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The number of inmates at present (October 12, 1878) is 1,646. Of these, 1,621 are males and 25 females. There are leased 1,244, and employed by State, 402.
The present Government is as follows :
Board of Commissioners .- Robert L. Dulaney, President ; A. M. Jones, Secretary ; 'S. H. Jones.
Officials .- Robert W. McClaughry, Warden; Benjamin L. Mayhew, Deputy Warden ; D. C. Sleeper, Assistant Deputy Warden ; A. T. Briscoe, Chaplain ; A. W. Heise, M. D., Physician ; Gallus Mueller, Clerk; John D. Leland, Stew- ard ; Mrs. J. E. Judson, Matron ; C. F. Gross, Usher.
There has been much discussion at times as to the effects of the Prison upon the prosperity of the city and county, and it is often the theme of partisan denunciation. One thing seems plain, that the State must either keep its convicts in idleness and tax the people for their support, or employ them in such work as is remunerative ; and while it may in some cases interfere somewhat with the wages of mechanics outside, yet the same objection is urged against labor-saving machinery. The disadvantages in this respect we think have been trifling and temporary, while the benefits to the place have been many and permanent. The Penitentiary gives employment to a great many men besides the convicts, as guards and keepers, foreman and engineers, and also brings in men to reside here (who employ their labor) with their families. It makes a ready market
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for the products of farmers in the vicinity, as will appear from the following estimate which we have seen of an ordinary dinner : 30 pounds of butter, 1,700 pounds of beef, 1,300 pounds of pork, 10 bushels of beans, 300 pounds of hom- iny, 300 pounds of rice, 10 bushels of peas, 24 bushels of potatoes, 2,800 pounds of cabbage, 10 barrels of krout, 1,200 pounds of bread, 250 pounds of coffee, etc.
Not the least among the benefits which the city and county have derived from the location of the prison must be reckoned the valuable and enterprising men it has from time to time added to our population. Among the earlier of these we must reckon the genial, large-hearted Samuel K. Casey (now deceased); Dr. John R. Casey, his brother, who was several years the Physician in Charge, and still resides among us ; and our enterprising citizen, William A. Steele, who was Clerk for the original contractors, Sanger & Casey, and who has since done so much to develop the stone business here. The list might be extended through the years, and would be found to include many valuable citizens, some still residents here.
The amount of supplies purchased from Will County farmers and merchants for the use of the prison cannot be less than $100,000 annually ; while the amount paid out by the State and by contractors for salaries and wages to officers, employes and foremen who, with their families, live in Joliet, will at least reach the same figure.
We give the statistics of the prison at the date of October 12, 1878 :
CONTRACTS.
Name of Contractors.
Number Con- tracted for.
Number Employed. 190
Cigar shop
National Cigar Company
Harness shop
Risser & Reitz.
100
98
Boot and shoe shop ... Selz, Schwab & Co.
425
424
Wire fence shop
.Joliet Wire Fence Company. ....
30 to
60
47
Cooper shop
.J. H. Winterbotham & Sons ......
160
171
Butt shop.
Ohio Butt Company
90
88
Brush shop
Ohio Brush Works.
65
66
Marble shop
.Burlington Manufacturing Co ...
65
69
Granite shop G. A. Haley & Co
40
22
Tailor shop.
A. V. Hutchins.
50
36
Knitting shop
H. C. Cullom.
25 to
50
33
Total on contracts
-1,244
STATE WORK.
State runners in contract shops
35
Stone department.
88
State shops
56
Stables
16
Yard gang
44
Store and farm
17
Convict kitchen.
17
Wash-room and clothing department
26
Cell house
37
Hospital nurses
5
Warden house.
36
Female prison
25
Total on State work.
402
Total
1,646
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Of the 402 men employed for State work, 88 men in stone department, 56 men in State shops, and 10 men in store and farm are absolutely productive. The balance are mostly employed for the service and at the expense of the institution.
