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In August, 1888, the Telegraph was sold to Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., a member of congress, and his son, Edward N. Dingley, of Lewiston, Me., the latter becoming editor and manager. In 1890 the Telegraph was moved into a new building on South Burdick street. The paper grew rapidly in circulation and influence; and soon its new quarters on Burdick were inade- quate. In June, 1.903, the handsome, and com- modious five-story building on South street, known as the Telegraph building, was begun. In June, 1904, the entire Telegraph plant, with many . additions in the way of machinery and appliances,
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was installed in the Telegraph building. The Telegraph plant and building is now one of the sights of Kalamazoo. The building has electric elevators, nineteen suites of offices, a mammoth steam heating plant and a newspaper plant second to none in the state outside of Detroit.
The Telegraph since 1888 has had a remark- able growth and holds a commanding position in Kalamazoo and southwestern Michigan. It is an independent Republican paper, fearless and enter- prising. The Evening Telegraph is published in four editions daily. The Saturday Telegraph is always a special number with special attractions. The Semi-Weekly Telegraph circulates i11 every village and hamlet in southwestern Michigan.
Edward N. Dingley, the editor and general manager of the Telegraph, was born in Auburn, Me., August 21, 1862. He graduated from Yale University in 1883, and from the Columbian Law School, Washington, D. C., in 1885. He worked for some time as a special writer on the Boston Advertiser and Record and while in Washington, D. C., was an active newspaper correspondent. In 1888 he moved to Kalamazoo and began his career in Michigan. He has always been active in politics and public affairs, and in 1898 and 1900 was elected a member of the state legisla- ture from Kalamazoo. In June, 1898, he was also made clerk of the ways and means committee of the national house of representatives, serving until January 1, 1900. As a member of the state legislature of 1901 he was chairman of the ways and means committee. In 1901 Mr. Dingley compiled and published a biography of his fa- ther, entitled "Life and Times of Nelson Dingley, Jr." Mr. Dingley was president of the Michigan League of Republican Clubs in 1897, and was Michigan's candidate for national president at the Omaha convention. He was a member of the Michigan delegation to the Republican national convention in 1900 at Philadelphia, and was Michigan's member of the committee on res- olutions. He has been a frequent contributor to magazines on political and social questions. He is an active Mason (Knight Templar) and Elk. He married Miriam G. Robinson,
of Boston, Mass., in December, 1888. They have had five children, Irene (deceased), Nelson, Mi- riam (deceased), Madelen and Edward. They reside in Kalamazoo on the remodeled Hydenburk estate on West street hill.
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS.
In 1880 a writer describes Climax to be the "garden town" of the county, the village of the same name having a population of three hundred people. This is located in the eastern part of the township, cighteen miles from Kalamazoo and ten miles from Battle Creek. The Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad runs through the town. Mr. Hodgman had then just erected the finest business block of the village, containing a large public hall ; here are also a grocery store, a shoe store, a har- ness manufactory, the county surveyor's office, a good hotel, owned by John O. Wilson, a hard- ware store, two drug stores, a dry-goods store, meat market, a flour and feed store, kept by G. Hanover, who purchased fully one thousand bushels of wheat daily, a carriage manu factory and a blacksmith shop. Doctors Jackson and Seeley were established here in medical practice. Doctor Lovell, a wealthy gentleman, was then living here a retired life. The cemetery is worthy of especial mention. One noticeable and attractive monument costing fifteen hundred dollars is that erected by Mrs. Isaac Pierce upon the last resting place of the body of her husband, who was one of the early, brave and industrious pioneers of the township, leaving, after a useful life, a hundred thousand dollars to his family.
In 1782 Recollet and Numouville, French traders, erected a trading post on the east site of the Kalamazoo river.
A sewer system to cost twenty thousand dol- lars was voted favorably upon in the regular meet- ing of the village board of Kalamazoo on Sep- tember, 1880. This provided for three miles of main sewer.
Col. Ertran Allen, a prominent business man for twenty years in Kalamazoo, died on January 5, 1880.
Mrs. N. A. Balch, prominent in literary and society circles, died on January 7, 1880. She was
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very philanthropic and had a large circle of friends.
James Green, an old settler and noted musi- cian, died on January 19, 1880.
Gen. Dwight May died on January 28, 1880, and was buried with Masonic honors.
