Mayville City

Mayville City

that the proportions of the essential bicarbonates, if anything, are slightly in ftxvor of this spring, while there is less organic matter. But it is quite enougli for him to know that, in medicinal qualities, it is equal to that grand spring. It has, however, points of superiority. It is ten degrees colder, owing, doubtless, to its vastly greater depth and breadth. The Bethesda is 60° Fahrenheit, this 50°. And in capacity there is no comparison. The Vita Spring, according to the estimate of a Milwaukee engineer, has an outflow of 6,000 barrels per day !

" From conversations with early settlers, much ancient history has been secured in regard to what has hitherto been familiarly known as the Ackerman Spring. The recent analysis having proved its efficacy by modern science, a brief recital of its knowledge by the Indians will be of interest. And although it may appear romantic or fictitious, the statements made are vouched for by reliable informants, and the authority is given in one or two instances, and we give it as related to us. The subsequent findings, in the shape of relics, etc., also corroborate, in incident, the statements made : This spring was well known to the red men of the forest, probably centuries ago, as the 'healing spring,' and was called by them the 'much good water.' Much-kaw, the great medicine chief of the Winnebagoes, continued to visit this spring as long as he lived. He died about the year 1860, at the great age, as he said, of over 120 years, and his appearance fully warranted his assertion. In talking about this spring, he said, so long ago as he could remember, it had been known to the Indians as 'healing spring;' that, long years ago, there had been contentions between his tribe and the Pottawatomies for the possession of it for a ' medicine water ' and a hunting-ground, it being a great resort for the wild animals, especially in times of great drought; that when all other water was dried up, this spring was running full. And this story is corroborated by the fact that it has never failed or materially changed its volume since it has been known to the white man. It is also corroborated by the great number of relics found in and about it while clearing it out and preparing the grounds this season, such as pieces of human skull-bones, other human bones, and a large number of the bones of animals. There were also found many elk and deer horns ; one very large elk-horn was found in the center of the spring, several feet below the surface of the ground, on the stones that surround it, in perfect state of preservation. Some of those found outside the spring were in a partial state of preservation, while many of them were in such a decayed condition that they could not be saved. Other relics were found, such as pieces of gun-stocks, gun-barrels, arrow-heads, etc. The doctor has saved many of them.

" Wiscopawis, chief of the Winnebagoes, prior to the tribes being removed to their western reservation, in conversation with M. Shafer, Esq., of Beaver Dam, told him this spring was much prized by his tribe. He called it ' the much good water.' And this is confirmed by the many Indian trails leading toward the spring. The great novelty of this spring is a bank or wall of large stone, found embedded in the clay, about twelve feet wide, lying out from the spring on either side about eight feet, and sloping toward the center of it, with a line of this bank of stone on the west side of the spring, extending to the hard land, about thirty feet. Whether this bank or wall of stone was made by man or eruptions of the earth, can never be determined. Some parts of it appeared to be quite regular, and other parts promiscuous."

Office of GrsTAvns Bode, Chemist, Milwai-kBe, August, 1879. G. E. Swan, M. D. Dear Sir : - Herewith please find the result of my analysis made of the water you furnished. One gallon United States measure contains total quantity of solid substances, '28.01.5-j grains, consisting of

After carefully watching the eifects produced upon the consumers of the waters of this spring, the Doctor has indited the following scientific opinion upon its merits :

Here in lliis beautiful liitle Wisconsin city of 4,000 (located sixty-five miles northwest of Milwaukee), I have discoveretl a valuable mineral spring, whose waters are very cold, pure and clear as crystal, with a flow of 0,000 barrels per day. Over this spring I have erected a lovely pavilion, formed three fine lakes below, and ou the seventeen acres surrounding it made delightful walks ami drives. Meantime, I have carefully watched the eft'eols of this water ou the hundreds here using it, and the result is conclusive. It does have a specific and peculiar affinity for the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra and neck of the bladder, removing .all congestions, irritations and inflammations of t-liose structures, and toning them up in a few weeks or months to a complete state uf health. Other organs are also benefited, but these so decidedly that I name this water Vita (or life) - life to the whole urinary economy, and better he.alth to the entire system.

The Vita Spring has become a favorite resort for the citizens of Beaver Dam and the numerous individuals attracted thither for purposes of business or pleasure ; and, in fair weather, hundreds of people make daily pilgrimage to the place that, only a few months ago, was a cow pasture. During the coming spring, 500 maples, 50 elms and a large number of other varieties of trees, such as basswoods, butternuts and walnuts, together with a corresponding amount of shrubbery and evergi'eens, will be set out within the eleven-acre park surrounding the spring. A neat picket fence around the grounds, a rustic observator'y and boat-house, to be located near the junction of the second and* third lakes, gold-fish, row-bo.ats, a beautiful greenhouse, a bath-house, and a system of posts and chains on each side of the numerous walks and driveways, a compressed-air engine and fountain, are improvements that will come with the winds of March, the buds of April and the blossoms of May. Come and drink of this nectar, ye listless denizens of the ('' solid ") Sunny South, and ye torpid-livered automatons of the great cities North, East and West, and have your physical (and political) disabilities removed.

Twenty-six years ago, W. V. Perry, of Beaver Dam, conceived the idea of inventing and perfecting a coupler for use on freight cars, which would lessen the dangers attending the lives and services of brakemen and others employed upon railroads, and at the same time furnish railway companies with an article whose durability and simplicity would so far recommend it as to insure its adoption by the managers of the great freight lines. The vicissitudes encountered by Mr. Perry at times almost overwhelmed his energy and genius, but he persevered, working by day and thinking by night, until it would seem success was soon to follow the recent realization of his dreams. An intelligent description of Mr. Perry's invention is impossible, but, as an illustration of its merits, it is sufficient to say that its gradual adoption by one of the largest railway coi-porations in the United States, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, speaks for it far more than could be written here, and fully as much as is claimed by the patentee. The advantages claimed for it over couplers at present in use are, first, the absence of danger to those engaged in coupling and uncoupling the cars, both being performed by a system of rods from the top or sides of the car, making unnecessary a most perilous duty, by which so many lives have been lost and limbs maimed. It is positively stated, though the statement seems incredible, that the average life of a railroad brakeman is seven years. Any invention that will aid in lessening the number of frightful accidents that are of daily occurrence among the large army of railroad operatives, is certainly deserving of encouragement. From the standpoint of economy and durability, the Perry Coupler, as has been proven by their use for the past eight months on fifty of the Chicago, Rock Island k Pacific Company's freight cars, without a breakage of any kind, has no equal in the long list of similar inventions. It is to freight cars what the Miller platform and coupler is to passenger cars.

