Anyone who failed to throw five aces was given four shots at the four legs of the chair. If he missed all four shots he had to treat. The man in the chair was not permitted to wriggle, swear or chew tobacco, for they tended to disconcert the man with the gun. The chair victim could hold his own legs as high as he wanted to, and fifteen minutes was the time limit that anyone had to remain in the precarious position.

WellsyillE

Wellsville is the name by which the place at the north end of the bridge was known in the eighties. Camp Clarke proper, and the blockhouse for defense was there earlier, although the gate and collecting station for tolls was at the south end during the middle eighties, and "Dad" White was in charge. At Wellsville there was a saloon and a small stock of merchandise.

Early Settlement

It will be noted throughout the historical review of Morrill county that the separate activities of the county had been confined largely to the last dozen years, and that a large portion of those residents in the county as well as in the town have come to Morrill county since the advent of the railroad some twenty years ago. It will also be noted by a reference to the early history of that part of Cheyenne county, which is now Morrill county, as presented in the general history of the entire Panhandle territory, and in the separate history of Cheyenne county, that there came upon the stage and has largely disappeared an early generation. This first generation of pioneer spirits left their imprint upon the ultimate development of Morrill county. Quite a few of those who came to this vicinity some forty years ago are still here, one of these being Frank H.