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their kingship as cattlemen. Conlogue, in the Town of Grandview, is also a station on the Big Four, and these stations are the markets and shipping points for this district, and are supplied as to the necessary outfits of elevators, etc., for products of the surrounding region.
TOWN OFFICERS .- The following are the town officers of Grandview Township: C. F. Rudy, Supervisor; David Ryan, Town Clerk; William Rhoads, Assessor; Walter S. Elledge, Collector; William Ryan, A. D. Hybarger, Justices of the Peace; George Menk, John Mullenix, Con- stables; Joseph Hawkins, Henry Marrs, John Kemper, Commissioners of Highways.
KANSAS TOWNSHIP.
Adjoining Grandview on the west is the Town of Kansas, with an area of 25,920 acres (401/2 sections). The Big Four Railroad traverses the town from east to west, and the Danville & Olney Railroad (now a branch of the Illinois Central) from north to south, the two roads ยท crossing each other at the village of Kansas, near the center of the township. There is some timberland along the south end of the town-
ship. It is twice as long from north to south as it is wide from east to west. The lands of the south half of the town are undulating, but are as rich and profitable as any. The farms of this town have long been famous for the good farming of their proprietors and their fine appearance. Lands in the neighborhood of the village of Kansas have brought higher prices than elsewhere in the county. This is owing somewhat, perhaps, to the enterprising character of the business men of the village, who have done much to advance the interests of the farmers in this region. Among other enter- prises a canning factory has been established which furnishes a valuable market enjoyed by few other towns. The village of Kansas has a population of about 1,500, four churches, a good public school, a National bank, a building and loan association, electric light and telephone service, several large stores for the sale of dry goods, clothing, drugs, shoes, groceries, etc .; a good hotel and livery stable; two elevators, a mill, lumber yard, and all that goes to make up a first class village. While it has a village organization, it has within its limits enterprise enough for a city.
Alongside the Big Four Railway and in the central part of the village of Kansas, there is a beautiful park of several acres, where the
people meet during the pleasant seasons and enjoy themselves with the good feeling and gaiety that belong to their prosperous condition. They have an annual "Harvest Home Picnic," beginning with a parade, in which are exhibited the various productions of the town and dif- ferent classes of merchandise, and ending in the park with speeches, music, feasting and a gen- eral good time running through two days. This picnic is a grand affair, and well denotes the social character of the people of the town.
The district which now embraces the Town of Kansas, was originally settled by the Wil- hoits, Pinnells, Arterburns, Allisons, Cornwalls, Wileys, Boyers, Honnolds, Hites, Poulters, May- fields, Kesters, Cashes, Zinks and others.
TOWN OFFICERS .- B. H. Pinnell, Supervisor; W. W. Bull, Town Clerk; Ira E. May, Assessor; O. D. Stoddard, Collector; C. W. McVey, James F. Hogue, Justices of the Peace; O. E. Boyer, Frank Gross, Constables; W. J. Perkinson, R. B. Robertson, Ira W. Honnold, Commissioners of Highways.
EMBARRAS TOWNSHIP.
The Town of Embarras, north of Kansas and on the western border of the county, derives its name from the Embarras River, of the valley or watershed of which this town is a part. The area of Embarras is 27,160 acres (a little over 42 sections), about 4,000 acres of which were originally covered with timber in irregular tracts along the water courses. All the other lands are prairie of fine quality. The early set- tlers upon these lands were the Gillises, Burt, Merkle, Wells, Burnett, Black, the Milburns, Scott, Housels, McCord, Downs, the Bloods and McAdams. The Terre Haute & Peoria ("Van- dalia Line"), the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day- ton, and the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Rail- roads run through the town making two cross- ings, one at Borton and the other at Brocton, and furnishing excellent markets for the farm- ers of this fine agricultural region. Besides these there are two other stations on the "Van- dalia Line," one at Isabel and one at Redmon, and two stations on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton, one at Warrenton and the other at Paynes. At each of these stations are eleva- tors and other facilities for handling grain. Brocton is a village duly organized and wel! equipped with a bank and stores of all sorts. Borton and Isabel are likewise well provided with business facilities, except as to banks.
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TOWN OFFICERS .- J. N. Combs, Supervisor; Ora B. Thompson, Town Clerk; T. A. Buckler, Assessor; C. O. Wright, Collector; J. W. Beck, Jesse Borton, Justices of the Peace; W. S. Smith, George S. Keys (deceased), Constables; C. A. Ogden, William Cummins, W. H. Gillis, Commissioners of High ways.
