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Pianos and Organs: Otis HI. Cady. Giles Bros. Weiler Bros.
Pickles: Globe Pickle Co. August B. IIut- macher. Rahn & Tofall.
Pictures, Frames and Mouldings: De Koning Bros. Henry G. Garrelts. G. H. Lyford & Co. Young Bros.
Pipe, Pipe Fittings and Brass Goods: The E. E. Hollister Co.
Planing Mills: Henry Brinks & Sons. Buer- kin & Kaempen. Eighth Street Planing Mill. Menke & Grimm Planing Mill Co. The Mulliner
Box and Planing Mill Co. Schatsiek-Baecker Building Co.
Plastering llair : William D. Meyer.
Plating Works: Charles I. Adams. Thomas J. Manning. Massie & Sons. Quincy Electro plating Works. The VanDoorn Co.
Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters: The E. Best Plumbing and Steam Heating Co. George E. DeCrow. The Gardner Plumbing and Heating Co. William Lubbert & Co. Sullivan Bros.
Pop Corn Stands: John A. Whitsett.
Poultry Breeders: Bradford Bros. Christian A. Mayer. Reliable Poultry Farm. Charles Surlage, Jr.
Poultry Supplies: Shannon, Snow & Co. Re- liable Incubator & Brooder Co. Il. M. Sheer Co. George H. Stahl.
Printers: Elmer Berghofer. Burks Stamp & Printing Works. Cadogan-Hatcher Mnfg. Co. Lucien Cover. Forgy & Co. J. W. Franks & Sons. Gem City Printing Co. Gospel Printing House. Berry G. A. Griffin. Hoffman Printing Co. G. F. Jones Printing & Engraving Co. Fred C. Neumann. Herman II. Reekmeyer. T. M. Rogers & Co. Royal Printing Co. Steffen- Mesher Co. The Zolle Printing Co. MeMein Printing Co.
Pulleys: Central Iron Works. Modern Iron Works.
Pulleys, Belting and Shafting: The E. E. Hollister Co.
Pumps: Menke & Grimm Planing Mill Co. William Stahl.
Pumps: (Steam) The Gardner Governor Co. Race Tracks: Baldwin Park Race Track.
Real Estate Agents and Dealers: A. Binkert & Son. Thomas J. Clark. Cruttenden & Bau- man. Crittenden & lleekenkamp. Philip L. Diekhut. Dines & Orr. Gooch Bros. & Ragland. Charles A. Hamilton. Joseph HI. Hanly. An- ton A. Heim. Samuel M. Hughes. Lawson & Grimm. MeKinnay & Potter. James L. Mays. Thomas L. Morris. National Investment Co. Osborn & Henry. Jacob C. Pipino. Levi A. Pool. S. E. Seehorn & Co. George R. Stewart & Co. The Federal Co. B. G. Vasen. Thad W. Ward.
Refrigerators: Menke & Grimm Planing Mill Company.
Rental Agents: Dines & Orr. Anton A. Heim.
Repair Shops: Dell V. C. Barker. Frederick W. Burman. Charles D. Clinton. Leonard A. Craft. Henry AA. Geise. E. Dana Heath. Louis Kuhn. J. & W. Kurz. William MeMullen. Robert M. Moore. Phelps & Brenner.
Restaurants: Burlington Route Dining Room. Mrs. Dora Cobb. College Dining Hall. John T. Collins. Columbia Lunch Room. Eden Restau- rant. Ellis Restaurant. Robert D. Ellyson. Fountain Restaurant. Gredell & Wahl. The
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Hiekman Ilotel & Restaurant. Earl R. Kelly. William Kirtright. Mealey's Restaurant. Charles C. Nichols. Oyster Bay :Restaurant. Mrs. Liz- zie Riddle. Sehimmel's Restaurant. Shanghai Restaurant. Stoecker's Lunch Counter.
Roofers: Berghofer & Ohnemus. Fortkamp & Winking. Meyer & Schell. Schullian Bros. William C. Wilson. C. H. Wurst Co.
Ropes, Twines and Cordage: Tenk Hardware Company.
Rubber Hose and Belting: Tenk Hardware Company.
Rubber Stamps: Burke's Stamp and Print- ing Works. Quiney Stamp Works.
