upon the express agent, who in the preliminary examination identified Marquett's client as the man who delivered to him the bottle. When this witness came upon the stand to testify in the case, Mr. Marquett got a person that favored his client to sit by his side while the witness testified, to whisper in his ear as though he was the accused, while the accused was sitting with his back to the witness and was busy writing. The witness identified the man that sat by the side of Marquett as the guilty man, and as the man that had brought the bottle in and delivered it to him. Thus the credibility of the witness was destroyed, and the accused acquitted. In the conduct of the case, he is not content with following in the old beaten lines which are ordinarily followed in a trial, but goes outside and gathers up everything that bears upon the case or will aid his client; in short, his success has depended upon this thoroughness in all the details of a case, and the original manner in which he presented it.

HARLES BUELOW. Among the men of Yankee Hill Precinct who might justly rank as representative farmers is Charles Buelow, who resides on section 7, Yankee Hill Precinct. His father and mother, Joachim and Dora Buelow, were both natives of Mecklenburg, Germany where also our subject was born, Feb. 14, 1836. He had five brothers and sisters--Henry, Frederick (now deceased), Ricca, Mary and Annie. When Charles was about nineteen years of age his father was removed from the home circle by death. Some twenty years since his mother emigrated to America, and now resides in New Jersey. Our subject was well educated in the schools of his native country, and is thoroughly conversant with his native language. In 1858 he took passage from Hamburg in a sailing vessel, and after six long dreary weeks of tossing upon the great Atlantic rollers, and anon groping through the fogs of the Newfoundland banks, he landed in New York. After the first awkwardness of suddenly entering into the midst of surroundings so new, strange, and often unintelligent, had been dispelled by more intimate acquaintance with the New World, he proceeded direct to Chicago, Ill., and for three years worked in the vicinity of that city as a farm hand. At the outbreak of the Civil War, while the echo of the cannon before Ft. Sumter was still reverberating through the land, stirring the heart and firing the brain of every true friend of the Union, our subject enlisted in the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment. After the necessary drilling and training he was ordered to the front, and took part in the engagement at Bull Run and several other of the early battles and minor engagements. At the close of his term he was honorably discharged, and took up his residence in Pennsylvania. He continued to reside in that State for many years, engaged at different times in the grocery business, and as owner of a canal boat. He has also spent much time in travel, which gave him many opportunities of educational value which he was enabled to utilize, and to-day possesses as the result a well-stored, vigorous mind, replete with information on it vast range of subjects gathered from many sources.
   Mr. Buelow married in Pennsylvania, in 1862, a most estimable lady, like himself a native of the Fatherland. There has been born to them a large family of children, of whom, however, only nine survive--Ricca, Dora, Lizzie L., George, Charles, Anne, Minnie, Frederick and Lotta. He came to this county in the spring of 1877, and bought the land where he now resides, which comprises a farm of eighty acres, which has well repaid all the energies and care devoted to it. Whether we turn to the fields and mark the superior agricultural efforts, to the barns and stables with their improved stock, or to the house with its pleasant rooms, which reflect in their arrangement and order the well-directed, cheerful lives and dispositions of the inmates, we are satisfied that Nebraska must go on rapidly toward the grand future which is hers, and which must come to any country possessing such homes. In the beginning Mr. Buelow had many difficulties to contend with. His parents were far from wealthy, and just at the age when most eldest sons, needing a start in life, feel the pressure inseparable from a large family of brothers and sisters under such circumstances, the father, to whom he naturally looked for counsel and help in the early efforts of his young manhood, was taken from him by death.

Instead of sitting down in weakness and complaint., as so many have done, Mr. Buelow rose and gave battle to the unfavorable surroundings of adversity; untrained and untried, he rose to work and labor for self-improvement and self-advancement, linking with these the desire to help the mother left alone by the same great trial. It is not too much to say that whatever our subject may be to-day in intelligence, in property or social status, he owes, under Providence, to his own constant, intelligently directed efforts and perseverance. He has always remained in the communion of the Lutheran Church, in which he was reared in the old country. In politics Mr. Buelow is a Republican, but his votes are always cast more with a view to the improvement of the county and State, and the elevation of society, than the mere advancement to office of some member of his party, and yet withal there is no more ardent and consistent Republican than he.

