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1855-Aldermen : Erasmus D. Weatherford, Charles W. Taylor, Joseph T. Burton, Alfred Harris, George L. Douglass, Frederick A. Kaye, W. H. Grainger, Thomas D. Howard. Council- men : First ward, George W. Dunlap, William G. Reasor ; Second, John Zeigler, J. P. Galbreath ; Third, Henry L. Pope, P. R. Holbrook ; Fourth, Thomas Shanks, Benjamin J. Raphael ; Fifth, William T. Weaver, Thomas W. Riley ; Sixth, Thomas S. Hayden, Joseph A. Gillis ; Seventh, David L. Beatty, Robert Vaughan ; Eighth, Charles D. Pennybacker, Nathaniel H. Plum- mer. James M. Moore,* Thomas B. String,* Silas Sisson. *
1856-Aldermen: Erasmus D. Weatherford, Charles W. Taylor, Joseph T. Burton, Alf Harris, Fred A. Kaye, David L. Beatty, Thomas D.
Howard, Alf L. Shotwell. Councilmen-First ward, Thomas B. String, William White; Second, Allen Kendall, M. V. Watts; Third, Henry L. Pope, Vandeman Overall; Fourth, Thomas Shanks, Silas Sisson; Fifth, William T. Weaver, Andrew Monroe; Sixth, Robert F. Baird, Joseph A. Gilliss ; Seventh, John Sargent, Robert Vaughn; Eighth, David T. Monsarrat, J. W. Ray. Samuel Caswell*, Scott Newman *.
1857-Aldermen: Erasmus D. Weatherford, S. N. Hall, Joseph T. Burton, Alexander Duvall, Alf L, Shotwell, Lovell H. Rousseau, David L. Beatty, Thomas D. Howard, J. W. Kalfus*, Thomas H. Crawford *. Councilmen : First vard, John W. Craig, Scott Newman; Second, Samuel Caswell, Allen Kendall; Third, Vandeman Over- all, Curran Pope; Fourth, Thomas Shanks, A. B. Semple, Henry J. Lyons *; Fifth, Andrew Mon- roe, Thomas W. Riley*, William T. Weaver; Sixth, Robert F. Baird, Joseph A. Gilliss; Seventh, John Sargent, Peter B. Mnir, Benjamin W. Pollard *; Eighth, Samuel Browning, John M. Huston, D. T. Monsarrat *.
1858-Aldermen: E D. Weatherford, S. N. Hall, V. Overall, Alexander Duvall, J. W. Kal- fus*, W. A. Hanser, John Sargent*, Thomas H. Crawford*, Thomas D. Howard *. Councilmen: First ward, John W. Craig, Scott Newman, Wil- liam White *; Second, Samuel Caswell, Allen Kendall; Third, Curran Pope, H. H. Sale ; Fourth, Thomas Shanks, Henry J. Lyons; Fifth, William T. Weaver, William F. Pettit*, J. M. Armstrong; Sixth, Joseph A. Gilliss, John Bar- bee ; Seventh, John Sargent, H. C. Pindell, Wil- liam E. Snoddy *; Eighth, John M. Huston, Charles H. Hart.
1859-Aldermen : E. D. Weatherford, J. W, Osborne, Vandeman Overall, A. J. Alexander, Jacob W. Kalfus, James Trabne, John Sargent, Robert F. Baird. Councilmen : First ward, Isaac Butler, J. F. Gunkle, William White *; Second, Allen Kendall, William G. Reasor; Third, T. L. Jefferson, F. C. Welman; Fourth, Thomas Shanks, Alvin Wood; Fifth, J. M. Armstrong, William F. Pettit; Sixth, Joseph A. Gilliss, John Barbee; Seventh, George W. Anderson, H. J. Billings, T. C. Pomeroy *; Eighth, H. J. Lewis, Samuel Parker.
1860-Aldermen : J. F. Gunkle, J. W. Osborne, T. L. Jefferson, A. J. Alexander, Wil-
* Elected to fill vacancies.
