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But, at Lyons, the Captain was cited to appear before Justice -, to answer for resisting an officer. But as it was proved that he had stood pas- sively on the hurricane deck, and Estabrook, in his frank, bluff way, and with resounding expletives, shouldered the entire responsibility, stating that "it was time to start, and he didn't know of any reason for delaying," and as E. S. Hart was the counsel for the defense it is needless to say that no cause of action was found.
The goings and comings of the Envoy were often as mysterious and uncer- tain as those of the legendary "Flying Dutchman." Indeed she was on the river the counterpart of the sailor's terror upon the ocean, only she was the terror of wood-yards and other depots of boat supplies. Sometimes she would land at a dozen wood-vards before she succeeded in finding one where the pro- prietors were away. Then all hands would pile up the Envoy's hold and guards till she looked like a floating wood-pile, and, leaving a card acknowledging receipt of blank cords of wood, the bristling craft would clatter away. Sometimes she would put off up stream in the evening in gallant style, blazing with lights, and, presently, with glims doused and exhausts hushed, would glide like a phantom
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down the channel on the opposite side, and, perhaps, next be heard of on the Ohio or Red River,
THE DUBUQUE MELEE.
Difficulties between insubordinate "roosters " and bullying mates and between the officers collecting fares and ruffianly deck passengers were inevit- able. But owing to " nerve " and moral force, the authority of the boat offi- cers was always maintained till the bloody riot on the Northern Line steamer Dubuque, on July 29, 1869, memorable as the most murderous melee that ever occurred on the river in time of peace. The boat was bound for St. Paul. At Quincy and Davenport, several hundred rough, turbulent deck passengers swarmed on board, reckless with natural pugnacity and drink. Many had liberal supplies of liquor with them. There was a full complement of cabin passengers, including ladies, but, as the raftsmen and harvesters remained below, quiet prevailed till the boat was nearing Hampton, when the clerk went below to collect fare. leaving a negro deck-hand to guard the stairway. A fight took place between the sentinel and a rough who was whipped by the African. That trivial fracas proved to be but the prelude to a tragedy. Inflamed by alcohol, the mob of deck passengers espoused their comrade's quarrel, and demanded that Capt. Rhodes put his colored crew ashore. His scornful refusal of the mutineers' demand was the signal for a scene of riot and massacre. In a few minutes, the steamer's decks presented a spectacle more like those of a vessel boarded by Algerine or Malay pirates than of a peaceful craft in American inland water. The steamboat men, except the pilots, being without available weapons, and the mob armed with knives, clubs and lumps of coal, the conflict was too unequal. After a brief resistance, the crew was overpowered, and the steamer, from hold to hurricane deck, pervaded by a howling, blaspheming, bloodthirsty crowd of rioters, who surged through the cabins and swarmed over the decks in pursuit of the hated negroes, who were shot, stabbed, trampled, clubbed, thrown or chased overboard and then pelted with missiles till not one was visible on board, those who had not been dispatched being hidden in the hold or ladies' staterooms, or protected by the armed and resolute pilots in the wheel-house. The officers were powerless to protect the crew and were fully employed in protecting passengers fromn insult and injury from whisky-crazed desperadoes. Capt. Rhodes' family were on board and his apprehensions for their safety may have paralyzed him as an official.
At Hampton, Col. S. G. Magill, who happened to be there, and Capt. Rhodes, telegraphed to Clinton and Rock Island. Accordingly, on the boat arriving at Clinton it was met by a detachment of police from Rock Island, in addition to the Clinton Marshal with a large posse, backed by several hundred well-armed citizens. With the exception of several of the ringleaders, who had escaped at Camanche, one of whom was afterward secured by officer Tompkins, of Clin- ton, the mob was arrested and the leading spirits put in irons. Six of the dead were identified by name, but the total number of killed was, probably, never accurately ascertained. Nothing of the kind has since happened on the boats. and the license that returning raftsmen and harvesters had previously sometimes usurped has been rigorously prevented.
