A.

Abbott, Birdie, 539.

Acting governor: Furnas, 118-19;
Morton, 23-4.

Adams Co., Ill., 538.

Address, J Sterling Morton, 1859, 25-
37.

Adjutant-General, 199.

Admission of Nebraska, 48, 59, 71, 72,
105-7, 192; status of inhabitants,
191.

Adrian College, Mich., 440.

Advertising, U. S., for bids, 539.
Agricultural college, 113, 126, 227;
lands, 129, 130.

Agricultural experiment stations, 185.
Agricultural Soc., State, 120.

Agriculture, 141, 418; Congress of,
1893, 42; 1894, 207-8; fair, 1859, 24;
statistics, 359.

Agriculture, Sec. of, J. S. Morton, 39-
45.

Agriculture, State Board, 154, 164-5.
Agriculture, U. S. Dept. of, Estab-
lishment, 418, 434; bureau of sta-
tistics, 139.

Ainsworth, L. L., 362.

Alabama, government in, 384.
Allegheny Coll., Pa., 216.

Allegheny Mts., 539.

Allen, W. V., elected to Senate, 1893,
202; sketch of, 362-85; long speech,
370; 304.

Alley, S. S., 529.

Alliance party, 177.
Amendments: to Const. of 1866, 71;
to Const. of 1875, for investment of
school fund, 198; suffrage, 145; to
U. S. Const., 71-2, 109, 388.
American character, 297, 530-31.
Anderson, Peter, 154.
Anglo-Saxon race, 34.
Animal diseases, 419.

Animal Industry, bureau, 297-8.
Ann Arbor, 538, 550.
Annexation, Texas, 191.
Anthony, Henry B., 214, 342.
Anthony, Susan B., 145.

Balance of trade, 366, 376.
Ball, first gubernatorial, 9, 10.
Ballot system, 165, 184, 201, 209-10,
307-9.

Baltimore & Potomac R. R., 446.
Bank clearings, 1880, 1890, 359.
Banking, territorial, 15, 20, 27.
Bankruptcies of 1857, 30-32.

Bank: N. Y., and government
finances, 327-8; U. S., 381.

Banks, 368; of 1857, 29-30; legisla-
tion, 168; Omaha, 542; So. Omaha,
542; state, 537.

Banks, N. P., Mass., 101.

Barbour, John S., U. S. Sen., Va.,
344.

Barnes, Dr., Surg.-Gen., 324.

Bartine, Horace F., Nevada, 445.
Bastiat, 471.

Batesville, Ark., convention of 1864,
218.

Battery K, 1st Reg. N. Y. Light Ar-
tillery, 395.

Bayard, T. F., 39.

Bay State Live Stock Co., 455.
Beatty, Samuel, 333, 334.

Boyle, Gen. N. C., 334.
Bunker Hill, 410.

Burchard, H. C., Ill., U. S. Ho., 399.
Bureau Animal Industry, 297-8.
Bureau of Labor, 169.

B. & M. R. R., 131, 148; law dept.,
387.

Burrows, Julius C., 465.

Burt Family genealogy, 1, note.
Burt, Francis, 1, 2, 4.

Bushnell, Allen R., Wisc., 477.
Business failures, 359.

Butler, Gen. B. F., 231, 235, 264, 396.

Butler, David, 22, 23, 71, 72, 177, 387,

410, note; sketch, 107-17.

348, 417

Black Hills Territory, 286.

Black, Gov. S. W., 24, 90, 91, 92, 93,

94, 305; sketch, 48-55.

Black vote, South, 534.

Blackfeet, 57.

Blaine County, 158.

Blaine, J. G., Me., 101, 388, 545.

Blind, institute, 137; 1883, 143; 1885,

152.

Bloomer, Amelia, 1856, 145.
Bloomington, Ind., 104.
Bloomington, Nebr., 217.

Board of Agriculture, 164-5, 449;
territorial, 24.

Board of Assoc. Charities, Women's,
172.

Board of Pardons, 170.

Board of Pharmacy, 170.
Board of R. R. Commis., 209.
Board of Transportation, 184.
Bonds, gold, 498; Nebraska State,
1866, 109; R. R., 399-400; relief, 203;
state, 1875, 128; U. S., 364.
Books, free text, 184.
Boundaries, Louisiana purchase, 75.
Boundary line, Nebraska-Dakota,
straightening of, 312.

