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$3,000. No certificate of insurance was issued until 1,067 names were secured, and on the 1st of October, 1877, certificates to that number were issued. There are now 1,300 members, including many prominent men throughout the State. On the death of a member, each certificate holder is notified by mail that $1.10 is due the Association from him, and, as soon as the money is received, a receipt is sent, requiring 2,600 letters for each loss, to be sent by the Secretary. The 10 cents per member goes to pay the expenses of the Asso- ciation. An annual due of $2 from each member is also provided. When the accumulations in the treasury amount to over $1,000, a loss is paid by the Association, without an assessment.
The first loss of the Association occurred January 12, 1878, a second fol- lowing three days later. Up to August 1, 1879, there have been twelve deaths.
The incorporators, as given above, are the present Board of Directors. Z. De Groat is President ; A. L. Bartholomew, Secretary and Treasurer ; J. F. H. Sugg, General Superintendent.
FIRES.
The town has been quite unfortunate in the matter of fires, having been twice severely scourged in 1878. The first of these occurred in January, beginning one evening about dusk, in the clothing store of one Longini. Its origin is unknown. Four buildings were burned before the progress of the enemy was checked, which was finally done by the bucket brigade. The losses approximated as follows : A. S. Riley, frame dwelling, $1,200; F. McMani- gal, store building, $400 ; John Peters, two buildings, $2,000 (insured); Lon- gini, stock of clothing, $2,400 (insured) ; John Peters, stock of hardware, $300 (insured).
The second fire occurred on the morning of June 6, 1878, breaking out about 1 o'clock in the hardware store of John Peters, who had been. a sufferer six months before. . This burned three stores, including the finest brick store in the place, the pride of Preston. The extent of the fire may be understood by the following statement : C. Farley & Co., stock and building, $1,000 ; Reif & Behrns, general stock, $5,000; John Peters, stock and building, $6,500; H. Specht, brick building, $5,500; total, $18,000.
These disasters were a heavy blow to the young city. Part of the burned · district has been rebuilt, and more of it is now in progress of building.
PRESTON CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
was incorporated under the laws of Iowa Dec. 21, 1875, by Alva Mclaughlin, Asher Riley, J. R. Case, S. F. Vinton, A. Groves, W. R. Lum- bert, .J. E. Reid, J. Van Steinberg, Z. De Groat, William J. Gillett, M. H. Eaton, C. Farley, M. C. Schofield and A. L. Bartholomew. The cemetery contains near two acres, and is located on the northeast corner of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Van Buren Township, being about one mile east of town. The cemetery is neatly fenced and laid out into 106 lots, of which 49 lots have been set aside as a potter's field, and 55 have been sold. The Trustees are Z. De Groat, J. R. Case and A. L. Bartholomew. The last-named is Treasurer.
NEWSPAPERS.
Two journalistic efforts have breathed their short lives away in Preston. The Preston Clipper was founded in 187- by P. R. Bailey, and surrendered in
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the spring of 1878. The Preston Advertiser appeared in July, 1877, and lived one year. It was published by H. V. Hicks.
ASSOCIATIONS.
Preston Reform Club .- This organization resulted from the efforts of Messrs. Baker, Cravens and Bailey, of Maquoketa, who labored in Preston several days. The first meeting of the Club was held in the Union Church January 24, 1878, and was organized with thirty-five members. The pledge of membership was the same as that used in other parts of the county.
The first officers were : Thomas H. Gilroy, President ; Dan Stinrod, Vice President ; J. Frank Huntoon, Secretary ; J. F. H. Sugg, Treasurer ; W. S. R. Burnett, Chaplain ; I. Forrett, J. A. Holmes, J. F. H. Sugg, Executive Committee. During the early part of February, Messrs. Hoofstittler and Rowell visited Preston and labored in the cause for several days, adding con- siderably to the membership of the Club.
