Grand Island Independent
Monday, January 13, 1890

HISTORY OF HALL COUNTY

Over a month ago, the work of writing a documentary history of this county was entered upon, and a good deal accomplished toward summarising the more imortant record books of the commissioners and district court. To-day, the writer of the general hisoty takes up the old newspaper files, and eill subject them to the same sytem of summerization; so that, by this means, little of all that has happened here since the county was established will escape notice.

Comtemporary with his work, other gentlemen will follow up the threads of pioneer history, thus leaving nothing undone to make a complete record of names and events since the very first settlement of this section.

Such a volume will undoubtedly be a most creditable one, foreign entirely in its character to directory or gazetteer. It will be purely historical and more than it is represented to be - well printed and beautifully bound, a volume of from 700 to 1,000 pages which will portray every action of the county's life, and one that will be read long years after the builders give place to their children, and the buildings of the present make way for the the palaces of the future.

The state history which will form the introduction, is being written specially for their work.

[Kaylynn's Note: This may be the 1890 "History of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton Counties of Nebraska,"
Published in 1890 by Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill. The Hall County History section is located 1890 History]

Grand Island Independent
Monday, January 13, 1890

DONIPHAN ITEMS

One of Mr. Scudders horses has the La Grippe.

We are all tring to "lose our Grippe." Everybody has it.

Fred Fellows, of Inman, Holt county, is visiting at Mr. Parks.

Mr. DuBoise has sold his farm for $1,800 and moved to Portland, Oregon.

Miss Maggie Compton, of Mead county, Kan., is visiting relatives here.

Sherwood Howerton and family have returned from Colorado and moved into the Kelso hotel property.

The Indians who have been in camp on the Platte, north of town, concluded to hunt for greener pastures, so they started for the Big Blue last Monday.

The farmers on the south side are going to try raising sugar beets this year. The S. J. & G. I. Co. will put in a side track near the south bridge, for their benefit.

Mr. and Mrs. Hidebrand and Mrs. Weston are being tried in Doniphan to-day (Saturday) for highway robbery. The drift of the evidence is, that they assaulted John Shultz while he was out hunting one day last week, and robbed him of his gun. They offered to return the gun on payment of $10 ransom. Shultz will be tried in Grand Island for assault upon the parties above named.