Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1879 — OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. [ARTICLE]
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Officers. Auditor, Henry A. Barkley. Treasurer, Henry I. Adams. Recorder, Harvey W. Wood. Sheriff, George M. Robinson. Clerk, Charles H. Price. Surveyor, Lewis Alter. School Superintendent, D. B. Nowels. Commissioners, Ist district, Isaac D. Dunn; 2nd district. William K. Parkison; 3rd district, William B. Price. To-wnsliip Officers. Trustees, Hanging Grove township, David Gray; Gillam, Thos. H. Robinson; Walker, George Stalilbaum; Barkley, S. R. Nichols; Marion, William S. Coen; Jordan, Elliott R. Burr; Newton, Hugh E. Coen; Keener, W. H. Tyler; Kankakee, Edward T. Biggs: Wheatlield, Lewis Rich; Carpenter, James F. Irwin; Milroy, Washington Scott; Union, Malachi P. Comer. Justices, Hanging Grove township, Turner A. Knox; Gillam, James R. Guild and Miles Bisher; Walker, Joel F. Spriggs and Lorenzo Tinkham; Barkley, Ellas Marion and J. W. McCleary; Marion, Eldridge T. Harding, Augustus H. Wood and David James; Jordan, George Seitzinger and Stephen Hamblin; Newton, John Warren; Keener, Daniel E. Fairchild and Elam D. Fairchild; Kankakee, William W. Jones; Wheatfield, James Spencer; Milroy, James Booher; Union, John Alter and Clark McColly. Officers. Marshal, William Powers. Clerk, Truitt P. Wright. Councilmen, Ist district, Charles C. Starr; 2nd district, Mervin O. Cissel; 3rd district, Henry V. Childers; 4tli district, Simon Phillips; sth district, Samuel Scott. School Trustees, Abraham Leopold, president; Simon P. Thompson, treasurer; Mordecai E. Chileote, secretary. Courts. Circuit Court, Hon. Edwin P. Hammond, judge; Frank W. Babcock, prosecutor. Is, Monday in January, 3rd Monday in Marcht Ist Monday in June, 3rd Monday in October, Commissioners’ Court, Ist Monday in March, June, September and December.
Societies. Prairie Lodge No. 125 F. & A. M. meets Ist and 3rd Saturday evenings of each month in Nowels’ Hall. Officers: W. M., H. W. Wood; Sec., Louis Kern. Iroquois LodgO No. 143 I. O. O. F. meets every Tuesday evening in Bedford’s Hall. Officers; N. G., H. 1. Adams; Sec , C. C. Starr. Rensselaer Lodge No. 82 K. of P. meets every Thursday evening in Bedford’s Hall. Officers: 0. (J.,-N. W. Reeve: K. of It. & S., Frank B. M6yer. Evening Star Chapter, Order Eastern Star, meets on the Ist and 3d Wednesday evenings of each month, in Masonic Hall,. Officers: W. M., Mrs. A. Purcupile; Sec., L. B. Warner.
