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President-Joseph Meller;' Vice President-Xavirous Kammer; Secretary-Edward Claussen; Assistant Secretary-Louis Sanders .; Treas-
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urer-John Kucherman; Trustees-Philip Brunner, Mathias Friesenecker, and Theodore Schaffer.
The Harmony Benevolent Society was originally organized as Harmony Lodge, No. 18, D. O. H., a German lodge, of the order of" Deutcher Orton Harugari," similar to the Odd Fellows in its purposes. The date of incorpora- tion was July 22, 1849. John Eberhardt being the first Ober Bardi; Henry Fricke the first Secretary, and Frederick Bergman the first Treasurer.
In 1862 the meetings of the society were moved to the present location on Bench Street, in Wierich's Hall. This Association instituted a system of insurance among its members on July 31, 1871. In August, 1873, the Grand Lodge decided to begin a similar systemn, and requested this society to join in it, and transfer their funds ($6,369.72) to the treasury of the Grand Lodge. The local association thought this to bea one-sided bargain, and gave up its charter.
August 21, 1873, its members reorganized themselves under the name of Harmony Benevolent Society, an independent organization, with the following officers:
President-Edward Haase.
Vice President-Rudolph Speier.
Secretary-Conrad Recht.
Corresponding Secretary -- Theodore Schaffer.
Treasurer-Edward Claussen.
Trustees -. John Weinberger, Martin Geiger, George Caille, John Kucherman, and Casper Klett.
Meetings of the society are held every Thursday evening. They now have a cash capital of $6,009.73, and a membership of 112.
Galena Sociale Turner Gemeinde .- The aims and objects of the Turner societies, of which there are in the United States about two hundred Vereines, possessing property valued at $3,000,000 and a membership of nearly 15,000, are not generally understood by the American people, and as the order has been brought into prominence in Galena, we will give a brief synopsis of their origin. The Turner Vereine, or lodge, is an auxil- iary to the General Assembly or Turnerbund, meaning Grand Lodge, from which body charters are obtained, the same as in the organization of other bodies. Numerous vereines, however, are in existence which claim no allegiance to the Turnerbund, and are, therefore, independent of that body. To this class the Galena Sociale Turner Gemeinde belongs, though the rules by which it is governed, as well as the objects of the Society, are exactly the same as those deriving their charters from the General Assembly.
The original object of the Turner Unions is the development of sci- entific gymnastics, which object has seemed to languish somewhat among young German-Americans, and the Association becomes one of social inter- course, while the exercises become a means of occasional amusement. The history of the order in this city has been marked with several reverses. The first organization dates back to 1851, when it was composed of many of our adopted citizens, whose names have since stood high upon the roll of honor. Their meetings were then held in Harmonia Hall, where they had valuable scenery belonging to the dramatic company, which was an auxiliary of the Association.
The society continued until the outbreak of the civil war, when it dis- banded, and the majority of its members, inspired by love for the flag of
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their chosen country, left their homes to assist in maintaining its honor and the perpetuity of the States.
April 6, 1872, the present Galena Sociale Turner Gemeinde was organ- ized at Wierich Hall, when the following named gentlemen were duly elected officers of the society:
C. Barner, First Sprecher; H. Marfield, Second Sprecher; P. Simon, Secretary; R. Heller, Treasurer; F. Kratochoil, First Turnwalt; T. Hassig, Second Turnwalt; C. Heller, Zeugwart.
The members of this new organization were composed of the very best portion of the German population. Their numbers rapidly increased, which suggested the need of more commodious quarters. It was then that the project of erecting a liall was agitated, which resulted in the building of an edifice not only for their, but for the public benefit. Turner Hall is now the place of holding the majority of public entertainments which visit Galena. It is a large stone building, with a hall on the first floor, which cost $15,000. It is furnished with a large stage, 46 by 22 feet, piano, costly scenery, and is considered by the traveling entertainment companies to be one of the finest in Northwestern Illinois.
