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0848 6/14/67 3 3 Nebraska Grain growing and statement of rank in wheat growing for April. Highest in quality and quantity. Production 257,839 bushels. See agriculture, wheat.
1305 12/2/69 1 8 Nebraska History of Nebraska 15 years ago. Nebraska was a wilderness. Indians were around loose, wild animals of all kind, a few white and half-breed trappers composed the population. To-day Omaha has $[sic]25,000 people nearly as many as were in the entire Territory in 1860. Nebraska City 10,000. Plattsmouth, Brownville, Fremont register by the thousands each. 175,000 population in the State. Property real and personal has an assessed value of $50,000,000. One Railroad runs already, the length of our domian and 6 others checker the State. The State has built its own Captial and will finish other public buildings without taxing the people a dollar. We have a school fund of $3,000,000. Statesman.
1305 6/3/69 1 3-5 Nebraska History from Department of Agriculture for March and April 1869, as to resources.
1305 4/10/73 4 1 Nebraska In 1872 stood at the head of the states in the Union in regard to no less than 3 items of Productiveness namely, oats, barley and buckwheat. Oats 40 bushel per acre; barley 31.6 bushel per acre, buckwheat 27.1 bushel per acre.
1305 4/10/73 1 6 Nebraska J.E. Jones farmer of Nebraska sent a prairie cow to his old home near Warington England to show the English farmers the kind of stock can be raised upon the prairie land of Nebraska, it is to be slaughtered and give to the poor of Warington.
1305 6/2/70 3 2 Nebraska J.E. Lamaster, United States Internal Revenue Collector for Nebraska inspected Chaffer Distillery last week.
1305 6/5/73 2 5 Nebraska A Prize Essay on "Nebraska".
1305 12/30/69 1 5 Nebraska The State Treasurer gives an approximate idea of the financial affairs of the State list of funds.
1305 10/30/73 2 3 Nebraska, exhibits At the Vienna Exposition.
0848 3/11/67 2 3 Nebraska Admission Washington, March 1, 1867. See Proclamation, Pres. Andrew Johnson.
1305 7/22/69 2 1 Nebraska, Government Dr. Renner of Nebraska City was appointed Assistant Assessor for Fourth Division on recommendation of Colonel Majors, Assessor for Nebraska.
0848 3/13/67 2 3 Nebraska Government Report of secretary of state shows that no persons were reappointed by him after being rejected by the Senate; and no names withheld from the senate during its sessions. The number of reappointments to supply vacancies, 17. Report of the Treasury show the total number of changes during the recess to have been 278 of which 199 were caused by removal. Number reappointed after rejection by senate 26, and 9 with no action by senate on their nomination; and 26 who were withheld from the senate. Secretary of Interior states number removed and appointed in Land Offices, Receivers Public Monies, Supt. Indian affairs, clerks etc. See Appointments & Rejections.
0848 6/7/67 2 1 Nebraska Government. Governor appointed Royal Buck to locate the seventy-two sections of land granted to Nebraska. See Lands, Saline.
0848 8/14/68 2 3 Nebraska Government. Govenor. Butler, David. Amount being disbursed by David Butler & Company and not accounted for by a public showing of accounts. See Appropriations.
0848 3/8/67 3 1 Nebraska Government United States Collector. Nebr. Remer, Dr. F., received his commission yesterday. See Collector, U.S.
1305 4/22/69 2 1-2 Nebraska Government Officers. W.F. Chapin, Senator from Cass and Saunders, appointed Receiver of public moneys at Lincoln, and C.H. Gere of the commonwealth has been appointed Register at Lincoln; E.R. Valentine was appointed Register of Land Office at West Point, Nebraska; Col. Thos. J. Majors of Peru, appointed assessor of Internal Revenue of the State of Nebraska.
