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The burned building was replaced by a brick building, the first one in the town, and the third in the county. Both the brick and the lime were burned in the vicinity of the village. J. H. Rountree was the proprietor.
An expedition from Platteville to Lake Superior copper mines was undertaken that year by residents of Platteville: James Paul, James R. Vineyard, James Hammond, and Charles Grosvenor. Paul went overland and the others from Chicago by the lakes. They located a copper mine, but were dispossessed by the military forces of the United States.
The spring was remarkable for heavy rains and terrific thunder showers. A young man and his intended bride were coming into town to be married and were caught in one of these floods. They got under the buggy for shelter, but the water from below was worse than from above, and the terrific thunder nearly frightened the bride out of her wits. However, the shower, was short, and the couple soon arrived at the Platteville House, dried out, and were happily married As the daughters of the settlers grew up and new marriageable maidens came in, marriages became very frequent. The custom of charivari was al- most universal. To treat the crowd on such occasions cost the bride- groom from five to forty dollars. But when Abner Carson was mar- ried at the house of John Morrison, in 1840, John went out with his shot-gun and broke up, not only that particular charivari party, but the custom itself to a great extent, respectable people no longer taking part in it. But in 1843, when a Mr. Shinn was married to the sister of Dr. Clark, enough cow-bell and horse-fiddle artists were raised to serenade the couple, not only one night, but ten or twelve consecutive nights, until the stubborn groom, who had refused to treat, yielded to a desire for quiet nights, and "set 'em up to the boys."
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The Fourth in 1843 was celebrated in Platteville in more than usual style. J. M. Goodhue delivered the oration and George R. Laughton read the Declaration. He was interrupted by a newly ar- rived Englisman named Fillebrown, who protested against such abuse of his yet unrenounced sovereign.
SMALL-POX.
In December, 1843, an epidemic of small-pox broke out in the vil- lage. It was supposed to have been imported by one of the merchants returning from Milwaukee, and before the nature of the disease was ascertained its germs were considerably spread. The first death was a son of James McKernan, who resided at the corner of Second and Mineral Streets. Miles M. Vineyard was the next to die. He lived at the Platteville House, and after his death his coffin was opened in the hall of the house, at the request of the widow. It is thought that the germs of the disease were thus spread. There were five doctors in the town, Bevans, Basye, Campbell, Clark, and Castle; they disagreed in the diagnoses of the cases and in the treatment, and there were many fatal cases. There was panic in the village and it was quarantined against by the surrounding country. A committee of public safety, consisting of George R. Laughton, James McKernan, A. A. Bennett, Bennett Atwood, and "Doc" Simmons, were appointed to visit the sick, bury the dead, and look out for the public safety generally, includ- ing compulsory vaccination. They all came through without an at- tack. The population of the village was about five hundred and it is estimated that nearly half had an attack of the dread disease. The number of deaths is variously stated at from nine to twenty-five. Among those attacked was Wiram Knowlton, the lawyer. Expecting to die, he had his coffin prepared; but he lived many years and had a good deal more experience, including that of a captain in the Mexican War. In February, 1844, the plague abated.
Some time after the passing away of the disease Isaac Hodges and George R. Laughton went to Galena and put up at the American Hotel: There they met J. Allen Barber, who began chaffing them on their recent quarantine. The guests took the alarm and went in a body to the landlord, Rosette, and demanded the expulsion of the Platteville men. Mr. Rosette would not turn them out in the night, but when they came down stairs the next morning he informed them that they did not owe him anything, but for God's sake to get out at
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once. . As a crowd had gathered, muttering threats, the Platteville men evacuated the place.
THE BEVANS LEAD.
One of the largest lodes ever discovered in the vicinity of Platte- ville was discovered by Lorenzo Bevans in 1844. Bevans was a law- yer, but he had become so fascinated with mining that he had spent all his property and all he could borrow in prospecting. He had been "grub-staked " by the merchants to the last limit. He had spent his last dollar in paying his windlass-man, whose time was out at noon, but who consented to remain with him till night. It was about two o'clock in the afternoon of a July day when Mr. Bevans struck "wash dirt." Shoveling this out with renewed vigor, he suddenly came upon an enormous mass of mineral. That very afternoon Hanmer Robbins happened to come along, and seeing the mass, offered $500 for a share, but was refused. At night he offered $1,000, but was again refused. About two million pounds of ore were taken from the lode. The dis- covery caused considerable excitement in the mining region and served to increase the population of Platteville considerably for a time.