Bounties, 381, 551-3; sugar, 168-9,
204, 535-6.

Bounty lands for Nebr. Volunteers,
102.

Bouleware, John, 81.

Bridge tax, U. P. R. R., 409.
Briggs, Clinton, 115.

Broken Bow, 206, 517.
Broker, Geo. H., 39.

Bronson's Letter, New York poli-
tics, 315.

Brooklyn Navy Yard, 86.
Brooks, Mr., of N. Y., 101.
Brown, Aaron V., 87.
Brown, James D., 333.
Brown, John, 315.
Brown, Rebecca S., 333.
Brownville, 8, 120, 538.

Brownville College, 218.

Brownville, Ft. K. & P. R. R., 131.
Brules, 57.

Bryan, William J., 553; sketch of, 462-
500.

Buchanan, James, 21, 22.

Buffalo County, 86, 87, 96, 176.
Buell, Gen. Don Carlos, 341.
Buena Vista, battle of, 17.
Buffalo, N. Y., 86.

Building of railroads: Pacific, 68.

C.

Cadiz, Ohio, 216.
Calhoun County, 87.

Calhoun, John C., 345.

California, admission, 75.

California Pacific R. R., 269.

Cameron, Simon, 242.

Campaign of 1840, 48; 1860, 22; 1864,
100; 1866, 22; 1890, 177, 462; 1892,
23, 462-4; 1894, 464.

Candidate, congress, 1859, 89; 1869,
89; election, 1882, 149.

Cannon, Geo. Q., 402.

Canton, O., 333, 336; Zouaves, 333.
Canvass of votes: terr. delegates.

1860, 91; election, 1890, 177.

335;

Civil War, 61, 100-1; Nebraska, 62-5;
U. S. Senate during, 213-4. BAT-
TLES: Atlanta campaign,
Bowling Green, 341; Donelson, 341;
Glover's Gap, 334; Lee's surrender,
215; Lovejoy's Station, 334; Mill
Springs, 341; Mannington, 334;
Nashville, 341; New Hope Church,
335; Pittsburgh Landing, 341;
Rich Mountain, 334; Shiloh, 334,
341; Stone River, 334, 335. REGI-
MENTS: 79 Indiana Inf., 335-6; 7
Ia. Cav., 415; 27 Ia. Inf., 135; 32
Ia. Inf., 362; 11 Ill. Cav., 501; 9 Ky.,
335-6; 16 Mich. Inf., 427-8; 3 Mo.,
135; 1 Nebr. Inf., 414; 19 Ohio Inf.,
334-5; 6 West Va. Inf., 449; 5 Wis.
Vol., 439.

Cedar Mountain, civ. war, 395.
Cemeteries, national, 276.
Census, 1854, 8.

Centennial Exposition, 1876, 124-5, 139.
Certificate of election: terr. dele-
gate, 1860, 91.
Chambersburg, 86.

Chandler, Wm. E., U. S. Sen., 382.
Chapin, E. H., 462.

Chapman, B. B. sketch, 79-81; 82.
Charities, board of, 155.

Chase, Kate (Mrs. Anthony), 214.
Chase, Salmon P., 231.

Chicago, 540; convention, 1860, 56,
61; fair, 1865, 67.
Chickasaw Bayou, 269.
Chief Justice, terr., 91.

Clark, S. H. H., Supt. U. P. R. R., 409.
Clarke County, Ohio, 386.

Classes of senators, ascertaining, 212.
Clay County, 96.

Clay, Henry, 213, 216, 470.

Clayton County, Ia., 135.

Clearing houses, Omaha, 359, 542.
Clerks of committees, U. S. Senate,
325.

Cleveland democrats, 207.

Cleveland, Grover, 39, 362, 535, 554.
Cleveland Land Company, 83, 84.
Cleveland precinct, 83, 85.
Coal, 108.

Cobb, Howell, 87.

Cochran, Bourke, 513.

Code of Iowa, in Nebraska, 12.
Codification of laws: 1855, 13; 1871, 86.
Coinage, 365, 367, 368, 370-79, 422-3, 476,
479, 491-515.

Colby, Gen. L. W., 166.

"Collective Naturalization," 175, 190-7.
Collector, port of New Orleans, 89.
Colorado, admission, 280-2.