0848 7/17/68 3 3 Nebraska Growth & Development. The change taken place in the country in the past two years is astonishing. Thousands of acres that afforded pasturage for as many head of cattle are now fenced and the harvested grain in the shock and green corn maturing show to what degree improvement has been carried on. Where stood the rude but substantial log cabin, now stands a neat cottage surrounded by shade and fruit trees. The osage orange and the board fence have taken the place of the old "shanghaie" fences of years ago. Roads straightened, the fords over creeks spanned by safe and substantial bridges. Crops of corn, wheat and potatoes have exceeded expectations - the wheat fields covered with golden sheafs[sic] and corn maturing. The potatoe[sic] crop will be the largest yield ever known in Nebraska. Ten years ago there was a squatter who boasted of having ten acres of corn and a half acre of potatoes, the principal commodities of our State at that time - now the old squatter boasts of forty acres of wheat, sixty acres of corn, and three or four acres of potatoes, with a good house and barn, four or five horses, fifteen or sixteen cows and hogs, chickens, etc. Such is the history of pioneers of Otoe County, who came ten or twelve years ago with barely enough money to keep their families in corn bread and bacon until they could raise a crop - today they represent a capital of from $10,000 to $25,000. Industry and productive soil of Nebraska have made many poor men rich.
0848 5/8/67 3 2 Nebraska Growth & Development. Every field in Otoe and Cass counties glisten with the dark green spears of growing wheat, never have so many acres been sown; never has the grain come up so well nor grew so uniformly as this season. Every where in these counties evidence of progress, permanent improvement meets the eye. Wire fences are taking the place of cottonwood, board and osage hedge; barns, graneries and stablings, outbuildings so much needed have been built by the settlers this spring. The foundations of wealth and prosperity in this county is land-reposes upon a soil 20 feet deep. New farms with wheat already up and yet unfenced is common. The area of ground devoted to cornland exceeds that of any previous year. With rain and sunshine and no grasshoppers, we predict for the young State of Nebraska the largest yield of cereals ever produced.
0848 1/6/68 2 3 Nebraska Growth & Development. Letter by George L. Hilton, correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Omaha, Dec. 1867. The young State of Nebraska is in rapid progress and its resources are being rapidly called into existence, carpenters, masons, brick layers, and all mechanics find ready employment from $4.50 to $5.00 per day. The capitol of the State has been removed from Omaha to Lincoln three months ago, and on Sept. 17, a sale of town lots took place, the Government Commissioners realizing $80,000 which is to go for building the State House and other State buildings. Sales will begin in the spring and bids fair to build a city of no mean size. No less than 100 to 200 families come in daily and settle in the State, who have entered a home under the Homestead Law which provides that every settler can take a tract of 80 acres and improve it within five years of settlement. There is 150,000 acres of Government land subject to the Homestead Law. In the Platte Valley, through which the Union Pacific R.R. runs, from 50 to 54 bushel of wheat have been grown on one acre, while the acreage over the State last year was 33 bu. Large improved farms can be bought for $5 to $25 per acre. Extensive stock raising carried on, and for wool growing Nebraska has no equal. Plenty of good schools - the free school system prevails in every district, climate mild and pure. Nebraska well watered, timber in abundance and coal mines have been discovered. Lincoln is situated in the Valley of Salt Creek, fifty miles west of the Missouri river and about equally distanced from Omaha, Plattsmouth and Nebraska City, in the center of the most productive agricultural portion of the State. Also at the junction of the Burlington & Missouri R.R. via Plattsmouth, via Nebraska City and within one mile of the great salt basin, which has proved to be the richest surface water in the United States.
0848 8/5/68 3 3 Nebraska Growth & Development. Never in the history of Nebraska has so much evidence of rapid growth existed as during the present season - particularly represented in the great amount of farming preparations seen on all sides from this point one hundred miles west. There has been more land broken this summer than during any previous three seasons; and the country is going westward and mile after mile wagons were met loaded with other freight. Soil of southern Nebraska is unexcelled, seasons favorable and crops generally a large yield; the country excellent; the price for grain has always been good and no better roads exist in any country.
1305 12/2/69 1 8 Nebraska History Fifteen years ago Nebraska was a wilderness, Indians were about, there were wild aimals, and a few white and half-breed trappers comprised the population. Now Omaha has 25,00 people, nearly as many as in the entire territory in 1860, and Nebraska City 10,000, the State has 175,000. Assessed property value $50,000,000. One railroad runs the length of the state. There are seven railroads in the state. The state has built its own capitol and will finish other public buildings without extra tax. It has a school fund of $3,000,000. Lincoln Statesman
0848 12/21/68 3 2 Nebraska Population A tremendous increase in her vote - from a vote of less than 6000 in 1860 she has reached nearly 16,000 votes. The increase during the last two years has been about fifty per cent.
1305 12/9/75 2 4 Nebraska Railway Bonds were issued by Merrick County to build the road to Central City. See Bonds
1305 1/27/76 2 1 Nebraska Railway Expects to run a train through Brownville by March 1.
