Cook County, Illinois - The whole text, 1884 (part 42 of 61)

Ancient Order Hibernians, Division No. 6, which holds its meetings in the 'Town Hall on the first Sundays of each month, was organized September 12, 1875, with only fourteen members. Its first officers were Edward By ne, president ; Daniel Boyle, vice-president ; Patrick Byrne, secretary; Patrick Egan, financial secretary, and John McMahon, treasurer. An idea of the rapid growth of this organization may be gleaned from the fact that it now has over three hundred members. Its present officers are : Edward Byrne, president ; James Burke, vice-president ; James Byrne, recording secretary; John Moon, financial secre a'ry, and Patrick Tiernev, treasurer.

John (',. Wilson, Louis Koehler, James Kingswell, Victor Rofmet, William Roscncrans, Jeremiah Curtui, Thomas M. Cogan, M. J. Mallon. J. M. Sutcliffe, Alien F. Bailey, Dennis Burgen, Emil ( >. 1-anger, Prank Becker, F. D. Miner and Patrick Donahue. On the organization of the lodge the following-named persons were chosen as its first officers : J. B. Thomas, P. M. W. ; G. W. Fisher, M. W. ; Thomas C.ahan. P. ; F. D. Cummings, O.; Edward Byrne, R.; Mathcw Flemming, R.; Francis Jones, L W. : L. Lutter, O. \V.; John k. Cook, guide, and C. P. Caldwell, medical examiner. The present officers are : ]. B. Thomas, G. D. M. W. ; George W. Fisher. P. M. W. ; F. D. Cummings. M. W.; Thomas Gahan, F. ; Edward Byrne, O. ; F. D. Miner, R.; F. Becker, R. ; John Moore, F. ; Thomas J. Fallon, guide ; Francis Jones, I. W. ; James West, O. W. ; and C. P. Caldwell, medical examiner. At the date of its organization this society had forty-five members, which number, by January. 1884, was increased to sixtyfive. Its meetings are held on Thursdays of each week at Temperance Hail, on Halsted near Forty-third streets.

There is also an organization here of the Select Knights of the A. 0. U. W., which bears the same relation to the latter order that the Knights 'Templar do to the Order of Masonry. This lodge, which is known as Union Legion, No. 29. S. K_, A. O. U. W., was instituted October 2S, 1SS3, with the following charter members: J. B. Thomas, J. R. Cook, F. D. Miner, M. Flemming, F. D. Cummings. M. Bracken, Paul Reiser, W. Rosencrans, C. P. Caldwell, Albert Otto, M. G. Mallow. Dennis Burgen, Edward Byrne, John Moore, John W. Tennison, J. D. Flannigan, Jeremiah Curtin, H. Schumacher. H. Fredericks. Charles Mueller, Hyman Lcwinsohn, G. W. Fisher. Philip Bertmcs, Frank Becker, M. Fitzsimons, T. J. Fallow, Patrick Bogley, F. M. Cogan, Thomas Gahan, G. F. Doster, L. Koehler, John Wall, J. D. Tulley, A. Campbell, R. Hattendorf and L. Beck. 'The first officers, whose terms do not expire until the close of 1884. are: J. B. 'Thomas, S. C; H. Schumacher, O. C: F. I). Cummings, L. C; F. D. Miner, R.; C P. Caldwell, treasurer; J. D. Flannigan, R. T.; J. R. Cook. M ; M. G. Mallow, chaplain, William Roscncrans, S. B.; M. Bracken, S. W.; Henry Fredericks, J. W.; T. J. Faltow, (iuard, and C. P. Caldwell, medical examiner. The regular meetings of the legion are held on Thursdays of each week and the drill meetings on Tuesdays.

Amelia Lodge, No. 708, K. and L. O. H.. was instituted July 21, 1883, at Bishop's Hall, at the corner of Forty-eighth Street and Ashland Avenue, and where its meetings are still held. The society was organized with twenty-nine members, but such has been its growth that that number has been increased to fiftv. The officers of the lodge are Henrv Schumacher, P.; Mary Scholl, V. P.; John Stcge, P.; Fohn Krohn. secretary; John Jaap. F. S.; Frank Bischoff, treasurer; Mary Heinz, chaplain, and Mrs. C.eorge Bohme, guide.

General Washington, No. 6282, A. O. F., was instituted February 4, 1877, the first meeting being held at No. 5217 State Street. The charter members of this lodge were James Williams, Harry Vernon, Henrv Behm, George Lee, 'Thomas Marshall, John Mills, William Love, James Finney, James Booty and Harry Beck. The following named persons were its first officers: James Williams, C. R.; H. Vernon. S. C. R.; Henry Behm, R. S.; George Lcc, F. S., and Thomas Marshall, treasurer. The society meets in Brown's Hall, at the corner of Slate and Forty-seventh streets, where it has been located for the past three years. It has experienced a steady and prosperous growth from the date of its organization to the present, The present officers are Alfred Mills, C. R.; Joseph W. Tanner, S. C. K.; H. Vernon. R. R.; 'Thomas Paulson, F. S., and William Thompson, treasurer.

Hyde Park Lodge, No. 722, I. O. O. F, and which also holds its meetings at Brown's Hall, was organized October 16, 1882, with the following charter members: E. F. White, Charles McDougall, George W. Baker, John Nelson and C. Taverneer. The first officers were Charles McDougall, N. G ; John-Nelson, V. George Baker, R. S.; E. F. Whits, P. S , and J. Walkerlee, treasurer. 'This lodge was organized with nearly fifty members, but so rapidly has it grown that it now has fully double that number. 'The present officers are Alfred Mills, N. G.; George H. Sheyerling, V. G.; Charles McDougal, R. S.; James Kinloch, P. S.; Z. Hallien, treasurer, and John Nelson, P. G.

Sons of St. George Order, which is of recent existence in the United States, was first introduced into the East in 1871. In its principles and workings it hears a close resemblance to the Order of Foresters, with the single exception that a candidate for membership must be either the son or grandson of an Englishman. Mistletoe Lodge was organized at Brown's Hall January 17, 1884, and is the fourth lodge organized in this State. The charter members were Alfred Mills. Thomas Dawson, Richard Hilcs, W. H. Donald, William Preston. Alfred Luke, Joseph Jessup. Smith Noble, Alfred Larke, Alfred Noble, Reuben Bridle, H. Atkins ABaker, Edward Young, George E. Pursev, Thomas A. Marshbank, William J. Cairns, Robert Wilson, George A. Bilkev, 'Thomas Marshall. William B. Nicks and John Stubbcrficld. The officers arc Alfred Mills, W. P. P. ; Thomas Marshall, W. P. ; William Preston. W, V. P. ; Thomas Dawson, treasurer ; William IF Donald, W. R. S. ; J. Cairn, W. A. R. S.

Ashland Assembly, Knights of Labor organization, was instituted in May, 1882" and held its first meetings at Quinn's Hall, comer of Forty-seventh Street and Ashland Avenue. Subsequently, as its membership increased, the Buckley School building at the corner of Forty-third and Elizabeth streets, was secured, and where its meetings are still held. The first orriccrs were |ohn Long, M. W. ; John McDonough, treasurer; and Thomas Brennon, V. S. This assembly, winch was organized with but forty-eight members, now has an enrollment of over five hundred, composed of the workingmen of that locality. The present officers arc Michael O'Brien, M. W. ; Michael Byrne, treasurer ; and Michael Corbett, V. S.

Watf.k Works,- Not the least among the advan^ tages enjoyed by the inhabitants of Lake :s that « a plentiful and constant supply of pure water, which by an excellent system is taken from the exhaustless depths of Lake Michigan and distributed to everv part of the town. The works, located at the lake and Sixtyeighth Street, were built in 1873, and were at that time the joint property of the towns of Lake and Hyue Park. In 18X0, however, the entire ownership of the works was purchased by the town of Lake, and two years later important improvements were made, increasing the capacity of the works to twenty million gallons per day. In tlius perfecting the efficiency of the water service and in extending new and needed mains. 01 which there are now over sixty miles in working outer, §225,000 were expended. 'The officers of the water department arc George L. Chetfield, commissioner ; KJ. Colburn, superintendent ; George W. Carsons, casnjer ; and W, W. Sprague, chief engineer,

In this connection it may be observed also, that in 1881 there was not a completed sewer within the limits of the town, and the present admirable system of sewerage was only outlined. During the year 1882 $75,000 were used in pushing forward the work of this department, and as a result, almost everv portion of the town has been materially benefitted. In the same year §30,000 were expended upon bridges, street grading and repairs. A number of the resident streets in and about Knglewood have been boulevarded, and a number of the others graveled or paved. For repairing old, and building new sidewalks, over $20,000 were expended. The first of January, 1SS3. the total indebtedness of the town was only $261,000, which in view of the number and character of improvements made is indeed a good showing.

MANUFACTURING. - There arc, in and about the Stock Vards district of the town of Lake, a number of manufacturing establishments of various kinds, including machine shops, car shops, round-house and foundries belonging to the many railroads whose lines or main divisions have Chicago for their terminal point. These institutions in which, in the aggregate, millions of dollars of capital are invested, and which furnish employment to thousands of men, have contributed greatly to the population, wealth and prosperity which the town of Lake now enjoys.

At the intersection of State and Forty-second streets are located the division shops and round-house of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. They were built in 1871, and consist of the round-house, which has accommodations for twenty-live engines, a machine shop employing ten men, where light repairing is done on both yard and road engines, anil the shops devoted only to the repair of freight cars. In the latter seventy-five men are constantly employed.

