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" No. 42 .- As early as 1799, a frame building stood on the grounds now occupied by the stores of Miner & Sons and T. L. Kingsley. It was known as the 'McGrath House.' Iu that year the Columbian Gazette was published in that building. In 1807, Deacon Elijah Wor- thington purchased the premises, which also included the ground now occupied by the store of J. C. Smith. Our old residents describe that house of sixty and more years ago as a two-story, eaves to the street, a door and hall in the centre of the building.
"No. 43 .- On the west end of above lot, and where J. C. Smith's now is, Mr. Worthington (who was a hatter), in 1810, erected a small frame building for a hat-shop.
"No. 44 .- West of above lot, and on the site now occupied by the store of W. Willard Smith, Nathaniel Mudge, Sr., erected, in 1804, a story and a half frame building for a tin-shop. It was used in the war of 1812 as a recruiting office. West of this lot was an alley.
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" No. 45 .- Where the store of Williams & Edwards now is was a small frame tenement occupied as a dwelling near sixty years ago by Ephraim Shepherd, and after, for many years, was Judge Roberts' office. Who used it before Mr. Shepherd no one now can tell.
"No. 46 .- On the site of the 'Tremont Honse' stood a two-story frame dwelling, with a wing on the east. The oldest inhabitants remember that a Dr. Alden resided there about 1816, and Judge Beardsley about 1810. It was quite an old house when first remembered.
"No. 47 .- Not far from 1800, a two-story frame dwelling, large enough for four families, and called the 'Catterfield House,' stood on the site now occupied by the Hammann & Benner Block. It was built and owned by Caleb Putnam. It was torn down by a mob abont 1827.
"No. 48 .- The Ethridge Corner was leased to Michael Frost before 1800, and Nathaniel Mudge, about 1810, lived in a story and a half frame dwelling on that corner. David Warner resided there afterwards.
"No. 49 .- Before 1816, Mr. Cooley lived in a small framne house on 'Peggs' place,' and had a gunsmith-shop in the rear. The house was there years before that.
"No. 50 .- Next to Peggs' place was a 7 by 9 frame tenement, used by Parker Halleek as his tailor-shop as early as 1812. It was in that building the first regular Sabbath-school of Rome was started.
"No. 51 .- Parker Halleck lived in the house now occupied by W. C. Purdy. That honse was there before 1800, is strongly built of yellow pine, and wrought nails were used in its construction.
" No. 52 .- Where the double frame house is, near the brick block of Dr. West, a small frame tenement stood about 1800, erected by John Barnard. The first resident there, as now remembered, was Tockle Hempstreet (grandfather of General Hempstreet). That was about 1815.
" Between '51' and ' 52' were two or three small frame tenements at an carly day ; but our oldest residents can't place those buildings there before 1810.
" JAMES STREET.
"No. 53 .- Opposite the Armstrong Block, and near the eanal, Caleb Putnam resided in a frame dwelling as early as 1800. His tannery and grounds covered the site between that house and where the rail- road now is.
" No. 54 .- On the corner where Stanwix HIall is, N. Mudge, Sr., before 1812, had a grocery-store in a small red frame building, fronting on James Street, and extended back on what is now Whitesboro' Street.
" No. 55-On the rear end of the Stanwix Hall lot, fronting towards the cannl, a double frame honse stood seventy years ago; it was occupied by Judge Dill, and afterward by N. Mudge. It stood a few years ago on the north bank of the old canal, a little east of South James Street.
"No. 56 .- Where C. E. Saulpaugh's store is, John Barnard, about 1800, erected a two-story frame building 40 hy 50 feet, with piazza in front. It was kept as a tavern in 1812, by Benjamin Hyde, Sr., and ealled ' Farmers' Hotel.'
" No. 57 .- Opposite ' Farmers' Hotel' was the frame store of George and Henry Huntington, standing there from 1800 to 1850. There were no other buildings on James Street (except ' No. 35') between that store and Dominick Street.
" No. 58 .- A small frame tenement stood, before 1810, not far from the insurance-office of Smith, Pond & Co. It was occupied in 1814 by Judge Wardwell as a law-office, and after that by Foster and Hayden. Our oldest residents don't remember back of Judge Wardwell's occu- pancy.
" No. 59 .- The ' Huntington School-House' stood on or near the site of the meat-shop of G. Petrie, and was erected about 1800. It was a frame one-story building, with chimney in the centre of the room.
