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W.M. S. REID, son of Daniel Reid, was born in Rockbridge county, Va., December 10, 1818. Ile removed with his father's family to Preble county, Ohio, in 1822; and in 1823 to Richmond. He married May 7, 1839, Sarah Jane Mansur, by whom he had nine children, of whom only Sarah M., Clara M., and Mansur C., are living. Mr. Reid was for a time a clerk in the land office at Fort Wayne; on a farm in Allen county about twelve years; in the dry goods trade in Rich- mond three years ; and for several years in the pork-packing business, in which, as one of the firm of Vanneman, Reid &
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Co., he still continues. He was also for a number of years, with C. C. Beeler, engaged in the grocery trade, which they discontinued in 1870.
JOHN SAILOR was born in the city of Philadelphia, Novem- ber 23, 1781. He is said to have been by trade a cabinet- maker, but carried on the business of coach-making. In the year 1811, he became a member of the Presbyterian church, and in 1812 a ruling elder, which office he held until he left the city, in 1831, and removed to Richmond. At the first election under the borough charter, in 1834, he was elected first burgess, the head and presiding officer of the city council. In 1840, Richmond was incorporated as a city, and Mr. Sailor was elected mayor, and held the office by successive annual elections until January, 1852; and although he had a limited education, the duties of the office were discharged faithfully and conscientiously, as well as with general accept- ance. In 1854, he removed to Griggsville, Pike county, Illinois, where his wife died the next year. In 1865, he united with the Baptist church, of which he is still a member. In the summer of 1871, he met with an accident, by which he came near losing his life. Having been in early life a sailor, and used to climbing, he fearlessly ascended by a ladder into a cherry tree, unseen by any other person, and was soon after found lying on the ground under the tree in an uncon- scious state, and badly bruised, having fallen from the tree, the lowest limbs of which were eight feet from the ground.
ANDREW F. SCOTT was born in Rockbridge county, Va., De- cember 28, 1811; came to Wayne county in 1834; taught school one term three miles south of Richmond, and in the fall of that year engaged as clerk for Daniel Reid in his store and the post-office, in Richmond, and continued there five years. In 1839, he went to Fort Wayne, and served as clerk one year under Mr. Reid, who was then register of the United States land office at that place, and one year under James W. Borden, receiver. In 1841, he returned to Rich- mond, and served as deputy under Sheriff Wm. Baker one year, and next as clerk in the store of Jesse Meek about three years. He then became interested in the business of a steamboat company on the Ohio river, and served as its clerk for two years. In 1847, he returned to Richmond, and car-
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ried on the mercantile business four years. In 1851, he was elected clerk of Wayne county, and re-elected in 1855, in which office he served eight years, residing during his clerk- ship at Centerville. In 1860, he again removed to Richmond, and was engaged in farming about five years, and a part of that time also in merchandising and building, having, in 1862, erected the brick block on the north-west corner of Main and Fifth streets. In July, 1865, he was made clerk of the Rich- mond Fire Insurance Company, and served as such during its existence of about a year and a half. In 1867, he associated with James Forkner and C. N. Elmer, [firm, Forkner, Scott & Elmer,] in the wholesale grocery trade, in Richmond, in which he has continued till the present time. In 1839, he was mar- ried to Martha McGlathery. They had four children : Letitia A., who married Joseph McNutt, and died in 1863; John, who died in infancy ; Augustus C., who resides at home ; and Mary E., wife of John M. Tennis, agent for the Erie Railway Company, residing at Memphis, Tennessee.
CALEB SHEARON was born in Pennsylvania, February 29, 1778 ; came to Richmond in 1820. He was a hatter, and brought with him his shop fixtures. The roads being very bad, and hat trimmings light, he went for a time on foot to Cincinnati, and carried back his stock. He was successful in business, and accumulated a handsome property, as has been elsewhere stated. He was a stockholder in the first bank in Richmond, in the first turnpike company, and in the first railroad com- pany, and a director in each of them. He was married, in 1819, to Elizabeth Chalfant. His children were : Thomas H., who married Rachel, a daughter of James Thompson; Will- iam, who married Sarah J., and Warner, who married Rachel L., daughters of Nathan Rambo; Oliver HI., who married Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Overman, of Center; and Ruth Ann, wife of John D. Wiggins. Caleb Shearon died Janu- ary 28, 1854. The wife of Thomas H. died December 9, 1870. Oliver HI. removed a few years since to Kansas.
