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Judge Wilson continued in office till the commencement of 1855, when Samuel S. Murdock, of Clayton Co., having been chosen at the regular election the latter part of the preceding year, took the bench and occupied it for a term of four years. The District Judges since that time-the opening of the year 1859-lıave been:
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Elias A. Williams of Clayton county, two terms, to 1867. Milo McGlathety, of Fayette County, two terms, to 1875.
Reuben Noble, of Clayton County, held the first session of his first term in Feb., 1875. He was elected to a second term at the fall election of 1878, and held the office till the latter part of 1879, when he resigned.
E. E. Cooley, of Decorah, was appointed by Gov. Gear to fill the vacancy till the election the following year. He took his seat in December, 1879.
At the election in the fall of 1880, Mr. Cooley was chosen to fill the remainder of the unexpired term, and still occupies the bench.
The first Circuit Court Judge was chosen at the election in November, 1868, his term commencing, according to the law pre- viously referred to, on the 1st of January, 1869.
The Judge chosen was M. V. Burdick, who has been previously referred to in this history, and to him belongs the honor of being the first Circuit Judge of the Tenth District. He was an early resident of Decorah, and has been here much of the time since, though now living at Lansing, Allamakee County. He held the office for one term of four years.
The second Circuit Judge was C. T. Granger, of Waukon, Allamakee County, who came upon the bench at the opening of the year 1873, for a term of four years. He was re-elected in the fall of 1876 for a second term, and again in 1880 for a third term, in which he is now serving.
The preceding record of elections shows who were Clerks of Court for Winneshiek County up to 1860, when S. W. Matteson held the office. He was re-elected in 1861, again in 1862, and again in 1864. The following is the date of election of Clerks of Court for this county since that time:
Dan Lawrence in 1866.
M. P. Hathaway in 1868.
S. E. Tubbs in 1870 and 1872.
A. W. Brownell in 1874.
E. B. Hutchinson in 1876 and 1878.
M. W. Harden in 1880, being the present incumbent.
The important office of District Attorney for the Tenth Dis- trict has been held successively for the last two terms by Winne- shiek County men. Orlando J. Clark, elected in 1874, and whose term expired January 1st, 1879, was succeeded by the present in- cumbent, Cyrus Wellington, elected in the fall of 1878.
STATE LEGISLATORS.
Our State Senators since Dr. H. C. Bulis, with whom our pre- vious record leaves off, have been :
M. V. Burdick, elected in 1861.
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H. C. Bulis, again elected in 1865; was re-elected 1869, and re- signed in 1871, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State.
Hon. G. R. Willett was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Bulis, and was in 1873 re-elected for a four years term.
"Hon. G. R. Willett was born in Lacadie, Province of Quebec, November 11, 1826. Though born in Canada, yet both his pa- rents were Americans. He spent the early part of his life in Canada, and received his education there. He studied law at Champlain, New York, and graduated at the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in that city in 1856. He practiced law in Champlain until 1857, when he came west and settled in De- corah. He raised the first company of volunteers to fight for the Union, namely, Company D, Third Iowa Infantry. He was wounded in the knee in 1861, which so disabled him that he was obliged to resign and return home. In 1864 he was elected County Judge. During the winter of 1874 he was elected President pro tem. of the Senate. He was Chairman of the Committee on Con- stitutional Amendments, and during the session of 1875 he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He was also a member of the Committee on Railroads, Insurance and Judicial Districts. From 1868 to 1872 he was President of the Winneshiek Woolen Manufacturing Company. He was married at the age of 21 to Miss Alinda C. Kellogg, in Champlain, New York. Mr. Willett has occupied many high positions within the gift of the people, and has always discharged his trust honorably and faithfully. His legal ability is recognized abroad as well as well as at home. As evidence of this fact, the reader is referred to his appointment as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee."
