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ions, were deplorable, and exhibited an amount of depravity among the boys of the city, that alarmed Mr. HEARD and excited his sympathies. There seemed but one way to check and cure the evil-a juvenile reformatory.
After several communications to the daily papers on the necessity of such an institution in or near our city, Mr. HEARD
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on November 9, 1865, addressed an official communication to the City Council, urging that body to take steps to secure a juvenile reformatory.
* EDWARD ZIMMERMAN was born in Strasbourg, (then in France,) April 26, 1821, and resided in the Department of Alsace until 1848, when the revolutionary troubles induced him to seek a home in the new world. He came to New York that year, and to Saint Paul in 1855, and entered mercantile business here, in which he was widely known, and highly respected. He was, also, an active and useful member of the Board of Education for several years. He died on July 27, 1866.
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The communication was referred to a special committee, who reported, on January 2, strongly urging that Mr. HEARD'S proposal be concurred in, and means taken to secure such an institution as was proposed. A committee was appointed to secure the proper legislation, and an appropriation from the State for the purpose, and sufficient aid pledged by the city to ensure its organization, conditioned that the institution was located in or near the latter.
The Legislature of 1866, on a proper representation of the facts, established by enactment, a "House of Refuge," and appropriated for the purchase of grounds, &c., in Ramsey county, $5,000, on condition that the city of Saint Paul would contribute a similar sum, which was done. Messrs. D. W. INGERSOLL, S. J. R. McMILLAN, A. T. HALE and Rev. J. G. RIHELDAFFER, were appointed managers. A very suitable location, near the city, called the Burt Farm, was purchased for $10,000, and, in a few months, the institution was in suc- cessful operation, Mr. RIHELDAFFER having been appointed as Superintendent. Its name was subsequently changed to the "State Reform School."
On January 1, 1875, the Superintendent reported that since the opening, 253 inmates had been received, and 145 of these had been discharged, all of whom were, (so far as known,) doing well, and many holding positions of trust and responsi- bility, and leading moral lives. The amount of good such an institution does, no one can tell, for its main power is in pre- venting rather than remedying.
October 18, two servant girls, named LENA BODEN and SOPHIA MARTIN, at Mrs. STOKES' boarding house, on the site of the present Metropolitan Hotel, were burned so badly by the explosion of kerosene, with which they were lighting a fire, that they died within a few days.
November 3, J. D. WILLIAMS, who, for a number of years. had kept "William's' Ferry," above the city, was murdered near Fort Snelling.
December 19, the Chamber of Commerce, which, for almost 10 years, had been dormant, was reorganized, and became one of our most important institutions.
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The election, this fall, resulted in the choice of the following officers : Senator .- WM. P. MURRAY. Representatives .- C. H. LIENAU, EDMUND RICE, and C. K. DAVIS. Judge of Probate .- R. F. CROWELL. Auditor .- S. LEE DAVIS.
NECROLOGY OF 1866.
Died, February 5, BERT MULLER, a pioneer hotel keeper, policeman, &c. February 20, at Burlington, Iowa, R. FRANK HOUSEWORTH, an old resident, Clerk of the Ramsey county Court, member of School Board, &c. March 2, at Prairie du Chien, Rev. LUCIEN GALTIER, first priest of Saint Paul. March 21, Dr. WM. H. MORTON, a well-known physician. April 7, J. WATSON WEBB, a merchant. May 4, AMABLE TURPIN, father of Mrs. LOUIS ROBERT, aged 100 years. June 3, PERRY SLOAN, by accidentally falling from the third story of Merchants' Hotel. August 13, at the Iowa Insane Hospital, DEWITT C. MARVIN, a well-known auctioneer of Saint Paul. August 23, at Philadelphia, WM. H. WOLFF, for many years a druggist in Saint Paul, Alderman, &c. Octo- ber, 15, KENNEDY T. FRIEND, City Clerk. December 14, GEORGE G. STRONG, formerly of Second Regiment.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1867.