Of more importance, and equal in extent, perhaps, to any similar institution in the West, are the car and locomotive works of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, located on the line of that mad and extending from Forty-seventh to Fifty-first Street. At these immense shops, which were erected in 1868, are built the locomotives, passenger coaches, dining and sleeping cars, freight cars, and in fact all the rolling stock of every description used by the company in operating its various lines. Nearly one thousand skilled workmen are employed; in the locomotive department are one hundred and sixty-eight machinists, twenty-six boiler-makers, one hundred and forty-four blacksmiths, eighty-six engineers, eighty-six firemen, and thirty-four wipers; a total of five hundred and filly-four. In the car department are eighty-six coach builders, one hundred and twenty freight car builders, sixty cabinet-makers, forty-five iron workers, forty wood workers, seventy-two painters, and and fifty-three laborers employed about the shops and in the lumber vards; total in this department four hundred and seventy-six, making a grand total of one thousand and thirty men, whose monthly earnings foot up over $60,000.

Connected with the car shops, although a private enterprise, is the large foundry of J. H. Bass, which does all the work required in this branch for the roads. In this establishment one hundred and eighty-five men arc employed, classed as follows: Sixty-five molders, fifteen core-makers, and one hundred and five laborers.

At the southwest corner of Clark and Thirty-ninth streets are situated the large refining works of the Horn Silver Mining Company. These were first established in 1879 at the junction of Twelfth and Lumber streets, but in May of the following year were removed to their present location. Seventy-five men are employed. The company's mines, which are located in Heaver County, Utah, in the southeastern portion of the Territory, are said to be among the richest in that district. The officers are: Charles (I. Franklin, president ; Frank G. Blown, vice-president ; William S. Hoyt, secretary ; William F. Van l'elt, treasurer, and Fred Honkomp, manager.

The American Bridge Company's works, the most extensive in this branch of industry of any in the West, are also situated in the town of Lake, at the intersection of F.gan and Stewart avenues. They were established in 1868-69, and their iron bridges built since that time may l>e found spanning streams in almost every State in the Valley of the Mississippi. The force employed varies from one hundred and fifty to four hundred men, owing to the demands of the trade. In addition to building bridges a specialty is made of the manufacture of railroad turn-tables, hoisting machinery and heavy engines.

The division shops and round-house of the Chicago ' &' Atlantic, also those of the New Albany \' Chicago Railroad, are located at Forty-ninth and Wright streets. The New Albany shops were erected in 1880, and employ twenty-five men ; the shops of the Atlantic road were built in 1882, and give employment to about the same number of men. At both places only light repairing is done, besides furnishing stabling quarters for the switch engines employed on the companies lines in and about the city limits.

At Stewart Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne ft Chicago road has similar shops, together with a large round-house, furnishing accommodations for thirty-six engines. Including wipers, machinists and blacksmiths, seventy-live men are employed.

On the opposite side of the tracks and just east of the shops, are situated the works of the Agnew Shafting Company, in course of completion, anil which are expected to be in operation by the spring of 1884. These works, which will give employment to twenty-live men, will lie devoted to the manufacture of iron and steel shafting, such as are usual in extensive mills and factories. The officers of the company are : W. Chisholm, president ; A. C. Way, secretary, and S. S. Chisholm, treasurer.

At Forty-first Street and Stewart Avenue are situated the shop and engine houses of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad, which employ over a hundred men. most of them skilled workmen, divided as follows : six machinists, four machinist's helpers, four blacksmiths with four helpers, four boiler-makers with two helpers, six carpenters, thirty-four car repairers, one painter, one store keeper, one stationary engineer, thirty-six engineers and laborers, fifteen switch engineers and firemen, one general foreman and two subforemen, making in all a total of one hundred and seventeen men employed. The shops at present receive from the road nearly three hundred cars per day for repairs, and turn out from the shops about the same number.

Brick Vards. - This branch of the many manufacturing interests centered in the town of l.ake, is to be classed among the most important, employing as it does hundreds of men, the product of whose labor amounts annually to over one million dollars. The total output of the different yards located here is nearly one hundred million of brick per annum. J. B. Legnard is the oldest brick-maker in this locality, having been established here since the spring of 1867. In his yards are nine large machines for making brick, which arc operated by steam power and turn out during a season of six months nearly twenty-two million brick. Mr. Legnard, whose yards are the largest and most extensive of any here, was also an early settler in Chicago, to which city he came in 1839.' He is a large property owner and has his residence now at W'aukcgan, III.

Hoyt & Alsiep are also large manufacturers. They came to Cook County from McGregor, Iowa, and opened brick yards in Chicago, on the West Side, in the spring of 1072. There they ran five machines. In 1879 they changed their location to the South Side, near Thirty-fifth-street bridge, purchasing the old yards of Staples & Van Loan. In April, 1880, they moved to their present location, at the corner of Thirty-ninth and Long John streets. Here they have a large and valuable piece of property, a quarter of mile river front by six hundred and fifty feet in depth. They run eight large machines, employing two hundred and fifty men, and turn out twenty million brick each season. They also have a yard of forty acres on Forty-third Street, where they have improved Chambers machine, which turns out five million brick during a season, making the total output from their yards twenty-five million brick per annum.

The other firms engaged in this industry and which also do a large business each year are Harland Bros., John Whiting, John busse anil J, McKenna.

Town Of Lake Biographical Sketches

ALFRED ANDERSON was born in Sweden in August. 1S51. and after receiving a good education learned the business of wood" worker. In January. 1870, he immigrated to Ohio, and in March, 1872, came to Chicago. For two years he worked at various employments after which he was city agent for a large bakery for two years, and for four years engaged in taking care of anil driving fast horses. In the summer of 187S he entered the employ of Richard I, Hambrook.V Co., manufacturers of school furniture, as shipper, which position he tilled for a limit eighteen months. Then he gave his attention to his trade, that of wood-worker, and was employed in a large organ manufactory. In May, 1882. he moved to the town of Like and opened a retail liquor store. Mr. Anderson is a member of the I. O. O. F.. Stockholm Lodge. No. 745, and is president of the Scandinavian Political Club for the ensuing year, anil takes a great interest in politics.

DAVID U. BARXETT, grocer, was born in Logan Countv, Ohio, ID 1830, anil after leaving school became employed in mercantile pursuits. In 1S72 he came to Cook Countv. and located in the town of Uke. For nearly three years he was' employed with the L. S. S: M. S. R. R. in the freight department, then for a few months in the office of the Collector of the town of Lake. In May, 1S76, be engaged in the grocery business, and in the summer of 1333, erected later his present handsome business building, where he carries a line Mock to supply the demands of his trade.

JOHN BERG, of John llerg & Ilro.. manufacturers of Judders, woodenware, etc.. was born in Sweden April 27, 1842. and reared on a farm. After reaching the age of maturity he was employed in various capacities, cabinet-maker, baker, merchant, etc.. in England, Denmark and other places. He immigrated to Chicago in 1S(kS, was employed as I wood-worker, and in I S69 entered the employ of the I dell Ladder and Woodenware Factor)', remaining with that concern v,mc seven or eight years., six of which he was foreman in the factory. In 1877 he became associated with his brother, Lars Herg, and engaged In his present business. The firm have large premises in Chicago, and do the largest business in this line in the city. Mr. llerg has re-idol in the town of Lake since September, 1873. He was one o( the organizers of the town of Cooperative Grocery Company, and in the spring of 1S83, that company being desirous of disposing of their stock of goods, he purchased the same, and now in connection with other pursuits also carries on a grocery establishment. He is a member of the Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church, and is chairman of its board of trustees.

JOHN KEYERLE1N, manufacturer and repairer of carriages and buggies, was born in Germany August to. iSs?, where his lat..cr was engaged in business as a millwright. John assisted hU father in that business, and emigrated with him to Chicago in 1S73

RUDOLPH Ul ESTER, general foreman of machine ilt-panmcnt C. R. I. & P. R. R. shops, was bora in Hanover, (iermaiiy, August, 1S30, where he learned the trade of mechanical engineer, and fur four years attended a polytechnic school. He came to Chicago in |86S, and entered the employ of the C. R. I. & V. k. R.; in 1 .809 was appointed mechanical draughtsman.anil in 1 880 promoted to his present position. He has resided in the town of Lake since l&fn}, taking an active interest in politics. In 1S75 he was elected clerk, serving three years, and in 1878 as member of the Board of Trustees, Mr, lliester is a member ol the Mystic Star 1 -odge, A. F. A. M.. of this place; E. M. Jarrctt Chapter, Englewood, and Apollo Commandery, Chicago.

J. S. BLACK.NEY. watch-maker and jeweler, was hnrn in Grand Rapids. Mich., in 18.45. At the age of seventeen he wn<. apprenticed to the trade of watch-makrT at Oberlin. Ohio, and served live years, after which he was employed by the Elgin National Watch Company in their works at Elgin, III. In April, 1876. he commenced business in Chicago as a watch-maker and jeweler, beginning with nothing but his lools. In the spring of he removed to the town of Lake; the following spring sold out his stock of jewelry and went to llrainerd. Minn., anil in November, 1S83, returned to I_akc. Mr. Ulackncy has been in his ore sent business eighteen years.

CHARLES E. BROWN, merchant, was bom in R. 1., December 28. 1851. His parent* moved to County, lib, w hen he was nine years of age. He on the farm until he reached the age of fifteen, when he came to Chicago, and for three years was a student at the Chicago University, and for two years attended Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College. In th spring of 1S73 Mr. Brown came to the toon of Lake and embarked in the dry goods business. Beginning with a small stock, his business has increased materially. In l»77 lie bmli his tine brick store known as Browns Block. He is a member ol the Masonic fraternity, is Master of Mystic Star Lodge. No. 758. and is a member of Van Rensselaer (irand Iaslgc of Perfection. Chicago Council. Prince* nf Jerusalem, Conrgas Sovereign Chapter, and Oriental Sovereign Consistory.

