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At Manning : Mayor, J. W. Martin ; recorder, H. Marsh; treasurer, O. E. Dalton ; street commissioner, J. W. Barnes ; trustees, M. L. Patton, Wm. Schoop, V. Rousch, E. G. Sharp, E. M. Funk, G. C. Hunt. Total vote cast, 226.
Total vote cast at Coon Rapids' city election, 162.
April 4, 5-At the annual encampment of the G. A. R., department of Iowa, held at Des Moines, Col. John B. Cooke, of Jeff C. Davis Post, was elected department commander. Upon the return of Col. Cooke to Carroll a popular reception was held in his honor at Joyce's hall. Col. Cooke ap- pointed the following staff : Adjutant general, W. L. Culbertson ; acting as- sistant adjutant general, Wm. Lynch, Jr .; quarter master general, John K. Deal; aid de camp and chief of staff, J. W. Hatton-all of the latter members of Jeff C. Davis Post.
April 25-A lodge of Knights of Pythias organized at Carroll with the following officers: P. C., Geo. R. Cloud ; C. C., J. W. Hatton ; V. C., W. L. Sharp ; Prelate, R. D. Backus ; M. of F., Frank Brooks ; M. of A., J. R. Whit- ney; I. G., J. C. Scott ; O. G., W. E. Sturges; Trustees, Jas. Thompson, M. Miller, Thos. F. Barbee.
May 16-J. R. Whitney & Co., organized, wholesale fruits and confec- tionery.
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May 25-Dr. S. M. Ballard, one of the commissioners appointed to locate the original county seat of Carroll county, died at his home at Coun- cil Bluffs.
May 26-Major W. Augustus Fonda admitted to practice before the bar of Carroll county.
May 26-The new Catholic church at Mt. Carmel burned with scarcely an article of value saved. The origin of the fire is unknown. The build- ing was of brick, 140x80 feet, and was erected at a cost of $15,000. The interior was not yet fully completed.
June 20-The passenger trains on the north branch now run from Car- roll instead of Maple River Junction.
June 28-At an election upon the question of issuing $2,500 bonds to build a schoolhouse on the south side at Carroll, 37 votes were cast, all favorable to the measure.
July 13-Three robbers, who robbed and shot R. L. Clingun, postmaster at Polk City, took refuge in Elkhorn grove, in Shelby county, where they were surrounded by a force of 500 armed men from the surrounding coun- try. One of the posse was killed and two others wounded before the cap- ture of the last man was effected. Of the robbers, Ben Gates was riddled with bullets and killed. Wm. Purdy was hanged by the mob. The third, Hardy, was voted a reprieve by his captors on account of his assertions of innocence and bravery and given into the hands of the sheriff of Shelby county. He was later lynched by a second mob. The desperadoes were from Dennison, Texas.
[Note-This episode is the most famous criminal event ever known in Western Iowa.]
August 1-R. R. Woodring removes to Carroll from Marshalltown.
August 8-A fire starting in the City Saloon at Coon Rapids spread to Ish's building on the east and Reddigs shoe store and Caswell's restaurant on the east.
August 26-Presbyterian church at Manning dedicated, Rev. R. F. Coyle of Fort Dodge officiating, assisted by Rev. T. S. Bailey. The cost of the church building is $2,000.
August 29-A bell weighing with fixtures 4,552 pounds has been in- stalled in the belfry of the new Catholic church at Mt. Carmel.
September 2-The democrats in county convention nominated : repre- sentative, M. Miller; treasurer, Peter Berger; auditor, F. M. Leibfried, sheriff, R. J. Hamilton ; county superintendent, C. C. Colclo; surveyor, A. Bruch ; supervisors, C. H. Westbrook, J. B. Graham.
September 3-A fire at Arcadia, originating in the rear of Johnson's harness shop, burned twenty buildings and entailed a loss of $30,000. It is supposed to have arisen from the spontaneous combustion of oils used in the shop. The section burned: Frank Koepke, wagon shop; J. W. Moore, paint shop up stairs ; Henry Redden, shoe shop; E. Dunbar, grain warehouse ; R. F. Johnson, harness; Curran's bank; C. A. Daniels, ware- house, 2,000 bushels corn and 1,000 bushels barley and other grain ; office
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Erp Bros. lumber; D. B. Barr, saloon; Weber's meat market; W. C. An- thony, warehouse; the Carroll Lumber Co., owned by V. Hinrichs, Geo. Stanton and Will Joyce, lumber yard. The loss was covered by fair in- surance.
