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or* at Rockford, 111.litneck.*Am Their eel upcouncrat8C.The sale of town lots lias been rapid beyond I '* all precedent. In the beginning of the present th- season contmrts were inode to erect almut one hundred lt;1 welling houses during the season, and many of these are already pul up and oc- | and I copied. Among the edifice* of the town at weate the present time tfe may name the line flour-1 the dl of, tag mill and hotel of Mr. Kelley, a good jut school house, the stores of Hon. A. L. Collins,Hit* ,To,m Ferguson ^ * Ferguson A Stanley/Rumpf, Ix'hmkuhl A Co., - Noble,F« wndcn A Montague, not omitting the enterprising pioneer log store of C'honc) A ltriw-k-ett, the (iothlc villa” of Mr. GUI*ert, not vetUP 11 i hart*ing completed, the neat cottages of Messrs. Wallerthe sc the m they : whiclUg. land Goddard, the •• Intelligcncvr ” building, ° the large new hotel of Smith A Goddard andofn»l-Th sipin fal li n pastl and r Steithe stone store of Cheney A Brackett, now in course of erection, uto The business of the place embrace* two saw- in gc iud mills; one flour-raill; seven stores, including St. 1' a book store and a drug store ; a newspaper A 10th ! job printing office ; tin-ware manufactory; two ! sissif blacksmitlis; one cabinet maker; shingle inan- tliat sa ufactory; two lath mills; any number of etir-! Tlier irit penters and joiners ; four plasterers; two stone 1 from !i;it maaon* ; one hrlck-layer; three pointers, four watc . [n physi* ians; four lawyers; two clergymen ; one feet tailor; one* shoo maker; and a small spriuk- ure lt;don 1854. John M. Hunt was appointed Judge;| David Wiltac, Prosecuting Attorney; S. C'.9CX1- Goddard, Clerk; Condon I). Burroughs,. School Fund Commissioner; and Win. Mont-• ’ gonury, Sheriff. The townahip officers were lnc A. W. Story, Justice of the l'eace; Mason lt;1lt;1 Clark and Charles P. Stevens. Constables, the At the April election in 1855, John Ball was heir Judge, to fill the vacancy occasioned^ by the resignation of Judge Hunt. No other I change was made in the county officers. The ■ township officers elected were as follows: cha- J John Blunt, B. W. Humphrey and John K*fl-L* no logg. Trustees ; Milo Gilbert Clerk ; Sanford Howe, Assessor ; Joshua Jiuk*onand Alanson Lambert, Justices of the Peace; Jonathan Montgomery and C. P. Stevens, constables.At the August election, 1853, A. L. Collins pics was elected County Judge; Joshua Jackson,;um- Recorder and Treasurer; J. G. Shoemaker, County Surveyor; Wra. Montgomery, Sheriff; David Wiltso, Prosecuting Attorney; John Kellogg, Coroner.1 lCH* i At the April election, 1850, David Wiltse wasanthewan 11 sent lion com the • nexf T thai idlyR of S will tow lien men To* aim dwe coir thei a ill the
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Saint Charles Republican Intelligencer
Saint Charles, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 31, 1856
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