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One of our friends the other night alluded, in his paper, to vessels passing down the St. Lawrence to the ocean. I had in my mind, at that time, two interesting facts bearing upon his subject, but did not wish to interrupt him. One was this:
The first steam merchant vessel, I think, that passed down the St. Lawrence to the ocean, was the propeller "Ontario." She was built at the mouth of the Genesee River, in 1846, by George Steers, who afterwards became so prominent as a ship builder. She was about four hundred tons burthen. In 1850 the Ontario was bought by Mr. Bissell, who recently became prominent as connected with the Rock Island Bridge affair, and also the engineer for cutting a canal connecting the Upper Mississippi, ena- bling steamers to pass through it and our people to capture Island No. 10. Mr. Bissell and his associates bought this boat at Buffalo, and fitted her out here to go to Califor- nia. She ran by Montreal and out into the ocean without leave. Captain James M. Averill, of our city, commanded her.
The first American merchant vessel that went down the St. Lawrence River to sea, was the bark "Eureka," of three hundred and fifty tons, in 1849; fitted out at Cleve- ' land, Ohio, and went down the St. Lawrence, by special permit from the Canadian Government. She was bound to California, and arrived out safe.
In the same year, or the following one, at the request of several of our citizens interested, the writer addressed a letter to the Governor-General of Canada, asking him if other American vessels would be allowed a free passage down the St. Lawrence to sea; and he answered me promptly that they would not. I have that letter now among my papers, and if the Society would like to have it, I will look it up. I have
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thought this of sufficient importance to put on record, when, now at this time, our brethren on the other side are making such strenuous efforts to secure a share of lake commerce. It is a fair race; "let the best man win."
The other interesting fact to which I alluded was this: In 1824 Captain Sam. Ward, an enterprising citizen of Newport, Michigan, on the St. Clair River-after- wards prominent as the projector and owner, in connection with his nephew, Capt. E. B. Ward, of Detroit, of several fine passenger and freight steamers, running on all the lakes above Ontario-built, at Newport, a small schooner called the St. Clair, of thirty tons, and loaded her with skins, furs, potash, and black walnut lumber for gun-stocks, in June of the year 1826, bound to New York. He came to Buffalo, took out her spars, towed through the canal to Albany with his own horses, towed by steam down the Hudson River to New York, and sold his cargo to good advantage; loaded with goods for his own store in Michigan, and brought to Syracuse and Sandusky, filling the vacant space at Syracuse with salt for his own use, and returned the same way and in the same manner to his own home, occupying about eight weeks in making the voyage. This was the first vessel that passed down the Erie Canal to the ocean; none have passed since, that I am aware of, except some of our steam tugs, recently; but is not this fact suggestive and demonstrative of the grand result perfectly feasible and attainable by the plan as put forth so ably the other night by Mr. Prosser. I wish he would publish that paper; it was one of great merit, and the subject, as treated, of great interest to all the dwellers on the lakes, and particularly to our own city. Such ideas and plans should not be one man's property; they should be for all.
All must admit that the Erie Canal originally made the commerce of the lakes. It was its main artery of incipient life, and through which it obtained its sustaining power up to the age of manhood.
I would give it all its meed of praise, and pay my highest tribute of admiration to the genius, the statesmanship, the broad views, the far-seeing sagacity and perseverance of its great founders and builders. Such men are not often produced-they ennoble our race. The memory of their great and glorious deeds-none the less great and glorious from being peaceful and doing good-it becomes a nation's duty to guard and honor.
