ing, as it was called, for four years. and did well from a financial point of view. In December, 1869, he returned to Iowa.
   Mr. McGuire celebrated his marriage with Miss May Fitzgerald on the 18th of April, 1870, at Clermont. This lady is the daughter of Michael and Joanna Fitzgerald, who were born in Ireland. Mrs. McGuire was born in Pennsylvania in April, 1849. Her parents were natives of Ireland, and came to America in 1830, settling in the Keystone State; they farmed there for several years, but later removed to Clermont, Iowa, and purchased eighty acres of land. The father continued farming until 1886, and then retired to enjoy the competency acquired. He is eighty years of age; his wife, the mother of Mrs. McGuire, died in the year 1877, being sixty-five years of age. She was the mother of three children -- Michael, Katharine and Mary.
   Mr. and Mrs. McGuire have seven children in the home circle, viz: John, James, Emmet, Hugh, Frank, Mary and Rosa Ella. They are members of the Catholic Church at Palmyra, and are among the most stanch adherents. Mr. McGuire is a strict Republican. has been called upon to hold several township offices. and is at present serving on the School Board, where he has been for the past five years.

LARENCE L. FRANCE. This young and enterprising farmer owns 160 acres of land on section 9, in Syracuse Precinct, and has been a resident of this county since the spring of 1879. He is a New Yorker by birth, having first opened his eyes to the light in Orange County, Oct. 25, 1858. He lived there until twenty years of age, and then, being ambitious and anxious to do something for himself in the world, came to the broader fields of the West, and certainly, apparently, has no reason to repent of the experiment. He owns one of the best farms in his precinct, where he has a good residence, with the necessary barns and outbuildings, and is apparently on the high road to a competence.
   The parents of our subject were Oliver D. and Mary A. (Crist) France, who were also natives of the Empire State. The father was at one period a manufacturer of scythes, at Pine Bush, Orange County, where he accumulated a fine property, but lost it subsequently on account of undersigning notes for friends. He afterward changed his residence to Ulster County, where he died Oct. 26, 1888, not far from the county line. The mother died in Ulster County in the fall of 1874. Their seven children were named respectively: Elting, a resident of Middletown, N. Y.; Bernice O., Abbie, Clarence L.; Maria J., the wife of John Beckwith, of Frankfort, N. Y.; Theresa, teaching in this county, and Oliver, residing at home in New York.
   Mr. France acquired a common-school education in the counties of Orange and Ulster, and remained a member of the parental household until the spring of 1879. He then set out for the West, with a very small amount of capital, and crossing the Mississippi came to this county, where he secured employment as a farm laborer, and was thus occupied the first year of his residence here. At the expiration of this time he purchased a team and rented a tract of land, upon which he labored successfully as a tiller of the soil until the present time. In the meantime he secured for himself a wife and helpmate, being married, Dec. 19, 1883, to Miss Evagene Andrews, at the home of the bride in this county.
   Mr. and Mrs. France, immediately after their marriage, set out on a wedding tour to the old home of our subject, which he had not visited since leaving, and in the interim of four years had not met a man whom he had formerly known. Bring a man of business, the visit was necessarily limited, and the young pair returned to the home which our subject had provided, where Mr. France continued farming on land belonging to his father-in-law, where he still resides. He has purchased 160 acres of land half a mile north of the town of Syracuse, which is supplied with fairly good buildings, and upon which he expects to settle on the 1st of March, 1889.
   Mrs. France was born May 6, 1863, in Onondaga County, N. y., and is the daughter of Edwin and Diana (Weller) Andrews. who are natives of New York, and are now residents of this county. Their

family included eight children, who are now residents of Nebraska and Colorado. To our subject and his estimable wife there have been born three daughters and a son, namely: Agnes, Mabel, Warren and Helen. Mr. France, politically, is an uncompromising Democrat, but meddles very little with public affairs, preferring to give his time and attention to his farming interests and his family.

DWARD MITZNER, Postmaster, and engaged in general merchandising at Paul, Rock Creek, located here on the 23d of January, 1888, and established the first store in the place. He carries a full line of all the articles required in country or village, and is rapidly building up a good patronage. He is a man popular in his community, being upright in his business transactions and prompt to meet his obligations. His store occupies a corner of section 12, on which section he formerly carried on farming, and of which he still owns eighty acres of good land.
   Mr. Mitzner came to Nebraska in March, 1871, and on the 23d of January, 1873, made his first purchase of land. He instituted good improvements, laying off the fields with neat and substantial fences, cultivating the soil, and putting up first-class buildings. He commenced at first principles in the development of this farm, there having been no attempt at improvement or cultivation upon it.
   For a period of ten years prior to his removal across the Mississippi Mr. Mitzner had been a realdent of Cook County, Ill., employing himself at whatever he could find to do as a general laborer. He was faithful and trustworthy, earning good wages, and saved up a snug sum of money. This fact is not surprising when we learn that he is of German birth and ancestry, having first opened his eyes to the light in the Prussian Province of Posen, July 3, 1848. He came to the United States when but a boy fourteen years of age. He had received a thorough education in his native tongue, and been trained by careful parents to habits of industry and economy. His father, Christian Mitzner, preceded him to America one year, and is now living on section 11, in Rock Creek Precinct, where he owns a good farm of eighty acres, which he also purchased in 1878.
   The marriage of our subject and Miss Caroline Baccard took place at the home of the bride in Rock Creek Precinct, Jan. 29, 1874. Mrs. Mitzner is a native of the same Province as her husband, and was born May 15, 1850. She came alone to America a short time before her marriage, her mother having died in Germany, and her father married a second time. The latter is still living, and a farmer in prosperous circumstances in Germany.
   Mrs. Mitzner received a good education, and it was understood between herself and our subject that they were to join their lives and fortunes as soon as the young man could provide a comfortable home for his bride. Of this congenial union there have been born seven children, namely: Molly, Gusta, August, Edward, Emma, Huldah and a babe, Louie. Both our subject and his estimable wife are members in good standing of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Mitzner is a sound Republican, politically, and was appointed Postmaster at Paul, in Rock Creek Precinct, Jan. 23, 1888.

APT. DANIEL M. ANDERSON. The name of this gentleman is familiar to most of the older residents of Otoe County, as that of one, who, while watching its growth and development, has been largely instrumental in bringing it to its present condition of prosperity. He is a citizen whom the people regard with both pride and respect, as he has been an honor and a credit to his community. He owns and occupies a quarter of section 23, Wyoming Precinct, which he secured by pre-emption, and upon which he has lived and labored since the year 1856, a period of thirty-two years.
   Capt. Anderson, upon coming to this county, found a wild and desolate region with the cabins of the settlers few and far between, and was one of the first to locate in this part of it. His first business was to put up a shelter for himself and family and