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MAYORS.
1850-Samuel Purdy.
1851-J. C. Edwards.
1852-William Baker.
1853-J. K. Shafer and M. B. Kinny.
1854-J. M. Buffington.
1855 -- Alvin N. Fisher.
1856-H. W. Gillingham.
1857-'58-B. W. Bours.
1859-'62-E. S. Holden.
1863-'65-George Gray.
1866-C. T. Meader.
1867-L. M. Hickman.
1868 -- R. B. Lane.
1869-L. M. Hickman.
1870-George S. Evans.
1871-E. S. Holden. 1872-T. K. Hook.
1878-'74-J. K. Doak.
1875-F. T. Baldwin.
1876-'77-T. B. Buck.
1878-Charles Belding. 1879-'81-G. C. Hyatt. 1881-'82-H. O. Southworth.
1882-'83-R. W. Tully. 1884-'85-W. C. White.
1886-'87-J. M. Welsh.
1888-L. U. Shippee.
1889-R. R. Reibenstein.
PRESIDENTS OF THE COUNCIL.
1850-W. H. Robinson and H. Green.
1851-J. S. Robb and II. W. Wallis. 1852-'53-B. W. Owens. 1854-T. J. Keys. 1855-J. M. Nansyckle and T. R. Bours. 1856.'59-V. M. Peyton.
1860-J. P. D. Wilkins.
1861-R. B. Parker.
1862-B. W. Owens.
1863-M. S. Thresher and Charles Belding
1864-T. J. Keys.
1865-L. M. Hickman.
1866-'67-T. K. Hook.
1868-J. M. Kelsey.
1869-T. K. Hook.
1870-J. M. Kelsey.
1871-'72 -- R. E. Wilhoit.
1873-Charles Belding.
1874-'75-C. Grattan. 1876-J. W. Smith.
1877-'79-J. Salz.
1880-C. A. Ruggles.
1881-D. L. Campbell.
1882-John Caine.
1883-H. J. Corcoran.
1887-R. S. Johnson.
1888-John T. Doyle.
1889-Eugene Lehe.
CLERKS.
1850-'51-A. C. Bradford.
1851-'52-G. B. Claiborne.
1853-Richard Savage.
1854-'55-G. R. Warren.
1856-'59-P. L. Shoaff.
1860-'63-T. C. Osborne.
1864'-'67-L. E. Yates.
1868-Charles Grunsky.
1869-'70-V. M. Peyton. 1871-'72-J. W. Scott.
1873-'75-H. T. Compton. 1876-'78-Julius Steiny.
1878-'86-George Tilghman.
1887-'89-C. A. Campbell.
TREASURERS.
1850-G. D. Brush.
1851-C. A. Ward.
1852-B. F. Lee.
1853-George Calder.
1854-E. G. Vaughn. 1855-R. M. Fowler.
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1856-E. Gove. 1857-A. L. Bours. 1858-J. W. Rodgers. 1859-'65-H. B. Underhill. 1866-'70-James Littlehale. 1871-Charles Haas. 1872-S. S. C. Parker.
1873-'74-James Littlehale.
1875-'76-F. S. Hinds.
1877-'85-P. B. Fraser.
1886-'88-T. W. Newell.
1889-W. W. Cowell.
ASSESSORS
1850-C. J. Edmondson.
1850-P. E. Edmondson.
1851-James Lynch.
1852-J. H. Cills.
1853 J. W. Webster and C. O. Burton.
1854 -- V. M. Peyton.
1855-W. R. Jefferson.
1856-E. M. Howison.
1857-George Danbney.
1858-'60-W. R. Jefferson.
1861-'62-T. S. Strout.
1863-'65-L. H. Blaisdell.
1866-'68-Charles Belding.
1869-C. Grunsky.
1870-'75 Julius Steiny.
1876-'77-E. H. Allen.
1878-I. V. Leffler.
1879-E. H. Allen.
1880-B. P. Baird.
1881-George H. Hargrave.
1882-A. J. Henderson.
1883-William Wolf. 1884-J. H. Tam.
1885-'87-W. W. Cowell.
1888-'89-W. J. Hanlon.
RECORDERS.
1850-Walter Herron, Charles Drake and M. Endicott.