At the time of laying the corner-stone (in 1874) of this building, a grand celebration and procession was made, embracing sixteen societies of Galena and a host of citizens. The procession formed at 10:30 A. M. on Bench Street, and marched through Bench, Meeker, Main and Gear Streets, concluding by passing up Bench Street to the Public Hall, where appro- priate exercises were the order of the day. The Chief Marshal was Col. M. M. Wheeler; Aid-de-Camp, Geo. W. Perrigo:
The present officers of the society are:
President, Christopher Barner.
Vice President, Mat. Meller.
Secretary, Charles Miller. Treasurer, Charles Scheerer.
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First Turnwart, Charles Grimm.
Second Turnwart, Louis Hornung.
Zeugwart, E. F. Hille.
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SCHOOLS.
Galena High School .- June 5, 1860, the number of members of the School Board was changed from three to five. The first board under this act was J. N. Waggoner, Thomas Foster, S. W. McMaster, H. W. Foltz and John Adams. One member of the board, Mr. McMaster, was chosen to act as superintendent.
At this time the erection of the High School building was begun, with John Adams and Mr. McMaster as building committee. Oliver Mar- ble was hired to superintend the completion of the building, who reported it finished on December 8, 1860. It is a fine, large, brick structure of three stories, on Prospect Street. The contractor, D. Farr, received $11,219.35, and a bill of $1,712.92 was allowed for furniture.
At this time seventeen teachers were enrolled, and the school popula- tion was 4,262. A. F. Townsend, now of Waterloo, Iowa, was principal, at $60 per month. On August 8, 1862, H. H. Miller was made principal, at $90 per month, who hield the position until August 14, 1866, when he
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resigned. August 24 Sterne .Rogers was elected principal, at $100 per month, who continued until September 6, 1869, when the present efficient principal, Mr. Samuel Hayes, was employed.
The present Board of Education consists of Dennis Galvin, President; D. N. Corwith, Treasurer; Wm. Hempstead, M. Munchrath, Dennis Gal- vin, C. L. Butcher and Andrew Telford.
The present teachers are : S. Hayes, Jr., Superintendent and Principal High School; Alice Luke, Assistant, High School; Annie Tomlin, Second Assistant, High School; John McHugh, room No. 26; Emma Gorman, room 28; Anna Delahunt, room 25; Katie McHugh, room 20; Louie Foltz, room 16; Era Brand, room 3; Maggie Gardner, room 17; Sarah Jones, room 2; Sarah Henry, East Galena District No. 3; Paulina Willy, East Galena District No. 3; Fanny Obuchon, Gear Street School; Mary Donahue, Sem- inary Hill; Maggie Murphy, Seminary Hill; Katie Burke, Gratiot School.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE AND MARINE HOSPITAL
At Galena were built under an appropriation of an Act of Congress for the year 1856. The buildings were commenced in June, 1857, and finished in the Fall of 1859. Messrs. Geiger & Joice, of the City of Washington, being the contractors, Ely S. Parker, Superintendent; and Daniel Wann, Disbursing Agent. The Custom House cost $78,529; the Marine Hos- pital, $43,430.
POST-OFFICE.
The post-office at Galena is the oldest in the northern part of the state; established June 4, 1826, as Fever River P. O., Crawford Co., Illinois, and changed to Galena, December 17, 1827. Until 1828 there was no regular mail service, and the office was supplied by steamboat in Summer, and dur- ing the Winter the postmaster was idle. In 1828 it was supplied from Vandalia once in two weeks, the mail being carried on horseback. Weekly mail service was established May 1, 1829. Notwithstanding the woful lack of mail service, the office early became one of great importance, as it was for some time the only post-office in the lead mining district. In the third number of the Miners' Journal, the list of letters remaining in the post- office July 1, 1828, numbered 350.