George E. Cochran, superintendent of the schools of Kalamazoo, and prominent Freemason, died on February 7, 1880.
Newton Luce, born in Texas on March 16, 1835, a prominent citizen and Odd Fellow, died on February 9, 1880.
On February 12, 1880, Mr. and Mrs. Orange Pike celebrated their golden wedding. They were settlers on new land in Portage in 1854, where their subsequent lives were passed as industrious farmers.
David. Meredith, a wealthy old-time resident of Portage, died on February 18, 1880.
In 1880 Galesburg had six hundred popula- tion, comprising three churches, three dry-goods stores, two groceries, one hardware, two drug, one jewelry and one shoestore, one saloon, one res- taurant, one hotel, one harness shop, one pump and windmill manufactory, six live-stock mer- chants, a cooper shop, a lumber yard, a foundry, a planing mill and two physicians.
At Galesburg in 1880 a flourishing Ladies' Library Association of sixty members was in ex- istence. The board of directors was composed of Mrs. F. Town, Mrs. R. G. Smith, Mrs. J. Allen, Mrs. S. Barlow, Mrs. C. Beach, and Mrs. B. A. Wing. The officers were at that time Mrs. R. G. Smith, president; Mrs. M. M. Proctor, vice-pres- ident; Mrs. M. B. Olmstead, secretary; Mrs. F. Town, assistant secretary; Mrs. W. A. Blake, treasurer ; Miss Ella Dunning, assistant librarian.
Lester Davis, an old and honored resident of Charleston, died on February 26, 1880. He came from Otsego county, New York, in 1854 and made a permanent settlement on eighty acres in Charles- ton.
William A. Wood, a prominent banker and financier, died after a brief illness on March 8, 1880. He was born in Rochester, N. Y., March 26, 1828. In 1836 he accompanied his parents to Marshall, Mich., where he resided until 1849,
when he came to Kalamazoo and became a clerk for Woodbury & Parsons. In 1850 he engaged in trade with Jonathan Parsons, in 1854 becoming a clerk in the banking house of Theodore P. Shel- don & Co. Later he was in the dry-goods trade . with Joel J. Perrin, as Perrin & Wood. On June 16, 1856, he became a member of the new banking house of Woodbury, Potter & Co., which, on Jan- uary 1, 1859, was changed to Woodbury, Potter & Wood. This house existed until July 15, 1865, when it was reorganized as the Michigan Na- tional Bank, Mr. Wood being its first president.
The receipts of the United States government from the Detroit district of internal revenue dur- ing the month of March, 1880, were as follows : Tobacco, $52,988.72; cigars, $7,005.59 ; beer, $10,- 584.04; special, $253.69; miscellaneous, $143.17; making a total of $81,075.12.
Hon. William A. Howard, who died early in 1880, left an estate of one hundred and seventy- five thousand dollars, of which he bequeathed one hundred thousand dollars to religious and char- itable institutions.
William Eldred, a resident of the town of Climax since 1832, died at his home there on March 9, 1880. The town when he made it his home was a wilderness. His axe felled some of the earliest trees cut in its clearing process and he was the builder of the first frame barn of Charles- ton township. He was a classleader and a stew- ard of the Methodist church for thirty-six years, and assisted in the construction of three Methodist churches, one at Augusta and two at Galesburg, to which he contributed eight hundred dollars. Schools and Christian benevolence had no warmer friend in the town.
Guyon Fisher, an old resident of the county, was accidentally shot to death by a gun that he was carrying on March 13, 1880. He once owned and ran a flouring mill in Comstock. He was prominent in local Democratic politics.
Aladic Parker, an old citizen of Cooper, where he had lived since 1844, died on April 5, 1880. For some years he resided with his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Brownell, at Kalamazoo.
Nelson Parsons, an early settler, died in Texas on July 25, 1880. By economy and close atten-
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tion to business he was prospered and became a wealthy man.
Henry D. Rogers, who in 1834 located in the township of Charleston on a fine tract of land, died on July 1, 1880, aged sixty-eight years. He was a postmaster of Galesburg for seven years and was an honest, estimable citizen.