*Elected to filll vacancy.
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liam F. Pettit, James Trabue, John Sargent, Robert F. Baird. Councilmen: First ward, J. C. Beeman, J. L. Henning; Second, W. P. Campbell, E. D. Prewitt; Third, J. L. Smyser, F. C. Welman; Fourth, E. L. Huffman, J. C. Beeman, D. M. Pyles *; Fifth, J. M. Armstrong, J. B. Walker; Sixth, John Barbee, Joseph A. Gilliss, James Anderson, Jr .*; Seventh, T. C. Pomeroy, G. W. Ronald; Eighth, William P. Boone, J. M. Moore.
[The Ninth and Tenth wards were added in 1861].
1861-Aldermen: J. F. Gunkle, William L. Murphy, J. W. Osborne, T. L. Jefferson, Thomas Shanks, William F. Pettit, William Terry, James Trabue, William F. Barret,* John Sargent, Joshua R. Brown, Joseph Galt, George A. Houghton,* William P. Boone, Robert F. Baird*, M. A. Downing. Councilmen: First ward, William F. Rubel, Hugh Irvine; Second, William P. Camp- bell, Philip Tomppert,* T. C. Tucker; Third, Vandeman Overall, F. C. Welman; Fourth, E. A. Buckner, Alvin Wood; Fifth, J. M. Armstrong, T. L. Caldwell; Sixth, William H. Grainger,* John E. Crowe,* John Barbee, W. H. Dulaney; Seventh, Thomas G. Baxter, G. W. Ronald; Eighth, H. C. Caruth, R. P. Lightburn; Ninth, H. H. Buchanan, W. W. Twyman,* W. A. Duckwall; Tenth, James B. Gregory, John W. Story.
1862-Aldermen: William L. Murphy, James W. Osborne, John S. Hubbard, Thomas Shanks, Arthur Peter*, William Terry, William F. Barret, Joshua R. Brown, William Drysdale, Robert F. Baird, M. A. Downing. Councilmen: First ward, Hugh Irvine, William F. Rubel; Second, Philip Tomppert, T. C. Tucker; Third, T. L. Jefferson, Bernard Guy; Fourth, G. W. Herbert,* E. A. Buckner, William Kaye; Fifth, J. M. Arm- strong, J. B. Kinkead; Sixth, John E. Crowe, John W. Barr, * W. H. Grainger; Seventh, John G. Baxter, William Cromey,* G. W. Ronald; Eighth, R. P. Lightburn, H. C. Caruth, D. Spaulding; Ninth, J. W. Earick, W. W. Twyman; Tenth, George L. Abraham, John W. Story.
[The Eleventh ward was added this year. ]
1863-Aldermen: William L. Murphy, James W. Osborne, John S. Hubbard, Arthur Peter, John A. Carter,* William Terry, John S. Hub- bard,* John E. Crowe, Joshua R. Brown, R. P.
Lightburn, Patrick Dillen,* Robert F. Baird, John W. Story, and W. F. Rubel. Councilmen: First ward, Patrick Campion, Hugh Irvine, A. Y. Johnson; Second, Philip Tomppert, T.C. Tucker; Third, R. J. Elliott, Bernard Guy ; Fourth, E. A. Buckner, G. W. Herbert ; Fifth, J. M. Arm- strong, J. B. Kinkead; Sixth, William Kendrick, J. H. Price; Seventh, John G. Baxter, William Cromey; Eighth, A. V. Brewer, D. Spauld- ing; Ninth, J. W. Earick, W. W. Twyman ; Tenth, John Shaw, George W. Stoll; Eleventh, John E. Orrill, T. P. Smith, James C. Dozier .*
1864-Aldermen: John W. Story, William F. Rubel, William L. Murphy, James W. Os- borne, John J. Hubbard, John A. Carter, John D. Osborne, Joseph B. Kinkead,* John E. Crowe, Joshua R. Brown, Patrick Dillon, H. C. Caruth*, Robert F. Baird. Councilmen: First ward, John Shaw, Louis Rehm,* George W. Stole; Second, John D. Orrill, J. C. Dozier; Third, Patrick Campion, M. A. Downing, W. H. Robinson ;* Fourth, Philip Tomppert, T. C. Tucker; Fifth, Bernard Guy, C. G. Smith, Joseph T. Tompkins ;* Sixth, E. A. Buckner, G. W. Herbert, S. A. Hartwell ;* Seventh, J. M. Arm- strong, J. B. Kinkead, George W. Morris; Eighth, William Kendrick, W. F. Barret, Ar- thur Peter*, Andrew Low ;* Ninth, Samuel Miller, J. W. Knight; Tenth, A. V. Brewer, J. H. Thomas,* D. Spalding, Jr. ; Eleventh, E. S. Craig, J. C. Robinson.