About this time, a committee was appointed to prosecute some who were violating the State prohibitory law, and pledged the cordial support of the Club to those thus appointed.
From the 1st of March, 1878, a room was rented over Behrns' store, and was opened every evening as a reading-room. This was burned, with some of the Club's property, in June, 1878. A room was then rented in the building of J. R. Case, and called the "Temperance Hall." At first, the Club was sustained by the payment of quarter'y dues by the members ; but this plan was abandoned in July, 1878, and the Club afterward sustained by voluntary con- tributions.
In October, 1878, the ladies of the W. C. T. U. were invited to meet with the Club at its regular meetings. The following month, the use of the Union Church was tendered the Club in which to hold their meetings, and the room rented by Mr. Case was abandoned.
During most of the winter of 1878-79, a programme was offered at each meeting, consisting of recitations, readings, music, etc., by members of the Club and others. Several entertainments were given under its auspices, and quite a number of lecturers employed upon subjects connected with temper- ance. June 12, 1879, the Club adjourned over the heated term.
The present officers are: Addison Young, President ; J. B. Beckwith and and Mrs. Elliott, Vice Presidents ; A. S. Riley, Secretary ; J. R. Case, Treas- urer ; Rev. W. O. Glasner, Chaplain.
Preston formerly had a Woman's Christian Temperance Union, but no meetings have been held in almost a year.
Astral Lodge, No. 324, A., F. § A. M .- Preston contains, probably, as many prominent Masons as any other town of its size in the State. Astral Lodge was organized March 10, 1873, and chartered on the 4th of the follow- ing June, with the following charter members : J. F. H. Sugg, A. L. Barthol- omew, Z. De Groat, Coleman Amos, William M. Amos, M. C. Schofield, E. De Groat, Asher Riley and S. T. Randolph.
The Lodge held meetings, for a time, over Elliott & Reed's store, taking up quarters in their present location, over D. S. Swaney's store, in 1875. Their room is elegantly furnished, and reveals the good financial condition of the Order.
The Worthy Masters since the organization have been : J. H. Sugg, 1873; A. L. Bartholomew, 1874-76; R. M. Essick, 1877-78; Z. De Groat, 1879.
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Of the forty-four members composing Astral Lodge, the following have attained the Thirty-second Degree, or highest step in the degrees of Masonry : Asher Riley, H. S. McNeil, D. H. Huntoon, Henry Specht, A. L. Bartholo- mew, J. F. H. Sugg, Josiah Davis, E. B. Brain, Z. De Groat, William J. Gillett.
There has been one death in the Lodge, that of Coleman Amos.
The present officers are: Z. De Groat, W. M .; H. V. Hicks, S. W .; H. S. McNeal, J. W .; E. Behrns, Treasurer ; E. J. Bradley, Secretary.
Strangers' Refuge, No. 242, I. O. O. F .- This Lodge of Odd Fellows was organized January 30, 1873, with B. F. McManigal, H. W. Parker, E. L. Jacobs, A. E. Allen and A. L. Bartholomew as charter members. H. W. Parker was first Noble Grand.
The five charter members contributed $11 each to secure the necessary equipments for founding a lodge, and after the same was organized, within the first six months, the Order incurred an indebtedness of $400. The Lodge now has a widow and orphan's fund of $190, and a general fund of $361 in money and loans. Have other lodge property to the amount of $532. The Strangers' Refuge has paid out in sick benefits $340. They have lost no members by death. In the early part of 1875, they had a membership of sixty-four, but a. number withdrew to establish a Lodge at Miles. There are now thirty-nine members in good standing connected at Preston. The Lodge formerly met in Specht's Hall, but now meet over Mclaughlin's store. The Lodge propose, during the fall of the present year (1879), to build a hall of their own, as the second story of H. Specht's new brick building. The present officers are: Ben Van Steinberg, N. G .; Fred Pryor, V. G .; B. F. McManigal, Secretary; C. R. Shutts, Treasurer ; William Brown, Chaplain.