In 1880 the village of Scotts, in the towns of Pavilion and Climax, is thus described : It lies on the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad, thirteen miles southeast of Kalamazoo. It contains two dry-goods stores, one hardware store, a drug store, a flouring mill, a hotel, two new and com- modious store buildings, a large grain warehouse, a livery stable and other enterprises. No village in the state is backed up by a more productive rural district and large shipments of wheat, corn, cattle, hogs, sheep and lumber are sent out from the village.
VILLAGE AND CITY OFFICERS.
For purposes of reference, we give the last board of trustees and officers of the village of Kalamazoo and the mayor, aldermen and other officers of the city government, which took office on April 14, 1884; the village then ceasing to exist.
Village officers: Edwin W. DeVoe, presi- dent ; David Bumell, John De Visser, Edward Mc- Caffrey, Romine H. Buckholt, Thomas H. Bev- ans, Thomas O'Niell, Allen M. Stearns, Adolphus Van Sickel, trustees; Frederick Cellen, clerk ; Frank C. Dudgeon, treasurer ; John H. Blanev. marshal; Robert F. Hill, attorney ; Herman H. Schaberg, health officer; George S. Pierson, en- gineer ; Hugh Biggs, chief engineer of fire de- partment ; Michael F. Blaney, assistant engineer : Clarence Clark, secretary and treasurer ; Bryon J. Healy, captain of paid department ; Frederick Cellem, water commissioner ; George H. Chandler. engineer of water works; Charles Healy, assistant engineer ; John Dudgeon, Frank Little, Frederick Bush, sewer commissioners; George S. Pierson, engineer of department.
1884-Allen Potter, mayor; Fred Hotop, Hugh J. McHugh, Charles H. Bird, Theodore
A. Palmer, George C. Winslow, Hale W. Page, Otto Ihling, Albert L. Lakey, George Fuller, John F. Schlick, aldermen; Lawrence N. Burke, recorder ; Stephen Il. Wattles, marshal; A. Sid- ney Hays, treasurer; Chauncey Strong, clerk ; Edwin M. Irish, attorney; George S. Pierson, engineer; Henry B. Hemenway, health officer ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer and captain of fire department; Frederick Cellem, water com- missioner ; George H. Chandler, chief engineer and superintendent of water works.
1885-Edwin W. Del'oe, mayor; George Fuller, Fred Hotop, Otto Ihling, John W. Rose, George C. Winslow, Jacob Levy, Edward McCaffery, John W. Rowley, John F. Schlick, Daniel Waterbury, Lawrence N. Burke, judge of recorder's court; Fred Cellem, clerk ; A. Sidney Hays, treasurer ; R. John Lamb, mar- shal; William G. Howard, attorney; William Mottram, M. D., health officer; George S. Pier- son, engineer ; F. J. Ballast, assistant engineer ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer of the fire de- partment, and captain of paid department ; Wil- liam Athey, assistant chief of fire department ; John McKey, Jr., water commissioner; George H. Chandler, Charles A. Healy, assistant en- gineers.
1886-Edwin W. Devoe, mayor ; George Ful- ler, Fred Hotop, Otto Ihling, John W. Rose, Geo. C. Winslow, Jacob Levy, Edward McCaf- fery, John W. Rowley, John F. Schlick, Daniel Waterbury, aldermen ; Lawrence N. Burke, judge of recorder's court; Fred Cellem, clerk ; A. Sidney Hays, treasurer ; R. John Lamb, mar- shal; William G. Howard, attorney ; William Mottram, M. D., health officer; George S. Pier- son, engineer ; A. E. Ingerson, superintendent of streets; Byron J. Healey, chief engineer of the fire department.
1887-Peyrton Ramney, mayor; Fred Ho- top, John W. Rose, Albert L. Lakey, Samuel S. McCamly, Abe R. Garrison, Jacob Levy, Theo- dore A. Palmer, James N. Stearns, William M. Beeman, John B. Allen, alderman ; Lawrence N. Burke, judge of recorder's court; Chauncey Strong, city clerk; Martin Verhage, treasurer : Syman M. Gates, marshal; William Hare, as-
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sistant treasurer ; Elbert S. Rose, city attorney ; Edwin C. Taylor, M. D .; George S. Pierson, en- gineer ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer of fire department, and captain of paid department ; Phenix A. Duffir, water commissioner ; George H. Chandler, chief engineer and superintendent of water works; Charles A. Healy, assistant en- gineer.