Citizens' pay-roll of Illinois State Penitentiary, 108 men. Contractors' employes at Illinois State Penitentiary, about 75 men.
Wishing to get some idea of the religious efforts which are made for the benefit of the inmates of the Penitentiary, we availed ourselves of the kind permission of the Warden to attend the Sabbath service on the beautiful Autumn morning which greeted us the 20th of October, 1878. A short walk brought us to the gate which opens on the graveled serpentine path leading up from the Lockport road, through a beautiful, well-kept lawn of brightest green, dotted with flower-beds, to the handsome stone porch which commands the entrance to the main hall. Pausing here a moment to look at the lawn, con- sisting of two terraces, the upper one, over which we had just come, in front of the east wing, and the lower one, running along the west wing to the Chi- cago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad, with a beautiful, well-filled greenhouse at the dividing wall, we push open the door and find ourselves in the marble-paved hall, from which we enter the reception-room. Here we find quite a com- pany, largely composed of ladies, who have come on a similar errand. After a few moments, the Chaplain and the Warden enter, and invite us to accompany them. We pass through the iron-grated door in the iron grated partition, which turns noiselessly upon its hinges at the bidding of a turnkey, and find ourselves in another hall ; but now we are separated from the outside world, and can only return by the permission of the turnkey who has admitted us. But we pass on through another similar door into the prison-yard, where we catch a glimpse of many work-shops of various kinds, and find the building for which we are bound, in the second story of which is the chapel. This con- tains, on the first floor, the kitchen and other rooms, and is bordered all along the west front by a narrow terrace of green turf, which affords a grateful relief to the glare of stone walls and well-beaten thoroughfares. At the south end of this building, we pass up an outside stairway, through a door in the southwest corner, which admits us to the chapel, a large, rectangular room, well lighted and ventilated, and plainly seated, with a capacity, we judge, of ten or twelve hundred. At the further end is a door, through which the striped audience is · filing in, taking their seats in squads as directed by guards. At the end by which we have entered, is an elevated platform, filled with the comfortable rustic chairs of the prison manufacture. These are being filled with that por- tion of the audience which are not in uniform. In the center of the platform, is a neat desk, on which lies a large Bible, and a cottage organ is on the eastern end. As soon as all the audience-consisting, on the main floor, as we judge, of about eight hundred men, uniformed, and a dozen guards who occupy chairs on raised platforms on either wall, and on the platform at the south end, of a company of thirty or forty well-dressed gentlemen and ladies-are seated, the choir of nine young men in the prevalent uniform, assisted by Miss Cleghorn,
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of Joliet, at the organ, commence the singing of a familiar hymn, in which many of the audience join. The services then proceed very much as in any of our churches-prayer, reading of Scripture, singing, etc., after which the Chaplain delivers a plain, practical and pungent discourse from the text, Romans, viii, 34.
After the discourse, the Chaplain invited Mr. Jones, one of the Commis- sioners, who happened to be present, to make an address, who did so in an earnest appeal to the hearers to resolve to lead a better life.
During these exercises, the audience was quiet and attentive, and apparently as deeply interested as any we have ever seen. How much of this was due to the watchful eyes of the guards, we cannot tell. Although the attendance is not voluntary (except upon the class meeting), many, we presume, attend also from choice. If they do not do so for moral reasons, it must afford an agree- able diversion from the labors and thoughts of the week; and if they are greeted every Sabbath with such an array of youth and beauty as met them upon the occasion of which we write, we should think they would look forward to it with eager anticipation. But to be thus reminded of the sisters, wives, mothers and children, whose hearts they have broken and whose names they have dishonored and whose prayers and entreaties they have disregarded, may not be a cheerful sight !
As the chapel is not large enough to accommodate all the inmates, the east and west wing attend on alternate Sabbaths.
We scrutinized the audience closely to see if there was any marked differ- ence in the apparent intellectual and moral development of the striped audience and the people we meet every day, and were forced to admit that no such differ- ence was visible. We noticed, also, that many seemed to be deeply interested in the services.