Preston Lodge, No. 46, A. O. U. W .- The first officers were: L. B. White, P. M. W .; A. L. Bartholomew, M. W .; Asher Riley, G. F .; Ed. Reid, O .; B. F. McManigal, Recorder; E. Behrns, Financier; C. R. Shutts, Receiver; H. V. Hicks, Guide; Henry Specht, I. W .; F. C. Erdman, O. W. The Lodge was chartered January 28, 1876. Meetings were held in Odd Fel- lows' Hall until the present summer, when the Order moved to the Masonic Hall. They talk of erecting a hall of their own in a few months. There are now twenty-five members in Preston Lodge. No deaths have occurred. A beneficiary department for the payment of $4 per week to those who are sick has been established. The present officers are: Z. De Groat, P. M. W .; P. E. Fuller, M. W .; James Farley, G. F .; Samuel Foster, O .; Benjamin Van Steinberg, Recorder; E. Behrns, Financier; C. R. Shutts, Receiver; E. J. Kennedy, I. W .; L. B. White, O. W .; B. F. McManigal, G.
CHURCHES.
Christian Church .- This Church was organized at an early day at Mount Algor. For a time meetings were held at Miles' Corner, which afterward became Miles. In 1873, the people of this faith, assisted by the citizens, built a church in Preston, and the church meetings were changed from Miles to this point. The building committee having in charge the building of the church, were Alva Mclaughlin, George A. Fell, O. H. Legg and Z. De Groat. The build- ing cost about $3,500, will seat about three hundred persons, is ornamented by a spire, and equipped with a Sterling bell. The ministers since the transfer to. Sterling have been: 1873, J. N. Smith ; 1874, - Pardee; 1875, William Swaney; 1876, I. H. Ingram; 1877, J. W. Henry; 1878, pulpit vacant ;
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1879, J. N. Smith. The Pastor preaches also at Monticello, and lives there. The officers of the Church are: Elders, A. A. Jacobs and J. W. Sewell ; Deacons, . Alva Mclaughlin and Avery Miles; Clerk, Justin Miles. The membership. now numbers about seventy. not being so large as it was a few years ago.
Union Church Incorporation .- The Societies of Methodists and Congre- gationalists in Preston were, at the time of the building of the town, too poor to erect a church of their own, and an incorporation was therefore formed, composed of Congregationalists, Methodists and a third class with no church connection, commonly called "outsiders," for the purpose of erecting and con- trolling a church building. Liberal contributions were made by the citizens of Preston and the surrounding country. A building committee was appointed, consisting of Z. De Groat, Devillo Sweet and J. F. H. Sugg. The church was erected in 1872, hy Haight & Vinton, contractors, at a cost of near $4,000. The building will seat about three hundred persons. It is used for church. services by the Methodist and Congregational Churches, and the incorporation reserve the right to make such other use of their property as they see fit. The Board of Trustees consists of seven members, three of whom are chosen by the Congregational Church, one of the three to be a non-church member. The Methodist Society elect a like number, and these six choose a seventh trustee. The present Board is composed of D. Sweet, L. Carmer, J. Bascom, J. Davis, Z. De Groat, I. N. Pollans and Frank McManigal. A Union Sabbath school is conducted with T. F. Elliott, Superintendent, T. W. Mitchell, Assistant.
The M. E. Church was formally organized in 1873, with thirty members, which number has since increased to about forty. The Preston Church is a part of the Preston Circuit, including stations at Center, Charlotte and Pres- ton. The parsonage is at the last-named place. The society was incorporated in January, 1877, by Devillo Sweet, William E. Coe, James Heather, Benja- min Halroyd and Lewis Carmen. A parsonage was erected during the summer following the incorporation, at a cost of $1,100. The Pastors since the organ- ization of the Church have been Revs. J. Gilruth, George Crinklow, - Aldrich, Isaac Lusk, W. S. R. Burnette and W. O. Glasner. The last-named gentleman now occupies the pulpit and resides in Preston.