LOUIS A. BRUCKSwas born near' Cubleni. Germany, in July, 1844. He came to Chicago with his parents in January, 185b. His father followed the .usincss of contractor and builder. Louis worked in a grocery store until March, 1 W>2,when he diluted in Company C, 53d Illinois Volunteer Infantry-, letter knoun Clash man's brigade. He was three times wounded, and took pan in the bftttlet of Pittsburg Landing, the taking of Memphis, s;tgc of Vicksburg, Jackson. Natchez, Baton Rouge; from 1 here his iegiment was sent with General Sherman to Chattanooga. Tenn. After the taking of Atlanta, he was with General Sherman in the march to the sea, entering Savannah January I, 1S65, and in Apr.1 was mustered out of the service at Goldsboro, X. C. Reluming to Chicago, he became employed in the Chicago, Kock IsUnd A Pacific Railroad car shops, where he remained for some time. In May. 1 88 1, he to.* a leading part in the big strike of the carpenters at the shops, and with two other committeemen, was discharged, afteran hour's conference with the managers. In 1SO7 Mr. Bruclcs. in connection with William Jeggle, invented and patented a sleam condenser, largely in use at the present time. Shortly after he sold his interest in the patent for a handsome sum. which he invested in real estate in the vicinity of the shops. In the spring of |88| he built the hotel on the corner of i-ifly-iirst and Butterheli streets, known as the Fifty-first Street House. As a hotel-keeper he has been very successful, and he is looked upou as one ot the most respected citizens of the town of I-ake. Vr. Bracks is a member of the Englewnod Union Veteran Club, and a stockholder in the Memorial building at Lnglcwood, He was one of the organizers of Fire Company No. 1 of Lake, formed in 1S73. and secretary for seven years. ' Mr. 1 trucks takes an active part in town elections, and, though repeatedly solicited, has declined nonunions for office.

JEREMIAH E. BUCKLEY, dealer in wines, liquors, etc. i» a native of Petcrboro.Canada. bom November I. iSs2. He moveii to Btrrca. Ohio, when quite young, where he was engaged in general yvork, working for six years in a stone quarry, manufacturing grindstones, filling the position of assistant foreman for years. He came to Chicago in 1S60,, continuing in general *"r*' being for a time engaged in coffee roasting. After the lire he removed to Trenton. Mo., where he became manager for the Seyving Machine Co-panv. He closed out in the panic of 1-/3- aod took charge of the Elmore Hwisc for two years. Returning to Chicago he was employed in various capacities. He came WWK town of Lake November In, 1867, and at once engaged in hi>pre- ent business. He was elected a member of the school board of District No. (>, and was president for three years. He built at that time the school-house which bears his name. Mr. Uucklev is a member of the A. O. H., No. 17, and is business secretary' of his lodge

CHARLES CALDWELL, M. I)., physician and surgeon, is a native of Kssex County. Mass.. burn in 184 1, lie received his preparatory education at' Phillips Academy. Andover, Mass. In May. 1862. he enlisted in the army, joining the Rhode Island Cavalry, 7th Squadron, serving for some five months, alter which he returned to Dartmouth College, and graduated in the summer of 1864. In the fall of the same year, after attending a course of medical lectures, he was appointed Surgeon's Steward in charge of the gunboat "Honduras," of the Fast Gulf Squadron, on which he served until the dose of the war. He then continued his medical studies, graduating from Harvard University in 1867, whence he went to Barter, N. where he remained 'until 18(18, when he came to Chicago and practiced about a year. He then went to I .a Salle. III., from there to Labette County, Kan., remaining in the Southwest until 1S80, and finally located in the town of Lake, where he has since practiced his profession. Its-sides his regular practice the Doctor is one of the attending physicians at the South Side Dispensary. He is a member of the MUtpafl Lodge A. F. A: A. M.

D. L. CAR.MICHAEL. attorney at law, was In.rn at Arcadia. Wayne County. N. V., in lS.43.and when young his parents moved to Michigan. He began business life as a teacher in the schools of Grand l-cdge, Mich , following that occupation for a short time only. In August. 18I14, he enlisted in the 7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry, and was mustered out in |uly, 18C15, after which he again taught school, and during vacation* read law with the Hon. |ohn W. I.ongycar, of l-ansing, Mich. He came to Chicago in the fall of 1867, and attended the Union I-aw School, graduating therefrom in iSoS, and was at that time admitted to the Har. Mr. Carmichacl has built up quite an extensive practice. He made his home in Hyde Park for some live years, and while residing there took an active interest in municipal affairs, and was chairman of the Citizens' Association of Hyde I'ark during ihe year 1877. In March. 1S71), Mr. Carmichacl moved into the town of I.ake. He is an active worker in local politics, is a strong Republican, and a member of Cook County Central Committee. He was for several years specially employed by the town of Lake to prosecute criminal cases, and in May, 1SS2, was appointed for one year Public 1'roseculor forthc town, and has made a reputation as a suecesslul advocate. He is a member of the I Irand l.'xlge of the Knights 0/ Hnnnr.and has held the ottice of (irand Dictator since April, 18S3, is a member of Whittier Post. ( I. A. R.. No. 7, and was (or a term Commander of that body. He is also a member of Court Enterprise. L 0. K., No. 36, and was elected at Danville in February. 1883, a member of the Hoard of Directors of the High Court of the I. 0. F. of the United State-..

GF.ORGE L. CHATFIELD, foreman of carpenter department of C. , K. I. & P. R. K. shops, was born at Tunbridgc, Vermont, in 1844, and w hen very young his parcnls moved to Lockport, N. V., and later to Springtield. Mass., where he learned the carpenter trade. After completing his apprenticeship, he came West, locating at Davenport. Iowa in 18*13. and at that time entered the employ of IhcC, R. I. iV P. R. R. Co. in the car building shoos. In iS'kj he came to Cook County, III., located in the town of Lake, and since that period has filled the position of foreman in the carpenler department in the company's shops at this place. Mr. Chatticld has always taken an active interest in municipal affairs. He was, in April, 1SS1, elected a member of the Hoard of Trustees of the town of Like, and re-elected in 1883. During 1882 he was President of the Hoard, and ha-. for the past three years, also in connection with his Trusteeship, lieen Water Commissioner of the town of Lake.

REV. ZEN AS Clll. MAN. deceased, was Ixirn in Cenesco County, N. V., in 1820, his lather being a llaptist minister; here he spent his boyhood, anil in 1840, when twenty years of age, removed to Michigan, where he commenced farming. During his ten years of (arm experience he made frequent trips to the Lake Superior country in the capacity of surveyor. In 18.50, when thirty years of age, he united with the llaptist Church at Mt. Vernon. Mich., being baptized by the Rev. Sytvanus Taft. of that place. The next Sabbath he preached his first sermon, and continued pastor of that Church for rive years. Fruni Mt. Vernon he removed to Rochester, Mich., where he was pastor of a Church for two years. From here he went to Ottawa, [II., where he remained pastor of the same Church twelve years. At Ottawa the Church made a great stride under his ministry, and during this time a fine church was built, and the day it was dedicated not a dollar remained to be paid upon it, which clearly demonstrated the business qualification of the man. He then removed to the Rock Island car shops, and in company with A. C. Prout, who died a few months ago, purchased and subdivided a tract of land thcTe. This being in 1 Sfi7 - t,S. the County Normal School excitement soon drew him into public affairs, and in the spring of the latter year lie was elected a director of this school district, and from that time continued to be a choice of the people, and was a member of the Hoard of F.ducation at the time o( his death. F'or several years he had Ik-cii president of the board, and only withdrew from the position on account of i.i I ng health in April lasi l-"n m 1-71 t 1 1871 he hd 1 the Important position of Supervisor of the town of Lake, and to this position he devoted his entire lime and talents. In the fall of 1873 the Holly water-works project began to occupy the attention of the Hoard nf Trustees. Mr. Colman, then Supervisor. hrlirved that the time had come to put in the works, an<l he he-it his entire strength to the furtherance of this end. The history of the Holly water system is familiar to all. To the wonderful energy of Mr. Colman is due the fact of its existence and untold blessings in the town to-day. It is a grander monument to the memory than a mountain of hewn granite. During all these years Mr. Colman had been troubled with a cancerous affection upon his face and weakness of the lungs, and frequently his health was so jwior that he was unable to attend to the duties of his office. Zcnas Colman was a man like whom the world stands in need of many. Energetic. Hue, without malice, long suffering and faithful to the end He died October 5, 1875. lie was married at Geneva, Ohio, in 1841. to Naomi Webb, of that place. She still resides in the town of Lake with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Fogg j and she also ha* one son. Martin A. Colman, druggist, of t hicago.

A. L. CORV, physician and surgeon, was born at Adiian, Mich., in 1851. and educated in the high school of that place. In 1S60, he studied medicine at Hen net! Medical College, graduating in 1871. He practiced on the West Side until after the great lite of same year, and his was the first doctor's office, burned al that lime, after which he immediately liegan the practice of his profession in the town of Lake, where he has built up a large practice. For three years he was local surgeon of the L. S. & M. S. R. R.. resigning in 1874 to give more attention to his private practice. I le organized in September, 1880, the Health Department of the town of Lake, and was appointed iH'pulv Health Commissioner, and hail full charge of the department up to May. 1883. He is a charter member of Mystic Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M.. No. 758, and was elected Master of the same in December, 1SS2.

V. P. CORV, Justice of the Peace. was born at Seneca County, N. V., November 16, l82<), and when young moved to Washtenaw County, Mich., where he was employed in saw mills, and also learned the trade of carriage-maker at Saline, Mich. In 1847 he enlisted in the 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served seven months during the Mexican War. after which he was employed at his trade in Michigan. About 1863 he entered the employ of the L. S. ,V M. S. K. R. in the: r shops al Adrian. Mich., and six years later came to Chicago as foreman of the company's freight car repair shops, which position lie filled up to January t, 1S77. Mr. Cory has resided in the town of Lake since 1872 ; in 1875 he was elected a member of the Hoard of Trustees. In the spring of 1877 he was elected Justice of the Peace for a term of four vears and re-elected in 1881. He is a member of Mystic Star Lodge. A. F. & A. M., of this place.