The congregation of Christ church, Protestant Episcopal, (Rev. S. Y. McMASTERS,* rector,) which had for about 16 years worshipped in the old chapel on Cedar street, completed their new and fine edifice, corner of Fourth and Franklin streets, early in January. On the 13th, it was used for service,
* Dr. STERLING Y. McMASTERS was born at Guilford Court House, North Carolina, December 9, 1813, and graduated at the University of that State. He studied medicine in early life, but subsequently studied theology, and was ordained a clergyman in the Protestant Episcopal church. In 1846, he became rector of Christ church, at Alton, Illinois. In 1858, he became President of Saint Paul's College, Palmyra, Missouri. Three years later, this was broken up by the war, and he became Chaplain of the Twenty-seventh Illinois Regiment. In 1863, he came to Saint Paul for his health, and became rector of Christ church, ministering to that society for 12 years. He soon at- tained a high reputation in our State as a fine scholar, a skilled theologian, an earnest, active, faithful clergyman, and a Christian gentleman of the finest culture. He was a member of the State Normal Board, of the Minnesota Historical Society, and was Com- missioner to the Vienna Exposition in 1873. He was a Free Mason of the 33d degree. He died November 5, 1875, sincerely lamented.
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and, two Sabbaths later, caught fire from the furnace, and was destroyed, all except the bare walls. It was soon rebuilt.
January 25, the " Mansion House," corner of Wabasha and Fifth streets, was destroyed by fire, the fifteenth hotel, the papers remarked, that had been burned in our city. In this case, it was ultimately of some benefit to the public. It led the way to the purchase, a few days subsequently, of the ground for the site of the Custom House and Post-office.
The great increase of business in the District Court of Ran- sey county, for some months prior to this date, clearly rendered an additional court necessary. The bar, at meetings held in 1866, decided to secure the same, and the Legislature of 1867, established the " Court of Common Pleas" for Ramsey county. At a city election held April 2, Hon. WILLIAM SPRIGG HALL* was elected as Judge.
Several very destructive fires [besides those noticed] occur- red this season. On February 22, WEIDE & BRO.'s wholesale grocery store, on Third street, burned down. June 22, the machine and car shops of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad were destroyed-loss $150,000. May 23, several buildings on the south side of Third street, above Cedar, were destroyed, including an old landmark, the "Saint Paul House," on Bench street.
The municipal election, this spring, resulted in the choice of the following officers : Mayor .- Hon. GEO. L. OTIS. t
* WILLIAM SPRIGG HALL, one of the most respected jurists that Ramsey county ever had, was born July 9, 1832, in Anne Arundel county, Maryland. He was educated at Saint John's College, in that State, and studied law, being admitted to practice in 1854. He came to Saint Paul in October of that year, and formed a law partnership with HARWOOD IGLEHART, formerly of Annapolis, Maryland. In 1856, he was ap- pointed Superintendent of the Common Schools of Minnesota, which office he filled two years. In 1857, he was elected to the State Senate, in which he showed high ability. In 1867, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and re-elected in 1874, for seven years more. His health failed rapidly about that period, and he took an European tour without much benefit. On February 25, 1875, he died on a railroad car, while on his way home from the east.
+ GEO. L. OTIS was born in New York, October 7, 1829. He removed to Michigan in 1837, and lived there until 1855, in the meantime studying law and was admitted to prac- tice. In October, 1855, he came to Saint Paul, and has practiced his profession here since that date, with eminent success. He was elected a member of the Legislature (Honse) of 1857-8, and of the Senate in 1866, performing valuable services on the Judiciary Com- quittee during the first named session. Mr. OTIS was elected Mayor of Saint Paul in
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Street Commissioner .- JOHN DOWLAN. Attorney .- HARVEY OFFICER. The Council elected B. W. LOTT, City Clerk ; J. W. ROCHE, Comptroller ; Dr. B. MATTOCKS, City Physician.
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On April 27, Hope Hose Company, No. I, was organized.
