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1870. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Ephraim P. Abbott ; Treasurer, Joseph Goodell ; Justice of the Peace, Noah LeBlanc; Highway Commissioner, John J. Smith; School Inspector, Moses B. Widner; Assessors, Laurence Bicker, Michael Campau; Directors of the Poor, Peter Pellon, Michael Roulo ; Constables, Joseph Delisle, Francis Riopelle Louis LeBlanc, Michael Roulo.
1871. No records can be found for this year.
1872. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk. Ephraim P. Abbott ; Treasurer, Cleophas T. Good- ell; Justice of the Peace, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Highway Commissioner, Abraham LeBlanc; Drain Commissioner, Owen McQuade ; School Inspector, Joseph Ditmer; Assessors, Pascal Odette, Rine- hart Schafer ; Poor Directors, Alexander Bondy, Peter Pellon ; Constables Joseph Delisle, Francis Riopelle, Louis T. Goodell, Michael Dunn.
1873. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Ephraim P. Abbott; Treasurer, Francis X. Rio- pelle ; Justice of the Peace, E. P. Abbott ; High- way Commissioner, John J. Smith; Drain Com- missioner, Owen McQuade; School Inspector, Joseph Ditmer ; Poor Director, Joseph Bondy, Jr. ; Constables, Michael Dunn, Joseph Delisle, Claude Solo, Michael Roulo.
1874. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Jasper Robinson ; Treasurer, Francis X. Riopelle ; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Salliotte ; Assessor, Desia Bourassa; Highway Commissioner, John Schoenfield ; School Inspector, Alexander Rousseau; Poor Director, Claude Solo; Constables, Charles Labadie, George Drouillard.
1875. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc ; Treasurer, Michael Roulo ; Justice of the Peace, Jasper Robinson; Assessors, Charles Cicotte, John A. Shoemaker; Highway Commis- sioner, Peter Drouillard ; Drain Commissioner, Lau- rence Bicker; Superintendent of Schools, Jasper Robinson; School Inspectors, James Heintzen, Joseph Ditmer ; Poor Directors Alexander Bondy, Claude Solo ; Constables, Oliver Demay, Sebastian Shaffer, Michael Dunn, Francis Goodikie.
1876. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc; Treasurer, Michael Roulo ; Super- intendent of Schools, Jasper Robinson ; School Inspector, James Heintzen ; Justice of the Peace, Ephraim P. Abbott; Highway Commissioner, Peter Drouillard ; Drain Commissioner, Laurence Bicker ; Assessors, Charles Cicotte John C. Stilzer ; Directors of the Poor, Alexander Bondy, William Solo; Constables, Joseph Delisle, Michael Dunn, George Cicotte, Claude Solo.
1877. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc; Treasurer, Michael Roulo ; School Inspector, Joseph Ditmer; Superintendent of Schools, Thomas H. Somers; Commissioner of Highways, John Debo; Justice of the Peace, Hya- cinth F. Riopelle; Constables. Joseph Delisle, Abraham Brisboise, Lawrence Hiedy, Charles Labadie.
1878. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc; Treasurer, George Cicotte ; Justice of the Peace, Joseph Salliotte ; School Inspector, Henry Haltinner; Superintendent of Schools, Thomas H. Somers; Highway Commissioner, John Debo; Drain Commissioner, Owen McQuade, Poor Directors, Peter Pillon, Claude Campau ; Constables, Abraham Brisboise, Alexander J. Bour- asseau, Charles Labadie, Louis C. Goodell
1879. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Alexis M. Salliotte; Treasurer, George Cicotte ; Justice of the Peace, Jasper Robinson; Superin- tendent of Schools, Thomas H. Somers; School Inspector, Joseph Salliotte; Highway Commis- sioner, Matthias Raupp; Directors of the Poor ; Peter Pillon, Claude Campau ; Constables, Abra- ham Brisboise, Joseph Delisle, Alexander J. Bour- asseau, Charles Labadie.