[The Twelfth ward was added this year. There has since been no addition to the num- ber of the wards.]
1865-Aldermen: John W. Story, William F. Rupel, William L. Murphy, H. McClaran,* J. W. Osborne, John S. Hubbard, George W. Herbert, J. G. Baxter, John E. Crowe, J. R. Brown, H. C. Caruth, W. W. Twyman, E. S. Craig, E. Lockhart .* Councilmen: First ward, H. Frederick Vissman, J. W. Maxwell; Second, John D. Orril, James C. Dozier; Third, Patrick Campion, Philip T. German; Fourth, R. A. Shrader, T. C. Tucker; Fifth, C. G. Smith, James J. Gilmore; Sixth, S. A. Hartwell, Wil- liam A. Warner, William Kaye ;* Seventh, S. B. McGill, N. S. Glore ; Eighth, Henry Dent, D. Spalding, Jr.,* L. A. Wood ; Arthur Peter ;* Ninth, Samuel A. Miller, Will D. Smith, W. H. Dulaney ;* Tenth, W. S. D. Megowan,* J. H.
*Elected to fill vacancy.
Elected to fill vacancy.
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Caldwell ; Eleventh, J. C. Robinson, J. E. Van- sant ; Twelfth, J. W. Earick, A. J. Harrington.
1866-Aldermen: J. W. Maxwell, William F. Rubel, H. McClaran, James W. Osborne, John S. Hubbard, George W. Herbert, J. G. Baxter, William Terry,* John E. Crowe, Joshua R. Brown, H. C. Caruth, Robert F. Baird, E. Lockhart. Councilmen: First, H. Fred Vissman, Louis Rehm; Second, J. C. Dozier, John D. Orrill ; Third, Patrick Campion, Philip T. Ger- man ; Fourth, William O'Connor, T. C. Tucker; Fifth, C. G. Smith, J. L. Smyser ; Sixth, William Kaye, George Brobston ; Seventh, H. C. Mur- rell, D. Spalding, Jr. ; Eighth, Patrick Bannon, Henry Dent ; Ninth, G. F. Downs, W. H. Du- laney ; Tenth, J. F. Pearson, C. L. Stancliffe ; Eleventh, A. T. Gilmore ; J. C. Robinson ; Telfth, J. H. Bunce, A. J. Harrington.
r867 -- Aldermen : J. . W. Maxwell, W. F. Rubel, H. McClaran, W. E. Gilpin, John S. Hubbard, C. P. Rudd, John G. Baxter, W. R. Thompson, John E. Crowe, J. R. Brown, J. C. Gies, R. F. Baird, J. H. Bunce. Councilmen : First ward, William F. Duerson, H. Fred Viss- man; Second, J. D. Orrill, J. B. Sargent ; Third, P. T. German, Adam Loeser ; Fourth, John Mc- Ateer, William O'Connor ; Fifth, William A. Daniel, C. G. Smith; Sixth, George Brobston, Charles Miller ; Seventh, H. C. Murrell, B. F. Karsner ; Eighth, Patrick Bannon, Henry Dent ; Ninth, G. F. Downs, W. H. Dulaney; Tenth, G. E. Heinig, J. P. Pearson ; Eleventh, A. T. Gilmore, J. C. Robinson; Twelfth, J. P. Byrne, A. J. Harrington.