FRED. D. CUM MINGS, manufacturer of carriages, platform trucks, etc., is a native of Tonawanda, N. V., born in 1S45. He was reared in Ontario. Canada, where he learned the trade of blacksmith, working thcre'and in various cities of the States. Coming to Chicago in 1870 he was employed as blacksmith until September, t88o, when he removed to the town of Lake, where he established his present business, in a small way. yet by close attention anil a thorough knowledge of his business he has attained much success, now having in place of his small shop, a large, commodious one. with departments for blacksmithing, carriage trimming, painting and woodwork,, employing some twenty-eight men. He is a member of the I. O. Y., A. (">. V. W. and S.K.

THOMAS DOUGHTY, of Thomas Doughty \ Son. dealers in groceries, flour and feed, was born in Portland. Me., in 1835, and there learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed some years in the shops of the Grand Trunk Railway. In 18711 he came 10 GOOlt County and located in Chicago, entering the employ of the R. I. & P. R. R, shops as blacksmith. Two and a half years later he removed to the town of Lake, and in 1873 engaged in the grocery business. In addition lo this he has a livery business. Mr Doughtv in politics is a Republican.

JOSEPH E. DUNN, dealer in Hour, feed, etc., is a son of James Dunn, who came to Chicago at a very early day. and for many years carried on a very large milk business. The subject of this sketch was born in Chicago in 1 851), and a few years later his parenls moved to the town of Like. For some years he assisted * his father in the milk business, and in the fall of 1875 entered the employ of the C, R. I. Jv P. R. R. Co. and learned the trade of blacksmith, remaining in their employ some seven years. In

March, 1S83, he embarked in hU present business, having a nice, new store, and is one of the enterprising young business men of this locality. His father still resides here, and he lias another son, John J. Dunn, who i* a large coal merchant in the immediate vicinity,

P. J. Fl.VNN, of 1*. 1, Klynn & Co., dealers in coal, was born in Ireland in 1839 Coming to America in February, 1S63, he remained for a short time in Philadelphia, then went West ami was employed in the construction of the Union I'aritie Railroad. In 1969 he came 10 the town of 1-akcand engaged in business as a dealer in nines, liquors, etc. In August. IMS, in connection with other pursuits, he embarked in the coal business, and in April. 1 883. opened his coal yards, carrying a stock of some 3,000 tons. Mr Ktynn has always taken an active interest in muncipal aiTairs, He is a charter member of the O. A. II., Division No. 2(1.

H. C. OOSEWISCH. grocer, was born at Hnmewood, Cook Co., III,. December 6 1S51, and wart reared on a farm. For< time he was employed in a grocery house in Chicago. He < to the town of I^ike in May, 1882, and established his present business, lie has a nice trade and a good store

JOHN LOWRIE SMI III IIAI.L. M.D.. physician ami surgeon. is a native of Fairmount. Marion Co., \V. Va. born May 2. 1842. He was engaged in the retail drag business, and studied and practiced medicine in Wheeling, W. Va., for seven years prior to 1875. In the winter of 1*75 he took a course of lectures in the Hospital College of Medicine, Louisville. K)\ At the close o( the session he returned to Wheeling. W. Va , and continued in the practice of medicine until 1*77. He then came to Chicago, 111., and entered Itennctt Medical College, from which institution he graduated with honors in February, 1S78. Returning at the close of the session to Wheeling. W. Va , he continued the practice of medicine until August, 1881 when he moved to his present l.x alion, No. 1607 West Forty-scvcnth Street, Chicago, where he has established a large and lucrative practice.

BENJAMIN HAWKINS, dealer in furniture, stoves, etc., was born in Somersetshire. England, in 1&47. where he learned the trade of cabinet-maker, and followed that occupation for a livelihood. In iS<k) he came to Chicago and worked at his trade as a journeyman up to 1871. when he engaged in the furniture business. I his he conducted for two years, after whrch he fallowed the busi. ncss of |>aper hanger. In May. 1879, he again embarked in the furniture business, and in September, 1333, moved his establishment to the town of Lake, looting at his present place of business, Mr Hawkins carries a nice stock of stoves, furniture, etc., and also docs general repairing,

LOUIS J. HERZOG. contractor ami builder, was born in Germany August to, 1851, and alter receiving a good education he was engaged in the grocery business. In 1873 he came to Chicago, and in li^i removed to the town of Lake. He worked most of the time at carpentry until, a short time after his coming to the town of Ute, he engaged in business as a contractor and builder. Mr. llcrzng is a thorough mechanic and has the advantage of hay. ing a good education, lie is succeeding well, and is gradually extending his operations. During the building season he employs some fifteen men, Mr. Her/og was married in Chicago September 24. 1870, to M,« Augusta Stahnke, ami this union has been blessed with three children - Emma (deceased), Martha and Otto

FRED HOFFMAN, dealer in hardware. Moves, etc..' was horn in Chicago April 3. 1S5,,. and received his education in the schools or that city After leaving school he learned the trade o( tinner with Keene Bros., tin and sheet-iron workers, etc., and was in their employ about eight years. In 1880 he engaged in the hardware and stove business, and in Apnl. 1882. he moved to the town of Lake. Mr. Hoffman carries a large assorted stock of goods and docs quite a business in his jobbing department. In which he employs several men. He Is a young and enterprising business man arid bus fair to have a successful career. I le is a member of I nterl Ocean Council, K. A.

. GEORGE W. HOTAI.1NG, Justice of the Peace, was born in Onondaga County, N. V.. in ,335, and was educated at the Onondaga Academy and Fairmont Seminary, graduating in 1853. He read law at Janesville, N. V., with K. S. Gregory, and at the Albany Law School-but he changed his mind in regard to practicing law, and engaged in Hour milling. During the late Rebellion he took an active part in raising funds and men for the war. Mr totaling came to Chicago in March, 1W.3. was for a time engaged

ADAM HUTCHISON was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. July 14, 1847. and after receiving a good education was IBJMCMitaj for four years to the blacksmith trade, after which he worked in various parts of Scotland and England as a ship and machine t>Ucksmith. In the spring of i805 became to Chicago. <ind was cmployed as blacksmith at the shops of the C. & N. W. k. K. Company, for some time, then with others. In IS70 lie became eraployed in the American liridge Works, as a journeyman in the blacksmith si.op - and in September. 1S77, was appointed In the position of foreman of the shop. Mr. Hutchison ha* had twenty two years' experience at his trade.

CHARLES JOHNSON, grocer, was born in Sweden Hecembero, 1839, and ufier leaving school for thirteen years followed a seafaring life, and during seven years of that period was caplair. of a vessel. Mr. Johnson came to Cook County in June, 1S72. am! located in the tow n of Lake. For six years he was employed in the car building department at the shops of the C, R. 1. A; P, R. R. In 1S7S be engaged in the grocery business at the Slock Vard*.

EDWARD KERl. IN. grocer, was bom in Germany September 15, 1 84H, and there learned the trade of blacksmith, lie came to Chicago in 1873. and for seven years he worked at his trade. Mr. Kcrlin has made his home in the town of Lake since 187;, azx) opened his present Imsiness in 1S79.

JAMES I.EDDV. dealer born in Ireland in 1855 and reared on a (arm. In 1S71 he imaiigrated to New Haven, Conn., where he was employed in a carmj;e factory. In 1875 Mr. I .eddy came to Chicago, was employed about two year* in a blacksmith shop, and in 1 S77 engaged in the grocery business. 'Two years later he purchased a lot in the town of I ..ike and erected a stone building, into which he moved in May, 1883. Mr. I^eddy is an active, enterprising business man. 11c is a member of the Ancient Order Hibernians, Division No. 17.

1IENKV LI NOSTRUM, grocer, was born in S*ettal, October 19, I 842, and reared on a farm until thirteen years i>f age. when he went to sea. followed it for live years, anil was for a time employed in the ship building yards at Birkenhead, England, In I S63 be came to New York and entered the navy, serving on She United States gunboat " Montgomery," and afterward was second Quartermaster on the United Stales frigate " Minnesota" U*

1867 came to Chicago and worked in various elevators and rsicii.-ig houses as a carpenter. In June, 1S70, he moved to the town of Lake and was employed as a carpenter in the shops of theC. K. 1. & P. R. R. up to May. 18S0, when he engaged in business as a contractor and builder, and while so engaged built Engine House No. 5, of the town of Lake. A year later he took the management of the store of the Co-operative Company ol live town of Lake, and conducted it for thirteen months. In May. 1SS3, he engaged in his present business. He is one of the urgani/crs of the Swedish M. K. Church of this place, and a member of the Board of Truslecs.

sjnee. In 1873 he removed to the town of Lake, and has since continued there. Mr. Lyons is an active politician and a stanch I lem.Krrat. He is a charter member of General Washington Lodge, A. O. I".

MAI.COM Mr MAR TIN, contractor and builder, Jib*' the province Of Ontario, Canada, in 1835. and there learned the trade of cabinet-maker. He came west to Illinois in tSt.3. located at Ottawa and followed bis trade, lie moved to the town of Use in i9<>8. was employed as a carpenter, ami in 1875 l>egan business a* a contractor atu( builder. He is largely engaged in building dwellings and business houses, does an extensive business, and gives employment to some forty men. ,

GEORGE MARCH BANK was born in Bradford. England, October 31, 1821, and when VTTJ young began to earn hi* W> hood, working on railroads in various capacities, and after some years of service tilled the position ol guard and then conductor. In 'l«54 he came 10 Canada, where be also followed railroading. Mr. Marchbank came to Chicago in September, 1856. and at that time entered the employ of the C, K. I. & P. R. R Co. as as»«- man, afterward conductor, then vardmastcr. and in May, li>«, u v appointed foreman of the supply department at the conipam shops The subject of this brief sketch has been in the cmplm "i the C. R. I. & P. R. R. Co. for about twenty-seven years.and is cm of Ihcir oldest and most faithful employes. lie has resided in in* town of since October, 1BS3. lie was formerly a resident o Hyde Park for fifteen years. He is a charier member of Mystic Star Lodge, A F. ft A. M, .