Among those who came in (most of them to stay) from 1841 to 1845, inclusive, were, Joel Potter, who afterward built up a large plow factory, Joseph Robinson, Thomas Robinson, Philip Reilly, H. A. W. McNair, David Wilson, David Phillips, Paul Jeardeau (a black- smith), William aud Nelson Beebe, Abram Clarke, John Kemler (who put in a store on Second Street in 1844), George Huntington, P. B. McIntyre. John Stephens came from England in 1841 and opened a farm near town.
In 1842 the "Stephens Colony" came to Platteville from Corn- wall, England. Most of them were miners and went to mining. J. J. and W. C. Stephens went to farming. James Nichols was a wagon- maker and worked in the village as a house carpenter. Forty-nine members of this colony were members of the Stephens family.
In 1845 the brick block of E. Bayley on Main Street was built. In that year the village had a population of 1,050. The corner-stone of the Masonic Hall was laid with appropriate ceremonies May 27, 1845.
The Fourth of July was celebrated in Platteville in 1847, and a dinner given in the city park for the benefit of the Presbyterian church, which society was then erecting a church edifice. The Mexican War was then in progress, but created no great interest in Platteville, al-
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though a dozen or so of the town's adventurous young men enlisted in Wiram Knowlton's company.
Among the comers of 1848 was Thomas Jenkins, who has since been a prominent citizen of the place.
THE GOLD FEVER.
In the spring of 1850 began the great exodus of gold-seekers from Platteville, as from all other parts of the Lead Region, to the Sacra- mento's golden gravel-beds. Miners were peculiarly susceptible to the gold fever, and Platteville's population was mostly miners. Even its professional men were often amateur prospectors. The news of the discovery came in 1849, but with a long, cold winter at hand, few ventured to start immediately. For three years the fever raged with violence. Platteville was largely depopulated. Houses and lots went begging in vain for purchasers. After a while the emigrants began to return, many of them having completely failed financially and suf- fered many hardships, but once in a while one returned with some- thing to show for his labors and trials. In the Independent American of May 4, 1853, we find an item: "J. H. Holcomb has just returned from California with a pocket full of rocks. He has one little plum which weighs about fifteen ounces avoirdupois." One such item out- weighed a hundred tales of loss and suffering. Among the many Ar- gonauts of Platteville we may note James R. and William B. Vineyard, Thomas Cruson, Dr. John Bevans, W. B. and C. D. Bevans, Judson Holcomb, John Hollman, E. M. Orn, Michael, John, and Thomas Ste- phens, James Moore, Henry, C., and T .. Eastman, Curtis Barker, Ed- mund T. Locke, R. T. Verran, Jackson Basye, William Gross, Joseph Funk, Octavius Hollman, Fisher Bayley, Thomas Colburn, Adolphus Holliday, Charles Wright, D. and M. Comstock, Robert Snowdon, Mi- lo Jones, Benjamin Green, John Gillham, John Grindell, George Hunt- ington, James McKernan, James Nichols, and Neely Gray. The last- named old pioneer returned in 1852. and died in Madison May 15, 1867, aged 57.
Mining, Platteville's principal resource before' 1850, suffered a backset from which it never recovered. The great bodies of ore, from half a million to two million lodes, had all been worked out. The magnificent agricultural resources of the township bad hardly been touched. But a change came on in the early fifties: the prairies were broken up and sown to wheat, and manufactures, especially of agri- cultural implements, sprang up in the village.
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In 1850 the village contained 12 brick and 196 frame houses, 13 log houses, 4 churches-Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Cath- olic-1 academy, 2 district schools, 9 dry-goods stores, 2 hotels, 1 fan- ning-mill factory, 1 threshing-machine factory, 2 cabinet shops, 1 chair shop, 1 drug-store, 1 harness shop, 1 tin shop, 1 shoemaker shop, 4 wagon and plow shops, 2 cooper shops, 6 blacksmith shops, 1 barber shop, 2 livery stables, 2 brick-yards, 2 billiard rooms, 3 saloons, 1 bakery, 4 lawyers, 5 doctors, and 4 tailors. The population of the township in 1850 was 2,171; in 1855 it was 2,789, of which 1,427 were in the village. In 1860 the population of the township was 2,858.