1868-Aldermen: John W. Story, W. F. Rubel, J. A. Krack, W. E. Gilpin, Thomas L. Barret, C. P. Rudd, F. T. Fox, John E. Crowe, W. H. Dulaney, John C. Gies, R. B. Sheridan, J. H. Bunce. Councilmen: First ward, W. F. Duerson, Fred Vissman ; Second, John D. Orrill, Charles R. Long; Third, Philip T. German, Adam Loeser; Fourth, John McAteer, William O'Connor; Fifth, W. A. Daniel, H. C. Hamil- ton; Sixth, George Brobston, Charles Miller; Seventh, H. C. Murrell, J. G. Coke; Eighth, P. Bannon, George C. Shadburne; Ninth, G. F. Downs, B. W. Jenkins; Tenth, G. E. Heinig, James Sayre; Eleventh, M. W. La Rue, J. C. Robinson ; Twelfth, J. P. Byrne, G. H. Walling. 1869-Aldermen: J. W. Story, W. F. Rubel,
J. A. Krack, W. E. Gilpin, Thomas L. Barret, G. E. Heinsohn, F. T. Fox, J. E. Crowe, W. H. Dulaney, J. C. Gies, R. B. Sheridan, J. P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, W. F. Duer, son, Fred Vissman; Second, Charles R. Long, John D. Orrill; Third, Philip T. German, J. E. Sacksteder; Fourth, John McAteer, William O'Connor; Fifth, H. W. Gray, H. T. Jefferson; Sixth, George Brobston, G. A. Jones; Seventh, J. G. Coke, W. H. Dix; Eighth, J. J. Clemons, T. J. Tapp; Ninth, Edward Fuller, B. W. Jen- kins; Tenth, George Fulton, H. W. Walton; Eleventh, M. W. LaRue, T. L. McDermott ; Twelfth, Edward McCulloch, G. H. Walling.
1870-Aldermen : H. Fred Vissman, W. F. Rubel, J. A. Krack, W. E. Gilpin, T. L. Barret, Warren Mitchell, B. F. Guthrie, J. E. Crowe, James C. Gilbert, J. C. Gies, Joseph Galt, J. P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, J. M. Letterle- Joseph Sauer; Second, C. R. Long, J. D. Orrill; Third, P. T. German, Charles Yantz; Fourth, John McAteer, William O'Connor; Fifth, H. W. Gray, H. T. Jefferson ; Sixth, J. M. Duncan, William Kaye; Seventh, W. H. Dix, Charles D. Jacob; Eighth, J. W. Edwards, Thomas Hackett; Ninth, J. R. Dupuy, Edward Fuller; Tenth, B. J. Campbell, H. W. Walton; Eleventh, J. C. Robinson, H. '1 hierman; Twelfth, A. D. McCulloch, G. H. Walling.
1871 - Aldermen : H. F. Vissman, W. F. Rubel, J. A. Krack, W. E. Gilbert, B. W. Jen- kins*, T. L. Barret, D. Spalding, Jr., B. F. Guthrie, John A. Carter, James C. Gilbert, H. W. Walton, Joseph Galt, J. P. Byrne. Council- men : First ward, J. M. Letterle, Jacob Wahl ; Second, C. R. Long, J. D. Orrill; Third, Patrick Campion, P. T. German; Fourth, N. B. Connell, H. Verhoeff, Jr .; Fifth, H. T. Jefferson, William C. Smith ; Sixth, William Kaye, Henry Wehm- hoff; Seventh, W. H. Dix, Charles D. Jacob; Eighth, George C. Shadburn, W. C. D. Whips ; Ninth, George Ainslie, Thomas Coleman ; Tenth, James A. Leech, John U. Shaffer ; Eleventh, Albert Bourlier, John O'Day; Twelfth, J. Taylor Berry, Edward McCulloch.
