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NEBRASKA. Ne-bras'ka.
Name first applied to the river, and is of Indian origin, signifying
Shallow Water. Organized as a Territory, 1854; admitted 1867.
Area, 76,855 square miles; width, north and south, about 210 miles;
greatest length in centre, about 420 miles. Platte, the principal river,
extending through the State east and west. Number counties, 80.
Temperature at Omaha: winter, 20deg to 34deg; summer, 72deg to 78deg.
Rainfall, Fort Kearney, 25 inches.
Omaha, U. S. port of delivery, principal city and commercial centre;
population, 61,835. Lincoln, a thriving city, containing State University;
population, 1870, 2,441, and 1885, 20,004. Population Plattsmouth, 5,796;
of Nebraska City, 5,597.
Number farms, 63,387. Average value per acre, cleared land, $8.93;
woodland, $25.85.
Corn crop, 1884, 122,100,000 bushels; wheat, 28,325,000 bushels; oats,
21,630,000 bushels. Rye, buckwheat, barley, flax and hemp yield abundant
crops. Apples, pears, plums, grapes and berries are plentiful. Ranks eighth
in corn and barley, and ninth in rye.
Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $2,500
Lieut. Gov. $6 a day
Sec'y of State 2,000
Aud'r Pub. Ac'ts 2,500
Attorney Gen. 2,000
Supt. Pub. Ins. 2,000
Sec'y Bd. Agr. 1,000
Com'r Pub. L'ds 2,000
Chief Justice 2,500
Senators, } $3 a day;
Representatives } mileage, 10 cents.
District Judge 3,500
Col. Int. Rev. 4,500
Surveyor Gen. 2,000
3 Indian Agents 1,200 to 1,600
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Beatrice $2,100
Columbus 1,700
Crete 1,700
Falls City 1,600
Fremont 2,200
Grand Island 1,900
Hastings 2,100
Kearney 2,000
Lincoln 2,900
Nebraska City 2,100
Norfolk 1,300
Omaha 3,300
Plattsmouth 1,800
Seward 1,700
Tecumseh 1,600
Wahoo 1,600
York 1,700
10 P.O. $1,500 & 1,400
24 P.O. 1,200 to 1,000
Herd law excellent, and grazing land good. Cattle raising the great
industry of the State, next to agriculture.
Manufacturing establishments show a wonderful increase of from 670 in 1870
to 1,403 in 1880. Capital invested, $4,881,150; number hands employed,
4,773.
Homesteads obtained under timber claims or by pre-emptions; cash expense of
first, $18 to $36; of second, $14. U.S. land offices at Dakota City,
Norfolk, Grand Island, Lincoln, Beatrice, Bloomington and North Platte.
Population, 452,402: male, 249,241; female, 203,161; native, 354,988;
foreign, 97,414; white, 449,764; colored, 2,385; Chinese, 18; Indians, 235.
State, congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday
in November; number Senators, 33; Representatives, 100; sessions biennial,
in odd-numbered years, meeting first Tuesday in January; limit of session,
40 days; terms of Senators and Representatives, 2 years each. Number
electoral votes, 5; number voters, 129,042. U.S. army, idiots and convicts
excluded from voting.
Number colleges, 9; school population, 135,511; school age, 5-21.
Legal interest, 7; by contract, 10; usury forfeits interest and cost.