Mr. Willett and wife can now be reckoned as comparatively old residents, as they are among our most active, liberal and public- spirited ones. Their oldest son, Mahlon, is a successful minister to a church on the Pacific coast, while the second son, Norman, is a partner of his father in the law business, and reliable and successful.
M. N. Johnson was elected in 1877. Mr. Johnson is a son of Nelson Johnson, an old pioneer previously referred to. He grad- uated at the State University in 1873, and at the law class there in 1876. He was elected State Representative in the fall of 1875, and a presidential elector in 1876. He is now in partnership with his younger brother in the law business in Decorah.
H. A. Baker was elected in the fall of 1882. He is a promi- nent young business man of Ossian, popular, enterprising, and thriving. His present term will hold through the next session of the legislature-the winter of 1883-4.
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Since our record, closing with 1860, the following have been elected as State Representatives; the elections being for but one biennial session.
W. H. Baker and Ole Nelson in 1861.
Ole Nelson and James H. Brown in 1863.
H. B. Williams was elected in 1864 to fill vacancy caused by the death of Ole Nelson.
Jas. H. Brown and H. B. Williams, elected in 1865.
H. B. Williams and J. T. Atkins, in 1867.
H. B. Williams and O. A. Lommen, in 1869.
Knudt Berg and Warren Danforth, in 1871.
Knudt Bergh was born in Norway, and came to America when a boy, with his father, and settled in Highland Township. Mr. Bergh early appreciated the value of an education, and strove with all his energy to attain the high place which he afterwards reached in educational circles. An adopted citizen, he became an Ameri- can in all that the name implies. He was an exemplary man, and revered by all who knew him. In the legislative halls of the State he served his county with fairness and ability. Mr. Bergh was a graduate of the University of St. Louis. He afterward became one of the professors in the Norwegian Lutheran College. His health failed him, and in 1873 he visited his native country, where he died of consumption, on the 16th of June, 1875, at Eide. Hardanger, Norway.1
Warren Danforth and Jno. DeCow in 1873.
Warren Danforth and M. N. Johnson in 1875.
H. A. Baker and H. C. Manning in 1877.
H. A. Baker and Levi Hubbell in 1879.
Levi Hubbell and D. (). Aker in 1881.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
It was not till 1877 that the Representative in Congress for this district was chosen from Winneshiek County. From soon after the organization of the State to 1863, there were but two Con- gressional Districts in Iowa, and after that time till 1881, Winne- shiek County has been in the Third Congressional District, although the number of districts have been increased from time to time. Wm. B. Allison, of Dubuque, was our Representative from 1863 to 1871, and ceased to be Representative to become United State Senator, which position he now holds.
W. G. Donnan, of Independence, was Representative to the Forty-second Congress-1871 to 1873, and also to the Forty-third Congress-1873 to 1875.
For the Forty-fourth Congress-1875 to 1877-a Democrat; L. L. Ainsworth, of West Union, was elected by a very small ma- jority after a close contest; C. T. Granger, of Waukon, being his Republican opponent.
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The Third Congressional District embraced the counties of Allamakee, Buchanan, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette and Winneshiek.
At the Congressional Convention held at McGregor Sept. 6, 1876, Theodore W. Burdick, of Decorah, who had not sought the office, went into the convention supported by nineteen delc- gates from the Winneshiek County Republican Convention, who stood by him through the Convention, until he was nominated on the 22d ballot. J. M. Griffith, of Dubuque, was his Dem- ocratic opponent, and the contest was a fierce one, intensi- fied by the fact that a Democrat had been elected for the pre- ceding term. Mr. Burdick was elected by a majority of 1,267, his own county leading the list of Republican counties by a majority of 1,265. He was a faithful and efficient working mem- ber of Congress, and at the close of the term positively declined a re-nomination. Since the previous biographical sketches in this volume have been put in the hands of the printer, it has been de- cided to give more complete sketches of prominent men else- where in the volume, so that it will not be necessary to give them at length in the regular history, but the following from Andreas' Atlas of Iowa, published before Mr. Burdick's election, is worthy of reproduction here.