The War of the Rebellion found Platteville ready to do her whole duty to the country, and she poured forth soldiers as became the first town in Old Grant. Further particulars of Platteville's part in the war will be found in Part IV.
After the war anera of prosperity opened for Platteville, the draw- back being lack of railroad facilities. Her struggle to obtain railroads will be related in the next chapter. As the great agricultural resources of the township were developed, manufactures in the village increased and the population grew. In 1865 the population of the township was 3,039, of which 2,061 were in the village. The population of the township in 1870 was 3,683 and in 1875, 4,060.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.
A serious fire occurred on the night of June 10, 1870, by which the Gates House, the store, warehouse, and residence of John McArthur and the bank building of I. Hodges were burned. Loss about $20,000. The fire originated in the billiard room of the Gates House about 11 o'clock at night.
On the night of April 15, 1874, occurred the most disastrous fire Platteville has ever known. The fire started in the saloon of A. S. Lottman and burned William Meyers's harness shop, John Kruse's butcher shop, C. Kistler's tailor shop, and then leaped across the street and badly damaged the house of Jacob Hooser, Sr. On the south the fire spread to the saloons of J. R. Stephens and Siemers and Thiele, the drygoods store of C. Kettler, the boot and shoe shop of T. Karrman, the cigar factory of S. Steinbach, the drug store of T. O. Drinkall, and the grocery store of D. Wilson. With a little force pump and a piece of hose Mr. Cummins saved bis building and perhaps others.
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Chris Stannard met with a serious accident in a mine about five miles northeast of the city, Feb. 23, 1878. The shaft caved in and buried him under thirty feet of earth. He was rescued alive after being buried twenty-six hours. Such accidents are more rare than would be supposed. The only one previous to that we find recorded was that of William Pascoe in April, 1854, he being killed by the cav- ing in of the Woodcock Diggings.
On Christmas day, 1878, a terrible tragedy shocked the citizens of Platteville, the victim being one of the foremost business men and highly respected citizens of the town. Mr. E. Baylev, besides his business in town, had a farm near the city on which he kept some blooded stock. among which was a Jersey bull of which Mr. Bayley was very proud. While attending the animal, all alone, the brute became enraged from some cause and gored his master to death.
On January 8, 1898, Frank Riley committed suicide by hanging himself on the Shields place in Platteville township.
On the whole Platteville has been more exempt from murders, sui- cides, great crimes, and fatal accidents than almost any other town of its population during the same length of time.
In April, 1897, Platteville's centenarian, Charles Goode, died. He was born March 5, 1794, and came to Galena in 1828. In 1830 he settled near "the Blockhouse", a short distance southeast of Platteville and took part in the Black Hawk War that soon followed.
The population of the township in 1880 was, 3,813; of the city 2,687. In 1885 the township had 3,937, and the city 2,765; in 1890 the township had 3,687 and the city 2,740; in 1895 the township had 4,254 and the city 3,321.
The town was organized by the County Board in January, 1849, and is Town 3, Range 1 west, containing thirty-six square miles. In territorial times the justices of the peace were appointed by the Gov- ernor. The following were some of these justices:
1843-Lorenzo Bevans, George W. Link, Wm. C. Fillebrown; 1844-E. M. Orn; 1846-S. O. Paine, Harrison Bell, Bennett Atwood. The following is the roster of the town officers from the organization of the town till the present time:
TOWN OFFICERS.
1849-Supervisors, Ben C. Eastman, George W. Lakin, S. N. Jones; clerk, R. Hodgson; treasurer and collector, William H. Zenor: asses- sor, S. F. Cleveland; supt. of schools, J. L. Pickard; justices, Bennett
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Atwood, A. C. Inman, S. O. Paine, Harrison Bell: constable, Jonathan B. Moore.
1850-Supervisors,. John H. Rountree, S. O. Paine, John H. Durley ; clerk, Thomas Eastman ; treasurer, Alex. C. Inman; assessor, Robert Neely ; supt. of schools, Samuel F. Cleveland; justices, S. O. Paine, A. C. Inman ; constable, Jonathan B. Moore.