September 19-W. L. Culbertson disposes of an interest in the Bank of Carroll to H. W. Macomber and R. E. Coburn.
September 22-The republican county convention made nominations as follows : representative, H. E. Russell, who declined and J. W. Hobbs nom- inated; treasurer, W. R. Ruggles; auditor, F. A. Charles; sheriff, H. C. Stevens ; superintendent of schools, D. M. Grove; coroner L. P. Brigham ; supervisors, A. C. Steele, W. F. Steigerwalt.
October 9-The following were chosen at the general election : repre- sentative, M. Miller ; treasurer, W. R. Ruggles; auditor, F. M. Leibfried; sheriff, R. J. Hamilton ; superintendent of schools, C. C. Colclo; surveyor, Anton Bruch; coroner, L. S. Stoll; supervisors, J. B. Graham, C. H. West- brook. The county gave a majority of 378 for the democratic state ticket.
October 28-An election at Breda gave a large majority in favor of in- corporation.
November 12-By the accidental discharge of a gun while hunting on Storm creek bottom the arm of E. M. Parsons of Carroll was shot off.
December 2-The German Evangelical church at Carroll dedicated with services by Rev. Jacob Henn, presiding elder, assisted by Rev. Henry Hiebenthall, the pastor. The building cost $1,850 and was dedicated out of debt.
1884.
January I-Paul Maclean joins as a partner with E. R. Hastings in the publication and editorship of the Carroll Herald.
January 16-E. R. Hastings re-appointed postmaster at Carroll.
February 20-Dr. L. Q. Spaulding, homeopathist, begins the practice of medicine at Carroll.
March 3-The Carroll city election resulted : Mayor, T. F. Barbee; re- corder, F. A. Suydam; assessor, J. H. Marnette; councilmen, Col. J. B. Cooke, J. L. Wetherell, and G. W. Bowen to succeed John Nye, resigned.
March 19-Father J. P. O'Connor succeeds Rev. Urbany as pastor of St. Joseph's parish.
April 9-A company of the Iowa National Guard, taking the title of Company E, First Regiment, has been made a part of the regular armed force of the state. The following officers have been elected by the com- pany, which is composed of fifty enlisted men and non-commissioned offi- cers : Captain, Geo. R. Cloud; first lieutenant, J. H. Stewart ; second lieu- tenant, R. E. Coburn.
April 12-Hon. M. Miller has purchased the Carroll Sentinel from H. C. Ford and becomes its sole proprietor and editor.
April 30-A farmer by the name of Smythe living near Dedham, his brother-in-law Wilson living in the vicinity of Coon Rapids, and a brother of their respective wives, Cicero Jellerson, are in jail at Audubon
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charged with the murder of old man Jellerson, the father-in-law and father of all of the parties concerned. The three went to the house of the old man in Viola township, Audubon county, at night and taking the old man from his bed hanged him to a tree after dragging the clothes from his back by hauling him along the rough ground by a rope fastened to his neck and subjecting him to gross indignities. Smythe accused old Jellerson of incest with one of his daughters and was so active in stirring up the animosity of the other members of the family that the crime came about as the result of a general family understanding. Old Mrs. Jellerson recognized Smythe and her son Cicero in the attack on her husband; and Cicero, who is feeble minded, made a full confession as soon as he was arrested and implicated Wilson along with Smythe. So many crimes have been committed in Au- dubon county and the authors permitted to go unpunished that the Jeller- son murder has given rise to a widespread mob spirit and threats of lynch- ing the three men are freely indulged in. Their trial will come up in Au- gust.
May 24-A fire originating in the butcher shop of Frank Meyer at mid- night, of probably incendiary beginning, burned the rows of wooden build- ings on Fourth and Fifth streets, west of Main street, Carroll. The fire fighters were able to save the Commercial house and lumber yards adja- cent by reason of the remarkable stillness of the air at the time. The frame buildings stood on property belonging to J. E. and I. N. Griffith and were occupied by small stores and shops. The loss is $10,000.