The Perry Coupler was first patented in 1871, again in 1875 and 1877, and, in January of the latter year, with the object of universalizing the wonderful invention, a stock company was incorporated, with the style and name of " The Perry Safety Car Coupling Company of Beaver Dam, Wis.," by the following named individuals : President, Oliver H. Crowl ; Vice President, Richard Ackerman ; Secretary, 0. L. Moore ; Treasurer, J. S. Church. Directors - W. A. Stuart and W. H. McReynolds, of Kokomo, Ind. ; Calvin E. Lewis, W. R. Chatfield,

W. V. Perry, and Messrs. Crowl, Churcli, Ackennan and Moore, of Beaver Dam. The present Board of officers is as follows : President, R. Ackerman ; Vice President, J. S. Cliurch ; Secrotary and Treasurer, F. Ilempel. Directors - Tliomas Hughes, Lyman Wetherell, Orville Burgit, and Messrs. Ackerman, Church, ChatKeld, Perry, Stuait aiid McReynolds. W. V. ' Perry is tlic General Agent ; post office address, Chicago, 111. The capital stock of the Company is $50,000, divided into 2,000 shares.

Beaver Dam Minstrels

To relieve the monotony of the existing state of affairs, and for their own amusement* and that of the public, a number of young men of Beaver Dam, in the fall of 1872, organized the Beaver Dam Minstrels, the following named composing the organization : A. F. Lydston, bones; 0. F. Weaver, middleman and interlocutor ; A. M. Burns, tambourine ; H. Rogers, W. H. Lewis, H. Moore, M. Evans, E. A. Crane, John Hensler, A. Jordan, S. W. Rowell, Theodore Rowell, L. Sherman. Their first peformance was given that same fall to a crowded house, and at every succeeding entertainment, they were given assurances by the crowds in attendance that their efl'orts were appreciated. In conse(juence of some of their number leaving the city, tlic organization was soon disbanded, but, in the fall of 1879, it was re-organized on a much grander scale, there being four end men and other accessories. Their first performance was given on the evening of December 18, 1879, Concert Hall being well filled with the amusement-loving citizens of the city. The members of the troupe were 0. F. Weaver and G. H. Hibbard, bones ; A. M. Burns and F. S. Lewis, tambourine ; 0. M. Davis, middleman ; J. C. Harder, L. W. Sherman, Henry Harder, T. B. Rowell, Charles Hensler, F. M. Van Bergen, W. II. Lewis, George Brown, E. E. Lewis, Charles Nowack. In order to show the style of performance and for the benefit of posterity we append the programme in full :

Overture

Introducing the entire company in military costnnie, anil execiiling; a series of drill unparalleled in Military Tac'ics. SONG AND DA^CE - "/ iranl to See the Dear Old Home." A. M. Burns

Concert Hall was crammed full, and, with the exception of the bursting of a button on a strange-looking garment worn by Fred Lewis, nothing occurred to mar the plea.sure of the assembled multitude.

A Beaver Dam Murder

The history of Beaver Dam is comparatively free from crime. In September, 1858, occurred, probably, the only deliberate murder that the local press has been called upon to chronicle. James M. Conklin, a disreputable character, and Simon Malone, having been engaged in a protracted family quarrel over the use of a well located on the line dividing their respective premises, the feud culminated in Conklin's insulting, and ill-treating members of Malone's family, after which he proceeded to a saloon on Front street, and, while standing at the bar drinking, having remarked in the presence of Malone that he would " drive the red-mouthed Irishman out of town,' the latter deliberately drew a revolver and shot Conklin in the back, the ball passing through his lungs, resulting in death within the next forty-eight hours. Malone, after the shooting, ran down Center street, passing a number of men working on that thoroughfare, without exciting any particular wonder or immediate inquiry. He made his escape to the woods south of the city, and has not since been seen or heard of except, perhaps, by his relatives.

Several years previous to this tragedy there was a case of blood-letting in the Fourth Ward, in which one McCabe was shot and killed by William Haskell, who, however, claimed that the shooting was accidental, he having aimed to kill a dog. Haskell was acquitted at the preliminary examination of intent to murder.

On the 9th of February, 1869, Franklin Butterfield brought into the city the dead body of Putnam Stevens, his brother-in-law, who was a man of weak intellect, the two having started fishing and gunning together. Stephens was shot in the mouth, the charge passing out of the back of the neck. The preliminary examination of Butterfield revealed the fact that Stevensl life was insured in favor of Butterfield for $10,000. The prisoner was held for trial and was afterward acquitted before the Circuit Court. There is a well-founded belief, in the community, that this was a foul and premeditated murder. Butterfield, to save being mobbed, quit the The suits for the insurance money were compromised, but it is well understood that Mr. Butterfield never profited thereby.

The New City Hall

On the 5th of August, 1879, the Fire Department of Beaver Dam petitioned the City Council to build better quarters for their engine. A committee was appointed to select a site, which they did, and, on the 15th of the same month, a large lot at the corner of Spring and Middle streets was purchased for $825, the Council in the mean time having decided to build a City Hall, which should also furnish accommodations for the Fire Department. Plans and specifications were advertised for, and those drawn by H. C. Koch & Co., of Milwaukee, were accepted by the Council. The building will be of brick, 70x-i4 feet, three stories high and roofed with tin. The contract was let to S. P. Doolittle for $10,580, the structure to be completed by September 1 of the present year.

The Churches

The early history of the most of the religious institutions of Beaver Dam is given in the interesting papers read before the Old Settlers' Club, which have already engrossed the attention of the reader. The compiler has endeavored to "take up the thread," as it were, and pursue, briefly, the history of each church and denomination. If any inaccuracies or omissions are found in the result of our eflforts, the fault occurred on account of the great diflSculty encountered in obtaining the material for our facts.