Rugs: W. T. Duker Co. Noxall Rug Works. Quincy Rug Works. Reliable Rug Works.
Saddlery Hardware: J. B. Schott Saddlery Company.
Safety Deposit Vaults : The Quincy National Bank. State Savings, Loan & Trust Co.
Sand Dealers: Enterprise Sand & Gravel Co. Quincy Sand Co.
Sanitary Engineers: The E. Best Plumbing & Steam Heating Co. The Gardner Plumbing & Heating Co,
Sash, Doors and Blinds: Menke & Grimm Planing Mill Co. Peter H. Mayer. Moller & VandenBoom Ember Co. The Mulliner Box & Planing Co. Quincy Lumber Co. Schatsiek- Baecker Building Co.
Sausage : Charles A. Hofer.
Saving Stamps: American Saving Stamp Co. Saws: Thomas V. Bishop. Quiney Saw Works. Scavengers: Robert Flight.
School Supplies: Stationers' Mnfg. Co.
Schools of Correspondence: International Correspondence Schools. National Business Col- lege & School of Correspondence.
Second-Hand Stores: Daniel W. Cherry. Zig- mund Esler. Goldner's Loan Bank. E. Dana IIeath. Theodore Morrison. Mrs. Annie Myers. Quincy Loan Bank. Jacob Schwartz. Alexander Seidler. Albert Tobias. C. W. Whittemore & Co. Seeds: David M. Belt. Collins Plow Co. Wil- liam Eber & Son.
Sewer Pipe and Drain Tile: The E. Best Plumbing & Steam Heating Co. The Gardner Plumbing & Heating Co. William Lubbert & Co. Sewing Machines: Phelps & Brenner. The Singer Mnfg. Co. Samuel A. Stark.
Sheet Iron Workers: Grimm Boiler Co. Michelmann Boiler Co.
Shirts, Pants and Clothing Specialties: Iron Clad Mnfg. Co. C. S. Nichols Co. Noxall Shirt and Overall Factory. The Whitney- White Co.
Shorthand and Typewriting Colleges: Gem City Business College. National Business Col- lege and School of Correspondence.
Show Case Ilardware and Specialties: The VanDoorn Co.
Show Cases: Globe Fixture & Furniture Co. Inek Mufg. Co. Joseph Knittel Show Case Co. Quincy Show Case Works.
Shutter Workers: Pitney Shutter Worker Company.
Sidewalks: Clough Bros. Gem City Cement Walk Co.
Skirts, Underskirts and Wrappers: Defiance Garment Mnfg. Co. Ebert-Keal Mnfg. Co. Skylights: C. II. Wurst & Co.
Soda Fountain Supplies: J. J. Flynn & Co. Solar Printers: George E. Long.
Specialties: ( Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat) llenry M. Harrison. Frederick M. Pendleton. (Manufatenrers) G. A. Kirtley & Co.
Spices, Etc. : Robert F. Sellers.
Sporting Emporiums: E. I. Taylor & Co. Tenk Hardware Co. Henry C. Turner.
Spray Pumps: William Stahl.
Springs Trips: Henry C. Otten. Stationers: Cadogan-Hatcher Mnfg. Co. Ir- win Paper Co.
Steam Heating Plants: Qniney Steam Heat & Light Co.
Steam and Hot Water Heating: The E. Best Plumbing & Steam Ileating Co. The Gardner Plumbing & Heating Co. William Lubbert & Company.
Steel Ceilings : Berghofer & Ohnemus. Schullian Bros. William C. Wilson.
Steel Ranges: Berghofer & Ohnemus.
Stock Food : American Stock & Poultry Remedy Co.
Stock Yards : Quincy Stock Yards.
Stone Cutters and Masons: F. W. Menke Stone & Lime Co. Roeder & Greemann.
Stoneware: David Long.
Storage : Edwin E. Albright. Giles Bros. Henry S. Lee. Midland Transfer. Ware-Way- land Co.
Store Fixtures: Globe Fixture & Furniture Co. Inek Mnfg. Co. Joseph Knittel Show Case Co. Quiney Show Case Works Co.
Stove Repairs and Repairers: James R. Al- bright. C. H. Wurst Co.