"Theodore W. Burdick, cashier of the First National and Sav- ings Banks of Decorah, is a native of Pennsylvania, born Octo- ber 7, 1836. He removed with his parents to Winneishiek County at the age of 17, having previously acquired a good English edu- cation, his father having intended him for a collegate course at Oberlin. The removal to the west, however, interfered with that arrangement, and on their arrival at Decorah, in the spring of 1853, he was employed as the first school teacher in the place, the first school-house having just then been completed. The following · spring his father was elected County Treasurer, and he took charge . of the office and also that of County Recorder, discharging prac- tically the duties of both until he became of age, in 1857. At the next election following he was elected County Treasurer, and filled the office in a most faithful and satisfactory manner till 1862, when he resigned to enter the army. He was commissioned Cap- tain of Company D, Sixth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, in which ca- pacity he served for three years-till 1865. Four brothers besides himself were in the army, and three of them lost their lives in their country's service. On his return from the army Mr. Burdick pur- chased an interest in the First National Bank of Decorah, of which he was elected Cashier in 1866. Since the war he has held no public office, but has devoted himself exclusively to business. Both in his public and private relations, for a period of over twenty years, since he became a citizen of Decorah, he has been noted as a gentleman of honor and integrity, of good business talents and irreproachable character."
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Thomas Updegraff, of McGregor, was the Republican candidate for Congress in 1878, being nominated at McGregor (after a very close fight for the nomination with D. N. Cooley, of Dubuque). Mr. Updegraff was elected October 8, 1878, receiving 12,596 votes in the district; Fred. O'Donnell, (Democrat), of Dubuque, receiv- ing 10,881, and Spangle (Greenback) receiving 5,338.
Thomas Updegraff was re-elected November 2, 1880, his oppon- ents being W. G. Stewart, (democrat) and M. H. Moore (green- back), both of Dubuque. The vote was: Updegraff, 17,359; Stew- art, 13,969; Moore, 2,193.
By the recent re-districting of the State, this county is in the Fourth Congressional District, embracing the counties of Alla- makee, Winneshiek, Howard, Mitchell, Clayton, Fayette, Chicka- saw and Floyd. Mr. Updegraff is a candidate for re-election with the probability of being returned for the third term.
COUNTY OFFICERS RESUMED.
TREASURERS AND RECORDERS.
Our previous record shows T. W. Burdick as County Treasurer and Recorder in 1860. In 1861 he was re-elected. He resigned his position in 1862 to enlist in the army, and G. R. Willet was appointed to fill the vacancy. The following were successively elected to the office of the Treasurer, the Recorder's office being separated from it in 1864:
A. K. Bailey, in 1863.
G. N. Holway, in 1865-7.
G. T. Lommen, in 1869 and 1871.
Edwin Klove, in 1873, 1875, 1877, and 1879; his fourth term expiring December 31st, 1881.
N. H. Adams was elected in the fall of 1881, and on the 1st of January, 1882, assumed the duties of the office of Treasurer, which he now holds.
In 1864, when the Recorder's office was separated from that of the Treasurer, Jno. E. Powers was elected Recorder, and was re-elected in 1866.
Cyrus W. McKay was elected in 1868, 1870 and 1872.
Chas. Stern in 1874 and in 1876. Mr. Stern died during his second term of office and Wm. M. Fannon was elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Fannon was re-elected in 1878 and again in 1880. His term of office will expire with 1882.
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.
In 1864 or 1862, H. C. Bulis was appointed County Superinten- dent of Schools.
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I. M. Wedgewood was elected County Superintendent of Schools in 1863, 1865, 1867 and 1869.
Henry Toye was elected in 1871.
G. N. Holway was elected in 1873.
Nels Kessy in 1875, 1877 and 1879.