1880. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Alexis M. Salliotte; Treasurer, George Perry; Superintendent of Schools, Thomas H. Somers ; School Inspector, Andrea Dittmar ; Justices of the Peace, Ephraim P. Abbott, Frederick Krenger ; Highway Commissioner, Mathias Raupp, Jr ; Poor Directors, Pascal Odette, Claude Solo; Constables, Alexander J. Bourasseau, Charles Labadie, Joseph Delisle, Abraham Brisboise.
1881. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle; Clerk, Cleophas T. Goodell; Treasurer, George Perry ;
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Superintendent of Schools, James C. Riopelle ; School Inspector, Eli Odette ; Justice of the Peace, Hyacinth F Riopelle; Highway Commissioner, Francis LeBlanc; Poor Directors, Pascal Odette, Claude Solo ; Constables, Hyacinth Burke, Harmon Schoenfield, Charles Labadie, Edwin Longton.
1882. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Cleophas T. Goodell; Treasurer, John Leavitt ; School Inspectors, James C. Riopelle, Ambrose Cicotte ; Justice of the Peace, Thomas H. Somers ; Highway Commissioner, Francis LeBlanc; Poor Directors, Alexander Bondy, Alexander B. Bondy ; Constables, Charles Labadie, Harmon Schoenfield. Hyacinth Burke, Alexander J. Bourasseau.
1883. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc; Treasurer, John Leavitt; School Inspector, James C Riopelle; Highway Commis- sioner, Francis Cicotte; Justice of the Peace, Henry Haltinner ; Poor Directors, Alexander Bondy, Oliver Demay; Constables, Harmon Schoen- field, Charles Labadie, Joseph Delisle, Charles L. Bourasseau.
1884. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc ; Treasurer, Gustave A. Raupp ; School Inspector, Louis Odain ; Highway Commis- sioner, Francis Cicotte ; Justice of the Peace, Eph- raim P. Abbott ; Drain Commissioner, Louis Bour- asseau ; Constables, Alexander J. Bourasseau, Har- mon Schoenfield, Chas. A. Labadie, Peter Burger.
1885. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc; Treasurer, Henry F. Ferguson ; School Inspector, Edmund T. Drouillard ; Highway Commissioner, Michael Steffes; Justice of the Peace, Hyacinth F. Riopelle; Constables, George Allen, Alexander J. Bourasseau, Harmon Schoen- field, Peter Burger.
1886. Supervisor, Hyacinth F. Riopelle ; Clerk, Noah LeBlanc; Treasurer, Henry F. Ferguson ; School Inspector, Robert Osborne; Highway Com- missioner, Michael Steffes; Drain Commissioner, Joseph Cicotte, Sr .; Justice of the Peace, Thomas H. Somers ; Constables, Charles Demay, Wm. Solo, Harmon Schoenfield, Peter Burger.
1887. Supervisor, Gustave A Raupp; Clerk, William A. Ferguson; Treasurer, Edmund Le- Blanc; School Inspector, Francis Cicotte; Justice of the Peace, Ari E. Woodruff; Constables, Wm. Solo, Harmon Schoenfield, James F. Riopelle, Chas. Dema
1888. Supervisor, Gustave A. Raupp; Clerk, Wm. A. Ferguson; Treasurer, Charles L. Bouras- seau; Highway Commissioner, George LeBlanc; Justice of the Peace, John Haltinner; School In- spector, Peter McQuaid; Drain Commissioner, Alexander Labadie ; Constables, Alfred A. Salliotte, John A. Frasier, George B. Torongo, Samuel Drouillard.
1889. Supervisor, G. A. Raupp ; Clerk, Wm. A. Ferguson ; Treasurer, C. L. Bourasseau ; Highway Commissioner, Geo. LeBlanc; Justice of the Peace, H. F. Riopelle ; School . Inspector, Chas. Foley ; Drain Commissioner, John Quandt ; Constables, F. Kamin, Wm. Solo, A. A. Salliotte, W. Roulo.
1890. Supervisor, T. Saunders ; Clerk, J. Lea- vitt, Jr .; Treasurer, A. C. Bouchard ; Justice of the Peace, C. N. Riopelle; School Inspector, P. Mc- Quaid; Highway Commissioner, Alex. Reaume ; Drain Commissioner, Peter Burger ; Board of Re- view, M. Dunn, A. Labadie; Constables, Wm. Perry, Wm. Smith, W. C. Delisle, W. Solo.