1851-William F. Nye and Walter Herron.
This office, whose duties were those of a magistrate, was abolished by the city charter of
1852. From that time until 1862 any justice of the peace had jurisdiction of city criminal cases, and from 1862 to the present time a police judge has been provided for.
POLICE JUDGES.
1862-A. G. Brown.
1863-'65-R. W. Brush.
1866-'67-A. G. Brown.
1868-'69-R. W. Brush.
1870-J. M. Long.
1871-L. P. Felton.
1872-R. W. Brush.
1872-'73-A. G. Brown.
1874-'76-D. Hopkins.
1877-G. E. McStay.
1878-D. Hopkins.
1879-W. Minta and C. C. Paulk.
1879-J. L. Mowbray.
1881-Ansel Smith.
1882-'83-N. Milner.
1884-A. V. Scanlan.
1885-'87 -- C. A. Clement.
1888-T. H. Ham.
1889-N. Milner.
STREET COMMISSIONERS.
James E. Nuttman was elected May 5, 1851; S. F. Woods, May 17, 1853; and J. C. Morris, July 10, 1854, and October 29, 1855, the office was abolished.
HARBOR MASTERS.
1850-F. C. Andrew.
1851-Willlam M. Adee.
1852-F. C. Andrew.
1853-James Horner.
1854-John Keeler.
1855-E. G. Greenfield.
1856-P. E. Jordan.
1857-S. Catts.
1858-Office abolished and subsequently re- vived. 1889 -- Patrick Fee.
COLLECTORS.
(Ex-officio Street Commissioner and Harbor Master.) 1859-H. W. Gillingham.
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1860-'68-V. M. Peyton.
1869-'70-M. S. Thresher. 1871-'72-J. P. D. Wilkins. 1873-J. W. Scott. 1874-'76-T. C. Mallon. 1877-C. S. Eichelberger. 1878-A. J. Henderson. 1879-'82-C. W. Brunton.
1883-E. Oullahan. 1887-C. W. Brunton. 1888-William Wolf. 1889-W. W. Cowell.
MARSHALS.
(Ex-officio Street Commissioner and Tax Col- lector.)
1850-W. W. Willoughby and T. S. Lub- bock.
1851-'54-D. S. Clark.
1855-'57-W. M. Vance.
1858-J. B. Kennedy. 1859-C. C. Terrill. 1860-'61-B. F. Sanborn.
CHIEFS OF POLICE.
In 1862 this office was created instead of that of marshal, without other ex-officio duties. 1862-'65 -- George E. Taber. 1866-'68-Jerome Meyers.
1869-'71-W. F. Fletcher.
1872-George Devoll. 1873-'74-Jerome Meyers.
1875-D. O. Harelson. 1876-C. L. Murphy. 1877-Jerome Meyers. 1878-'81-O. G. Langmaid.
1882-'83-W. S. Fowler.
1884-W. N. Edwards.
1887-B. F. Rodgers. 1888-O. G. Langmaid.
1889-W. S. Fowler.
ATTORNEYS.
1850-'51-H. A. Crabbe.
1851-M. Endicott.
1855-Isaac Baggs.
1870-'71-L. W. Elliott.
1872-'77-J. A. Louttit.
1878-'90-A. V. R. Patterson.
1880-'82-Stanton L. Carter.
1882-83-S. L. Terry.
1884-Frank H. Smith.
1887-Frank H. Smitlı.
1888-J. H. Budd.
1889-F. T. Baldwin.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
1852-'53-E. B. Bateman.
1854-'55-J. M. Buffington.
1885-J. M. Ellis.
1861-I. S. Locke.
1863-'64-Rev. Dr. Happersett.
1865-'66-L. M. Hickman.
1867-Elias Birdsall.
1867-'68-N. M. Orr.
1868-'80-George S. Ladd.
1880-'85-S. P. Crawford.
1886-W. R. Leadbetter.
1887 -- Frank Laning.
1889-W. R. Leadbetter.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. 1889-William Wolft.
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CHE STOCKTON PRESS.
CHAPTER XI.
NDER this head let us notice first the four newspapers now flourishing in Stockton. THE STOCKTON DAILY INDEPENDENT.