J. A. Klien was elected in 1881, assuming the duties of office January 1, 1882.
COUNTY SURVEYORS.
Taking up again the office of County Surveyor, we find E. Baldwin elected in 1861, 1863, 1865 and 1867.
W. C. Adsit elected in 1869, 1871 and 1873.
J. L. Cameron in 1875 and 1877.
R. B. Collwell in 1879.
J. L. Cameron in 1881, his term commencing January 1, 1882.
SHERIFFS.
Sheriff Erick Anderson, previously mentioned as elected in 1859, was re-elected in 1861.
Armund Arneson was elected in 1863, and again in 1865.
A. S. Skofstadt was elected in 1867.
Knudt Thompson in 1869 and 1871.
C. H. Hitchcock in 1873.
J. H. Womeldorf in 1875 and 1877.
De Witt C. Moore in 1879 and 1881.
Soon after election in the fall of 1881, Mr. Moore resigned to accept the position of cashier of a bank at Grafton, Dakota, his resignation taking effect Dec. 8, 1881.
H. M. Langland was thereupon appointed by the Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy till the next election, which takes place in November, 18S2.
COUNTY AUDITORS.
E. Cutler was elected County Judge in the fall of 1867, and assumed its duties Jan. 1, 1868. At the close of 1868, as already detailed, the newly created Circuit Court absorbed the duties of County Probate Court. and Mr. Cutler became County Auditor ex officio, retaining the Court duties pertaining to that branch of the office. He was re-elected County Auditor in the fall of 1869, and again in 1871.
H. A. Bigelow was elected in 1873.
F. S. Hale was elected in 1875, 1877, and 1879.
T. E. Egge was elected in 1881 and entered upon his two years' term Jan. 1, 1882.
CORONERS.
John Howard-referred to in record prior to 1860-was succeed- ed by the following coroners:
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C. Mckay was elected in 1861, 1863, 1865, 1867, and 1869.
F. W. Knox, elected in 1871.
A. C. Ferren, in 1873.
A. H. Fannon, in 1875.
E. Mather, in 1877 ard 1879.
W. F. Coleman, in 1881.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
Since 1870, when the County Commissioner system was adopted, by the county being divided into districts, and a Commissioner or Supervisor elected from each district, the Supervisors have been as follows:
M. S. Drury, Geo. C. Winship and A. Arneson were elected in 1870, for terms varying so that a portion of them should be elected each year.
M. S. Drury was re-elected in 1872, the other members being increased to five. F. G. Hale and C. Sydow were elected the same year. F. G. Brittain was elected in 1873.
By the above change to five Supervisors, the districts embrace townships as follows:
First District-Bloomfield, Military, Springfield, Frankville.
Second District-Washington, Jackson, Sumner, Calmar.
Third District-Lincoln, Bluffton, Orleans, Burr Oak, Fremont.
Fourth District-Pleasant, Canoe, Hesper, Highland, Glen- wood.
Fifth District-Decorah, Madison.
The Supervisors in office at the commencement of 1874 were M. S. Drury, A. Arneson, Chas. Sydow, F. G. Hale and Geo. C. Winship. The following were elected from the several districts thereafter, the elections being for a regular term commencing the January following the election, except in case of removal, death, or resignation.
Elected in 1874, Second District, Chas. Meyers; Fifth District, G. C. Winship.
Elected in 1875, First District, Turner Calender; Third District, Peter Morton.
Elected in 1876, Second District, H. Geisen, Fourth District, O. W. Ellingson.
Elected in 1877, Second District, A. W. Brownell; Fifth Dis- trict, Jacob Jewell.
Elected in 1878, First District, Geo Merrill; Third District, S. G. Kendall.
Elected in 1879, Fourth District, Nels Larson.
Elected in 1880, First District, E. S. Lambert; Second District, A. W. Brownell; Third District, Almon Rice; Fifth District G. L. Wendling.
Elected in 1881, Third District, R. Barnes; Fourth District, O. T. Lommen.