July 9-W. R. Ruggles, late treasurer of Carroll county, is, there is no present doubt, a defaulter and a fugitive from justice. Ruggles was last seen in this locality June 28th, when he took the morning train for the west, where he told acquaintances he was going to Grand Island, Neb., to look after business interests. At the meeting of the board of supervisors on the 6th an examination of the treasurer's books revealed a shortage of $24,000. The county is protected by a bond of $100,000, signed by the fol- lowing: J. J. Graves, H. Winter, P. D. Coryell, C. B. Crittenden, Wm. Heater, H. W. Davenport, Edwin Willey, Thomas Roderick, W. S. Win- nett, Charles Shefferd, J. A. Sawvell, T. Evans, A. Zemback and W. T. Minchen. Ruggles' downfall was brought about by unlucky dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade.
July 30-The Carroll Telephone company has been incorporated by W. L. Culbertson, John K. Deal, Wm. Lynch, Jr., and V. Hinrichs, each of whom holds an equal number of shares. Work is under way on a line to Manning, and it is proposed to put up wires and establish connections with Coon Rapids, Dedham, Arcadia, Glidden and Breda.
August 1-Dr. J. M. Patty died at his residence in Carroll after an ill- ness of a few hours. The day before his death he was about the streets and attending to his practice. Dr. Patty is the pioneer physician of Carroll, having established himself here when the town was in its earliest infancy seventeen years ago. He died at the age of 52, leaving a wife and five chil- dren and many friends to sorrow for him.
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August 13-The contract for the proposed Carroll Water Works sys- tem is awarded to the Wind Engine Co. of Batavia, Ill., for $9,995.
Aug. 16-The democratic county convention made the following nomi- nations : Clerk, J. N. Powers ; treasurer, P. Berger ; recorder, J. P. Hess ; supervisors, Jas. Thompson, Jos. Rettenmaier.
August 20-The Democratic congressional convention of the eleventh district in session at Le Mars nominated for congress Thomas F. Barbee of Carroll.
September 13-The Republican county convention made nominations as follows: Clerk, W. L. Carpenter ; treasurer, E. D. Towne; recorder, C. L. Bailey ; supervisors, Dana Reed, E. R. Walcott.
October 27-Died, at his home in Carroll, Monday, Oct. 26, J. E. Jones, at the age of 47 years. Mr. Jones was one of the pioneer business men of Carroll, which has been his residence since 1871.
November 5-At the general election Cleveland carried Carroll county over Blaine by a majority of 522. The Democrats elected their entire county ticket as follows : clerk, J. N. Powers ; treasurer, P. Berger ; recorder, J. P. Hess ; supervisors, Jos. Rettenmaier, Jas. Thompson.
November 10-In the suit Carroll county against the bondsmen of W. R. Ruggles, defaulting county treasurer, Judge Lyman files a decision sus- taining the county on every contention. The exact amount of the Ruggles' defalcation is found to be $23,299.64.
CHAPTER XI.
1885-1890.
THE LYNCHING OF THE JELLERSON MURDERERS AT AUDUBON-THE ELEC- TION OF W. L. CULBERTSON AND JOHN K. DEAL AS REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR-A HISTORIC BLIZZARD BY WHICH CARROLL WAS FOR A WEEK OUT OF THE WORLD-THE BURNING OF THE OLD COURT HOUSE-THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN OF COON RAPIDS BY A TORNADO-DEATH OF EUGENE R. HASTINGS-AFTER MANY DEFEATS THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD A NEW COURT HOUSE AND JAIL CARRIES BY A LARGE MAJORITY-BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LETS THE CONTRACT-DEATH OF CAPTAIN WINNETT-UNION LABOR PARTY RISES AND FALLS-DEATH OF FATHER FENDRICK-THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE IN CARROLL-THE OUTBREAK OF BOOZE JOINTS AND THE STRAITS OF THE CITY FOR REVENUE-DOLLIVER NOMINATED AND HIS MAIDEN SPEECH AT CARROLL A JOINT DEBATE WITH CAPTAIN YEOMANS-FATAL SHOOTING OF HUNTER BY CONSTABLE JAMES MOLSEED-ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF WM. EIKE BY AGENT ISH AT HALBUR-NOMINATION OF JUDGE Z. A. CHURCH AND HIS DEFEAT BY THOMAS RICH.