" No. 60 .- On the corner of Nellis' livery, George Huntington's frame barn stood seventy years ago.
"No. 61 .- Where the butcher-shop of Winkelmeyer is, David I. Andrus had a meat-sbop in a 7 by 9 frame structure, as early as 1804.
" No. 62 .- David I. AnIrns lived, in 1804, on the site of Judge Roberts' house, and in what is now the kitchen part of that dwelling.
" No. 63 .- The house where Jesse Walsworth resides was erected abont 1807, by the late William Wright.
" No. 64 .- On the site of ' Elm Row,' Joshna Hathaway erected a two-story donble frame house, opposite Judge Roberts'. That house was erected before, or very soon after, 1800. It now stands on George Street.
" No. 65 .- Near the site now occupied by Knowlton's saloon was a
small frame tenement, used by Mr. Hathaway as his office and post- office for thirty years.
" No. 66 .- The house on Dr. Scudder's lot, corner of Liberty and James Streets, Amos Flint erected about 1810.
"No. 67 .- Next to it, north, was a small frame house, ocenpied as early as 1810 by Asbbel Anderson.
"No. 673 .- There was another small house next north, occupied fifty years ago by Lansing Wall, a tailor. The corner, where Geo. Merrill resides, was built upon by Mr. Soper at an early day, but whether that house was built before 1810 we could not learn.
" No. 68 .- The house on the corner of Park Alley and East Park was erected by Russell Bartlett as early as 1810.
"No. 69 .- B. B. Hyde resided in the house on East Park, where A. H. Brainerd resides, as early as I811, but who before him we can't tell.
"No. 70 .- The First Church (or Presbyterian) was erected in 1807-8. It was a large frame building, and a few years ago stood on the site of the Court Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and was burned down. Before its ereetion the society worshiped sometimes in Seth Ranny's barn, sometimes in the sebool-house, sometimes in Gould's tavern (No. 4), and sometimes in Geo. & H. Huntington's store (No. 57). It had no regular place of worship until after 1807.
"No. 71 .- The ' school-honse' in Rome stoed, in 1800 and 1810, in the southeast corner of West Park, and it was there where courts were held in Rome until the Court-House was erected in 1806. It was a high, square, frame buildiog, with ' hip roof.'
" No. 72 .- The ' Tryon House,' on James Street, near the West Park, was erected about 1807 by Festus Clark, Chauncey Filer being the carpenter.
"No 72} .- A two-story house stood on the grounds of G. W. Pope's late residence as early as 1810. The father of Asa Graves resided there near fifty-five years ago. It was old theo.
"LIBERTY STREET.
"Fifty years ago there was a tin-shop of Sylvester Wilcox's where E. B. Armstrong resides ; but as we could not learo as it was there in 1810, we have got marked it down on our map.
"No. 73 .- On the west end of E. B. Armstrong's lot, fronting on Liberty Street, were two small houses, both old fifty years ago. Josiah Dickerson lived in the east one.
" No. 74 .- Sylvester Wilcox lived in the west one.
" No. 75 .- A small, yellow frame building over sixty years ago occupied the site where D. P. McHarg's briek residence now is. It was an old building then. Mrs. Alden resided there before 1820, but who before her is not remembered.
" No. 76 .- Before 1810, a frame dwelling stood on the site now oe- cupied by Wheeler Armstrong's residcoce. Dr. Blair lived there in 1810, and erected a wing to it.
" No. 77 .- About 1810, Gurdoo Huntington resided in a story and a half frame house on the site now occupied by the residence of B. N. Huntingtoo. That building is now on Washington Street, the residence of Dr. Cowles. It is stated that Mr. Gilbert erected the house about or soon after 1800.
"No. 78 .- Where the residence of Mr. Edward Huntington now is, stood, io 1810, the frame tenement (' No. 16') which had been re- moved from Dominick Street.
"No. 79 .- Near the residences of S. W. Mudge and Dr. Scudder, Oliver Greenwood had a blacksmith-shop as early as 1805. (See ' No. 10.')
"No. 80 .- As early as 1810, Oliver Greenwood lived in a two-story frame house on the site of the present residence of S. W. Mudge.