Stoves, Ranges and Hollow Ware: Chan- non-Emery Stove Co. Comstock-Castle Stove Co. Excelsior Stove & Mnfg. Co. Gem City Stove Mufg. Co. Lanon Stove Co. The Quincy Stove Mnfg. Co. Sheridan Stove Mnfg. Co. Thomas White Stove Co.
Stoves, Sheet Iron: Marshall Travilla. C. II. Wurst Co.
Stoves and Tinware: Frank F. Bickhaus. Comstock-Castle Stove Co. Cottrell Hardware Co. Henry B. Ebbers. Fortkamp & Winking. Grant Hardware Co. Potter & Vaughan's In- stallment House. George C. Schaller. A. W.
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Scheipering & Bro. August C. Stroot. Ware- Wayland Co. Wemhoener & Schild. C. H. Wurst Co. Alois Ziener. Ziener & Hoffmann. Straw Board and Straw Paper: American Straw Board Co.
Street Railway Companies: Quincy Horse Railway & Carrying Co.
Street Sprinklers: Grewe Street Sprinkler Company.
Swimming Schools: Natatorium.
Tailors : Deters & Otten. Charles Ebeling. William F. Kipp. Gerry H. Lohmann. Henry Peppler. Carl Rasche. C. August Stille. Wil- liam H. Varenhorst. Benjamin F. Wirebaugh. Tailors : (Merchant) Lester Cox Woolen Mills Co. August II. C. Fromme. August A. Gatz. John G. Jansen. Frederick Luthin. James A. Martin. Eugene G. Morehead. Lo- renz Schmitt. Valentine Schmitt. Seeberger & IFarmon.
Talking Machines : Phelps & Brenner.
Tar: Quincy Gas & Electric Co.
Tarpaulins: Peter Emrich. Murray's Car- pet Cleaning Works.
Taxidermists : Louis Nicoud.
Teamsters: Grewe Street Sprinkler Co.
Mrs. Anna Il. Kohl. Liebig & Son. Midland Transfer. Towne Transfer Co.
Teas, Coffees and Spices: (Wholesale) Se- ger Grocery Co. Robert F. Sellers. (Retail) Grand Union Tea Co. Great Eastern Tea & Coffee Store. Reliance Tea & Coffee Co.
Telegraph Colleges: National Business Col- lege & School of Correspondence.
Telegraph Companies: Illinois District Tele- graph Co. Postal Telegraph Cable Co. West- ern Union Telegraph Co.
Telephone Companies: Adams County Tele- phone Co. Adams-Pike Counties and Hannibal Telephone Co. American Telephone & Tele- graph Co. Central Union Telephone Co. Illi- nois Western Telephone Co. Lewis County Tele- phone Co. of Missouri. Quincy Automatic Telephone Co.
Telephones, Private: J. L. Niswander & Co.
Theatres: Empire Theatre. Highland Park Theatre. Turner Hall. The Bijou.
Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Workers: Com- stock-Castle Stove Co. Meyer & Schell.
Tin Plate and Tinners' Stock: Cottrell Hard- ware Co. Tenk Hardware Co.
Tinners and Sheet Iron Workers: Berghofer Ohnemns. Fred T. Brosi Co. George C. Schaller. A. W. Scheipering & Bro. Schullian Bros. George Schwendeman. William H. Thoele. William C. Wilson. C. H. Wurst Co.
Tinware, Etc. : Pinkelmann-Barry Co. George C. Schaller. C. II. Wurst Co. Ziener & Hoff- mann.
Tobacco: Eagle Tobacco Co. Hillyer-Heide- rich Tobacco Co. William Richmuller, Jr. Tobacco Knives : Quincy Electro-Plating Works.
Tobacco Presses : Adams Tobacco Press Co. Tools: William P. Kennedy. Toys and Notions : II. Germann & Co. Sohm, Richer & Weisenhorn.
Trading Stamps: Green Trading Stamp Co. Trunks and Valises: Gem City Trunk Mnfg. Co.
Trusses : Walter L. Fick. Claudius Verniaud. Turkish Baths: Natatorium.
Typewriters and Supplies: Giles Bros. Oliver Typewriter Agency. Underwood Typewriter Co. Umbrellas : Leonard A. Craft. William N. Gill.