The miners in San Andreas started the San Andreas Weekly Independent, as a weekly twenty-four-column paper, in 1856, in a small mining camp in the foot-hills, for the purpose of advocating certain water measures. The first issue was dated September 24, and George Armor was the manager. The miners, however, controlled the paper only three months, when it was sold, Jannary 17, 1857, to Armor & Kooser. Benjamin P. Kooser had come to California as early as 1847, and was employed on the first newspaper at Monterey. Soon after the be- ginning of the gold period he came to Stockton, where he was employed on the Republican and wrote letters under the pseudonym of "Don K." He was in partnership with Armor & Hall, and returned to Stockton and was again employed on the Republican. Going to San Francisco, he remained there until 1865, and was next at Santa Cruz awhile, publishing the Sentinel, in company with H. C. Patrick; was also one of the California commissioners to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. He died at Santa Cruz, January 1, 1878.
His departure from San Andreas induced O. M. Clayes to purchase his interest in the Inining paper, and in April, 1857, the firmn be- came Armor & Clayes. In October of that year
they secured the services of Samuel Seabaugh, a brilliant man, who turned the paper into an advocate of the Douglas Democracy. The breaking out of the Rebellion naturally made it a zealous Union organ, and practically Republi- can. The Republicans of San Joaquin County induced the proprietors to remove it to Stock- ton, and hither they came, issuing their first number August 16, 1861, and accordingly changing the name to the Stockton Daily In- dependent. From 1856 onward for some years John Geddes was local editor, sometimes acting as chief. In November, 1863, D. S. Peters came into the firm as a silent partner. Decein- ber 26, 1864, Armor retired and the firm was then O. M. Clayes & Co. October 16, 1865, the proprietors were N. E. White, Charles M. Clayes and A. C. Beritzhoff, under the name of N. E. White & Co. Messrs. Clayes and Sea- baugh went to San Francisco. July 6, 1867, the proprietorship became the Stockton Inde- pendent Publishing Company. April 1, 1869, N. M. Orr and A. C. Beritzhoff bought the paper, and this partnership lasted five years, when Major N. M. Orr, September 16, 1874, became sole owner and publisher. In 1879 Worley & Milne took charge.
After the retirement of Mr. Seabanglı, in 1865, from the editorial chair, the editors in succession for several years were James Thomp- son, A. T. Hawley, N. M. Orr and John Geddes,
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and up to this period there had been several enlargements of the paper. In May, 1865, both the daily and weekly were enlarged, and again in March, 1868, the daily became a thirty- two-column, and the weekly an eight-page, six- column publication.
In 1879 Worley & Milne took charge, and about this time Mr. Geddes retired from the editorial chair, but wrote an occasional article for this and other papers.
Jolın Geddes, a native of Edinburgh, Scot- land, was educated as a gardener, and was some- thing of a botanist. He came to California in 1852 or 1853, and engaged in mining several years in Calaveras County. While there he occasionally contributed to the Calaveras Chron- icle, but his first newspaper work was on his San Andreas Independent, now the Stockton Independent. In 1865 he became the editorial writer on the paper after its removal to Stock- ton, and remained until 1879. After that he did considerable writing for the paper, and also for San Francisco and other journals. He was a man of wide reading. His conversation was original, witty at times, and was sarcastic when speaking of the shiams of society or the incon- sistency of parties; but in his writings he gen- erally avoided scathing language. During all the years of his connection with the press he never had a serious personal difficulty; on the other hand, he was known to have been con- spicuously a peace-maker among thie miners, where he on one or two occasions prevented lynch law from being executed.
He was married in 1870, in San Francisco. His health began to fail in 1885, and he died March 27, 1887, aged about sixty-four years, leaving a wife and three children.
After Mr. Geddes had retired from the In- dependent, Smith & Co. (C. W. Brunton) had the property until 1883. Mr. Brunton was afterward street superintendent in Stockton four years, and is now Government storekeeper liere.
