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neck.A* i Their ed up countrutse.tip-li i h* ofthe w the n they wliiclTli sipi r falliinnd lt;StoIge K— ers at tiocktoni, III.he The pale «*f town lots has been rapid beyond 1 ” all precedent. In the beginning of the present ill- season contracts were made to erect about one hundred dwelling houses during the season, nnd many of these are ulready pul up and oc- nnd cupled. Among the cdiftoe* of the town at westc the preseiit time tfe may name the line Hour-1 the d ofjing mill nnd hotel of Mr. Kelley, n pood jut school house, the stores of Hon. A. L. Collins, me *U8on ^°*» Ferguson Stanley,*Rumpf, Lehmkuhl k Co., - Noble,Fmendtn Montague, not omitting the enterprising pioneer lop store of lt;honey A Brm k-ure | ctt, the Gothic “ villa” of Mr. Gilbert, not yet injr j complet'd. the neat cottages of Messrs. Waller _I and Gtddard, the '*Intelligencer” huildinp, tl»e large new hotel of Smith Goddard and the stone store of Cheney A Brackett, now in course of erection, nto Tl»e business of the place embraces two saw-1 in pi ind mills; one flour-mill; seven stores, including St. I u book store nnd n drug store ; u newsj^nper ICth | job printing office; tin-ware manufactory; two sissl| Mackriniths; one cabinet maker ; shingle innn- that lS a ufactory; two lath mills: any number of cur- i Tliei urit penters nnd joiners ; four plasterers; two stone froir hut masons; one brick-layer; tliree painters, four wnti 4 to physicians; four lawyers; two clergymen ; one ' feet tailor; one shoe maker; and a si:will sprink- urc lt;IjiM 1 ltBailt; f ,nrrt‘Oil, 1864, John M. Hunt was appointed Judge;David Wiltsc, Prosecuting Attorney; S. C. pen- Qoildard, Clerk; Condon I). Burroughs, School Fund Commissioner; and Win. Mont-* ’ gonu ry, Sheriff. The township officers were 1 ,nlt; ! A. W. Story, JusHoo of the Peace; Mason old Clark and Charles P. Stevens. Constable*, the I At the April election In 1855, John Ball was heir ^udgo, to till the vacancy occasionedi by the resignation of Judge Hunt. No other i duuige was made in the county officers, The ? township officers elected were ns follows: cha* John Blunt, R. W. Humphrey and John K'flit no l«Rg- Trustees ; Milo Gilbert Clerk; Sanford Howe, Assessor ; Joshua Jackson and Alunson I.imhert. Justices of the Peace; Jonathan Montgomery *nd C. P. Stevens, constables. lm‘I* At the August election, 1853, A. L. CollinsUHthewarTsenlionmmthenexTtha:idlyFofSwittowtiermeiTo^
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Saint Charles Republican Intelligencer
Saint Charles, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 31, 1856
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