1851-Supervisors, Charles W. Wright, Joel Potter, James Durley ; clerk, Thomas Eastman; treasurer, Alex. C. Inman; assessor, Thomas Hugill; supt. of schools, J. L. Pelatour; justices, W. H. Chapman, J. W. Vanorman; constable, Jonathan B. Moore.
1852-Supervisors, Charles W. Wright, N. W. Bass, Titus Hayes; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, J. B. Moore; assessor, Thomas Chap- man; supt. of schools, Titus Hayes; justices, S. O. Paine, C. C. Clin- ton; constable, J.B. Moore.
1853-Supervisors, Hopkins Hurlbut, Noah Hutchens, Edward Es- tabrook ; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, William Butler; assessor, Geo. R. Laughton; supt. of schools, Hanmer Robbins; justices, W. H. Chap- man, B. F. Wyne; constable, William Butler.
1854-Supervisors, John H. Rountree, Noah Hutchens, Thomas Chapman ; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, J. Miner; assessor, Hopkins Hurlbut; supt. of schools, H. Perry; justices, J. W. Vanorman, Fred Hollman; constable, Thomas R. Hugill.
1855-Supervisors, John H. Rountree, J. Robinson, Noah H. Vir- gin ; clerk. B. F. Wyne; treasurer, Leonard Coates; assessor, Horace G. Stiles; supt. of schools, Hanmer Robbins ; justices, B. F. Wyne, I. S. Clark; constables, Thomas R. Hugill, Judson H. Holcomb.
1856-Supervisors, John H. Rountree, J. F. Kirkpatrick, George I. Coates; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, Thomas Chapman; assessor, Jacob B. Penn ; supt. of schools Hanmer Robbins; justices, T. Render, Rodney Hurlbut; constables, Thomas R. Hugill, Judson H. Holcomb.
1857-Supervisors, Noah H. Virgin, J. F. Kirkpatrick, John Ste- phens; clerk, treasurer, assessor, and supt. of schools same as previ- ous year ; justices, B. F. Wyne, H. G. Stiles; constable, William Butler.
1858-Supervisors, Samuel Moore, Stephen O. Paine, John Ste- phens; clerk, assessor, and supt. of schools, same as 1856; treasurer, F. E. Palmer; justices, A. R. Bushnell, N. Goodrich ; constables, E. W. Coville, Hudson Thomas.
1859-Supervisors, Julius Augustine, J. F. Kirkpatrick, John Ste- phens; clerk, Milton Graham; treasurer, Frederick Hollman; assessor,
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Thomas Render; supt. of schools, Hanmer Robbins; justices. B. F. ยท Wyne, W. H. Chapman; constables, Hudson Thomas, Thos. R. Hugill.
1860-Supervisors, A. R. Bushnell, George R. Laughton, Calvin Russell; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, E. T. Mears; assessor, J. W. Rew- ey; supt. of schools, Hanmer Robbins; justices, N. Goodrich, A. R. Bushnell; constables, J. H. Holcomb, A. K. Young.
1861-Supervisors, E. M. Hoyt, J. Huntington, Henry C. Lane; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, J. H. Holcomb; assessor, E. T. Mears; supt. of schools, Hanmer Robbins; justices, B. F. Wyne, E. A. An- drews; constables, J. H. Holcomb, Thomas R. Hugill.
1862-Supervisors, John H. Rountree, Thomas Chapman, Isaac Hodges; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, L. M. Devendorf; assessor, Ja- cob B. Penn; justices, Frederick Hollman, J. H. Evans, W. H. Chap- man; constables, Charles W. Hill, A. K. Young.
1863-Supervisors, J. F. Kirkpatrick, Joseph Robinson, Henry Mil- ler; clerk, B. F. Wyne; treasurer, E. Vanderbie; assessor, H. G. Stiles ; justices, John Wood, B. F. Wyne; constables, J. L. Rewey, Charles W. Hill.
1864-Supervisors, Isaac Hodges, Thomas Chapman, Edward Es- tabrook; clerk, treasurer, and asssessor same as previous year; jus- tices, Frederick Hollman, W. H. Chapman ; constables, J. L. Rewey, E. G. Beckwith.