Schools.
The condition of the schools in the township in the year ending September 3, 1888, was as follows : There were ten school districts, with an enrollment of 1, 100 pupils, and an average daily attendance of 653. The township contained one brick house, costing $3,900, and seating 188, and nine frame houses, costing $6,861, and seating 619. Six male and nine female teachers were employed. There were libraries in each district, the total number of volumes being 1,260.
Cemeteries.
A Catholic cemetery was opened about 1836, on the St. Combe line road, a little northwest of Ecorce, and just west of the brick school-house. This was discontinued in 1876, on the opening of a new one about a quarter of a mile west. In 1860 a Catholic cemetery was opened on Section 29, bounded on the north by the north line road, and on the other three sides by the James T. Hurst property. Oakwood cemetery on the estate of John P. Clark, just north of the north city limits, was incorporated August 13, 1869, by John P. and E. W. Clark. On August 24, 1878, by consent of the Circuit Court of Wayne County, the Board of Health sold the old "Potter's field," and purchased a piece of land on fractional Section 20, part of the estate of John Cobden, to be used as a burial ground for the poor of Ecorce.
Streams and Islands.
The banks of the Ecorce, on both sides, are low and marshy, and the stream almost unapproachable except by a boat from the Detroit river. In a few places the banks have been raised, in order to give a foundation for the bridges across the channel. A little distance below Wyandotte there is a lagoon which is variously designated as Monguagon, or Stone Quarry Creek. The last name was un- doubtedly given because of its proximity to the lime- stone quarries from which Detroit was supplied in the very earliest years of the settlement. The creek
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opens into the Detroit, nearly opposite Sibley's quarries, and extends up northwesterly through the farm of George Payne; across the creek, on the farm named, in recent years there was the re- mains of a corduroy bridge, said to have been con- structed by Hull's army in 1812, while on the way from Dayton to Detroit. Another small creek, within the limits of the present city of Wyandotte, could at one time be easily traced. It is now en- tirely obliterated. It was on the route of this creek, or in its immediate vicinity, that Lieutenant-Col- onel Miller was attacked by the British and Indians on August 9, 1812. The creek extended up from the Detroit, across Biddle Avenue, and thence northwesterly through the city. Its outlet was through Chestnut street. The office of Dr. E. P. Christian, and the Presbyterian church, are located on its route, The islands in the Detroit river, named Grassy, Mud and Mama-Juda Shoal, are assessed as belonging to this township.
ECORCE, FORMERLY GRANDPORT.
The site of this village was once occupied by the Indians, and as late as 1813 the smoke of their wig- wams marked the site of their encampment. Soon after this date several white families settled here, but the plat of the village was not recorded until 1836. It was laid out by Simon Rousseau, A. La- badie, L. Bourassa and P. LeBlanc, and named Grandport. It is on the line of the Canada South- ern branch of the M. C. R. R., and also on the L. S. & M. S. R. R. One of the principal industries of Ecorce is the saw-mill and lumber yard of Sal- liotte & Raupp, whose plant covers about fifteen acres of land on the Detroit river at the mouth of the Ecorce. It was established by John Copland in 1855, and in 1876 came into the hands of the present owners. In 1878 the entire works were destroyed by fire, but were at once rebuilt, and the buildings, consisting of a saw-mill, planing-mill, dry kilns, and all necessary adjuncts to a first class mill, cover about 16,000 square feet of floor space, giving employment to an average of sixty men on the day run and forty at night. In connection with the mill are two kilns, by which the mill-slabs are converted into charcoal, which finds a ready sale in Wyandotte. In 1886 a grist mill was opened by Jos. Salliotte, and on December 29, 1887, the Ecorce Cornet Band opened their hall. It seats about 400, and is used as a town hall and for pub- lic entertainments.