1305 11/4/75 3 5 Nebraska Railway Company Election of officers. See Railroads.
1305 12/16/75 3 3 Nebraska Railway Is within three miles of Salem; The report is from Hon. J.C. Lincoln, of Salem.
1305 3/20/73 2 3 Nebraska State Historical Society Governor Furnas history from the Boston Glove March 4th.
1305 11/18/75 2 1 Nebraska State Aid Society Upon a motion from Gen. Brisbin donated $400. to the Virginia City sufferers thus returning aid rendered to Nebraska in day of need. See Societies and Organizations
0848 5/8/68 3 2 Nerbraska State Central Committee. Republican. D.N.B. Larsh and R.M. Rolfe are the members of the Republican State Central Committee for this, the 5th District.
1305 11/18/75 2 1 Nebraska State Grange Will hold its annual meeting at Fremont, Dec. 21, 1875
1305 6/16/70 2 3 Nebraska State Historical Society Asks people of Nebraska to furnish Geological, archaeological, mythological, aboriginal, mechanical, and bioghraphical facts to be arranged, classified and preserved. Address W.H. Waters, President or Frank S. Howard, Rec. Sec. Nebraska City or B.F. Lushbaugh, Cor. Sec. Omaha.
0848 11/2/68 1 2 Nebraska State Historical Society The State of Nebraska has been very liberal in appropriating one block in the city of Lincoln for the State Historical Society. See Lincoln City.
0848 3/29/67 3 1 Nebraska State Organization. Nebraska entered the Union assuming the responsibilities of Statehood with a treasury free from debt.
0848 3/29/67 2 1 Nebraska State Organization. Official announcement to the people of Nebraska from the executive office by Gov. Alvin Saunders, March 27, 1867. Omaha, Nebr. as to notice from State Department at Washington, D.C. of the President's Proclamation announcing that the Legislature of Nebraska has accepted the conditions proposed by Congress, and declaring the fact that Nebraska is admitted as one of the Independent States of the Union. The governor elect under the State Organization being now ready to take charge of the office, my duties as the Chief Executive of the Territory this day cease. I have been honored with an official connection with the people of Nebraska for the past six years and return my sincere thanks for their kindness and know no country can boast of greater peace of prosperity than can Nebraska and I feel p0roud of the financial condition of the Territory. Six years ago the debt of the Territory was fully $2 per man, woman and child and warrants on the treasury were selling from 25 to 30 cents on the dollar. Now her paper is at par and she is ready to pay every dollar of her indebtedness sot the new State can commence her career without a dollar of debt hanging over her. During the war Nebraska furnished as many troops as any other State or Territory in proportion to population and no soldier made a better record for bravery than those from Nebraska.
0848 3/6/67 2 1 Nebraska State Organization. Editorial. Admitted to the Union. According to promise made to her inhabitants, by the advocates of State organization, they will now enter upon a career of unexampled prosperity. Taxes will be low; prices of labor high. Flush times will drive out lean times; wealth will be the rule and poverty the exception among our people. And the total expense of this beneficient change will not exceed, according to the eloquent advocates of Statehood during May and June 1866, the inconsiderable sum of $12,000 each year.
0848 8/7/68 3 4 Nebraska City News Mr. Albert Eaton has sent in a club of subscifers living in Wyoming precinct. See Press
0848 8/14/68 2 3 Nebraska State Organization Editorial. Radicals stumping Nebraska Territory to make it a State in early summer of 1866, promised to make a State Government for $12,000 per year. Some placed it as high as $15,000 a year. This promise was made by Butler, Thayer, Tipton, Saunders, Mason, Marquette, Kellogg, Pottinger and all the radical newspapers in Nebraska. On page 36, volume 1, of State statutes is an appropriation bill, which appropriates the sum of $67,195.23 - the promise is an expenditure of $12,000, the fulfillment an expenditure of over $60,000.
