That winter, we are told, the very deep snow made it almost impossible for herds to move, and fully twohundred and fifty thousand of these noble, harmless beasts were mercilessly slaughtered. The humanitarian will deplore this chapter of our history; the fatalist will argue that in the development of the west the buffalo was fast becoming an obstacle and their removal was provided for. Whatever may be the conclusion, there is no room to doubt the dependent fact : With the exception of a few sickly herds of less than a hundred each the buffalo is extinct.

Roster of Officers of County

County Treasurer, DeForest Richards ; Clerk, Robert Dickson; Sheriff, Geo. W. Clark ; Tudge, W. W. Byington ; Commissioners, D." W. Sperling, T. D. Pattison, A. V. Harris.

County Treasurer, Lyman A. Brower ; Clerk, W. L. Handy; Sheriff, James C. Dahlman ;

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

Judge, T. F. Powers ; Superintendent, R. H. "Blanchard ; Surveyor, Frank Woodford ; Coroner, Geo. P. Waller.

County Attorney, M. Ballard ; Commissioner, Josiah Berger.

County Treasurer, L. A. Brower; Clerk, Tohn G. Maher; Sheriff, T. C. Dahlman ; Judge, S. A. Ballard; Clerk District Court, A. G. Shears ; Attorney, W. G. Pardoe ; Commissioner, B. S. Cooley ; Superintendent, R. H. Blanchard; Coroner, G. E. Myers. County Commissioner, A. M. Bartlett; Attorney, I. N. Harbaugh. County Clerk, J. G. Maher; Sheriff, J. C. Dahlman ; Treasurer, W. H. Reynolds ; Judge, S. A. Ballard ; Clerk of District Court, A. G. Shears ; Coroner, D. C. Gibbs ; Commissioners, G. W. Howenstein, Cephas Ross. County Attorney, G. A. Eckles.