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⚒️ A. J. Haskell
A. J. HASKELL, dealer in a general stock of
groceries and provisions, hardware, lumber and all
kinds of ranchers' and miners' supplies, wholesale
and retail. He opened the hardware and lumber
business in May, 1877, and the grocery and provision
business in September, 1881. He carries a stock of
$15,000. He erected his own store buildings, one of
which is 30x120, and another of 30x110 feet. He has
erected and now owns thirteen dwelling houses, which
he rents. He first located in Sidney in 1876, and
followed contracting and building until 1877. He was
born in Medford, Mass., August 27, 1832. He learned
the carpenter and joiner trade in his native place,
also carried on and owned a sash, door and blind
factory in Plymouth, Mass., a year. He enlisted in
August, 1861, in the Fourth Regiment, Kansas
Volunteer Infantry; served fourteen months, being
Orderly Sergeant, and participated in the battle of
Osceola, Mo. He ran a ferry-boat on the Missouri
River from Belmont to St. Joseph, Mo., one year; he
then engaged in contracting and building two years
in Belmont and Troy, Kan.; followed the lime
business three years; farmed three years near Beaver
Creek, Neb., after which, he went to Sidney, Neb. He
was married in Rockport, Mass., in 1854, to Miss
Adeline Pool of the latter place. They have one
daughter--Lucy C. Haskell, now married to Mr. J.
Papst, and living in Sidney, Neb.
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⚖️ Vic Bierbower
VIC BIERBOWER, District Attorney for the
Fifth Judicial District of Nebraska, with
headquarters in Sidney, Neb. Mr. B. located in
Nebraska City in 1871, and engaged in the practice
of law up to 1876, when he moved to Sidney and
opened a law office. Since connected in the practice
of his profession, he has frequently been assigned
as special U. S. Attorney on important cases. He was
appointed District Attorney by the Governor of
Nebraska in 1880, and was unanimously elected to the
same position by both parties in November, 1881. Out
of forty-five cases tried, he has convicted
forty-two, among which are four murder cases, two
for manslaughter, twenty for shooting with intent to
kill, and the remainder for horse-stealing. He was
born in Shelly's Island, Dauphin Co., Penn., March
30, 1847; lived in his native State until 1866,
entering Dickinson College at Carlisle, Penn., in
1862, and graduated in 1866. He was admitted to the
bar in Keytesville, Mo., and for three years edited
the Marshall Banner, of Marshall, Mo., with Charles
Maynard, firm of Maynard & Co. He was also
Superintendent of Public Instruction in his county.
Their newspaper office was attacked by a secession
mob, and twice set on fire. Maynard was shot and
crippled for life and Mr. B. was severely cut and
wounded. The same was occasioned by hostile feelings
engendered by the late war. They kept up the
publication of their paper until Mr. B. came to
Nebraska. He was a delegate to Chicago National
Convention, June, 1880, and is also Western attorney
for U. P. R. R. Co. He is a brother of Ellis L.
Bierbower, U. S. Marshal of Nebraska.
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⚕️ C. E. Borgquist
C. E. BORGQUIST, dealer in a general line of
drugs, medicine and liquors. Opened business in
April, 1871, carry a stock to the value of $5,000.
He came to Sidney in 1869, as Hospital Steward in
the U. S. Army, and as soon as he was discharged he
opened the above business. He enlisted in 1849, in
Company C, First Regiment Mounted Rifles of Regular
Army. He served in the latter regiment five years, a
part of which time was Sergeant. He enlisted in
Fifth Cavalry in Company K, and served four and
one-half years; served during the rebellion as
Hospital Steward. Has participated in many Indian
skirmishes. He was born in Sweden, May 14, 1826, and
came to America in 1849. He was married in Boston,
Mass., August 19, 1862, to Miss Mary Kinney, of
Ireland. They have two children--Paul Ray and Mary
Christina. He was elected County Treasurer of
Cheyenne County, Neb., in 1870. He is one of the
original school officers of Sidney acting in that
capacity in the latter place on the organization of
the first school in Cheyenne County. He owns and
occupies the best business building in Sidney, which
he erected in 1876; it is built of concrete, the
walls of which are two feet thick and fire proof.
The size of the building is 44x53, two stories high,
and cost $10,000.
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⚕️ Fred E. Clary
FRED E. CLARY, firm of Maple & Clary,
dealers in drugs, medicine, stationery, notions,
etc., etc. Opened business in May, 1878, alone, Dr.
Maple becoming a partner in the spring of 1880. They
carry a stock of $3,500. Mr. Clary came to Sidney,
Neb., in 1875. Was appointed Postmaster in 1878.
