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The new Board in 1860: Robert T. Tem- pleton, President; Parker N. Newell, James F. Waldham, Milo Kendall, Wright Seaman and Joseph S, Clark, Councilmen; Charles
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J. Peckham, Clerk; P. N. Newell, Treasur- er; William Buchanan, Supervisor; Martiu Carse, Marshal; Henry Kelly, Constable; Charles S. Boyd, Warden; Charles Barrie, William Bacon and Charles S. Boyd, Board of Health; William Warren and W. Frank Hale, wood and coal; Henry Adley and Enos C. Matson, policemen; John S. Coulter, pound-master; George L. Paddock, Town Attorney.
For 1861 it was Templeton, President; P. N. Newell, Wright Seaman, L. S. Closson, Joseph Mercer and Cyprian Jones, Trustees; Peckham, Clerk; Newell, Treasurer; Carse, Marshal; Kelly, Constable; George H. Phelps, Attorney; Charles Hill, Supervisor.
In 1862 the Town Board was the same as 1861, with the exception of Jacob Critzman, Trustee. James S. Eckles was appointed Town Attorney. This year we find the town issued a liquor license to L. D. Epperson. Martin Carse having resigned the office of Marshal, and several applications for the office being presented, a ballot was had, and David Deselms was elected.
1863 .- The new officers were: George Cross- ley, President; C. Rawson, Jacob Fetrow, A. Swansey, R. B. Foster and L. S. Claw- son, Trustees; D. E. Norton, Marshal. There were seven applicants for Marshal, and a ballot was had. There were not enough members of the Board by two to cast one vote each for the candidates. P. A. Eng- strom was elected -- three votes. The other old officers were re-elected except P. W. Ferris, Clerk, and L. S. Smith, Attorney.
June, 1863, the Town Trustees appointed George Crossley, Milo Kendall and Z. K. Waldron, a Committee to go to Vicksburg, to look after the sick and wounded] soldiers of Bureau County.
January, 1864, Robert T. Templeton, President; Milo Kendall, Jacob Critzman,
Joseph Mercer, Egbert Curtis and Andrew A. Shenland, Trustees. J. W. Templeton was elected Clerk, Joseph Mercer, Treasurer. Applications for liquor licenses by D. J. Aplthorp, Clemens Speidel, and Wilhelm Schneider, granted. George L. Paddock was the new Town Attorney. Z. K. Waldron, Marshal.
January, 1865, William Mercer, President; D. R. Howe, T. Peirson, J. Walter, J. Elli- ott and J. S. Miller, Trustees; J. P. Rich- ardson, Clerk; John Walter, Treasurer; Charles L. Kelly, Attorney; John E. Nash, Marshal; E. White, Supervisor.
The next year, Milo Kendall, President; Jacob T. Thompson, Egbert Curtis, Jacob Critzman, Jefferson H. Fawcet and Charles Baldwin, Trustees; W. T. Sharp, Clerk. Mr. Sharp resigned and I. W. Templeton was again elected Clerk.
1867 .- Same, with Charles N. Burr, Mar- shal; Jacob Critzman, Treasurer; P. A. Engstrom, Supervisor; J. J. Herron, Attorney. 1868 .- Same.
1869 .- Jacob T. Thompson, President; Parker N. Newell, Joseph Mercer, John H. Delano, A. A. Shenland and Egbert Curtis, Trustees; Templeton, Clerk; Burr, Marshal; P. N. Newell, Treasurer; Fred Alhoff, Super- visor; Herron, Attorney.
1870 .- Same, except T. C. Halloway, George Welsh, P. Fagencrans and Milo Ken- dall, Trustees; Joseph Mercer, Treasurer; T. J. Phelps, Clerk.
1871. - Same, except W. H. Winter, J. M. McConihe, A. L. Davis, Trustees; T. C. Holloway, Treasurer.