SHILOH TOWNSHIP.
Shiloh (north of Embarras) was organized in 1865, and is the largest town in the county, comprising 36,480 acres (57 sections) of prairie land. No timber ever grew within this area except at Mulberry Grove, a beautiful tract of about 1,200 acres, the soil being the same as that of the surrounding prairie. The people who first located in this portion of the county were the Woods, the Longs, Dresbach, Poor, Perkins, Bell, Higgins, McNuts, Myers, Rogers, Blackburn, Marquand, Meadows and Van Sick- les.
A large part of this town is rolling prairie, but considered as a whole is as good as Illinois contains in an area of like size. Shiloh was the last town organized in the county; but in all that goes to make up the high grade of farming for which the "Corn Belt" of the State is famous, Shiloh is well up and abreast of the times. The town is crossed by the "Clover Leaf" and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railways, with stations at Wright, Hughes and Melwood.
TOWN OFFICERS .- Jere. Fitzgerald, Super- visor; William Doyle, Town Clerk; Ed. Rollar, Assessor; Bert Riggs, Collector; F. H. Cash, E. P. Knight, Justices of the Peace; Joseph Closson, John Randelman, Constables; N. H. Head, W. S. Ogg, Lewis Dodd, Commissioners of Highways.
YOUNG AMERICA.
The Town of Young America, situated in the northwest corner of the county, has an area of 34,500 acres (nearly 54 sections) almost entire- ly prairie. It was originally treeless, except about 400 acres called Big Hickory Grove, near the north side of the town, and about half a section on the south side called Culver's Grove. There were large trees in these groves, indicat- ing that they had long been there to adorn and beautify the vast landscape of prairie. There is a tract of elevated land extending east and west through Young America, which is per- haps fifty feet higher than the southern part of the town. Until the construction of a large drain in the southern part of the town, extend-
ing for miles along the channel (a mere "swag") of the Brushy Fork of the Embarras River, the low prairie of this region was useless for cultivation, but every acre of these big swales has been redeemed and thousands of acres now produce the heaviest crops of corn and oats, where formerly water hindered and prevented any growth except the flags and grasses that grew as well in water as on dry land. There are three railroads running through the town; the "Clover Leaf," the In- diana, Decatur & Western, and the Danville & Olney (now Illinois Central). The villages of Hume and Metcalfe are at railway crossings, Hildreth and Jessie on the Danville & Olney and McCown and Clark's on the Indiana, Decatur & Western furnish markets accessible from every part of the township. Hume is an enterprising village of 1,000 people, as good as any, with every modern appliance for comfortable living. There is a safe bank and a complete assortment of good business concerns in successful opera- tion. The same is true of Metcalfe in a great- er degree, perhaps, except that a bank is now being established. The "Clover Leaf" crossing and outlet here helps the grain trade and de- livery at this point very materially. Among the first settlers of Young America were the McCowns, Pope, Maloy, the Humes, Myers, Bradfield, Thomas, Garnes, Green, the Hil- dreths, the Galways, Metcalf, Julian, Ross, the Kendalls and Jones.
TOWN OFFICERS .. P. J. Breen, Supervisor; J. Martin, Town Clerk; Richard Markle, Assessor; J. D. Brewer, Collector; T. J. Coffman, B. F. Morris, Justices of the Peace; Adam Dorn- blazer, Martin Buckler, Constables; J. W. Jen- nings, John Rollar, P. E. Jones, Commissioners of Highways.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CITY OF PARIS.
SITUATION AND GENERAL ASPECTS-PAVED AND SHADEI) STREETS, AND HANDSOME HOMES- ORIGINAL AREA AND PRESENT POPULATION- RAILWAY FACILITIES-MERCANTILE AND MAN- UFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS-THE PROFES- SIONS-LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS-FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.
The city of Paris is one of the most beautiful towns in the State. It is situated in the heart
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of a rich farming community, and is laid out about a central square, with broad streets- about five miles of which are paved-beautifully shaded with maple, elm, sycamore and oak trees. It is a city of handsome homes, with well-kept lawns.
The original town comprised twenty-six acres, which has been extended by frequent ad- ditions, until the present corporate limits in- clude fifteen hundred acres, with a population of almost seven thousand people.
The city is reached by three railroads: The St. Louis Division of the Big Four System, the Cairo Division of the same, and the Peoria Di- vision of the Vandalia-which is the western extension of the Pennsylvania System-giving the advantage of two trunk lines, with most convenient shipping facilities and almost hourly passenger service.