After the service was over and the benediction pronounced, the largest por- tion of the uniformed audience withdrew at the north door, in charge of the guards. A part, however-about 200, as we judged-remained, and were seated in the front seats, when the Chaplain commenced a class meeting, opening it with sing- ing, after which he called upon a brother to pray, when a young convict (who is the prison librarian) led in a fervent and well-worded prayer -- every one in the seats kneeling. The brethren were then permitted to speak briefly, and ten or twelve responded, one after another, the Chaplain occasionally putting in a word of instruction or encouragement, and passing around in his audience and shaking them by the hand. It was a deeply interesting and affecting sight. Some alluded to their situation, spoke of the causes that had placed them where they were, and avowed their purpose to persevere, with the help of God. One or two thanked God that they had been put where they were, as it had been the means of their conversion. Among the number who spoke were three col- ored brethren, and one was especially fervent and happy. His face shone like that of Moses when he came down from the mount, and we have no doubt that
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the brother had himself been upon the mount and held communion with his Maker. He avowed his love for Christ and his happiness since he had found Him. Nothing now, he said, gave him any trouble; all was joy and peace. He was full of the spiritual elan of his mercurial race, and spoke on with volu- ble earnestness, with his eyes rolled up to the ceiling, increasing, each moment, in fervor, his spiritual Pegasus mounting higher and higher, until he seemed just ready to go up in a chariot of fire, when he was brought back to earth by a judicious word or two from the Chaplain and the starting of a hymn, which brought the dark-skinned brother to his seat, seemingly, we thought, a little disappointed in being thus brought back to earth. The whole service was most admirably conducted by the Chaplain, who seemed to have his flock under per- fect control. About one-third of those who remained seemed to belong to the class, or society. An opportunity was given to any of the rest to join. On this occasion, one did so, and was called out in front and greeted by the Chap- lain with a hearty hand-shake and a word or two of advice.
The service was closed at half past 11 by the distribution of religious papers and the singing of the doxology, and thus we had spent two and a half hours in a most interesting manner and without weariness.
We were impressed with the conviction that the Chaplain is doing a good work in his chosen field; that he is the right man in the right place, and that he has, perhaps, as much evidence of his success as falls to the lot of most Pastors.
We understand that one of the Catholic Pastors of our city also holds a religious service at the prison, at which the inmates of that faith are permitted to attend, and that the Chaplain has an afternoon service for the women.
OFFICIAL RECORD.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Previous to the adoption of township organization in 1850, the county had been divided into precincts for the purpose of election, with precinct Justices of the Peace and Constables, the county legislation and general business being transacted by County Commissioners. The list of County Commissioners from the organization of the county to 1850, is as follows :
Holder Sisson, 1836-39, 4 years, deceased ; Thomas Durham, 1836-38, 3 years, deceased ; James Walker, 1836, 1 year, deceased ; R. L. Wilson, 1837-38, 2 years, deceased ; J. Blackstone, 1839, 1 year, deceased ; Thomas Cox, parts of 1839-40; W. B. Peck, 1839-42, 4 years, deceased; William Gougar, part of 1840-41, 2 years, deceased ; H. Sisson, 1840, 1 year, deceased; Samuel Whalon, 1841-43, 3 years, deceased ; N. Hawley, 1842-44, 3 years, deceased ; F. Mitchell, 1844-46, 3 years; Willard Wood, 1843-44, 2 years ; Robert Stevens, 1845-47, 3 years, deceased ; James Walker, 1846-19, 4 years, deceased ; J. B. Schemerhorn, 1848-49, 2 years ; F. Worcester, 1847-49, 3 years.
On the first organization of the county, there was included a tier of four town- ships on the south, lying east of Wesley, and also that part of the townships south of
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them and north of the Kankakee River, which were lost to us on the organiza- tion of Kankakee County in 1853, and it was from this part of the county that Thomas Durham and F. Worcester were chosen. On the organization of Du Page County in 1839, we came very near losing half the townships of Wheat- land and Dupage. It was left by the act to the voters residing on the half townships to decide by vote in August to which county they would belong. They very wisely decided to remain in Will County. But they had not much wisdom to spare, as the matter was decided by a majority of one vote.