By the year 1883 the Independent, thoughi it had long been the most influential paper in the county, had somewhat run down, especially
in regard to its financial basis. Mr. J. L. Phelps then became its pilot, and began imme- diately to guide it up grade. In 1885 Mr. C. L. Rnggles was admitted as a partner, and the present firm of J. L. Phelps & Co. was formed, and since then the Independent has run smoothly and steadily increased in prosperity and influence. In 1886 a Sunday issue of six pages was sustained for several months. The paper has been enlarged several times, for special occasions. The weekly issue has had twelve pages ever since 1885. The Inde- pendent, as might be expected, is remarkably free from typographical errors, and its columns evince great care in the compilation of news items. The establishment includes a good job office and bindery.
J. L. PHELPS is a native of New Hampshire. During his infancy his parents removed with him to Boston, and he was but seven years of age when they came to California, settling at Sonora, Tuolumne County, where the father was the proprietor of a foundry and machine shop. At the age of sixteen years he learned to set type in a country printing office. He was next sent to school at Oakland by lris father, but the establishment of a newspaper there stirred Iris favorite ambition, and he wrote his father that he need send him no more money for school purposes. Entering that office, he perfected himself in the art of printing. While at Oakland he also was clerk in a dry-goods store for a short time, and afterward he was employed on daily papers in San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and finally in Stock- ton. Here, too, he was for a time engaged in mercantile business, and served as Secretary of the Agricultural Society, and six years as Deputy County Clerk. In the latter capacity he became, perhaps more than any other man, extensively acquainted with the people of the county.
After reading the foregoing biographical out- line of Mr. Phelps' career, the public will not wonder why the Independent enjoys the high standing it now occupies. Many wise maxims he learned from the late John Geddes, already
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referred to. Mr. Phelps is conservative in re- gard to untried experiments, careful and delib- erate in execution, kindly disposed toward all persons, pleasing in his manners, desirous of conciliation where possible, smooth as a writer, but on occasion can be severe in criticism. Any hard word from him is a greater "crusher " upon the spirits of the censured party than if it came from any other editor in the State, fromn the very fact that he is so generally kind in his nature. Being a practical man in all depart- inents connected with a newspaper and a print- ing office, he knows how to choose the best man for each place. F. J. Ryan, a very capable and industrious writer, of thirty years' experience, is his editorial assistant, while his partner, Mr. Ruggles, is the business agent. Mr. Ryan, a native of Michigan, came here in the fall of 1887, from Dakota.
G. P. Kelly, the city editor for the last two years, is an experienced newspaper man from San Francisco.
CHARLES LINCOLN RUGGLES, a native of Massa- chusetts, was but fifteen months of age when his parents located in Martinez, this State, which place was his home until January, 1870. His father, Dr. C. A. Ruggles, is now a physi- cian of Stockton. On coming to this place, Mr. Ruggles attended school and at the same time took charge of routes for the Herald as a carrier; subsequently lie was a reporter for that paper for three years, and proprietor two years. Since 1885, as already mentioned, he has filled his present situation.
THE STOCKTON MAIL.
On February 10, 1880, E. L. Colnon, J. J. Nunan and D. H. Berdine established an evell- ing paper in Stockton, in competition with the Herald, calling the new venture the Evening Mail. Mr. Colnon had been connected with the press at Virginia City, Nevada, and had considerable experience in newspaper work. He associated with himself a staff of bright writers, and from the first week the Mail was popular, and continned to grow nntil it forced
the Herald, which had been published for nearly twenty years, out of the field.
Soon a weekly was started in conjunction with the daily, Messrs. Colnon and Nunan be- comning the sole proprietors of both. Mr. Nunan has charge of the business department, while Mr. Colnon looks out for the editorial columns. They also have a large job-printing business and book-bindery, employing about forty hands the year round. The Stockton Mail is considered one of the leading papers in the interior of the State, as it possesses eminent editorial ability, possibly equal to any other in the State. The office is across the street, sonth from the court-house square.
E. L. COLNON, born in New York in 1846, came to this State in 1859; attended the State University two years; engaged in journalism in Nevada eight years, and was superintendent of schools of Lyon County there about 1877, and since 1880 has been in his present relation. Was also in the revenne service at Stockton from the beginning of Cleveland's election nntil the autumnn of 1889, when he resigned.
COLONEL JOHN J. NUNAN, a native of Ireland, came to this country when very young; was a business man in Iowa for a time, and came to Stockton in 1874, where he first engaged in a book, news and stationery store, until he as- sumed his present position, as already noticed. For a long time he was Captain of the Guards- which he probably was active in organizing- was active in promoting its interests, and has been commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel.