1885.
January 5-The C. D. Miller bank at West Side has suspended and the court has appointed F. L. Boynton receiver.
January 28-V. Henrichs buys the interests of the other stock holders in the Carroll Telephone Company and will consolidate the system with the Northwestern company of Ida Grove. When the wires are connected local connections will have been established with Sac, Ida and Woodberry counties, including Sioux City.
February 6-When it was officially given out at Audubon after the arrest of Wilson, Smythe and Jellerson that there must be "no fooling" to delay the application of justice to the murderers, those who made the order were not indulging in idle statements. When the prisoners were called for trial in the Audubon district court, Geo. W. Paine, attorney for Wilson, joined with other attorneys in an effort to secure for them a change of venue to some county in which the prejudice was not so strong. Judge Loofbourow was disposed to grant the motion, when the word was quietly passed around to the court and lawyers in attendance that they had better disperse or something might happen to them. Mr. Paine came home. Judge Loofbourow was practically overpowered by friends fearful for his
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safety and driven in a buggy to Atlantic. The same night a mob broke into the jail, overpowered the sheriff, and took possession of the prisoners, two of them, Smythe and Wilson, they hanged to the upper rail of a high board fence around the jail, while Jellerson was suspended from the raft- ers of the band stand in the park. The mob avenging the murder of old man Jellerson consisted of over 300 men.
March 1-At the Carroll city election Thomas F. Barbee was elected mayor, F. A. Suydam, recorder; Henry Marnette, assessor; councilmen, J. W. Patterson, John Nestle, I. M. Gilley.
March 18-The saloons, which recently closed in a hurry as a result of the supreme court decision sustaining the process of injunction, are now making overtures to the council to pay a license of $20 per month.
May 16-The towns of Carroll county in the new state census are given the following population : Breda, 278; Arcadia, 451; Carroll, 1,885; Glid- den, 532; Manning, 954; Templeton, 219; Dedham, 172; Coon Rapids, 720. The entire population of the county is 16,313, a growth of 3,962 since the national census of 1880.
May 27-Married, at Carroll, May 27, Dr. A. L. Wright and Miss Ad- die Hoover.
June 17-C. C. Colclo has been appointed postmaster at Carroll to succeed E. R. Hastings.
June 24-During a visit to Carroll Bishop Hennessey announced that a division would be made of the Catholic parish of Carroll and P. M. Guth- rie and J. W. Bohnenkamp appointed to make an equitable division of the property between the Irish and American element of the congregation and the German element.
July 15-The hotel formerly known as the Commercial house, renovated and overhauled, is thrown open under the name of the Lynch house, Wm. Lynch, Jr., landlord.
July 15-Died, G. I. Thompson ; last fall elected a member of the Board of Supervisors, at Sioux City, of consumption.
July 28 Died, E. F. Burgan, aged 80 years, at his home west of Car- roll. Mr. Burgan has been a resident of Carroll county since 1869.
August 14-The democratic convention made the following nomina- tions : Representative, J. B. Graham ; treasurer, Peter Berger ; auditor, F. M. Leibfried ; sheriff, J. W. Kennebeck; superintendent of schools, W. J. Heires ; supervisors, S. Bowman, V. Roush. The convention was deeply shaken by a resolution declaring against a third term of office. After a violent debate the proposition was carried by a vote of 69 to 49.
August 29-John K. Deal of Carroll nominated for state senator by the district composed of Calhoun, Carroll and Greene counties at Jefferson.
September 17-The Republican county convention made nominations as follows: Representative, W. L. Culbertson; treasurer, no nomination ; auditor, Richard Wolfe; sheriff, Sam Todd; superintendent of schools, H. J. Gable; coroner, R. R. Williams; surveyor, W. F. Steigerwalt; super- visor, J. W. Hobbs, Cyrus Rhoads.