We shall now close our historical sketch by giving a list of all the other county officers from the erection of the county to the present time, and follow it with a list of those who have filled State and other offices from the county. This will be more cheerful reading, and will get many good men into history :
County Clerks .- Levi Jenks, 1836-42, 7 years ; N. D. Elwood, 1843-48, 6 years, deceased ; O. L. Hawley, 1849-56, 8 years, deceased ; William Tonner, 1857-64, 8 years ; Henry Logan, 1865- 68, 4 years ; J. C. Williams, 1869-73, 5 years ; W. B. Hawley, 1874-77, 4 years; W. H. Zarley, 1878, now in office.
Recorders .- G. H. Woodruff, 1836-42, 7 years ; R. C. Duncan, 1843-47, 5 years, died in 1874. Circuit Clerks .- Levi Jenks, 1836-40, 5 years ; William Smith, 1841-37, 7 years, deceased.
Circuit Clerks and Recorders (offices united) .- M. McEvoy, 1848-51, 4 years, died in 1861 ; R. E. Barber, 1852-55, 4 years ; Alex. McIntosh, 1856-59, 4 years ; B. F. Russell, 1860 .67, 8 years, deceased ; Conrad Tatge, 1868-75, 8 years ; Robert Clow, 1876, 4 years ; now in office.
Treasurers .- C. Clement, 1836, 1 year ; Bennett Allen, 1837, 1 year, deceased ; Samuel Anderson, 1838, 1 year, deceased ; William Adams, 1839-42, 4 years ; Isaac Jessup, 1843-46, 4 years, deceased ; H. N. Stoddard, 1847-50, 4 years, deceased ; Benjamin Richardson, 1851-54, 4 years, died in August, 1869 ; C. H. Weeks, 1855-58, 4 years ; F. D. S. Stewart, 1859-60, 2 years ; Benjamin Richardson, 1861-62, 2 years, deceased ; Fred. Schring, 1863-66, 4 years ; A. J. Fries, 1867-68, 2 years ; R. F. Barber, 1869-70, 2 years ; A. J. Fries, 1871-73, 3 years ; James W. Martin, 1873-76, 4 years ; John T. Donahue, 1877 ; now in office.
Sheriffs .- F. Aldrich, 1836-39, 4 years ; H. D. Risley, 1840-43, 4 years, deceased ; James Broadie, 1844-47, 4 years, deceased ; Alonzo Leach, 1848-49, 2 years ; R. J. Cunningham, 1850- 51, 2 years, deceased ; Alonzo Leach, 1852-53, 2 years ; P. P. Scarritt, 1854-55, 2 years ; George R. Dyer, 1856-57, 2 years ; Alonzo Leach, 1858-59, 2 years; W. W. Bartlett, 1860-61, 2 years ; George Monroe, 1862-63, 2 years ; John Reid, 1864-65, 2 years ; George Strathdie, 1866-67, 2 years ; H. Johnson, 1868-69, 2 years ; R. W. Marshall, 1870-71, 2 years ; G. M. Arnold, 1872-75, 4 years ; Warren S. Noble, 1876-78, resigned ; Henry S. Piepenbrink, 1878.
County Judges .- Hugh Henderson, 1837, 1 year, deceased ; G. H. Woodruff, 1838, 1 year ; A. Cagwin, 1839-42, 4 years ; J. O. Norton, 1843-1848, 6 years, deceased; G. D. A. Parks, 1849-52, 4 years ; S. Simmons, 1853-56, 4 years ; O. L. Hawley, 1857-60, 4 years, deceased ; C. H. Weeks, 1861-64, 4 years ; David Willard, 1865-73, 9 years ; Benjamin Olin, 1874, still in office.
