The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 45

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Publication date: 1880
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ARTICLE VII.


In suits at common law, when the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law.


ARTICLE VIII.


Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual pun- ishments inflicted.


1


304


HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.


ARTICLE IX.


The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or dis- parage others retained by the people.


ARTICLE X.


The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.


ARTICLE XI.


The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State.


ARTICLE XII.


The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves ; distinct ballots shall be made for President and Vice President, and distinct lists made of such ballots and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed to the seat of government, addressed to the President of the Senate; the President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for Presi- dent shall be President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; if no person have such majority, then from those having the highest numbers, not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose imme- diately by ballot the President. But, in choosing the President, the vote shall be taken by States, each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or mem- bers from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. If, whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, the House of Representatives shall not choose a President before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in the case of death or disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.


ARTICLE XIII.


SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.


SEC. 3. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.


ARTICLE XIV.


SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, or subject to the juris- diction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States ; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without


305


CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.


due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.


SEC. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the States according to population, counting the whole number of persons in cach State, including Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote is denied to any of the male inhabitants of a State, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty- one years of age in such State.


SEC. 3. No person shall hold any office under the United States or under any State, who having previously, as an officer of the United States of any State, taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two- thirds of each House, remove such disability.


SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, including pensions and bounties, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave ; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.


SEC. 5. Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.


ARTICLE XV.


SECTION 1. The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.


SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.


306


ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COUNTIES AND CITIES


WITH GUBERNATORIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL VOTES.


Note .- The Republican or Democratie majority in each county is given as between Smith and Mallory. Green- back majority is only given when the vote for Allis exceeds the others, and is taken from the highest vote.


GOVERNOR 1877.


PRESIDENT. 1876.


Smith.


Mallory


Allis.


Maj.


Hayes.


Tilden.


Maj.


Adams.


580


233


116


R.


347


981


442


R. 539


Ashland.


86|


163


D.


77


109


189


D


80


Barron


459


203


53


R.


256


644


257


R.


387


Bayfield.


40


34


2


R.


6


86


74


R. 12


Brown.


1387


1740


1015


D.


353


2755


3647


D.


892


Buffalo


1075


810


76


R.


265


1186


1162


R.


24


Burnett


336


24


R.


312


285


28


R.


257


Calumet


450


1130


389


D.


680


1012


2145


D. 1133


Chippewa


685


693


589


D.


18


1596


1774


R.


595


Columbia.


2048


1597


118


451


3532


2493


R. 1039


Crawford


806


1008


146


D).


202


1355


1604


D. 249


Dane


3613


3903


614


1).


290


5435


5726


D. 291


Dodge.


2333


4267


381


D. 1934


3236


6361


D. 3125


Door


477


126


283


R.


351


1095


596


R. 499


Douglas


21


28


D.


7


42


67


D.


25


Dunn


1174


407


412


R.


767


2033


894


R. 1139


Eau Claire.


1208


805


597


R.


403


2266


1785


R. 481


Fond du Lac


3086


3414


1249


D.


328


4845


5660 D. 815


Grant ...


2620


1938


1037


R.


682


4723


3198


R. 1525


Green


1823


849


580


R.


974


2601


1735


R. 866


Green Lake.


879


896


215


D.


17


1739


1514 R. 225


lowa ..


1461


1175


1021


R.


286


2651


2348 R.


303


Jackson.


802


391


521


R.


411


1507


718, R.


789


Jefferson


1917


2418


296


D.


201


2874


4134 D. 1260


Juneau


1045


883


463


R.


162


1714


1432 R.


178


Kewaunee


247


558


20


D.


311


561


1654 D. 1093


La Crosse.


1968


1115


524


R.


853


2644


2481| R.


163


La Fayette


1409


1300


269


R.


109


2424


2299 R.


125


Lincoln


27


15


169


G.


142


71


174 D.


103


Manitowoc.


1365


1951


98


D.


586


2700


3908


D. 1208


Marathon


301


755


746


D.


454


668


1796


D. 1128


Marquette.


447


730


76


D.


283


697


1112 D. 415


Milwaukee


5843


6388


1228


D.


545


9981


12026


D. 2045


Monroe


1102


1096


1019


R.


6


2558


2030


R. 528


Oconto.