The Roman Catholic church of St. Francis Xav- ier was established about 1845 by Rev. Charles L. DePreiter, and under his direction a frame church was erected. He had charge of the congregation un- til 1871, when he was succeeded by Rev. L. Barun- oux. On February 14, 1882, Rev John F. Van Gen-
nip came and under his pastorate the old church was moved away, and on July 23, 1882, the corner stone of the present church was laid by Right Rev. Cas- par H. Borgess. It was completed and dedicated August 5, 1883. It cost $7,coo, and will seat 300. The parsonage cost about $3,500. At the time Rev. Van Gennip took charge of the congregation there were 110 families; in 1888 there were 150 families, numbering 800 persons,
WYANDOTTE.
Its Beginnings and Business Establishments.
The city of Wyandotte is located about midway between lakes St. Clair and Erie, on the west bank of the Detroit river, and on the line of the Canada Southern branch of the M. C. R. R, and also on the line of the L. S. & M. S. R. R The relatively high banks of the river at this point afforded a fav- orable camping place for the Indians, and it was se- lected by the Wyandottes at a very early date as the site of the village of Mongaugon, and as late as 1820 to 1840 there were large numbers of Indians still in the vicinity. One of their burial grounds was just below where the rolling mills are now located, and another was about a mile south of the old Biddle mansion, which in later years was occupied by Thomas Watkins. In the last named burial ground the old chief Walk-in-the- Water was buried. His remains are said to have been subsequently exhumed and taken east by some one interested in antiquarian research.
The various tribes conveyed their title to the lands along the Detroit by several treaties concluded between the years 1784 and 1808. In 1818 the first public sale of United States lands in Michigan took place, and some of the land now occupied by the City of Wyandotte is said to have been sold at $40 per acre. It is a curious illustration of the change in values, that Major John Biddle sold the same lands in 1854, 2,200 acres, to the Eureka Iron Com- pany, for $20 per acre.
The Eureka Iron Company was organized on October 15, 1853, and consisted of E. B. Ward, president ; T. W. Lockwood, treasurer ; George S. Thurber, secretary ; and the following stockhold- ers : Eber B. Ward, Harmon DeGraff, Silas N. Kendrick, U. Tracy Howe, Silas M. Holmes, Philip * Thurber, Elijah Wilson, Thomas W. Lockwood, Francis Choate and Sylvester Larned. The capital stock of the company at the beginning was $500,000, in shares of twenty-five dollars each, of which $117,500 was paid in. The profits increased so rapidly that the amount of surplus, over and above the dividends paid to the subscribers, was sufficient, in 1873, to pay up the entire capital stock. The site selected for the works was deemed specially
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favorable for the proposed enterprise, because of the splendid river frontage, with its facilities for re- ceiving ores by water from northern Michigan. The land was also covered with a dense forest, which could be utilized in the production of char- coal, while the nearness of the neighboring lime- stone quarries would enable the company to cheaply obtain the lime needed for the ores and metal. The next year after being organized the company erec- ted a blast furnace and bar mill, with a full comple- ment of buildings, among which was a large board- ing house for the accommodation of their workmen, which may be said to be the starting point in the real history of Wyandotte.
The Wyandotte Rolling Mill Company was organized in 1855, with E. B. Ward as president, for the manufacture of all kinds of merchant's bar iron, and for a time was very successful, but after the death of Mr. Ward there was great uncertainty as to the future of these corporations, in which he was so extensively interested, and the works were con- trolled by numerous parties, enduring many vicissi- tudes. In the fall of 1877 the Rolling Mill Company failed, and the Eureka Iron Company bought up the mortgage bonds, and by foreclosure absorbed the rolling mill and carried on the entire business until December 19, 1883. when the present corpora- tion, the Eureka Iron and Steel Company, was formed. The offices are at Detroit. The officers are : William K. Muir, president and general manager ; Sidney D. Miller, secretary ; George Hendrie, treasurer ; J. S. VanAlstyne, agent, and T. D. Evans, superintendent. They make charcoal pig iron, from Lake Superior ores, for foundry, car wheel and malleable use, also boiler plate, tank iron, and the usual variety of common and refined bar iron. The plant consists of two blast furnaces, a rolling mill for merchant bar iron, having three trains of sixteen, ten and eight-inch rollers, a plate mill, with puddling furnaces, and everything neces- sary for the conducting of their business, giving employment to from four hundred to five hundred men, and occupying nearly 400,000 square feet of land, in the heart of the city. The first successful experiments in the manufacture of Bessemer steel in the United States were made at these furnaces, under the direction of Captain Ward, and to Wyan- dotte belongs the honor of having produced the first Bessemer steel made in America.