HOMAS F. CHENOWETH. It is our pleasure to present in this sketch an outline of the history of the Superintendent of the Lancaster County Poor Farm, who also owns and works an exceptionally fine farm of forty acres on section 20, Oak Precinct, where he gives his attention to general farming and stock-raising.
   The father of our subject was born Feb. 21, 1821, in Madison County, Ohio. Like the vast majority, at that time at least, his education was completed when he had one through the classes of the common schools, and from that on his attention was given to farming and stock-raising. He has continued to reside in the same county, and still makes it his home. In the year 1842 he entered into a matrimonial alliance with Lucretia Sidner, who was born in Kentucky, in about 1826. Seven children have been added to this family, and they were named as follows: Joseph, John, Thomas, Mary, Simeon, Zenas and Foster. The second son died while serving in the army, in 1863; Mary was the wife of Harvey Clarridge, and died in the year 1873. With these two exceptions the remainder of the family circle are still living and well settled in life.
   Hezekiah Chenoweth, the father of our subject, who has now retired from the more active engagements of life, has been one of the most successful farmers of his native county. His father, John F. Chenoweth, grandfather of our subject, was born, in Ross County, Ohio, and then removed to Madison County while a young man, continuing his residence in the latter until his death in 1887, aged ninety-three years and four months.
   Our subject was born in Madison County, Ohio, in the vicinity of West Jefferson, Oct. 28, 1845, His education was obtained in the common schools, and after its curriculum had been finished his attention was turned to the farm and stock-raising. He continued to work with his father until he was about twenty-three years of age, when he went to Kansas, which occurred in 1869. There he continued for one year, and then went to Texas, where he made his home until the spring of 1873. From there he went on to Missouri, and thence to Colorado, where he remained until 1876, when he again made his home in Kansas and Iowa. In 1877 he came to this county, and decided in favor of making it his future home, believing that it offered more advantages as a whole than any other place he had seen. He therefore purchased a farm and erected a very substantial residence, frame building, commodiously arranged, and in addition put a large barn and the usual farm buildings.
   One period of the life of our subject must not be passed without notice. Before leaving for the Far West he had heard the demand of his country for men to defend her honor and sustain the Union. In March, 1864, he enlisted in Company C, 40th Ohio Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. He saw active service in the Atlanta campaign, his company being engaged in all the battles and most of the skirmishes of that campaign, He also took part in the battles which occurred when Gen. Thomas was enroute to Nashville with Gen. Hood after him. Also at Bulls' Gap, after which they went back to the camp at Cumberland River, near Nashville. Their orders next carried them via New Orleans and the Mexican Gulf into Texas, whence the company returned to be discharged at the close of the war.
   Our subject was married to Miss Alice A. Brown, of this precinct, in November, 1881, and we would

refer the reader desirous of perusing the history of her parents and home previous to this time to the sketch of Alba Brown, her father. The issue of this union has been a family of three children, two only of whom, however, are living. Their names are May and Mary, and they were born in this precinct. Miss Brown was born in Fremont County, near Sibley, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1858, but her parents shortly after removed to Nebraska City, where she was brought up to the age of eleven; then she came with her parents to Oak Creek. Her education was commenced in the common schools, and afterward completed at Lincoln University. Upon her graduation from the latter institution she remained at home until her marriage. She is a lady in every way worthy of the high regard in which she is held, and capable of sustaining a high social status. The family is held in the highest esteem in the community. Our subject has held the office of Superintendent of the Poor Farm since September, 1887, and is filling that office in a way that is gaining for him the respect and confidence of the community. The county poor farm has been established some sixteen years, and comprises 240 acres of good land on the west side of section 43, possesses a good two-story frame building, 32x64 feet, and has some seventy head of cattle and eleven horses, about sixty head of grown hogs, beside other stock. The average number of inmates of the house in summer is twenty. This, however, is largely increased during the winter months. In addition to these it is customary to have some of the incurably insane upon the premises. There are two hired men constantly engaged in work about the premises.
   In politics, Mr. Chenoweth is a strong and active Republican.