JOHN SMITHI was born in North Carolina, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Richmond in the year 1806. As an early settler, as the first merchant, and as the first proprietor of the town, he has been noticed. He settled in what is now
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the south part of the city, west from the public square, where, in 1811 or 1812, he built the house now owned by Jeremiah Hadley, the first brick house built in the town, and probably the first in the county. He was married, in North Carolina, to Letitia Trueblood, who died about the year 1813, and by whom he had five sons, Robert, Caleb, Nathan, John, and Samuel W., the last of whom was for a time a merchant in Richmond ; and six daughters : Mary, who was married to Thomas Nixon; Sarah, to Thomas Lamb; Pennina, to Jesse Symonds; Eliza- beth, to Stephen Holloway; Nancy, to Daniel Trimble; Gu- lielma, to Joseph Meek, of Abington. After the death of his wife he married, about the year 1818, Mrs. Jane Pleas, of Ohio, by whom he had a daughter, Esther, who married Jere- miah Hadley, and died Nov. 29, 1861. Mr. Hadley has been for many years a citizen of Richmond, and is at present, and has for several years been, the treasurer of the city school funds.
CHARLES W. STARR was born at Philadelphia, Feb. 28, 1792, and was married to Elizabeth Wilson, of Chester Co., Pa., who was born Feb. 14, 1798. In the year 1825, he removed with his small family to Richmond, and the next year bought the farm of Jeremiah Cox, lying on the north side of Main street and extending to the East Fork. Cox had laid out lots east to Marion street, including the tier east side, and north to the first alley south of Sassafras street. The farm con- tained about 240 acres, and embraced all the lands bought by Cox north of Main street, except the part lying between the east bounds of the lots laid out on Marion street and the river. The name of Charles W. Starr is intimately connected with the history of Richmond. His large farm, on which have been erected most of the finer class of dwellings, and nearly all the large manufacturing establishments of the city, was all laid out into lots. The value of lots sold before and since his decease is upward of $320,000, leaving still unsold lots of the value of about $60,000. He was an enterprising, energetic business man, and contributed largely to the improvement and prosperity of the town. He was an extensive house-builder. He erected a large number of buildings-business houses and dwellings. Among the former was a row on Main street, on
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and west of the corner of Franklin, where the First National Bank stands; also, the Tremont House, on the north-east cor- ner of Main and Fifth streets. He also built, about the year 1831, a cotton factory, just above the Williamsburg turnpike bridge, and run it a few years. He was highly esteemed as a citizen, and was a member of the society of Friends. He died May 1, 1855, having bequeathed his large estate to his wife- an evidence of his confidence in her ability to manage and dis- pose of it. The children of Charles and Elizabeth Starr were : 1. John, who died in infancy. 2. William C., who married Anna M. Chipman, and resides on Ninth street. 3. James M., who married Lydia C. Briggs, of Cincinnati, who died about three years after her marriage, leaving a daughter, who died soon after. He married, second, Sarah Jane King, a daughter of Levinus King. 4, 5. Mary and Samuel ; both died in in- fancy. 6. Hannah A., wife of Noah S. Leeds, a merchant in Richmond. 7. Lydia W., who died at 19. 8. Nathan H., who married Clara Gustin, at Middletown, Henry Co., where they reside. 9. Joseph W., who married Alida Burr, of North Bend, Ohio. 10. Benjamin, who married Josephine Iredell, who died in 1868. He resides in Richmond.
ITHAMAR WARNER, native of New England, and for several years a physician at Salisbury until after the removal of the county seat from that town, came to Richmond about the year 1820. He was unmarried, and boarded several years with Robert Morrisson. He soon acquired an extensive practice, and in time accumulated a handsome fortune, of which, at his decease, he bequeathed the principal part to the town of Richmond. The brick building on North Pearl street, near the Citizens' Bank, known as the " Warner Building," was a donation. The citizens have erected an appropriate monument over his grave. He died in March, 1835, aged about 52 years. He was never married.