The Methodist Episcopal Church. - Among the first members of this denomination in Beaver Dam were Ruben Dexter and wife, Mr. Peters and wife, Mrs. M. H. Baldwin, and Mr. L. H. Marvin, the latter being the Class-Leader. There was preaching every two weeks, the society being in the Burnett Circuit. In the spring of 1847, a small church edifice was built ou the lot recently purchased by the Irish Catholics on the corner of Beaver and Middle streets. This was occupied until 1871, numerous improvements being made, when the present handsome structure belonging to the society was built at a cost of $8,000. Follo\ying is a list of the Pastors who have filled the pulpit since the foundation of the society: Revs. A. P. Allen, W. H. Hayward, Henry Requa, William Barnes, James Lawson, N. S. Greene, J. M. Walker, E. Tucker, D. Stansbury, G. Fellows, I. M. Leihy, S. L. Brown, N. J. Aplin, A. C. Huntley, C. E. Carpenter, A. A. Reed, Isaac '.Viltsie,,S. Smith and E. D. Farnham. The church officers at the present writing are: Trustees - 0. 0. Burgit, D. Dickinson, S. H. Ford, J. U. Howard, W. D. Hambriglit, Jo-sejjh Bowes, J. C. Hunt, 0. G. Yates and J. I. Warner. Stewards - F. Hempel (Recorder), A. P. Lawrence, D. Dickinson, E. Smith, J. E. Flanders, I. J. Hibbard, S. Hogeman, A. Tibbits and M. G. Howard. The society is out of debt.

Free Methodist Church. - This denomination differs from the Methodist Episcopal brethren in that they do not countenance secret societies. The first preaching by one of this faith in Beaver Dam was by Rev. J. Traves, and their first place of meeting was in Ackerman's Hall. A church was organized here in 1866, Rev. J. S. Ladue being its first Pastor. In 1872, the Church purchaseil and fitted up for their use the stone schoolhouse in the Third Ward, at a cost of about $300. It will seat about one hundred and fifty persons. The first officers of the society were William Lindsay, Isaac T. Morrison, Peter Palmiter, Walter Markham and Levi Johnson, Stewards, and George Colby, Class-Leader.

For 1880, the officers consist of Bros. Pomeroyand Chichester and Sister Ann Peachy, Stewards, and Levi Johnson, Class-Leader. The society pay no stated salary to their preacher, giving " as the Lord prospers them;" present membership, thirteen. The following nameil have served as Pastors :, Revs. J. S. Ladue, W. Cooley, W. A. Noble, James Kelso, John A. Murray and Robert Page. ''

German Methodist Episcopal Church. - Organized in 1868. First Trustees - F. Hempel, W. Berg and G. Linde. Stewards, A. Lange and W. Freidrich. A brick church edifice was erected in 1871, on Spring street, at a cost of $3, .500. The Pastors have been the Revs. Th. Stuble, Charles Ewent, Chr. Wentz, G. Linsenmeyer, W. F. Kruckmann and A. Meixner.

The Baptist Church. - The first place of worship by this society was a small frame house which stood on the present site of the residence of Mr. Schutte, on Center street. Dr. Hitchcock lived in a portion of the building. As the society grew and prospered, they built a church edifice on the lot now occupied by their present place of worship. This was destroyed by fire in 1863, and upon the ruins was soon afterward erected, at a cost of §11,500, the commodious structur now occupied. *

The regular Pastors who have preached the doctrine of John the Baptist in Beaver Dam are Revs. Mr. Pillsbury, Alva Burgess, N. E. Chapin, E. M. Gates, M. F. Hodge, J. E. Johnston, R. E. Manning, N. E. Wood and J. M. Coon. The present officers of the Church are : Trustees - C. B. Bcebe, Caleb Perry, P. V. Haring and George B. Chatfield. Deacons - G. B. Chatfield, E. P. Cady and Rufus Clason. The membership is given at 155.

First Presbyterian Church. - The original place of worship was a small frame structure which stood on the lot now owned and occupied by Mr. Loomis. It was afterward moved to the present site of W. H. Lander's residence, on Spring and Third streets. In 1847, the society built a neat little frame on Front street. The structure is still standing, and is the residence of S. Johns. In 1851, the present church edifice was erected. Many improvements have been made, and it is now one of the most comfortable churches in the city.

The list of Pastors comprises the names of the Revs. Mo«es Ordway, Alexander Montgomery, William A. Niles, Reuben Smith, J. J. Miter, William F. Brown and G. F. Hunting.

The present officers of the societ;yare: John W. McNitt, Moderator ; E. L. Hall, Clerk; C. W. Whinfield, Treasurer. Trustees - G. B. Congdon, M. E. Stevens and L. H. Marvin. The membership is given at about two hundred.