The commerce of our great inland seas comes next in order with me. From a little germ of thought, first passed across and over the then unknown Atlantic, in 1492, by Columbus, whose spirit would not let him rest until he had fathomed his day-and-night- dream of a new Continent in the Western Hemisphere; and later, fanning his thought into action by our Pilgrim Fathers, in 1620; and later still, when the shores of our lakes and rivers were traversed by the foot of the Reverend Fathers, the Jesuit Priests, who early saw the beauty and goodness of the new lands along their borders, as they reported them to their master, the French King, has sprung up this great and mighty commerce, demonstrating the old adage, "that small things produce great result." And while we give great credit to the Canal and the commerce of the lakes for our prosperity, have we no word of cheer and approbation for that magnificent net-work of railroads, belting this whole northern country together? Has not this iron rail, by giving the emigrant quicker, easier and cheaper transit to the fertile prairies of the West, accelerated and hastened the settlement; and has it not (the rail) brought to the
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shores of our lakes, from remote points, hitherto inaccessible to market, the products of those lands they have been instrumental in settling, thereby increasing our commerce and wealth. And have not the canals, the commerce and the railroads combined and joined hands together to give us such a high state of prosperity and happiness, peopling our shores with beautiful cities as if by magic, that in other countries would have taken centuries to produce, and making our western lands, that a few years ago were a wil- derness, a garden of wealth, with its golden fruits. You cannot separate and disin- tegrate the working together for the good of all mankind of these great natural laws, by legislation or otherwise. All good conceptions are large and comprehensive; you cannot fetter nor contract their action. It is the immutable law of God, in his mercy to man, that all should partake of his goodness and beneficence, that it should not be otherwise; and in proportion as we enlarge our field of ideas and liberality, do the good results follow. There is enough for all to do. Increase your commerce; encourage the tide of emigration ; enlarge your canals; construct your railroads. It all combines to develop and cultivate those immense tracts (so small a portion of which is improved, as our friend told us the other night,) of land yet uncultivated, in the West beyond us; every dollar invested in so doing brings an avalanche (eventually, if not at once) of wealth in return. These different avenues of transportation, commerce and trade, worked together in a spirit of common brotherhood, shoulder to shoulder, with the might of human development called out by the best spirit actuating the human breast, the high-toned, peaceful pursuits of agriculture and commerce, and the advancement and good of our race, there is no limit to the prosperity, under God's blessing, we may not arrive at and attain to. The great East, with its ocean-border stretching out to the world, is bound in chains of natural necessity to the commerce of the great inland seas, the railroads and canals of the West.
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CLIMATOLOGY OF BUFFALO.
Meteorological Phenomena for the year 1863, recorded at the Library of the Young Men's Association, by WILLIAM IVES, Librarian. REGULAR HOURS OF OBSERVATION .- 7 A. M. 2 P. M. 9 P. M.
Barome- ter.
Thermometer.
Inches of rain and melted BROW.
Depth of Snow in Inches.
No. days on which No. clear rain or days. snow fell.
No. of cloudy da ya,
Extremes. Mean.
January
29.42
56
31.4
2.85
12
11
3
16
February
29.54
48
*7
27
3
274
9
10
6
March,
29.42
49
2
28.5
2.50
27
21
5
10
April,
29.40
76
14
44
1.83
2
8
13
6
May,
29.42
87
37
55.5
1.96
7
17
6
June,
29.38
90
49
62
1.42
10
17
4
July,
29.43
93
54
70.6
4.37
7
10
3
August
29.49
91
44
69.8
2.96
11
15
1
September,
29.54
88
33
59
1.74
8
16
4
October,
29.48
79
25
48
4
12
8
9
November.
29.35
65
21
41.5
2.80
1
13
5
6
December,
29.47
49
5
30
2.45
13
13
Totals,
29.44
47
31.88
76
130
128
84
ยท Below zero.
JANUARY .- On thirteen days of the month the temperature was above the freezing point, and for the first ten days grain was transported by canal to Lockport. The lake was free from ice the entire month.
FEBRUARY .- The lake was closed by ice on the 4th, and open again for navigation on the 26th. The winter months were remarkably mild, the mean temperature having been 30 degrees.
MARCH .- Snow fell on sixteen days of the month, and rain on five. The best, and Learly all the ice housed by dealers for summer use was cut after the 15th. Robins came on the 24th. The creek cleared of ice on the 27th.