The first Lyons warehouse was built by "Old Dad" Fisher, about 1840. It was built of stone, and owing to some controversy with the city as to loca- tion, its construction was authorized by special act of the Legislature.
The first Clinton forwarders were Messrs. Lamb & Low. Guiton & Peabody, J. C. Bucher and the Flournoys, were also prominently identified with the river trade. as has been Col. Magill, in both Clinton and Lyons for many years.
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HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
It is claimed by experienced river men that the annual June rise comes, on the average, earlier, thereby abridging the season for satisfactory navigation. However, there appears to be a seven years cycle of high and low water, which, it is claimed. coincides with magnetic and sun-spot variations.
EARLY STATISTICS.
In 1850. the population of Clinton County was 1,822. In 1854. the cen- sus showed that it had been swollen to 7,200, an increase of 4.376, or 1,094 a year. The increase was mainly during the last two years of the interval, owing to the expectation of a railroad soon traversing the county, stimulating local immigration. The total number of males were 3,795; of females. 3,390. The voters numbered 1,320, the aliens 706. Of able-bodied men liable for militia duty, 840 were enrolled. These figures are suggestive as to the subse- quent development of the community. There was no such disparity between the number of men and women as there was too frequently in comparatively new commonwealths. It is evident that the majority of settlers were substan- tial men, who had brought their families with them and intended to stay. The rapid progress that Clinton County has made in culture and refinement, should be justly attributed to the character no less than the number of the matrons and maids, whose beneficial influence was so promptly and strongly manifested as a social factor. That the aliens numbered about 10 per cent of the popula- tion, was of itself a sufficient reason why the sentiment of Know-Nothingism never obtruded into Clinton County politics or neighborhoods. By association with those of other nationalities who located near them. prejudices were oblit- erated. and within her borders Saxon, Teuton. Celt and Norseman have ever dwelt in fraternity.
The population of the several townships was as follows: Lyons, 1,148; Camanche, 1,275 : De Witt, 981: Elk River, 722: Center, 516; Waterford, 348; Liberty. 321; Bloomfield, 776; Olive, 289; Sharon, 270; Orange, 140; Deep Creek. 211: Spring Rock. 203. The respective villages numbered : Camanehe, 569; Lyons, 513, having doubled in eight months, and De Witt. 243. There were in the county 15 colored persons, all at Camanche.
SANITARY.
The sanitary condition of all the cities and towns in Clinton County has been, since their foundation, remarkably good. Hitherto, no epidemic has been able to obtain a foothold within the county's borders; neither those likely to be imported. such as small-pox, cholera or yellow fever. or those usually ger- minated on the spot where they break out, such as typhus or typhoid fevers or ague. This favorable health record is due to several causes. The intensely cold winters generally prevent disease germs or morbific conditions from so accumulating as to threaten the public health. The drainage of the county is so good that, except in a few isolated districts, the first settlers have not had to combat that sallow enemy of the pioneers to such an extent as in States further east and south-the "shakes." But it is probable that the greatest causes of the satisfactory exhibit of the vital statistics of Clinton County are the prosperity and intelligence of the people. Their prosperity had provided them with abundant supplies of excellent food, which has been shown by the best authori- ties to be one of the most potent conservators of vitality. Their intelligence prevented their falling, even when the country was new, into the shiftless habits so characteristic of the latitudes but little further south, and also quickened their individual wants and social aspirations.' All this had a most beneficial
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effect, nothing being more clearly proven than that mental activity conduces to health. Open spaces and ample room, thereby preventing the worst cause of filth and disease in cities-overcrowding-energetic health officers, and the introduction of water-works, have had their beneficial effects upon the health reports of the largest towns. Though twice since the county has been devel- oped, cholera in a malignant form has appeared on the Upper Mississippi; it has, though located directly in the natural course of the scourge, not been able to secure more than casual victims who had directly or indirectly communicated with infected steamboats. In 1854, several persons who had been landed from steamboats while sick, died of cholera at Lyons, causing considerable indigna- tion and excitement, but no panic.