The retail business of the city is conducted by the following houses: Six dry-goods houses; six clothing and men's furnishing stores; six shoe stores; four jewelry stores; five hardware stores; six drug stores; three leather and har- ness stores; six millinery stores; three men's tailoring establishments; three wall-paper and painting establishments; two marble shops; five notion stores; six meat markets; three furni- ture stores; six establishments for the sale of farming implements and vehicles; two laun- dries; two music stores; three book stores; five restaurants; three bakeries; five hotels; four photograph galleries; three lumber yards; six feed stores; two local commission houses; four newspapers and two job-printing establish- ments; five grain elevators; three plumbing and gas-fitting establishments; eighteen gro- ceries; sixteen barber shops; two bicycle and automobile repairing shops; eight real-estate and loan agents, and three livery stables. There are also three Building and Loan Associations, viz .: The Edgar Company Building and Loan Association, organized in 1887; The Paris Sav- ings Association, organized in 1893, and The Home Building and Loan Association, organized in 1903. In addition to these business concerns, all located on or near the Square, there are eleven small grocery and meat-markets in the various additions and on the outskirts of the city.
In the professions there are twenty-six law- yers, two abstractors, twenty-two physicians and surgeons, four osteopathic physicians, six dentists, and four veterinary surgeons.
The Farmers and Threshers' Insurance Com- pany-a mutual company for the protection of . the farming implements and machinery -- has its home office here.
There are three large flouring mills and one mill for the manufacture of corn products.
The Paris Bridge and Iron Works manufac- tures iron bridges and fencing.
The Reese Foundry does general iron work and manufactures broom-corn machinery, be- sides having a large department for interior house furnishing supplies and cabinet work.
The Eagle Foundry does general iron work, and especially refits and repairs traction engines and harvesting machinery.
The largest broom factory in the world is situated here, owned and operated by the Mer- kle-Wiley Company.
The Humphrey-Dearth Glass Factory has been in operation for more than a year, and, with its one hundred hands, is one of the larg- est industries in the city.
The Paris Interurban Car Company's plant is now in process of construction. It will manu- facture interurban cars and car supplies, begin- ning with a force of four hundred men, to be rapidly increased to twelve hundred.
The location here of the two concerns last mentioned has been secured by the untiring efforts of the Commercial Club.
The Paris Commercial Club is composed of the majority of the business and professional men of the city. It is a wide-awake, progres- sive organization, always on the lookout for the betterment of the community, especially in the way of attracting industries.
The Paris Ice Plant manufactures artificial ice of a fine quality, augmenting the excellent supply from the city reservoir.
The Paris "City Gas and Electric Company" gives a service of gas, arc and incandescent electric lights and motive power, and hot water heating system. This plant is at present being very much enlarged.
There is an inexhaustible water supply from a reservoir one mile and a quarter long, fed by springs. On the south side of the reservoir is the city park of something over 100 acres, partly heavily wooded and partly consisting of broad sweeps of lawn with curving walks and drives. On the lake are a steamboat, a launch and row-boats, and at the west end, a dancing pavilion and permanent rest and refreshment booth, besides swings and a "merry-go-round"
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for the amusement of the children. In the sum- mer a Chautauqua Assembly is held here, a great many families taking tents and living on the grounds during the week. At the east end, where the dam is situated, are the city water- works and light stations, the water and arc- light service being very complete.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The first jail of Edgar County was built of hewed logs, framed close and making a solid wooden wall a foot thick on each side, with floor and ceiling the same, the second story be- ing covered with clap-boards. The room above was the keeper's room. Prisoners were let down through a hole in the ceiling by a ladder which was kept in the upper room. This struc- ture was used until 1852, when a jail was built of brick. The front was prepared as a resi- dence for the Sheriff, two stories high, one up- per room being used as a place to imprison debtors, the prison for felons being a cage of boiler iron, partitioned with cells and placed inside of a brick wall. This jail was the county prison until 1890, when the present jail was erected. It is a brick structure, two stories, of modern style with residence of the keeper in front and an up-to-date prison in the rear of the building, heated by steam; the heating plant also furnishing the heat for the court house by a tunnel two hundred yards long. There is a good brick barn on the premises and the Sheriff resides in the jail buildings.
VILLAGE AND CITY GOVERNMENT.
