The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-07-13

:. 70 Jacob Laudorman, 27.50
II y Jane, $. Lewis, A..
1t would seem that there were
some doubts and apprehensions as to
the psrmanency Of the location, as an
order was passed by the Board of
County Commissioners on the day of
the sale that Sin case the county seat
be removed, the money paid on pur-
chase Of lots be refunded with TWEEN.
ty per cent. interest from time Of
if~Jment."
Improvements were Immediately
commenced. The first building
erected was log store house, lSx20
feet, by John p. Cook, III which
when completed, he commenced sell
ling goods, becoming the first mer-
chant in Upton.
1t is true that claim cabin had
been put up by VIM. NJ. Knott for a
person named Henry S. Chase, for
the sum of sixteen dollars, but as it
was not very extensive affair, and
had never been inhabited it could
scarcely be considered an improve
ment.
The building Of Cooks store was
followed by tavern stand erected
by John Culbertson, dwelling house
by Preston J. Friend, and other
buildings by William Cummins, John
r. McCurdy, Charles NJ. Jennings, n.
]. Walker and others, and post Of
fee (the second one in the county,
being established by the department
on the 23d Of July, 1910, with Chas.
NJ. Jennings, ?. NJ, Upton began to
assume the appearance Of a thriving
little village.
The friends of Rochester in the
meantime were not idle. Smar,ing
under defeat brought about as they
believed by unfair means, and feeling
highly aggrieved by the removal Of
the County Seat under such circum-
stances, they determined on another
and more equal combat, in which the
force Of numbers should prevail, and
sometime in the summer of 1910 got up
and circulated petition to theLegisla-
ture, asking re- location Of the Coun.
ty Seat to be decided by vote Of
the people.
The friends OF Upton were equal
to the emergency. a remonstrance
against any change in the location
was Immediately prepared, and both
documents industriously circulated
by Jealous partizans. This canvass
was SO effective il its character, that
in Z short time the name Of every le-
gal voter in the county was enrolled
on the one side or the other with but
little difference in the numerical re-
suit.
1t is said that there were eight
more signatures on the petition than
there were on the remonstrance but
this minority was more than made up
by the names of fifteen Scotchmen
and one Englishman, to a duplicate
remonstrance of the same tenor as
the original, with the statement that
the signers, although not legal voters
by reason of their foreign nativity
were bona. .fae settlers on registered
claims, and had duly and legally
| declared their intentions to become
citizens. The names Of these SIX
teen we're: John Ferguson, John SAT-
lev, Robert Dallas, Charles Dallas,
Samuel Yule, John Chapel, William
Coutts, Alexander Coutts, Robert
Perie, sen. and Robert Perie, jr. John
Leith, John Garrow, Peter Garrov,
Duncan McNee, Daniel McNee and
John Goodrich.
1t may we'll be believed that the
contest was a spirited one, and the
excitement great. The interest
manifested was SO intense, that for a
time it was apprehended that the an
CRY and passionate discussion and re.
| ordinations would end in bloodshed,
but Is the decision of the momentous
question was Of necessity deferred
until the meeting of the Territorial
| Legislature, the atmosphere gradual.
" cooled, and it was concluded tc
enjoy . truce until that determine
ton was made.
| On the Sth of December, 1910, the
petition and remonstrances were pre-
sented to the Legislature, then il
session at Burlington, and delega
ton Of the friends Of Rochester con
sisting of William Green, Stephsl
Toney and Nelson Hastings, were i