1872. - James S. Eckles, President; Stephen G. Paddock, William Miles, Alonzo Kendall, H. H. Ferris, Morris Sower, Trust- ees; M. U. Trimble, Clerk; S. G. Paddock, Treasurer; S. F. Robinson, Marshal; Nelson Kaar, Supervisor; C. C. Warren, Attorney.
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1873. - Same. In the latter part of this year the town purchased two No. 2 Babcock fire engines.
1874 .- Milo Kendall, President; Peter Fagercrans, Jedediah A. Paine, W. H. Mesen- kop, Charles Barrie, Harrison Epperson, Trustees; Robert R. Gibons, Police Magis- trate; Mesenkop, Treasurer; Fagercrans re- signed, and J. T. Thompson was elected to fill the vacancy; S. W. Rouswell was elected Clerk.
1875 .- Same, except J. M. McConihe, Trustee; J. A. Thompson, Clerk.
1876 .- Charles Baldwin, President; J. T. Thompson, W. H. Mesenkop, Justus Stevens, Charles Barrie, J. A. Paine, Trustees; W. W. Herron, Clerk. The Council passed an ordi- nance limiting the number of saloons to eight-four at the depot and four in South Town. During the year J. H. Eckles became the Town Clerk.
1877 .- Same, except E. S. Phelps, W. L. Henderson, Harrison Epperson, Trustees; W. H. Mesenkop, Treasurer; J. P. Thompson, Marshal.
1878. - Josiah Milligan, President; Simon Elliott, Alonso Kendall, John S. Miller, R. B. Foster, E. S. Phelps, Trustees; J. A. Thompson, Clerk; John S. Miller, Treasurer; C. C. Warren, Attorney; Randall Smith, Supervisor; F. A. Walker, Marshal.
January 4, 1879, the Board adopted the report of Attorneys Lovejoy and Trimble to codify, revise and compile the ordinances of the town.
1879 .- Charles Baldwin, President; T. J. Cooper, D. A. Mulvane, C. N. Burr, B. F. Cox, Milo Kendall, Trustees. At the Janu- ary meeting it was resolved to restrict all sales or license, except to druggists, to sell liquors, or malt liquors. Joseph A. Thomp- son chosen Clerk; Milo Kendall elected Town Treasurer-three ballots were had; N.
A. Dyke, Street Supervisor. Mr. Kendall tendered his resignation as Treasurer, which was unanimously "not accepted." J. M. McConihe was elected Marshal.
1880 .- A. H. Thompson, President; W. H. Mesenkop, J. A. Paine, B. F. Cox, W. L. Henderson, Charles Phelps, Trustees; W. L. Henderson, Treasurer; McConihe, Marshal. Salary of Marshal fixed at $45 a month. J. T. Kyle, Attorney.
1881 .- A. H. Thompson, President; W. H. Mesenkop, D. H. Smith, W. L. Henderson, R. Ohman, Charles P. Phelps, Trustees; Mes- enkop, Treasurer; Kyle, Attorney. The Clerk's salary was fixed at $12 a month for all services. J. A. Thompson was appointed Clerk; N. A. Dyke, Supervisor; McConihe, Marshal.
1882 .- Thompson, President; Justus Ste- vens, August F. Johnson, D. Knight, W. L. Henderson, John Wilson, Trustees; R. B. Paddock, Clerk; W. L. Henderson, Treas- urer; Kyle, Attorney; N. A. Dyke, Supervi- sor. License to sell malt liquors fixed at $100 per year. Druggists' license to sell liquors, same. McConihe, Marshal.
1883 .- S. G. Paddock, President; Milo Kendall, Robert R. Gibons, A. C. Boggs, Levi Blanchard, John Wilson, Trustees; R. B. Paddock, Clerk; John Wilson, Treasurer; O. G. Lovejoy, Attorney; McConihe, Mar- shal. At the June meeting this year a Com- mittee was appointed to borrow $6,000. The Superintendent of Oakland Cemetery reports for the year eighty four burials; twenty-eight lots sold.