EWIS BAKER is a worthy farmer residing on section 1 of Centerville Precinct. He is a son of Adam and Margaret Baker, his father having been a native of Virginia, and his mother of Pennsylvania. His parents were among the early settlers of Darke County, Ohio, our subject being the eldest child, his birth occurring on the 20th of January, 1826. When about thirteen or fourteen years old, death deprived him of that good friend, comforter and adviser, his mother, and he remained with his father most of the time until he reached his majority. When he was twenty-one years old he began making brick in Ohio, and followed that business for some twenty years, most of the time conducting the business for himself. Being deprived of the advantages offered to young men nowadays, his education is somewhat limited, but he has profited much by his experience and the experience of others, and is not uninformed on the important topics of the day.
   In October of the year 1850, our subject was married, in Ohio, to Nancy J. Dunwoodie, and they have become the parents of two children: Winfield S., residing in Lincoln, Neb., and Amanda, deceased. Some four years after his marriage he was deprived of the society and companionship of his first wife by the call which comes to cottage or mansion, to the low or the high in estate, that of the Angel Death, who will not be denied. On the 28th. of April, 1859, our subject was married to Sarah E. Walker, by whom he has three children--Susan, Margaret J. and Adam (deceased).
   In the spring of 1872 Mr. Baker came to Lancaster County, and a few years afterward he settled on his present farm, consisting of 120 acres of good land. He has freed it from all incumbrances, and although when he took possession of it there were but about twenty-eight acres under cultivation, he has worked untiringly and has succeeded in bringing it to its present fine condition, having made all the improvements himself. He is always glad to aid in promoting the cause of the community in which he lives, and as far its he is able he lends his support and influence to the development of the religious, educational and social advantages of the people.

OSEPH BURGESS is one of the prominent young farmers of Lancaster County, owning a valuable farm on section 18, Yankee Hill Precinct. Although he is not yet thirty years old his high ambitions, seconded by his energetic and well-directed labors, have brought him much success in his calling, and he is already in possession of a comfortable property. He is a native

of England, born in Lancaster, Aug. 28,1859, being a son of Joseph and Keziah (Howe) Burgess, the latter of whom is deceased. His father still makes his home in Lancaster. He has been twice married, and is the father of several children, of whom five are living, namely: Ada, Lois, Peter, Silas and Joseph.
   The latter, who is the subject of this sketch, grew to a strong and vigorous manhood in his native country, receiving a good education in the public schools, and from his worthy parents a wise training in habits of self-reliance and industry. He had his own way to make in the world, and wishing to devote himself to agriculture, he felt that the rich farming lands of the Western States of America offered greater inducements for a man of small means than any other country, and in 1882 he left his native land, with its many pleasant associations, and his friends, and crossed the ocean to found for himself a home in the great State of Nebraska. He bought the farm on which he now resides, and although not many years have elapsed since then, he already has it under good cultivation. It comprises 160 acres of arable and highly productive land, which under his skillful management yields abundant harvests. After living here eighteen months he returned to Old England to claim the young lady who had promised to share his fortunes in the New World and aid him in building up a home, and they were united in marriage Sept. 12, 1883. To her brave and cheerful assistance our subject is greatly indebted for his present success. Her maiden name was Anne Beeley Shilton, and she was born in London, England, Nov. 4, 1859, being a daughter of William and Anne (Beeley) Shilton.
   The marriage of our subject and his wife has been blessed to them by the birth of four children, as follows: Joseph, born Aug. 22, 1884, died July 20, 1885; William, born Oct. 10, 1885; Anne, Nov. 12, 1886; and Harry, Nev. 12, 1887.
   Mr. and Mrs. Burgess are much respected and liked in the community where they have made their home, and with whose interests they are so strongly identified. They are valued members of the Christian Church, and are ever zealous in aiding its good works. Mr. Burgess is public-spirited, and strongly favors all schemes for promoting the material prosperity of the county, or for elevating its social status. In politics he is a Prohibitionist, being himself a strict temperance man and standing loyally by his colors.