1059


764


157


R


295


1813


1174


R. 639


Outagamie.


777


2005


992


D. 1228


1859


3608


D. 1749


Ozaukee.


437


1579


17


D. 1142


583


5480


D. 1897


Pepin


521


171


123


R.


350


836


394


R. 447


Pierce.


1523


545


408


IL.


978


2185


985


R. 1152


Polk ..


916


363


60


R.


553


1019


362


R. 650


Portage


1080


917


728


R.


163.


1855


1794


R. 61


Racine.


2304


1906


112| R.


398.


3560


2880] R.


680


Clark ..


449


153


816


G.


367


1255


660


D. 178


1458; R. 256


Kenosha.


938


907


51


R.


31


1610


COUNTIES.


-


307


GUBERNATORIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL VOTES-1877-1876-Continued.


COUNTIES-Continued.


Smith.


Mallory.


Allis.


Maj.


Hayes.


Tilden.


Maj.


Richland


1201


729


705


R.


472


2038


1591


R. 447


Rock


3375


1620


781


R. 1755


5755


2814


R. 2893


St. Croix


1558


1489


93


R.


70


1775


1736


R. 39


Sauk


1826


922


574


R.


904


3395


2201


R. 1194


Shawano


269


605


92


D.


336


582


873


D.


291


Sheboygan.


1598


1737


750


D.


139


3224


3633


D.


409


Taylor.


195


254


53


D.


59


240


246


D.


6


Trempealeau


2483


731


176


R. 1452


2360


790


R. 1570


Vernon


1678


416


846


R. 1262


2764


1117


R. 1647


Walworth


2904


1374


160


R. 1530


4212


1970


R. 2242


Washington


994


2187


187


D. 1993


1321


3047


D. 1726


Waukesha


2484


2388


276


R.


96


3129


3335


D. 206


Waupaca


1473


990


772


R.


483


2642


1592


R. 1050


Waushara


1282


257


377


R. 1025


2080


5481


R. 1532


Winnebago


2068


2238


1887


D.


170


5092


4426


R. 666


Wood.


247


196


601


G


354


658


745


D.


87


CITIES.


Appleton.


231


522


201


D.


291


549


911


D. 362


Beaver Dam


320


361


6


41


357


465


D. 108


Beloit.


377


109


240


R.


268


745


627


R.


118


Berlin


219


197


36


R.


22


456


312


R. 144


Buffalo


25


17


R.


8


14


31


D. 17


Centralia.


16


5


97


G.


81


64


93


D.


29


Chilton.


31


128


33


D.


97


Chippewa Falls.


229


294


143


D.


65


475


572


D.


97


Columbus


210


123


3


R.


87


254


212


R. 42


Eau Claire.


620


459


250


R.


161


1205


10131 R.


189


Fond du Lac ..


862


884


520


D.


22


1382


1542


D.


160


Fort Howard.


150


85


195


G.


45


669


288


R.


81


Grand Rapids


50


42


110


G.


60


121


191


D.


70


Green Bay


226


207


3


R.


19


250


224


R.


26


Janesville.


771


605


31


R. 166


1036


848


R.


188


Kenosha.


281


314


42


D.


33


514


544


D.


30


La Crosse.


712


671


351


R


41


1085


1549


D. 464


Madison.


740


1057


13


D.


317


834|


1252


D. 418


Manitowoc


349


284


17


R.


61


660


512


R. 148


Menasha.


146


311


67


D.


165


291


344


D.


53


Milwaukee.


4816


5027


1050


D.


211


8218


9625


D. 1407


Mineral Point


260


249


21


R.


11


348


324


R.


24


Neenah


115


146


376


G.


230


511


3851


R.


126


New London


84


125


118


D.


41


206


208


D.


2


Oconomowoc


172


167


24


R.


5


222


238


D. 16


Oconto.


270


311


6


D.


41


399


506


D. 107


Oshkosh.


724


954


375


D.


230


1496


1910


D. 414


Plymouth


69


127


28


D.


58


Portage


245


405


7


D.


160


366


532


D. 166


Prairie du Chien


155


267


D.


112


215


377


162


Prescott ..


87


61


10


R.


26


143


108


R. 35


Racine.


1052


921


82


R.


131


1672


1324


R. 348


Ripon.