" A building stood on the corner of James Street and Floyd Road, where Mrs. Bellamy resides, at an early day, but whether before 1810 or not we could not learn. It was onee occupied by Timothy Jervis, father of J. B. Jervis; also a dwelling (John Wentworth's house) on the sito of Jobn G. Bissell's residence, on Floyd Road. John Barnard's tavern was erected before 1793, on or near the site of the old Baptist Church, but we can't learn as it stood there in 1810. The State Arsenal stood on the site of the Catholic Church in 1810, and a small, old house stood on the brow of the hill nenr there, occupied some fifty years ago by Daniel Matteson. The foregoing are not on our map, as few, if any were in use in 1810 as we can learn, except the State Arsenal. Thomas Veazie lived, not far from 1810, on the site now occupied by the residence of J. J. Armstrong, on what is now Liberty Street; he had a wagon-shop just west of his house. As it could not
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be ascertained whether Mr. Venzie resided there before 1810, thoso buildings are not down on our map. To go to his house at an early day was like driving into an open lot. Old-fashioned hay-seales, fifty years ago, stood in what is now the street in front of his house."
In 1828 some of the pickets and the block-house of old Fort Stanwix remained, the latter much decayed and full of bullet-holes. Nelson Dawley, now of Annsville, had the contract for leveling down and clearing away the block- house and the western portion of the fort, preparatory to the erection in that year of a dwelling by Wheeler Barnes. This house, now occupied by Alva Mudge, stands near the southwest corner of the fort, and the large clm-tree at the west window was but a small sapling in 1804, said to have stood on the parapet. One of the men employed in leveling down the fort was John Healt. It is said that many wagon-loads of cannon-balls were dug out and drawn away, also that at some depth in the ground bars of lead were found piled crosswise. Could the fortification have been left as it stood, and the site converted into a park, the citizens of Rome would have before them to-day the only important work in all the colonies which never fell into the hands of an enemy during the Revolution ; but the hand of the destroyer was unstayed, and it was cleared away. Upon its site are erected beautiful and costly residences, and the grounds have been elegantly and tastefully laid out, yet there is scarcely an inhabitant of the place but wishes the fort had been preserved as a reminder of the trying scenes of " a hundred years ago." Fort Bull, to the west- ward, on Wood Creek, has fared better, and may yet be seen in perfect outline, and almost as fresh as if constructed within comparatively a few years.
During the exciting period of the French Revolution many of the citizens of France fled for safety to America, and stayed until the trouble was over. Among those who came to this country, and in the course of their travels found themselves in the then infant village of Rome, were Talleyrand, the famous statesman, and Volney, the his- torian. The wife of George Huntington, and mother of Edward Huntington, Esq., now of Rome, entertained these distinguished guests at her house in the absence of her husband, and often mentioned the fact afterwards. It is possible that Mr. Huntington met them at some other time and place, but it is not known at present whether he became acquainted with them.
Another notable event in the history of the village was the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette, in 1825, during his tour of the country. At a meeting of the village trustees, April 21, 1825, it was
" Resolved, That the following gentlemen compose a committee on the part of the village to receive General Lafayette on his arrival here, viz., Joshun Hathaway, Henry Hontington, George Hunting- ton, Bill Smith, and William Wright.
" Resolved, That the Trustees of the village be a committee to make arrangements for his reception."
The general, on his arrival, debarked in the evening near the United States Arsenal, from the packet on which he was going east, and was escorted to the " American House" by a procession bearing tallow candles ! He held a levee at the arsenal and another at the " American," after which he boarded the canal packet at the " Mansion House," and went on his way. Of the delegation appointed to receive
him, Colonel B. P. Johnson, in command of the militia, was on horseback, in his regimentals, and Colonel Arden Seymour had command of the cavalry. When crossing Wood Creek Colonel Johnson's horse became restive, and, making a sudden plunge forward, left his gallant rider "sitting as flat in the mud as a tailor ever sat on his bench." Colonel Seymour dismounted and offered his own horse to Colonel Johnson, who accepted it, and the " pro- cession" moved along. At the hotel a colored man, who had been one of General William Floyd's servants, and had come from Western to see the general (Lafayette), was introduced to him. Lafayette, in speaking of Revolu- tionary times, remarked, " Dere vas var den ; no fighting now."
The village of Rome was incorporated in 1819, with the following boundaries, to wit : "Commeneing at the june- tion of the Erie Canal* with Wood Creek, near the white honse called the ' Clark House,' and thenee down the canal to the west line of George House; thence on a line of said farm to a poplar-tree south of the oldt canal; thence to cast corner of Fiero's barn ; thence to north corner of Jacob Tibbitts' barn ; then north to the east corner of Bloom- field's garden ; thence northwest to Wood Creck ; thence down the creek to the place of beginning."