0848 5/29/67 2 3-4 Nebraska, Growth and development Editorial Correspondence Kansas State Journal. Nebraska City, May 19, 1867. Few Territories have ever brought a richer dower or a less expensive youth than Nebraska in joining her fortunes to Uncle Sam. The Territory last winter had $30,000 in the treasury; taxes were light; rich soil, broad acres of blooming valleys await the hand of productive industry and toil. Nebraska is the best grain producing state in the Union, both for quality and quantity; her flour is unequalled; her wheat commands the highest price in the market. The yield of grains in Nebraska is quite as large and abundant as the quality is superior. There never has been a crop failure in Nebraska since the virgin prairies were first opened to settlement in 1854. There has never been a single failure of any kind of crops during 13 years experience. The wheat yield is always large; so of oats, of corn, of potatoes, barley, sugar cane, etc. Agricultural Department reports at Washington show that the yield per acre last year of grains was larger by a large per cent in Nebraska than any other State. The Northern Branch of the great Pacific railroad has been built west from Omaha faster than ever before in railroad building. It follows the great valley of the Platte and for 600 miles requires scarce a foot of excavation, but all iron locomotives and cars have had to be shipped by the Missouri River from St. Joseph, and their this transported 300 miles. But the road is now being built at rate of 2 1/2 miles per day, a rate never before equaled, and will be completed to the mountains by October. Passenger cars run out over 300 miles west of Omaha, two trains each day, well loaded, and on runs to the north of Denver, 125 miles. Principal towns in Nebraska have been since 1854, and will be for years to come, Omaha, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth and Brownville. Omaha and Nebraska City with the best country. The Country is rapidly settling, principally with farmers, as the state has no minerals. Business in all the upper river towns is dull. Nebraska City feels the depression arising from a withdrawal of the immense outfitting business, and has only slackened the high pressure race at which it was running 2 years ago but business can hardly be called dull. The principal streets are graded and the town can boast of the finest Union School and court House building in the West. The Union School building cost about $25,000; the Court house and jail about $35,000, and excels any in St. Joseph, Omaha, Leavenworth or any in Kansas. Fruit prospects are excellent, apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, are all loaded with blossoms. Grasshoppers annoyed Nebraskans last Fall and some places this Spring, but real damage to crops in general is not feared. They were quite numerous in fall of 1857, but no damage to crops in 1858 by the Grasshoppers. M.W.R.
0848 1/13/76 2 2 Nebraska University. Regents drew lots to determine their respective terms of office. See Schools.
1305 1/13/76 2 2 Nebraskian Joe Wilson awaits trial for wrecking the Nebrasian office. See Judiciary.
0848 6/5/68 3 2 Nebraska City Land Office Land seekers. See Homesteads.
0848 9/16/68 3 2 Nebraska City Land office moved to lincoln. See Land Office Removal.
0848 9/25/68 3 2 Nebraska City Lots Certificates of Tax Sale. See Taxation.
0848 4/24/67 3 3 Nebraska City, Nebr. First mail from west in two weeks. Ten day mail from Omaha. See Mail.
0848 4/10/67 2 6 Nebraska City Great Wonder from Borneo with their feats and descriptive lectures a McLennan Hall four days and nights. Admission 50¢ and 25¢. See Pastimes.
0848 4/26/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Turner's Society ball. See Social Life.
0848 6/21/67 3 2 Nebraska City Young people on steamer Columbia to Omaha. See Social Life.
0848 6/21/67 3 1 Nebraska City Game baseball between Talbert Hall Club and Otoe Club. See Social Life.
0848 9/4/68 3 2 Nebraska City. Band. Reoganization under Prof. Swabsky. See Social Life.
0848 10/9/68 2 1 & 2 Nebraska City Interest in Missouri Pacific being built from Atchison to Nebr. City. See Railroads.
0848 4/24/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Sent a year ago, $1500 to destitute of the south, today it is ready to double the amount. See relief, Southern Aid.
0848 5/22/67 3 1 Nebraska City Line between Omaha, out of repair at Platte river. See Telegraph.
0848 7/1/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Fare reduction on railroads. Nebr. City to New York, $30. See Railroads.
0848 7/1/67 2 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Full account of attack on Dunham's train. See Indian Attack.
0848 7/1/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Grasshoppers move northward. See Grasshoppers.
0848 4/10/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Hawley, White and Burks. Agents for celebrated Schuttler wagons. See Wagons.
0848 6/7/67 3 1 Nebraska City Horse stealing commenced again. See Outlaws.
0848 3/25/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Horse thiefs Scoggins and Howell were turned over to Iowa and Missouri authorities. See Outlaws.
0848 6/14/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Indian Superintendent Denman purchased 200 sacks of flour from Chas. A. Place. See Indians, Otoe
0848 6/12/67 3 2 Nebraska City Lightning rods are being attached to Blum's brick building. See Fire Protection.