JOHN MACAMY WASSON, son of Archibald Wasson, was born in Wayne township, in the year 1810. His early years were spent on the farm of his father, with whom, in 1829, he re- moved to Richmond. He was married to Anna, a daughter of Josiah Moore, an early settler about two miles south-east from Richmond. She was born in 1813. While a resident of
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Richmond, he worked several years at the wagon-making busi- ness. IIe afterward resided at Neill's Station, where he was postmaster from 1857 to 1859; and at Chester, where he held the same office from 1861 to 1864. He also resided two years at the town of Washington, whence he removed, in March, 1870, to Richmond, where he now resides. IIe commenced, several years ago, the collection of materials for a History of Wayne County, and had gathered many facts relating to the early settlement of Wayne township, including the city of Richmond, some of which are embodied in this work. Al- though he did not proceed to the completion of the con- templated history, the project seems to have originated with him. The children of Macamy and Anna Wasson were: 1. Elizabeth, who died in 1844, at the age of 4 years. 2. Thomas J., who enlisted, for the late war, in the 19th (Col. Solomon Meredith's) Regiment; was wounded at the battle of Gales- borough, and taken to the hospital at Philadelphia. After his recovery he rejoined his regiment, and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg, in the first day's engagement, July 1, 1863. 3. Sarah Ann, wife of David Beedle. 4. William H., who en- listed, in 1863, in the 9th Cavalry, 121st Indiana Regiment; served two years, and was regularly discharged. 5. Albert C., who resides in Kansas, and is married. 6, 7. Mary and Eliza.
DANIEL P. WIGGINS was born on Long Island, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1794. He married Phebe Dodge, who was born Sept. 2, 1796. In 1823, he removed with his family to Richmond. Being by trade a tanner, he was employed by Robert Morris- son to take the charge of his tannery, and a few years after was admitted as a partner. After a partnership of several years, he, with several of his sons, purchased the taunery built by John Smith. About the year 1851, he retired from the concern and all active business, with more than a competence, the reward of honest, persevering industry and prudent man- agement. IIe resides with his estimable wife, at a pleasant country seat in the suburbs of the city. They are exemplary members of the society of Friends, with which they united since their settlement in Richmond. They had eleven children : 1. William, who was born Oct. 2, 1814; mar- ried Emma Pyle, a daughter of Joseph Pyle, and died March
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29, 1855. 2. Henry D., born Oct. 16, 1816; married Lavinia Pyle, sister of Emma, and died April 4, 1842. She married, second, Judge Samuel E. Perkins, now of Indianapolis. 3. Andress S., born Aug. 15, 1818, married Rebecca Boswell, and lives near Hagerstown. 4. Stephen R., born April 12, 1820, married Delitha Ann Hunnicutt, and resides in Richmond. 5. Charles O., born May 23, 1822, married Mary Thatcher. 6. John D., born July 26, 1824, married Ruth Shearon. 7. Phile- mon F., born Sept. 16, 1826; married, first, Mary Burr, of Ohio, and after her death, Henrietta, daughter of George Mc- Culloch. 8. Mary Elizabeth, born Oct. 18, 1828, married George W. Barnes, and died Oct. 28, 1862. 9. Samuel B., born March 6, 1831; married Virginia Van Zant. 10. Sarah Ann, born August 19, 1833; married Wm. P. Benton, and died Feb. 23, 1861. He was a collector of United States rev- enue at New Orleans, where he died, March 12, 1867. 11. Daniel P., born Sept. 20, 1835; died Feb. 14, 1855.