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COUNTY OFFICERS IN 1882.
The present (1882) County Officers (besides the officers for this Judicial District -- District Judge E. E. Cooley, Circuit Judge C. T. Granger, and District Attorney Cyrus Wellington) are:
Clerk of Courts-M. W. Harden; N. H. Nelson, Deputy. Auditor-T. E. Egge; J. W. Danbrey, deputy. Treasurer-N. H. Adams; C. E. Meader, deputy.
Recorder-Wm. M. Fannon; Wm. H. Fannon, deputy.
Sheriff-H. M. Langland; W. P. Sanford, deputy. Superintendent of Schools-J. A. Klein.
Surveyor-J. L. Cameron.
Coroner-W. F. Coleman.
The present Supervisors (1882) are as follows:
First District-O. T. Lommen.
Second District-A. W. Brownell.
Third District-R. Barnes.
Fourth District-Nels Larsen.
Fifth District-Geo. L. Wendling.
NEW JAIL.
At the November election, 1876, a tax was voted for the erec- tion of a new County jail, the majority for the tax being 290. The erection of a substantial brick building on the southeast corner of the Court House grounds was promptly commenced and duly completed, and improved steel cells put in. Besides being a handsome structure, it is the safest in this part of Iowa. It is re- ferred to elsewhere.
CHAPTER VI.
Population; Court House and Jail; Court House Grounds; Poor House and Farm; Murder Trials; Railroad History; Our Products; Educational and Literary; a Gratifying Exhibit; Good State of the County Finances; Census of 1880.
By the United State census of 1880 the population of Winne- shiek County was 23,937. And yet up to the commencement of the previous year, the court house erected in the early days, with a jail and residence for the sheriff in the basement, was so good a building that it had done service for a little over thirty years, and now with a new jail, containing sheriff's residence, improve- ments made in the court house and enlargement of quarters of
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county officers, the latter building will answer the purpose for the county for some years yet. A few words about the county buildings:
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.
The present Court House was commenced in 1857, a tax having been voted in 11856, and was completed in 1858. The courts previous to that time were sometimes held in rented rooms,- though for a while at first in the log house of Wm. Day, and afterwards in Newell's Hall. The cost of the Court House build- ings, including the jail in the basement, was about $18,000. The land for the grounds was donated by Wm. Day and Wm. Paint- er, and occupies one square, being bounded on the north by Main street, on the east by Winnebago street, on the south by Broad- way, and on the west by Court street. The Court House building has a basement of stone in which were originally the jail and sheriff's residence, and above this two stories of brick; the court room occupying the upper floor and the county offices the remain- dea of the building.
After the erection of the new jail the basement was given up to the Recorder's office with a large fire-proof vault, the Clerk's office with also a fire-proof vault, and the office of the County Surveyor. The offices of the County Treasurer, Auditor, Sheriff, and County Superintendent, are now on the floor above. The court room is on the upper floor as originally constructed.
In the fall of 1876, a county tax of $12,000, to be divided be- tween 1877 and 1878, was voted for the erection of a new jail, as stated at the close of the preceding chapter. The jail was com- menced and completed in 1878. It is a handsome brick building, two stories high, with stone basement and tin roof-size on the ground being 343x56 feet. The Sheriff's residence is on the first floor and the jail proper on the second floor, provided with Pauley's patent steel cells, considered very secure and proof against jail breakers. The cost of building, with cells, etc., was-
Jail building. $5,434.25 P. J. Pauley's patent steel cells and corridors with sewer pipe and water tank ... 6,097 00
175 00
200 barrel cistern
10 inch sewer pipe connecting with dry run
208 00
Total $11,114 25
There was also expended in 1878,on stone walls and terracing the Court House grounds, about $5,000. Much smaller amounts have since been expended in continuing the walls and terracing, and the work is mostly finished, except on the south side, where the excavating of Broadway by the city is not yet completed. The main front of the Court House is on the north side, the building being a little back of the centre of the grounds, and the jail at the southeast corner of the grounds.