Undertakers : Daugherty Co.
& Frank Duker's Sons. JJoseph Freiburg & Son. Charles Hempel. Charles F. Lepper & Son. Samuel T. Messick, Jr.
Undertakers' Supplies : Menke & Grimm Planing Mill Co. Quincy Casket Co.
Upholsterers : Charles F. Dehner. Peter Emrich. Hartman Bros. F. W. Jansen Furni- ture Co. Peter II. Muegge. Ware-Wayland Co. Clemens Wienhoff.
Veterinary Surgeons: Thomas E. Bomar. Joseph W. Ireland. Gerhard II. Lefers. .J. Frederick Pease. Jacob A. Rainwater.
Vinegar: Globe Pickle Co. Rahn & Tofall.
Wagon and Carriage Ilardware and Wood Material : Fischer Iron & Steel Co.
Wagon Makers: George W. Bohne. Jansen & Triebel. The Henry Knapheide Wagon Co. Koenig & Luhrs Wagon Co. Henry C. Otten. Henry W. Rupp & Co. Sturhahn & Meyer. The Wenzel Wagon Co. A. L. Zimmerman & Co.
Wall Paper and Window Shades: Louis Ab- bath. De Koning Bros .. Peter Emrich. Henry G. Garrelts. Walter Il. Gross. Benjamin S. Loek. F. W. Resch & Co. George Starmann. Anton F. Trapp. John A. Trapp. Cornelius C. Washburn. Young Bros.
Wall Paper Cleaners : Peter Emrich. H. Hedrick & Co. Frederick G. Heimbuch.
Watchmakers and Jewelers: Lauritz Ander- son. John F. Andrews. August Basse. Thomas S. Greenleaf. August Jacobs. Gustav Kaesser. Harvey A. Love. Ilenry Mers. Louis Nicoud. Albert Swink. Emil M. Thomasson. Trask & Plain. Frank Von Merssmann. Albert Wal- din. Weiler Bros.
Water Works : Quiney Water Works.
Well Drillers : Amandus J. Clark. Charles E. Vincent.
Wheels, Metal : Clement Bush Iron & Brass Foundry & Metal Wheel Works. Electric Wheel Co. Empire Mfg. Co.
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Wind Mills: John I1. Rump.
Window Shutter Workers : Pitney Shutter Worker Co.
Wines: John Bart. J. Henry Fuerhoff.
William Krewet. Frederick W. Spilker.
Wood and Coal: Alonzo G. Ames. Henry Bauer. Cober & Sprague. Simon Craft. Ebert & Shanahan. Anton II. Einhans. George Ein- haus. J. Leonard Grieser. John H. Heidloff. Henry B. Hummert. James Jarrett. Frederick Kordsiemon. Henry S. Lee. Henry Leitch. Lie- big & Son. William D. Meyer. August G. Mosh- age. Charles K. Padelford, Jr. Pennsylvania Coal Co. Pure Ice Company. John H. Schmit. Waller Bros. Frederick Wenneker.
Wood Carvers: G. William Althans.
Yeast : Fleischman & Co.
CHAPTER XLVII.
DISASTROU'S STORMS-LARGE FIRES-NOTABLE ACCI-
DENTS-LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE-CEME- TERIES, ETC.
Quiney's first visit from cholera was in July, 1833. There were two or three deaths from the disease on July 4. One anthority fixes that date as the beginning of the disease. Another author- ity holds that it developed some days earlier. The exact number of deaths from cholera is not on record, but out of a population of about 400 forty-three deaths occurred from July 4 to July 7. The next visit from the cholera was March 17, 1849, resulting, it is estimated, in about 400 deaths, including that of Mayor Enoch Conyers. As late as 1851 deaths occurred from cholera.
In 1853 Quiney was made a port of entry.
The Board of Education was established in 1861.
In 1864 the first draft for the eivil war oo- curred.
In 1867 work commenced on the railroad bridge across the Mississippi river, connecting Quincy and Missouri.
The State Fair was held in Qniney in 1867 and in 1868.
Quiney's first Board of Trade was organized May 11, 1857.
The city limits were extended in 1855.
The C., B. & Q. railroad to Galesburg, and connecting through with Chicago and the East, was opened February 1, 1856.
