Nonpareil continued to be the seat of county government until the first day of January, 1891, a period of three and one-half years. The Burlington railroad having been built diagonally through the county during the spring and summer of 1889, passing through the new town of Alliance which had sprung up in the meantime, and the village of Hem-

How the Court Hocse in Alliance, Nebraska,

WAS MOVED TO HemINGFORII, THE NEW COUNTY

Seat of Boy Butte County, by the

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy

Railroad

ingford, and missing the county seat by a distance of five miles, a movement was started seeking to locate the county seat on the railroad. Petitions were circulated and largely signed, asking the County Commissioners to submit the question of re-location at a special election. This special election on the question of re-locating the countv seat was called for Tuesday, the 7th day of March, 1890. Three places were voted for at this election, namely : Alliance, Hemingford and Nonpareil. Neither of these places received the necessary threefifths vote required for removal, so it was necessary to call a second special election, which was done by the Commissioners, and the election held on Tuesday, the 8th day of April, 1890. This election was also indecisive, although Nonpareil failing to receive the necessary two-fifths vote which would enable it to retain the county seat, dropped out as a candidate, and, under the law, the decisive election went over until the general election in November.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA