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CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA.
This society was organized in Sterling, April 28, 1885, with the following charter members: Rev. H. M. Fegers, Adam Beren, Henry Weber, Wm. Clarkson, Michael Weber, John A. Weber, W. Miehels, Joseph Ferenbacher, V. Schiffmacher, Phil Wenckl, J. A. Schiffmacher, Jos. Herziefer. It is of the fraternal order, and provides for insurance from $250 to $2,000. Any regular Catholic in good health is eligible to its privileges. The present membership numbers 41, and the meetings are held the third Sunday of the month at the School of the Sacred Heart.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
This is a thriving order, many being young fellows full of enthusiasm and progress. The objeet is both beneficial and social. At the last meeting W. A. Kannally was elected Grand Knight; F. R. Jackson, treasurer; T. J. McDonald, recording secretary; Rev. H. M. Fegers, chaplain. The Sterling Council was organized in 1902. The meetings are held twice a month in their rooms at Farwell Hall, where there is every eomfort in the way of read- ing and games. A membership of 250 in Sterling, and 140 in Fulton.
TABULAR VIEW OF LODGES.
Masonic.
Roek River Lodge No. 612-Stated communications first and third Fri- day of each month. John W. Niles, seeretary.
Sterling Commandery No. 57, K. T .- Stated conclaves first and third Tuesday evenings of each month. John W. Niles, receiver.
Sterling Chapter No. 57, R. A. M .- Stated convocations sceond Wednes- day of each month. John W. Niles, seeretary.
Sterling Chapter No. 354, O. E. S .- Stated communications first and third Mondays of each month. Mrs. Ella Cooper, secretary.
Meetings are held in Masonic Temple, 111 to 113 West Third street.
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Odd Fellows.
Sterling Lodge No. 174-Meets every Monday evening in I. O. O. F. hall, 11 East Fourth street. W. M. Haskell, recording secretary.
Abraham Encampment No. 49-Mcets second and fourth Fridays of the month in I. O. O. F. hall. F. A. Caughey, scribe.
Holtslander Lodge No. 70, D. of R .- Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month in I. O. O. F. hall. Miss Emma Snavely, recording secretary.
A. O. U. W.
Meets first Friday of each month in Mystic Worker hall, 13 East Fourth street. Franklin Werner, secretary.
Stars of Equity.
Sterling Lodge No. 15-Meets in Mystic Worker hall, 13 East Fourth street. W. E. Rose, secretary.
Brotherhood of Yeoman.
Sterling Lodge No. 540-Meets in Mystic Worker hall. W. E. Rose, secretary.
Fraternal Tribunes.
Sterling Tribune No. 118-Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month in Mystic Worker hall. Earl M. Hallett, secretary.
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Sterling Acrie No. 831-Meets first and third Thursdays in Mannerchor hall, 208 First avenue. John Harmon, secretary.
Knights of Columbus.
Sterling Council No. 662-Mects in Knights of Columbus hall every second and fourth Monday of the month. John McGee, financial secretary.
Knights of the Globe.
Sterling Garrison No. 83-Meets cvcry Monday night in Knights of the Globe hall in Academy block. Geo. Beckey, secretary.
Eminent Ladies, Clara Barton Garrison No. 34-Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in K. of G. hall. Mrs. B. Chapin, secretary.
Knights of Pythias.
Corinthian Lodge No. 63-Meets every Tuesday night in Knights of Pythias hall, 102 West Third street. L. A. Little, K. of R. and S.
Sterling Commandery No. 45, U. R. of K. P .- Meets every second and fourth Thursdays of the month. C. H. Atwood, captain.
Pythian Sisters.
Rosewood Temple No. 112-Meets sccond and fourth Fridays of each month. Belle McAllister, recording secretary.
Knights and Ladies of Honor.
Twin City Lodge No. 2789-Mects fourth Tuesday of each month in Mystic Workers hall. Earl M. Hallett, secretary.
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Knights and Ladies of Security.
Sterling Lodge 1173-Meets third Friday of each month in Mystic Workers hall. L. L. Law, secretary.
Modern Brotherhood of America.
Good Fellowship Lodge No. 1739-Meets the first and third Friday of each month in Mystic Workers hall. Earl M. Hallett, secretary.
Modern Woodmen.
Sterling Camp No. 12-Meets second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in Woodman hall, 310 and 312 Locust street. A. Richtmeyer, clerk.
Good Luck Camp No. 30, R. N. A .- Meets first and third Tuesday of each month in Modern Woodman hall. Mrs. Mary Stoeckle, secretary.
Mystic Workers.
Sterling Lodge No. 2-Meets first, second, third and fourth Wednesdays of each month. W. E. Rose, secretary.
G. A. R.
Will Robinson Post No. 274-Meets second and fourth Saturdays of each month in G. A. R. hall in the City Hall building. G. D. Johns, adjutant.
Will Robinson Corps No. 45, W. R. C .- Meets second and fourth Satur- day afternoons in G. A. R. hall. Mrs. Electa B. Kirk, secretary.
Spanish War Veterans.
Leo H. Bushnell Camp No. 18-Meets in G. A. R. Hall. Howard Geyer, adjutant.
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY.
Dust, to its narrow house beneath ! Soul, to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die .- Mrs. Hemans.
Lying within the eastern limits, and easily reached by a good walk or by the street cars, which run past the front entrance, is the loveliest spot in the city. The young trees with their fresh verdure, the grassy slopes, the noble outlook of river and woodland and prairie far to the southern horizon, all combine to invest Riverside with a peculiar charm. It is really a sacred park. Not a promenade for gay resort, but a retreat for solemn meditation. When in a serious mood, Addison loved to stroll through the aisles of West- minster Abbey. But ours is a Campo Santo under the open sky. Just as in Greenwood you have glimpses of the Sound, and at Laurel Hill of the Schuyl- kill, so our beautiful river glorifies the landscape. The rounded hills lift heavenward, the sparkling stream suggests the water of life.
Let us first pass into the old graveyard near the street. Here we read names that call up many familiar people. John Weaver. 72, and wife, 81, five Weavers in a row. Samuel Hendricks, 79, the old Waltonian who carried fish from door to door. Bresslers, Hoovers, Landises. An old couple, Adam Spies, 76, Christina, 90. Bares, Delps, Bcehlers, Kratz, Shultz, Overs. This
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is Anthony Ellmaker, 1880, from Pennsylvania, a near relative of Amos, an eminent lawyer in Laneaster on the anti-masonie tieket with William Wirt in 1832. John Edson, 79, and his wife, Emily, 70, were the parents of Mrs. Bushnell, so long postmistress. Eunice, wife of George Wells, 1844, pioneer, is one of the oldest graves. Cyrus Manahan, 1874, was a popular clerk. Esther Judd, 1843, another pioneer. Ann Benton, 1842, was the wife or daughter of Dr. Benton, early physician. There are numerous Brewers. Roots and Kauffmans, too. John Lefevre, 1872. Pap Lefevre was a lively man to the last. He left a large family. This couplet on his stone:
Dear children, do not weep for me, When in this yard my tomb you see.
John, north of Sterling, is the only son of many, and he is eighty. Jesse Penrose, 1873, a Quaker, honest, steady, always addressing the writer as Wil- liam. Daniel White, blacksmith, whose shop was where Wallace block is. Here is Wiott Cantrall 1877, aged 86, who figured so conspicuously in the early days of Sterling. A tour among the graves will recall people enough to write a history of the town.
In the Odd Fellows seetion, which for years was separate, we find Joseph Rundlett, 81, whose widow is living at the home on Fourth street at 92. C. C. Buell, the soldier, farmer, educator, publie citizen. Isaac Reed, 86, of Empire, and his son, Daniel, a soldier. The Greenough family have a huge rock of rough granite, and the Golders a shaft with red panel. Manning, Headley, Stambaugh, all soldiers. The latter died at 59. Joe liked nothing so well as to march with his sword at the head of the boys. Headley, too, was an enthusiastic soldier.
Crossing the shallow ravine by the vault, we come to the tombs of Samuel Hoover, 1859, aged 66, and Elizabeth, his wife, 1870, aged 71. He was called Cash Hoover, because he paid promptly in coin when money was scarce. W. C. Robinson, 1835-1883, captain Co. A, 34th Illinois. John Galt, 1865, aged 65. Sarah M., his wife, 1898, who lived to 93, and busied herself about the house to the last. David M. Crawford, 1883, at 53. From a boy in a store, and Galt and Crawford was a familiar firm for, thirty years in the city. His father, Thomas Crawford, 1854, aged 70. He once kept tavern in George- town, and met many of the great men of the Clay and Webster era in Wash- ington. John G. Manahan, 1897, only 60, a brave soldier of the 13th Illinois, and lawyer of high standing. Wm. Manahan, 1886, 80, his father, sheriff of Whiteside, and early emigrant. Jonathan Stevens, 1870, 71. A prominent family. Major Wallace, Empire pioneer, who died in 1861 at 53. His tomb- stone is broken into three pieces. The major was a hunter and liked game. His wife, Elizabeth A., was a member of an aristocratic family in Pennsyl- vania, the late A. J. Cassatt, president of the great railway, belonging to the same. She died in 1886 at 75. Here is another of the old Sterling set, Hugh Wallace, who died in 1864 at 62. His wife, Mary Galt Wallace, lived much longer, 1809-1895. A woman of remarkable power and hospitality. . She was born in the same year as Lincoln, Gladstone, Darwin. This is Capt. Wood- burn, 1872, aged 75, who was among the early crowd, and this doubtless is
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his mother, Mary, wife of George Woodburn, 1797-1846. Here is a name that the present Presbyterians know nothing about, Rev. George Stebbins, 1796-1891. He was the first pastor of the church, 1844 to 1856. His daugh- ter, Miss Saide, now resides in the city. Major Bushnell, 13th Illinois, killed at Ringgold, 1863. Col. R. L. Wilson, red Scotch granite vault, is the only memorial of that style on the grounds. Lot. S. Pennington, 1812-1906. Joel Harvey's tall shaft, 1875, aged 63. Near is the column of John S. Miller, whose son, John, is a prominent member of the Episcopal church.
For years there was an early burial ground in the eastern part of the town, but under no systematic control. Feb. 16, 1865, the Sterling Cemetery Association was formed with Samuel S. Patterson, T. A. Galt, W. A. Sanborn, B. C. Coblentz, S. P. Galt, James Galt, Robert A. Galt as organizers. S. S. Patterson was made president, B. C. Coblentz secretary, W. A. Sanborn treas- urer, and James Galt superintendent. Originally, L. S. Pennington and James Dinsmoor appear as president and secretary. At this time forty acres of beautiful rolling woodland running to the river were purchased and plotted. The sites in the new addition were so picturesque that lots were rapidly in demand, and in the last forty years the loved and lost of the Sterling homes are resting in the southern slopes. Adjoining the main cemetery on the west was the small and elegant burial enclosure controlled by the Odd Fellows, and in May, 1886, that society made arrangements by which the order entered into possession of the entire cemetery; and both grounds placed under their direc- tion. Walter Stager, Alfred Bayliss, H. S. Strect, M. M. Royer, G. G. Keefer, were the board of managers. H. S. Street, president; Dr. Royer, treasurer; Walter Stager, secretary; Geo. Keefer, superintendent. At present the officers consist of S. S. Kehr, president; Judd Decker, secretary and treasurer; D. L. Miller, superintendent; Michael Rutt, sexton. The new Mennonite church, with its sheds, is on the northwestern corner of the cemetery, but own their share of the grounds.
Heroes of Older Wars who are in this garden of the dead:
MEXICAN WAR-1846-7.
Dr. Traviss, D. W. Hamblin.
CANADA INVASION-1837.'
Capt. Benj. F. Sheldon, 7th New York Artillery.
BLACK HAWK WAR-1832.
John W. McLemore, Illinois Mounted Infantry; Lieut. J. C. Oliver, Mich. Vol.
WAR OF 1812-15.
Captain Luther Bush, Jolın Edison, Levi Walling, John Benner, John I. Taylor, Edward F. Randolph, Asa Grover, William J. Teller. Paul Hecker.
Over.150 soldiers of the civil war are buried in Riverside, with suitable memorials over the graves. Resting herc, also, arc the following noble boys of the
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
Sergt. L. C. Sheldon, E, 6th Ill., & N, 4th U. S .; Cor. James P. Kereven,
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Co. C, 22d U. S. Inft .; Leo Bushnell, Co. E, 6th Ill. Inft .; Frank Aument, Co. E, 6th Ill. Inft .; Roy Eshleman, Co. E, 6th Ill. Inft .; Moses Dillon, Jr., Co. E, 6th Ill. Vol. Inft .; Frank Pigg, Co. E, 6th Ill. Vol. Inft .; B. J. Buckley, E, 6th Ill. Vol. Inft .; Edd Bassett, E, 6th Ill. Vol. Inft .; R. P. Church, A, 12th U. S. Inft.
Soldiers in Rock Falls Cemetery :
Capt. Wm. Parker, A, 75th Ill. Inft .; Charles Sutton, Co. K, 75th Ill. Inft .; James Corke, H, 105th Ill. Inft .; Wm. Hackett, Ill. Inft .; Charles Barnes, 75th & 140th Ill. Inft .; Wm. A. Roland, M, 8th Ill. Cav .; Miller, - Pa. Inft .; Lieut. J. W. Smith, Louisiana Immunes; J. E. Durstine, Co. K, 34th Ill. Inft .; Fred F. Sheldon, I, 75th Ill. Inft .; Wm. Labram, Ill. Inft .; Wm. G. Patton, Ill. Inft .; J. E. VanDusen, Co. F, 3d Mich. Inft .; Silas How- land, Co. G, 147th Ill. Inft .; Chas. J. Labram, 147th Mich. Inft .; J. C. Dur- went, Co. G, 153d Mich Inft .; Lars H. Linn, Henshaw's Battery ; Isaac Orr, Co. K, 77th Ill. Inft., and K, 130th Ill .; Sergt. H. P. Price, Co. B, 147th Ill. Inft .; Herman G. Huster, Co. B, 13th Ill. Inft .; Geo. O. Deyoe, 12th Ill. Cav. Soldiers sleeping in Fulton City Cemetery :
Gustavus Peterson, Co. F, 52nd Ill. Inft .; George L. Lyon, Co. I, 80th -
Ill. Inft .; Joseph Moody, Co. M, 1st Iowa Cav .; Elisha B. Ralyea, Co. C, 1st N. Y. Cav .; Charles Shumake, Co. I, 75th Ill. Inft .; James Russell, a veteran of the war of 1812; Gorham B. Plumley, Co. F, 52nd Ill. Inft; Alfred Strotha, Co. A, 60th U. S. Cav .; Thomas S. Chandler, Co. E, 33d Ill. Inft .; Lafayette Decker, 4th N. Y. artillery ; Robert B. Myers, Co. F, 93d Ill. Inft .; Edwin V. Burroughs, Co. K, 42nd Ill. Inft .; John L. Knapp, Co. C, 9th Ind. Inft .; R. H. Adams, Co. A, 7th Ill. Inft .; James H. Stoddard, Co. C, 126th Ill. Inft .; George Eckert, Co. F, 52nd Ill. Inft .; L. F. Puffer, Co. A, 108th Ill. Inft .; Edward J. Strating, Co. B, 12th Minn. Inft., Spanish-American war; John C. Martindale, Co. F, 93d Ill. Inft .; Alfred B. Conger, Co. D, 6th U. S. Inft., Spanish-American war;'Hiran Pulver, Co. D, 47th N. Y. Inft .; Charles Hall, Co. F, 52nd Ill. Inft .; Daniel E. Galusha, Co. I, 92nd Ill. Inft .; H. T. Heller, Ohio Inft .; Oscar Summers, 52nd Ill. Inft.
CALVARY CEMETERY.
Death rides on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower .- Heber.