In 1857 Quiney voted $50,000 for the Quincy and Palmyra railroad.
In 1861, Budde & Meyer started the first strictly first-class dry goods house in Quincy.
April 21, 1863. Pinkham's Hall was dedi- cated by the " Needle Pickets."
In 1865, one Rose, an alleged bushwhacker, acensed of shooting a Mr. Trimble of Marcelline, was taken from jail and lynched.
A publie reception was given to Lieut. Harry Il. Caldwell, at the Hotel Newcomb, November 23, 1899. The young naval officer was presented with a silver loving eup.
Charles Prinee and Thomas West, burglars, were killed by Chief of Police John Ahern and City Detective George Koch, January 29, 1900.
John MeDade was killed by Thomas Jackson in 1881.
President MeKinley spoke in Quincy, October 6, 1899.
The Quiney, Alton & St. Louis railroad was completed in 1872.
The Quincy Water Works was begun in 1872.
The burglary of the Quincey National Bank occurred in 1874. The loss consisted of about $80,000 in money and a large amount of bonds.
Quiney got its first steam fire engine in 1866.
Quiney was first lighted with gas December 2, 1854.
The first horse railroad was opened in Quincy in 1867, from the old post office on Maine street to the northern limits of the city, via Fifth street.
REMARKABLE STORMS.
On the afternoon of September 24, 1881, a tornado passed through Quiney and killed four men and damaged property to the amount of about $100,000. The men killed were Lon Wil- son, George Roland, Henry Workhouse and Frank Smith. The greatest damage was done to the Comstock Castle stove foundry, the Bon- net & Duffy foundry and the Harris tobacco factory, but many buildings throughout the city suffered.
Just after nightfall October 12, 1902, a cyclone swept through the southern and eastern parts of Quincy and visited Camp Point and Columbus. Ten persons were injured, but none fatally. The damage in Quiney and vicinity was estimated at $45,000. A dozen houses were practically de- molished and some two seore barns and other buildings more or less injured. Great damage was done to valuable trees and monuments in Greenmount Cemetery.
The deepest snowfall in the history of Quincy was in the winter of 1830-31. The snow was three feet deep on a level.
DEPLORABLE ACCIDENTS.
The worst aceident in loss of human life in the history of Quiney oeeurred at St. Francis sehool hall, at Seventeenth and Vine streets, on Friday evening. December 22, 1899. The school children were rehearsing for the Christmas enter- tainment. Many of the little ones representing
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lambs were dressed in cotton batting. One little girl got too near an open gas jet and her cloth- ing caught fire. The child instinctively ran among the other children, to whom the flames spread rapidly. The attending sisters and others worked heroically and saved many lives, but the following twelve little girls were burned so badly as to cause death: Irene Freiburg, Josephine Bohne, Bernadena Freund, Mary Hickey, Wil- helmina Kottendorf, Coletta Middendorf, Olivia Timpe, Mary Wavering, Mary Althoff, Margaret Werner. Maria Flutterer, Celia Vonder Haar. Among those more or less burned, but not fatally, were Sisters Theotama, Ludwiga and Ephren, Father Butzkueben, Prof. Musholt, Janitor Ger- hard Koetters and little Laura Menke and El- nora Timpe. The twelve children were buried in the same lot in St. Boniface Cemetery the Sun- day following, the attendance being estimated at 10,000.
Wednesday, October 10, 1888, during fireworks at the fall celebration, " The Bombardment of Alexandria." on Twentieth street, between Ver- mont and Broadway, the grand stand gave way and about 400 people were injured.
SOME NOTABLE FIRES.
September 19, 1875, occurred the fire on the west side of Third street, between Hampshire and Vermont, resulting in the burning of the lumber yard of D. D. Meriam & Son. The loss was $25,000. A molder named Butler was burned to death.
The Presbyterian Church, at Eighth and Broadway, was burned January 2, 1879, the loss being $38,000. The temperature was 19 degrees below zero.
September 6, 1879, was the date on which the Quiney Academy of Music was burned, on the north side of Maine street, between Third and Fourth. The loss was $60,000. A man named Laakey was killed by the falling of a telegraph pole.
Pfanschmidt & Co.'s planing mill, at Fifth and Ohio streets, burned July 28, 1880: loss, $60,000.