School Commissioners .- Levi Jenks, 1836-40, 5 years ; James Stout, 1841-44, 4 years, de- ceased ; Thomas Allen, 1845, part of year ; G. S. Fake, 1845-46, two years ; H. N. Marslı, 1847-48, two years; K. J. Hammond, 1849-52, 4 years ; S. W. Stone, 1853-54, two years; S. O. Simonds, 1855-56, 2 years ; B. F. Allen, 1857-58, 2 years ; Edward Savage, 1859-60, 2 years, deceased ; S. O. Simonds, 1861-62, 2 years ; Charles McReading, 1863-64, 2 years, de- ceased ; Dwight Haven, 1865-68, 4 years ; S. O. Simonds, 1869-73, 5 years ; Mrs. S. C. McIn- tosh, 1874-77, 4 years ; Joseph F. Perry, 1878, still in office.
County Surveyors .- Addison Collins, 1836-39, 4 years, deceased ; R. J. Boylan, 1840-48, 9 years ; J. Woolley, 1849-52, 4 years, deceased ; A. J. Matthewson, 1853-60, 8 years ; Adam
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Comstock, 1861 -- 64, 4 years ; N. D. Ingraham, 1865-66, 2 years ; Adam Comstock, 1867-74, 8 years ; A. J. Matthewson, 1875, 4 years, still in office.
Coroners-E. M. Daggett, 1836-37, 2 years; Joel George, 1838-43, 6 years; C. White, 1844, 1 year ; Benjamin Richardson, 1845-51, 7 years, deceased ; A. B. Mead, 1852-53, 2 years : J. H. Reece, 1854-57, 4 years ; Charles Demmond, 1858-61, 4 years, died in 1867; E. E. Daly, 1862-63, 2 years; J. H. Reece, 1864-65, 2 years ; A. J. Fries, 1866-67, 2 years ; J. H. Reece, 1868-69, 2 years; Charles Richards, 1870-74, 5 years; M. B. Campbell, 1875-76, 2 years ; Thomas McBride, 1877, still in office.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Town of Channahon .- George Tryon, 1850-52, 3 years; H. Henderson, 1853, 1 year, de- ceased ; J. J. Schemmerhorn, 1854-56, 3 years; Charles C. Smith, 1857-61, 5 years; E. H. Jessup, 1862, 1 year ; John T. Randall, 1863-65, 3 years ; J. N. Fryer, 1866-77-78, 13 years, still in office.
Town of Crete .- N. Brown, 1850, 1 year ; A. Wilder, 1851-53, 3 years ; Willard Wood, 1854, 1 year ; Z. Henderson, 1855, 1 year.
The town of Washington was then set off.
Crete (continued). - Willard Wood, 1856, 1 year; M. Kile, 1857, 1 year; H. H. Mynard, 1858, 1 year ; W. Hewes, 1859, 1 year ; C. Tatge, 1860, 1 year ; N. Brown, 1861, 1 year ; E. W. Beach, 1862, 1 year ; H. A. Dean, 1863, 1 year ; C. Tatge, 1864, 1 year ; W. Hewes, 1865, 1 year ; C. Tatge, 1866-7, 2 years; C. Horn, 1868, 1 year; J. O'Meier, 1869-71, 3 years; C. Horn, 1872, 1 year ; J. O'Meier, 1873-74, 2 years ; D. S. Bordwell, 1875-76, 2 years; J. O' Meier, 1877-78, 2 years, now in office.
Town of Dupage -John Miller, 1850, 1 year; A. C. Paxton, 1851-52, 2 years ; R. W. Smith, 1853-54, 2 years, died January 2, 1869; H. Boardman, 1855, 1 year ; E. D. Eaton, 1856, 1 year ; A. C. Paxton, 1857, 1 year ; T. H. Abbott, 1858-59, 2 years ; B. B. Clark, 1860, 1 year ; J. P. King, 1861, 1 year ; Robert Strong, 1862, 1 year; B. B. Clark, 1863, 1 year ; E. Virgil, 1864, 1 year; R. W. Smith, 1865-67, 3 years; A. Godfrey, 1868, 1 year ; J. B. King, 1869, 1 year; John Royce, 1870-73, 4 years ; Thomas Williams, 1874-78, 4 years, now in office.