1884-City Organized .- On November 26, 1883, an election on the question of organ- izing the town into a city was carried in the affirmative. There were 660 votes cast-491 for, 169 against-majority 322. There were 84 votes for minority representation, and 228 against the same. The vote was can-
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vassed and declared January 7, 1884. Sa- loon licenses were granted to run until the third Monday of April, 1884. N. A. Dyke was appointed to take the census during Feb- ruary, 1884, for the purpose of dividing the city into wards; such census to be taken by blocks. This carefully taken census showed a total population in the city of Priceton of 3,610. The Board proceeded to divide the city into wards as follows: The First Ward shall be bounded on the east and south by the city limits, on the west by the center of Main Street, and on the north by the south line of Crown Street from the center of Main Street to the east of Church Street, and thence by the south line of Lot 112 (original town) to the west side of Fourth Street, and thence by the north line of Virgil Street to the east line of Homer Street, and thence by a line due east to the city limits; Second Ward bounded on the west and south by the city limits, on the east by the center of Main Street, on the north by the center of Putnam Street; Third Ward bounded on the west and north by the city limits, on the east by the center of Main Street, and on the south by the center of Putnam Street. The Fourth Ward is bounded on east and north by the city limits, on the west by the center of Main Street, and on the south by the north line of the First Ward.
An ordinance for a city election, to be held on the third Tuesday in April, 1884, to elect city officers, was passed, and the election called. It provided for the election of a Mayor, two Aldermen from each ward, a Marshal, City Clerk, Attorney and Treasurer. The election on the third Tuesday of April resulted as follows: Justus Stevens, Mayor; I. O. Brakow, Clerk; W. Henderson, Attor- ney; Atherton Clark, Marshal; Daniel H. Smith, Treasurer; Aldermen, First Ward, E. A. Washburn, A. C. Best; Second Ward, Milo
Kendall, James S. Eckles; Third Ward, Ami L. Davis, Elias C. Finnell; Fourth Ward, W. H. Mesenkop, Phillip Wolfsberger. At the first meeting of the City Council the Alder. men decided by lot the question of the long and short term. The following drew short terms or one year: A. C. Best, James S. Eckels, A. L. Davis, W. H. Mesenkop. The others hold two years. Regular standing committees were provided for, one superin- tendent of streets, one day policeman, two night watchmen one chief of fire depart- ment, board of health consisting of three members, one of whom shall be a licensed physician ; authorizes the Mayor in emergen- cies to appoint special policemen, etc., etc.
The chief political question in the election was prohibition or anti-prohibition. License carried the day, electing the Mayor and a majority of the City Council. And the next day and the next and the day after that and for weeks, the saloons and billiard halls were closed as tight as ever they were in the most pronounced temperance town in the world; even the drug stores were indifferent to their snake-bit friends. The Council as understood when elected stood five for and three against liquor license. But when it came to a test vote one of the five weakened slightly, and this resulted in a week or two of delay, but in the end the doors were again opened and once more peace and lager pre- vailed. The Mayor appointed the following standing Committees: Finance and Claims, Washburn, Mesenkop and Davis; Streets, etc., Wolfsberger, Kendall and Washburn; Gas, etc., Finnell, Davis and Best; License, Mesenkop, Kendall and Eckles; Fire De- partment, Davis, Best and Washburn; Cem- etery, Best, Kendall and Wolfsberger; Or- dinance, Eckles, Mesenkop and Finnell; Law, Kendall, Finnell and Wolfsberger. Special Committees were appointed. John Wilson,
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Chief of Fire Department; on Board of Health, Dr. A. H. Thompson, Jacob Critz- man, and Egbert Curtis; N. A. Dyke, Su- perintendent of Streets. Saloon licenses were fixed at $150. Salaries were fixed-Al- dermen, $3 each meeting; City Clerk, $250; Treasurer, $125; Marshal $600; day police, at the rate of $450 per annum; night watch- men, same; Superintendent of Streets, $1 75 per day; Superintendent of Cemetery, same; laborers, $1.50 per day; members of the Board Health, $15 per annum; Fire War- dens, $12.50 per annum. O. G. Lovejoy was appointed City . Attorney. The city budget for the fiscal year ending July, 1884, showed funds from all scources $15,380. It is estimated a loan of $3,000 will be neces- sary to meet the demands at the close of the year.