PPE T. CONRAD has, since the spring of 1885, been operating to good advantage on eighty acres of fine farming land, pleasantly located on section 15. This he has redeemed from its primitive condition, it being a wild and unbroken tract at the time it came into his possession. The fields are now laid off and enclosed with neat and substantial fences, there are good buildings and a fair assortment of live stock, including cattle, horses and swine. A period of ten years has effected remarkable changes, and indicates with what severance and industry the proprietor of one of' the neatest farms of Highland Precinct has labored.
   Mr. Conrad was born in the Prussian Province of Hanover, on the 8th of June, 1852, and is the son of Dirk and Emma (Peppengo) Conrad, who were also of German birth and parentage, and immigrated to the United States with their family in 1857, when their son Ippe T. was a little lad five years of age. They began life in America upon a tract of land in Woodford County, Ill., where the father followed farming. A few years later they removed, first to Tazewell County, and then to Iroquois County, in the same State, removing from the latter to Nebraska in 1879. The parents are now residents of Butler County, and retired from active labor, the father having arrived at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The mother is seventy-seven years old, and both have retained their faculties to a remarkable degree. They have acquitted themselves in life honestly and uprightly, and still cling to the Lutheran religion in which they were reared. Politically, Dirk Conrad since becoming an American citizen has voted the Democratic ticket.
   The parental household of our subject included seven children, of whom he was the youngest but one. The three sons and four daughters are still living, married and settled in comfortable homes of their own. Our subject soon after reaching

his majority secured a wife and helpmate, Miss Lena Heyen, to whom he was married Jan. 29, 1875. Mrs. Conrad is a native of the same province as her husband, and was born Dec. 4, 1856. She came to the United States with her parents when a little girl ten years of age, they also locating in Woodford County, Ill., where she grew to womanhood. Later they removed to Iroquois County, where her marriage with our subject took place. Of this union there have been born five children, one of whom, Fredricka E., died when three years old. Those living are Emma E., John F., Henry D. and Fredricka E. (2d).
   Mr. and Mrs. Conrad after their marriage located on a farm in Illinois, where they continued four years, and until coming to this county. Mr. Conrad, like his honored father, uniformly supports Democratic principles, and has officiated as Assessor in Highland Precinct. Both he and his excellent wife are members of the Congregational Church, and people who are universally respected wherever known.

OSEPH W. BEARD is a representative farmer and stock-raiser of Denton Precinct, residing on section 15. His former home was Greenbrier. County, Va., the place of his birth, Sept. 9, 1847. His parents, Christopher and Sarah Beard, still reside in Virginia, to which place his paternal ancestors came from Scotland at an early day. His father is highly esteemed, and has held some of the minor offices in the township, of which he is a resident. To Christopher and Sarah Beard there were born nine children, all of whom with but one exception are now living. The record of these eight surviving members of the family is: Joseph W., the subject of this sketch; Mary H., wife of J. Osborn, of Greenbrier County, Va.; Medora K., wife of F. Fertigue, of the same place; Nancy J., John A. and Elisha F., all in Virginia; Louisa A., wife of Thomas Fertigue, also in Virginia; and Robert E., of Denton Precinct, this county.
   Mr. Beard continued to reside in his native state until he reached maturity, having received a good common-school education, such as was afforded the youth of his day, having been brought up on a farm. When the time came when men must take up arms against each other in civil war, he gave his service in what he thought was a just cause, and enlisted in September, 1864, in Company D, 14th Regiment, McCauslin's Brigade of Confederate troops, and was connected with the army of Gen. Early from September until January of the following year. He participated in the battles of Cedarville and Front Royal, and was subsequently transferred to Beal's brigade at Petersburg, passing through the engagements at White Oak Ford and Five Forks. On the morning following the battle at Five Forks came the retreat, but our subject and about 100 other Confederates left Appomattox Court House the night before the memorable surrender occurred at that place. He then went home, and again engaged in the duties of a civilian.
   In the year 1877 Mr. Beard went to Iowa, where he lived for a period of two years, after which he resided in Missouri some four years, where he was married, on the 17th of June, 1885, to Mary R. Handly, In the spring of 1887 he settled in his present home, and now owns nearly 200 acres of land under good cultivation. The same may be said of Mr. Beard as has been said of other residents of this precinct that he is essentially a self-made man, having secured his property by his own industry and self-reliance. Serving his country to the best of his ability, generous enough to yield his life, if necessary, in the cause which he had espoused, but which fortunately was not required of him, he was ready to abandon the roving life of a soldier, and settle down in the home which he had prepared, and devote himself to the more peaceful pursuit of agriculture.
   Of the various occupations in which men engage not one is so free from cares and anxieties of the world as the peaceful occupation in which our subject is now engaging. To watch the tiny seeds spring into life, developing into the strong plant, enhanced by the beauty of the blossoms, and finally enriched by the wealth of the ripened fruit and grain; to commune with Nature and Nature's God; and in the steady developments and improvements of outward life to see a forcible illustration of the