I hat Stale. The Dnctor studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, graduating in the class of 1366-67. He GUM to Illinois in the spring of 1867. located in New Rutland, IjSallc County, and commenced the practice of medicine. Eighteen months later he went to Washburn. III., where he remained sixteen months. In 1870 he went to I hillicothr and built up a large practice. The iKiclor came loCook County in May, 1 3*75. anil located in the town of l ake, and has built up an extensive practice. During nil present residence lure he attended lectures at llennelt Medical College, Chicago, graduating therefrom in March, 1882. He isa member of the Chicago Eclectic, Medical and Surgical Sjciety. He has recently invented anil patented the elect ro-magnctic car Signals, which bids fair to be one of the most useful inventions ol this nature ever produced.

LOUIS MKKKI, clerk of the Chicago Health Department and Smoke Inspector, was born in Switzerland November 23, 1844. His fathur, John Merki, came to New York in |S$|. and resided at Corning, N. V., for several years. In September. 1.S55, he came to Chicago. Louis, after rccci\ ing a good education, was employed in the mercantile business a* a clerk, and in ituVj engaged in the grocery business, in partnership with his father, some six years. I le disposed of his interest in that concern, and embarked in the commission business, under the firm name of Noel ,v Merki. In April, 1871. he was appointed Health Officer of the Eighteenth Ward, Chicago, and severed his connection with the commission business to give full attention to the duties of his otticc. which he Idled (or three years. He was subsequently Meat Inspector at the Kin/icstreet Market for a year, after which he was again appointed clerk of the Health Department of the city for two years. Mr. Merki was then appointed Milk Inspector for the city. tilling that position for a year, after which he was again appointed clerk of the Health l>epartment, which office he has held since. In connection with his other duties Mr. Merki has also l>eeii Smoke Inspector for the past year. In I $76, when the great raid was made against the Stock Yards nuisances, he took averv active part in it. Mr. Merki is one of the oldest officer-, of the Chicago I lealth I tepartment, and is hvorablv known throughout the entire community. His home was burned in the great lire, since which time he has resided in the town of I .akc.

THOMAS J. NEWBERRY WM bom in Sweden March 20. 1S34, w here he learned the trade of pattern ami cabinet maker, and for six vcars was employed in the manufacture of mirrors, cabinet work, etc. He came iii the spring of [I6i to U Kalb, III., where he worked two and one-half years as a cabinet-maker : then moved to Chicago and followed pattern-making. In 136.) he entered the employ of thcC, R. I. \ P. R. R.. and followed his trade in their employ for about thirteen years : then lor a time in Chicago. October 9. 18S2. he embarked in business on his' own account. Hehas an excellent reputation, and has turned out some very intricate pattern work. Mr. Newberry has re>ided in the town of Lake since April, l8ty. He is a Republican in politics.

EDWARD O'CKADY was born in Ireland in 1S30, and after leaving school followed a seafaring lilc (or some eighteen years. He served some two years in the Itritish Navy during the Crimean War. Early in l86l be landed in lloston and enlisted in the United Slates Navy and served two years, lie then came to Chicago, reenlisted, and was made Senior OuartrrmasJcr in the United States naval service, serving one year. Returning to Chicago he embarked in business as a retail dealer in wines, liquors and cigars, which he has since* followed. In I MS, moving to the town of Lake, Mr. O'Crady superintended the laying of the tirM water pipes in the town, anil also the first brick sewerage built in l-ikc, and is an active worker ill local politics.

CHARLES ol.M'HNER, grocer, was born in Ccrmany in 1S47, and immigrated to New York in 186$, where he learned the trade of barber. In 1S66 he came to Chicago, where he was employed at his trade for about four years; then embarked in the gro. cerv business. In Julv. 1S74, he moved to his present location in the town of |j»kc. He has built up quite a good retail trade Mr. Olschncr was elected, April 31, ISS3, a member of the Hoard of Education of I H Bifid No. 2.

LUKE OTOOLE, dealer in wines, liquors, etc . was born in Ireland April 27. 1S50. and immigrated to this country when eighteen years of age. lie came to Cook County, locating in the town of Lake, where he was first engaged in a brick yard, afterward in packing houses. In 1868 he entered the employ of Armour & Co., working for them and others until May 15. 1876. when he com- his present business, lie was a|ipointed a member of School Hoard, District No. 6,10 fill an unexpired term early in 1S7S. elected in 1S79, and again in April. 1S82, for a three-years" term, and was president of the board for three years. He is a member of the A. O. II., Division 6.

CHARLES EDWARD PETERSON, dealer in builders materials, was liorn in Sweden April 14, 1843. and there learned the trade of cabinet-maker. In June. 1864, lie immigrated to New-

York and entered the employ of Herring & Co., sife manufacturers, in the wood-work department. This lirm sent him West to their establishment in Chicago, in 1866, to take charge of that department in their factory in that city. Subsequently he did the work under contract, remaining with them until 1S74. ' Mr. Peterson, in connection with other pursuits, oprm-d a small furniture store shortly after his arrival in Chicago. In 1871 he sold it out and began the manufacture of furniture, which he carried on for two years. In January, 1874, he embarked in business with his brotherin-law, under the firm name of E. Peterson \ Co.. dealers in buildlngJ materials. In 1S7S they opened a branch establishment in I he town of Lake, near the shops of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, and at the dissolution of partnership in February, 18S1, Mr. Peterson took this store He carries a large stuck of liimlH-r. sash, door- and other kinds of builders' materials, Mr. Peterson is a member of the A. i* A. M., Apollo Lodge, No. 642.

PATRICK PIIELAN. grocer, was bom in Ireland in 1832, and reared on a farm. In 1S53 he came to New York, where he was employed in various capacities until Octolier. 1856, when he moved west to Kane County, ill., and engaged in agricultural pursuits. The following year he came to Chicago and was employed in the livery business up to i>(it>, when hi- engaged in the grocery trade, in which he still continues. Mr. Phelan removed to the town of I ake ill tHso.

GEORGE D. PLANT, superintendent of School District No. 6, town of Lake, is a native of Bolton, Mass . born February 22, 1839. In I S43 he came west, settling in Milwaukee, Wis., and was educated in the schools of that place. He commenced hi* career as a teacher in 185S, in Wisconsin, in 1S59 he came to Chicago, teaching school at South Chicago for two years, also at various places in Cook County, and was principal of the l.emnnl public schools for several year-. In 1S67-68 he attended lectures at the Chicago Law InMiuilc. In 1S73 he was elected SuperintemU.nl of Schools of Cook County,- III , serving a term ol four years, but for some time subsequent to this he did no| engage in teaching. In April, isSo, fie was appointed to his present position. He has resided in the town of Like since 1 S74. and isa member of the Cook County Teachers' Institute, and the Chicago Institute of Education. He is connected with the Irish National League, being president of the Sarsfield branch.

VVILLIA M It )RT, real estate broker, is beginning to be considered one of the old settlers. He is a native of Fayette County, Ind., being born December 30. 1S4 1 , and was reared on his father's farm, near Waterloo, m thai county. In 1863 he came to Chicago ami engaged in business, in company with hi-*, brother, Silas W. Port, under the style of Port Bros., dealers in produce. Of this they disposed eighteen months later, and embarked in the real estate business, which they earned on until the decent* of his brother in I 873, after which the subject of this sketch was not actively engaged until 187(1. when he again started in business as a broker. Mr. Port transferred his place of residence to the town of Lake in March. 1881, where he is now residing with his family, consisting of wife and two sons.

|i 1 1 1 N KOlH.KKS was born at Ashton. England, January 25, 183s. and there learned the trade of machinist, at which he worked in various parts of that country. In 1 858 he came to America, and followed his trade in Hamilton, Ontario, and also in the city of ltuffalo, N. up to 1S63, when became to Chicago. Mr. Rodger* sul>w-iienik- entered the employ of the United Slates Covcrnment as machinist in the Covernuicnt shops at Chattanooga.Temaining there some three months, lie was then similarly employeel on various railroads in the South and in Chicago. Deci-mln-r 12. 1 868, he became employed in the American Bridge Works, and since April, 1883, has been foreman of the machinery department. He has resided in the town of Lake since July, 187", and has accumulated a nice property.

HERMAN SC 1 1 M I DT. druggist, was born in Ccrmany in 1851, educated at 1 1 esse- Darmstadt, and served four years as an appren. ticc in the drag business He came to Chicago in I Sty. and was employed as a clerk in a drug -.tore up to 1 876, w hen he commenced business for himself. In May. 1883. he disposed of his stock, and in |uly moved to the town of Lake ami opened a drug store there. Mr. Schmidt is an old and experienced druggist, and bids fair to have a successful career.

AUGUSTUS SCHNEIDER, druggist, was tKirn in Bavaria in 1847. A year later his father, Jacob Schneider, came to America, and in 1S50 located in Chicago I le graduated at the llerea College ol Pharmacy, Ohio. Augustus began business life at the age of twenty years. For several years In- clerked in a drug store in Chicago, then went to Louisville, Ky., where for five years he was employed in the same capacity. In 1877 he returned to Cook Countv and located in the town of Lake, having purchased the small drug store of S. B. West. Mr. Schneider has now' a fine store, and has built up a large business. I le is a member of lnter- r Kill) SKEI.ICiE, grocer, was born in t.ermaiiv in 1S40., and came to New Vork City in 1864. lie lias, sinrc beginning his business career, always been engaged in the grocery business. For a short time he resided in Wisconsin, ami in iSb). coming to Chicago, clerked in 3 grocery house for about four years, ami in 1*73 opsnod in business on his own account. In 1876 he removed to the town of Lake. He has. a nice store, and has a large trade. -Mr. Seeligc is a member of llatlon Lodge. 1. (). «>. F.