JESSE WILLIAMS was born January 13, 1753. He married, first, Eleanor Johnson, by whom he had four children : John, Hannah, Esther, and Caleb. After the death of his wife he married Sarah Terrell, of Lynchburg, Va. He afterward re- moved with his family to North Carolina, where he resided many years, and then [1814] removed to Ohio, and in 1820 to Richmond, where he died in 1833, and his wife the same year. They had four sons and three daughters : Micajah T .; Achil- les ; Robert, who died in Richmond in 1822; Jesse L., who is married, and resides at Fort Wayne; Anna, wife of Dr. Thomas Carroll, of Cincinnati ; Sarah T., widow of Dr. James R. Mendenhall, and resides in Richmond; and Eliza, wife of John L. Burgess, of Dublin, Ind. Micajah T. came to Cin- cinnati as early as 1812, and died there in 1844. He was, while there, associated with Ephraim Morgan in publishing the West- ern Spy; a member of the legislature of Ohio; and president of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company. His widow now resides with her son, Alfred K. Williams, on her place in Richmond.
ACHILLES WILLIAMS, son of Jesse Williams, was born in Grayson, now Carroll county, Virginia, September 23, 1795. He removed, when young, with his father's family to Guilford
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Co., N. C., to which place his grandfather had removed with his family from Maryland, in 1851 or 1852. In 1814, the family removed to Cineinnati. After a brief visit to this place, [now Richmond,] in June, and a few months' sojourn at Waynesville, Ohio, the next year [1815] he returned in the fall to the South, and was married to Beulah Unthank. In 1817, he removed to Warren Co., O., and in the fall of 1818 to Richmond, and resumed his occupation-that of saddler- he being the first of that trade in the town-and continued the business for many years. He then entered into an un- fortunate partnership in establishing and carrying on a foundry, the first in the place. The business was most dis- astrous to him. After giving up all his effects to his credit- ors, he was still largely in debt. In 1829, he was elected county commissioner, which office he held several years. He was elected as a representative in the legislature for the ses- sion of 1837-38, and as a senator for the three succeeding ses- sions. After the election of President Harrison, he was ap- pointed postmaster at Richmond, but was superseded under Tyler. In 1844, he was elected county treasurer, and by re- elections continued in that office eleven years. Although the office was then far less lucrative than now, it enabled him, by proper frugality and economy, to cancel all the debts growing out of the partnership alluded to. And he often speaks of the kindness of his fellow-citizens in thus enabling him to ac- complish one of the most desirable objects of his life. He was appointed postmaster again by President Lincoln, and removed by President Johnson. He has, since the death of Robert Morrisson, been the earliest settler with a family now living in Richmond. His wife died April 28, 1871.
The children of Achilles and Beulah Williams who lived to maturity, were Susan, wife of David Osborn, of Ohio; Joseph ; Rebecca, wife of Thaddeus Wright; Zalinda, who married Dr. Wilson Hobbs, of Carthage, Ind .; Robert; Martha, who married Milton Yeo, of Ohio; Sarah, wife of Benj. Webb; and Caroline, wife of Charles C. Dennis, of Indianapolis. Robert died in 1861; Rebecca and Martha in 1866.
THOMAS N. YOUNG, born in Augusta Co., Va., January 23, 1817, removed in 1833 from Ohio to this county with his
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father, who settled about 1} miles west of the town of Boston, where P. Shidler now resides. Thomas commenced teaching school at the age of 18, and was engaged alternately in teach- ing and farming for a number of years. He married Mary Beard, a daughter of Peter Beard, of Boston, and in 1848 re- moved to Richmond, and engaged in the grocery business, but returned to his farm in Boston in 1849. In 1851, he returned to Richmond, and resumed the grocery and provision trade, in which he still continues. He was for several years a member of the city council; and in May, 1867, was elected mayor, which office he filled acceptably for the regular term of two years. He had six children, besides one who died in infancy, namely : Augustus B., a practicing lawyer in Richmond; Charles W. and George F., partners of their father in trade; Peter W .; Mary V., and Dora B.
JOHN YARYAN was born at Knoxville, Tenn., and removed, in the fall of 1816, with his father, to the south part of Wayne Co., Ind., which was in 1819 cut off by the formation of Union county. He studied law with Judge James Perry in 1841-42, and commenced practice in Liberty. He was in 1846 elected a representative in the legislature from Union county, and subsequently to the senate. In 1858, he removed to Rich- mond, where he has since been engaged in his profession.
LODGES IN RICHMOND.