270


239


33


R.


31


397


333


R.


64


Shawano


55


73


13


=


18


87


83


R.


4


Sheboygan.


248


440


68


1).


192


575


873


D. 298


Stevens Point


252


270


145


D.


18


423


563


D. 140


Watertown


232


687


164


445


372


1295


D 923


Waupaca.


210


49


20


R.


161


280


52


R. 228


Wausau.


76


170


300


G.


1300


210


595 D.


385


432


333


181


R.


99


696


647


R.


49


Hudson.


GOVERNOR. 1877.


PRESIDENT. 1876.


3


POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.


STATES AND TERRITORIES.


Area in sonare Miles.


POPULATION.


Miles R. R. 1872.


STATES AND TERRITORIES.


Area in square Miles.


POPULATION.


Miles® R. R. 1872.


States.


50,722


996,992


1,671


Pennsylvania.


46,000


3,521,791


5,113


Arkansas ..


52,198


484.471


25


Rhode Island.


1,306


217.353


258,239


136


California.


188.981


560,247


1,013


South Carolina ..


29,385


705,606


925,145


1.201


Connecticut.


4.674


537,454


820


Tennessee.


45,600


1,258,520


1,520


Delaware.


2,120


125,015


Texas


237,504


818.579


865


Florida ..


59,268


187,748


466


Vermont


10,212


330,551


675


58,000 1,184,109


2.108


Virginia.


40,904


1,225,163


1,490


West Virginia ..


23,000


442,014


485


Indiana ..


33,809 1,680,637


Wisconsin


53,924


1,054,670


1,236,729


1.725


lowa ..


55,045 1,191.792|


1.350,544 3.160


T'otal States


1,950,171 38,113,253


59,587


Kentucky


37,600 1,321,011


1,123


Lonisiana


41,346


726,915


857,039


539


Maine ..


31,776


626,915


871


Arizona


113,916


9,658


Maryland


11,184


780,894


820


Colorado ..


104,500


39,864


392


Massachusetts ..


7,800 1,457,351 1,651,912


1,606


Dist. of Columbia.


60


131,700


Minnesota


83.531


439.706


598,429


1,612


Idaho.


90.932


14,999


Mississippi.


47,156


827.922


Montana


143,776


20,595|


Missouri ..


65.350 1,721,295


2,580


New Mexico


121,201


91,874


375


Nevada ...


112,090


42,491


52,540


593


Washington.


69,944


23.955


Wyoming


93.107


9,118


498


New Jersey


8,320


906,096 1,026,502 1,265


New York


47,000 4.382,759 4,705,208


4,470 1


Total Territories.


965,032


442,730


1,265


North Carolina ..


50,704 1,071,361


1,190


Ohio ..


39.964 2.665,260


3,740


Oregon


95,244


90,923


159


Aggregate of U. S .. 2,915,203 38,555,983


60,85 ?


* Last Census of Michigan taken in 1874.


* Included in the Railroad Mileage of Marylar d.


PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD ; POPULATION AND AREA.


COUNTRIES.


Population.


Date of Census.


Aren in Square Miles.


Inhabitants to Square Mile.


CAPITALS.


Population.


China .


446.500,000


1871


3,741,846


119.3


Pekin.


1,648,800


British Empire ..


226,817,108


1871


4,677,482


48.6


London ..


3,251,800


Russia ...


81,925,400


1821


8,003,778


10.2


St. Petersburg


667,000


United States with Alaska.


38,925,600


1870


2,603,884


7.78


Washington


109,199


France ..


36,469.800


1866


204,091


178.7


Paris ..


1,825,300


Anstria and Hungary


35,904,400


1869


240.348


149.4


Vienna


833,900


Japan.


34,785.300


1871


149,399


232.8


Veddo ..


1,554,900


Great Britain and Ireland


31,817,100


1871


121.315


262.3


London.


3,251,800


German Empire.


29,906,092


1871


160,207


187.


Berlin


825,400


Italy


27,439,921


1871


118,847


230.9


Rolle


244,484


Spain


16,642,000


1867


195 775


85.


Madrid


332,000


Turkey


16.463,000


672.621


24.4


Constantinople


1,075,000


Mexico.


9,173,000


1869


761,526


Mexico


210.300


Sweden and Norway


5,921,500


1870


292.871


20.