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APRIL .- Three propellers left port on the 3d, and the ice disappeared on the 4th. Bluebirds came on the 4th, and swallows on the 19th. The opening of buds and flowers was earlier by one week than the previous year.
MAY .- Erie Canal opened on the 1st. Currants and lilacs in leaf on the 4th. Peach and cherry trees were in blossom on the 12th; strawberries on the 14th; plum trees on the 15th; and apple trees on the 25th. The sugar maple and horse chestnut were in leaf on the 15th, and forest trees generally on the 28th. No frost during the month.
JUNE .- The first strawberries grown in this county appeared in market on the 15th thirty days from the blossom. Cherries began to ripen on the 24th.
SEPTEMBER .- The month was a cold one, with destructive frosts on the 22d, 26th, and 27th.
OCTOBER .- Ice formed over stagnant pools on the 26th and 29th. The leaves of forest trees began to fall on the 1st, and were all off by the 26th.
NOVEMBER .- The first snow sufficient to whiten the earth fell on the 26th.
DECEMBER .- Erie Canal closed on the 12th.
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Buffalo City Directory
FOR THE YEAR 1864.
CITY GOVERNMENT-1864.
Mayor .- William G. Fargo.
Aldermen .- First Ward-Daniel Fitzgerald, Patrick Walsh. 2d Ward-P. S. Marsh, Geo. B. Gates. 3d Ward-Alexander Brush, Wm. P. Moores. 4th Ward-George Fischer, Richard Flach. 5th Ward-Henry Nauert. Elijah Am- brose. 6th Ward-Paul Goembel, Jacob Scheu. 7th Ward-Thos. Clark, J. L. Haberstro. 8th Ward-George J. Bamler, Henry C. Persch. 9th Ward-J. D. Sawyer, Win. I. Mills. 10th Ward -Geo. R. Yaw, Seth Clark. 11th Ward- John Auchinvole, N. K. Hopkins. 12th Ward- L. P. Dayton, Peter Burgard. 13th Ward-An- gus McPherson, Christian Klink.
President of the Common Council .- L. P. Day- ton.
Standing Committees, 1864 .- Finance-Goem- bel, Scheu, Hopkins, Marsh, Walsh.
Taxes and Assessments .- Ambrose, Goembel, Hopkins, Sawyer, Gates.
Schools .- Flach, Scheu, T. Clark, Ambrose, S. Clark, Sawyer. Brush.
Fire .- Gates, Moores, Walsh, Yaw, Mills.
Streets .- Scheu, Burgard, Ambrose, Persch, Mills, S. Clark, Haberstro.
New Territory .- Burgard, Scheu, Hopkins, Auchinvole, McPherson.
Sewers .- Haberstro, T. Clark, Fitzgerald, Yaw, Auchinvole.
Side and Cross- Walks .- Moores, Scheu, Persch, Bamler, Nauert, Mills, Klink.
Water .- Bamler, Goembel, Moores, Flach, Auchinvole.
Claims .- T. Clark, Gates, Haberstro, Persch, Marsh.
Police .- Persch, Ambrose, Bamler, Yaw, Walsh.
Wharves, Harbors and Ferries .- Walsh, Gates Moores, Marsh, Sawyer.
Public Grounds .- Nauert, Fitzgerald, Mo- Pherson, Persch, S. Clark.
Public Lamps .- Gates, Burgard, Moores, Walsh, Fisher.
Markets. - McPherson, Goembel, Burgard, Klink, Fisher.
License .- Fitzgerald, Goembel, Flach, Klink, Brush.
Sanitary Measures .- Flach, Nauert, Burgard, Fisher, Brush.
CITY OFFICERS.
Comptroller .- Ralph Courter.
Deputy Comptroller .- George W. Allen.
City Attorney .- Charles Beckwith.
Street Commissioner .- James O'Brian.
City Treasurer ..- John Hanovan.
Receiver of Taxes .- Jacob Domedian.
Auditor .- Wm. Weston.