The probability that iron vessels would take the place of those constructed of wood, was often suggested by E. B. Ward, and the present extensive ship-yard owes its beginnings to his enterprise and foresight. He became acquainted with Messrs. F. E. and F. A. Kirby in 1872, and was so favorably impressed with their abilities that he provided the facilities and gave them an order to construct an
iron tug, which was to be the largest and best pos- sible to build. The order was given in the spring, and in August of the same year, 1872, they com- pleted the steam tug "E. B. Ward." The same year they built the "Queen of the Lakes," the "Myrtle," and the "Sport," and other vessels in rapid succession.
After the death of Mr. Ward, the Detroit Dry Dock Company purchased the plant, and a new company was organized to carry on the business of ship-building, and both of the Messrs. Kirby became large stockholders. Under their supervision the work of building iron passenger steamers was suc- cessfully entered upon, and those magnificent float- ing palaces now operated by the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Company afford the best of evidence of the capacity of the yards, and of the skill and ability of those who designed and constructed them. The principal office of the cor- poration is at Detroit, and is alluded to elsewhere in this work. Three hundred men are employed in the establishment, and the monthly pay roll is over $10,000. The machinery employed, though mas- sive, is very simple, including principally rolls and forges for shaping the plates and frames, and fully equipped carpenter shops. Sixty per cent. of the cost of an iron boat is in days' work at the ship- yard.
In addition to the other enterprises at Wyandotte established by Mr. Ward, there was the Silver Smelting and Refining Company. The works were built in 1871, under the supervision of Thomas Mc- Farlane, who discovered the Silver Islet mine some years before. The corporation, with Mr. Ward as president, began operations in 1872, taking the silver ore as brought by boats from the mines on the north shore of Lake Superior, and treating it, send- ing the silver and gold bullion to the government to be stamped, and afterwards selling it in New York. The lead was sold mostly to the Detroit Lead Works, and the nickle, saved in the nickle net, was concentrated and sent to England. While at their zenith, the works kept from seventy-five to one hundred men employed, but, flushed with prosperity, and indications showing the bottom of the Silver Islet mine to be Nearly reached, they attempted to refine Western ore, but the venture proved unprofit- able, and the business was abandoned. Mr. Mc- Farlane was superintendent for two years, being followed by Wm. Curtis the same length of time, and H. C. Hahn for one year, at the close of which time Mr. McFarlane again became superintendent, and held the position until the fall of 1878, when the property fell into the hands of New York cap- italists, who, with Sidney D. Miller, of Detroit, caused the property to be disposed of. The build- ings and land were sold to the Star Mineral Com-
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pany, composed of John Clee and E. C. Sewall, who for a time manufactured barytes, both crude and refined, the ore being imported from Germany.
Among the notable business enterprises of Wyan- dotte is the Long Wool Rug and Duster factory of J. H Bishop, there being but one other establish- ment of the kind in the United States. Mr. Bishop experimented for a series of years before he was able to overcome the obstacles in the way of pro- ducing satisfactory rugs, but at last achieved com- plete success, and he now not only makes great numbers of wool rugs, but also imports thousands of Chinese goat skins, which he transforms into elegant mats, robes and rugs, employing about fifty persons.
The extensive steam planing mill, and sash, door and blind factory of James T. Hurst, the stave and hoop factory of Shelly & Company, the Burrell & Whitman hoop heading factory, and the Detroit Cooperage Company's factory, are also here located.
The Wyandotte Savings Bank was organized November 20, 1871, with a capital of $50,000. The original and present officers are John S. Van Alstyne, president, and W. Van Miller, cashier.