In 1866, in Clinton, occurred an outbreak of cholera that did create a panic, and would have been serious had it not been for the generally favorable hygienic condition of the locality, though the houses where the pest unmasked its terrors were in a condition almost as bad as some quarters of London at the time of the great plague. The disease broke out on the north side of the east- ern end of Fourth avenue, causing a dozen deaths before vigorous measures stayed its progress. In 1873, though the same malady terribly ravaged the lower portion of Davenport, it obtained no foothold in Clinton County.
During the past decade, not only has the death-rate diminished, but also the proportion of both chronic and acute sickness, especially among children. This has been partly due to the population becoming acclimated, children born in the county being visibly hardier than those who have immigrated. But the great improvement in public health has been due to the popularization and dif- fusion of hygienic and culinary knowledge The spread of the idea that to make a living is not all there is of living, has also had its influence. But, contrary to the usual idea, children living in villages and cities appear to possess a higher average vital development than those living on farms. Why this is so, may be left to the future medical history of the county to discuss.
MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS.
In running over the files of the De Witt Observer the following item attracted notice. It was copied from the Wheatland Advocate, of January 12, 1864: " Twenty-one hogs were brought into Wheatland one day last week, the property of one man, and sold for $700." As compared with the prices the the pioneers of this county used to receive when they hauled their pork long distances, and sold it for $1.25 to $1.75 per hundred, it seemed a fabulous price. Those were war times.
Black Bill .- Among the early settlers in Camanche was William Watts, who was born a slave in Missouri. He was a large, athletic man, very erect, and exceedingly courteous in his bearing. He is said to have purchased him- self and his wife by his own labor. Others assert that his former owner gave them their freedom, and purchased him a farm near Camanche. At all events, he at one time was the owner of a fine farm near that city. William was a popular man with the white people. He used to keep a hotel in Camanche, which was well patronized. Many of the officers of the court, attorneys and others stopped with " Bill." He kept a station on the " underground railroad," and assisted many of his colored brethren in escaping from bondage. William used to say that he " was the first white man in Camanche." He reared quite a large family, and for a time was prosperous, but reverses overtook him, and. as some charge, he was over-reached by some whom he counted as his friends, losing his farm, which was a quarter-section, and living in poverty until too old for
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further labor, he was removed to the County House, where he died a few years since, at the extreme age of one hundred and four years.
In 1869, in Spring Rock Township, a man named Alonzo Page, who was a thief, and notoriously so, stealing and delivering horses from his own neigh- borhood to the " runners," was visited by a company of Regulators, who invested his house on a November night, for the purpose of capturing him and "inter- viewing " him for a confession. He was armed. and made a determined defense, firing upon the crowd. As his assailants approached nearer, he came out of the house with his gun and started in pursuit of one of the number, but had taken but a few steps when he fell mortally wounded, surviving his wounds but a few days.
A gentleman who was, in an early day. engaged in mercantile business in the western part of the county, in speaking of the times when " Judge Lynch " was presiding on the bench, relates that among the visitors through this section was a man known by the soubriquet of " Old Man Roberts." His visits were
He was always quite frequent, until he was familiar to most of the people. After he had going westerly ; was never observed on his return journeys. passed, it always, by a singular coincidence. happened that a new counterfeit began to circulate. The bills were frequently so well executed as to pass quite current, even among those most accustomed to handling currency. He says that the only note reporter they had was Thompson's, published in New York. Before the detection of the counterfeit, its transmission to New York, the receipt of the Monthly Reporter here, weeks, and even months would elapse. In the mean time, they must rely upon their own judgment in accepting the currency offered. This led to the practice of using all the suspected money in settling their transactions with persons suspected of being engaged in "shoving the queer." and it was always accepted by them without a question, and by a bank then doing business in a city not far distant. Our narrator states that he has paid his St. Louis drafts with money which he strongly suspected of being counterfeit, and which. indeed, had been described in the Reporter. He says that this was always a somewhat mysterious circumstance.