Superintendent of Schools .- H. D. Garvin.
Police Justice .- Wm. HI. Albro.
Chief of Police .- Charles Darcy.
Overseer of the Poor .- Joseph Ball.
Assessors .- John McManus, John H. Bidwell, John A. Smith.
City Clerk :.- Chas. S. Macomber.
Deputy City Clerk -Thomas R. Clinton. City Surveyor .- Francis F. Curry.
Health Commissioners .- Charles L. Dayton, James J. Edmonds, Peter Munschaner.
Health Inspectors .- Martin Fisher, Joseph Weter, Wm. Fuller.
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Health Physician .- Sandford Eastman.
Constables .- Ist Ward-Mort O'Brien. 2d Ward-Henry B. Burt. 3d Ward-Michael Keelty. 4th Ward-Conrad Brown. 5th Ward -John Grobe. 6th Ward-Michael Kester. 7th Ward-Joseph Becher. 8th Ward-Stephen J. Mulhall. 9th Ward-Lester Day. 10th Ward -Benjamin Toles. 11th Ward-Levi D. Jerome. 12th Ward-Henry Ziegel. 13th Ward-Na- thaniel Lee.
Street Inspectors .- Conrad Andre, Jacob Kraf- fert, Leonard Metzger, Frederick Mochel, Louis Weber.
Inspectors of Election .- 1st Ward-First dis- trict-Andrew O'Connell, Michael Sheehan. Second district-Timothy O'Connor, Patrick Scanlon. Third district-Walter W. Stanard, John O'Donnell, Charles Harris-designated by the Board.
2d Ward-First District-Peter R. Dowling, Orange W. Clark. Second district-Amos Mor- gan, Roswell L. Burrows. Third district-David E. Brown, Norman H. Barnes.
3d Ward-First district-George A. Albro, George W. Irwin. Second district-Patrick Power, Nicholas Merzig.
4th Ward-First district-James Harridan, Hugo Becker. Second district-George F. Mow- nier, John A. Birber. Third district-Charles Chester, John Holzschlag.
5th Ward-First district-John Speck, Peter Britz, Jr. Second district-George Zillig. Cas- per Retel. Third district-Philip Pfeil, Henry Arud.
6th Ward-First district-Joseph Dirnberger, Francis Smaley. Second district-Damian Gil- lig, Philip Reinhardt. Third district-Jacob Anuriler. Thomas B. Shepard.
7th Ward-First district-Henry Gramer, Frederick Stutzman. Second district-Francis A. Georger, Martin Frank. Third district-An- thony Jurge, Ernst Neitman.
8th Ward-First district-William O'Neil, James Haley. Second district-James O'Grady, James Reynolds.
9th Ward-First district-Frank E. Coit, D. G. Coleman. Second district-Geo. W. Vining, Henry H. Clapp.
10th Ward-First district-George F. Hay- wood, William C. Bryant. Second district- Isaac T. Hathaway, John Walls.
11th Ward-First district-Morris Butler, Wil- liam Hodge. Second district-Morris Cambee, Elisha Bandell.
12th Ward-First district -- William Post, Adam Ringlieben. Second district-John Abell, Jacob Woolfer.
13th Ward-Horace Buffum, John B. White.
General Clerk of Markets .- Theobold Bur- gard.
Sealers of Weights and Measures .- A. T. Patchin, John Quatlander.
City Sexton .- Philip Nathnagle.
Harbor Masters .- Patrick O. Day, Patrick Haley, Chas. McCarty.
Watch House Justices .- James Ryan, B. H. Colegrove.
Justices .- Michael Murray, B. H. Colegrove, George Talbot, George Barker, Warren Lamp- man, James Ryan, Moses Bristol.
Police Constables .- Benjamin Toles, James Allen, Edward Bennett, Geo. Orr. Joel W. Burton, Peter Fox, Jobn Grove, Martin Morin, George A. Reinhardt, Sherman B. Burns.
City Scavenger .- Joseph Hartman.