In 1849 Paris became a village under a spe- cial act of the Legislature, which went into force on June 29th of that year. This form of municipal government continued twenty years, when, on June 1, 1869, it put on city airs under a special charter granted by the Legislature, which was changed four years later (1873) for incorporation under the General Law for the government of cities. The list of village and city officers from June 29, 1849, to the present time (1904) is given herewith:
VILLAGE OFFICIALS.
1849 .- President, M. M. Dill; Trustees: John Sberiff, Washington Nebaker, James Gordon, N. Link; Clerk, S. T. Newlon.
1850 .- President, J. Mayo; Trustees: J. D. Jaquith, James Gordon, Wm. B. Vance, T. J. Martin (resigned, W. H. Powell appointed to fill vacancy); Clerk, James Steele.
1851 .- President, James Steele; Trustees: H. W. Mar-
tin, N. Link, S. Graham, J. W. Alexander; Clerk, C. B. Steele.
1852 .- President, Samuel Graham; Trustees: A. A. Hannah, George Cook, Wm. Gordon, Austin Earnest; Clerk, J. W. Blackburn.
1853 .- President, Wm. Gordon; Trustees: Jonathan Young, Austin Earnest, John Sheriff, Wm. B. Vance; Clerk, J. W. Blackburn.
1854 .- President, Jonathan Young; Trustees: John F. Anderson, Wm. Gordon, T. B. Little, W. J. Hodge; Clerk, W. H. H. McArty.
1855 .- President, L, Munsell; Trustees: A. B. Austin, S. Graham, A. Y. Vance, H. W. Martin (resigned, W. P. Dole elected to vacancy); Clerk, J. G. Lawrence.
1856 .- President, A. B. Austin; Trustees: Wm. Kile, Walter Booth, Silas B. Shrader, John Hartley; Clerk, J. G. Lawrence.
1857 .- President, A. B. Austin; Trustees: Otis Brown, E. P. Shaw, J. W. Alexander, Wm. Shrader; Clerk, J. G. Lawrence.
1858 .- President, Geo. W. Rives; Trustees: Wm. Legg, Shubal York, S. O. Augustus, T. M. Powell; Clerk, Edward Wolcott.
1859 .- President, G: W. Rives; Trustees: S. York, H. R. Miller, A. H. Hodge, Walter Booth; Clerk, Geo. Hoge.
1860 .- President, Walter Booth; Trustees: N. Link, C. Carey, I. LaGrange, S. P. Reed; Clerk, W. A. Wozencraft.
1861 .- President, Walter Booth; Trustees: N. Link, H. Sandford, L. L. Todd, D. D. Neal; Clerk, Otis Brown.
1862 .- President, Walter Booth; Trustees: Jonathan Young, Dudley McLain, I. Ely, L. Gatz; Clerk, Otis Brown.
1863 .- President, M. M. Dill; Trustees: A. C. Con- nelly, Geo. Anthony, L. Sisk, D. Wilt; Clerk, Otis Brown.
1864 .- President, Jonathan Mayo; Trustees: W. J. Gregg, J. Cretors, Wm. Moore, James A. Nelson; Clerk, J. M. Sheets.
1865 .- President, H. Tanner; Trustees: W. S. Cook, George Anthony, L. C. Mann, Joseph Bradbury; Clerk, Otis Brown.
1866 .- President, George W. Rives; Trustees: Samuel Graham, E. C. Woolley, D. Huston, John E. Murphy; Clerk, H. Van Sellar.
1867 .- President, James A. Eads; Trustees: J. La- Grange, John Lamb, L. C. Mann, Joseph Sudduth; Clerk, J. T. Douglas.
1868 .- President, H. Tanner; Trustees: L. Sisk, E. D. Stalnaker, Lewis McLain, John Lamh; Clerk, H. S. Tanner.
CITY OFFICIALS.
1869 .- (Under Special City Charter.)-Mayor H. Van Sellar; Aldermen: W. A. Wozencraft, E. P. Shaw, Leonard Barker, E. D. Stalnaker; Clerk, W. L. Foulke.
1870 .- Mayor, A. Y. Trogdon; Aldermen: J. H. Mann, T. M. Beall, W. A. Wozencraft, E. P. Shaw; Clerk, W. L. Foulke.
1871 .- Mayor, W. A. Wozencraft; Aldermen: Levi Sisk, John Lamb, J. H. Mann, T. M. Beall; Clerk, H. S. Tanner.
1872 .- Mayor, R. B. Sutherland; Aldermen: H. C. Moss, S. P. Link, Levi Sisk, John Lamh; Clerk, Charles P. Hitch.