North of Riverside on the west line of the Freeport road is this seques- tered place of burial. There are five acres, purchased about 1890 from Clark Powell for $250 per acre. The ground is level, and wide alleys run north and south between the tombs. A variety of evergreens, spruce, pinc, arbor vitae, form a pleasing contrast with the cold marble and granite, and give an air of cheerfulness and immortal hope to the grassy mounds that hold the dust of the cherished dead. When the writer visited the spot on a balmy day in later April the first violets were in bloom, and meadow larks were warbling their sweet notes in an adjoining pasture. For a new cemetery the number of ele- gant monuments is surprising. As usual, the names are numerous of the persons one was used to meeting on the street from town and country. Many
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aged people. Bridget Colford, 1900, aged 81. Wm. Mooney, 1816-1892. Pat- rick Clavin, 76. Thomas Higgins, 1807-1895, and Mary Higgins, 1815-1869. He was the father of the builder of the street railway. Catherine McCormick, 1898, aged 66. Morris Moriarty, Ireland, 1820-1907. Patrick Healey, 1820- 1904, and wife, Ann, 1824-1905. One of the most elaborate memorials is that of Martin Mee, with columns at the corner, 1824-1891. Several of the family on the lot. Another handsome one, Martin Costello, 1814-1883, and his wife, Mary, 1821-1879. Gaffey, Grady, Durr, Sullivan, Lawler, Ryan, Drew. On this tomb:
Dearest mother, thou has left us, Here thy loss we deeply feel, But 'tis God that hath bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal.
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This is Hannah O'Neil, 1815-1888, for years the faithful housekeeper in the mansion of Mrs. Mary Wallace. John Horn, soldier, Co. G, 1st Penn. Healy, Burke, Connell, Rourke. Crosses are a favorite device, and the sacred initials, I. H. S. Buckleys have a rough block of gray granite and five small head stones. B. J. Buckley, Co. E, 6th Ill. Inf., Spanish-American war. Julia Kilroy, a bright girl, 1865-1894, teacher in Second ward school. Con- lin, Devine, Sheehan, Kelly, Curtin. John Houlihan, soldier, 1847-1863. A very pretty design is the monument of Bernhard Hodgins, 1839-1838, and Margaret, 1836-1905. The red granite of the upper block forms a fine con- trast with the gray of the base. Kannally family has a huge mass of gray granite and seven head stones. Here lies a devout churchman : M. Dundon, 1885, aged 69. "Fortified with all the rites of the holy church, on whose soul sweet Jesus have mercy, Amen."
THE WATER SUPPLY. Still always it is beautiful, That life-giving water .- Judge Arrington.
Although not a city man, Joel Harvey was the first person in Sterling to appreciate the convenience and healthfulness of a better source of water than that furnished by the old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, the moss- covered bucket that hung in the well. He owned a tract of land in the northern part of town, sufficiently high to send a stream of water into the second and third stories of most of the buildings. Here he started an artesian well in 1873, and continued the bore until it reached a depth of 1,652 feet, and struck a current that gave a flow abundant for all purposes. Wooden pipes were laid in the main streets, and for several years Harvey's water was in extensive use. The pipes gradually rotted, needing constant repair, and the need was urgent for a more substantial and enlarged system to meet the demands of the growing city. The Sterling Water Company was organized, and in 1885 the first well was bored to a depth of 1,435 feet and mains laid throughout the city. Then followed a second well, 1,626 feet decp, and a third, 1,816 feet deep. The present flow is one million gallons every 24 hours. There are two pumps with a capacity of five million gallons, and
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three boilers of 125 horse power each. Fire is kept constantly under two, and the third is banked for instant service. The consumption of coal, a mixture of nut and slack, is four tons daily. A. W. Wilson, Worcester, Mass., formerly a railway engineer, has been in charge of the machinery for 21 years. An analysis of the water made at the University of Illinois shows 18 per cent mineral matter in a gallon, carbonate of lime and carbonate of magnesia pre- ponderating. This is an unusually small amount of mineral substance for wells so deep. Cool, fresh, and delicious for drinking, and not too hard for ordinary washing. While the stock is owned principally in Portland, Mainc, the parent office is in Sterling, according to the laws of Illinois. Judd Decker, superintendent and secretary, has shown commendable efficiency in the dis- charge of his duties.
OUR TWO GREENHOUSES.
Bring flowers, fresh flowers, for the bride to wear, They were born to blush in her shining hair. Bring flowers, pale flowers, o'er the bier to shed, A crown for the brow of the early dead .- Mrs. Hemans.