Town of Frankfort .- W. B. Cleveland, 1850-52, 3 years ; M. Van Horne, 1853-56, 4 years ; O. McGovney, 1857, 1 year ; H. S. Higgins, 1858, 1 year ; O. McGovney, 1859-60, 2 years ; John Reid, 1861-63, 3 years; J. B. Etz, 1864, 1 year ; Josiah Carpenter, 1865, 1 year ; George Bez, 1866, 1 year ; O. McGovney, 1867-68, 2 years ; J. Hunter, 1869-70, 2 years ; S. Shuberth, 1871-72, 2 years ; H. R. Wood, 1873, 1 year ; John Baumgartner, 1874-75, 2 years ; John Mc- Donald, 1876-78, still in office.
Town of Florence .- W. W. Monteith, 1851, 1 year; E. H. Strong, 1852, 1 year; J. Linebar- ger, 1853, 1 year ; S. Morey, 1854, 1 year; J. Kahler, 1855, 1 year ; J. Shoemaker, 1856, 1 year ; M. Tuttle, 1857-58, 2 years ; J. Shoemaker, 1859-61, 3 years ; J. Kahler, 1862, 1 year ; J. Linebarger, 1863, 1 year ; J. M. White, 1864, 1 year ; C. Hazard, 1865-69, 5 years ; S. Morey, 1870, 1 year; J. Shirk, 1871-73, 3 years ; Thomas Maher, 1874-76, 3 years ; Royal S. Corbin, 1877-78, now in office.
Town of Greengarden .- J. A. Bemiss, 1853, 1 year ; N. Johnson, 1854-55, 2 years ; G. M. Green, 1856-57, 2 years ; B. K. Hutchinson, 1858, 1 year ; J. W. Young, 1859-1860, 2 years ; M. F. Sanders, 1861-62, 2 years ; A. A. Angel, 1863, 1 year ; G. M. Green, 1864, 1 year ; M. F. Sanders, 1865, 1 year ; L. J. Burditt, 1866-67, 2 years ; G. B. Wood, 1868-70, 3 years ; H. Eisenbrandt, 1871-72, 2 years ; H. H. Stasson, Jr., 1873-78, 5 years, now in office.
Town of Homer .- Samuel Blount, 1850, 1 year ; Ira Austin, 1851, 1 year ; Addison Collins, 1852-53, 2 years ; Ira Austin, 1854-59, 6 years ; Alanson Granger, 1860, 1 year ; Amos Savage, elected in 1861 ; resigned to go to the war ; J. D. Frazer, 1861, 1 year ; S. Knapp, 1862, 1 year ; Alanson Granger, 1863, 1 year ; A. G. Rowley, 1864-65, 2 years ; Levi Hartwell, 1866, 1 year ; Amos Savage, 1867-72, 6 years ; J. H. Randle, 1873, 1 year ; J. D. Frazer, 1874, 1 year ; Amos Savage, 1875-76, 2 years ; A. G. Rowley, 1877, 1 year, J. D. Frazer, 1878, now in office.
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Town of Jackson .- S. Johnson, 1850, 1 year ; George Linebarger, 1851-53, 3 years ; E. B. Crafts, 1854-55, 2 years ; S. Johnson, 1856, 1 year; George Linebarger, 1857, 1 year ; E. B. Crafts, 1858, 1 year ; George Linebarger, 1859, 1 year ; D. D. Powless, 1860, 1 year ; S. John- son, 1861, 1 year ; S. Young, 1862, 1 year ; George Linebarger, 1863, 1 year ; H. Spangler, 1864, 1 year ; George Linebarger, 1865-1867, 3 years ; Thomas Tait, 1868, 1 year ; H. Spangler, 1869- 75, 7 years ; W. F. Keith, 1876-77, 2 years ; Henry Spangler, 1878, now in office.
