Elections

 

    The general election of county officers was held, October, 1873.  With the following results:

     

Commissioner

David Moore

 

Jr. Clerk

A. Gillespie

 

Treasurer

S. C. Scott

 

Sheriff

J. A. Buchan

 

Judge

L. Phillips

 

Surveyor

E. G. Davis

 

Superintendent of Schools

J. G. Kellogg

 

Coroner

C. H. Wellman

     

     

     

    A flouring mill on the North Loup was now in contemplation, and S. J. Bories agreed to build

    one if the county would vote and give to him $12,000.00 in bonds.  Therefore an election

    was called on March 31, 1874, for the purpose, and the bond proposition carried by twenty-

    three votes to twelve votes against.

     

    On May 31, 1874, the County Commissioners met and refused to issue bonds and enter

    into contract with S. J. Bories for the building of the proposed mill, for the reason that the

    Supreme Court of the State had just decided mill-bonds voted by a county to be illegal.

     

    At the annual election in the fall of 1875, the following county officers were elected:

     

Commissioners

Mansel Davis

N. Worden

 

Jr. Clerk

A. Gillespie

 

Judge

O. M. Harris

 

Treasurer

John Sheldon

 

Sheriff

John Vairy

 

Surveyor

E. G. Davis

 

Superintendent of Schools

M. Davis

 

Coroner

C. H. Wellman

     

     

    At the November election in 1876, David Moore was elected Commissioner.

     

    The First term of the District Court of this County was held in July, 1877, Judge E. K.

    Valentine presiding.  

     

    The first case tried was a divorce suit; W. H. Applegarth against his wife, Ella Appelgarth.

     

    At this term of court the first attorney wa admitted to the bar.  He was Seth. P. Mobley,

    publisher of the Platte Valley Independent, at Grand Island.

     

    At the general election on November 12, 1877, the following officers were elected:

     

Commissioner

H. A. Hill

 

Judge

W. M. Shaw

 

Clerk

S. W. Bilyeu

 

Treasurer

John Sheldon

 

Superintendent of Schools

M. Davis

 

Surveyor

W. M. Shaw

 

Coroner

C. H. Wellman

 

Sheriff

M. V. Elliott

     

    At the election November 5, 1878, Dennis Sullivan was elected Commissioner.

     

    The election on November, 1879 was as follows:

     

Commissioner

J. B. Paddock

 

Clerk

S. W. Bilyeu

 

Treasurer

John Sheldon

 

Sheriff

A. M. Thayer

 

Judge

J. J. Bean

 

Surveyor

J. S. Crow

 

Superintendent of Schools

S. E. Horton

 

Coroner

Michael Nestor

     

     

    On November 2, 1880, at the annual election, Lewis Herbert was elected Commissioner

    and James Lewis, Surveyor.

     

    The election of November 8, 1881, resulted in the following officers:

     

Clerk

C. T. Phelan

 

Treasurer

T. P. Lanagan

 

Judge

J. J. Bean

 

Sheriff

A. M. Thayer

 

Superintendent of Schools

S. E. Horton

 

Surveyor

Ira Bishop

 

Coroner

W. H. Oles

 

Commissioner

F. M. Tulley