October 7-Died, at Carroll, Dr. John W. Gustine, aged 63 years. Lo-
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cated in Guthrie county in 1861, and practiced among the early settlers of Carroll county. Moved to Carroll in 1875, retiring to his farm near Car- rollton in 1879. , Moved to Florida in 1883, where his wife died. Dr. Gustine returned to Carroll in 1885. He was buried under the auspices of Signet Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which organization he was a Past Master and member at the time of his death.
October 25-Henry M. Olerich died at his home at Breda in the 65th year of his age. Born in Nordeweld, Germany; came to this country in 1848 and to Iowa and Carroll county in 1869, settling in Kniest township. Mr. Olerich was the first to put up a building and begin business in Breda, where he opened a hardware store at the time the Maple river branch was built through.
November 3-In the general election the democrats carried the county on the state ticket by a plurality of 406. F. L. Danforth for the state senate, in opposition to John K. Deal, received a majority of 181, which is over- come by a majority of 574 in Calhoun county, and 431 in Greene county, the majoirty by which Mr. Deal is elected being 824. W. L. Culbertson (Rep.) is elected over J. B. Graham (Dem.) for representative by a ma- jority of 154. and republican county officers were elected as follows : Sheriff, Sam Todd (130); H. J. Gable, superintendent of schools, (499) ; surveyor. W. F. Steigerwalt (38); Dr. R. R. Williams, coroner (145). The Democrats elect Peter Berger, treasurer (no opposition) ; F. M. Leib- fried, auditor, (425) ; supervisor, S. Bowman, (754) ; V. Roush, (no op- position.)
The proposition to authorize a bonded indebtedness of $50,000 for the building of a new court house was lost by 209 votes. Because of the unsatis- factory and mixed condition of the returns, however, the board of super- visors ordered a special election to be held Tuesday, December 8th, for the resubmission of the question.
December 8-The court house proposition was defeated hy 38 votes.
1886.
January 6-A snow storm and blizzard of a severity not known in many years set in on the 3d inst., continuing three days, snow falling to a depth of three feet on the level, and drifting in many places to the height of ten feet. All trains were delayed from ten to thirty-six hours, after the first day of the storm, and, on the branch lines north and south from Carroll all effort to move traffic was abandoned. The temperature, however, was not se- verely cold.
January 13-The first blizzard had scarcely subsided when another set in on the 6th inst. Snow fell until the 9th but not in such quantities as last week, but intense cold accompanied the storm, the mercury falling from twenty-two on the 7th to thirty-four on the 9th. Heavy winds drifted the railroad cuts into impassable barriers. A passenger train was ordered on Thursday to remain at Carroll until the road could be opened, and did not resume its journey until Saturday. The work of shoveling out the cuts
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was prosecuted with great difficulty on account of the intense cold. Al- thoughi gallant efforts were made to keep the road open by "bucking" the drifts with snow plows. The engines engaged in this work "died" one after another until, on the 8th inst., eleven engines were lying dead in the cuts between Carroll and Scranton and seven between Carroll and Glidden. The Heath & Milligan minstrels were on the abandoned train and concerts were improvised on the train and at the halls to entertain themselves and the beleaguered citizens. No mails were received or dispatched between the 7th and 12th insts. and business was entirely suspended during this period.
March 1-At Carroll occurred the quietest city election in many years, with the following result: Mayor, E. M. Parsons ; recorder, F. A. Suydam ; assessor, Henry Marnette; councilmen, A. W. Crawford, J. M. Drees.
At Glidden the vote on mayor was a tie between Jas. Lea and S. C. Dunkle, each having 62 votes. The contest was decided in favor of Dunkle by drawing lots.
April 8-At 12 o'clock midnight the Carroll county court house was discovered ablaze, with the fire making vigorous headway in the upper rooms. An hour later the fire was out, with the destruction confined to the second story except for the damage that came from water to the floors be- low. The vaults were not destroyed and the county records were recov- ered intact. A heavy odor of kerosene at the outset of the fire indicated the origin of the loss. The board of supervisors provided temporary quar- ters for the county offices in the Joyce building. Drees' Music Hall will be used for the court room.