The following are the names and dates of appointment of the postmas- ters at Galena : Ezekiel Lockwood, June 4, 1826; Samuel Smoker, 1830; James G. Soulard March 5, 1835; Albion T. Crow, June 10, 1836; Philip P. Bradley, 1837; Allen Tomlin, August 23. 1839; Robt. W. Carson, 1841; John L. Slaymaker, August 25, 1845; Wm. P. Millard, 1849; Ber- nard Gray, 1853; Bushrod B. Howard, April, 1857; Warren W. Hunting- ton, March 5, 1861; Horace H. Houghton, May 4, 1873; Warren W. Huntington, May, 1877,-took possession July 1, 1877.
Of these, the only ones known to be living are J. G. Soulard, A. Tom- lin, W. W. Huntington and H. H. Houghton, all residing in Galena, and J. L. Slaymaker, residing near Albany, Ill. Howard left Galena, as Captain of Co. I, 19th Regiment Illinois Volunteers, and was killed at the fatal rail- road disaster near Cincinnati, while his regiment was en route to the seat of war. Mr. Huntington served continuously from March, 1861, to May, 1863, and is probably the oldest postmaster of his class in the state. Dur- ing Mr. Houghton's term, he was Special Agent of the Post-office Depart- ment until his re-appointment in 1877.
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BANKING AND INSURANCE.
The Galena Branch of the State Bank of Illinois went into operation Dec. 5, 1835. Daniel Wann, President; Wm. C. Bostwick, Cashier. Mr. Wann was succeeded by Frederick Stahl about 1840. E. W. Turner was cashier in 1838-'9, and was succeeded by Campbell. This bank ceased the transaction of banking business in 1842, and its affairs were wound up by the president and cashier about 1846 or '7.
The Galena Insurance Company was organized originally in 1851, with William Hempstead. President and Nicholas Stahl, Secretary, simply to preserve the charter. So continued until March 19, 1857, when it was reorganized by the election of Frederick Stahl, Nicholas Dowling, Chas. L. Stephenson, M. Y. Johnson, G. W. Campbell and Jolin Lorrain, Directors; Frederick Stahl, President; and William H. Snyder, Secretary. The com- pany transacted a banking business in connection with insurance, but abandoned the insurance business after two or three years. April 14, 1865, its stockholders having decided to take stock in the Merchant's National Bank, voted to discontinue banking business on and after the evening of the 15th, except in liquidation, that the deposits and other trust funds should be transferred to the bank, and that the assets should be divided as soon as realized. This company was successful, and at its close its stockholders received $14 for every $1 invested.
The Merchants National Bank of Galena, capital $125,000, was organ- ized Marclı 7, 1865, by the election of Augustus Esty, Frederick Stahl, L. S. Felt, Thomas Foster, J. H. Hellman, S. Crawford, J. M. Ryan, R. S. Norris and P. Klingle, Directors; Augustus Esty, President; Wm. H. Snyder, Cashier. Present officers: Augustus Esty, President; Wm. H. Snyder, Cashier.
The Bank of Galena .- The house of Rogers & Corwith were largely in the clothing business and dealing in lead in Galena at an early period, gradually became engaged in banking business; were known as bankers in 1842. In 1847 the firm sold their clothing business to E. H. & H. P. Corwith, and Henry Corwith, Nathan Corwith and Charles H, Rogers became known as the house of N. Corwith & Co., bankers. In 1853, the Bank of Galena was organized by these gentlemen under the laws of the State of Illinois, with Henry Corwith, President, and C. C. P. Hunt, Cashier. Nathan Corwith was afterwards President, succeeded in 1864 by R. H. McClellan. The Bank of Galena was succeeded by the National Bank of Galena.
The National Bank of Galena was organized in March, 1865. Its first directors were: Henry Corwith, Nathan Corwith, R. H. Mcclellan. T. B. Huglilett and John E. Corwith. President, R. H. MeClellan; Cashier, E. C. Ripley. Present officers: R. H. McClellan, President; E. C. Ripley, Cashier; capital, $200,000.