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With the outer wall there are five walls and terraces, covered with grassy lawn, presenting a beautiful appearance. The court house was, for that time, a magnificent building, and is still re- spectable looking, though a little ancient. Its position is com- manding, overlooking the city and surrounding valley, and will some of these days, no doubt, be the site of an imposing edifice.
POOR HOUSE AND FARM.
The poor house and farm of Winneshiek County are located near the village of Freeport, on the southeast quarter of section 14, township 98, range 8 west, in Decorah township; the farm contains 130 acres. Sixty acres were purchased in 1866, and on it stood a large frame house; a brick house, barn and other build- ings have since been erected, and seventy acres of timber land purchased .
MURDER TRIALS.
Winneshiek County has had some half a dozen murders, or cases in which that crime was charged, the trial in the last case being still to come. Several of them have been exciting ones.
The first trial for murder was held in 1861. The defendants were John Livengood and Delilah A. Telyea, who were tried for the murder of Charles Telyea, the husband of Delilah A., in the October term of court, 1861, before Judge Williams. When the charge was first made against the guilty parties, the grand jury failed to find an indictment, on the ground that the body of the murdered man had not been found; but the case was brought be- fore the next grand jury, who brought in a bill. Public opinion was strong against the accused, and great excitement prevailed. The public was agitated to such an extent over the matter that the defendants' attorneys sued for a change of venue, which was granted. The case was taken to Clayton County, where the par- ties were tried. Livengood was found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life; while Mrs. Telyea was acquitted, although public opinion generally considered her guilty. Livengood was par- doned out at the end of ten years, and is supposed to be now living somewhere in Northern Wisconsin.
The next case to enlist attention, and set the public in a state of ferment was that of Charles D. Seeley, for the murder of Wm. McClintock, tried before Judge McGlatherty, February 11th, 1872. Seeley was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to the penitentiary, at hard labor, for fifteen months.
The third murder trial, and by far the most exciting, was that of Helen D. Stickles for the murder of her husband, J. P. Stickles, by poison. On January 4, 1876, John P. Stickles, to all appear- ances was enjoying perfect health. That afternoon he was sud- denly taken sick, and died within a few hours, with all the atten-
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dant symptoms of poisoning by strychnine. The next morning as the news circulated from mouth to month, giving in detail the sudden and horrible death, the conviction was forced upon the community that either a fatal mistake had been made in adminis- tering medicine to the unfortunate man, or a wanton and terrible crime had been committed. A post-mortem examination was held, which served to strengthen the previous theory that J. P. Stickles had died from poison. The stomach was sent to Chica- go for analysis. Dr. M. P. Hatfield, the chemist who made the analysis, sent back word that he had found strychnine. As a re- sult of the continual agitation of the question by the public, and the evidence produced, the Grand Jury, at its March session, 1876, indicted Helen D. Stickles for murder. The case came on for trial in the District Court, Judge Reuben Noble presiding,' in June. The trial lasted nine days, during which time the excite- ment was intense and unabated. O. J. Clark, Prosecuting Attor- torney, was aided by J. T. Clark in prosecuting the side of the State, while C. P. Brown and Cyrus Wellington made themselyes noted as criminal lawyers, by the ability with which they defend- ed the accused. It was one of the most stubbornly-contested trials ever held in the county. Public opinion very generally condemned Mrs. Stickles, but the jury disagreed, standing five for acquittal to seven for conviction. A change of venue was granted the accused, and the case was taken to Fayette County for trial, where she was finally acquitted. She afterwards married Harry Shufelt who was an intimate friend of the family at the time of the death of Mr. Stickles, as well as of the accused at the time of the trial, and moved to the northeastern part of the State, where several years later she attempted suicide on account of be- ing scolded by her husband for too much hilarity; but the dose of poison was pumped out.
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