In the general account of the early settlers will be found a very complete record of the early comers to Princeton and the precinct. Indeed, this may here be said, once for all, and for each of the townships in the county, and, therefore, in most of the township his- tories a tiresome iteration will, in so far as possible, be avoided. In the general plan of this work, it was found best to give the gen- eral county history as a whole, at least to the date of the formation of the townships, and then to carry the civil history of these munici- palities along in a direct line from the point where they superseded the old county organ- ization to the present. For these reasons we need not and will not elaborate to any immoderate extent the township histories here.
The first building erected within the limits of the original corporation was a log-cabin built by Mr. Silas D. Cartwright, in the fall of 1833, and occupied by him as a blacksmith shop. It stood on the now vacant lot north of the Congregational Church. The second,
and first framed building was erected by John M. Gay, the dimensions being twelve feet square, and occupied the ground upon which the residence and store of . R. T. Tem- pleton, Esq., stood. The third was a log- cabin built by Mr. Frederick Haskill, and used by him as a store-the first in the place-and was located on the ground now occupied by the residence of Mr. Elijah Dee. This store was opened for the sale of goods June 7, 1834, and the first article sold was a horse collar, to Mr. Cornelius Corss. The first hotel was built by Mr. Stephen Triplett which still stands on Main Street immediately south of Dr. Chamberlain's office, though it has not been used for this purpose for several years. The first church was a two-story frame building, erected in 1835 by the Hampshire Colony Congregational Church, on the public square, immediately south of where the court house now is; it is now the stable of Mr. Justus Stevens, and stands on the southeast corner of the public square.
The times of great business prosperity in Princeton were from 1845 to 1855. At the end of this decade the county had become gridironed with railroads. Then in 1862 or 1863 the inflation of values all over the country again made this an important busi- ness point. This continued until 1873, when the whole country suffered the terrible five years of panic and wide-spread bankruptcy. In the way of failures and bankruptcy of the business men of the place it suffered less than any other similarly situated town in the State, perhaps, yet there was a marked de- cadence in its manufactories as well as the general volume of business.
In 1853 were projected the first two brick business blocks in the town-the American Hotel and the Mercantile Block. The first to engage in the project of the hotel were John H. Bryant, J. M. McConihe, Justus
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Stevens, and afterward they were joined by Andrew Gosse and Jacob Albright. The work of building was commenced in 1855, and it was opened to the public July 20, 1857, by Charles Pike. Then Warren ran it from 1858 to 1862, and Allison from 1862 to 1865; then Hutchins until 1866; then Romsdate one year; then Munger Bros. to 1873; then Sackett & Bushnell to 1877; then Bushnell alone to 1879, when Munger Bros. again took it. It is now in the hands of Doc. D. E. Munger. To all hotel people of this day it is a sufficient encomium to say it is in the hands of one of the Mungers to sound its praises as a hostelry.
For eighteen years after it was opened J. M. McConihe was the company's agent.
The Mercantile Block was built by R. T. Templeton and E. G. Jester.
The Hotel Block cost $39,000, and the Mercantile Block $10,000.
In a preceding chapter we gave an ac- count of the postoffices here, from the first kept to date. It was prior to laying off the town, and it was north of Princeton, and was really known as Greenfield.
The first building in the town limits was a log-hnt, put up by S. D. Cartwright, in 1833, on the lot that is now the residence of John Bailey, near the Congregational Church. The second was a frame, 12x12, by John M. Gay. There was no other building until 1834, when Stephen Triplett built on the east side of Main Street, about where the Savings Bank Building stands. Triplett's was the first frame, and was the "Princeton Hotel." John M. Gay the same year built a frame store and residence on Main Street opposite Triplett's Hotel. In 1835 Elijah Wiswall built a frame store and dwelling on the corner opposite the American House.