1888-Otto Ihling, mayor ; Jacob Levy, Theo- dore A. Palmer, James A. Stearns, Homer Man- vel, John P. Allen, Fred Cellem, William H. Cobb, William E. Hill, Henry Stern, James A. Taylor, aldermen; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court; Chauncey Strong, clerk; Mar- tin Verhage, treasurer; Syman M. Gates, mar- shal; William Hare, assistant marshal; Elbert S. Rose, city attorney; Adolph Hochstein, M. D., health officer; George S. Pierson, engineer ; Wil- liam M. Beeman, street commissioner ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer; William H. Athey, as- sistant chief ; Phelix A. Duffir, water commis- sioner ; George Chandler, chief engineer and su- perintendent of water works; Charles A. Healy, assistant engineer.
1889-Otto Ihling, mayor; Fred Cellem, Wil- liam E. Hill, William H. Cobb, Henry Stein, James A. Taylor, Jacob Levy, Edward McCaf- fery, James N. Stearns, Walter Hock, James W. Strithers, aldermen ; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court; George R. Balch, clerk; Alger- man S. Hays, treasurer ; Thomas F. Owens, mar- shal; Joseph H. Harper, assistant marshal; James H. K. Kinnard, city attorney ; Adolph Hochstein, M. D., health officer; George S. Pier- son, engineer; John DeSmith, street commis- sioner ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer ; William H. Athey, assistant chief; Hugh Biggs, water . commissioner; George H. Chandler, chief en- gineer and superintendent of water works; Charles A. Healy, assistant engineer.
1890-William E. Hill, mayor; Jacob Levy, Edward McCaffery, James N. Stearns, Walter Hock, James W. Struthers, John A. Lamb, Thomas Gleason, J. R. Biger, Herbert H. Ever- hard, James H. Taylor, aldermen ; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court; George H. Balch, clerk; Edgar Baseman, treasurer ; Thomas
Owens, marshal; Joseph H. Harper, assistant marshal ; James H. Kinnam, attorney ; A. B. Cor- nell, M. D., health officer; Frank C. Balch, en- gineer; Hathaway McAllister, street commis- sioner ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer ; William H. Athey, assistant engineer ; Harry Reid, super- intendent of fire alarm; Hugh Biggs, water com- missioner ; George Chandler, chief engineer and superintendent of water works ; Herman Watson, assistant engineer.
1891-Frederick Bush, mayor; John Lamb, Thomas P. Gleason, Josiah R. Birge, Herbert H. Everhard, James A. Taylor, J: Fred Knapp, Thomas Wilson, John J. Morse, Lawrence Hol- lander, Patrick H. Burke, aldermen ; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court; T. F. Giddings, city clerk; Albert A. Daniels, treasurer; W. H. Cobb, marshal ; John W. Thomson, assistant mar- shal; C. Van Zwaluwender, M. D., health offi- cer; Edwin M. Irish, attorney ; George S. Pier - son, engineer ; Charles C. Curtenius, street com- missioner; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer and superintendent of fire alarms ; William H. Athey, assistant chief; Edgar Roseman, water commis- sioner; Wilbur F. Reed, chief engineer and su- perintendent of water works; Herman Watson, Henry Hobbs, assistant engineers.
1892-William E. Hill, mayor; William R. B. White, Samuel A. Brown, William E. Upjohn, Herbert H. Everhard, James A. Taylor, Fred Knapp, Thomas Wilson, John J. Morse, Law- rence Hollander, Patrick H. Burke, aldermen ; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court; F. F. Giddings, clerk; A. A. Daniels, treasurer ; William Hare, marshal; A. B. Huntly, assistant marshal; C. Van Zwaluwender, health officer ; Edwin M. Irish, attorney; Miner C. Taft, engi- neer ; William H. Cobb, street commissioner ; By- ron J. Healy, chief engineer ; John G. Ter Harr, water commissioner; William F. Reed, chief en- gineer water works.