Salaries of City Officers .- Mayor, $1,600; all Aldermen, $100 per year; Comptroller, $1,250; City Attorney, $1,450; Receiver of Taxes, $1,250; Street Commissioner, 81,250; Superin- tendent of Schools, $1.200; City Surveyor, $1,100; Treasurer, $1,250; Assessors, $1,000 each; Auditor, $900; Chief of Police, $1,000; Overseer of the Poor, $800; City Clerk, $1,100; City Clerk, as Clerk of the Board of Health, $100; Deputy City Clerk, $950; General Clerk of Markets, $950; Health Physician, $550; Har- bor Masters, each, $600; Deputy Comptroller, $950; First Clerk to Receiver of Taxes, $850; First Clerk to Street Commissioner. $900, Second Clerk to Street Commissioner, $750; Deputy City Surveyor, $900; First Clerk to Overseer of the Poor, $600; Clerk to Chief of Police, $600; Street Inspectors, while in actual employ, per day, $1.50; Messenger to Common Council, $1.00 each meeting; Watch House Justices, per year, each, $400; Police Justice, $2,000.
BUFFALO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICERS FOR 1864.
Fire Commissioners .- Samuel Smith, Oliver G. Steele, David Kissock, Wm. A. Dobinson Chas. H. Rathbun. R. L. Burrows, Clerk.
Chief Engineer .- Thomas B. French.
1st Assistant Engineer .- John T. Spaulding. 2d Assistant Engineer .- Jacob Kimberly.
LOCALITIES OF ENGINES.
Steam Fire Engine "Chan. J. Wells."-House on South Division street. between Washington and Ellicott. Engineer, James Nash.
Steam Engine " Niagara."-House on Niagara street, between Mohawk and Huron. Engineer, Lewis R. Emly.
Steam Engine "Seneca."-House cor. Seneca and Chicago streets. Engineer, John Mussey.
Steam Engine "Perry."-House on Perry st., between Washington and Mississippi. Engineer, Wm. Waite.
Steam Engine "Huron."-House on Genesee
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street, twenty feet west of Spruce. Engineer, Nick Keifer.
Taylor Hose Co. No. 1 .- No. 106 Pearl street. Foreman, T. T. Bloomer.
Eagle Hose Co. No. 2 .- No. 316 Washington street. Foreman, H. H. Clapp.
Neptune Hose Co. No. 5 .- East side Washing- ton, between Carroll and Seneca. Foreman, William S. Sage.
Niagara Hose Co. No. 7 .- On Pine street near William. Foreman, Andrew Cable.
Columbia Hose Co. No. 11 .- On Pearl street near Tupper. Foreman, James F. Rowley.
Hydraulic Engine Co. No. 9 .- On Seneca st., near Central R. R. Foreman, John Breider.
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FIRE DISTRICTS.
No. 1. Embraces all that portion of the city lying south of Court street and west of Main.
No. 2. All south of Clinton street and east of Main.'
No. 3. All north of Court street and west of Main.
No. 4. All north of Clinton and east of Main.
POLICE STATION HOUSES.
No. 1. Terrace near Evans. Captain, Michael Loftus
No. 2. Southwest corner Seneca and Louisiana streets. Captain, John Welch.
No. 3. Northeast corner Pearl and Mohawk streets. Captain, - Bennett.
No. 4. Sycamore near Ash street. John Volk.
Captain,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Superintendent .- Henry D. Garvin.
Central School .- Situated on Court, Franklin and Genesee streets. Oliver Arey, Principal.
School District No. 1, Seventh near Hudson. Principal, A. Z. Barrows.
School District No. 2, Terrace near Genesee. Principal. E. F. Cook.
School District No. 3, Perry cast of Burwell Place. Principal, Wm. S. Rice.
School District No. 4, Elk near Louisiana. Principal. Byron F. Pratt.
School District No. 5, E. Seneca near Pollard. Principal, Charles J. Hamlin.