Held the office until January 1, 1882. He was born
in Maquoketa, Iowa, September 9, 1851, and lived in
his native State until he was twenty-two years of
age. He learned telegraph operating, and followed
the business until 1878, in Nebraska, Wyoming and
Utah, and operated in Sidney until he was appointed
Postmaster. He was married in Maquoketa, Iowa, in
November, 1877, to Miss Rose F. Van Evera of
Canajoharie, N. Y.
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🍷 E. Doran
E. DORAN, firm of Doran & Tobin,
proprietors of Capital Billiard Hall. Opened in May,
1880, and keep all kinds of wines, liquors and
cigars. He located in Sidney, in 1877. Worked on a
stock ranch for his brother-in-law a year; then went
into the liquor business in another part of the
village of Sidney, until he moved to his present
place. He was born in Waddington, St. Lawrence Co.,
N. Y , January 3, 1838. He owned and operated a
woolen mill, also kept a hotel, etc. He was married
in his native place in 1867, to Miss Catharine Behan
of the same place. They have four children--Henry
T., Charles E., Rebecca J. and Wallace S. He
enlisted in the fall of 1861, in Company G, Sixtieth
Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, as private,
and served one year and a half; he was then made
drummer of his company and served until the close of
the rebellion, being mustered out in July, 1865.
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🎖️ Samuel O. Fowler
SAMUEL O. FOWLER, Sheriff of Cheyenne and
Sioux Counties, came to Sidney in August, 1876, and
went into the employ of the Sidney & Black Hills
Stage Company as blacksmith, and a portion of the
time as messenger on their treasury wagon, remaining
in their employ three and one-half years. He was
appointed Sheriff of Cheyenne County, Neb., in
April, 1881, and by election has since held the
office. During this term of office he has arrested
three murderers, two of whom are serving life
sentences, and the third is serving out a term of
twenty years in the Nebraska State Prison. He has
also arrested many horse thieves and notorious
characters; by strategy and perseverance he was the
means of the capture in Nemaha County, Kan., of the
notorious murderer and robber, H. B. Coyne, who has
a life sentence. Mr. F. was born in Madison County,
N. Y., September 7, 1853, and was raised in a
village and learned the trade of blacksmith. He went
to Del Norte, Colo., in 1871, being one of the
pioneers in that country. He was one of the first
prospectors in the San Juan mines in the latter
State, and was one who assisted to lay out the plat
of Ouray City, Colo. He also spent some time in New
Mexico, Texas, etc., being gone five years, and
following various occupations during the time. He
has taken the 32d degree in Masonry, now being a
member of the Scottish Rite.
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📨 George H. Jewett
GEORGE H. JEWETT, Postmaster, located in Camp
Sheridan, Neb., in 1873, as post trader, where he
remained four years. Then went to Sidney, and
engaged in contracting and forwarding Government
supplies, for the use of Government troops in Camps
Robinson, Sheridan and Red Cloud Agency, which
business he still continues. He was appointed
Postmaster December 15, 1881. The office does an
average business of $3,500 per month in money orders
and sells stamps to the amount of $3,000 per annum.
Mr. J. was a member of the State Legislature of
Nebraska in 1879-80. He was born in Rochester, N.
Y., in 1848. Was raised on a farm. Enlisted, in
September, 1864, in Company E, One Hundred and
Forty-second Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry,
and participated in Butler's attack on Fort Fisher
and many skirmishes, etc. He was mustered out June
8, 1865. He afterward clerked in the Quartermaster's
department for the Government in Forts Rice and
Randall, D. T., and clerked for the post trader at
Fort Randall two years. He was married in Niles,
Mich., in December, 1877, to Miss Minnie Mead, of
the latter city. He is a member of the Masonic order
of Sidney and the I. O. O. F., of Yankton, D. T.
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🧵 S. Kellner
S. KELLNER, dealer in dry goods, clothing,
boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc., opened
business in the spring of 1877. He has a store 72x21
feet and employs three men in the business. He was
born in Hungary, Europe, September 14, 1853; came to
America in 1865, and located in Cleveland, Ohio,
seven years. He located soon afterward in St. Louis,
Mo., and was with his father in business until 1876;
then went to Laramie City with a brother, in the dry
goods business, where they owned and operated a
store, until he came to Sidney, Neb. He is a member
of the Sidney Fire Department. Mr. K. began business
with a very small capital. By attention to business
and fair dealing he has now the most extensive dry
goods store in Sidney. He is a thoroughly wide-awake
business man and merits the patronage of the public.
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📜 James J. McIntosh
JAMES J. McINTOSH, County Clerk of Cheyenne
County, Neb., located at Brady Island in February,
1869; engaged as operator in the employ of the U. P.