Congregational Church .- This society held meetings in the schoolhouse previous to the erection of the church, and had had a sort of organization in the vicinity previous to the existence of the town. Rev. O. Emerson and Rev. Eells have been their regularly employed ministers. Rev. Mr. Gaylord preaches for them this summer, but has not settled as Pastor yet.
BALDWIN.
Baldwin is located as nearly as may be in the center of Monmouth Town- ship, on the line of the Midland Railway and is an unincorporated town of probably four hundred inhabitants.
February 9, 1859, at this point a few lots were platted and recorded by Henry Haines, under the name of Fremont, and a few houses were built there. It was not until the building of the railroad in 1871, however, that any con- siderable progress was made. The town of Baldwin adjoining Fremont on the east, was platted by Edward Baldwin, October 20, 1871, being located on the northwest quarter of Section 22, in Monmouth Township. The village is now known as Baldwin, that being the name given alike to the depot and the post
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office. On the county records, however, the name Fremont has never been changed.
An addition to the town was laid out about 1873 by J. M. Zook, and the. lots now unsold in the town belong to Mr. Zook or Mr. Baldwin. This land was formerly owned by Joseph Skinner, who settled in 1844, on what is now known as the Baldwin farm. Here was born in 1845, Julia A. Skinner (now Mrs. Wivinis). The first store in the place, we are informed, was kept by Jacob Zook.
The post office now known as Baldwin, was started at what is now known as Mill Rock. The first Postmaster was James B. Cobb, and the office was called Cobb's office until it was charged to Baldwin after the railroad came through. The first Postmaster, when the office was located in Fremont, was Levi Snobur- ger. The office was for political reasons moved back to Mill Rock, three- fourths of a mile south of Fremont, under the care of Ira Stimpson and Josiah Hunt. Upon its second removal to its present location after the founding of Baldwin, it was kept by John Reed. The other officials in charge have been John McGregor, Washington Long, Nan Davis and N. S. Andrews. The last named holds the office at the present time. There is a daily mail east and west over the Midland road. No money orders are issued at Baldwin.
BUSINESS.
The principal business houses of Baldwin are as follows: Three general stores, J. H. Sokol, S. D. Fort, F. M. Wheeler ; hardware, Scheib Brothers ; drugs, N. S. Andrews and C. B. Gilmore ; lumber-dealer, William Dickenson ; grain and stock dealer, Washington Long; livery stable, L. D. Watson; agri- cultural implements, J. H. Spray ; wagon-shops, Joseph Beck, Jr., and Matt Blezek ; hotel, Transit House, by J. H. & E. M. Spray ; physicians, Dr. John Gilmore and Dr. J. Townsend.
EDUCATIONAL.
The Baldwin Independent District .- The first schoolhouse in this vicinity was about a mile southeast on the creek bottom, and was the building of Sub- district No. 2, of Monmouth Township. The first teacher in this district is said to have been Frederick Earle. The next schoolhouse was located between the site of Fremont and Mill Rock, and after the former place grew to be some- thing of a town, a building was erected in the village. The Baldwin Inde- pendent District was organized by vote of the electors of Subdistrict No. 2, about 1873. The first School Board of the independent district was composed of F. J. Gregor, J. W. Reed and Jerry Widel. Of these, the first named was President. Edward Baldwin was the first Treasurer.
On the 5th day of December, 1874, it was voted by a ballot of 30 to 4, that bonds of the district should be issued for the purpose of erecting a building commensurate with the growing need of the district. Bonds were therefore issued for that purpose to the amount of $2,200. It was decided to build a two-story frame building containing a room on each floor; the second story to be used by the more advanced department of the school. Bids were received January 20, 1875, for the erection of a house, such as was called for by the specifications which had been agreed upon. The bids were as follows : Davis Leland, $2,390; Jeremiah Widel, $1,800; P. M. Van, $1,875; C. T. Sewards, $2,500; D. A. Waterman, $2,000; J. Drake, $1,965. The contract
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was awarded to Jerry Widel at his bid, $1,800. The entire cost of building and furniture was about the same amount as the issue of bonds, viz., $2,200. Of these bonds, $800 are now outstanding, the remainder having been paid. The old schoolhouse was sold at public auction, July, 1875, for $50, and has been converted into an agricultural warehouse by J. H. Spray.