The first election for village officers was held on the first Tuesday in June, 1819, at the court-house, James Sherman, Esq., Justice of the Peace, presiding. The following were the officers chosen, viz. : Trustees, George Huntington, Charles Wylie, Joshua Hatheway, Pliny Darrow, Bela B. Hyde ; Assessors, William Wright, Samuel Beardsley, Arden Seymour; Clerk, Benjamin P. Johnson ; Treasurer, Arba Blair ; Collector, Archibald T. Funk.
In 1824 it was " Voted, that a tax of forty dollars be raised for completing the burying-ground, and that it be left discretionary with the trustees to raise the same, should they not succeed in raising sufficient to complete the same by subscription ;" also " Voted, That a tax of thirty dollars be raised for repairing the town pump and well near the hotel."
At a meeting of the board held July 5, 1852, the fol- lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted :
" Whereas, This board has received information that the remains of the lamented Henry Clay are to pass through this place, on the express train, at ten o'clock P.M. to-morrow, and
"Whereus, It is eminently proper that some expression should be made of the profound grief which the death of this illustrious patriot has spread over the community, therefore
"Resolved, That between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock the bells of the several churches of this village be tolled, that minute- guns be fired, and that all occupants of places of business be requested to close the same during the time above mentioned."
In 1853 the village was divided into three wards, the portion east of James Street being the first ward ; that west of James Street and south of Liberty the second ward; and west of James and north of Liberty the third ward.
The trustees of the village from 1820 to 1834, inclusive, were the following persons, viz. :
1820 .- George Huntington, Elijah Worthington, Ste- phen White, Elisha Walsworth, Numa Leonard.
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1821 .- Same as 1820.
1822 .- Same, except Wheeler Barnes was elected in the place of Stephen White.
1823 .- Wheeler Barnes, Joshua Hatheway, Simon Matteson, George Brown, Dennis Davenport.
1824 .- Wheeler Barnes, Arden Seymour, Simon Matte- son, George Brown, Numa Leonard.
1825 .- Same as 1824.
1826 .- George Huntington, John W. Bloomfield, Jay Hatheway, Elisha Walsworth, Henry A. Foster.
1827 .- John W. Bloomfield, George Huntington, Henry A. Foster, Martin Galusha, Jay Hatheway.
1828 .- J. W. Bloomfield, Jay Hatheway, H. A. Foster, Seth B. Roberts, Arden Seymour.
1829 .- J. W. Bloomfield, Jay Hatheway, Seth B. Rob- erts, Francis Bicknell, Lyman Briggs.
1830 .- Allanson Bennett, Bela B. Hyde, Noah Draper, James Merrills, Sylvester Willcox.
1831 .- Bela B. Hyde, Henry Tibbitts, James Merrills, Sylvester Willcox, Joseph B. Read.
1832 .- A. Bennett, Alva Whedon, James Merrills, Francis Bicknell, Jay Hatheway.
1833 .- No record to be found.
1834 .-- Jesse Armstrong, John Stryker, Alva Mudge, Samuel B. Stevens, Virgil Draper.
From 1835 to 1849, inclusive, the records of the village have been lost or misplaced, and it is impossible to give the trustees for those years. From 1850 to 1869 they were as follows :
1850 .- Edward Huntington, Oliver J. Grosvenor, An- drew J. Rowley, Stephen Van Dresar, Henry C. Mallary.
1851 .- Enoch B. Armstrong, Roland S. Doty, Woodman Kimball, Sanford Adams, Marquis D. Hollister.
1852 .- Same as 1851.
1853 .- President, Allanson Bennett. 1st Ward, H. S. Armstrong, E. A. Gage, E. M. Hinkley ; 2d Ward, Stephen Van Dresar, J. Lewis Grant, Publius V. Rogers ; 3d Ward, M. L. Kenyon, Zacchens Hill, Henry Hayden.
1854 .- President, B. J. Beach. 1st Ward, Gordon N. Bissell, James L. Watkins, A. McCune; 2d Ward, J. L. Grant, M. Burns, Richard Peggs ; 3d Ward, James Walker, J. Scofil, C. F. Williams.