THE COMMERCIAL RECORD
was established in 1876. In 1878 it had only fonr columns to the page, twelve inches long, when it was purchased by William M. Denig, who in 1880 enlarged the paper to five columns, and in 1882 seven columns to the page. In 1884 T. W. Hammel was admitted as a partner; March 20, 1886, he was succeeded by C. O. Cummings; in December, 1887, the firmn was Denig & Co. one week; and on the 25th of that month W. L. Howell became a member of the
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firm; and lastly, in June, 1888, Irving Martin, who is now the editor, while Mr. Denig re- mains as the publisher. Cummings has since deceased. Hammel is running a small job of- fice of his own in this city; and Howell is still a resident here.
The paper, still issued as a weekly, is inde- pendent Republican in politics.
WILLIAM M. DENIG, publisher of the Com- mercial Record, etc., was born in Chambers- burg, Pennsylvania, in 1830, of Pennsylvania parents, who remained in their native State un- til their death. Reared in the town of York, at the age of twelve or thirteen years he began to learn the printers' trade there, in the office of the Democratic Press. He afterward spent a year and a half at Indianapolis, Indiana, in the Journal office. He was next in York again until 1854, when he came to California by the Nicaragua route, arriving in September. Pro- ceeding from San Francisco to Mokeliuinne Hill, in Calaveras County, he was employed a year and a half in that vicinity. Then he en- tered the Chronicle office at Mokelumne Hill for a short time; next, was at San Andreas, where he helped to start the paper which is now the Stockton Independent. Three months after- ward he established a pony express in that county, operating as agent of all the San Fran- cisco papers. Mail arrived every two weeks at San Francisco by steamships. Then he was deputy sheriff and constable for six years in Calaveras County, and was for a tinie also em- ployed in the publication of the San Andreas Register. In 1869 he came to Stockton, and was employed for a period in the office of the Independent. He had various situations, and at length was appointed deputy city collector, which position lie held for seven months. Next he was on the police force two years, then in the mail service for a year, which place he re- signed on account of sickness, and since then he has been in his present relation with the Com- mercial Record. He has also been a member of the fire department for a number of years; was secretary of the San Joaquin Engine Com-
pany, being a member of the board of dele- gates. At one time he was treasurer of the charitable fund of the volunteer fire depart- ment. For some time now he has also held the office of constable. He is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the I. O. R. M. His family con- sists of a wife and three children, the latter all still residing in Stockton.
IRVING MARTIN, a native of South Carolina, was brought up in that State by distant rela- tives, from the age of seven years; he is self- educated, and at the age of seventeen years entered the Independent office as chore-boy, and after a time became reporter for that paper, which position he filled for three years. For the last three years he has been also correspondent of the California Associated Press, and of vari- ous San Francisco and California papers. He is a member of the orders of Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows, is a "total abstinence" man, and a gentleman of extremely affable manners.
THE STOCKTON BANNER,
German and English, was first issued August 18, 1877, by Adolph Glaser, from San Francisco, who formerly published the Missouri Staats Zeitung in Kansas City. The Banner, a seven- column, four-page weekly, independent in poli- tics and a strong advocate of German immigra- tion, has been running steadily ever since its establishment at 271 Weber avenue; it is now at 447, same avenue, east of the railroad; and it is still conducted by its founder, ably assisted by his wife, who speaks English well. The paper is very liberally supported by advertisers.
The list of the principal defunct papers is as follows:
THE STOCKTON WEEKLY TIMES.
The first paper published in San Joaquin County was the Stockton Weekly Times, a little sheet when spread out that covered a space of twelve inches by sixteen, almost the exact size of a sheet of foolscap paper. There were three columns of matter on each of its four sides, and although small in size and unpretentions in appearance, it was a greater undertaking than at this day
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would be the publishing of the Stockton Daily Independent.