The present Board of Directors are : R. S. Brown, J. M. Zook and F. A. Obergfell. S. D. Fort is Secretary and William Scheib, Treasurer. School is maintained during nine months of the year. The teachers are Charles Mil- ler, and his wife, Martha Miller. The former receives $40 per month, and the latter $20 per month. The average number of pupils belonging to both the departments during the winter of 1878-79 was 100. The average percentage of attendance eighty-eight.
CHURCHES.
Trinity Catholic Church .- This Church was organized, May 5, 1864, upon the call of a meeting by J. J. Kopsa, who has been the leading spirit in the Church since it organization. He gave to the society the lot on which the church was built. The house of worship was commenced the year following the founding of the Church, but was not completed until 1873. It is a neat stone building, and was erected at a cost of some $1,500. It was used for a number of years prior to its completion.
The priests who have been in charge are Fathers Anton, Urban, John Zleb- sik and Francis Ghmelan. The last named is now in charge of the parish. He lives in Cedar Rapids, and holds services in Baldwin once every four weeks.
Baldwin and vicinity are the homes of quite a number of Bohemians, most of whom are Roman Catholics. The services are conducted in Bohemian, Ger- man and English.
The present membership is near forty. The officers are: Frank Leysek, Director ; and Frank Biss, Collector.
Methodist .Episcopal Church .- The Methodist society of Baldwin was organized in 1872, with John Widel as first Class-leader, and some eight or ten members, among whom were John J. Shirk, John Widel and wife, William Dick- enson and wife, J. K. Hunt, and Mrs. M. Gibson. The first meeting was held in the district schoolhouse, where all services were held until the church was built.
In the erection of a house of worship, the Methodists received considerable assistance from outsiders, and though the title is vested in the Methodist Episcopal society, it is with the proviso that any other denomination may use the building for services when it is not occupied by the Methodists. The church was built in 1873, at a cost of near $1,200. . The Building Committee was E. Baldwin, William Dickenson and Jeremiah Widel.
Baldwin is a part of Monmouth Circuit, composed of Monmouth, Baldwin and Smithstown. The Pastor lives in the first-named place.
The ministers in charge since its organization, have been Revs. Winset, Robert Milner, W. S. R. Burnette, Isaac Newton and Rogers. The last named came in 1877, and is now the Pastor.
A Sabbath school is superintended by R. M. McDowell. The Stewards of the Church are William Dickenson and John Lock ; the Trustees are John Lock, Edw. Baldwin, William Dickenson, Henry Lubben and Josiah' Hunt. The Church now has about twenty members.
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MONMOUTH.
Monmouth was platted by W. F. Douglas June 15, 1855, and was located on the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 20, in Monmouth Township. A town to which the name Coloma was given was laid out by Dr. L. T. Hubbard April 29, 1856, on the northeast quarter of the northeast quar- ter of Section 19, in Monmouth Township. The town plats were, there- fore, adjoining. Common consent has given to the whole the name Monmouth, after Monmouth Township, which was named by A. W. Pence, County Com- missioner at the time of its organization, in honor of his former home in Mon- mouth, Ill.
At the time of its platting, Monmouth was on the daily coach route between the river and Anamosa. At this time, there was much talk of the Air-Line Railroad passing through the State, and Monmouth was on the surveyed line of the road. The founders were, therefore, hopeful that they would soon have a large town, and probably would not have been disappointed if the railroad had been a success. As it was, the place grew very slowly, and was simply a country village, until it received a new impetus from the building of the Midland Railway, in 1871, on the line of which it is located.