CHARLES II. SHATTUCK, was born in Essex County, N. V., in tS>4, and was reared on a farm. He however displayed a natural talent for wo<al and mechanical work, and finally became employed as a carpenter. He came to Chicago in November. 1854. and for seven years was employed as a carpenter, and he did also considerable contract and ioithing work. After this he manufactured stairs for builders, which he followed for about six years. Mr. Shattuck was, during the war of the- Rebellion, three year* in the south engaged in bridge building, two years with L. II. Ikx.mcr, and one year with the V. S, Covernmcnt. In 1868 he became cm' ployed in the American Itridge Works, at this place. For several years he worke.l as a journeyman in the company's pattern shop, and was then appointed foreman of the same. lie has a natural gift for this branch of the business, and is a very capable man in his department. Mr. Shattuck has made his heme in Hvde Park for the past six years.

J. SIFBRF.CHT & CO., contractors, carpenters and builders Julius U Mebrecht. af this firm, was bom in Ocrmanv in 1S48. and after leaving school learned the trade of carpenter, (n 1864 he immigrated to Chicago, and worked as a journeyman carpenter until in 1874, when he began to do business as a contract.*. Ik- has done considerable building in the town of I .akc. where he moved in the spring of l88l. In the fall of KSs, he became associated omte. 1 ne lirm do a large-business in contracting an.l building g.v.rig employment to upward of thirty men. I hey also have an establishment where they carry a large stock of builders materials. Mr. Mebrecht has l*en successful in his business, and owns eons.dcrabl. real estate >n this vicinl v. He is a member of the A F car build.ng department, and was subsequently appointed foreman of the company s repair shops in Chicago, which p.rsition he still occupies. He ,s a member of the Veteran Club, and a charter member of tin- Mystic Star Lodge \ F & A \1

1 Vos- and builder, was born in Holland July 24. ,*£ where he learned his trade, that of carpent' He immigrated ,0 Chicago in the summer of , 872 and follow^ , , | ride as a journeyman, for the past eight years has carried on h si nessas :l C(,ntrac,c«- and builder. In t^er. m, V bum house to ,he town of Like, where he now reside.. Mr. Vos s an active worker, docs considerable business in his and 1 ."

Idge, anil Mr. Wcatheison acts as their superintendent at the v_. He is a thorough mechanic and engineer, having had a large e*pe rience in this particular class of manufacturing.

CHARLES F. WITT, dealer in flour, feed, etc., was bom to Germany in 1 851. and came to Chicago in 1870. He learned the trade of brick. mason and followed it for about seven years. Ia April, 1877. he moved to the town of Lake and established his pres. cut business in a small way, and has built up quite a nice trade.

THOMAS C. ZEALAND, coal dealer, is a native of England. He came to this country when very young, locating in New Yurie, where he partly learned his trade, that of a machinist, which be billowed in various cities of New York. Michigan, Canada and other places. He moved to the town of Lake September 1, 1S6K. being then thirty years old. coming from Flint, Mich., to put up the machinery in the new shops of the C,. R. I. & I>. R. R.. leaving charge of it as foreman for six years. In 1874 he established the cecd business at this place and also carried on a branch yard at Englcwood from 1878 to July. 16S3. He Ls a member of Mystic Star IxnJge. No. 758. A. F. & A. and was one of the organiren and treasurer from its organisation in August. 1877, to the present time.

Union Stock Yards

The Union Stock Yards & Transit Company, of Chicago, was incorporated under a special charter from the State Legislature, approved February 13, 1S65. The incorporators were John L. Hancock, Virginitn A. Turpi". Roswel M. Hough, Sidney A. Kent, Charles M. C'ulbcrtson, I.yman Blair, 1,. Sykes, Jr., George \V. Cass, James F. Joy, John F. Tracy, Timothy B. Ulackstone, Joseph H. Moore, John S. Barry, Homer E. Sargent, Burton C. Cook, John B. Drake, William D. Judson, David Kreigh, and Joseph Sherman. These yards constitute the largest live-stock center in the world. Before they were started, there were several yards in various portions of the city, to which cattle, hogs and sheep were taken to await re-shipment or purchase by home dealers. The first regular catile-vards were opened in 1S48, at what was then called the Bulls Head, at the junction of Madison Street with Ogden Avenue In 1S56 John B. Sherman leased antl opened the Myrick Yards, on Cottage Grove Avenue, which were capable of accommodating five thousand cattle and thirty thousand hogs. The yards were reached by the Michigan Central and the Illinois Central railroads, and were for a number of years cjuitc popular with .shippers. In 185S the Michigan Southern Yards, which had been in existence since 1852, became of some prominence as a cattle market. Thcv were under the management of Thomas Nicolcs until 1862, when thev passed into the hands of Ira Smith & Co. Next came the Fort Wayne Yards, on the West Side, at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Mitchell Street. These were small, but by the use of two-story pens managed to accommodate considerable stock. The Cottage Grove Yards were opened in June, 1862, by C. F. Loomis & Co. They never became popular, however, and were soon discontinued. In the fall of 1864 the Chicago, Burlington & Qtrincy Railroad Company, with J. C. Dorr and other capitalists, opened yards about a mile and a half west of the river, but owing to their distance from the city, they did but little business. By that time the live-stock tratle at this point had reached such proportions that much valuable time was lost in handling the stock between the several yards. Cattle had often to be transferred from one yard to another, over .sinuous and tortuous switches and side tracks, involving, as the railroad companies discovered, an immense expense to them in the wear and tear of their rolling stock. To the most casual Observer it became apparent that there must be concentration of this growing traffic, and that in order to accomplish the object there should lie union yards, centrally located, at which could be received and handled all the live stock shipped to this market. So obvious was the necessity for something of this kind, that when in the fall of 11864 Bte pros|>cctus of the Union Stock Yards & Transit Company was issued, it was followed by the almost immediate subscription of stock to the amount of §1,000,000. of which sum §915,000 was subscribed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quiacy, Illinois Central, Michigan Southern, Michigan Central, Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne Si Chicago, Chicago & North-Westem, Knck Island, Chicago Jt Alton, and the Chicago & Danville railroad companies. On the completion of the organization the following officers were chosen: Timothy I!. Hlackstone, president; F. H. Winston, secretary: Robert Nolton, assistant secretary.

afforded by means of an excellent system of streets and alleys, which traverse the plat regularly and at right angles to each other. The grounds are laid out on the same principles which would govern the arrangement of a well regulated city. From the main entrance, on the north side of the Transit House, and extending westwards past the Hank and Exchange liuilding, to a section which, less than twenty years ago, was unbroken prairie, but which is now covered will) the largest and most extensive packing houses in the I'nited States, runs a broad street which is called Centre Avenue. Intersccting this avenue neat the Kxchange Building is another wide thoroughfare named Sherman Avenue. It is nearly a mile in length and seventy-live feet wide.

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the yards on Halstcd Street, and the work of construetion was pushed with such vigor, that on Christmas Dav of the SUUIK year the yards were opened for business. Extensive in size and admirably arranged, with a large and handsome brick hotel, a commodious Bank and Kxchange building, conveniently constructed scalehouses, and a perfect system of pens of every approved description, the yards began business under the most flattering auspices. By means of special tracks, they are connected with every railroad centering in Chicago; while the facilities for' the loading and unloading of stock are of such a perfect character that the work of receiving and shipping is accomplished with the greatest dispatch.

The yards comprise the north half of Section 5, Township 38 north, range u east, containing three hundred and forty- five acres, in rectangular form, a mile in length by one-half mile in width. They are laid off in four grand divisions, designated respectively, as Divisions A, B, C and D. These are again subdivided into blocks or squares, which are designated by numbers. The blocks are cut up into pens of different sizes; some being of the capacity of a single car, while the largest are eighty-five by one hundred and twelve feet.

and is the principal street of the yards. Running across these avenues are many others leading from the pens to the loading and unloading shutes of the different railroads. The total length of the streets and alleys exceeds twenty miles.

Of the entire area of the yards two hundred and eighty acres are devoted to business purposes, that is, including pens, and grounds occupied by the hotel, bank and exchange buildings, scale house, etc., but exclusive of the ground occupied by the packing houses. The common expression is "two hundred and eighty acres under plank," as the |>ens are all floored with heavy planking; those for sheep and hogs being also covered. There arc now in the yards twelve hundred cattle pens, and sixteen hundred hog and sheep pens. These give the yards a capacity for accommodating twenty-live thousand cattle, (me hundred anil fifty thousand hogs and ten thousand sheep; l>esides furnishing at their immense snte stables quarters for fifteen hundred horses. In short such are the facilities that no less than eighteen hundred cars of stock can be handled daily.