R. R. Co., where he remained three months; then went
to Potter, Cheyenne County, as agent and operator,
five years; after which he came to Sidney. He was
elected County Commissioner in 1873, but resigned
after one year's service. He was also interested in
the cattle business at the same time. He afterward
moved on his stock ranch, twenty-eight miles west of
Sidney, and lived two years; then disposed of his
stock interest and moved to Sidney. He was elected
County Clerk in the fall of 1877, and by re-election
has since held the office. He was born in the
Province of Ontario, Can., at a place named St.
Andrews, June 17, 1850. He was married in Omaha,
Neb., in 1871, to Miss Mary Heelan, of Chicago, Ill.
By their union they had two sons--John Thomas and
James L. His wife died in April, 1875. He was again
married, in May, 1880, in Sidney, to Miss Mollie
Kelly, of Grand Island, Neb. They have one
daughter--Grace. He is a member of Frank Welsh
Lodge, No. 75, of Sidney, Neb.
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⚕️ Dr. J. B. Maple
DR. J. B. MAPLE, physician and surgeon,
associated with Dr. F. B. Winnett for practicing
medicine; also engaged in the drug business, under
the firm name of Maple & Clary; they deal in a
general line of drugs and stationery. Dr. Maple is
Pension and Examining Surgeon for Western Nebraska.
He located in Sidney in March, 1879, and continued
the practice of medicine and engaged in the drug
business in 1880. He was born near Hammondsville,
Ohio, February 7, 1838; was raised on a farm and
taught school three years of his life when living at
home, and began the study of medicine, entering the
Ohio Wesleyen University, in 1860, and remained a
year. He enlisted in the Eighty-sixth Ohio Regiment,
in the one hundred day service; served his time and
returned to the latter university and remained until
1863. He entered the Michigan University, in Ann
Arbor, in the medical department, in 1864, and
remained through one course of lectures. He then
went to Washington, Ind., and engaged in business a
year; then to Clayton, Ill., two years; then to
Southern Illinois and began the practice of
medicine, where he continued until 1870; moved to
Stonington, Central Illinois, and practiced until
1879. He entered the Medical College of St. Louis,
Mo., in 1878, and graduated in March, 1879. He is
now Moderator of the Sidney School Board. He was
married in Clayton, Ill., in 1866, to Elizabeth
McWhinney, of the latter place. They had two
daughters--Dolly and Pearle. His wife died in
Sidney, Neb., in July, 1879.
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⚖️ Judge Julius Neubauer
JUDGE JULIUS NEUBAUER, County Judge, located
in Sidney, Neb., in 1876, and engaged in the
practice of law. He was elected County Judge in the
fall of 1877, and by re-election has since held the
office. He was born in Prussia, Europe, in 1846;
came to America in 1866, and located in New York
City, where he remained until 1868; then went to
Chicago, Ill., and engaged in the practice of law
until 1876, when he came to Sidney, Neb. He was
married in Chicago, Ill., in 1873, to Miss Rosa
Oberfelder, of Sidney, Neb. They have three
children--Minnie, Carrie and Julius. He is a member
of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of Sidney,
Neb.
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🧵 Joseph Oberfelder
JOSEPH OBERFELDER, dealer in a general stock
of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and
caps, etc., etc. He opened business in Sidney, Neb.,
in 1876, and carries a stock of $25,000. He was born
in Bavaria, Germany, in 1843; came to America in
1865, and located in New York City, where he
remained two years; then went to Chicago, Ill., and
engaged in the dry goods business until 1876, when
he came to Sidney, Neb. He was married in Chicago,
Ill., in 1872, to Miss Carrie Kahn, of the latter
city. They have four children--Rosa, Minnie, Hattie
and Joseph. He is a member of the Masonic order and
I. O. O. F., of Sidney, Neb.
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🧵 Robert S. Oberfelder
ROBERT S. OBERFELDER, dealer in a general
stock of dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats
and caps, etc., etc. He opened business in Sidney,
Neb., in 1879, and carries a stock of $15,000. He
was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1850; came to
America in 1867, and located in New York City, where
he remained two years; then went to Chicago, Ill.,
and engaged in the dry goods business until 1879,
when he came to Sidney, Neb. He is a brother of
Joseph Oberfelder. He is a member of the Masonic
order and I. O. O. F., of Sidney, Neb.
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📰 E. A. Powell, Jr.
E. A. POWELL, JR., editor and proprietor of
the Sidney Telegraph, the official paper of Cheyenne
County, Neb. He located in Sidney in 1879, and
purchased the Telegraph in 1880. The paper was
established in 1873, and is a six-column quarto,
Republican in politics, and has a circulation of
800. Mr. P. was born in New York City in 1854; moved
to Chicago, Ill., in 1865, and learned the printer's
trade. He was married in Sidney, Neb., in 1881, to
Miss Jennie Oberfelder, of the latter place. They
have one child--E. A. Powell, 3d. He is a member of
the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of Sidney, Neb.