School District No. 6, South Division near Chestnut. Principal, A. S. Gregory.
School District No. 7, South Division below Ellicott. Principal. N. B. Barker.
School District No. 8, Church near Delaware. Principal, Samuel Slade.
School District No. 10, Delaware between Mohawk and Huron. Principal, William L. French.
School District No. 11, Elm near Clinton. Principal, F. D. Love.
School District No. 12, Spruce above Batavia. Principal, D. M. Jenkins.
School District No. 13, Oak near Sycamore. Principal, James L. Crooker.
School District No. 14, Franklin between Edward and Tupper. Principal, John S. Fos- dick.
School District No. 15, Oak cor. Burton alley. Principal, Ezra T. Benedict.
School District No. 16, Delaware above Bry- ant. Principal. - Fullerton.
School District No. 17, Main near toll-gate. Principal, Harriet Patterson.
School District No. 18, School near Tenth. Principal, Charles C. Johnson.
School District No. 19, North Washington near Bidwell. Principal, Albert W. Crandall.
School District No. 20, Amherst corner East. Principal, A. B. Ellsworth.
School District No. 21, Emslie near Peckham. Principal, Mrs. Volser,
School District No. 22, Main near Burt Scott's. Principal, Mary Scott.
School District No. 23, Delavan Avenue be- yond Adams. Principal, Esther E. Carr.
School District No. 24, Best near Walden. Principal, Sewell B. Barker.
School District No. 25, Batavia beyond toll- gate. Principal, Miss Alida M. Hakstein.
School District No. 26, near Seneca beyond Hydraulics. Principal. -.
School District No. 27, Seneca near Whitte- more's tavern. Principal, - Baader.
School District No. 28, White's Corners Plank Road. Principal, Frank Todrig.
School District No. 29, Martin's Corners. Prin- cipal, Almira Taylor.
School District No. 30, Ohio near toll-gate. Principal, Jane N. Dunn.
School District No. 31, Emslie and Krettner near William. Principal, Edward L. Chamber- layne.
School District No. 32, Cedar near Clinton. Principal, N. G. Benedict.
School District No. 33, Elk near Smith. Prin- cipal, Manly Kennedy.
Warren P. Spencer, teacher of Penmanship. Everett L. Baker, teacher of Vocal Music.
Of these schools, Nos. 5 and 14 are of four departments each. Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 20, 31 and 32 are of three depart- ments each. Nos. 2. 8, 9, 11, 18, 19, 24 and 33 are of two departments each. Nos. 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 have each one de- partment.
The whole number of pupils taught in the public schools, for the year 1863, was 17,000.
CANAL OFFICERS.
Canal Commissioner .- F. A. Alberger. Office
School District No. 9, Vine near Elm. Prin- corner Pearl street and Terrace. Clerk, Jasper cipal, B. F. Randolph.
Hodge.
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Collector's Office .- Commercial cor. Erie Canal. Collector .- David Kissock.
Clerks .- R. S. Foot, Louis Pfeiffer.
Superintendent .- HI. J. Van Dusen, Albion.
Engineer's Office .- Prosser's Block, cor. Pearl and West Seneca streets.
Engineer .- Orville W. Story, Rochester. Assistant Engineer .- W.W. Jerome, Rochester. Draftsman. - J. F. Behn, Buffalo.
CUSTOM HOUSE.
Government Building, cor. Washington and Seneca sts. Collector .- Christian Metz.
Deputy .- A. L. Bennett.
Clerks .- Oscar F. Crary, Hiram P. Thayer, George Woehnert.
Inspectors .- Samuel Strong, Sanford Halbert. Wm. H. Bostwick, Seth W. Warren. Ira Barnard, Jr., E. A. Maynard, for Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway.
Steamboat Inspectors .- Thomas Truman, Rob- ert Mills. Office, Room No. 11, Custom House.
Supervising Inspector .- Asaph S. Bemis.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
30TH COLLECTION DISTRICT, N. Y.