The population of the city in 1870 was 2,731, and the valuation of real and personal property $186,135. In 1880 the population was 3,631, and the valuation of real and personal property $792,- 464.
The City Corporation.
The City of Wyandotte was created by Act of March 5, 1867. the charter being subsequently amended by various acts dated March 2, 1869, April 4, 1873, April 27, 1875, May 10, 1877, March 13, 1883, and May 4, 1885. The bounds of the city are the same as at first defined, and include all of the lands east of the west line of the lands of the Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Railroad to the Detroit River, and between the south line of Sections 20 and 21, of Town 3, Range II East, and a center line running east and west through the center of Sections 31 and 32. Under the original act the city was divided into three wards, as follows: The First Ward, including all north of Oak Street; the Second Ward, all between Oak Street and Eureka Avenue ; and the Third Ward, all south of Eureka Avenue.
In the original act the city was required to pub- lish yearly, for two weeks, in some weekly paper issued in Detroit, a detailed statement of its yearly receipts and expenditures.
The elective officers provided for in the original act were a Mayor, a Recorder, a Treasurer, who was also to serve as Collector, a Marshal, two School Inspectors, two Directors of the Poor, three Justices of the Peace, and two Aldermen and a Constable for each Ward. The Council were to appoint a
City Attorney, a Street Commissioner, and a Chief Engineer of the Fire Department The Mayor, Treasurer, Marshal and one School Inspector, and one Director of the Poor were to be elected yearly, the Recorder every other year, and the Justices for terms of one, two and three years. Under Act of 1869, provision was made for electing an Assessor. Act of 1873 provided for the election of a Police Justice, and Act of 1877 provided for the election of a Street Commissioner, and for four Justices of the Peace, instead of three, as before.
The annual election is held on the first Monday in April. The first election was held on the first Monday of April, 1867, and the polls for the First Ward were at the District School House ; for the Second Ward, at Farnsworth Hall; and for the Third Ward, at the house of Joseph Gartner.
The first meeting of the Common Council was held on April 8th, 1867.
The city officers for the several years have been, as follows :
1867. Mayor, John S. Van Alstyne ; Recorder, Peter Lacy ; Aldermen, E. P. Christian, R. C. Con- well, R. W. Leighton, Dennis Sullivan, H. N. Oco- bock, Fred. Kreiger; City Attorney, Robert V. Briggs ; Street Commissioner, H. W. Pardo.
1868. Mayor, Charles Partridge ; Treasurer, Frank Bohl; Marshal, John Smith ; Justice of the Peace, James Kelley ; School Inspector, Robert V. Briggs; Overseers of the Poor, John McPeck ; Aldermen, Joseph Massett, Peter Casper, John Bit- torf; Constables, Augustus Schuffert, Dennis Sul- livan, Henry Kaul.
1869. Mayor, Charles Partridge ; Recorder, Peter Lacy; Treasurer, John F. W. Thon; Marshal, John Smith ; Assessor, George Marx ; Justice of the Peace, Robert V. Briggs ; School Inspector, Wm. Leighton ; Aldermen, Isaac Strong, Thomas De- laney, James Cahill; Constables, Augustus Schuf- fert. John Leockner, Robert Huston.
1870. Mayor, E P. Christian; Treasurer, John F. W. Thon ; Assessor, John A. Morgan ; Marshal, A. McTaggard ; School Inspector, John S. Van Alstyne ; Poor Master, George Thon ; Justice of the Peace, John Robinson ; Aldermen, Charles Jacobs, George Zeis, Charles Wilks; Constables, Augustus Schuffert, Claus Speck ; Supervisors, John Morgan, Isaac Strong.
1871. Mayor, Thomas Jewel; Recorder, Francis Murphy ; Treasurer, John F. W. Hoersch ; Justice of the Peace, Moses B. Widner ; Assessor, Leander Ferguson; School Inspector. A. Whiting ; Marshal, P. Welch; Overseer of the Poor, Christ. Grimm; Aldermen, Alfred Plumb, Patrick Keavney, James Cahill; Constables, Augustus Schuffert John Leock- ner, H. W. Pardoe ; Supervisors, Leander Fergu- son, Charles Wilks.
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