1893 -- James W. Osborn, mayor; George L. Gilkey, Hutson B. Colman, Charles C. Curtenius, Lawrence Hollander, Patrick N. Burke, William R. B. White, Thomas Wilson, William Upjohn, Julius Schuster, James A. Taylor, aldermen; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court;
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Chauncey Strong, clerk; Charles H. Gleason, treasurer ; William Hare, marshal; C. A. Mer- rill, assistant marshal; George P. Hopkins, at- torney ; Miner G. Taft, engineer ; Adolph Hock- stein, health officer; Peter Moileck, street com- missioner ; Byron J. Healy, chief engineer fire department ; Wilbur F. Reed, chief engineer wa- ter works ; William Hall, marshal.
1894-James W. Osborn, mayor; Frederick Cellem, John W. Rose, Chiarles A. Fletcher. Jul- ius Schuster, Ezra Baker, George L. Gilkey, H. B. Colman, Charles C. Curtenius, Lawrence Hol- lander, Patrick H. Burke, aldermen ; W. HI. Peck, judge of recorder's court : Chauncey Strong. clerk; Charles H. Gleason. treasurer : William Harc. marshal; C. B. Allen, assistant marshal : George P. Hopkins, attorney; Miner C. Taft. engineer : Adolph Hockstein, health officer ; James R. McCall, street commissioner : Byron J. Healey, chief engineer of the fire department ; Wilbur F. Reed, chief engineer of the water- works.
1895-Otto Ihling, mayor ; John Adams, Ezra Baker, Richard R. Brenner, Fred Cellem. Charles H. Ford. John W. Rose, Julius Schuster, Ira Snyder. aldermen; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court ; Charles Gleason, clerk ; Law- rence Hollander, treasurer : William Hare, mar- shal ; Charles P. Allen, assistant marshal ; George P. Hopkins, attorney; Minor C. Taft, engineer ; Adolph Hockstein, health officer: J. B. McCall, street commissioner : Noah Dibble, inspector ; By- ron Healy, chief engineer fire department : Wil- bur F. Reed, chief engineer of water works.
1896-James Monroe, mayor ; Fred Cellem, James I. Upjohn, Washington W. Okin, Jacob DeKam, Patrick H. Burke, Richard R. Brenner, Charles B. Ford, Charles C. Curtenius, Jonathan C. Adams, Ira Snyder, aldermen; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court ; Charles H. Glea- son, clerk : Lawrence Hollander, treasurer ; Wil- liam Hare, marshal : Charles B. Allen, George P. Hopkins, Miner C. Taft, engineers ; Alvin Rock- well, health officer ; James R. McCall, street com- missioner : Byron Healy, chief fire department ; Wilbur Reed, superintendent water works : Henry C. Hoagland, superintendent lighting
plant ; John G. Hopper, inspector ; George Bilkert, assistant inspector.
1897-8-Allan M. Stearns, mayor ; William W. Peck, judge of the recorder's court ; George C. Winslow, assessor; Charles H. Gleason, clerk ; William Murray, treasurer; Calvin Rasor, marshal; E. S. Roos, city attorney; M. C. Taft, engineer; A. H. Rockwell, health officer : John W. Bosman, city physician ; Byron J. Hea- ley, chief of fire department ; H. C. Hoagland, superintendent and chief engineer of the lighting plant ; Il. T. Martin, city inspector ; Thomas F. Owens, street commissioner ; William A. Rich- ards, superintendent of the poor.
1899-W. J. Howard, mayor; John A. Wheeler, R. R. Brenner, Milton Westbrook, A. H. Humphrey, C. Varburg, A. J. Curtis, Jacob Dekam, Martin Verhage, Frank Burtt, H. H. Congdon, aldermen ; William W. Peck, judge of recorder's court : Samuel McKce, clerk ; John H. Hoffman, treasurer: Burr Greenfield, marshal ; F. J. Walsh, health officer; Byron J. Hcalcy. chief of the fire department.
1001-A. H. Prehn, mayor; H. H. Prehn, R. R. Brenner, Milton Westbrook, John A. Staketee, C. Varburg. A. G. Curtiss, Walter Hock, Jacob Levy, Frank N. Mans, Herbert E. Congdon, aldermen: T. W. Brown, judge of re- corder's court : John DeVisser, clerk ; Peter J. Ba- den, treasurer : George C. Winslow, assessor: E. WV. Buckley, engineer; Burr Greenfield, chief of police ; Byron J. Healey, chief of fire department ; W. F. Reed, superintendent of the water works ; George Houston, water commissioner; H. H. Schaberg, health officer ; F. J. Welsh, city physi- cian.