1855 .- President, Marquis L. Kenyon. 1st Ward, IIarrison Jacobs, E. A. Gage, Moses Wingate; 2d Ward, Michael Burns, Henry T. Utley, Eri Seymour; 3d Ward, R. G. Savery, J. H. Gilbert, M. L. Brainard.
1856 .- President, George Barnard. 1st Ward, A. W. Cole, Joseph Higgins, Robert Whitworth ; 2d Ward, H. H. Pope, J. J. Armstrong, John Ward ; 3d Ward, A. H. Edgerton, Edward Dickinson, John J. Parry.
1857 .- President, George Barnard. 1st Ward, Henry O. Southworth, Robert Whitworth, Jacob P. Hager; 2d Ward, John Ward, Thomas H. Pond, Daniel Hager; 3d Ward, A. H. Edgerton, George W. Taft, Edward Smith.
1858 .- President, George Barnard. Ist Ward, H. O. Southworth, Paul Schneible, Robert Whitworth ; 2d Ward, John Ward, Daniel Hager, Glen Petrie ; 3d Ward, A. H. Edgerton, G. W. Taft, Edward Smith.
1859 .- President, George Barnard. 1st Ward, Alva Mudge, H. C. Case, H. C. Mallery; 2d Ward, H. H. Pope,
John Ward, D. Hager ; 3d Ward, A. H. Edgerton, E. P. Wait, R. E. Lee.
1860 .- President, George Barnard. 1st Ward, Charles F. Bissell, Henry C. Mallery, Nathaniel Hazleton ; 2d Ward, H. H. Pope, Adam Kochersperger, John O'Neil ; 3d Ward, Robinson E. Smiley, N. Hyde Leffingwell, Zaccheus Hill.
1861 .- President, George Barnard. Ist Ward, H. C. Mallery, Jacob Rastizer, George Merrill ; 2d Ward, A. K. Adams, H. H. Pope, Peter Quinn ; 3d Ward, William J. Walker, Daniel Cady, Nicholas Moran.
1862 .- President, George Barnard. Ist Ward, H. C. Mallery, M. W. Rowe, Peter Rathmund ; 2d Ward, H. H. Pope, A. K. Adams, Peter Quinn ; 3d Ward, Z. Hill, E. A. Allen, Jeptha Matteson.
1863 .- President, George Barnard. 1st Ward, D. B. Prince, H. Edmonds, R. Whitworth ; 2d Ward, H. II. Pope, A. K. Adams, Thomas Flanagan ; 3d Ward, J. Matteson, Z. Hill, E. A. Allen.
1864 .- President, David Utley. Ist Ward, M. Maloney, Martin Seger, Daniel L. Ketcham ; 2d Ward, John Har- rington, John Spellicy, Peter Quinn; 3d Ward, James Walker, John D. Ely, Harvey D. Spencer.
1865 .- President, E. B. Armstrong. 1st Ward, Joseph Higgins, Orson Knowlton, James Elwell; 2d Ward, John Reifert, John Hook, Thomas Flanagan ; 3d Ward, Samuel Wardwell, James Walker, G. H. Lynch.
1866 .- President, George Barnard, Jr. 1st Ward, H. O. South worth, Orson Knowlton, Joseph Higgins; 2d Ward, Jolın Reifert, John Hook, Thomas Flanagan ; 3d Ward, James Walker, Lewis Gaylord, Sylvester F. Tremaine.
1867 .- President, James Stevens. 1st Ward, Lawrence Gaheen, James Elwell, Peter Rothmund ; 2d Ward, Nich- olas Kapfer, Thomas Flanagan, John Spellicy ; 3d Ward, Griffith W. Jones, Lewis Gaylord, William Jackson.
1868 .- President, James Stevens. 1st Ward, Peter Rothmuud, James HI. Carroll, George H. Brodock ; 2d Ward, Henry W. Tibbitts, Fred Rostizer, Thomas W. Edwards; 3d Ward, William Jackson, Lewis Gaylord, B. W. Williams.
1869 .- President, Edward L. Stevens. 1st Ward, James H. Carroll; 2d Ward, John Spellicy ; 3d Ward, Aekley P. Fuller. A portion of the old board held over this year, according to the new regulations for the election of trustees, etc.
CITY OF ROME.
