 acres in Nemaly county and 1,000 acres in Kausas. He has g ede plies of monoy out of cattle, aud is stlil focreasing his wealth i d stock raisiog end ofession on the side. f Douglas precinot ar ve amassed for- aro large farmers and Teast §100,000 each. William Hemming and his brother, Fritz Hemming, own fine farms of 400 acres each, wrich they have acquired within tho past twelvo years, without a doilar to They have never speculated in an nave simply dug it out of the ground. are worth at least TIONAL T Bee is in recoipt of an invitation to attend commencement exercises &t Prince- ton, June 11 to 15, The question of froe books in the public schools s receiving favorable considoration in Salt Lakoe City. The democrats at Princeton have organ- ized themselves into a Cloveland club, elocted a full sot of officers aud adopted an elaborato platform. Tho trustees of Johns Hopkins university havo elected Charles K. Mayer, prosident of the Baltimore & Ohio ratlroad, a member of tho board to fill the vacancy causea by the death of Fraacis T, King. Prosident-elect Schurman of Cornell uni- versity 1s less than 40 yearsof age and a naturalized American, Heowas born in Nova Scotia, and bas beon a member of the Cor- noll faculty only six years, General Isane Jones Wistar, who has given the University of Pennsylvaria #135,000 wherewith to build and maintain a museum containing his father's colleotion of medical objects, is about 64 years old. Tlhe Astronomical Society of the Pacific has decidod to erect an observatory in Goiden Gate park and equip it with an eight-inch teloscope and other apparatus. Tho ob- sorvatory will be piacod on Lick hill, an em- inence near the MoAllister street entrance to the park. The convention of deleates from tho vari- ous college republican clubs just finished at Aon Arbor was a success as far as the num- ver of colleges represented was concerned. James F'. Burke, a Michigan junior law student from Pittsburg, was elected presi- deut of the loague. The beginning of the next colloge vear at Princeton will witnoss the completion of tho Brokaw momorial buiiding, to be evected on tho atnletio fiola in memory of Krederick Brokaw, tho 'varsity base ball catoher who whs drowned at Eiberon, N. J.. while at- temting to save the life of a young lady. The ancient college of St. Andrews, Scot- land, which has recently opened its doors to women, Las received the fair invadors With more chivairous welcomo and accorded 10 them moro honorable piace than any of the other men’s collegos which have grudg- ingly recognized thoright of women to enter. School accommodations in Chicago are wholly inadequate. During April 21,666 puplis were enrolled in tho half-day divi- sions. “Besides there are £157 pupils housed in rented buildings. Fourteen new sohool buildings are now under way, which will furnish accommodations for 8,400 pupils. Thirty-seven men were graduated last week from the divinity school in Yalo uni- versity. Addresses were delivered by a number of the members of the graduating class. Prof. Edward L. Curtis, aiter luncheon, addressed the alumni on “The Present State of Old Testament Biblical Criticism.” Tho Johns Hopkins university -students have recoived a formal inyitation from the students of Trinity college, Dublin, to send four delegates to the cele- bration of the 300th anniversary of tho foundation of the college. The celebration will occur in Dublin from tho 5th to the Sth of July. The invitation was nccepted. Miss Oliver of Boston is the conter of at- traction at Cornell (In.) collego just now. Sho has just come to Cornell as mstructor in clocation and physical culture, The Athletic association has clected Boardman, Wheeler and Yoran as delogatos to the Kiold day con- vention at Des Moines. The literary socie- ties at Cornell are doing exceptionally good work this term. The commercial school meets a great demand and is coming to be one of the feutures of Cornell. A greateffort has beon made to put in a business course that shall be second to none in the country. Realizing that a purely commercial educn- vion is not sufficient, tbe course has been broadened by the addition of much thorough work in all the commou branches. The last yoar has been prosperous beyond expecta- tion, and tho prospects for the next are flat- tering indeed. Eight new ‘instractors were chosen for Yale at the regular meeting of the Yale cor- poration, May 81. President Harper bas caused a large number of vacancies by n- ducing several Yale men togoto the Chicago university, ana with one exception all the vacant chairs have now been filled. W. L. Phelps, now instructor at Haryard, was elected instructor in English literature; Jules Liquien of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was appointed to succeed Prof. Knnp? as professor of modern lan- guages; Prof, E. W. 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