Connecting the pens with each other, and the several alleys, are over four thousand gales, admitting of every convenience in handling stock, and providing against the confusion and trouble which would attend the mixing of droves. From the beginning of the enterprise, the spirit of improvement has been manifested by the managers of the yards, and nothing has been left undone to add to the' already splendid opportunities Which they afford. An instance of this is found, in the erection by the company, some years ago, of an elevated roadway, or viaduct, by which stock designed for any of the numerous slaughtering establishments, can be readily and safely transferred from any portion of the yards. There are now several of these viaducts completed and more arc being built as they are needed. The railroad facilities of the place are, it is believed, as near perfection as can be desired, and are the wonder and admiration of all who see them, or who have occasion to test their efficiency. Eighteen of the leading lines center there, and in their connections and side-tracks employ over ninety miles of track. Upon the north side of the yards are the tracks of the Michigan Central. Michigan Southern, Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne, and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis roads. These lines come in from the east, and their side tracks run by the side of unloading shutes of such Jength that an entire train can, if it is desired, be discharged at once. Parallel to the shutes of these roads are those of the Chicago, Hurlington i\r Quincy and the Illinois Central, which roads also approach from the cast. Upon the curve described by the eastern and western sides of the grounds and the platforms and shutes of the Chicago & Rock Island, and the Chicago & Alton on the west, are the water tanks, wood yards, coal bins, turn tables, and passenger station; in fact all the conveniences of a first-class depot are found on the grounds. Everything is complete, and all arrangements arc so made as to prevent difficulty and confusion

The drainage is admirably constructed, although it has reached us present stale of perfection only after an immense outlay of both capital and labor. In the beginning, one of the most serious difficulties encountered in the construction of the yards was the wet and undrained condition of the land. The selected site was a low marshy prairie, and hence nothing short of the most thorough drainage could have rendered them lit for the uses intended. The system of drains is now an excellent one. the total length of which is more than fifty miles. By them land which was once considered as almost worthless, on account of its character, has been transformed into well drained and valuable ground Much care has also been taken in the construction of the pens to have them perfectly dry. Large sills of timber are first laid, and upon them are secured threeinch joists. On this foundation a planking of three-inch pine is placed and nailed fast. As the floors are raised from the ground, the pens arc thus effectively drained wni e the system of sewers, which penetrate every |wrt of the yards, readily carries off ail surplus water. There is also an abundant supply of pure water for the stock which has been obtained by sinking six artesian wells to an average depth of one thousand three hundred feet t he hrst well was commenced May 14, 1866. and on the ,50th of October of the same year water was found at a depth of one thousand and thirty-two feet. The other wells have been put down from time to time as needed, and in each case the water obtained has been found to be highly charged with mineral qualities The flow of water from one of these wells alone is estimated at thc surtace to be not less than six hundred thousand gal ons da,ly; but as the tanks from which the water finds its way into the troughs are situated forty-five feet above the ground, the stream loses so much force that the yield at this point is reduced to four hundred and fifty thousand gallons daily. Owing to the mineral character of these waters they arc entirely unsuitcil for mechanical purposes, such as supplying steam boilers, etc.. and to meet this demand, for the packing and other establishments at thc yards, a direct and regular supply is taken from Lake Michigan.

There is located at these yards one of the most important horse markets in the United States. The sale stables, built and owned by the company, are models irf convenience, and are capable of accommodating fifteen hundred head of horses.

In 1870 thc company began thc construction of a canal which, as an enterprise, is to be numbered among the leading features of these yards. Already abundant highway and railway connections had been made, by which stock could be brought into thc yards from any part of the city or neighborhood, but it was also thought necessary to have direct and easy communication at thc Stock Yards with l^ake Michigan by water. To this end the canal was projected - the site of which is west of Halsted Street and in a direct line with Thirty-ninth Street. Its bed, which is one hundred and fifty feet wide and sixteen feet deep, has been completed from its connecting point with the east branch of the south fork of the South Branch of thc Chicago River, to the vicinity of Tucker Street. But the great change in thc manner of transporting live stock, which was formerly largely done by lake vessels to the railroads of the county, has in a great degree lessened the usefulness of this canal, for the purposes for which it was originally designed. It still has, however, no little commercial importance, in the way of furnishing a medium through which lumber, coal, salt and heavy freight coming in hy vessel can be landed convenient to a market at thc yards; and indeed within the past few years several large lumber and coal yards have sprung up along the docks of the canal, and quite an extensive business is done each year.

The actual selling of the stock at the yards is largely done by commission firms, of which there are a great number, located in the Exchange Building already mentioned. These men arc a decided advantage to thc shipper, enabling him. in an unsatisfactory condition of the market, to hold his stock until better prices can be obtained. The country dealer, too, can consign his his stock designed for this market direct to some reliable firm of commission men, who receive and dispose of it to the best advantage, retaining for their pay a certain percentage of the sales.

The Union Stock Yards National Bank has long been a recognized institution of this great market. Practically it is a clearing house ; bv it the commission dealer is enabled to transmit the proceeds of his sales to his principal in the country, with promptness and dispatch. Sellers who receive money in the yards find it safer, as well as more convenient, to deposit funds in a bank on the ground, through which they can be securely transmitted to their home. As a means of direct communication between country bankers and the city. It II a valuable agent. Banks and bankers in thc interior having a stock trade, open regular accounts with the Stock Yards Bank, and are thus able to secure dispatch in the transaction of their business, as w ell as reliable information concerning thc frequent yet important fluctuations in thc trade. The first officers of the bank were Samuel M. Nickcrson. president ; Edward & Stickney, cashier; and S. M. Nickcrson, William F Tucker, John Adams, George Webster, Mancel Talcott and George C. Walker, directors. The application for thc charter was made February 29, 186S, and on March

12, of the same year, the bank was formally opened for business. The present officers are Flmer Washburn, president ; George Conrad, cashier ; Charles Jameson, assistant cashier. The directors are Elmer Washburn, George E. Conrad, Stephen 1$. koath, George T. Williams and Samuel M. Nickcrson.

There arc at the yards over thirty larj,'c (Kicking houses, the capacities of which, as will be seen from the annexed table, are enormous. These houses are situ- ated just west of and adjoining the yards, and cover an area of nearly three hundred acres. In the (lacking district, htitjs, cattle and sheep, aggregating to the number of millions, are annually slaughtered ; their products in various forms finding their way into tin- (calling markets of the civilized globe. 'The following table is a detailed statement of the packing seasons of 1882-83, showing also the total packs from 1868 to 1872 : racking of seavm I'acking of season Packing of season Packing of season Packing of season Packing of sc.is,.n Packing of season Packing of season Packing of season Packing of season Packing of season Packing of season Packing o| season 1800-70. Packing of seav.n 1868-00,

In 1842 the editor of the I'rairie Farmer, being in an enthusiastic mood, wrote that the day would come when Chicago would in a single season slaughter and pack not less that ten thousand hrad of hogs. A glance at the above figures will show how very far short of the real figures the editor's predictions fell.

In 1866 |. M. Douglass was eh-cted president. He, however, resigned his position soon after his election, and P. R. Chandler was chosen to fill the vacancy. June 4, 1867, John li. Sherman was elected superintendent; and June 10 of the same year George T. Williams was appointed assistant secretary. January 15, 1873. James M. Walker was elected president, and George T. Williams, secretary. February iS, iSSi, N. Thayer. Jr., was chosen president; John B.Sherman, vice-president; George 'I'. Williams, secretary, and 'Thomas Brown, assistant secretary. February 14, 1881, John B. Sherman was elected vice-president and general manager, and G, Tims Williams general stipvTintv-ndent, The officers as they now stand arc: X. Thayer. Jr., president; John B. Sherman, vice-president and general manager; G. Titus Williams, general superintendent; George T. Williams, secretary, and J. C. Dcnison, assistant secretary.

In closing this sketch of these yards it is needless to say that, financially, tliey are a success, and arc ever)' day proving more clearly beneficial to those interested in them. Neither can it be denied that they arc equally beneficial to the trade, to the city whose borders they touch, to the town in which they are situated, and to the . men who have invested their money in their construction anil maintenance.

The following tables will, it is believed, be found of interest, not only to the present reader, but to those who in years from now may care to glance at these pages to sec what in times past constituted the trade of these great yards:

Largest Receipts Of Stock In One Year

The Anglo-American Packing c~ Prwitim Cmfnf - Fowler Bros., now numbered among the leading firms engaged in this grrat industry, began operations in Chicago in 1S75, and eight years later opened a branch establishment at Kansas City, where they still carry on business, slaughtering during the year 1883. 5 '3>775 hogs. In 1S79 the Anglo-American Packing Provision Company was organized with K. 1). Fowler president, and Anderson Fowler, secretary. This company does an immense business in all branches of the trade, its cured and packed meats being found in all leading markets both at home and abroad. They slaughter about six thousand hogs per day at the Union Stock Yards, where they have extensive premises and furnish employment to nearly two thousand men.

The Chicago Packing A* Provision Company. - This is one of the oldest pocking institutions at the Yards, and was established in the summer of 1S6S by U. I*. Hutchinson, Calvin Snow, and others Its establishments here arc very large, covering nearly thirteen acres of ground, and furnishing employment 'to nearly one thousand men. Capacity during the slaughtering season about seven thousand hogs per day.

' C. /-crguson c~ Co. - This firm was originally ablished in 1854, at Indianapolis, Ind., by J. C. Ferguson, who, however, severed his connection with that institution and located in Chicago in 1881. Here a new firm was organized under the title at the head of this paragraph, and composed of the following persons: N. M. Xeeld. E. B. Howard, John Q. Ferguson, and K. W. Ferguson. They are large packers and dealers in provisions, slaughtering 150,000 hogs annually, and employing nearly two hundred men. Howard & Co. art the New York representatives of the firm, while their foreign interests are looked after by the well-known house of Ooodbndy iS: Co., London, England.

Davics, Atkinson 3" Co. - This house was formed and began business at Hamilton, Ontario, in 1S63, and U the spring of ;S7^ moved to Chicago. Tb« firm is com-

George If. Higgins & Co., established in 185$, and had its packing house in Chicago up to 1867, at which time they removed to the Union Stock Yards. They have large premises, do an extensive business, principally in curing for American markets; kill 200,000 hogs |>er annum, and employ 300 men. The firm is composed of G Vf. Higgins, Jr., and W. P. Jones.

Thome Co. - Tiiis firm was established in 1862 by A. L. and John R. Thome and Herman Cdpckc, but for the past six years A. L. Thorne has conducted the business alone. This house deals in hams, shoulders and bacon. They purchase the green meats, cure and sell to smokers exclusively. In 1883 they handled 1,360,000 pieces of cured meat. They have a large house, capable of holding 50,000 packages, anil give employment to about too men.

Fair bank Canning Company. - The original business was established in 1869. by N. Morris; the present company being incorporated in |une, 1S80, by N. Morris, N. K. Fairbank, Frank E. Yogel and \V. H. Burnett. The present ofticersare X. K. Fairbank, president; X. Morris, vice-president ; Frank E. Yogel, secretary ; and Lewis Neugass. superintendent. They kill about 200.000 head of cattle annually, besides doing a large business in canning, also in shipping dressed beef. They have very large premises, and employ about 650 men.