0848 7/3/67 2 6 Nebraska City, Nebr. List of incomes by taxpayersto United States collectors office, giving name, residence and amount. See Taxation.
0848 12/11/68 2 1-2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Meeting of prominent citizens to secure eastern railroad connection. Burlington & Nebr. City. See Railroads.
0848 1/6/68 3 3 Nebraska City Meeting to consider manner of consolidating the Nebraska City Mercantile Library Association with the Nebraska City Young Men's Literary Association. See Societies & Organizations.
0848 1/6/68 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Meeting of state republicans. See Convention.
0848 10/26/68 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Nebraska City No 2, sunk. See Ferries.
0848 12/14/68 2 2 Nebraska City Need of the city for the Burlington. See Railroads.
0848 12/14/68 2 1 Nebraska City Need of the city for the Burlington. See Railroads.
0848 6/10/67 3 3 Nebraska City, Nebr. Old pioneer returned from Kansas and missouri, finds crops excellent. See Gilman, J.A.
0848 3/11/67 2 3 Nebraska City Omaha Herald is in favor of the State University to be located here in view of its population, central location and future prospects. See University of Nebraska.
0848 12/11/68 1 2 Nebraska City Stockholders meeting of the St. Louis and Nebraska Trunkline Board of Directors elected. See Railroads.
0848 7/15/67 2 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. To Omaha, river excursion 70 couples. See Pastimes.
0848 6/5/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Young people giving an entertainment, the proceeds of which are to be disbursed in a most praisworthy manner. See Pastimes.
0848 6/10/67 2 3 Nebraska City Sealed proposals for grading streets. C.W. Pierse, City Engineer. See Bids.
0848 3/11/67 3 1 Nebraska City Able to supply the Chicago market with beef cattle for the coming season. Freighters planning to fatten for the eastern market. See Cattle.
0848 12/21/68 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Market prices on produce. See prices.
0848 12/21/68 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Market prices on produce. See prices.
0848 10/30/68 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Market price for wheat. See prices.
0848 7/8/68 3 2 Nebraska City Bonds of the City were ordered to be issued to the amount of $600 for the purpose of completing the cisterns now building.
0848 10/30/68 3 3 Nebraska City Business house. Reed Whittinger and Co. sold a wagon load of coal oil and drugs to Dr. Ward of Tecumseh. See Ward, Dr.
0848 12/21/68 3 2 Nebraska City Business increase. See Trade.
1305 6/10/69 2 1 Nebraska City Iron Foundry at Nebraska City has ceased operation, and sold to satisfy mortgage liens. See Industry.
0848 5/3/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Contract for setting out trees in court house square. See Trees.
0848 7/29/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. The borers are at work on the locust trees. See Trees.
0848 6/14/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Rejoicing by business men, grand illumination, addresses by prominent citizens. See Capital Location.
0848 6/14/67 2 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Rejoicing by business men, grand illumination, addresses by prominent citizens. See Capital Location.
0848 4/26/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. See Trees.
0848 4/10/67 3 2 Nebraska City Business on the increase. Every one has stopped talking about dull times and all pushing onward and upward. See Trade.
0848 4/29/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. Liveliest day for a year or two. See Trade.
0848 5/31/67 2 4 Nebraska City, Nebr. Losing trade from Johnson, Gage, and Saline counties on account of bridge and road repairs needed. See Roads, southwest.
0848 4/10/67 3 1 Nebraska City, Nebr. See Social Life.
1305 12/1/70 2 1 Nebraska City Fire destroyed three business houses on Main Street between 7th and 8th. Loss of $17000. See Fire.
1305 8/11/70 2 4 Nebraska City German citizens will lay the corner stone of their new Turner Hall next Monday.
1305 8/4/70 2 2 Nebraska City Wilson E. Majors has been appointed and taken charge of the Internal Revenue formerly held Dr. Remer.
1305 7/21/70 2 2 Nebraska City The Press and Chronicle consolidated, the Press retiring.
1305 12/16/75 3 1 Nebraska City According to a clipping from the Press an earthquake occurred at Nebraska City a few days ago.
0848 10/30/68 3 3 Nebraska City The basket-hop at the dancing academy last evening was attended by about forty couple. See Social LIFE.
0848 7/15/67 3 2 Nebraska City, Nebr. Body of man found in Missouri river. See Death.


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