Town of Joliet .- Charles Clement, 1850-52, 3 years ; A. Cagwin, 1853, 1 year ; F. Aldrich, 1854, 1 year ; Joel George, 1855, 1 year ; Edmund Wilcox, 1856, 1 year; E. Wilcox and R. Stev- ens, 1857, 1 year ; S. W. Bowen and J. Shutts, 1858, 1 year ; R. E. Goodell and E. Wilcox, 1859, 1 year ; R. E. Goodell and H. B. Goddard, 1860, 1 year ; R. E. Goodell and George Woodruff, 1861, 1 year ; George Woodruff and J. C. Zarley, 1862, one year ; S. K. Casey and J. Shutts, 1863, 1 year ; W. S. Brooks and John Shutts, 1864-66, 3 years; W. S. Brooks and E. Daly, 1867-68, 2 years ; W. S. Brooks and A. Schiedt, 1869-70, 2 years; William Werner and D. P. Hendricks, 1871, 1 year ; William Werner and W. A. Strong, Jr., 1872, 1 year; William Werner and R. Walsh, 1873, 1 year; William Werner, A. O. Marshall, James Boland and N. D. Tighe, 1874, 1 year; W. S. Brooks, John Ryan, James Boland and Nathaniel Barnes, 1875, 1 year; W. S. Brooks, John Ryan, Antony Schiedt and William Werner, 1876, 1 year ; F. J. Rapple, William Werner, John Ryan and Mansfield Young, 1877, 1 year ; F. J. Rapple, John Schiedt, William Gleason, John Lyons, 1878, 1 year ; now in office ..
Town of Lockport .- J. W. Paddock, 1850, 1 year ; Joel C. Mills, 1851-52, 2 years; Henry Torrey, 1853, 1 year; C. Dowd, 1854, 1 year ; J. C. Mills, 1855, 1 year; R. B. Harrington, 1856, 1 year ; A. S. Anderson, 1857, 1 year; C. E. Boyer, 1858, 1 year; William Hanley, 1859, 1 year ; S. Sly, 1860-61, 2 years ; S. Lonergan, 1862, 1 year; W. H. Baker, 1863-65, 3 years ; J. Fiddyment, 1866 -- 68, 3 years ; P. Fitzpatrick, 1869-70, 2 years ; J. F. Daggett, 1871, 1 year ; J. H. Arnold, 1872, 1 year; W. W. Marcy, 1873-74, 2 years ; Julius Scheibe, 1875, 1 year ; J. A. Boyer, 1876, 1 year ; George M. Arnold, 1877-78, 2 years ; now in office.
Trenton .- William Nelson, 1850, 1 year; M. Baily, 1851-52, 2 years.
The town was then divided into Manhattan and Greengarden.
Town of Manhattan .- John Young, 1853, 1 year; Clark Baker, 1854-55, 2 years; John Young, 1856-60, 5 years ; Clark Baker, 1861-62, 2 years ; G. A. Buck, 1863-64, 2 years ; J. E. Baker, 1865-69, 5 years; G. A. Buck, 1870-73, 3 years ; Stephen Robinson, 1873-74, 2 years ; Clark Baker, 1875, 1877-78, 4 years; now in office.
Town of Carey .- S. W. Cooper, 1850, 1 year; John S. Holland, 1851-53, 3 years ; George Baker, 1854-55, 2 years ; B. Sheridan, 1856, 1 year; D. Milliken, 1857-58, 2 years ; now in office.
The town of Carey was then divided into Will and Monee.
Monee .- O. Kahler, 1859-62, 4 years ; A. Herbert, 1863-64, 2 years ; E. C. Howard, 1865, 1 year ; A. Vass, 1866-68, 3 years ; S. W. Cooper, 1869, 1 year ; J. Griffith, 1870-72, 3 years ; J. Kolstedt, 1873-74, 2 years; Leubbe Albers, 1875-77, 3 years ; John Koldstedt, 1877, now in office.
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