1872 - Aldermen : D. F. Roberts, W. F. Rubel, J. A. Krack, B. W. Jenkins, Thomas L. Barret, D. Spalding, Jr., B. F. Guthrie, John A. Carter, James C. Gilbert, H. W. Walton, Joseph Galt, John P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward,
Elected to fill vacancy.
* Elected to fill vacancy.
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J. M. Letterle, Jacob Wahl ; Second, Charles R. Long*, John D. Orrill ; Third, John Clifford, P. T. German ; Fourth, John McAteer, H. Ver- hoeff, Jr .; Fifth, William N. Bryan, H. T. Jeffer. son ; Sixth, H. Griffin, Henry Wehmhoff ; Seventh, W. B. Hamilton, Charles D. Jacob ; Eighth, George C. Shadburn, W. C. D. Whips ; Ninth, George Ainslie, Thomas Coleman ; Tenth, James A. Leech, John U. Shaffer ; Eleventh, Albert Bourlier, John O'Day ; Twelfth, David Ferguson, Lawrence Hannan.
1873-Aldermen: D. F. Roberts, W. F. Rubel, J. A. Krack, George Bremer, Thomas L. Barret, C. P. Rudd, B. F. Guthrie, H. T. Moss, James C. Gilbert, J. U. Shaffer, Joseph Galt, John P. Byrne. Councilmen ; First ward, J. M. Letterle, John T. Milburn ; Second, Charles R. Long, J. L. Mason ; Third, John Clifford, P. T. German ; Fourth, John McAteer, William O'Con- nor; Fifth, W. N. Bryan, H. T. Jefferson ; Sixth, H. Griffin, William Kaye; Seventh, John E. Crowe, W. B. Hamilton ; Eighth, George C. Shadburn, W. C. D. Whipps; Ninth, George Ainslie, Thomas Coleman ; Tenth, James Kell, James A. Leech ; Eleventh, Al Bourlier, John O'Day ; Twelfth, David Ferguson, W. H. New- hall.
1874-Aldermen : John W. Story, W. F. Rubel, N. W. Hughes, George Bremer, D. Spalding, C. P. Rudd, H. C. Murrell, H. S. Moss, James C. Gilbert, J. U. Shaffer, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, J. M. Letterle, John T. Milburn ; Second, C. R. Long, J. L. Mason ; Third, P. T. German, R. D. Hall ; Fourth, John McAteer, William O'Connor ; Fifth, W. N. Bryan, H. T. Jefferson ; Sixth, Ed- ward F. Finley, William Kaye ; Seventh, John E. Crowe, W. B. Hamilton ; Eighth, George C. Shadburn, John L. Wheat ; Ninth, George Ains- lie, S. H. Garvin ; Tenth, James Kell, Robert W. Ramsey ; Eleventh, Al Bourlier, J. C. Rob- inson ; Twelfth, W. H. Newhall, William Wiest.
1875-Aldermen : John W. Story, W. F. Rubel, N. W. Hughes, George Bremer, D. Spald- ing, C. P. Rudd, H. C. Murrell, H. S. Moss, James C. Gilbert, W. T. Rankin, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, J. M. Letterle, Jacob Bickel; Second, Charles R. Long, J. I .. Mason ; Third, R. D. Hill, John Clifford; Fourth, W. O'Connor, John McAteer ;
Fifth, H. T. Jefferson, W. T. Leachman ; Sixth, E. F. Finley, William Kaye ; Seventh, John E. Crowe, W. B. Hamilton ; Eighth, William W. Smith, George C. Shadburn*, John L. Wheat ; Ninth, George Ainslie, E. D. Fuller ; Tenth, Thomas Feeley, Robert W. Ramsey; Eleventh, Charles Becker, J. C. Robinson ; Twelfth, Wil- liam Wiest, W. H. Newhall.