The Bonnet & Duffy stove foundry, at Front and Ohio streets, was burned November 25, 1882 ; loss, $50,000.
January 19, 1883, was the date on which was burned the Quincy House, at Fourth and Maine streets. The loss was $15,000.
December 22. 1891, occurred the Tremont House fire, on Hampshire street, between Fifth and Sixth, the loss being $6,000.
The steamer "Uncle Sam." previously the " Jacob Richtman," was burned in Quiney bay, November 17, 1904.
February 21, 1904, oeeurred the fire in Whole- sale Row, on the west side of Third street. be-
tween Hampshire and Vermont, the loss being $180,000.
The fire at the Tenk Hardware Co. store and the Morris clothing store, on the south side of Maine street, between Fifth and Sixth, occurred April 30, 1896: loss, $60,000.
The Gem City saw mill burned April 21, 1902; loss, $232,000.
June 22, 1904, was the date of the fire at the Tremont House, on the north side of Hampshire street, between Fifth and Sixth. Miss Elizabeth Welch, principal of Jefferson public school, was burned to death, and her sister, Miss Mary Welch, principal of Jackson sehool, was so badly burned that she died in a day or so. Among others more or less injured were W. E. Tooke, W. L. Kershaw (both of whom were connected with the S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., the publish- ers of this work ), Mrs. Thomas Clow, Mrs. W. R. Scott and Thomas Martin. The property loss was $25,000.
May 6, 1870, oeenrred the fire at Fourth and Maine streets which destroyed the Quiney Herald office and other buildings. the loss being esti- mated at $200,000.
The old city hall, at Sixth and Maine streets, was burned in 1867.
Thayer's distillery was burned in 1854, the loss being $50,000.
In 1874, there was a fire on the north side of Maine street, between Sixth and Seventh, which resulted in a loss of abont $28,000.
During a fire at the Neweomb Hotel, March 26, 1904, Miss Rose MeDowell, a domestic, was suf- focated in her room, and Miss Annette Bro- miski was killed by leaping from the third story.
The Knittel Show Case Works were burned February 1, 1894; loss, $90,000.
Perry Hunsaker, a fireman, was killed by a falling wall at the Wright & Adams foundry, July 20, 1895.
THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS MEETING.
Herewith are given some interesting notes, pre- pared by the Hon. W. A. Richardson, a son of the late United States Senator Richardson, and published in the Quincy Optie, August 6-13, 1904, concerning the Lincoln-Douglas debate, in Washington Park, Quiney, October 13, 1858. The notes were compiled by Mr. Richardson from local press reports of the great meeting, and are as follows :
Quincy Daily Whig and Republican, October 5. 1858 :
The committee of arrangements for the re- ception of Hon. A. Lincoln on the 13th of Octo- her are requested to meet without fail on Tues- day evening, the 5th inst .. at the office of Jonas & Asbury.
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The committee consists of the following gen- tlemen :
A. Jonas. N. Flagg, N. Bushnell, S. P. Delano, M. Finlay, I. Gilpin, G. Bond, F. Flach, L. Buddee. JJoel Rice, James Arthur, J. K. Van Doorn, JJohn Wheeler, E. Littlefield, John Wood, Jr., .I. C. Swartwout, Otto Bertschinger, Jacob M. Smith, John Loomis, Timothy Rogers, J. C. Bernard. E. Comstock.
Quiney Daily Herald, Wednesday morning, October 6, 1858 :
The following is a list of assistant marshals appointed to aid in conducting the democratie procession at Quincy on the 13th inst. :
Quincy :
Col. John Crockett. Alexander Johnson, Hiram A. Rogers, I. O. Woodruff, James S. Van Buren, J. W. Bradford, William Anderson, Levy Palmer, Thomas Benneson, H. S. Davis, John Schell, Jr., John Steinagell, James M. Barry. John Kelly. Edgar Morris. W. E. Avise, James Mehan, Fred Bernbroek, Anthony Lubbee, John Bernbroek, John Kihlinbrink, Hugh Smith, John Lesage, J. W. Brown, David Higgins, Isaac Cleveland, Israel Fellows, David Jameson, Ed Little, John Delemater, James Walsh, Franeis Jasper, Thomas Jasper.