April 14-A powerful tornado devastated a large section of country in Cass and Audubon counties, but Coon Rapids was the only town in Car- roll county in the direct path of the storm. Warning of the approach was given by the appearance five miles south of an immense copper-colored cloud with a dangling column communicating with the earth and swinging violently in the wake of the rapidly moving canopy overhead. In crossing the C. M. & St. P. track the storm caught a moving freight train of twenty cars, all heavily loaded. Sixteen were blown from the track and left in a greater or less degree of wreckage. The residence of J. W. Stuckenbrick was first struck but with little damage. The adjoining wagon shop of H. Wallace was torn to pieces. The Enterprise office was unroofed and the glass front wrecked. The Cook warehouse was entirely demolished. From this point the storm passed to the residence district, where the de- struction was wholesale and general. Thirty-two buildings were either blown away or badly damaged, many swept clear of their foundations and blown to atoms. But two persons were injured, the Roygos boys, who were doing janitor work at the schoolhouse. One of the boys was so badly injured that he died at once. The other was not seriously hurt. The build- ing was a total wreck. The loss at Coon Rapids is placed at $50,000, not including the damage to railroad property, which was heavy.
June 23-The supreme court hands down a decision in the case of Car- roll county against the bondsmen of the defaulting county treasurer, W. R.
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Ruggles sustaining the plaintiff on every point. The bondsmen have no further recourse.
June 24-John A. Hoffman, of Roselle, buys the J. A. Hinman store at Mt. Carmel.
June 30-J. B. Hungerford purchases the interest of E. R. Hastings in the Carroll Herald, now published by Maclean & Hungerford.
August 10-Died, at his home in Carroll, aged 84, R. K. Town. Mr. Town was a resident of Carroll since 1874.
August 17-Democratic judicial convention at Carroll placed in nomi- nation for judges of the district court Charles D. Goldsmith of Sac county and I. J. McDuffie of Greene county.
August 25-The Democratic county convention nominated the follow- ing ticket : Clerk, J. N. Powers ; recorder, J. H. Bruning ; county attorney, J. C. Engleman. An effort was made to defeat the third-term rule, but the resolution was defeated 34 to 63.
August 25-The Western Iowa Veterans' Association began its annual reunion at Carroll. Twelve hundred veterans from Calhoun, Ida, Sac, Greene, Audubon, Shelby, Harrison, Guthrie, Boone and other counties are present and the meeting continued three days. On the camp ground west of town 158 tents are sheltering the soldiers.
August 28-Rev. P. Fox, of Sac City, dedicated the new Episcopal church at Carroll.
September & The damage claims of M. A. Hoyt against the city of Carroll for the removal by the latter of the wooden building erected by Hoyt after the fire of 1879 outside of the fire limits were settled in their last phase by the compromise of a suit in which the city will pay Mrs. S. A. Hoyt $500 with the understanding that the arrangement shall be final. In costs and judgments the Hoyt suits have cost the city $12,000.
October 1-The republican county convention made the following nomi- nations : clerk, no nomination ; recorder, C. H. Heitz; county attorney, L. W. Morgan ; supervisors, N. D. Smith, Herman Tank.
October 6-The gap on the Maple river branch between Mapleton and Onawa is completed.
October 27-Died, at his home in Carroll, Eugene R. Hastings, after an illness of four years of diabetes. Mr. Hastings was born July 27, 1848, in Licking county, Ohio, and died at the age of 38 years and three months. In 1870 in company with O. H. Manning he became the editor of the Car- roll Herald. He soon bought the Manning interest and continued his con- nection with the paper, though not all of the time as its owner, until June of the present year. In 1883 Mr. Hastings disposed of the paper to Paul Maclean, from whom he secured back a half interest under a lease which ar- rangement continued until last June. Mr. Hastings was one of the strongest journalists of Iowa, and a fit contemporary for "Ret" Clarkson, "Sam" Clark, Frank Hatton, George D. Perkins, and the coterie of brilliant news- paper men who gave the press of the state distinction in the seventies and eighties. Mr. Hastings had no superior among the weekly editors of his time. His closing years were a period of great suffering but his intellectual
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