1876-Aldermen: W. F. Miller, W. F. Rubel, Caspar Mercke, George H. Bremer, T. E. C. Brinly, C. P. Rudd, H. C. Murrell, H. S. Moss, James C. Gilbert, W. T. Rankin, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen: First, John M. Letterle, Jacob Bickel; Second, J. L. Mason, John W. Stine; Third, R. D. Hall, John Clifford; Fourth, W. O'Connor, John McAteer; Fifth, H. T. Jefferson, John S. Hubbard; Sixth, William Kaye, J. A. Isert; Seventh, Rozel Weissinger, W. B. Hamilton; Eighth, John Callaghan, W. W. Smith; Ninth, George Ainslie, Edward Fuller; Tenth, Thomas Feeley, Michael H. Scott; Elev- enth, Al Bourlier, John Gault; Twelfth, W. H. Newhall, John A. Specht.
1877-Aldermen: W. F. Miller, W. F. Rubel, C. Mercke, William Zabel, Jr., T. E. C. Brinly, Harry Stucky, H. C. Murrell, H. S. Moss, James C. Gilbert, George W. Griffiths, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen: First, John M. Letterle, Jacob Bickel; Second, J. W. Stine, J. J. T. Murray; Third, H. W. Kohnhorst, R. D. Hall; Fourth, W. C. Smith, John McAteer; Fifth, H. T. Jefferson, G. Henry Detchen; Sixth, R. C. Davis, J. A. Isert; Seventh, S. Ullman, Rozel Weissin- ger; Eighth, John Callaghan, Buford Twyman; Ninth, Edward Fuller, Dennis Long; Tenth, J. P. McCollum, Michael H. Scott; Eleventh, J. C. Robinson, John Gault; Twelfth, W. H. New- hall, John A. Specht.
1878-Aldermen: H. W. Barr, W. F. Rubel, J. J. Cramer, William Zabel, Jr., T. E. C. Brinly, Harry Stucky, H. C. Murrell, William F. Barret, James C. Gilbert, George W. Griffiths, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen: First, Jacob Bickel, Vincent Bradas; Second, J. J. T. Murray, Charles Mehler; Third, R. D. Hall, H. W. Kohnhorst; Fourth, W. C. Smith, Frederick A. Perkins; Fifth, H. T. Jefferson, G.' Henry Detchen; Sixth, R. C. Davis, J. A. Isert; Sev- enth, S. Ullman, Edward Wilder; Eighth, John Callaghan, Charles Godshaw, Buford Twyman ;*
* Elected to fill vacancy.
* Elected to fill vacancy.
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Ninth, Edward Fuller, Dennis Long; Tenth, J. P. McCollum, Michael H. Scott; Eleventh, J. C. Robinson, J. M. Spaulding; Twelfth, W. H. New- hall, Edward E. McCulloch.
1879-Aldermen : H. W. Barr, William S. Long, J. J. Cramer, William H. Bailey, T. E. C. Brinly, Harry Stucky, H. C. Murrell, Charles Godshaw, J. C. Gilbert, George W. Griffiths, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, Jacob Bickel, V. Bradas; Second, J. L. Mason, C. Mehler ; Third, R. D. Hall, H. W. Kohnhorst ; Fourth, Frederick A. Perkins, J. R. Watts ; Fifth, T. M. Sullivan, M. Lewis Clark ; Sixth, R. C. Davis, J. A. Isert ; Seventh, S. Ullman, Edward Wilder ; Eighth, Lafayette Joseph, James Callaghan,* Lewis R. Kean ; Ninth, B. McAteer, Dennis Long ; Tenth, M. A. Scott, Thomas Feeley, Samuel McPherson * ; Eleventh, C. W. Erdman, J. M Spaulding ; Twelfth, Edward McCulloch, A. Wahking.