1865-Supervisors, Isaac Hodges, Carston Hinners, Joseph Robin- son; clerk, Milton Graham ; treasurer, J. H. Holcomb; assessor, H. G. Stiles; justices, Milton Graham, B. F. Wyne; constables, W.P. Durley, E. Stephens.
1866-Supervisors, Isaac Hodges, J. F. Kirkpatrick, Peter Pitts; clerk, Milton Graham; treasurer, John Grindell; assessor, J. H. Evans; justices, W. H. Chapman, Frederick Hollman; constables, W. P. Dur- ley, A. K. Young.
1867-Supervisors, same as previous year ; clerk, Charles W. Hill; treasurer, Joseph Meinhardt; assessor, J. H. Evans; justices, B. F. Wyne, Charles W. Hill, W. H. Chapman; constables, Theodore Smel- ker, A. K. Young.
1868-Supervisors and clerk same as previous year; treasurer, Henry Rewey ; assessor, O. A. Boynton; justices,E. A. Andrews, A. W. Bell; constables, H. Nehls, P. D. Hendershot, Theodore Smelker.
1869-Supervisors, Isaac Hodges, Peter Pitts, Carston Hinners; clerk, W. H. Beebe; treasurer, Herman Buchner; assessor, James Dur-
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ley ; justices, B. F. Wyne, Stephen O. Paine; constables, H. Nehls, P. D. Hendershot, G. D. Streeter.
1870-Supervisors, N. W. Bass, Robert Neely, Ch. Griesse; clerk, Joel C. Squires; treasurer. Herman Buchner ; assessor, James Durley ; justices, Joel C. Squires, E. A. Andrews; constables, S. B. Spencer, H. Nehls, Thomas Gardner.
1871-Supervisors same as in 1870; clerk, E. A. Andrews; treas- urer, Ludolf Longhenry; assessor, Thomas Jenkins; justices, B. F. Wyne, Aug. Michaelis ; constables, Thomas R. Hugill, J. Alford.
1872-Supervisors, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1871; clerk, Joel C. Squires; justices, Engel Vanderbie, Carston Hinners; consta- bles, Thomas R. Hugill, Thomas Gardner.
1873-Supervisors, N. W. Bass, Ch. Griesse, Frank Rowe; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1872; justices. B. F. Wyne, William H. Beebe; constables, Thomas R. Hugill, Judson H. Holcomb.
1874-Supervisors, N. W. Bass, Thomas Chapman, Peter Pitts; clerk, R. J. Huntington ; treasurer, J. H. Holcomb; assessor, Thomas Jenkins; justices, R. J. Huntington, Charles W. Hill; constables, N. Bradbury, Joseph Meinhardt.
1875-Supervisors, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1874; clerk, Charles W. Hill; justices, B. F. Wyne, William H. Beebe; constables, N. Bradbury, S. B. Spencer.
1876-Supervisors, clerk, and treasurer same as in 1875; assessor, Engel Vanderbie; justices, Charles W. Hill, R. J. Huntington; consta- bles, John Cavanaugh, J. T. Davidson, James Hammond.
1877-Supervisors, clerk, and assessor, same as in 1876; treasurer, C. G. Doelz; justices, B. F. Wyne, C. Weitenhiller; constables, John Cavanaugh, J. L. Rewey, S. C. Sampson.
1878-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor, same as previous year; justices, C. G. Marshall, Charles W. Hill; constables, John Cav- anaugh, J. L. Rewey, S. C. Sampson.
1879-Supervisors, clerk, and assessor same as previous year; treasurer, Henry C. Lane; justices, B. F. Wyne, C. Weitenhiller; con- stables, John Cavanaugh, J. L. Rewey, S. C. Sampson.
1880-Supervisors, John McArthur, George C. Huntington, Wil- liam Pruessing; clerk, W. R. Laughton; treasurer, James N. McGran- ahan; assessor, Thomas Jenkins, Jr .; justices, W. R. Laughton, Thom- as Jenkins, Jr .; constables, J. L. Rewey, Wm. H. Bishop, E. J.Bentley. 1881-Supervisors, John McArthur, Frank E. Huntington, William
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Preussing; clerk and assessor same as in 1880; treasurer, J. H. Hol- comb; justices, Dennis J. Gardner, Charles Weitenhiller; constables, John Fawcett, E. J. Bentley, W. H. Bishop.