Colored people in congress, 308.
Columbia, Mo., 529.

Columbian Exposition, 173-4, 185, 201,
506-8.

Commerce, interstate, 312.

Commission, Mo. Riv., 536.
Commissioner of labor, 169.
Commission, 1891, 199.
Committees, U. S. Senate, 337.
"Condition precedent," 71, 72.
Conger, Omar D., Mich., 412.
Congressional districts for presiden-
tial electors, 201.
Congregational church, 149.
Congress, duty as to slavery, 89; in

civil war, 401; 53rd, 537; 54th, 539.
Conklin, Roscoe, 101, 213, 247, 258,
271-3.

Connell, W. J., 426; sketch, 443-8; 462.
Contest: Bennett vs. Chapman, 79-

81; Boyd-Thayer, 177; Chapman
vs. Ferguson, 82-5; Daily vs. Esta-
brook, 86.

Contraction of currency, 369.
Constitution of U. S., 109, 532-5.
Constitution of 1866, 71, 211.
Constitutional Convention, call for,
1860, 211; 1871, 86, 336, 421; 1875,
149, 194, 314, 336; C. C., Colorado, 283.
Convention, National: 1st republi-
can, 89; national repub., 1880, 149;
"Pittsburgh Soldiers," 1865, 314;
presidential, 1860, 100.
Convicts, insane, 200.
Cooley, Thomas M., 538.

Corn, 1854, 26; exports, 34, 45; sta-
tistics, 359, 360.

"Corn is King," quoted, 120-21.

Corporations, 179, 328, 330, 331.
Corruption, National government,
243, 245, 246.

Cottonwood Springs, 97.
Council Bluffs, 547.

Court house, U. S., Omaha, 394.
Court, U. S. supreme, 533.
Cowansville, Canada, 443.
Cox, Nicholas N., Tenn., 479.
Creamery industry, 529.
Crete, 148.

Criminal code, repeal of, 16, 17, 18.
Crittenden, Gen. Thos. L., 334, 341.
Crook, Fort, 538.

Crop failures: grasshoppers, 132-4;
1894, 207-8.

Crounse, Lorenzo: As

governor,

202-5; as congressman, 395-409.

Culpepper County, Va., 61.

Cuming, Thomas B., 2; sketch, 3-8,

9, 10, 11, 16.

Cuming, Mrs. T. B., 10.

Currency, 46-7, 476, 495, 537.

Curtis, Geo. William, 39.

Demonetization of silver, 327-8.
Denver, 541.

Dept. of agriculture, U. S., 43, 416.
Desert region, 526-7.
Des Moines, 541.
Detroit Free Press, 21.
Dickinson College, 86.
Dillon, Sidney, 409.

Dingley Nelson, Jr., Me., 465.

Distillery, 542.

Distribution of seeds, U. S., 44.
District Attorney, terr., 91.

District of Columbia Reform School,
285.

District of Louisiana, 74-5.
Divorce, 1855, 13, 14.

Doane College, Crete, 149.
Doane, G. W., 538.

Dockery, A. M., Mo., 453.
Dodge County, 97.

Dodge, J. R., U. S. dept. ag., 450.

Doon, J. E., 115.

Dorsey, G. W. E., 444, 449-54, 517.

Douglas County, 63, 194, 543, 546.
Douglas democrats, 22.

Douglas, S. A., 17, 235.

Dragoons, 2nd U. S. A., 24.

Drouth sufferers, 172-3, 184-5, 207-8;

measures by counties, 202.

Dry region, U. S., 526-7.

Dudley, E. S., 268.

Duncan, W. A., U. S. Congress, Pa., 342.
Dundy, E. S., 54.

E.

Edgerton, J. W., 443.

Education: 158, 162, 198-9, 548-9;
1873-75, 130; 1875-76, 137; 1880, 296;
1881, 142; 1883, 143; 1885, 153; al-
cohol, 147; school books, 184; uni-
versity, 113, 120, 130, 137, 143, 154,
162, 199, 538; normal school, 138,
143, 153-4, 162.

Eight hour law, 447.