An amusing incident is related in connection with the draft. A number of gentlemen in Clinton had formed one of the then numerous " Draft Insur- ance Companies" or " pools." They numbered twenty-three and paid in $300 each. Four of their number were drafted. and it became the business of the hour to find the necessary substitutes. They had money enough in the " pool," but men were not plenty. Having learned that out west a party of Indians were encamped and engaged in cutting wood, two of their number, one a prom- inent business man and the other a well-known attorney, were dispatched to see if they could not secure their number of men from these. They engaged five to go down to Davenport to be examined. On arriving there, they found the officers greatly overwhelmed with the pressure upon the office, and it was several days before they could obtain a hearing. Meanwhile, they had to watch their substitutes, and day and night they had them under espionage. At last their turn came; their Indians were passed into the military court- room, but soon an officer rushed out and said. " Here, take away your Indians ; they're all squaws." The gentlemen above mentioned have always contended that the officials were mistaken and were guilty of perpetrating an immense joke on them, and their protestations to their partners in the pool gained additional weight from the fact that the government officially announced that no Indians would be enlisted.
CENSUS RETURNS SHOWING POPULATION OF CLINTON COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1875, BY TOWN- SHIPS AND CITIES.
Total Population.
NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS AND CITIES.
No. of dwelling houses.
Number of families.
Male.
Female.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
No. born in Iowa
No. born in U. S.,
No. born in for-
No. 5 years old, and
No. 6 years old, and
No. 16 years old
Number births in 1874.
Number deaths in 1874.
Number of voters.
No. of foreigners
Number of militia.
740 Berlin.
87
87
417
323
740
354
158
228
42
185
64
36
5 104
49
66
1364 Bloomfield
270 270
720
643
1363
1
1
607
552| 205
231
366
113
43
27 272
22
158
994 Brookfield.
172|
172
526
468
994
492
336
166|
58
270
81
18
2 191
18
132
495 Camanche, exclusive of town
95
95
257
238
495
222
192
81
18
100
49
13
4 105
10
59
758 Camanche, town of
169
169
395
363
758
285
319
154
25
.187
76
17
9 187
11
65
120
1226 Center.
210
210
650
576
1226
534
169 523
509 418
60| 303
114
54
29 236
56
155
1346 Clinton, exclusive of city.
277
277
684
647
1331
5
10
15
6929
47
52
99
2120
2998 1910
149|1397
369
145
56 1363
181
716
165
165
528
459
987
426,
170 397
468 263
55
347| 130
35
38
15 466
36
189
946 Eden.
143
143
518
428
946
399
278' 269
112
199
87
18
5 185
28|
127
1271 Elk River.
205
205
716
555
1271
562
229 480
51
278
113
39
11 236
87
121
963| Hampshire.
169
169
514
449
963
451
102 410
33
220
98
39
11
168
56
91
825 Liberty ...
155
155
442
383.
825
326
260
239
34
210
76
31
14
154
84
363 Lincoln.
64
64
193
170
363
174
119
70
20
97
52.
8
3
76
4
44
75
75
196
186
382
174
104 104
15
55
48|
9
4
85
1
24
752
752,
1845
1925
3770
3
11
14
1681
1182 921|
186
855
357
99
73
666
105
348
.268 268
785
696
1481
619
405
457
63
372|
120
56
37
12
175
11
108
188'
188
630
569
557
358| 284
46
292
111
27
8
238
73
139
804 Spring Rock, exclusive of Wheatland ...
147
147|
405
399
366
202
236
44
232
63:
28
6
117
36
64
956 Washington.
137
137
488
468
956
449
155
352
51
263
92;
28
9
174
3
116
828 Waterford
137
137
424
404
828
493
169: 166
59
261.
102
35
11
189
27|
120
865 Welton ...
162
157
463
402
865
408
288 169
31
236
89
22
15
151
32)
116
716 Wheatland, town of.
169
169
362
352
714
1
1
291
277
148
55
162
55
13
9
129
9
86
34295
Total
6427 6449
17561
16583
34144 .66
85 151
14050 11107 9138 1790 6957|2870
9621
390 5569 1194 3644
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1481 Olive ....
164. 164
484
447
931
432
302. 197
29
243
84
10 272
193
90
931 Orange.
1199
804
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661
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
WHITE POPULATION.