1867, and in 1869 was the nominee of his party for Governor, but they were too greatly in the minority to succeed. Mr. OTIS has also given several years' service to the public as one of the Managers of the State Reform School. He is one of the ablest members of the Ramsey county bar, and in the Masonic order has attained a high rank.
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July 28, Saint Mary's church, (Catholic,) was dedicated. Rev. L. CAILLET has been its priest since that date.
September 10, ground was broken for the Custom House.
November 14, a young woman, named MAGGIE MURPHY, burned to death at Gen. SIBLEY's residence by the explosion of a kerosene lamp.
THE SUPPOSED MURDER OF DR. HENRY HARCOURT.
During the fall of this year occurred one of the most inter- esting criminal trials that has ever taken place in the history . of the Northwest, and rivalling, in some features, the celebrated cases of EUGENE ARAM or Dr. WEBSTER.
On page 420, was mentioned the finding of the body of an unknown man, evidently murdered. A curious chain of cir- cumstances led to the arrest, at Chicago, on September 23, 1866, of a young man named GEO. L. VAN SOLEN, for some years a resident of Saint Paul, as the murderer of the unknown man, who was subsequently proven (as was supposed) to be Dr. HENRY HARCOURT, of England-more latterly of Saint Louis, Missouri. VAN SOLEN had known HARCOURT in Saint Louis, in 1864 and 1865, and shortly afterwards the former returned to Saint Paul. HARCOURT soon after received a letter from a person unknown to him, offering him a situa- tion, as surgeon to an expedition, if he would come to Saint Paul, and giving VAN SOLEN as a reference. Dr. HARCOURT came to Saint Paul with a surgeon's outfit, about August 15, and stopped at VAN SOLEN's house. The two went hunting at Pig's Eye, on August 19. VAN SOLEN returned alone. stating that HARCOURT had run away from him, and the latter was never seen alive after that day. His friends in England, alarmed at not hearing from him, investigated his wherea- bouts, which led to VAN SOLEN's arrest, as stated. He was tried on the charge, in December, and ably defended by Hon. C. K. DAVIS* and Hon. I. V. D. HEARD. The theory of the
* CUSHMAN K. DAVIS was born in Henderson, New York, June 16, 1838. While an infant, his parents removed to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he attended Carroll Col- lege, but subsequently graduated at the University of Michigan, in 1857. He studied law with Hon. A. W. RANDALL, and, after the election of that gentleman as Governor, he appointed Mr. DAVIS as State Librarian. He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and
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CUSHMAN K. DAVIS. defense was, that the body of the unknown man, found in the
removed to Milwaukee, where he practiced some time, but ultimately returned to Wau- kesha, at which place, in 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteers. He was, not long after, promoted to First Lieutenant, and was put on the staff of Gen. GORMAN, with the rank of Assistant Adjutant General. When Gen. GORMAN retired from the service, Capt. DAVIS returned to his command, and was made Judge Advocate of the Department. After several months' service, illness compelled him to withdraw from the army. He settled in Saint Paul in 1864, engaging in the practice of law with great success. In 1866, he was elected to the Legislature, and, in 1868, appointed United States District Attorney. In November, 1873, he was elected Governor, and has filled that office with acknowledged ability. He is one of the most scholarly and ready speakers in our State.
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river, was not that of HARCOURT. The prosecution, Judge S. M. FLINT and H. J. HORN, Esq., had the body exhumed, and endeavored to prove, by its size, &c., and articles found on it, that it was HARCOURT's body. The jury, on the first trial, disagreed, and, on a second trial, in the spring of 1868, VAN SOLEN Was acquitted. The Pioneer, in commenting on the case, said : "It is a case painful as it is mysterious, and one of the dark riddles that occur more frequently in real life than in the attractive pages of fiction."