1873 .- (Under General Incorporation Act.)-Mayor, W.
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A. Wozencraft; Attorney, R. L. Mckinlay; Treasurer, T. M. Whitehead; Aldermen: H. J. Ball, C. W. Powell, Wm. Siebert, S. K. Hunter, H. C. Moss, Levi C. Mann, S. P. Link, J. Y. Antrim; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne.
1874 .- Mayor, W. A. Wozencraft; Attorney, R. L. Mc- Kinlay; Treasurer, T. M. Whitehead; Aldermen: H. J. Ball (resigned, J. I. LaGrange elected to vacancy), C. W. Powell, S. K. Hunter, W. B. Caldwell, H. C. Moss, L. C. Mann, J. Y. Antrim, D. B. Elliott; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne.
1875 .- Mayor, S. P. Link; Attorney, R. L. McKinlay; Treasurer, T. M. Whitehead; Aldermen: J. I. LaGrange, Levi Sisk, W. B. Caldwell, S. K. Hunter, L. C. Mann, H. M. Swisher, D. B. Elliott, M. L. Whiteside; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne.
1876 .- Mayor, S. P. Link; Attorney, R. L. Mckinlay; Treasurer, T. M. Whitehead; Aldermen: Levi Sisk, J. 1. LaGrange, S. K. Hunter, Henry Dodd, L. C. Mann, H. M. Swisher, M. L. Whiteside, E. D. Jury; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne.
1877 .- Mayor, Walter Booth; Treasurer, W. B. Humphrey; Attorney, Joseph E. Dyas; Aldermen: Levi Sisk, J. I. LaGrange, Henry Dodd, Z. T. Baum, L. C. Mann, J. B. Brennan, E. D. Jury, A. B. Austin; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne.
1878 .- Mayor, Walter Booth; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne; Treasurer, W. B. Humphrey; Attorney, Joseph E. Dyas; Police Magistrate, William N. Burt; Aldermen: F. M. Pattison, J. H. Magner, Z. T. Baum, John L. Hizar, J. N. Anthony, A. Gus Walker, J. C. Collom, A. B. Austin.
1879 .- Mayor, A. B. Powell; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne; Treasurer, J. M. Dill; Attorney, Joseph E. Dyas; Police Magistrate, William N. Burt; Aldermen: James W. Binford, J. H. Magner, John Lamb, John L. Hizar, A. Gus Walker, J. N. Anthony, Simon Hamburger, J. C. Collom.
1880 .- Mayor Acting, H. J. Ball; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne; Attorney, Joseph E. Dyas; Treasurer, Joseph M. Dill; Police Magistrate, William N. Burt; Aldermen: F. A. Augustus, H. Van Sellar, John Lamb, H. J. Ball, A. Gus Walker, John H. C. Gist, Simon Hamburger, V. Stewart.
1881 .- Mayor, D. B. Elliott; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne; Treasurer, Allyn G. Adams; Attorney, Ed. W. Snyder; Police Magistrate, William N. Burt; Aldermen: J. H. Matthias, F. R. Augustus, John Lamb, H. J. Ball, A. J. Baber, John H. C. Gist, Vincent Stewart, .T. F. Van Horn.
1882 .- Mayor, D. B. Elliott; Clerk, Joseph W. Payne; Treasurer, Allyn G. Adams; Attorney, Ed. W. Snyder; Police Magistrate, Geo. E. Bacon; Aldermen: J. I. La- Grange, S. C. Brown, H. J. Ball, John Lamb, A. J. Baber, I. N. Sheppard, T. F. Van Horn, M. Crable.
1883 .- Mayor, W. A. Wozencraft; Clerk, H. S. Shaw; Treasurer, H. B. Adams; Attorney, Alfred Tanner; Police Magistrate, George E. Bacon; Aldermen: J. I. LaGrange, W. J. Hunter, John Lamb, Z. Fred Link, I. N. Sheppard, Paul Huston, Mat Crable, T. F. Van Horn.
1884 .- Mayor, W. A. Wozencraft; Clerk, H. S. Shaw; Treasurer, H. B. Adams; Attorney, Alfred Tanner; Police Magistrate, George E. Bacon; Aldermen: W. J. Hunter, J. C. Ficklin, Z. F. Link, B. W. Hodge, Paul Huston, P. W. Manley, T. F. Van Horn, G. Cretors.