COLORED POPULATION.
NATIVITY OF INHABITANTS.
BETWEEN 5 AND 21 YEARS
eign countries.
under 6.
under 16.
and under 21.
naturalized.
103
7028 Clinton, city of. Court House.
1497 1524
3366
3563
1288
1
...
8
11
19
651
806 297
156
310
128
16 276
24
171
1289 De Witt, exclusive of town.
230
230
694
594
1
1754 De Witt, town of
.
320
320
859
876
1735
558
41| 239
94
32
17 163
57
97
987 Deep Creek ...
419
126 278 105
42
9, 19]
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382 Lyons, exclusive of city.
3784 Lyons, city of.
1199 Sharon.
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but not in lowa.
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OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES POLLED IN CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA, ON THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1878.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
AUDITOR OF STATE.
TREAS. OF STATE.
REG. OF S. L. OFFICE.
JUDGE SUP. COURT.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ..
CLERK SUP. COURT.
REPORTER OF SUPERIOR COURT.
E. M. Farnsworth.
J. A. T. HuIl.
Josephi Eiboeck.
Buren R. Sherman.
G. V. Swearingen.
M. L. Devin.
George W. Bemis.
M. Farrington.
James K. Powers.
J. C. Knapp.
James HI. Rothrock.
John Gibbons.
J. F. McJunkin.
C. II. Jackson.
Alex. Ruuyan.
Ed. J. Holmes.
J. B. Elliott.
John S. Runnells.
S. W. Rutherford.
Berlin
139
143
839 113 .. ...
139
113
140
142
135
1171
138
143
1333
150
138
143. . . ....
Brookfield ..
56
108
57 107
56
108
56 108
56
109
56
108
110
56
108
Camanche
80
178
80
178
178
80
178
178
80
178
80
1781
80
178;
....
96
65
97
14
96
96
65
96
65
96
69
06
6.4
97
64 .
Clinton-First Precinct
227
188
·
·
·
136
213
137
212
184
215
236
215
128
220
136
212
135
21-1
133
216
......
Third Precinct.
9,8
120
98
129
98
128
95
120
91
133
129
98
129
88
120.
......
294
184|
204
184
294
184
181
29.1
184
204
184
294
184
294
184
....
.
·
·
.
·
·
·
·
·
·
.. . .
·
·
305
250
207
247
305
:50
305
250
303
250
297
250
303
250
207
250
8
De Witt ..
61
95
61
05
61
9.)
61
(,)
61
95
61
8.3
107
83
107
83
107
83
......
Elk River ..
96
42
96
12
06
12
96
12
42
96
42
06
42
96
12
Liberty ..
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
30
32
32
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49
67
471
53
94
49
118
76
121
76
121
63
121
13
76!
121
63
121
13
76
121
63
121
13
76
90
162
99
162
GG
163
66
163
66
...
162
99
163
99
Spring Rock.
144
7
144
7
..
..
159
10
159
70
150
70.
159
70
158
70
159
70
Welton
79
79
70
19
1
79
79
71
70
71
79
70
79
1
71
79
70
79
1
Total
3181 2705, 3017 2693
165 3155 2705 3169 2703 3155 2726 3009 2702 166 3154 2720 3006 2708 166
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
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Waterford .
158.
71
158
71
144
7
144
7
144
7
144
7
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144
7
144
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Washington
162
99
163
51
106
51
106
51
106
51)
106
51
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387
281
394
275
.....
119
114
30
113
90
119
114
114
114
119
114
29 114
90
119
114
29
114
90
Olive ..
49
118
49
64
49
54
118
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64
49
54
118
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394 275
394
273
393
275
393|
275
393
278
394
274
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105
51
100
51
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106
51
106
107
83
107
83
107
85
1071
190
2228
188
228
188
227
189.
186
227
188
227
188
45
90
45
45
90
45
90
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Deep Creek
45
89
45
90
53
40
53
40
53
40
53
40
40
53
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Bloomfield
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Eden ..
61
951
61
95
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Lincoln.