The growth from these first cabins, then the frames and then the brick business blocks,
named above, was slow, and the business, in order to keep pace with the surrounding country, outstripped the town building, as the following nearly complete directory of the business firms in 1857 will more clearly show :
Dealers in Dry Goods .- William Carse, Rawson Bros., Converse & Thomson, Alex. Boyd, A. & M. Carse, A. & L. Hiscock, David Robinson, Jr., & Co., J. Riale & Son, A. Knights, from Philadelphia, about to open a store soon, Stevens & McConihe, Alfred Johnson, D. G. Salisbury, P. N. Newell & Co., H. J. Everett, William H. Mason, Mrs. Jane F. Hale.
Grocery and Variety Stores .- Delauo & Burr, J. Crittenden & Co., James Corbett & Bro., Morrison & Fisher, E. Wester, A. C. Gilerest & Co., W. H. Colesbery, Baker & Garvin. James Crownover, J. F. Fieselman.
Dealers in Stoves, Tin and Hardware,- Jacobs & White, Paddock & Seaman, A. S. & E. C. Chapman.
Clothing Stores .- J. Walter & Co., E. Wester, Dernham & Rosenstraus, Wolf, Berg- man & Co.
Merchant Tailors .- John S. Mulliner, Am- brose & Burnsides.
Millinery and Dress Making .- Mrs. Jane F. Hale, Mrs. C. Meservy, Mrs. C. C. Self- ridge.
Drug Stores .- Bodley & Wilson, W. H. Winter, Converse & Thomson.
Jewelry Stores. - P. F. Packard, E. Harris, P. Fagercrantz.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in Furni- turc .- Levisee & Davis, James T. Stevens, A. P. Lawson & Co., William Grant.
Harness Shops .- Stowell & Co., S. E. New- bery, E. G. Jester & Co.
Boot and Shoe Shops .- J. W. Harwood & Co., G. Van Velzer, A Love, Preston S. Barr & Co., Charles Van Velzer.
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Bakeries .- William Jones, William Harris. Dining Saloons .- Apthorp & Butler, Frank Woodworth, Henry W. Kelly, J. H. Smith.
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Meat Markets .- Collett & Jones, E. M. & A. Bartles.
Produce Merchants .- A. & J. N. Fisher, E. H. Brooks, E. Curtis, Sidney Smith, R. P. Conger & Dratt, Stevens & McConihe, William Warren, William Carse, P. N. Newell & Co.
Lumber Yards .- Jacob Fetrow & Co., Dun- bar & Spring, Priestley & Carpenter.
Brick Yards .- Andrew Gosse, Gillett Burr, Alvin Burton,
Carpenters and Joiners .- A. Whitmarsh, Paine & Merriam, J. N. Carlton, A. B. Thayer, Eli R. Mathis, A. C. Prout, Abel Martin, Morse & Wolfenberger, James Grant, J. Crocker. A. H. Burrell, George Grant, David Grant.
Masons .- E. White, E. H. Swayne, Henry H. Richards.
Gunsmiths .- S. D. Hinsdale, S. J. Lind- barg.
Blacksmiths. - Huntington & Campbell, B. Bartholomew, R. Smith, William H. Cook, Anson P. Fish, C. Conklin.
Wagon Shops .- Robert Waterson, M. Rich- ards, William Spangler.
Painters .- W. H. Snow, C. Wilson, Adley & Elmendorf.
Livery Stables .-- Bill & Morse, J. P. Alli- son.
Civil Engineers and Surveyors .- George H. Robbins, C. B. Johnson, Winship & Hodgeman.
Nursery-men. - Arthur Bryant, John G. Bubach.
Steam Flouring-mills .- S. P. Bingham, Robbins, Lawson & Co.
Dentists .- P. W. Ferris, D. Brainard.
J. Woodbury, William O. Chamberlain, A. E. Griffith, William Mercer, Joseph Mercer, Alvin Ballou.
Banking Houses .- Kelsey, Waller & Co., Hulburd, Sharp & Co.
