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

Hemingford, Seat of Government

At this election, Alliance and Hemingford were the opposing candidates and it was only necessary for one or the other to receive a bare majority of the votes cast to become the county seat on the first day of January following. This election was the most bitterly fought contest that ever occurred in the county

Following a tacit agreement or understanding, which had been entered into between the officials of the Burlington

The people of Alliance were sorely disappointed and felt very bitter at the opposition, especially the action of the railroad company, and were at first disposed to not abide by the decision of the voters. Their first plan was to seize the county records from the flimsy courthouse at Nonpareil, convey them to Alliance by force of arms, contest the election in the hope that by showing that fraudulent votes had been cast they might eventually reverse the decision rendered at the polls by appeal to the courts. This plan was not put into opration because they learned that the Burling-