1882-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables same as previous year ; justices, W. R. Laughton, Carston Hinners.
1883-Supervisors and assessor same as previous year; clerk, Den- nis J. Gardner; treasurer, Noah Hutchens; justices, Dennis J. Gardner, Jacob B. Penn, Herman Melster; constables, John Davidson, E. J. Bentley, Charles Sheels.
1884-Supervisors, John McArthur, Frank E. Huntington, Peter Pitts; clerk, J. W. Murphy; treasurer, Noah Hutchens; assessor, Thomas Jenkins; justices, Charles Weitenhiller, H. H. Rountree; con- stables, John Davidson, William Batchelor, John Fawcett.
1885-Supervisora, assessor, and constables same as previous year; clerk, A. L. Brown; treasurer, J. H. Holcomb; justices, Hanmer Robbina, A. L. Brown, George R. Laughton.
1886-Supervisors, John McArthur William Pruessing, Richard Straw; clerk, William H. Peck ; treasurer, Thomas Jenkins ; assessor, David Gardner; justices, B. F. Wyne, J. K. Stephens; constables, John Fawcett, James Rowe, Charles Sheels.
1887-Supervisors, John McArthur, Anson Bennett, Peter Pitts; clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as in 1886; justices, A. L. Brown, Joel C. Squires, C. G. Marshall; constables, John Fawcett, John Da- vidson, Taylor Camp.
1888-Supervisors, John McArthur, Frank E. Huntington, Wil- liam Pruessing; clerk, W. H. Peck ; treasurer, Thomas Jenkins; asses- sor, Henry Kruse; justices, L. L. Goodell, W. H. Peck; constables, John Davidson, John Fawcett, John Shilliam.
1889-Supervisors, John McArthur, William J. Robinson, John Gardner ; clerk, W. H. Peck; treasurer, C. Kettler; assessor, Henry Kruse; justices, W. J. Brennan, B. F. Wyne; constables, John David- son, John Fawcett, John Shilliam.
1890-Supervisors, John Patterson, John Gardner, William J. Rob- inson; clerk, William H. Peck; treasurer, Chris Graeser; assessor, Henry Kruse; justices, W. H. Peck, S. B. Spencer, H. P. Rundell, A. W. Hastings; constables, John Fawcett, John Shilliam, John Davidson.
1891-Supervisors, F. E. Huntington, John Gardner, William J. Robinson; clerk, A. W. Hastings; treasurer, William Hawk; assessor,
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Henry Kruse; justices, A. W. Hastings, George A. Rewey; constables, same as in 1890.
1892-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as previous year; justices, S. B. Spencer, H. Gilmore; constables, same as in 1890.
1893-Supervisors, F. E. Huntington, William J. Robinson, Peter Pitts; clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables, same as previous year ; justices, B. F. Huntington, Addison Rewey.
1894-Supervisors, F. E. Huntington. William J. Robinson, S. H. Calloway; clerk, treasurer, assessor, and constables same as in 1891; justices, S. B. Spencer, Hiram Gilmore.
1895-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as previous year; justices, B. F. Huntington, J. O. Holmes, William H. Harrison; constables, John Fawcett, Allie Grindell, Frank Laughton.
1896-Supervisors, clerk, and assessor same as previous year; treasurer, Joseph Meinhardt; justices, S. W. Traber, S. B. Spencer; constables, John Davidson, John Shilliam, John Fawcett.
1897-Supervisors, F. E. Huntington, Amo C.Stephens, William J. Robinson: clerk, treasurer, and constables same as previous year; as- sessor, Frank M. Bonson; justices, J. O. Holmes, William Wilkie.
1898-Supervisors, Robert Spear, William J. Robinson, Amo C. Stephens; clerk, A. W. Loy; treasurer and assessor same as previous year; justices, S. B. Spencer, A. W. Loy, James. Dolan; constables, John Shilliam, John Fawcett, John Stark.
1899-Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and assessor same as previous year; justices, William Wilkie, J. C. Smelker; constables, Frank Laughton, John Shilliam, John Stark.
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