Asuemhly Presbyterian Church. - This Church was organized May 3, 1858, by a committee of the Presbytery of Winnebago, consisting of Rev. G. C. Heckman and Rev. H. M. Robertson. On presenting their credentials, twenty-nine persons were enrolled as members, as follows : Judrth Paddock, Mrs. Miranda Paddock, Benj. Clason, Mrs. Maria Clason, Jos. Clason, Mrs. J. Clason, J. H. Montgomery, Mrs. L. M. Montgomery, Alexander Clason, Mrs. L. A. Clason, Elizabeth Clason, Louisa Clason, Washington Clason, Orpah Clason, Mary Clason, Nesbit Ross, Mrs. Margaret Ross, Thomas Samuels, Mrs. Jane Samuels, Caleb Reed, Mrs. Elizabeth Reed, Mrs. Alfred Marden, Mrs. Augusta Marden, M. A. Chapman, Ann Morton, Adolphus Paddock, Elizabeth Kellogg, Robert Norris and Charlotte Smith. The first meetings were held in the Bicknell Building, in the room now occupied by the Citizen printing office. The church was built in 185'.), at a cost of about $1,200. It will comfortably seat 250 persons. Rev. Dr. J. M. Buchanan preached the dedication sermon. The following named Pastors have occupied the pulpit : Rev. L. M. Chapman, Rev. E. L. Peck, Rev. Joseph Vance, Rev. H. P. Peck, Rev. T. S. Johnson. The Church now pays its Pastor a salary of $900 per year, and raises for charitable and benevolent purposes some $200 - a total of $1,100 for all church purposes. The present officers of the Church are : Elders - N. Ross, S. D. Mason, N. W. Goodman. Trustees - A. Marden, 0. R. Williams, W. Bonner, W. Wadley, A. Ganski, H. B. Cochrane ; Secretary, S. Carroll ; Treasurer, J. H. Barrett.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church. - The first services of the Church in Beaver Dam were held by Rev. L. D. Brainard, a missionary of the Domestic Board, on the 5th of November, 1855. There were then but two communicants - one of whom died shortly after, and the other moved away. Mr. Brainard held services here and at other places, after an itinerant manner, and gradually secured means to aid in the erection of a church building. A lot and .$300 worth of material had been secured in 1857. On the 13th of April, 1858, Mr. Brainard resigned his charge, and the Rev. Luther Gregory succeeded him. On the 15th day of May, 1858, the corner-stone of the church was laid. Mr. Gregory went East to raise money for the building, but, having raised only $100, became discouraged by lack of success, and resigned his charge. At the request of Bishop Kemper, Mr. Brainard returned to the work on the 22d of October, 1858. He succeeded in raising $1,500 in the East and South, and the church building was completed and freed from debt, and, on the 5th day of September, 1860, was consecrated by Bishop Kemper. In Julv, 18tjl, Mr. Brainard resigned his charge at Beaver Dam, and in August, 1864, Rev. R. F. Sweet was elected Rector of the parish. In July, 1865, it was decided to remove and repair the church building. The lot on which the church now stands was purchased for $275, and the church was removed and thoroughly repaired at a cost of $1,200. In November, 1865, the Rev. Mr. Sweet resign^ the parish, and in June, 1866, Rev. William E. Wright was elected Rector and remained in charge until September, 1867. In December, 1868, the work in the parish was placed in charge of an associate mission, under Rev. William B. Bolmer, and so continued until May 1, 1872, when the Rev. S. K. Miller became Rector of the parish, and so remained until February 14, 1875. On the 1st of May, 1875, Rev. F. C. Eldred became Rector, and resigned his charge June 8, 1879. On the 14th of September, 187tt, Rev. S. S. Burleson, as missionary in charge, under appointment of the Bishop, commenced work at Beaver Dam, in connection with Juneau, Fox Lake, Columbus and Doylestown. The size of the church is 30x50 ; chancel, 12x14. The bell is from the foundry of Jones & Co., Troy, N. Y., and was presented to the parish by business men in New York. The number of sittings in the church is 162. The present number of communicants in the parish is 26. The officers of the parish are : Charles Weston, Senior Warden ; Hiram Booth, Junior Warden ; J. J. Dick, Charles Leichardt, W. H. Ford, Vestrymen.

Tlie Catholics. - In 1855, the German and Irish Catholics co-operated in organizing a parish, and together built a small frame church edifice (the structure now occupied as a residence by the Sisters of St. Peter's Church), where for a time, the spiritual welfare of both nationalities seemed to prosper, but in 1860 a split occurred, and the Hibernian element quit the fold. The Germans then re-organized and commenced the erection of a church building.

Histohy Of Dodge Couxty

which was dedicated as St. Peter's Church November 17, 1862, by Archbishop Henni. The structure cost $4,000. The Pastors have been : The Revs. Martin Kundia;, Matthias Gernbauer, James Stehle, Sebastian Seif, Fr. Shroudenbach, P. De Berge and F. Fusseder. Father Fusseder was a Chaplain in the Union army, and accompanied Gen. Sherman on his ftimous march to the sea. He has been in charge of St. Peter's parish since Jflly, 1860. His congregation consists of 150 fomilies.

St. Mary's Church. - When the proposition to build St. Peter's Church was first advanced, in the early part of 1861, quite a number of those interested were in favor of locating the structure in the southwestern portion of the city, but the majority insisted that the elevation east of the river, near the site of the original place of worship, be retained and built upon. This difference of opinion caused a serious rupture, and those in favor of a new location rebelled to the extent of leaving the fold and erecting a structure of their own, at a cost of about $2,000. The question had been submitted to Bishop Henni for his decision, which ho gave in favor of retaining the old site, and he, therefore, for some time, refused to recognize the recalcitrants. Fatlier Fusseder was finally deputized to effect a reconciliation, which he did, on the 19th of March, 1867. He now pi-eaches to both congregations. St. Mary's parish comprises about forty families.

tS'^. Michael's Church. - Society organized in 1875, by a number of Polish Catholics who had previously worshiped with their German brethren. Hippolite Gurski was the first Pastor. He was succeeded by C. Rogozinski. F. Dombrowski is the present Pastor. The congregation comprises between seventy and eighty fiimilies. The church and parsonage buildings cost $7,000, about $3,000 of which is yet unliquidated.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church. - The church edifice was erected under the supervision of Rev. P. De Berge, in 1858. Among the original members of the congregation when first organized were John Malone, P. Brennan, M. Kelly, John Kelly, W. Baskfield, W. McGill, John Moylan, James Guilfoyle, John Sullivan, P. Lillis, James Anderson, P. Ring and James Kennedy.

The first resident Pastor was Rev. P. Allen, from 1868 to 1869, followed by the following named : Rev. J. Vahey, Rev. D. Tierney. Rev. John J. Buckley, who took charge of the parish in September, 1871, and has since continued in charge. The church property is now valued at $<5,500, but the congregation has lately purchased property on which they intend to build a handsome brick church in the near future. Number of families represented in the congregation is about eighty, with a membership of some four hundred and fifty.

JSvangclical Lutheran Church. - Society organized in 1860, under the Wisconsin Synod (the unaltered Augsberg faith). Occasional meetings had been held prior to the organization, in the First Ward Schoolhouse. The German Singer Society Hall, on the east side of the I'iver, was then purchased for $300, and converted to the uses of a church. The first officers of the society were F. W. Menkey, E. Seibold, Ed. Leibig, John Sherman, Theodore Huth and Henry Weaver. The different Pastors who have preached to the society are the Revs. Duberg, F. Bochner, Adolph Rehim, Philip Springling, Paul Lucas and Edward Jonas. Present Trustees - F. W. Menkey, Charles Dusel, John Harre, George Elser, Philip Weaver, William Kluge, August Butterbrod, Carl Kuhnke and John Winning. The society comprises about eighty families.

Second Evanc/elical Lutheran Church. - This society was organized December 5, 1875, by Rev. Philip Lucas, with about twenty families wlio had formerly held membership in another organization in this city, and who felt it their duty, in consequence of a violation of one of the rules of the Synod with respect to church membership by some of their number, to go out from them. After organizing, they appealed to the Synod to sustain them in their action, and, after hearing the case, the Synod recognized and admitted them to membership in that body. Lnmediately on perfecting their organization, they proceeded to purchase property as a home for their Pastor, and a lot on which to erect a church. In the summer of 1876, they completed and dedicated to the service of Almighty God a small house, in which they yet assemble from week to week for worship. Rev. Mr. Lucas continued to serve as Pastor of this Church until March, 1878, when he resigned, and was succeeded in April following by Rev. Christian Probst, who yet remains with them. The congregation has increased steadily though not rapidly in memberslyp, and now numbers forty-five families. Th'e Pastor's salary is $350 per year. Value of church property, including parsonage, $1,500.