Stockholm


136,900


Persia.


5.000,000


1870


635,964


7.8


Teheran.


120,000


Belgium


5,021,300


1869


11,373


441.5


Brussels


314,100


Bavaria.


4,861,400


1871


29,292


265.9


Munich


169,500


Portugal


3.995,200


34,494


115.8


Lisbon.


224,063


Holland


3,688,300


12,680


Hague ..


90,100


ew Grenada


3,000,000


1870


357,157


Bogota.


45,000


Chili .


2,000,000


1869


132.616


Santiago.


115,400


Switzerland ..


2,669,100


1870


15,992


166.9


Berne.


36,000


Peru


2.500,000


1871


471,838


5.3


Lima.


160,100


Bolivia.


2,000,000


497,321


4.


Chuquisaca.,


25,000


Argentine Republic


1,812,000


1869


871,848


Buenos Ayres.


177.800


Wurtemburg


1,818,500


1871


7,533


Stuttgart


91,600


Denmark.


1,784.700


1870


14.753


Copenhagen ..


162,042


Venezuela.


1,500,000


368,238


Caraccas


47,000


Baden ..


1,461,400


1871


5,912


247.


CarIsrnhe


36,600


Greece. .


1,457.900


1870


19,353


75.3


Athens.


43,400


1.180,000


1871


40,879


28.9


40,000


1,300,000


218,928


5.9


70,000


Ilesse


823,138


2.969


277.


Darmstadt


30,000


Liberia


718,000


18/1


9,576


74.9


3,000


San Salvador ..


600,000


1871


7,335


81.8


Sal Salvador


15,000


Hayti.


572,000


10,205


56.


Port an l'rince


20,000


Nicaragua.


350.000


18/1


58,171


6.


Managua


10,000


Uruguay.


300,000


1871


66,722


6.5


Monte Video


44,500


Honduras


350,000


1871


47.092


~. 4


Comayagua


12.000


San Domingo


136,000


17,827


7.6


San Domingo.


20.000


Costa Rica.


165,000


1870


21.505


7.7


San Jose ..


2,000


Hawalt.


62.950


7.633


80.


Honolulu.


7,633


Georgia ..


55,410 2,539,891


5,904


Kansas.


81,318


364,399


528,349


1,760


Territories.


Dakota


147,490:


14,181


Michigan*


56,451 |1,184,059|1,334,031


990


Nebraska ..


75.985


123.993


246,280


828


Utah ..


80,056


86,786


New Hampshire.


9,80


318,300


790


Brazil


10,000,000


3,253,029


3.07


Rio Janeiro.


420,000


1868


1870


8.4


15.1


2.1


1


1,000,000


1871


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HISTORY OF FOND DU LAC COUNTY.


CHAPTER 1.


TOPOGRAPHY-ELEVATIONS OF DIFFERENT POINTS-ARTESIAN WELLS-WATER POWERS-GEO- LOGICAL FORMATIONS-PHYSICAL FEATURES.


TOPOGRAPHY.


When Southeastern Wisconsin first emerged from the ocean, it doubtless presented an essentially plane surface, having a slight inclination to the east and southeast. The inequalities which it now presents are due to subsequent changes, the results of three classes of agents, acting at different times and under different conditions.


1. During the long ages between the emergence of the land and the drift period, the streams were cutting their beds deeper and deeper into the rock, and rendering the former level surface more and more irregular. The softer rocks were more readily eroded than the harder ones, and this helped to increase the unevenness. There was a tendency of the streams, so far as the slope favored, to follow the less resisting belts of soft rock. The little streams gathered into the larger ones in a manner not unlike that by which the branches of a tree are united into the trunk. The unevenness of surface produced by crosion of this nature possesses a certain kind of system and symmetry readily recognizable. As this erosion occupied the time preceding the glacial period, we may conveniently designate the features produced by it, pre- glacial. We have the best example of this kind of surface conformation in the lead region, over which the drift forces did not aet, and which has not been resubmerged, so that we have the results of this class of action pure and simple. As we proceed eastward into the region of drift action in the central part of the State. these features are modified more and more by the results of glacial action, until. in Eastern Wisconsin, they become wholly obscured, except in their grander outlines.