Lyons
Orange Sharon
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Second Precinct
Fourth Precinct
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107
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121
204 45
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OFFICIAL CANVASS OF VOTES POLLED IN CLINTON COUNTY, IOWA, ON THE 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1878-CONTINUED.
REP. SECOND CONG. DISTRICT.
JUDGE SEVENTH JUD. DIST.
ATT'Y. SEVENTH JUD. DIST.
COUNTY CLERK.
COUNTY RECORDER.
COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
W. F. Brannan.
Hiram Price.
Jacob Geiger.
W. I. Hayes.
W. E. Leffingwell.
F. M. Fort.
M. V. Gannon.
H. H. Benson.
D. C. Cloud.
W. B. Leffingwell.
J. C. S. Tate.
J. H. Walliker.
W. H. O'Donnell.
T. H. Ellis.
John Coleman.
J. J. McGarry.
Ed. Svendsen.
G. W. King.
53
38.
2
41
33
14
52
40
1
54
38
1
52
39
1
53
35
5
Blerlin.
112
143
26
83
145
38
108
142
30
55
108
3
70
93
179
16
54 190
20
58
190
19
60
187
19
130
68
14
61
187
19
122
162
228|
32
192
165
57
124
220
71
152/
191
71
30
256
58
23
104
213
29
146
187
19
122
199
20
137
182
27
114
2d Precinct ...
78 114
34
52
133
40
62
126
40
150
41
2,1
58
127
41
81
193
126
151|
219
105
206
163
108
158
190.
129
153
4th Precinct ...
41
87
7
26
109
40
90
6
54
75
4
49
79
6
26
105
6
Deep Creek ..
237
246
72
155
301
62
216
250
76
266
236
43
174
317
57
290
202
57
De Witt ..
39
94
23
29
52
32
36
96
23
49
84
22
38
96
22
39
95
22
7
88
49
1
65
71
101
53
3
106
47
2
94
61
2
100
55
2
120
34
3
Liberty
29
32
3
14
38
29
31
3
29
29
6
28
32
23
37
44
340
273
60
107
69
59|
103
11
114
108
48
128
57
38
101
93
31
95
107
Lyons ..
13
Olive ...
58
47
63
57
45
60
56
49
62
93
52
23
52
62
53
42
53
71
Orange ..
61
122
15
99
19
157
94
11
152
98
12
151
100
12
150
101
12
187
62
12
Spring Rock
110
7
34
65
53
27
113
7
29
125
13
12
125
59
2
156
70
3
154
72
3
154
69
5
112
110
3
157
69
3
169
15
56
83
11
44
91
14
63
73
10
68
69
13
5
87
33
54
80
689
12364 2718 764 2730 2686
2434 2698 757 |2282 2602
Total ...
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94
63
3
60
91
1
73
67
2
37
74
85
2
55
103
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Welton ..
628 2418 2765 690
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55
106
4
21
126
298
55
51
151
188
78
134
133
20
108 149
26
103
149
31
B oomfield.
3
49 113
4
44
119
3
HISTORY OF CLINTON COUNTY.
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83
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116
70
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106
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37
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Lincoln
44
586
19
326
275
69
333
312
21
340
279
50
122
17
43
138
16
58
87
34
59
122
17
55
127
15
59
77
7
71
112
Elk River.
95
42
1
103
31
Hampshire
102
53
2
197,
126
286
49
112
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Sharon ..
144
9
16
139
10
2
899
460 2494 2745
120
26
3d Precinct ...
154
13
Brookfield ..
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Camanche ..
Clinton-1st Precinct ..
204
Eden ..
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338 287
113
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TOWNS.
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CENSUS RETURNS OF 1875 OF LAND AND FIELD CROPS IN CLINTON COUNTY.
₮99
No. of acres of improved
No. of acres of unim-
proved laud.
No. of rods of fence.
No. of acres in cultiva-
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of busbels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels
Number of acres.
Number of bushels harvested.
Berlin
16186
414
50878
16332
3507
50796
1543
180395
25
318
969
27332
1179
14793
5
110
Bloomfield
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