Beidah Lodge, No. 4, L). of 72., was instituted January 21, 1875, with J. C. Roper, William Wade, H. B. Phelps, S. F. Smith, C. W. Russell, John Wurster, William Beimdieke, and Sisters M. A. Roper, E. R. Wade, M. A. Phelps, J. E. Flanders, S. E. Russell as charter members. Present officers: Mrs. E. R. Wade, N. G. ; Mrs. George Egglesfield, V. G. ; E. A. Crane, R. S. ; Andrew Willard, F. S.; Miss Olive Edgerton, Treas. Membership eightyeight.

Temperance. - The first temperance organization of which we can find record was that of the Sons of Temperance, who organized a Division in this city in 1849, but disbanded after two years' service. J. E. Hosmer and Daniel Howard are believed to be the only persons now living here who were members of it. But a short time elapsed when another Division was organized, which continued to battle for the cause until 1869. In 1856, the Good Templars entered the field, and for the space of twenty-three years have been in active existence. On Monday evening, December 15, 1879, the Lodge held its twenty-third anniversary exercises, on which occasion Hon. Andrew Willard read a very interesting history of its work, a synopsis of which we give below: Crystal Lodge, No. 6, I. 0. of G. T., was organized by F. A. Artherly, G. W. C. T., December 17, 1856, at the residence of A. Tiffany. The charter members were M. Cullaton (then editor and publisher of the Bodge County Citizen), William Dean, S. B. Johnson, D. Newman, A. P. Lawrence, Mrs. A. Tifffiny, C. R. Swallow, L. J. Gibson, Miss F. M. Tiffany, Miss C. L. Lawrence and Miss M. A. Lawrence. The G. W. C. T. installed the following officers : W. C. T., M. Cullaton; W. V. T., F. M. Tiffany; W. R. S., A. P, Lawrence; W. F. S., L. J. Gibson; W. Trea.s., Mis. A. Tiffany; W. M., S. B. Johnson; W. L G., C. L. Lawrence; W. 0. G., C. R. Swallow. The W. C. T. made the following appointments: P. W. C. T., D. Newman ; W. Chap., William Dean ; W. R. S., M. A. Lawrence.

The next regular meeting was held December 22, in E. S. Kellogg's daguerrean rooms. At this meeting Henry Shuart was initiated, being the first initiation by the Lodge. The third meeting was held December 29, in the old Masonic Hall. The fourth meeting was held in the same hall, January 5, 1857, and the fifth regular meeting was held in the S. of T. Hall. The hall was over the meat market now occupied by Harvey & Son.

The Lodge, with the Sons, continued to occupy that hall until July 6, 1858, when, with the Sons, it removed to Fring's Block, near the southeast corner of Front and Center streets, and occupied that hall until the great fire of January 17, 1863, when the hall, together with most of the furniture, was burned, the books and regalia being saved. It then, with the Sons, moved to the second story of the furniture shop owned by C. B. Beebe, on the site where J. Wagner's greenhouse is now located. After being there a few months, Mr. Beebe moved the building to the north side of Front street, and it is now occupie<l by him. He there fitted up a comfortable little hall ; but our membership increased so rapidly that we could hardly find standing-room in the hall. The Lodge occupied that hall until Brother Lawrence built this hall, expressly for a home for the two Orders - Good Templars and sons of Temperance. The Lodge removed to this hall January 1. 1864.

The Division surrendered its charter in 1869. At the end of the first year, after the Lodge was instituted, there had been admitted to the Lodge, by initiation, 116; by card, 2; charter members, 11 - making a total of 129. Fourteen had withdrawn, leaving 115 in good standing. After two or three years of prosperity, came a re-action, and the membership dwindled down, so that, October 31, 1859. the Secretary reported only nineteen members in good standing - six sisters and thirteen brothers. From that time, the Lodge began to revive and increase its membership. In the beginning of the year 1866, the Lodge numbered 329 members in good standing, and the largest Jjodge in the State or in the world ; we were known as '- The Banner Lodge .of the World." It shows what a few can do, with brave hearts and a determined purpose. We find the following item in the Dodr/e County Citizen of February 12, 1863: " The Good Templars Lodge of this city has forty-one members in the Union army." From 1866 to 1870, the Lodge nearly kept its membership good. From 1870, we suffered another re-action ; the membership gradually dwindled down, so that for the quarter ending April 30, 1879, we liad only seventy-eight members ; but at the end of last quarter, October 30, the Lodge reported a net gain of eleven. We now number ninety-eight members in good standing.

The following shows who was Worthy Chief Templar for the quarter of each year they occupied the chair, the first quarter commencing February 1 of each year :

There have been initiated and admitted by card a grand total of 2,139; on which we have paid a Grand Lodge tax of $1,221.63. From this great number who have taken our pledge there are less than two hundred now living in this city and vicinity. A goodly number of those who have been suspended for non-payment of dues, are yet in our midst. Many of them are keeping their pledge, so far as total abstinence is concerned, but we would remind them of that part of the obligation wherein we promised a life long fidelity to the Order of Good Templars ! If any of those who have fallen are here to-night, our exhortation to them is, " Prodigals, return; we will kill the fatted calf, and gladly welcome you home." Of the number who have been expelled for violation of the pledge, some have passed to a drunkard's grave, and others are still following on. There have been fifty-three habitual and confirmed drunkards taken into the Lodge. While many of them, after remaining with us awhile, broke their pledge and returned to the fell destroyer, a goodly number of them have kept their pledge inviolate. There has been paid into the Lodge, from all sources (admission fees, dues, proceeds of festivals, etc.), $0,569.52 ; an average of $212.16 for each year since its organization.

For twenty-three years, not one week has passed without our hall being opened and the lights a-burning. Brother A. P. Lawrence is the only charter member now living in our midst. Three of them are known to have died, viz., Sisters A. Tiffany and Frances M. Tiffany and Brother C. R. Swallow.