Fronting on Eighteenth avenue is the brick office, cheerful with living color, of the Sterling Floral Company, Robert Lundstrom, proprietor. He is a Swede, and has really inherited the trade, as his father was a gardener on a great estate. There are eight greenhouses. Two are devoted exelusively to carnations, three to carnations and mixed stoeks, one to roses, one to palms and ferns, one to propagating. The heat proceeds from a seventy-horse power tubular boiler. To furnish requisite heat, 250 tons of coal per year are con- sumed. The Bride, a white rose, is extensively grown, so much in demand for. funerals. Also of the beautiful red, the Bridesmaid. In fact, strange as it may seem, it is the sorrow of the home, the casket, and the cemetery with the deeorations of the grave, that supports the floral business. A bad wind that blows nobody good. Nine-tenths of his products, Mr. Lundstrom says, are taken in Sterling and vicinity. The temperature necessary for these delicate creations varies with the season, higher in winter or dull weather, than in mild days or bright sun. Higher at night than during the day. An average temperature for carnations is 50 to 55 degrees. No one variety is allowed to monopolize a long raised wooden bed for the year. For example, pansies are started in the late winter and as they cease to bloom, succeed geraniums, chrys- anthemums, and perhaps lettuce, or some quick-growing vegetable. The soil, of course, is replenished and enriched. Who use the violets? Young men for their Dulcineas. He showed the writer a circular mass of blossoms just picked, two hundred, to meet an order from a luxurious mansion where they would exhale their perfume.
-violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes.
To manage the business Mr. Lundstrom requires the aid of two or three hands and a bookkeeper. All extra product is sent to Chieago or St. Louis.
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J. A. SWARTLEY AND SON.
These grounds are on the corner of East Fifth street and Seventeenth avenue. The residence, a white frame, on the west, and the four greenhouses, the largest three hundred feet long, occupying the rear of the lots. The busi- ness was started in 1901 in a humble way, and has rapidly grown to its present proportions. The front office of concrete is a cozy reception room with a glass ease of various trimmings and numerous curiosities picked up by Mr. Swartley in his southern trips: stuffed snakes, minerals, fox skins, and a huge alligator hide twelve feet long. A seventy-five horse power boiler furnishes heat for the buildings. Two large houses are necessary to meet the call for carnations. This seems to be the reigning flower. Much used in churches on Sunday with asparagus for pulpit decoration. It was McKinley's favorite. No other flower keeps its freshness so long. To supply transient customers, jars of cut flowers are kept in the damp cellar. Besides the retail trade at home, shipments are made east and west. Among the latest species of fern is the delicate Whit- man with its exquisite leaves. Mr. Swartley is assisted by his wife and son, Ernest, who both have made a study of the lovely floral world in all its depart- ments.
THE PARKS.
There are three pleasure grounds for the people, Lincoln Park in the east, 'Wallace in the west, and Central in the heart of the city. This is kept in elegant condition by Phil Kereven, Gettysburg veteran. The lawn is smooth and luxuriant, trees throw a grateful shade, and flowers and shrubs make the spot cheerful and attractive. Here are held all affairs of public interest, Fourth of July celebrations, Memorial Day exercises, religious and temperance meetings. Iron settees are placed at convenient points for com- fort. It already has associations of genius. Here General Howard gave a reception, and here echoed the eloquent voices of Collyer, Hillis and Gun- saulus.
The ornament of Central Park is the Soldiers' Monument of granite, which rises from a mount of turf to the height of fifty or sixty feet, erowned by an infantry volunteer in heroie size. On the south side are "Shiloh, Stone River, Vicksburg, Atlanta." "The patriotic people of Sterling and vicinity have erected this monument to the memory of the soldiers and sailors who were willing to die that the Union and Liberty might live" on the east side. On the north, "Petersburg, Wilderness, Gettysburg, Appomattox." On the west, "This stone is a reminder of the cost and value of the Union of the States." The base is thiekly engraven with the names of departed heroes, and as a soldier dies his name is added to the roll of honor. The monument cost about $5,000, and was unveiled July 4, 1890, with imposing ceremonies.
MINERAL SPRINGS PARK.
Not a mile from the east limits of the city is a charming bit of woodland with its grassy slopes, shade of young forest trees, meandering stream, and spring of sparkling water. It was purchased from the late Samuel Albertson, and is controlled by the park association. Much outlay has been made to make the resort attractive. As the Northwestern Fair holds its annual meet-
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ings hère, a race track and amphitheater have been constructed. A small hotel furnishes good accommodations for all who wish to remain a day or a weck. A favorite resort for the Sunday schools of the city in their yearly picnics.
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