The election this fall resulted in the choice of the following officers :
Senator .- GEO. L. BECKER. Representatives .- WM. P. MURRAY. D. C. JONES and C. H. LIENAU. Sheriff .- D. A. ROBERTSON. Treasurer. - C. S. ULINE. Register. - J. MAINZER. Attorney .- S. M. FLINT, &c.
NECROLOGY OF 1867.
Died, January 5, JACOB BECK, an ex-soldier, Turner, &c. January 20, BENSON GALLOWAY, for some years a merchant on Third street. March 20, D. C. MURRAY, an old resident. April 2, at Waconia, B. RODECK, a prominent fireman. April 26, JAMES WILEY, a well-known citizen. June 7, MICHAEL. DORNIDEN, member of City Council. June 19, Dr. WM. CAINE, homopathic physician since 1858. July 5, CHARLES PATTEN, a resident since 1852. July 7, WILLIAM PERKINS, an early settler. August 4, Capt. SAMUEL T. RAGUET, late of the First Minnesota Volunteers. a prominent fireman, merchant, &c.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1868.
On January 9, a row of frame buildings, on the northeast corner of Third and Wabasha streets, burned down. J. L. FOREPAUGH, that year, erected on the site, his fine block, now the property of P. F. McQUILLAN, by whose name it is known. It is the largest and finest business block in our city.
On February 29, the Daily Dispatch, an evening journal, was issued by H. P. HALL and DAVID RAMALEY.
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April 21, Mackubin's Block burned. Total loss, $120,000. The city election this spring, resulted :
Mayor .- Dr. J. H. STEWART. City Justice .- O. MALM- ROS. Comptroller .- J. W. ROCHE. Treasurer .- NICHOLAS GROSS. The Council elected JOHN J. WILLIAMS as City Clerk, &c.
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May 22, the Rotary Mill, an old landmark, burned. August 8, old Christ church, (Cedar street,) burned. The post-office was removed to the Opera House this season. At the State election, this fall, the following officers were chosen : Representatives .- JOHN M. GILMAN,* JAMES J.
* JOHN M. GILMAN was born in Vermont, September 7, 1824. He was admitted to the practice of law in that State, and removed to Ohio in 1846, settling at New Lisbon. He was a member of the Legislature of that State in 1849-50. He removed to Saint Paul in September, 1857, and soon afterwards formed a law partnership with Hon. JAS. SMITH, Jr., which continued some years. He is now a member of the firm of " GILMAN, CLOUGH & LANE." Mr. GILMAN has been three times a member of the Legislature from this county, and has rendered the State valuable service in that capacity.
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EGAN and PAUL FABER. Judge of Probate .- O. STEPHEN- SON. County Auditor .- S. LEE DAVIS.
NECROLOGY OF 1868.
Died, January 15, SAMUEL L. VAWTER, a prominent mer- chant. February 2, ELIAB L. WHITNEY, an early real estate. dealer. February 3, in Hennepin county, JAMES DAY, a pio- neer builder of Saint Paul. February 21, GEORGE H. OAKES, a well-known early resident. February 26, at Toronto, Can- ada, H. HOLMES, an early surveyor of Saint Paul, afterwards a General in the Confederate States Army. March 14, Rev. J. E. DIXON, a teacher. March 29, at Orono, Judge MOSES SHERBURNE, one of the early jurists of Minnesota. April . IO, RUDOLPH H. FITZ, a pioneer builder, Alderman, &c. April 10, THOMAS H. CALDER, a well-known character of early days. April 21, S. R. CHAMPLIN, a merchant for many years. April 27, at Chicago, by suicide, WM. WOOD, of the firm of MEHAFFEY & BLACK, in 1856. May 20, JIM LORD, a relic of early days. July 12, Capt. EUGENE H. FALES, an ex-army officer. August 4, SIMON POWERS, a pioneer stage line operator. August 30, at Louisville, " Pres- ident" JONES, an eccentric character, who lived at Saint Paul for several years. September 19, MICHAEL J. WISE, an old resident. October 10, Dr. J. A. VERVAIS, a pioneer physi- cian. November 6, Rev. T. H. N. GERRY, a Protestant Episcopal clergyman. December 25, THOMAS WALL, well known in political circles.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF 1869.