1880-Aldermen : H. W. Barr, W. S. Long, N. W. Hughes, William H. Bailey, T. E. C. Brinly, Harry Stucky, H. C. Murrell, George C. Wolf, Charles Godshaw,* J. C. Gilbert, George W. Griffiths, Frank Roberts, J. P. Byrne. Coun- cilmen: First ward, Jacob Bickel, V. Bradas ; Second, H. Gernert, J. L. Mason ; Third, Frank Speckert, R. D. Hall,* James Hagan ; Fourth, John Helmus, J. R. Watts ; Firth, George Hoertz, Jr., T. M. Sullivan ; Sixth, R. C. Davis, H. W. Davis ; Seventh, S. Ullman, Isaac Tyler ; Eighth, Lafayette Joseph, Lewis R. Kean ; Ninth, B. McAteer, Edward Fuller, Dennis
Long* ; Tenth, Edward Harris, Thomas Feeley ; Eleventh, J. M. Spaulding, C. W. Erdman ; Twelfth, Edward McCulloch, A. Wahking.
1881-Aldermen : H. W. Barr, W. S. Long, N. W. Hughes, William O'Connor, T. E. C. Brinly, Harry Stucky, H. C. Murrell, George Wolf, J. C. Gilbert, George W. Griffiths, Frank Roberts, John P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, Jaccb Bickel, V. Bradas ; Second, H. Gernert, J. L. Mason; Third, J. A. Hagan, Frank Speckert ; Fourth, John Helmus, J. A. Watts ; Fifth, G. Hoertz, T. M. Sullivan ; Sixth, R. C. Davis, H. W. Davis ; Seventh, S. Ullman, Isaac Tyler ; Eighth, Lewis R. Kean, Lafayette Joseph ; Ninth, B. McAteer, Edward Fuller ; Tenth, Edward Harris, Thomas Feeley; Eleventh, J. M. Spaulding, Andrew Wepler ; Twelfth, Edward McCulloch, A. Wahking.
1882-Aldermen : James Jamison, W. S. Long, J. J. Cramer, William O'Connor, Flinn C. Davis, Harry Stucky, H. C. Murrell, George Wolf, J. C. Gilbert, Dr. George W. Griffiths, Jacob Thorne, J. P. Byrne. Councilmen : First ward, Jacob Bickel, V. Bradas ; Second, Charles Mehler, Dr. J. L. Mason; Third, James A. Hagan, Frank Speckert ; Fourth, John Holmes, J. R. Watts; Fifth, George Hoertz, T. M. Sullivan ; Sixth, R. C. Davis, H. W. Davis ; Seventh, S. Ullman, Isaac Tyler ; Eighth, Lafayette Joseph, Lewis R. Kean ; Ninth, B. McAteer, Edward Fuller ; Tenth, John Ryan, Thomas Feeley ; Eleventh, Michael Norton, Andrew Wepler ; Twelfth, Daniel Smith, A. Wahking.
*Elected to fill vacancy.
*Elected to fill vacancies.
APPENDIX.
CHAPTER I .- GENERAL INTRODUCTION. Some weeks after the section of this chapter relating to antiquities about the Falls of the Ohio had gone through the press, the following very interesting relation was encountered. It is from the paper of Colonel Charles Whittlesey, of Cleveland, Ohio, on the Evidences of the Antiquity of Man in the United States, read to the Chicago meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science, in 1868, and since published in pamphlet form. As the facts con- stitute one of the remarkably few testimonies in this country yet discovered indicating that anti- quity, it is worth while to reproduce the account in full, and in the words of the author. The date of the "find" is given as 1853.