Collector's Office .- West Seneca near Pearl. Collector .- Philip Dorsheimer. Deputy Collector .- Noah P. Sprague. Book-keeper .- Louis C. Duempelmann. Clerks .- W. C. Allen, Traugott Hirsemann. Assessor's Office .- 6 West Seneca street. Assessor .- Otis F. Presbrey.
Clerks .- Louis Bobza, Ist clerk; Frank Root, 2d clerk.
This district is divided into twelve divisions, and the following are the assistant assessors.
Division 1-H. F. Allen. Division 2-Samuel Beals. Division 3-Zadock G. Allen. Division 4-Jacob F. Kuhn. Division 5-James Inglis. Division 6-Thos. R. Stocking. Division 7- John Koch. Division 8-Benjamin T. Adams. Division 9-J. B. Dick. Division 10-R. Simons. Division 11-Wilson Rodgers. Division 12- Henry Russel :.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Judge .- James Sheldon.
District Attorney .- C C. Torrance.
Assistant District Attorney .- Grover Cleve- land.
Surrogate .- Jonathan Hascall.
County Clerk .- Charles R. Durkee.
Deputy Clerk .- S. Carey Adams. Special Deputy Clerk .- George F. Haywood.
Superintendents of Poor .- Michael Mester, Buffalo; John Nice, Grand Island; Michael Hau- sauer, Jr., West Concord.
County Treasurer and County Tax Receiver .- Francis C. Brunck, Prosser's Block, cor. Seneca and Pearl streets.
Coroners .- James J. Edmonds, Buffalo; S. V. R. Graves, East Hamburgh; Abram Foster, Col- lins Centre; George Filsted, Tonawanda.
Sheriff .- Robert H. Best. Under Sheriff .- Nelson Hopkins.
Office Deputy .- Oliver J. Eggert.
Deputies .- J. W. Burton, George A. Rhein- hardt, John Volk, Daniel Darcy, Jr., Cortland Lake, Bonaventura Kreig, Mort O'Brien, Martin Morin, William H. Phillips, George W. Sherwood, Lorenzo Kent, David S. Reynolds, Buffalo; Al- bert Wilber, Collins; Whitford Harrington, Ma- rilla; John H. Phillips, Tonawanda; Asa Tor- rey, Boston; James C. Swift, East Hamburgh; E. S. Norton, Wales; Adam Rinewalt, Amherst; John O'Neil, Elma; Henry Canfield, Hamburgb; George K. Vantine, Clarence.
Jailor and Deputy Sheriff .- Wm. F. Best Turnkey .- Frederick Fail.
Supervisors .- 1st Ward-Dennis McNamara, Thomas M. Knight. 2d Ward-Hugh Webster, Jas. S. Lyon. 3d Ward-Mathew O'Brien, Jobn Zier. 4th Ward-Harmon Griffin, Jacob Gittere. 5th Ward .- Jas. S. Irwin, Geo. Baldus 6th Ward-John Stengel, Jacob Hickmaus. 7th Ward -George J. Buckbeit, Henry Betz. 8th Ward -John Hopkins, P. A. Matteson. 9th Ward William B. Peck, Wm. Ring. 10th Ward-Rob- ert Carmichael, Chas. E. Young. 11th Ward- Thomas R. Stocking, Wm. Richardson. 12th Ward-Christopher Laible, Henry Mochel. 13th Ward-George Orr.
Alden-H. A. Wende. Amherst-Benj. Miller. Aurora-D. Spooner. Boston-D. Cary. Brant -N. Smith. Cheektowaga- - Ely. Cla- rence-D. Woodward. Collins-J. H. Piumb. Colden-Richard Bowen. Concord-Philetus Allen. East Hamburgh-Levi Potter. Eden -Nelson Welsh, Elma -- L. M. Bullis. Evans -J. H. Andrus. Grand Island-John Nice. Hamburgh-Allen Dart. Holland-P. D. Riley. Lancaster-J. M. Safford. Marilla-H. T. Fos-
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