THE GAS LIGHT COMPANY OF GALENA.
On the 25th day of July, 1855, E. H. Beebe, M. Y. Johnson, H. H. Gear, D. B. Morehouse, Frederick Stahl, Benj. Coombe, S. S. Lorrain and G. W. Woodward, organized the Galena Gas Company, under the general Jaws approved Feb. 10, 1849, and elected a board of five trustees, viz .: E. H. Beebe as President, G. W. Woodward, Secretary, and M. Y. Johnson, Benj. Coombe and D. B. Morehouse. Aug. 10, 1855, the trustees made a
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contract with Samuel Ross to build for the company complete gas works, including mains and all the appliances for $80,000. Mr. Woodward resigned and Samuel Ross took his place in the board. In 1857, the company accepted the act of incorporation by the Legislature, and John Lorrain was elected director in the place of Samuel Ross. July 22, 1859, the property of the company was sold by the Sheriff. Jolin Lorrain was the purchaser, and on the 24th day of October, 1859, the Gas Light Company of Galena was organized under the general laws, by John Lorrain, Darius Hunkins, Shewell S. Lorrain and O. O. Phillips. John Lorrain, D. Hunkins and S. S. Lorrain, Trustees; John Lorrain, President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Gas Light Company of Galena was incorporated by special act of the Legis- lature approved March 30, 1869. The charter was accepted by the old company which was reorganized May 1, 1869. John Lorrain, D. Hunkins and William J. Anderson, Directors. O. O. Phillips was elected in place of Anderson, March 5, 1872, and there has been no change since. Capital stock of the company, paid up, $63,000.
THE GALENA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RAILROAD
Is purely a Galena enterprise. It was chartered by the Legislature of Illinois by act approved January 26, 1853. The original corporators were : Henry Corwith, James Carter, Alexander C. Davis, Daniel A. Barrows, Lucius S. Felt, Eli A. Collins, Wmn. H. Bradley, Madison Y. Johnson, John Lorrain, Edward Hempstead, Nicholas Dowling and Halstead S. Townsend. Daniel A. Barrows. A. C. Davis, E. Hempstead, Fred. Stahl, James Carter and Henry Corwith, were made Commissioners, until a board of directors were chosen, for receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the company. This charter authorized the building of a railroad from Galena to the line of Wisconsin in Jo Daviess County. By act approved March 2, 1857, the Legislature of Wisconsin incorporated the Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad Company. Nicholas Dowling, Edward H. Beebe, M. Y. Johnson, Sylvester McMasters, Daniel A. Barrows, L. S. Felt and Wellington Weigley, corporators, and authorized thein to continue the construction of their railroad from a point on the state line in Jo Daviess County to a point of intersection with the line of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company, west of Monroe. Having obtained the necessary legislation in- both states, the company procured one hundred thousand dollars of the bonds of Jo Daviess County and an equal amount of the bonds of the City of Galena, but the Milwaukee company finally abandoned the line from Monroe to the Mississippi, and the G. & S. W. R. R. surrendered the bonds but maintained its organization until the charter conld be used under more favorable circumstances. In 1871, Darius Hunkins, Madison Y. Johnson, James M. Ryan, Geo. R. Melville and Richard Barrett were the Directors of the Company. Madison Y. Johnson, President; James M. Ryan, Vice President; Robert Brand, Secretary; Wm. H. Snyder, Treasurer; Edward Harding, Chief Engineer; Louis Shissler, Attorney. In August, 1871, the directors having determined to adopt the narrow gauge for the contemplated road, and the president appealed to the citizens of Galena to subscribe for the stock. In October of the same year the engineer reported that the route had been surveyed. In 1872 the City of Galena issued its bonds for $57,- 000 to aid in the construction of the road.