This little pioneer paper made its first appear- ance on March 16, 1850, H. H. Radcliff and John White being the parties who had conceived the project, and subscribed themselves as its proprietors and publishers. On the 6th of June following, it was enlarged to a sixteen-column paper and Tuolumne City Intelligencer added to its name. At the same time the size was increased from 12 x 16 to 17 x 23 inches, and on the 20th of the same month it shook out one inore reef to catch the public breeze, and made to its patrons a twenty-column salute, being printed on paper 19 x 24 inches. Advertising rates, $4 for six lines, first insertion. Among the advertisers were Davis & Smith, wholesale mer- chants; Marshall Nichols, auctioneer; Buffington & Lum, house carpenters; Alhambra Bowling Alley, the American House, etc. Characteristic topics, " Routes to the Southern Mines," " The Mines," " Act to Supersede Certain Courts," " Rich and Important Discovery of Gold," "The Sonorian Lump of Gold," "The Markets- prices," etc. From the market reports we see that pilot bread was eight to eleven cents per pound, candles, $1.50 to $2 per pound; dried frnit (all sorts), 50 cents per pound; flour (Chili), $10 a cwt .; flour (American), $20 a barrel; sngar, 30 to 35 cents per pound. November 23, 1850, Mr. Radcliff's name was dropped as one of the editors. January 1, 1851, the paper was changed into a semi-weekly, sixteen-column sheet, with J. White, editor, and on the 11th day of the saine month W. A. Root became his associate.
Its subscription price from first to last was $12.00 per year, or 25 cents for single copies ; four dollars for a six-line or less advertisement, one insertion, and two dollars extra for each additional issue.
For fourteen months these disciples of Gutten- berg hung their banner on the outer walls, changing to the Democracy, until one George Kerr fired a broadside of shekels into their stronghold, when they surrendered at discretion, and the then " Stockton Times " passed from the
arena into history, April 26, 1851; and in its farewell to its patrons introduced its successor which was to appear on the Wednesday follow- ing as a Democratic sheet, to be known as the San Joaquin Republican. The following Wed- nesday came, but with it no Republican. A week was skipped. In the mean time the fire king waved his wand over the place, and the old Times office, with a large part of the city, had answered the summons and passed away in smoke.
The press that first printed the Times was inade of wood, and known as the " Ramage Press," the same kind that Dr. Franklin used. It was an old traveler before it had reached California, having been taken to Mexico with Taylor's army, and finally passed from point to point until it reached this coast. In the fall of the first year, the old press was started on its travels again, to make way for an iron one. It was shipped to Sonora, where it was finally con- sumed in a fire that soon after visited that place.
Neither Mr. Radcliff nor Mr. White was a thorough practical printer, and when the press and type arrived in Stockton they were obliged to call into service the professional skill of B. Gallup, to put the establishment in order. Mr. Gallup consequently became the first practical printer employed in San Joaquin valley, and printed its first paper.
REPUBLICAN.
George Kerr purchased the material and good- will of the Times office in April, 1851, expect- ing to issue the first number of his paper on Wednesday, the 30tlı of the same month, but for some reason failed to do so, and on the 6th of May the city was visited by a holocaust of fire, and the office just purchased was among the ruins. It was May 14, before the first issue of the paper, and in its columns, printed soon after the calamity, in which the city lost $1,500,- 000 in property, mentions the event as a cause that prevented its earlier issue.
It was started as a semi-weekly twenty-column paper, advocating the principles of the Dem-
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ocratic party. It was enlarged June 26, 1852, to twenty-four columns, and in November 27, of the same year, four columns more were added to it, and became influential.
In 1852 this office published a small book called the "Stockton Directory and Immigrants' Guide." It contained 140 pages, two-thirds of which were advertisements. One dollar a copy.
June 14, 1853, it became a weekly, and Jan- uary 4, 1854, a daily, aud as such was under the proprietorship of Kerr & Co., the subscription price being $15 per year. January 23, 1854, the firm name was changed to Mansfield, Pat- rick & Co., the members being J. Mansfield, H. C. Patrick, J. B. Kennedy and J. M. Conley, and on the 22d day of June, of the same year, at 9 A. M., Joseph Mansfield was shot and killed by John Tabor, on the streets in Stockton. The daughter of this Mansfield was afterward con- nected notoriously with Jini Fisk and' Stokes of New York and was undoubtedly the cause of the former's death, by the hand of Stokes.
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