Elder, S. M., 177, 186, 187-8.
Eldridge, Charles A., 406.
Election: 1855, 77, 79; 1856, 21; 1857,
82; 1858, 89; 1860, 22, 91; 1862, 89;
1864, 100; 1866, 23, 114-15, 386; 1868,
115; 1870, 115; 1882, 23, 149; 1884,
23, 149; 1886, 455; 1888, 443; 1890,
177; 1892, 529, 550; 1894, 529, 539;
laws, 307-9, 532, 533; presidential,
14, 15-16, 185, 521, 534; senatorial,
110, 185, 202, 330-2; U. S. troops at,
248-9.

Elective franchise, const. of 1866,

107; 209-10.

Electoral votes, president, 1888, 350.
Electors, presidential, 1868, 111.
Emancipation of slaves, 65-6.
Employers, 545.

Enabling Act, 1864, 105, 106, 211.
Estabrook, Experience: sketch, 86-8.
Escheat, case of, 154.

Executive office, work of, 170.
Executive, state: pardoning power,

127.

Expositions: Boston, 120; Centen-
nial, 1876, 120, 125, 134, 139; Colum-
bian, 173-4, 185, 201, 506-8; Cotton,
1885, 120, 121, 152, 155; Paris, 1867,
389; Richmond, 120; Vienna, 1874,
125; Sunday opening, 354.
Experiment stations, 44, 185.
Express company rates, 200.
Express, Wells, Fargo & Co., 393-4.
Extra session: 1858, 17, 18.

F.

Failures: business, 359; crop, 1890,
183; 1894, 207-8.

Fairs: 36; Nebraska City, 1859, 24.
Falls City, 96, 421.
Farm: animals, statistics, 360; land,
1854, 26; life, Nebr., 545-6; pro-
ducts, 1893, 360; statistics, 1880,
1890, 358 359.

Farming, beginning of, in Nebr.,
26-37.

Farnsworth, J. E., Ill., Congress, 393.
Faulkner, C. J., U. S. Sen., W. V., 381.
Fayette County, Ky., 17.
Federal election laws, 532, 533.
Feeble Minded Institute, 170-71.
Fees, land registration, 458.
Ferguson, Fenner: sketch, 82-5.
Ferguson, Mrs. Fenner, 10.
Fillmore, Millard, 89.
Finances, national, 46-7, 245, 453,

508-15, 518. Nebraska: 107, 108, 202;
territorial, 51, 73; 1856-7, 27-8, 30;
1862, 62-3; 1866, 109; 1867, 58;
1871-2, 114, 118; 1873-5, 128; 1874-6,
137; 1878, 139; 1883, 143; 1885, 152;
1887-90, 161; 1893, 197-8; 1895, 203.
Finch, John B., 146.
Fire-arms, Indians, 185.

First Nebraska cavalry, 268.
First Nebr. infantry, 218, 268.
Fish commission, 154, 167-8.
Fish culture, 139.
Fleming County, Ky., 61.

Florence, 8.

"Florence legislature," 8, 17.
Florence precinct, 83, 84.
Florida treaty, Spain, 191.
Fontenelle bank money, 27.
Foraker Joseph B., Ohio, 462.
Force Bill, opposed, 185.
Forestry, 38-42, 279, 290.
Fort Crook, 538.

Fort Donelson, 268, 341.
Ft. Kearney, 24, 176.
Ft. McPherson, 225, 400.
Ft. Randall, 400.
Fort Sill, 289.

Forts, U. S. approp. for, 400-401.
Fowlersville, N. Y., 440, 444.

Fox Lake, Wis., 148.

France & Louisiana Purchase, 74, 191.
Franchise, Const. of 1866, 71; elective,
209-10, 226.

Fraudulent voting, 83, 84, 86, 88, 91-9.
Free coinage, 422-3, 445, 501-15; asked
by legislature, 186.

Free-state conventions, 1864, 218.
Free trade, 511-12, 530-32.

Freighting on plains, 270-71, 285.
Freight rates, maximum, bill, 179ff.,
200.

Fremont, 89.

Fremont, John C., 39, 449; election
of 1856, 16.

F., E. & M. V. R. R., 131.

Frontier: conditions, 131-2, 400-401;

military companies, 139.

Fruit displays, expositions, 120.
Fuller, Chief Justice, 189.
Fulton County, Ill., 501.

Fundamental condition of admission,
211.

Funds, for first capitol, Omaha, 5.
Furnas, R. W., 24-5, 38, 57, 118, 136,
155, 177, 390; sketch; 120-24.