Then, in the case of Scotts Bluff county, it fell heir to the costs incurred in the Arnold murder trial. The murder occurred at about the time of the county division and while the trial was at Sidney and in Cheyenne county by some legal method the mother countv succeeded in passing it on to the new countv of Scotts Bluff.

So at the regular election of 1889 the bond issue was considered and carried by a very small margin, namely, 191 to 189.

Election of 1890

The election of November 4, 1890, was of little local interest, only two county officers being elected. Elmer J. Morse was elected commissioner from district number three, and L. L. Feltham was chosen county attorney over J. M. King by a vote of 202 to 186. W. J. McCandless carried the county for representative over Chas. Purnell by 66 votes. Nine prohibition votes were cast in Rose precinct -- practically the total vote of the precinct.

There were three constitutional amendments proposed and voted upon in 1890. The one for increasing the number of supreme judges carried the county by ninety. The other two related to the liquor question and exemplified the spirit of the county at that early date was for temperance -- a principle to which it has always adhered. The prohibition amendment carried 171 to 130, while the high license amendment lost by a vote of 161 to 118.

First Soldier's Relief Commission The first commisioners to look after relief for old soldiers was appointed in 1890, and consisted of John P. Finley. D. D. Johnson and Wm. H. Johnson, all of whom are now bivouaced in the Land Beyond.