Rome was incorporated as a city by an act entitled " an act to incorporate the city of Rome," passed February 23, 1870, of which the following is a copy :
"? 1. All that part of the county of Oncida now known as and being the town of Rome shall be a city, known as the city of Rome, and the citizens of this State from time to time inhabitants within the said boundaries shall be a corporation by the name of the city of Rome, and as such inny sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court, make and use a common seal, and alter it at pleasure; and may receive by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or purchase, and hold and convoy, such real or personal property as the purposes of the corpora- tion may require.
"¿ 2. (As amended hy § 6, chapter 576, Laws of 1875.) The said city shall be divided into five wards respectively, as follows, namely :
" First Ward .- All that portion of said city bounded as follows, viz. : Beginning at a point at the intorsection of James and Dominick Streets, in the city of Romo; running thence along the centre of
COL. E.B.ARMSTRONG.
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RESIDENCE or E. B. ARMSTRONG, ROME, N Y
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RESIDENCE OF GEO. ABBE, ROME, ONEIDA COUNTY, N. Y.
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James Street to the intersection thereof with the Wright Settlement Road, near the Ridge Mills; thence along the centre of tho Wright Settlement Road and the Watson Hollow Road to the line of said city and town of Floyd; thence running along said southerly line to the centre of the Mohawk River; thence running up# said river, and the centre thereof, to said Dominick Street; thence running along tho centre of said Dominick Street to the place of beginning, shall com- prise the First Ward.
" Second Ward .- All that part of said city bounded as follows, viz .: Lying south of the First Ward and east of a line cominencing at the intersection of said James and Dominick Streets, and running along the centre of said James Street and the Madison Plank-Road to the intersection of said plank-road with the road to Verona Village at the Oneida County Poor-House, and thence along the centre of said Verona Road to the city linc, shall comprise the Second Ward.
" Third Ward .- All that part of said city described as follows, viz. : Lying westerly of the Second Ward and southerly of a line commencing at the intersection of said James and Dominick Streets, and running along the centre of said Dominick Street, prolonged along the centre of the highway to the junction of the Rome and Taherg and former Rome and Oswego Plank-Roads; thence running along the centre of said last-named road to the city line, shall comprise the Third Ward.
" Fourth Ward .- All that part of said city described as follows, viz. : Lying northerly of the Third Ward and westerly of a line commencing at the centre of said Dominick Street and George Street in the former village of Rome; running thence up the centre of said George Street to Thomas Street in said village; thence running along the centre of said Thomas Street to the Cemetery Road so called; thence along the line in the centre of said Cemetery Road prolonged to the line of said city and the town of Lec, near the house of William H. Smith, at Lee Line, so called, shall comprise the Fourth Ward.
" Fifth Ward .- All that part of said city described as follows, viz. : Lying cisterly of the Fourth Ward, westerly of the First Ward, and northerly of the centre of Dominick Street, shall comprise the Fifth Ward."
The first city election was held March 1, 1870, and the following officers were elected, viz. : Mayor, Calvert Com- stock ; Recorder, Stephen Van Dresar; Collector, Joseph Kapfer ; Assessors, N. Hyde Loffingwell, George Hauck, David D. Morton ; Justices of the Peace, George W. Davis, James H. Southworth ; Constables, Thomas C. Wilds, Daniel Petrie, Daniel Krebs, James E. Hibbard; First Ward Officers : Supervisor, Henry O. Southworth ; Alder- men, George Merrill, George P. Russ, John Shortall ; In- spectors of Election, Charles F. Greene, George H. Bro- doek, Henry W. Pell. Second Ward Officers : Supervisor, John Singleton ; Aldermen, Martin Toepp, James Hagerty, Harmon Oeinck : Inspectors of Election, Harrison H. Hartwell, Stephen Van Dresar, William MePherson. Third Ward Officers: Supervisor, John Reifert ; Alder- men, John De Ryther, Peter Connor, Christian Nestle, Sr. ; Inspectors of Election, Louis Roth, James Corcoran, Jona- than Taleott. Fourth Ward Officers : Supervisors, James Stevens; Aldermen, Cyrus Hayden, William Parker, Wil- liam H. Davies; Inspectors of Election, Giles K. Brown, Wm. W. Smith, Wm. R. Olney. Fifth Ward Officers : Supervisor, Alfred Ethridge; Aldermen, A. P. Tuller, William Jackson, Glen Petrie ; Inspectors of Election, L. E. Elmer, Edward H. Shelley, Alva Whedon.
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