WEBB LODGE, No. 24, F. & A. M. Charter dated Oct. 1823. Officers-William Pugh, W. M .; J. R. Mendenhall, S. W .; Wm. Vaughan, J. W .; John Suffrins, Treas .; John C. Kib- bey, Sec'y; Samuel Evans, S. D .; Wm. M. Doughty, J. D. This Lodge was instituted at Centerville, Nov. 7, 1823, by George L. Murdock, M. W. G. M. P. T .; Bartholomew McCleary, Sen., G. W. P. T .; John Hawkins, Jun., G.W. P. T .; Trowbridge, Gr. Treas .; Wm. Thomas, Gr. Sec. ; Aaron Delabar, Gr. Sen. Deacon ; G. W. Kemble, Gr. Jun. Deacon ; James B. Ray, Gr. Tyler, Marshal ; Philip Mason, Philip Van- dergriff, Wm. Youse.
This lodge met alternately at Centerville and Richmond,
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until 1833, when a charter was granted to Samuel Fleming, John Finley, and Wm. S. Addleman, to be held at Richmond. Present officers-Daniel W. Johnston, W. M .; Charles E. Mar- lett, S. W. ; Le Roy Land, J. W .; John J. Roney, Treas .; S. C. Byer, Sec'y ; C. A. Hatch, S. D .; Wm. P. Sparks, J. D .; Edward Woolverton, Tyler. Number of members, about 100.
RICHMOND LODGE, No. 196, F. & A. M. Chartered May 28, 1856. Charter members-Wm. B. Smith, Wm. Sinex, Wm. F. Spinning, Lewis Burk, John W. Griffin, T. J. Ferguson, Wm. L. Farquhar, Joseph Thatcher, John Elderkin, John Finley, John Suffrins. First officers-Wm. B. Smith, W. M .; Wm. Sinex, S. W .; Wm. F. Spinning, J. W .; Lewis Burk, Treas .; J. W. Griffin, Sec'y ; Charles Fisk, S. D .; Henry Staley, J. D. Present officers-R. W. Deely, W. M .; Chas. A. Bates, S. W .; Cornelius Ratliff, J. W. ; John Suffrins, Treas. ; J. A. Unthank, Sec'y; A. S. Reed, S. D .; J. H. Stinson, J. D .; Harvey Sto- ver, Tyler. Number of members, about 80.
WHITEWATER LODGE, No. 41, I. O. O. F., was instituted May 1, 1847. Charter members-W. P. Wilson, Edwin Irwin, Se- date Bickmore, Thomas Vickers, W. L. Farquhar. First offi- cers-W. P. Wilson, N. G .; Sedate Bickmore, V. G .; Edwin Irwin, R. S. ; Thomas Vickers, Treas. Present officers-Henry R. Downing, N. G. ; Frank K. IIess. V. G .; John F. Kuhl- man, R. S .; Saul G. Dugdale, P. G., Treas .; Edward Bellis, P. G., Per. Sec'y. Original number of members, 11; present membership, 160. Present resources, $17,500.
HERMANN LODGE, No. 199, I. O. O. F., was organized May 14, 1858. Charter members-John H. Popp, Charles Leive, Anton Egli, Joseph Schluter, John M. Hamann, Charles Hoel- scher, Jacob Goehner, John Schumann, Engelbert Wessner, Louis Runge, Henry Kruvel. First officers-John H. Popp, N. G .; Henry Kruvel, V. G .; Joseph Schliter, R. S .; Jacob Goehner, Treas .; - - - , Per. Sec. Present officers-Mar- tin Eckerle, N. G .; Adolf Weisbrod, V. G .; Henry Bartel, R. S. ; John Schumann, Treas .; Henry G. Knopf, Per. Sec'y. Original number of members, 11; present membership, 103.
WOODWARD LODGE, No. 212, I. O. O. F., was organized Aug. 30, 1859. Charter members-E. C. Pyle, Wm. W. Foulke, O. H. P. Little, O. H. Shearon, Miles J. Shinn, P. G., D. P.
