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Title: Handy manual of useful information and world's atlas, for mechanics, merchants, editors, lawyers ... and all classes of workers in every department of human effort; also a compilation of facts for ready reference on 2,000 subjects, being an epitome of matters historical, statistical, biographical, political, geographical, and of general interest. A universal hand-book for ready reference
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Conklin, George W., comp
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, Laird & Lee
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Grazing interests great. Splendid grazinggrounds yet untaken. Mineral wealth great. Ranks fifth in sil-ver and in gold. Climate dry. Rainfall about 12 inches. Warmer than same latitude farther east. Snows heavy in mountains, lightin valleys and on plains. Temperature averages summer 62 deg.,winter 18 deg. Colder in mountains. Health excellent. Chief Cities.—Three United States districts, court held twicea year at Helena, twice at Virginia City, pop. 2,000, and threetimes at Deer Lodge, pop. 1,500. Helena pop. 4,000, capital andmost important town. Leading Industries.—Mining, lumbering, grazing, agriculture,smelting, etc. Salaries of Territorial Oflacers. Governor $2,600 Secretary i,8op Treasurer. 1,500 Auditor 1,500 Superintendent of Public Instruction 1,200 Chief Justice 3,000 Two Associate Justices 3,000 Senators and Representatives... .$4 per day and 20 cents mileage li Surveyor General ,. 2,500 11 Chief Clerk 1,800 Chief Draftsman - , 1,600 Collector of Internal Revenue 2*500
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4IO NEBRASKA. Name Indian, means Shallow Water.* Nebraska Territoryorganized May, 1854. Few settlements till 1864. Idaho cut offMarch, 1863, and present boundaries fixed. Bill to admit July,1866, unsigned by President Johnson, and another Jan. 1867,vetoed. Bill passed over veto Feb. 1867. Admitted that year.Lincoln capital. Union soldiers furnished, 3,157. Numbercounties 74. Miles of railroad 1865 172, 1885 2,794. All electionsTuesday after first Monday in Nov., number senators 33, repre-sentatives 100, sessions biennial, in odd-numbered years, meetingfirst Tuesday in Jan., holding 40 days, terms of senators andrepresentatives 2 years each, number electoral votes 5, numbercongressmen 3, number voters 129,042. U. S, army, idiots andconvicts excluded from voting. Number colleges p, school age5-21, school system superior, school endowments liberal. ^ Legalinterest 7 per cent, by contract 10 per cent., usury forfeits interestand cost Population 1880 452,402, male 249,241, female 203,161,

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