Beaver Dam Sunday Institute. - Among the many organizations, societies, clubs, etc., that have existed for a time in Beaver Dam and then dissolved, perhaps none will be remembered more vividly tiian this. It was organized in the summer of 1858, the object being the promotion of universal mental liberty. It flourished for two or three years, or until the war broke out, when many of its memb3rs joined the Union army to tight for what they preached - Liberty. D. F. Stoll, R. C. Scovill, Andrew WiUard, Ingraham Gould, 0. S. Phelps, J. E. Hosmer,"H. B. Phelps, John F. Adams and his wife, Frances A. Adams, were the organizers.

Mrs. Adams died in November, 1859, and three days before her demise, she sent for Mr. Willard to bear witness to her "dying testimony" written, at her dictation, by her husband. This testimony was read at the grave of Mrs. Adams, and afterward found its way into the columns of the Boston Investigator. The paper is extremely lengthy, and we have space only for a few excerpts :

1 am an unbeliever in either of the many systems of religion foumled on pretended revelations from the Deity. I believe all the so-called sicred books which now exist or have ever existed on earth are of haman origin, full of errors and productive of much injury to the world. * * * * I see no reason to abandon a rational philosophy for the superstitions which were taught me in my childhood. » * * * Why I believe it [Christianity] to be unnatural and selfish, is because all who believe it must suffer the keenest agony when they think that many, or a great majority of those whom they know and love here, must be eternally damned, llow can the mother be happy in .Jesus, when she thinks He is the stern judge tliat will one day sentence her only son, her heart's idol, to the awfiil tiames of an endless hell? Can such a religion yield true happiness to any who love their fellow-creatures. It is immoral in its tendencies, because it teaches that the immoral have .as good a chance for salvation as the moral ; neither can be saved but by the blood of Christ, and that can cleanse from all sin. It can cleanse the most vile as well as llie most pure, and, as there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons, what an inducement to lead a life of transgression I for if they can but repent in their dying moments, they can be saved even at the last minute of the eleventh hour, and claim an equal reward with those who have labored and borne the burden in the heat of the d.ay. « * * » I was a member of the Methodist Church; T was a Sabbath-school teacher, and I have spent much time in the study of the Scriptures, and have earnestly, diligently and f>rai/er/ii/ly (for I believe in prayer and pr.ayed in fitith) sought the truth ; and the result has been, the m ire 1 sought the truth the more I became convinced that the Bible is all human (or rather inhuman) and full of errors, the relics of barbarous ages, and that it stands in direct opposition to science and the laws of nature.

Brass Band. - The Beaver Dam Cornet Band, organized in 1860, is believed to have been the first brassband in the place. Jack Wade was the first leader. This band continued to furnish music for the testhetic inhabitants of the Garden City until about 1869. During its existence several re-organizations took place, and soon after its coliapse'the City Band, composed of twelve members, with Frank Jordan as leader, was founded. Many changes have since taken place in its membership. It is now composed of the following individuals : John Harder (leader), Eb cornet ; Charles Newark, Bb cornet ; Edward Sewell, second B cornet ; Adam Caspari, first alto ; Henry Harder, first clarionet ; Theodore Rowell, B clarionet ; Peter Viling, first tenor ; William Viling, solo baritone ; Lawrence Sherman, base tuba; " Ratty " Ward, snare drum; Robert Kolb, base drum and cymbals. This band also furnishes string music, and its services are frequently in demand in the neighboring villages. It is the " Little German Band " of Dodge County.

The Home Of Tue Dead

The Beaver Dam Cemetery Association was organized in 1847, with Malcolm Sellers as Secretary. Two acres of ground were purchased, in the northeastern portion of the city, of Rufus Lounsbery, and laid out by the Association for use as a cemetery. It was, for a long time, the only burying-ground for many miles about, and a large number of interments of those residing in the country were made within its sacred precincts, rentlering necessary, in course of time, a two-acre addition, which is now almost filled with honored pioneers of Beaver Dam and vicinity. The present officers of the Association are S. P. K. Lewis, President ; John Mayne, Secretary ; A. S. Dominy, Superintendent.

Eleven years ago, the Oakwood Cemetery Association was organized - the act of incorporation bearing date of March 5. 1869 - by the following gentlemen: President, George H. Stewart ; Vice President, James Ackerman ; Secretary, E. C. McFetridge ; Treasurer, Gustavus Stolz ; Superintendent, Ingraham Gould. The plat lies a mile east of the center of the city, on the Juneau road, and conttiins twenty-one acres. The grounds were dedicated June 24, 1869, an impressive address being made on the occasion, by Judge A. Scott Sloan. The present officers of the Oakwood Association are : President, J. J. Williams ; Vice President, Gustavus Stolz ; Secretary, B. F. Sherman ; Treasurer, Fred Tippenhauer ; Superintendent, Caleb Perry.

AVithin the southern limits of the city are four other cemeteries, belonging to the German, Irish and Polish Catholics, and Lutheran Evangelical Churches, respectively. The history of these dates back to about tlie time the Churches to which they belong were founded.

The citizens of Beaver Dam have exhibited rare taste in the selection of locations for the different cemeteries. Oakwood, both in situation and surroundings, is destined to become the most beautiful spot in Dodge County for the interment of the dead. It is very appropriately named, being situated in a lovely grove of oaks, whose nodding branches softly whisper their mournful melody to the tender daisies below.

" Winds of Summer, oh ! whisper low, Over the graves where the daisies grow. Blossoming flowers and songs of bees, Sweet ferns tossed in the summer's breeze; Floating shadows and golden lights, Dewy mornings and radiant nights - All the bright and beautiful things That gracious and bountiful summer brings. Fairest and sweetest that earth can bestow, Brightens the graves where the daisies grow."

Chapter Yii

This is one of the oldest villages in the county, its history dating back to 1845. It is situated about the center of Williamstown Township, on the Rock River and on the line of the Fond du Lac, Amboy & Peoria Railroad.

In the year above mentioned, Alvin and William Foster and Chester and S. P. May selected the place as their future home. These gentlemen came from Fort Atkinson in the early spring, traveling in a common lumber-wagon, and were searching for a good water-power. Isaac H. Chandler crossed them over Rock River, at Iloricon, on a raft. In crossing, the raft tipped up and the entire party were spilled into the river, just a little way from the shore from which they were starting. They were all large men, weighing in the neighborhood of two hundred and twenty pounds each. They sank in the water up to their arm-pits. Wading back to the shore, they first dried their clothes and rag money, which was then prevalent, and were crossed over one at a time. Proceeding on their way, they came to the present site of the village, and at once came to the conclusion that they had found the place which they were seeking, and that they were right in their surmises, a visit to the locality will convince the most incredulous, for a finer water-power cannot be found on the river between Rock Island and its head-waters.