Hotels .- Eagle Hotel, William McKee, pro- prietor; Monroe House, William L. Dayton, proprietor; Prairie House, Joseph Donald- son, proprietor; American House, Munger Bros.
The act extending the corporation limits and giving a town charter and a Board of Councilmen and President passed in 1857. This act practically gave Princeton all the privileges of a city except the name.
The important public building erected in 1884 was Apollo Hall, a much needed im- provement, and giving ample facilities for a public hall and place of amusement. The building is one-story and basement, and is 63x133, brick and stone, built by a joint stock company-C. P. Bascom, President; D. H. Smith, Vice-President; C. G. Cushing, Treasurer; S. G. Paddock, Secretary.
The present city directory, business and official, is as follows:
City Officers .- Mayor, Justus Stevens: City Clerk, I. O. Brokaw; City Attorney, O. G. Lovejoy ; City Treasurer, D. H. Smith ; City Marshal, Atherton Clark; City Superin- tendent of Streets, N. A. Dyke; Superin- tendent of Cemetery, Joseph Sharp; Chief of Fire Department, John Wilson. Aldermen: First Ward, E. A. Washburn, A. C. Best; Second Ward, J. S. Eckels, M. Kendall; Third Ward, E. C. Finnell, A. L. Davis; Fourth Ward, W. H. Mesenkop, P. Wolfers- berger.
City Schools .- District No. 1, John H. Bry- ant, President; H. M. Trimble, Secretary ; W. M. Whipple, T. J. Cooper, H. H. Ferris, J. J. Bamburg, Directors. C. P. Snow,
Physicians .- W. C. Anthony, A. R. Bod- ley, Joseph Shugart, J. W. Gamwell, Levi | Superintendent of Schools. Three buildings.
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brick. Thirteen teachers. Number of schol-
ars, 750.
Fire Department .- John Wilson, Chief. No. 1 Babcock and Hook and Ladder, D. J. Foster, Foreman; I. R. Stewart, First Assist- ant Foreman; T. P. Streeter, 2d Assistant Foreman. No. 2 Babcock, John Campbell, Foreman; C. W. McMullen, Ist Assistant Foreman: George Woodruff, 2d Assistant. Sixty men in the Department.
Masonic .- Bureau Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M .- Newell A. Bacon, W. M .; L. D. Romberger, S. W .; Thomas Harris, J. W .; George Crossley, Treasurer; L. H. Streeter, Secretary; V. H. Brown, Chaplain; Jacob Critzman, S. D .; T. J. Cooper, J. D .; John W. Bailey, S. S .; E. Ewing, J. S .; C. C. Weidrich, Tyler. Meets Tuesday P. M., 7:30.
Princeton Lodge, No. 587, A. F. & A.M .- Charles A. Mckinney, W. M .; Charles A. Palmer, S. W .; Harry C. Roberts, J. W .; Charles G. Cushing, Treasurer; Alfred M. Swengle, Secretary; Frank F. Dunbar, Chap- lain; Homer B. Hubbell, S. D .; Corydon P. Snow, J. D .; Harvey M. Trimble, S. S .; Stephen G. Paddock, J. S .; Daniel H. Dean, Tyler; Theodore P. Streeter, Organist. Meets Tuesday P. M., 7:30.