January 1. Jubilee of colored citizens at Ingersoll Hall, to celebrate the amendment to the State Constitution conferring on them the elective franchise.
January 12. Masonic Hall, in McQuillan's Block, dedicated.
February 3. The International Hotel burned. This fire commenced about two o'clock a. m. There were over 200 guests in the house, but all escaped without injury. The loss was stated at $125,000. [See page 365.]
During the Legislative session of 1869, a bill was intro-
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duced, by Hon. C. H. CLARKE, of Hennepin county, to re- move the Capital to Kandiyohi county, on one of the sections of land called "Capital lands." The bill passed both houses, with very little opposition-probably being regarded in the na- ture of a joke. When presented to Gov. MARSHALL for his sig- nature, he declined to approve it, and returned the bill, with his reasons for vetoing it, which were probably satisfactory, as a motion to pass it over his veto failed to carry. The same, or substantially the same, measure was introduced again in 1872. but met with no favor.
The city election this spring resulted in the choice of the following officers : Mayor .- JAMES T. MAXFIELD. Comp- troller .- J. W. ROCHE. Attorney .-- W. A. GORMAN. As- sessor .- CHARLES PASSAVANT. Surveyor .- D. L. CURTICE. Street Commissioner .- FRANK DECK. The City Council elected JOHN J. WILLIAMS, City Clerk ; Dr. MATTOCKS, Health Officer, &c.
THE CITY WATER WORKS.
An important event of this year was the completion of the city water works, by the "Saint Paul Water Company." This company was first chartered in 1857, but nothing was done by the parties holding the franchises, until about 1864 or 1865, when C. D. GILFILLAN, and others, took hold of the en- terprise, and, after much labor and expenditure, completed the works. The water was turned on from Lake Phelan, the res- ervoir, on August 23. There has been in all, 17 miles of pipe laid, three miles of canals built, and 1,100 buildings are now supplied with water. The works have a capacity of 4,300,000 gallons every 24 hours. In all, $340,000 have been invested in the works. To the energy, perseverance and enterprise of Hon. CHARLES D. GILFILLAN,* president of the company,
* CHARLES D. GILFILLAN was born near Utica, New York, July 4, 1831. He was educated at Hamilton College, and removed to Missouri, in 1850. In April, 1851, he came to Saint Paul, then removed to Stillwater, where he practiced law three years, returning to Saint Paul in 1854, and continuing his profession here. He was elected to the Legislature in 1864 and 1865. At the close of the latter term, he began the con- struction of the Saint Paul Water Works, which will always entitle him to the rank of one of the benefactors of our city He has just been elected a third time to the Legis- lature.
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Saint Paul is indebted for this valuable improvement ; and perhaps no city in the Union is more cheaply or easily sup- plied with water than Saint Paul.
The State election, (November 2,) was somewhat more closely contested than usual this year. Hon. GEO. L. OTIS, one of our most popular and esteemed citizens, was a candi- date for Governor, and, although his party throughout the State was in a hopeless minority. he received a vote in this
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county that was a generous compliment to him, the result be- ing : for HORACE AUSTIN, 778 ; for Mr. OTIS, 2847! The county officers elected were : Senator .- GEO. L. BECKER, (no opposition. ) Representatives .-- JOHN M. GILMAN, PAUL. FABER, JNO. L. MERRIAM. Clerk of Court .- ALBERT ARM- STRONG. Sheriff .- JOHN GRACE. Treasurer .- C. S. ULINE.
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Register .-- JACOB MAINZER. County Attorney .-- HARVEY OFFICER.
The newspapers reported that 509 buildings were built this year, at a total cost of $1,500,000.
NECROLOGY OF 1869.