About 1869, the unsold lots of West Monmouth, or Coloma, passed from the hands of Dr. L. T. Hubbard to Mr. Henry Green, who laid out an addi- tion to the town at the time of the building of the railway. He has about sixty lots yet unsold and unimproved.
A post office was established at Monmouth about the time the town was founded. The Postmasters since the formation of the office, as near as we could learn, are John Holsaple, W. L. Thomas, James Riland, Henry Green, Dr. Sillis, D. C. Mishler, F. J. Sokol, M. M. Standish and U. Atkinson. Mon- mouth enjoys the advantages of a money-order office and a daily mail east and west. It is also the southern terminus of a semi-weekly way-mail route to Dubuque.
MERCANTILE AND PROFESSIONAL.
Monmouth has two general stores, Henry Green and H. J. Banghart ; drug store, U. Atkinson ; hardware and furniture, L. P. Willis ; grain, stock and lumber dealer, Henry Green; hotel, Lake House, by A. B. Lake ; physicians, F. A. Packard and H. M. Kennedy. Monmouth is surrounded by a most excellent country, and enjoys the advantage of being the most eligible trading- point for a large district. The retail trade is most excellent. The town is located on either side of Mill Creek, and is on a low piece of land, for which reason some trouble is experienced as to its streets and cellars. The village, however, is said to be very healthy.
EDUCATIONAL.
The school district now known as the Independent District of Monmouth was organized as Subdistrict No. 6, Monmouth Township, September, 1853. The first School Board was composed of Luther Holmes, President; A. J. Trimble, Secretary, and W. F. Douglas, Treasurer. At the first meeting of the District Electors, there were but seven persons present, viz., Joseph
glenny Ofecht.
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Rosenbarger, Abraham Balm, Henry Stoop, W. F. Douglas, A. J. Trimble, Albert Coffin and Robert Harris.
In 1856, a new school building was built for the use of the district, in the town of Monmouth. The old building was sold to Dr. L. T. Hubbard, for . $24.
The Independent District of Monmouth was established by vote of the citizens of Subdistrict No. 6, March 22, 1865, with the following bound- aries :
" The district shall consist of Sections 17 and 18, and the north three- fourths of Sections 19 and 20; also, south one-half of southwest one-fourth, and south one-half of southeast one-fourth of Section 7, and the southwest one-fourth of the southwest one-fourth of Section 8."
The first Board of this district were : H. Green, President ; D. A Water- man, Vice President ; L. T. Hubbard, Treasurer ; D. C. Mishler, Secretary ; John Dye, M. Ryder and James Deed. The boundaries were changed and the district was re-organized in 1867.
March 10, 1873, a tax of 10 mills on the dollar was voted by the electors of the district, for the purpose of erecting a larger schoolhouse. On the 8th of May following, by a ballot of 25 to 11, was carried the proposition to issue $2,000 bonds, for building purposes. Specifications were drawn, providing that the new house should be a two-story frame, containing one large school- room on each floor, the building to be 24x36 feet.
Bids for erecting the same were received, as follows : Clough & Waterman, $1,700, and $3 per perch for foundation; Johnson & Sloan, $1,400, and $2 per perch for foundation ; J. Widel, $1,800, and $4 per perch for founda- tion. Johnson & Sloan were chosen the builders, who completed the building in 1873. The entire cost, including furniture, was near $2,200.
A graded course of study was adopted by the Board in 1873, and is still adhered to as nearly as may be with schools confined to two apartments.
During the past few years, eight months of school have been taught. For 1879-80, it is proposed to have nine months. A. S. Haines is Principal, at a salary of $40 per month. Mrs. Antoinette Bennett receives $25 per month, as teacher of the primary department. During the past year, there have been 118 pupils enrolled. The average attendance is about 90.
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