1885 .- Mayor, Z. T. Baum; Clerk, C. B. Holding; Treasurer, Henry Wallace; Attorney, J. H. Anthony;
Police Magistrate, H. S. Shaw; Aldermen: Joseph C. Ficklin, D. D. Huston, B. W. Hodge, A. A. Piper, P. W. Manley, James L. Vance, Granville Cretors.
1886 .- Mayor, Z. T. Baum; Clerk, C. B. Holding; Treasurer, Henry Wallace; Attorney, J. H. Anthony; Police Magistrate, Thomas W. Harris; Aldermen: D. D. Huston, J. C. Ficklin, A. A. Piper, N. R. Dunbar, James L. Vance, P. W. Manley, John Lamb, Granville Cretors.
1887 .- Mayor, Jacob M. Bell; Clerk, A. H. Geohegan; Treasurer, Richard G. Sutherland; Attorney, J. W. Howell; Police Magistrate, T. W. Harris; Aldermen: J. C. Ficklin, W. J. Hunter, N. R. Dunbar, A. A. Piper, P. W. Manley, N. P. Smith, Granville Cretors, John C. Collom.
1888 .- Mayor, J. M. Bell; Clerk, A. H. Geohegan; Treasurer, R. G. Sutherland; Attorney, J. W. Howell; Police Magistrate, T. W. Harris; Aldermen: W. J. Hunter, James Stewart, A. H. Piper, Z. T. Baum, N. P. Smith, R. S. Rives, John Lamb, jr., John C. Palmer.
1889 .- Mayor, W. R. Swinford; Clerk, A. H. Geohegan; Treasurer, C. O. Chesnut; Attorney, J. W. Howell; Police Magistrate, T. W. Harris; Aldermen: James Stewart, W. O. Pinnell, G. W. Patton, G. W. Marley, R. S. Rives, H. M. Swisher, John C. Palmer, A. P. Harris.
1890 .- Mayor, W. R. Swinford; Clerk, A. H. Geohe- gan; Treasurer, C. O. Chesnut; Attorney, J. W. Howell; Police Magistrate, H. J. Ball; Aldermen: W. O. Pinnell, W. O. Rice, G. W. Marley, J. M. Propst, H. M. Swisher, R. S. Rives, A. P. Harris, J. C. Palmer.
1891 .- Mayor, W. R. Swinford; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, W. B. Logan; Attorney, J. W. Howell: Aldermen: W. O. Rice, W. O. Pinnell, J. M. Propst, G. W. Marley, R. S. Rives, William Dillon, J. C. Palmer, A. P. Harris.
1892 .- Mayor, W. R. Swinford; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, W. B. Logan; Attorney, J. W. Powell; Aldermen: W. O. Pinnell, I. R. Landis, G. W. Marley, A. A. Piper, William Dillon, W. W. Trover, A. P. Harris, Granville Cretors.
1893 .- Mayor, Jacob M. Bell; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, H. C. Boyles; Attorney, J. W. Howell; Aldermen: I. R. Landis, D. D. Huston, A. A. Piper, John Lamb, Jr., W. W. Trover, Zara E. Powell, Gran- ville Cretors, Matt Crable.
1894 .- Mayor, Jacob M. Bell; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, H. C. Boyles; Attorney, J. W. Howell; Police Magistrate, H. J. Ball (died, E. W. Snyder elected); Aldermen: D. D. Huston, W. J. Hunter, John Lamb, Jr., W. H. Hodge, Zara E. Powell, Charles H. Whalen, Matt Crable, Granville Cretors.
1895 .- Mayor, W. O. Pinnell; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, W. B. Logan; Attorney, J. E. Dyas; Police Magistrate, E. W. Snyder; Aldermen: W. J. Hunter, D. D. Huston, W. H. Hodge, Simon Risser, Charles H. Whalen, Z. E. Powell, Granville Cretors, Matt Crable.
1896 .- Mayor, W. O. Pinnell; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, W. B. Logan; Attorney, J. E. Dyas; Police Magistrate, E. W. Snyder; Aldermen: D. D. Huston, Geo. R. Marrs, Simon Risser, W. O. Roach, Z. E. Powell (resigned, W. S. Huls elected), H. H. Huston, Matt Crable, Granville Cretors.
1897 .- Mayor, David D. Huston; Clerk, C. H. Hodge; Treasurer, F. M. Rude; Attorney, J. E. Dyas; Police Magistrate, E. W. Snyder; Aldermen: George R. Marrs, Horace Dollarhide, W. O. Roach, G. W. Marley, H. H.
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