LINCOLN  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of S.E . See also:

• NEBRASKA

Nebraska, U.S.A., See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster county and See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (1900) 40,169 (5297 being See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 43,973 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy, the Chicago, See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island & Pacific, the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union Pacific, the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri Pacific and the Chicago & See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Lincoln is one of the most attractive residential cities of the See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West . See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, an affluent of the See also:

• PLATTE (so named, from the• French, because of its shallowness), or NEBRASKA

Platte See also:

• RIVER

river, skirts the city . On this See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side the city has repeatedly suffered from floods . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings include a state capitol (built 1883-1889); a city-See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, formerly the U.S. See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• BUILDING

building (1874-1879); a county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house; a federal building (1904-1906); a See also:

• CARNEGIE
• CARNEGIE, ANDREW (1837– )

Carnegie library (1902); a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital for crippled See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children (1905) and a See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home for the friendless, both supoorted by the state; a state See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary and See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum for the insane, both in the suburbs; and the university of Nebraska . In the suburbs there are three denominational See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, the Nebraska Wesleyan University (Methodist Episcopal, 1888) at University See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

Place; Union See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (Seventh See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day See also:

• ADVENTISTS, SECOND

Adventists, 1891) at College View; and Cotner University (Disciples of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, 1889, incorporated as the Nebraska See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian University) at See also:

• BETHANY (mod. el-'Azariyeh)

Bethany . Just outside the city limits are the state See also:

• FAIR

fair grounds, where a state fair is held annually . Lincoln is the see of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic bishopric .

The surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is a beautiful farming region, but its immediate W. environs are predominantly See also:

• BARE

bare and desolate salt-basins . Lincoln's " factory " product increased from $2,763,484 in 1900 to $5;222,620 in 1905, or 89%, the product for 19o5 being 3.4% of the See also:

• TOTAL

total for ,the state . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates its electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant and See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works . The salt-springs attracted the first permanent settlers to the site of Lincoln in 1856, and settlers and freighters came See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long distances to reduce the brine or to scrape up the dry-See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather See also:

• SURFACE

surface deposits . In 3886-1887 the state sank a test-well 2463 ft. deep, which discredited any See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of a See also:

• GREAT

great underground flow or See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit . Scarcely any use is made of the salt See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters locally . Lancaster county was organized extra-legally in 1859, and under legislative See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act in 1864; Lancaster See also:

• VILLAGE

village was platted and became the county-seat in 1864 (never being incorporated); and in 1867, when it contained five or six houses, its site was selected for the state capital after a hard-fought struggle between different sections of the state (see NEBRASKA).' The new city was incorporated as Lincoln (and formally declared the county-seat by the legislature) in 1869, and was chartered for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as a city of the second class in 1871; since then its See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter has been repeatedly altered . After 1887 it was a city of the first class, and after 1889 the only member of the highest subdivision in that class . After a " reform " See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, the ousting in 1887 of a corrupt See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge by the See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and city See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, in See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance of an See also:

• INJUNCTION (from Lat. injungere, to fasten, or attach to, to lay a burden or charge on, to enjoin)

injunction of a federal court, led to a decision of the U.S . Supreme Court, favourable to the city authorities and important in questions of See also:

• AMERICAN

American municipal government .