In constructing the reservoir for the Louisville Water- works, on the bluffs of the Ohio, two miles above the city, the Engineer, T. R. Scowden, Esq., discovered a cave in which were a large number of human bones. It is forty feet from a mural face of lime-rock of the Upper Silurian epoch, which is known in Kentucky as the "cavernous limestone." The elevation of the bluff is about one hundred and twenty- six feet above low water in the river, and ninety feet above the bottom lands, which are half a mile wide in front of the Water-works. It is probable the cave is an extensive one. No outlet is known ; and when water was directed into it, no place of discharge was discovered. As far as it was explored, the opening is not large. It had a direction downwards and to the rear, but was so much infested with rattlesnakes that no one could be induced to examine it. On the rock there was ten feet of the loess-like loam of the country, in which was a depression, into which the surface water settled, such as in that region are called sinks. The bones, a box of which was preserved by Mr. Scowden, were cemented into a breccia by calcareous drippings from above. In one mass there are portions of six human crania, but none of them large enough to be of value in the comparison of races. There are other bones and teeth, representing more than that number of persons, which are in a good state of preserva- tion.
The opening in the rocks at the top of the cave, which was closed by a loamy clay, was not as large as the cavern, the roof of which was twelve feet below the surface of the lime-rock. From the roof there were the usual pendant concretions, known as stalactites. In shape this part of the cave was a
dome, six feet across at the base and about five feet high, the bones lying in a confused heap on the floor. The down- ward passage into which the water flowed was situated at the rear, and its direction was away from the bluff.
A stone-axe and a pestle were found with the bones; also a flint arrow-head. Below the cliff there was an ancient In- dian burying-ground, in which many graves and human bones were exposed while digging the trench for the main inlet-pipe of the water-works.
The bodies may have been introduced for burial, through a distant entrance not yet discovered, or there may have been a time when the cave was open above. They were evidently of the Indian race, and the place was a sepulchre. Among the Hurons, who lived between Lake Ontario and Lake Huron, when the French missionaries were there, two centuries since, there was a practice of collecting, from time to time, the bones of their dead from all the graves of the tribe. They were then placed in a pit, without order, and covered in the presence of all the people, consecrated with funeral ceremonies and lamentations. The cavity or sink in the earth at Louisville would constitute a burial-pit already made, or partially made; and after the bones were deposited, they could have been easily covered. From the quantity of tufa formed on the roof and over the bones on the floor, it is evident that a long period has elapsed since they were de- posited-full as long as in the case of the Elyria [Ohio] grotto, or say 2,000 years.
It may also be profitably remarked, under the head of local antiquities, that the fine map of Father Charlevoix, published with thesixth volume of his great History of New France, in 1 744, bears a note upon a spot near the Falls of the Ohio, that here were found in 1729 the bones of an elephant- meaning of course the mastodon or mammoth. But by whom was this find made here, more than a century and a half ago?
CHAPTER V .- It should be added to our ac- count of the Falls and the Canal, in the General Introduction to this work, that in July, 1825, when Governor DeWitt Clinton, of New York, "the father of internal improvements," visited Ohio to break ground for the Ohio and Erie and the Miami canals, he was met at Cincinnati by
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deputations from the two companies proposing to build the ship-canal, one on the Indiana and the other on the Kentucky side of the Falls, and solicited by both to visit the localities and utter his opinion. He willingly consented, and came down the river for the purpose, accompanied by Governor Jeremiah Morrow, of Ohio, and Gen- eral Schenck and the Hons. Joseph S. Benham and Robert T. Lytle, of Cincinnati, whom the latter had appointed his aides-de-camp for the occasion. The route on each side of the Ohio at this point was patiently and thoroughly exam- ined, when the great New Yorker pronounced his judgment in favor of the Kentucky shore. To this all parties concerned finally assented ; and that was the end of the Indiana scheme.
This incident should also be noted in the an- nals of 1825, in Chapter VII. of the second di- vision of this volume. The distinguished party returned from Louisville to Cincinnati, with no unnecessary delay here.
CHAPTER VI .- HISTORY OF LOUISVILLE. A better account of the Owen family than that printed in the annals of 1816, fourth decade, has since been sent to us, and is as follows :
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