W. //. Silberhorn, packer and dealer in prmisions - This business was establishciHn November, 1 880, the concern coming from New York* City, where business had been carried on by the family of Mr. Silbcrhorn since 1828. This house kills about 2,000 hogs per day, and employs about 200 men; packs for English and American markets. The establishment at the yards is under the superintendency of J. J. Sill>erhorn. The Silbcrhorn Canning Company is the same firm, and carries on business in the same building. This establishment does a large business n 1 anning. emploj in« in this department sixty men.

/ones ^Stiles, packers. - This firm was founded in September, 1876, by the present partners, Wm. Jones and losiah Stiles. They have a large packing bouse, the capacity 'if which is 1,000 hogs |»er day : they do a large business, curing and packing principally for English markets. They employ 150 men, and slaughtered in 1883 1 15,000 hogs.

The Allerton Packing Company was formed and the present packing house built in 1S71. They slaughter 2,000 hogs daily during the season, employ some 200 men, and pack principally for the home markets. The present officers arc: S. W. Allerton, president; John B. Robertson, treasurer, and David Pyne and Joseph Usher, directors.

Mirai v> Jlealy. - This house was established in September, 1876, by John Moran and others, and in October. 1880, changed to the style composed of John Moran and James T. Healy. They kill during the season about 1,200 hogs per day, employ 140 men, and do a large business, principally in fancy English meats.

Swift Pros. cV Co., cattle and beef dealers, organized December 3. 1S77, and during the first year killed 100 head per day. During 1883 they killed 33i;668. They employ about 700 men. In January, 1878, the firm began to build refrigerator cars, and now use a large number in shipping dressed meat to Eastern marina. They have ninety branch houses in various States in the LTnion, and in 1883 their banking account was about §20,000,000. The entire slaughtering for this immense business is done at the yards. A. C. Foster is superintendent of the works.

Henry Denny >j" Sons, packers, established in September, 18S0. This firm has two packing houses in Ireland, and does besides a large business here in preparing meats for the English trade, and also for the American markets. The packing house has a capacity of 3,000 hogs per day, and about 150 men are employed in the establishment.

Armour & Co. - This firm was established in 1863 as commission merchants, and four years later began slaughtering and packing for home and foreign markets. The first season they packed 30,000 hogs, which was then considered as being a big business. They now pack 1,000,000 hogs, and slaughter nearly 300,000 cattle per annum. Their immense establishments at the Union Stock yards cover some five or six blocks, including picking houses, cooling houses, canned meat establishments, lard refinery, ice houses, smoke houses, dressed beef houses, fertilizing factories and storage houses. The dressed beef business, in which this firm are now the largest dealers in the world, was begun in 1882, and they constantly employ in irans|M>rting their products to Eastern markets over 300 refrigerator cars, their shipments of dressed beef being 700 cattle daily. They employ regularly about 3,000. and during the busiest part of the season 4,000 men.

Hatcly Pro/hers. - Mr. J. C. Hatcly, who came to this city in 1873 to purchase provisions and other produce for the English markets, and in 1S7S commenced a packing house on a small scale, is now one of the largest Chicago packers. Mr. Hatcly is also a representative of that class of men who, by their energetic and straightforward business methods, are raising Chicago yet higher in the estimation of the world as a manufacturing and trading center. His familiarity with the requirements of the English markets soon showed him thai to supply hog products in a manner to be satisfactory, either to himself or the trade, he would be compelled to commence packing operations on his own account. Starting in a small, rented house, his business grew so rapidly that in 1879 he look the establishment now occupied by Stiles & Co., which he vacated in May, 1881, when he had purchased the extensive premises of the Ricker Packing Company for §90,000. He was in possession here only a few months when he had the misfortune to lose everything by tire. By the winter of 1881-82 the place was entirely rebuilt with all the recent improvements, and with the addition of smoke houses, lard refinery, etc., all at a total cash outlay of $135,000. In October, 1882, he was joined in the business by his brother. W. C. (lately, since which the house has been known as 1 lately Bros. The firm now has a capacity for killing and curing three thousand hogs daily, for refining five hundred tierces of lard in the same length of time, and for storing seventeen million pounds of meats. In their warehouses they store large quantities of side meats, barrels of pork, lard and hams, for bankers and for Eastern buyers. Their trade is principally with England, where they were educated to the business and to know the wants of that market in all its details. In 18S4 they slaughtered two hundred and one thousand hogs, which cost in cash §2,495,000.

Drovkr's Bask. - Besides the Union Stock Yards Bank, elsewhere mentioned, there is the Drover's National Bank, an institution which opened its doors for business February 2, 1883. It is located in a small but substantial brjcH building 00. Hatsted. Street, and, just south of the Transit House. The building, which was specially built for the purpose, is admirably arranged, and has as strong and well constructed vaults as arc found in any bunk in the State. In addition to the security thus afforded, there is inside the vaults a burglar proof safe of the best ami latest improved make, and so constructed as to defy the skill of the shrewdest cracksmen. The officers and directors of the bank, who are all men of high business standing, are : Solva llriutnall, president ; A. D, Lamb, vice-president, and \V. H. Isrintnall, cashier. The directors are: S. Hrintnall, C. L Shattuck, J. E. Greer, A. I). I^mb and W. H. Hrintnall. The capital stock of the institution is §100,000.

Union Stock Yards Biographical Sketches

JULIUS AAGAARD, proprietor of Aagaard's Laundry, was >rn in Germany in 1857, and in 1S73 came to Chicago, where he was employed as a barber. In 1875 he removed to die Union Stock Yard.*, and a year later opened a shop there, which he carried on up lo the summer of 1SS3, when he leased it. In connection with other pursuits he established, in July, iSSl, a 'team laundry. He has built up quite a trade, and gives employment to twelve persons. Mr. Aagaard is a member of the A. F. ,* A. M. of this place.

GEORGE ADAMS, of Adams & Burke, livestock commission merchant*, is one of the oldest in this line of business at the Union S;ock Yards. He was one of the lint live-stock commission merchants at the old yards of the Pittsburgh. Ft. Wayne & Chicago Radroad Company. an*d disposed of the hrst car-load of stock sold in these yards. He came to this place in December. 1865. For some eight years he carried nn business alone, but of late years has been a member or the firm of Adams & Burke, who do a large business in these yards.

CHARLES F. E. ANDREWS was born in Green Bush, N. in 1846. and when he was very young his parents came to I j I'mc. Ind. In 1S62 he entered the employ of the Lake Shore A: Michigan Southern Kailroad Company as a messenger boy, and Ins remained wtih them ever since. He learned telegraphv ui the company's office at La Porte and acted as operator for them. In 1 367 he came to the town of Lake, and has since been employed as telegraph operator in the shipping department of the L. S. & H. S. K. R. Co. at the Union Stock Yards. He is the oldest opcr. .nor on this division of that road. Mr. Andrews is among the old settlers of Lake. He is a member of Mystic Star Lodge, No. 75^, A. F & A. M., has for two years pa«t been secretary of that body, a id is connected wiih tnler-Occan Council, R. A.. No. 604.

VALENTINE APEI. was born in Germany in 1S27, where he learned the butchering business and followed it for some years. In l3ci he came to the city of New York, was for ten years employed in packing-hou'es. and in 1862 embarked in the business on his own acc .unt. carrying on an expensive establishment up to the panic of 1873. Mr. Apel came to Chicago in 1S75 and entered the employ of the Anglo American Packing & Provision Company, talcing ehwrgt of the ce'lars of the curing department of English meats 1 wo year* later he opened up and took the entire charge of the department where all American meats are cured and packed. One hundred and hdy men are required to do the work in these cellars.

LYMaN II. ARMS was born in Albiny, N. Y.. in 1S50, and after leaving school followed mercantile pursuits. In February 1S72. he came to Illinois, located in the town of Lake, and in the following March entered the employ of the Union Stock Yards & I ransit Company, with whom lie remained three years. Alter this he was wiih the Western Union Telegraph Company as book, keeper at the com >anv\ office in the Union' Stock Yard*, which position he filled for five years. In September, 1880 he again entered the employ of ihe Union Stock Yards ft Transit Company, and on May to. 1881. was appointed to the position of feed-m iste'r, in the company's service. Mr. Arms is a prominent member of the Maso,.,c fraternity: he is a charter member of Mystic Star Lodge. A. F. & A M.: also a member of Chicago Chapter. R. A. M.,and Apollo (.ommandery. K. T.

IOIIN B\KER was born in Germany in June. 1S43, and seven years later his parentscame to Milwaukee. Wis. In i8s2 he came !.°.! InH T 1 la,er the trade of cigar maker,

January 8, 1857. and educated in the schools of thai city. He began his business lilc studymg for two years in the drug business, then for four years took charge of Barothy & Cook's Soda Water manufaciory. In the fall of 1675 he entered the employ of Libby, McNeil ,1c Libby, packers and preservers of meats, and filled various positions in this establishment. March I, 1S79, lie entered the employ of the Armour Canning Company as uisptclur, and September 12, 18S1, was appointed superintendent. He has had a large experience in the business, and his management has prosed a decided success, in his department 300 1 o 51m persons are employed, and the whole establishment is a model ol good order and cleanliness. Mr. Balder has resided in the town ol Lake since iS8i.

IOIIN BAR NF.S, druggist, was born in Leicestershire. England, in 1854, and came with his people to Chicago at the age of hl.ee n. and here learned the dtug business. In 1874 he came 10 the Union Stock Yard*, and was employed a> clerk with W. II, Scott, druggist, up to 1S77, when he took the management of a dtug store for W. H. Bogart, two years later puichasing it. Mr. Barnes has had thirteen years' practical eaperience in his profession, and he has a finely appointed store.