After making their claims, these gentlemen proceeded to erect cabins, which being finished, Alvin Foster and the Mays returned to their old homes, leaving William to superintend the building of a dam. the contract of which was given to William Goodrich. With the help of Mr. Chandler, who drew the trees to the place with his team of oxen, the dam was soon built, and a saw-mill also put in operation, the proprietorship of which was invested in the Fosters and Mays.

Inducements To Settlers

In order to ficilitate the formation of a settlement, the proprietors of the prospective village determined to offer inducements to all who would mal<e their home among them. To that end, they first erected a building for the purposes of a general store, which they ofl'ered to any one who would open out a general stock of merchandise. This off"er was accepted by Thomas and Benjamin Palmer, who came to the place in 1847. At this time, there was not a road located, and, with their stock of goods, the Messrs. Palmer had to follow the paths made through the timber, avoiding the underbrush as much as possible, and, through difficulties, seek the place of their future residence. Another offer, made by Messrs. Foster & May, was the gift of a lot to any one who would build and occupy a residence thereon. This offer was accepted by quite a number, and consequently the village grew rapidly at the start.

Those who first came to the place were principally from the Eastern States. It was not until about 1852, that the Germans began to make their homes here. This class now form

The village was first platted in 1847, the surveying being done by Alvin Foster, one of the proprietors. Other additions have been made from time to time, until now it extends over considerable territory.

When it became necessary to give the place a name, many were suggested, but none seemed to meet the approval of the majority. Finally, one suggested that it be called Mayville, in honor of Uncle May, as he was familiai'ly called, one of the proprietors. The name was unanimously adopted.

Post Office

It was not until 1847, the citizens succeeded in havinit a post office established here, when Thomas Palmer, who, with his brother Benjamin, was engaged in the mercantile trade, received the appointment of Postmaster. He held the office some years and was succeeded by E. N. Foster, wlio in turn was followed by the following named, in the order given : E. B. Brown, E. P. Clark, H. Eiles, !l. Sauerhering, A. B. Bonney, Mr. McFarland and G. Nary, the latter of whom administers its affairs in a manner highly satisfactory to the community. The office some years since was made a money-order one, and a large business is transacted.

By a large number of American people, a place is judged by its school facilities. If they are good, the place is to be commended ; if imperfect, it is to be condemned. Mayville will stand tlie test of righteous judgment. The first school was in the winter of 1847, in the cabin of a private family, and in the year following a log schoolhouse was built and school held therein. As the demands of the country increased, other arrangements were ma.de, until finally, a few years since, the village erected one of the finest and most substantial school buildings in the county - one in which her citizens take a just pride. In this the English language is taught exclusively. For their own convenience, and to keep up a knowledge of the mother tongue, the Germans support from private funds a good school.

The religious element of the community is represented by German Lutheran, German Catholic and Baptist, each having a church building, the latter at present only being occasionally occupied, while in the former regular services are held to flourishing congregations.

The first hotel was built in 1847, by H. G. Phelps, on the site of the present American House. From that date to the present time, a public house has ever been open there for the accommodation of weary travelers, and we believe its reputation has always been well sustained. It is now owned and controlled by D. Puis, a gentleman well and favorably known by the traveling fraternity.

The California House is another candidate for public favor and is situated on the corner of Main and Bridge streets. J. J. Lauzenbach, proprietor.

Two of the benevolent Orders are represented in the village, that of the Odd Fellows and Masons, both of which are in a flourishing condition, with live, active membei's.

Vesper Lodge, No. 62, A., F. ^ A. M., holds its regular meetings on the first and third Saturdays of each month, in Masonic Hall, Saurhering's Block. Visiting brethren will always receive a cordial welcome.

Mai/viUe Lodge, No. 200, 1. 0. 0. F., meets every Friday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall, over Reible's marble-shop. Brethren of the Order are invited to meet with them.

Histoey Of Dodge Coitnty

There is a well organized fire department, with a fine engine, a large quantity of hose, etc., and the boys feel able to grapple with anything short of a Chicago blaze.

Mercantile

Every class of trade is well represented, and tliere are here to be found stores carrying stocks and doing a business of which many more pretentious places might well be proud. There is a large scope of country naturally tributary, and, with proper efforts, Mayville should rank second to no village in the county. Let the effort be put forth and we predict a bright future.

Village Government

Up to^ the year 1807, the village was under the supervision of the town government, but in the session of the Legislature in the winter of 1866-67, a special act of incorporation was passed, and Mayville took its place among the independent villages of the State. Its fi.rst ciiarter election was held April, 1867, since wliich time annual elections have been held with the following result, showing a complete list of officers up to the present time :

1869 - J. A. Barney, President ; F. Schaffer, Gustave Dreger, M. Ziegler, G. Albert, Trustees; Henry Yorten, Treasurer; Henry Spiering, Justice of the Peace and Clerk ; G. Albert, Street Commissioner; P. B. Lamoreux, Marshal; Frederick Kruse, Poundraaster.

1870 - Charles Barwig, President; J. A. Barney, G. Albert, M. V. Lamoreux, Charles Ruedebusch, Trustees ; Henry Yorten, Treasurer ; Henry Spiering, Police Justice and Clerk ; G. Albert, Street Commissioner ; Charles Krueger, Marshal and Poundmaster.

Woodland

This village is located on Section -31, Herman Township, and was laid out in the year 1856, and many lots sold, but no, plat made until 1859. The land on which it was located was owned by Mr. Gilman, a pleasant and enterprising gentleman who settled here at an early day, when neighbors were not so numerous as at present. Previous to his coming, several other families had settled in the neighborhood, which was known as " Cole's Settlement," a family, or, more properly, a number of families by that name being the first.

Mr. Gilman was attracted here from the fact that iron ore had been discovered in paying quantities, it was thought, and it was his design to form a company, build a furnace and use the ore. For some cause, his plans were never carried out, and others obtained possession of the valuable lands, beneath the surface of which, lies such great wealth.

