>From the LINCOLN REGISTER, Jan. 2, 1880 "The Adams House fed 113 people New Year's Eve. "A free bridge. Come out to the Court House next Wednesday night. "Coal is now being delivered in this city, from the home minus at $5.00 per ton. "Next Wednesday night, at the Court House. Every body turn out to take steps to secure a free bridge over the river. "For final proof papers and all business in that line go to Judge Wellman in the Court House. .... "There was a surprise donation at the Presbyterian church last night, in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. Bradbury. It was well attended and was quite a favorable surprise to the Elder. "Some change has been made in the police force of our town. Mr. Farley resigned his position as Marshall, and Mr. DeArmond was appointed in his stead, with Mr. Thomas Strange as assistant. "The ice harvest, as harvested at the present time, and properly housed for Lincoln Center, amounts in aggregate to seventy-five tons. Strange & Sherman fifty tons, and R. A. Thompson, twenty-five tons. .... "Misses Blanch and Alice Wellman, daughters of Judge Wellman, of the City received as their Christmas present and the token of parental affection, a beautiful Estey organ. "The Vesper folks enjoyed themselves most magnificantly on Christmas Eve. They met in the school house and had an `arch,' which one reporter says was loaded with presents. There were over two hundred persons present, and all enjoyed themselves as was vefitting of the time."