Died, near Princeton, Minnesota, January 7, from a gun-shot wound, GEO. W. THOMPSON, an early resident. January 14. ROBERT P. PATTERSON, a brick-mason, well-known in the city. January 26, at Chicago, RICHARD MARSHALL, formerly proprietor of the City Mills. February 22, near Omaha, by freezing, H. H. GILBERT, formerly Deputy State Treasurer, and Quartermaster of the Sixth Regiment. March 19, CHARLES CREEK, an early settler. March 27, Rev. DEME- TRIUS MAROGNA, priest of Assumption church. April II, NELSON GIBBS, for several years City Justice, &c. May 8, JULIUS SCHMIDT, well known to theatre-goers. May 28, ASA GOODRICH, for several years president of the gas company. June 29, GEO. C. MOTT, since 1861, clerk in the Surveyor General's office. July 10, at Chicago, MASON M. FORSYTHE, a well-known business man of Saint Paul. July 14, JOSEPH CAMPBELL, an old settler. August 10, Col. HENRY MCKEN- TY, once the largest and most prominent real estate dealer in Minnesota.' October 30, ANDY .L. SHEARER, for some years a "banker" on Jackson street. November 12, LOUIS C. JONES, a capitalist. November 22, JACOB B. BRADEN, a highly respected merchant. November 22, ORRIN CURTIS, formerly Mayor of Saint Anthony, a well-known insurance agent. November 25, DAVID STUART, Jr., an old resident. December 30, THOMAS DALY, well known in political circles.
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1870.
During the rebuilding of part of the Saint Paul bridge, this winter, a young man, named JAMES NOLAN, fell about 100 feet on the ice, and was killed.
At the spring election, only one ticket was in the field, be- ing elected as follows : Mayor .- WILLIAM LEE .* Comp-
* WILLIAM LEE, one of the oldest wholesale merchants of Minnesota, was born in Milford, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, April 14, 1822. After completing his educa-
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troller .- JOHN W. ROCHE. City Justice .- THOMAS HOWARD. Treasurer .- MICHAEL ESCH. Surveyor .- D. L. CURTICE. The City Council elected WM. RHODES, President ; M. J. O'CONNOR, City Clerk ; Dr. MATTOCKS, Health Officer.
The river was on a freshet this spring, being the highest water for 20 years.
May 4, JOSEPH A. WHEELOCK was appointed postmaster.
May 19, Concert Hall Block burned. A young lady, nanied MCLELLAN, was burned to death ; and two brothers, named MUELLER, tailors, saved their lives only by leaping from the windows in the rear to the foot of the bluff, receiving frightful injuries. The fire spread across the street, consuming several buildings. The total loss was $50,000.
June 1, the corner-stone of the new Merchants' Hotel was laid by the Old Settlers' Association, with appropriate cere- monies.
On June 27, the Metropolitan Hotel was opened, GILBERT DUTCHER, proprietor.
The census of 1870 showed a rapid growth of the city since 1865. The total population of the city was reported at 20,030 ; county, 23,085.
An atrocious murder was committed, on September 2, in Rose township. A man, named JOSEPH STEHLE, of Saint Anthony, was enticed away from home by a tramp, named DANIEL GUNDY, who murdered and robbed him. GUNDY was convicted of the crime in March following, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad was completed and opened to Duluth in August, this year, thus giving our city a connection with the great lake system, which has been of incalculable advantage to its commerce.
ยท The State election this fall resulted in the choice of the fol- lowing officers : Representatives .- H. H. SIBLEY, JOHN L.
tion, he engaged in mercantile business at Easton, Pennsylvania, and, in 1859, removed to Saint Paul, where he established what is now one of the leading jobbing houses in our city. Mr. LEE was twice elected Mayor, and is at present County Commissioner, serving the public with fidelity and ability. While devoted to his business, he finds time to engage in politics, simply (as he asserts, and the writer believes,) as a recreation from business cares !
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MERRIAM, CHRIS. STAHLMAN. Probate Judge .-- O. STE- PHENSON. County Auditor .- HIRAM J. TAYLOR.
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