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🏨 A. A. Ricker
A. A. RICKER, proprietor of the Commercial
Hotel, located in Sidney, Neb., in 1879, and engaged
in the hotel business. The Commercial Hotel is a
two-story frame building, 40x80 feet, with an L
20x30 feet, containing thirty sleeping rooms, and
can accommodate seventy-five guests. Mr. R. was born
in Maine in 1835; moved to Illinois in 1855, and
engaged in farming and stock-raising until 1879,
when he came to Sidney, Neb. He was married in
Illinois in 1860, to Miss Mary J. Brown, of the
latter State. They have four children--George,
Frank, Charles and Mary. He is a member of the
Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of Sidney, Neb.
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🧵 I. Rubel
I. RUBEL, dealer in a general stock of dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
etc., etc. He opened business in Sidney, Neb., in
1878, and carries a stock of $20,000. He was born in
Bavaria, Germany, in 1845; came to America in 1864,
and located in New York City, where he remained
three years; then went to Chicago, Ill., and engaged
in the dry goods business until 1878, when he came
to Sidney, Neb. He was married in Chicago, Ill., in
1870, to Miss Sarah Oberfelder, of the latter city.
They have three children--Minnie, Rosa and Hattie.
He is a member of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F.,
of Sidney, Neb.
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🧵 Simon Rubel
SIMON RUBEL, dealer in a general stock of dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps,
etc., etc. He opened business in Sidney, Neb., in
1880, and carries a stock of $10,000. He was born in
Bavaria, Germany, in 1852; came to America in 1869,
and located in New York City, where he remained two
years; then went to Chicago, Ill., and engaged in
the dry goods business until 1880, when he came to
Sidney, Neb. He is a brother of I. Rubel. He is a
member of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of
Sidney, Neb.
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🏨 Joseph Sharmer
JOSEPH SHARMER, proprietor of the Pacific
House, located in Sidney, Neb., in 1877, and engaged
in the hotel business. The Pacific House is a
two-story frame building, 40x60 feet, with an L
20x30 feet, containing twenty-five sleeping rooms,
and can accommodate fifty guests. Mr. S. was born in
Germany in 1830; came to America in 1850, and
located in New York City, where he remained two
years; then went to Chicago, Ill., and engaged in
the hotel business until 1877, when he came to
Sidney, Neb. He was married in Chicago, Ill., in
1855, to Miss Mary Miller, of the latter city. They
have five children--John, Joseph, Mary, Lizzie and
Kate. He is a member of the Masonic order and I. O.
O. F., of Sidney, Neb.
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⚕️ Dr. J. J. Solomon
DR. J. J. SOLOMON, physician and surgeon,
located in Sidney, Neb., in 1878, and engaged in the
practice of medicine. He was born in Prussia,
Europe, in 1844; came to America in 1864, and
located in New York City, where he remained three
years; then went to Chicago, Ill., and engaged in
the practice of medicine until 1878, when he came to
Sidney, Neb. He was married in Chicago, Ill., in
1870, to Miss Fannie Oberfelder, of the latter city.
They have two children--Minnie and Rosa. He is a
member of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of
Sidney, Neb.
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🏨 James Sutherland
JAMES SUTHERLAND, proprietor of the
Sutherland House, located in Sidney, Neb., in 1876,
and engaged in the hotel business. The Sutherland
House is a two-story frame building, 30x80 feet,
with an L 20x30 feet, containing twenty sleeping
rooms, and can accommodate forty guests. Mr. S. was
born in Scotland in 1832; came to America in 1852,
and located in New York City, where he remained
three years; then went to Chicago, Ill., and engaged
in the hotel business until 1876, when he came to
Sidney, Neb. He was married in Chicago, Ill., in
1860, to Miss Mary McDonald, of the latter city.
They have three children--John, James and Mary. He
is a member of the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of
Sidney, Neb.
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⚕️ Dr. F. B. Winneit
DR. F. B. WINNEIT, physician and surgeon,
associated with Dr. J. B. Maple in the practice of
medicine. He located in Sidney, Neb., in 1880, and
engaged in the practice of medicine. He was born in
Ohio in 1845; moved to Illinois in 1865, and engaged
in the practice of medicine until 1880, when he came
to Sidney, Neb. He was married in Illinois in 1870,
to Miss Mary Brown, of the latter State. They have
two children--John and Fannie. He is a member of the
Masonic order and I. O. O. F., of Sidney, Neb.
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