, 1879-04-05

high There was great deaf of delay owing to
this. etarc houses along thy route wero loG
tions. From Western avenue 10 Widow parry'a
Point (now Oak kigc) It frequently took nttlo
hours 10 accomplish the distance, owing 70
spring treshcis.. There was another mall
Flnck 4 Trowbrldge bcnan running line OF
stages TO Ualenn, Springfield, md Peoria IN
1887. This was in daily scrv!ce. When tllo
ronds would admit they ran coaches. put mud
EcoWA, rs sl'cY were termed, when tic roaus
wero too llcAyy for the coaches.
Nhc, Martin Van Hnren rms Installed %
President, in March OF 1697, be appointed to tho
office, which Init then grown to some sIzc,
Mr.. B1nHE1 AnEt.
n quiet, tnoffcnsve mnn, who had studied law,
though hc la never r. psacleet! IT, 1,,'i was ts,'
tral man, " thbut frfrn1s or cncmtcS-a person
Of ANAL raliDrc. At the time of ais appointment
there wna a very anfmntcd contest Go!ng on over
the ot'lcc, and Abel's appt'intnent was
IN the city. Soon after tic expiration Of bis
four-yeAr term hu removed 10 California, anu
there he died. One Ut hts first nets was to more
the Post.Otllcc from nogan's store, a place
settlement Of tie country, tho rnails hal in.
crcascd immensely, Chicago being tllstrbut.
luz point, nlu ALct was gtven a salary Of $1,000
per a,Inun. flu estnbliahed tho Office at what
Wns known as
TnE "sALoos u BUILDING,
Mt ~ Clark streot, bc,tu. tho uortheast cor
-. n.r " ~ ,inrt Md oEn strn"t. RI,
atructirc was nlatn. euhsLanfinl two
stnTy fratnr. mud rcce,yed ti,r name fron,
the fact TINT 1t contained q 1arge ball wl,cro
public mcettngs were often held, nntl tho prcttl.
which would h!do It's diminished head In con,-
partson with 1nany Of the gi'acd drinking halls
which arc 90 prominent feature Of TINT atreet
,yhrry tho nr,l,ii,. n,eatinra wcrn hriG' wna Ill
by So feet, and Of tlIs down.stairs room.
M,S5p ia.; r,e @ na cann fIn M,chUnn CIV ahn,,
thfee times a week. air, Abel bai as ills tirst
a.st,tant md Chier Clark Nr. Charles Stark
wenifrr' "~ 'N'' 0'3
in 1841, when acn. Horrlann canc tnto nowcr
hIr. Ahei VIVA rc,nf,rri. md 'S '~s''
49,, Nv, ,.,s. ..
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l'nrn roiI, ,nn fhno~n tsntu ~ ,,s I'm s
n non1,iar mnn fhGrri1 M an ct;ftfr he was s,ni1
mi ,n"fJcnsiyc. Wien prrs,jlrnt .rv,cr Trier.
i,r.l' Etnwnrt followni i,fm on1 ;,Irncd' hIa
nanrr nver IN him. Thta wns W ia .s"ath.n,n,.
Ths WhfGs would not s,Innort II. tlc bnmorrats
rn,,,I III f,nvs II n,,'| cnnsGnro,,tt, q .ras
lisrnnt.n,,ef,. nav Whir nnncr he'n.,
etnrfcI hv thc nartv ~ lit. P.S;tr N;tr ,rS,"SS
cvrnt,,nlir fail intn lin isn1a ~ H.. tv,tsans
M im.,, aftnr istS liz stawo,t =, svont t ~ i,in
hn,rtnn y whcrs no rcc"nttv f,io5 " ~ I'VE n.a,
,snra,r, m 1awyer hut never n,articcd rn,rh
~ '. ~ :" ~, ,,,t ~ H. tnuGI.
ill., .,asr I'm nortS.ast ,,snn ~ ni o. a1,i
sa,,t y n ,'o,,s .sa1 ~ Lanu ant
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~ tia si,,nt,os nm-rr -. 1,..i,;.tn ~ H.,
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.tonso r,s hi", nae?. v.7itn hi, nnT us ss two
~ IL sat .nn.n ;;ovt,r IN toro IL ptsu! IL
ahnr @ hr,ia.p amt nt,oa,a' ~ :? nh1S ~
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ou.ee oseupIM a.sist M te e, .o u ~. lnIt o. ttc
Ill.,, "e wt II. y ,sha. nov ~ htams nv.
III III y t"cn oesui'eo " "iut 40 "no" ~ lne ei's
nTse', ~. ,coa IL, eto..,,x4 ,.,. ,.. H.. u..,.
I'LL. ~ i1n3 osa'' r.i oseWhsI "eus lnto ny NacK
m. LINN ~, M " Soipnest :" gu'aant u 9eEl
ment, uuugT Yen Seost. ite Ielnalaed III ths
se.tes u!t VIZ aa.e' s t'vsu ~ iiis Lloupess anu
fao 10 9nsGo @ n nuous aJ5 He LIZ was al deTo
vn1saas 1v,s 1T a1 w" ileS'oooe 1o's GANG la' III
1o4o' oe aopo'ntea
GEM STEWART
Postmaster. At tho tfnc io took possession It
had grown to be frst-class distributing oiilcc,
handling two or ttlrce tons Of mail daily, atui
doing considerable business. fte t,oll tie office
for tlr full tcrm OF iollr years. and was relieved
In 1910. Onn Ut the events OF his admtpistrn-
tio,, 1t is said, was fight will, E. G. Ryan, tle
first editor Of tho orlrlnnl TRIBUNE, n1ltl nav
Cntcf Justice Of Wisconsin, In whict, the latter
was bntlly wUrstcd. In 1913 or 1874 tho Atich-