2. The modifications of the surface constituting this first class of topographical features were produced by running water; those of the second class, which were formed next in order of time, were caused by ice in the form of glaciers, it is confidently believed, and by the agencies brought into action through their melting. The work of the ice was twofold : First, in the level- ing of the surface by planing down the hills and filling up the valleys ; and second, in the cre- ation of a new uneven surface, by hcaping up in an irregular and promiscuous manner the clay, sand, gravel and bowlders it had formed, thus giving the surface a new aspect. Among the features produced by the action of the ice are parallel ridges, sometimes miles in length, having the same direction as the ice movement, hills of rounded, flowing contour, sometimes having a linear arrangement in the direction of glacial progress, mounds and hummocks of drift promis- cuously arranged on an otherwise plane surface, oval domes of rock (roches moutonees), sharp gravel ridges, often having a tortuous, serpentine course, transverse to the drift movement,


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peculiar depressions known as " kettles," and half-submerged rock gorges, known as " fiords," all of which combine to form a peculiar and distinctive surface contour. The melting of the ice mass gave rise to swollen lakes and flooded rivers, which eroded at some points and filled up at others, and so still farther modified the face of the country. All these peculiarities, being the result, directly or indirectly, of the ice action, may be denominated glacial features.


3. Subsequent to the glacial period, the wearing action of the streams was resumed, but under somewhat new conditions, and carved out a new surface contour, the features of which may be termed post-glacial.


To the agencies, ice and water, assisted slightly by winds, the topographical peculiarities of the county are chiefly due. There is no evidence of violent eruptions, upheavals or outbursts. There was, indeed, the gradual elevation and depression of the surface, and probably some little flexure of the crust; but the region has been free from violent agitation, and owes none of its salient topographical features to such causes.


Having thus briefly considered the general methods by which the present aspect of the county was produced, we may now more satisfactorily examine some of its special features.


No part of Wisconsin can properly be said to be mountainous, nor does it, over any consid- erable area, sink to a dead level. It presents the goklen mean in a gently undulating, diversified surface, readily traversible in all directions by the various highways of communica- tion.


Setting aside minor details, the State presents two general slopes-a short, abrupt declivity northward to Lake Superior, and a long, gentler incline southward. Through the center of this southward slope there extends a moderate north and south elevation, or arch-a low anti- clinal axis-giving a southeasterly and southwesterly inclination to the strata on either side. Fond du Lac County is situated in the center of the eastern slope.


The rock floor of this county would indicate an east southeast inclination of twenty-three feet to the mile, and a similar inclination continues beneath Sheboygan County and Lake Michigan. The bottom of that lake, at the depth of the ocean level (589 feet), is in the same geological horizon as Fond du Lac City. Take for example, the lower magnesian limestone, which is the lowest rock of any formation that outcrops in the county. The upper surface is easily recognized, being well defined. It outcrops in the town of Ripon, in the bluffs west of Ripon City, at an elevation of 382 feet above Lake Michigan. At the lligh School artesian well in the city of Fond du Lac, it was found at the depth of 425 feet, the surface of the well being 172 feet above Lake Michigan. The rock is, therefore, 625 feet lower than the top of the bluff at Ripon. At the village of Elmore, Section 15, town of Ashford, the lower mag- nesian limestone is found at 802 feet below the surface of the artesian well, which surface is 411 feet above Lake Michigan. The rock is, therefore, 391 feet below the surface of Lake Michigan, and 773 feet lower than the top of the bluff at Ripon.


ELEVATIONS OF DIFFERENT POINTS.


Among the most instructive of the minor characteristics of the topography of Fond du Lac County are the elevations of a number of different points of its surface above Lake Michigan. These are given in feet. By adding 589 feet to those of any given point, the result will be the elevation above the ocean.


Township 13 north, of Range 18 east (Ashford) : Section 2, north line, 441 feet ; Section 2, average 516 feet ; Section 3, railroad cut, 459 feet ; Section 11, northeast quarter, 498 feet ; Section 13, center, 466 feet ; Section 23, Elmore Village, 421 feet ; Section 23, surface kettle formation, 444 feet ; Section 24, west side of the river, 322 feet.