Work on the road was immediately commenced, and nearly all the grading completed in 1873. Then, failing to negotiate their bonds, work
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was suspended until 1874, when a reorganization was effected by the election of a new board of officers. In July of that year bonds to the amount of $200,000 were negotiated; work was resumed, and the road ironed to Plattville on the 31st day of December, 1874.
In consequence of some misunderstanding, the expected Plattville aid was withheld, and from the further fact of a snow blockade, the road was not operated that; Winter. In the early Spring of 1875, another organiza- tion became necessary because of the resignation of some of the old managers. The new company went to work at once to put the road in condition to be operated. In the Fall of 1874, the company commenced running trains from Galena to Benton, fifteen miles. In the early Summer of 1875, trains commenced running t o Plattville, since when there has been no interruption except by a "washout" by heavy rains, July 4, 1876, after which the traffic was suspended for a period of three months, when the damage was repaired and traffic resumed. Since then the earnings of the road have been gradually increasing, until they are now a little in excess of the expenses. In 1877, the road was extended from Phillips' Corner, four miles east of Plattville, via Belmont to McCormick's Corners, ten miles. This part of the road will be in operation early this Spring (1878). As fast as the means of the company will permit, the road will be continued to Wingville, in the centre of the zinc region of Wisconsin. These mines are the richest zinc discov- eries ever made in the U. S. From Wingville it will be extended to Muscoda or vicinity, on the Wisconsin River, as soon as possible. When completed that far, the pine and lumber regions will be reached and made accessible - and available to the country between Galena and Muscoda.
The following is the present organization of the company :
Directors-R. Barrett, Galena; Matt. Murphy, Benton, Wis .; D. Hunkins, W. H. Blewett, D. Rochford, Galena.
Officers-R. Barrett, President; Matt. Murphy, Vice President; S. O. Stillman, Secretary; E. C. Ripley, Treasurer; W. H. Blewett, Superintend- ent; A. W. Bell, Attorney, Plattville, Wisconsin.
The stations along the road after leaving Galena, are : Millbrig, Bun- combe, Benton, Cuba City, St. Rose, St. Elmo, and Platteville, on the old route. On the extension, the only station named is Grand View (old Belmont). Trains make one trip per day from Galena to Plattville and return. An additional train will be established this Spring. From the time the road was first completed to the present, there has been no accident or injuries to passengers or employes, of any kind-a record that can not be shown by every railroad.
GALENA TURNPIKE COMPANY.
May 12, 1868 the Galena newspapers contained the following:
" NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION.
"Notice is hereby given that the books will be opened on Saturday, May 30, 1868, at 10 o'clock, A. M., at the Court House in Galena, for subscription to the capital stock of a turn- pike or macadamized road from Galena to the Wisconsin State line, at or near John Miller's place, at which meeting the organization will be fully completed under the general laws of the State of Illinois. All interested are invited to be present.
" JACOB DOXEY, " R. S. NORRIS,
" HARVEY MANN,
" GEORGE SANDERS,
" J. M. HARRIS."
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This road was designed to take the place of a plank road that had been built by a company known as the Mineral Point Plank Road Company, which was organized about 1856 or 1857. The plank road was built but did not prove to be a profitable investment. In times when the roads were good, the road was avoided by farmers and others to save toll. When planks in one part of the road would rot away, their places would be supplied with planks taken up and removed from another part. With this kind of man- agement, says Mr. R. S. Norris, teams were kept busy all the time trans- ferring planks from one part of the road to another. The road was never in good condition, and at last came to be almost universally condemned and travel over it abandoned. Under this condition of affairs, a few of the enterprising men of Galena and vicinity, conceived the idea suggested in the advertisement quoted above.
The capital stock of the Turnpike Company was fixed at $37,500. July, 1868, W. Weigley, S. S. Brown and James M. Ryan were elected directors. S. S. Brown was chosen as president of the company, and R. S. Norris, secretary and treasurer.