Immediately after being fairly settled with his family, Mr. Gilman proceeded to erect a saw-mill, a blacksmith-shop and a general store, continuing in business for a number of years. He also built the first hotel, which was occupied on completion by Robert Ostrander, who kept it for one year, then selling to one Haskins, who ran it for three or four years, disposing of it to Erastus Cole, who in turn sold to W. F. Markworth, after which it came into the possession of Karl Machmueller, its present owner. It stands directly opposite the depot.

On the completion of the railroad, George Fox built an eating-house near the depot, and continued in business until he was killed by the tornado which swept over the village in September, 1847. This tornado, within a radius of a few hundred yards, caused considerable damage, completely wrecking a number of buildings and seriously injuring four persons, besides Mr. Fox, who was inscantly killed. Among the number injured was a son of Mr. Gilman. Mr. G., who was in the mercantile business at the time, had his stock of goods scactered in every direction. Considering the damage done to property, it was fortunate, indeed, no more lives were lost.

A post office was established in the neighborhood in 1855, and Erastus Cole received the appointment of Postmaster. He was succeeded by Ed. Sauerhering, Peter Labuwi, Nicholas Peters and M. F. Markworth.

The village lying in the corner of the township makes it convenient for citizens of the towns of Herman, Hubbard and Rubicon to unite for the purposes of affording their children the privileges of the public school ; therefore a good substantial school building has been erected, and a union school is in operation. In the winter of 1879-80, Mi.ss Mary Ragan was the teacher. There are about one hundred pupils in the district, but all do not attend at once. In addition to this public school, the Germans keep in operation a select school, which is well attended.

A special feature of the place is the cheese-fiictory, in which is manufactured the celebrated Swiss cheese, an article that always commands a high price, and is considered a great luxury by all Germans. The milk of about one hundred cows is used in the factory, and the product shipped principally to Chicago and St. Louis.

Two churches represent the religious element of the village - Catholic and Lutheran - both of them conducting their exercises in the German language. The English-speaking people.

who are few in numbers in the neighborhood, have no place of worship. The Catholics are said to number about four hundred, which includes large and small. The Lutherans are nearly as numerous. Each have good church buildings.

The principal article of export from this station is wheat, a large quantity of which is raised in the neighborhood. There is one elevator in the place.

More freight is received at this station than any of its size, probably, on the road ; it being the point of shipment for the villages of Hustisford and Neosho. The amount handled by firms in these villages, together with that of Woodland, makes quite a respectable showing.

The village is prepared in case of fire, having a small hand engine, an organized fire company, and willing citizens who are ever ready to grapple with the devouring element.

A never-failing stream of water is convenient to the village, and here all engines stop to water. It is said to be the best watering-place on the line of the C, M. & St. P. R. R.

Notwithstanding the original settlers were all from the East, few now live in the neighborhood, the Germans comprising tiie principal part of the inhabitants.

To transact the business of the village, there are two general stores, three saloons, one hotel, three blacksmith-shops, two wagon-shops, three shoe-shops, one tailor-shop, one lumberyard. Population of village about two hundred.

This is a railroad village, situated in the town of Lowell, about two miles south of the village of that name, and on the line of the La Crosse Division of the C, M. & St. P. Railroad. Samuel Reese was the first settler in the neighborhood, coming to this section in 1845. The village derives its name from this gentleman.

On the completion of the railroad through this section, Adam Reese, son of Samuel above mentioned, conceived the idea of founding a village here that should bear the family name. Accordingly he had surveyed and platted for that purpose a part of Section 28. Mr. R. always bore the reputation of being a good business man, able to take care of number one. He was the first station agent and first express agent, and held these respective offices until his removal to Sycamore, 111., in 1868.

The first lot sold was to Mr. Loesch, who built the first house in the village. Mr. L. is still a resident of the village, and yet engages in his ti'ade of shoemaking.

The first store was by Marvin & Finney, who built on the present site of Snow's large brick building in the spring of 1856, and opened a general stock of merchandise. These gentlemen subsequently sold to Adam Reese, who continued the same for a number of years, enjoying a monopoly of the trade of the surrounding country.

For the first twelve years, the village made no perceptible growth - its proprietor being content to keep everytliing in his own hands, and from the proceeds of the various business enterprises that he carried on lay up a competency. He encouraged no one to settle or engage in any business that might draw from his establishments. In 1868, a change for the better took place, Mr. Reese selling out the various businesses he was engaged in, other houses were established, settlers came in, and there has been a steady growth from that time forward. Of course, the hard times, extending from lS7-> to 187U, had its influence on the growth of the place, but it has had no back-set, and its prospect for the future is good. Its present business men and citizens generally have faith in it. In the month of January, 1880, its population is estimated at 300.

A schoolhouse was built here about 1846, and the privileges of the common school have ever been open to those who chose to accept. In 1869, the district built, at a cost of $1,200, a large and commodious building, in size 25x56, 12 feet high, divided into two apartments. An entry-way on the outside has also been adiled. In one of the rooms is taught the higher branches, and in the other the primary. Considerable pride is manifested in these schools by the citizens, and the high grade is determined to be maintained. In the session of 1879-80, Robert Irving was teacher of the high school, and Miss Agnes Steinke of the primary. Wages paid, $50 and $25.

In March, 1876, a German Reformed Church was organized in this phice, with a membership of twenty-eight. A good, substantial church building was immediately erected at a cost of $1,200, in wliich religious services are regularly held. The present membership is thirty-five. Rev. William Kueiitzel is the Pastor.

The English-speaking people have no church, nor are religious services anywhere held in the neighborhood. This is accounted for from the fact that between Lowell and Waterloo, in Jefferson County, there are not one-half dozen Atfierican families, the rest being Germans.

To transact the business of the place, we find in Januai-y, 1880, the following : Two general stores, one hardwai-e, two groceries, three shoe-shops, three wagon-shops, three blacksmithshops, two elevators or grain warehouses, four carpenter-shops. A large amount of grain and stock is handled here. Through the kindness of A. D. Coapman, station agent, we learn there were shipped in 1879 the following: Flour, 11,000 barrels; wheat, 40,000 bushels ; stock, 105 cars. Reducing wheat and flour to pounds, we have 2,400,000 of the former and 2,156,- 000 of the latter, requiring for transportation 228 cars.

A. D. Coapman occupies the responsible positions indicated above, and has held them since 1867, we believe, to the satisfaction of the business and traveling public. As all the freight and express for the village of Lowell is received here, it makes considerable business for the office.