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Graves, W. P. Wilcoxen, T. J. Newby. First officers-E. C. Pyle, N. G .; Wm. W. Foulke, V. G .; A. W. Mendenhall, R. S .; O. H. P. Little, Treas .; O. H. Shearon, Per. Sec'y. Present officers-Enos Geary, N. G .; John M. Hinton, V. G .; Wm. Coddington, R. S .; James Williams, Treas .; E. H. Con- kle, Per. Sec'y. Original number of members, 43; present membership, 205.
RICHMOND LODGE, No. 254, I. O. O. F., was organized March 12, 1866. Charter members-Peter Johnson, W. W. Dudley, Oran Perry, J. R. Woods, J. R. Weist, E. H. Strattan, J. H. McIntyre, M. M. Lacy, M. E. MeMeans, A. S. Johnson, G. W. Benton, J. J. Russell, B. J. Miller, James Skinner, Joshua Hunt, Philemon Dickinson, J. E. Rogerson, J. P. Iliff. First officers-J. R. Woods, N. G .; M. M. Lacy, V. G .; M. E. McMeans, R. S .; J. R. Weist, Treas .; J. J. Russell, Per. Sec'y. Present officers-R. C. Weller, N. G .; C. E. Zimmer- man, V. G .; S. B. Williamson, R. S .; W. P. Wilson, Treas .; J. R. Milliken, Per. Sec'y. Number of members at the end of the first quarter, 66; present membership, 111.
HARMONIA ENCAMPMENT, No. 75, I. O. O. F., was organized Feb. 8, 1866. Charter members-Charles Leive, Jacob Goeh- ner, Christian Shulz, Gottleib Lichtenfels, Henry Kruvel, Louis Meyer, J. H. Scheppmann, Anton Bescher, Gottleib Weidner, Baltasar Bescher, P. S. Hoffmann, Louis Knopf, Louis Runge, Anton Egli, Sales Minner, Isaac Shire. First officers-P. S. Hoffmann, C. P .; Charles Leive, H. P .; Louis Knopf, S. W .; Louis Runge, J. W .; Louis Meyer, Scribe; An- ten Bescher, Treas. Present officers-Jacob Noss, C. P .; Henry Kehlenbunek, II. P .; John E. Hugo, S. W .; John Hoffmann, J. W .; Jacob Weber, Scribe; Adolf Weisbrod, Treas. Orig- inal number of members, 16; present membership, 46.
ODD FELLOWS' PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION OF WAYNE COUNTY was organized Jan. 1, 1869, by 37 members of the order, at Richmond. By the payment of a small initiation fee, and at the death of a member one dollar, a fund equal to one dollar for each member is laid away to pay to the family of a deceased member. Four such payments have been made, amounting to nearly $1,500. 586 members of the order have attached them-
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selves to the association. The fee being so small compared with the benefits, the association advises every member of a lodge to join.
Odd Fellows' Hall, Richmond, Indiana.
The Odd Fellows' Hall, on the south-west corner of Main and Fifth streets, was built in 1868 and 1869, and is one of the largest and finest buildings in the city. It is three stories high ; fronts on Main street 52 feet, and is 100 feet deep. The lodge rooms are in the third story; the second story is appro- priated to business offices; the first story is occupied as a dry goods store, by Hadley Brothers, in the east part; and in the west part is the bookstore of Nicholson Brothers. The build- ing is well finished throughout, and the entire cost of the . property is about $40,000.
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Public Halls.
PHILLIPS' HALL, built by Abraham Phillips and James M. Starr, has been noticed. [See page 370.]
LYCEUM HALL, on the south-east corner of Fifth street and Broadway, was built in 1868-69, by a company, of which the original stockholders were: Hannah A. Free, Edmund Edmundson, John Griffith, Wallace Fanning, Wm. Conklin, Ellen and Catharine Soffrain, Samuel Maxwell, and Luther Crocker. The building, which is three stories high, fronts on Fifth street, 62} feet, and is 90 feet on Broadway. It is a beautiful brick structure, and its location is an eligible one. Its hall, which is in the third story, is elegantly furnished, and has the capacity to seat 1,000 to 1,200 persons. The post-office was removed, the first of January, to the east part of the building, recently vacated by the express companies. The west part continues to be occupied by Mes- sick & Dunham, dealers in cabinet furniture.
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