County :
Col. Joseph Hanks. Burton ; John Wolf, Lib- erty : Esq. Ballon, Clayton : John Hanks, Mel- rose : Dr. Darrah, Honey Creek ; Dr. Young, Woodville ; William Nelson, Houston ; Alex Hoyt. Northeast : John A. Roth, Camp Point; James Palmer, Columbus : Philip Jndy, Gilmer; Robert MeCay, Beverly : Dr. Corkins, Richfield : Morris Kelly, MeKee; A. E. Bowles, Ellington : John C. Anderson, Marcelline: John T. May. Coneord ; William P. Baker, Payson ; Edmund Highee, Mendon: William Bowles. Fall Creek; W. W. Bean, Ursa ; Grayson Orr, Lima.
Quiney Daily Whig and Republican, October 11. 1858 :
The following are appointed and will act as aids to the marshal :
C'apt. B. M. Prentiss and JJohn Wood. JJr.
The following are appointed and will act as as- sistant marshals :
Dr. J. Rittler, Albert Budde, J. S. Loomis, J. P. Bert, Jr., N. Pinkham, George Padgett, K. K. Jones, Joseph Hedges. G. Bond, E. W. Parsons. A. V. Humphrey, James Rice, M. B. Finlay, J. II. Wiltbeger, John B. Barnett. R. G. Libby, Paul Konantz, Henry A. Smith, I. C. Bernard, 11. Holan, C. H. Bull, T. E. Durant, F. W. Jansen, D. C. Wood, V. B. Shinn, L. Arnt- zen, J. R. W. Ilinchman, N. F. Herrick, James Arthur, Mervin Allen, W. B. Hanworth, A. H. Stewart. Daniel G. Brown. Safford Konantz, Caldwell Ladd, G. Wolcott, .I. T. Sawyer, C. H. Howland. George Adams, Philip Thomas, H. D.
Woodruff, G. P. Floyd, George W. Vills, N. Pease, James Adams, Sammel Seger, J. M. Bal- lanee.
The aids and assistant marshals will appear on horseback, with blue scarfs and Lincoln badges, and will assemble at the Quiney House precisely at 81/2 o'clock a. m.
E. K. STONE, Marshal.
Quiney, Ill., October 11, 1858.
Quiney Daily Whig and Republican, October 11. 1858 :
On Wednesday. the 13th inst., at 9 a. m., pre- cisely. the republican procession will be formed for the purpose of proceeding to the railroad depot to receive the Ilon. A. Lincoln.
The line of procession will be formed on Broad- way. the right resting on Sixth street. The re- publican clubs and citizens on foot will assemble and form in order in Jefferson square, and form the head of the procession. Clubs and citizens in carriages and wagons will form immediately in the rear of those on foot.
The order of procession will be as follows:
Marshal and aids.
Stig's brass band.
Quiney and other republican clubs on foot.
Carriages, with Mr. Lineoln and committee of reception and distinguished strangers.
Private carriages, with ladies.
Delegations in carriages and wagons.
Delegations and citizens on horseback.
Route of the procession: The procession on foot will advance to Front street, the carriages, wagons and citizens on horseback will remain and rest on Third street. The carriage for Mr. Lincoln and strangers will receive them at the depot, and the delegations and others arriving by the trains will be formed on foot under the assistant marshals. The foot procession and carriages with Mr. Lincoln and strangers will then countermarch np Broadway, and the entire procession will proceed down Third to Jersey street. up Jersey to Eighth, up Eighth to Hamp- shire, down Hampshire to Fourth, down Fourth to Maine, up Maine to Fifth, up Fifth to the front of the courthouse, where Mr. Lincoln will be received and welcomed by the committee on reception. The procession will then be dis- missed, and Mr. Lincoln taken by the committee of reception to the residence of O. H. Brown- ing, Esq. Speaking will commence at the stand in Washington square at 2 o'clock p. m.
E. K. STONE, Marshal.
Quiney Daily Whig and Republican, Tuesday, October 12, 1858 :
Messrs. Bond and Holton have been appointed by the respective committees of the republican Douglas parties to attend to the erection of a stand and seats for tomorrow. Mr. Pinkham has very kindly and generously furnished the seats
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