The building of the road was commenced in July, 1868, and com- pleted and put under toll to the Four Mile House by the 1st of November, of that year. The remainder of the road to the State line was completed in 1869. Twenty-two thousand dollars of the capital stock was paid in; with which the road was undertaken and completed to the Four Mile House. The balance of the road was completed from its earnings. At the beginning of - the undertaking, the company issued bonds bearing eight per cent interest per annum, on whichi a loan of $15,500 was negotiated. After the comple- tion of the road, stock dividends were declared every six months and the earnings of the road applied to the payment of the bonds which were all all taken up in 1873. Since the payment of the bonds, the dividends have averaged about seven per cent per annum.
When the company was organized the county authorities gave them the right of way and control of the old free road, sixty feet in width, for thirty years from 1868. The charter will expire in 1898.
HOTELS.
De Soto House .- In 1852 a stock company was organized for the pur- pose of erecting a hotel building which would be in keeping with the gen- eral prosperity and growth of Galena, and, as a result, the present De Soto House was completed in 1853, at a cost of $85,000. It was planned to be of five stories, but, deciding to add another, the company borrowed $13,000 on mortgage, for that purpose. The hotel was furnished at a cost of $15,000, and first occupied by John C. Parks. But, as is often the case, the mort- gage ultimately caused the sale of the building. It was then held under foreclosure until 1874, when the present proprietor, Wm. H. Blewett, re- opened and has since managed it in commendable style. It is a six-story brick building, 100 by 110 feet in size, containing 240 rooms.
The principal hotels of Galena now are the De Soto House, by Wm. H. Blewett; European Hotel, by L. Van Embden; Mississippi House, by Joseph Dittenburg; Lawrence House, by John Hassig; Logan House, by Henry Logan; United States Hotel, by James Ingram; Hornung House, by John Hornung; Broadway House, by Wm. Cloth; Union House, by W. Ivey; Bethel House, by Wm. Hoey.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Adjustment of Land Claims .- It may seem somewhat strange to the people of the present, that there were not more serious differences between the conflicting interests of the early settlers-mniners and farmers -- than there were. When the first settlers came, in 1819, and up to the organization of the county in 1827, it may be said there were no written or statute laws to govern the people in. any of their transactions. The agent representing the interests of the U. S. government issued certain pronun- ciamentos for the government of the miners. Those engaged in other pur- suits governed themselves, and it is said by the surviving settlers of the early days that there was less of theft, larceny and kindred crimes in those days than there is now. The settlers were governed entirely by the laws of honor.
To give the young people an idea of how the pioneer settlers protected the claims of each other, we make the following extracts from the proceed- ings of a Settlers' Meeting, called to devise " ways and means" for that purpose :
"Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the settlers on the public lands in Township 28 N., R. 2 E. (Galena), was held at the school-house on Saturday, the 2d day of January, 1847. On motion of James D. Rawlins, Samuel W. Hathaway was called to the chair, and E. Baldwin chosen Secretary.
" Mr. G. M. Hallett offered a resolution pledging the meeting to con- . cur in the resolutions adopted at a Settlers' Meeting held in Galena, on the 5th of December, 1846, which was adopted. [No written proceedings of the meeting referred to in this resolution were to be found.]
" M. Hallett, S. Snyder, F. Stahl, J. Hawkins and J. Holman were appointed a committee to report regulations for the government of claim- ants in the township. The committee reported, recommending the election . of a board of arbitrators, consisting of five persons, authorized to settle all disputes between conflicting claimants, on principles of equity and justice, their decisions to be final. If any claimant objected to either arbitrator, and a majority of the board sustain the objection, the member objected to should retire during that trial, and that his place be filled by a good and suitable citizen. The board to appoint their own clerk, who, at his own expense, shall provide books, paper and plats. The clerk was directed to provide for the registry of claimants before the first day of February next, and to receive a fee of ten cents for each claim presented for registry.
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