1902-3-Edmond S. Rankin, mayor : John S. McLarty. Richard R. Brenner, Frank Flaitz, John A. Steketec, George C. Winslow, A. Jud- son Curtiss, Edgar Raseman, Jacob Levy, John A. Louden. Herbert E. Congdon, aldermen ; Thomas W. Browne, judge recorder's court ; Al- bert I. Campbell, assessor ; John DeVisser, clerk ; Peter J. Baden, treasurer : Harry C. Howard. at- torney : George Houston, water commissioner ; Burr Greenfield, chief of police; William S. Downey, assistant chief ; E. W. Buckley, city en-
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gineer; H. O. Statler, health officer; Francis J. Welsh, city physician; John Owens, street com- missioner ; Henry P. Raseman, chief of fire de- partment ; Wilbur F. Reed, superintendent and chief of water works; Frank Burtt, superintend- ent and chief of lighting plant; Sidney Cather- man, superintendent of poor; George Bailey, superintendent of Riverside cemetery.
1904 --- Samuel Folz, mayor; John S. Mc- Larty, Richard R. Brenner, Frank Flaitz, Thomas Van Urk, George C. Winslow, Horace E. Rals- ton, William G. Austin, Dudley C. Rollins, John A. Louden, Bernard Benson, aldermen ; Thomas W. Browne, judge recorder's court; Albert L. Campbell, assessor; Harry W. Bush, clerk; Jo- seph Adams, treasurer ; Harry C. Howard, at- torney; George Houston, water commissioner ; George Boyles, chief of police ; George H. Seiler, assistant chief ; Minor C. Taft, engineer ; Ralph P. Beebe, M. D., health officer; Will H. Scott, M. D., city physician ; Martin Verhage, street commissioner ; Henry P. Raseman, chief of fire department ; Wilbur F. Reed, superintendent and chief of water works; Edward W. Messany, superintendent and chief of lighting plant; Wil- liam H. Johnson, superintendent of poor ; George Bailey, superintendent of Riverside cemetery.
1905 -- James W. Osborn, mayor ; Richard R. Brenner, John P. Riley, Charles Clarage, George H. Henshaw, Horace E. Ralston, John M. Big- gerstaff, Dudley C. Rollins, Peter Molhoek, Ber- nard Benson, Henry R. Hinga, aldermen ; Lynn B. Mason, judge recorder's court; Albert L. Campbell, assessor : Harry W. Bush, clerk; Jo- seph Adams, treasurer; William R. Fox, attor- ney; George Houston, water commissioner ; George Boyles, chief of police ; George H. Seiler, assistant chief; Miner C. Taft, city engineer ; David Walton, Edwin J. Manning, Westley J. Dameral, building inspectors; John J. Knight, Charles A. Blaney, Otto Ihfing, board of police and fire commissioners ; Ralph P. Beebe, M. D., health officer ; Will H. Scott, M. D., city physi- cian; Archer W. Huff, street commissioner ; Henry P. Raseman, chief of fire department ; Wil- bur F. Reed, superintendent and chief of water works; Edward W. Messany, superintendent and
chief of lighting plant ; George H. Young, super- intendent of poor; George W. Bailey, superin- tendent of Riverside cemetery.
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS.
. In Kalamazoo are to be found representatives of all the leading fraternal organizations, the lodges of which are, as a rule, in a healthy and flourishing condition. Their growth has been steady and substantial and their influence in the city all that could reasonably be expected of so- cieties whose organizations are based upon the immortal principles of friendship, charity, love, benevolence and the other higher virtues, and whose mission it is to bind together in close bonds of unity and mutual good will those who have at heart the Best interests of their fellowmen. The societies are well officered, wisdom and modera- tion have prevailed in the various meetings and the affairs of the bodies have been managed with admirable skill and tact, so that in a large degree they have proven a powerful stimulus in not only forming the characters and shaping the lives of the members, but indirectly of benefiting the public at large. Among these societies may be mentioned the following :
Ancient Order of United Workmen, Kalama- zoo Lodge, No. 7 .- Meets first and third Thurs- days of each month at Auditorium.
Degree of Honor, Liberty Lodge, No. 34 .--- Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month at No. 106 East Main street.
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