Township 13 north, of Range 19 east (Auburn) : Section 8, center north half, 490 feet ; New Cassel bridge, 438 feet ; New Cassel depot, 466 feet; Section 30, Five Points, 468 feet ; Section 30, railroad crossing, 409 feet ; Section 32, southeast quarter, Milwaukee River, 376 feet.


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Township 17 north, of Range 19 east (Calumet) : Section 26, middle north line, 381 feet ; Section 28, near west line (stream), 335 feet ; Section 35, northwest quarter, 410 feet.


Township 14 north, of Runge 18 east (Eden) : Section 6, northwest corner, 433 feet ; Section 22, center, 463 feet ; Section 22, south line, 489 feet ; Section 24, southwest quarter, 472 feet ; Section 25, north half (creek), 404 feet; Section 25, northwest quarter, 515 feet ; Section 27, northeast quarter, river, 434 feet ; Section 27, southeast quarter, 432 feet ; Section 27, north line, northeast quarter, 415 feet.


Township 15 north, of Range 18 east (Empire) : Section 4, southeast corner, 399 feet ; Section 12, northwest quarter, lowland, 368 feet.


Township 15 north, of Range 19 east (Forest) : Section 7, east half, Sheboygan River, 356 feet; Section 9, southwest quarter, 410 feet; Section 9, southeast corner, stream, 360 feet ; Section 13, center northeast quarter, 498 feet ; Section 13, east line, northeast quarter, 497 feet ; Section 14, near east line, 445 feet ; Section 14, center, 428 feet ; Section 16, northeast quarter, 389 feet ; Section 24, center north half, 424 feet; Section 25, southwest quarter, stream, 451 feet ; Section 36, center, northwest quarter, 515 feet.


Township 16 north, of Range 19 east (Marshfield) : Section 6, northwest corner (estimated), 402 feet ; Section 6, stream, 360 feet ; Section 6, southwest corner, 406 feet ; Section 6, south- east corner, 433 feet ; Section 14, southeast quarter, Reichart quarry, 357 feet; Section 16, south line, Maria Hotel, 365 feet ; Section 17, north line (estimated) railroad, 371 feet ; Section 17, southwest corner, hill, 442 feet ; Section 20, near center, hill, 450 feet ; Section 24, south- east quarter, 424 feet ; Section 25, north line, 420 feet ; Section 30, southwest quarter, Steffer's Quarry, 409 feet ; Calvary Station, 363 feet ; St. Cloud Station, 349 feet.


Township 15 north, of Range 14 east (Metomen) : Section 1, northeast quarter, River's quarry, 350 feet : Reed's Corners Station, 407 feet ; Brandon Station, 421 feet.


Township 14 north, of Range 19 east ( Osceola) : Section 1, middle west line, 500 feet ; Section 4, northwest quarter, cross roads, 458 feet ; Section 11, southeast quarter, stream, 453 feet ; Section 13, Long Lake, 443 feet; Section 30, east half, pond, 413 feet; Section 32, north line, 518 feet ; Section 34, general level, 504 feet ; Section 35, north half, Canton, 566 feet.


Township 16 north, Range 14 east (Ripon) : Ripon Station, 352 feet ; cliff, west of road, 341 feet ; City Falls, under tressel bridge, 332 feet; city, top of St. Peters, near lime-kiln, 351 feet ; city, top of hill, west of lime-kiln, 373 feet; St. Peter's, west of lime-kiln, 358 feet ; Coomb's quarry, bottom, 370 feet ; Section 2 (estimated), southeast corner, 309 feet ; Section 19, middle west line, 304 feet ; Section 20, northwest quarter of northwest quarter, 327 feet ; Section 20, northwest of center, quarry, 400 feet; Section 20, little west of center, 397 feet ; Section 20, near middle of south line, 350 feet; Section 20, southwest quarter of southeast quarter, 351 feet ; Section 20, northeast quarter of northwest quarter, 381 feet; Section 21, quarry southwest of Mr. Starr's, 364 feet ; Section 26, northwest quarter, 366 feet ; Section 28, north line northeast quarter, 370 feet ; Section 29, northeast quarter, near center, 350 feet ; Section 29, northeast quarter, top of limestone, 370 feet ; Section 29, twenty rods south of limestone, 341 feet ; Section 35, southeast quarter, 364 feet ; Section 36, southeast quarter, .stream, 343 feet.




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