The history of Clinton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns &c., biographical sketches of citizens, Part 81

Author: Western Historical Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Chicago : Western historical company
Number of Pages: 812


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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.


658


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]


..


..


382 Lyons, exclusive of city.


3784 Lyons, city of.


1199 Sharon.


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not


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


32|


. .


..


.


.


.


.


#


.


·


.


.


.


.


.


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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.


.


·


·


· .


.


·


·


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·


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·


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Waterford .


158.


71


158


71


144


7


144


7


144


7


144


7


......


144


7


144


......


Washington


162


99


163


51


106


51


106


51


106


51)


106


51


..


....


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


.19


64


49


54


118


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.


.


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.


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.


·


·


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.


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394 275


394


273


393


275


393|


275


393


278


394


274


...


105


51


100


51


. .


..


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


..


Deep Creek


45


89


45


90


53


40


53


40


53


40


53


40


40


53


40 .. ....


Bloomfield


....


..


..


..


. .


...


...


·


.


.


...


...


Eden ..


61


951


61


95


..


....


....


..


...


..


Lincoln.


Lyons


Orange Sharon


. . ...


-1


......


..


..


Center .


·


.....


Second Precinct


Fourth Precinct


.


107


Hampshire


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... ...


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......


₹99


TOWNS.


40


10)


J.


.....


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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


1


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.


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Waterford.


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...


.


Welton ..


628 2418 2765 690


..


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.


4


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.


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.


.


·


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83


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188


1


98


83


9


116


70


4


106


2


100


37


1


68


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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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...


..


.


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.


Sharon ..


144


9


16


139


10


2


899


460 2494 2745


120


26


3d Precinct ...


154


13


Brookfield ..


.


Camanche ..


Clinton-1st Precinct ..


204


Eden ..


·


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.


.


338 287


113


·


.


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TOWNS.


4


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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