Princeton Chapter, No. 28, R. A. M. - Marshall U. Trimble, M. E. H. P .; Edward A. Washburn, E. King; Theodore P. Streeter, E. Scribe; Rev. Virgil H. Brown, Chaplain; George Crossley, Treasurer; Charles A. Mc- Kinney, Secretary; Luther D. Romberger, C. of H .; Homer B. Hubbell, P. S .; Charles P. Bascom, R. A. C .; Newell A. Bacon, G. M. 3d Veil; Jacob Chritzman, G. M. 2d Veil; Thomas Harris, G. M. 1st Veil; Christian C. Wiedrich, Tyler. Meets Thursday P. M., 7:30
Temple Commandery, No. 20, Knights Tem- plar. - E. Sir Charles G. Cushing, E. Com. ; Sir John Pickels, Genls'mo; Sir H. M. Trim-
ble, Capt. Gen .; Sir Frank F. Dunbar, Prelate; Sir Charles P. Bascom, S. W .; Sir Jacob Chritzman, J. W .; E. Sir George Crossley, Treasurer; Sir John W. Bailey, Recorder; Sir Theo P. Streeter, Warder; Sir Thomas Harris, St. B .; Sir Edwin Ewing, Sw. B .; Sir Thomas J. Cooper, 1st Grd .; Sir Ed. A. Washburn, 2d Grd .; E. Sir L. D. Romber- ger, 3d Grd .; Sir C. Wiedrich, C. Guard. Meets Monday P. M., 7:30.
Orion Council, No. 8, R. & S. M. Charles Raymond, T. I. G. M .; Com. C. G. Cushing, D. I. G. M .; Com. L. D. Romberger, P. C. W .; Com. C. A. Mckinney. Rec .; Com. George Crossley, Treas .; Com. T. P. Streeter, Con .; Com. D. J. Foster, C. of G .; Com. N. A. Bacon, S. G .; Com. C. C. Wiedrich, Sent. Meets Saturday P. M., 7:30.
Princeton Consistory, of M. V. & I. S. P. and C. of the R. S., thirty-two degrees, A. A. S. R .- Clark Gray, Ill. Com. in Chief; J. Chritzman, Ill. First Lient. Com .; E. A. Washburn, Ill. Second Lieut. Com. ; D. H. Dean, Ill. M. of S. and G. O .; P. H. Zieg- ler, III. G. Chancellor; H. B. Hubbell, Ill. G. and K. S. A .; S. M. Knox, Ill. G. Treas- urer; J. Vandegrift, Ill. G. E. and A .; Ed. Ewing, G. Hospitaler; H. N. Keener, Ill. G. M. of C .; C. A. Mckinney, Ill. G. Stan'd B .; F. F. Dunbar, III. G. C. of G .; C. A. Palmer, Ill. G. Sentinel.
A. A. S. R. Princeton Lodge of Perfec- tion .- C. A. Palmer, T. P. G. M .; C. G. Cushing, H. T. D. I. G. M .; T. P. Streeter, V. S. G. W .; E. Ewing, V. J. G. W .; H. B. Hubbell, G. O .; George Crossley, V. G. T .; D. J. Foster, G. S. K. S. and A .; John Trul- son, G. M. C .; J. Vandegrift, G. C. G .; C. C. Wiedrich, G. H. B .; D. H. Dean, G. T. Meets first Friday each month, 7:30 P. M.
Princeton Council, P. of J. A. A. S. R. -S. M. Knox, M. E. S. P. G. M .; A. H. Thompson, G. H. P. D. G. M .; C. A. Mc-
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Kinney, N. E. S. G. W .; F. F. Dunbar, M. E. J. G. W .; John Trulson, V. G. S. K. S. A .; E. A. Washburn, V. G. T .; H. N. Keener, V. G. M. C .; T. Harris, V. G. N. E .; J. Vandegrift, G. T.
Princeton Chapter Rose Croix, A. A. S.R .- T. P. Streeter, M. W. and P. M .: J. Pickels, M. E. and P. K S. W .; C. A. Mckinney, M. E. and P. K. J. W .; C. G. Cushing, M. E. and P. K. G. O .; C. P. Bascom, R. and P. K. G. T .; C. A. Palmer, R. and P. K. S .; F. F. Dunbar, R. and P. K. H .; J. W. Bailey, R. & P. K. M. C .; C. C. Wiedrich, R. and P. K. C. G. Meets Constitutional and first Friday each month,
Knights of Honor .- Guardian Lodge, No. 1123 .- J. D. Thompson, D .; D. H. Dean, R .; E. S. Phelps, F. R. : S. Bally, Treas. Meets in O. F. Hall. Depot, first and third Wednes- day each month.
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