RILEY   COUNTY
 

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Court; twelve years Judge of Probate; County Clerk and Register of Deeds each two
years; Samuel G. Hoyt was Register of Deeds eight years; County Clerk six years.
William Burgoyne was County Clerk eight years; in Ootober, 1882, he entered upon the
duties of ('ounty Treasurer. Henry C. Crump has ten years service as liegister of Deeds,
R B, Sjiilman has been eleven years County Attorney; one year Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and one year in the House of Representatives, J, H. Pillsbury and J, W Paul
each eight years Connty Surveyor, Jesse Ingraham and H, S, Roberts were each nine
yeurs Coroner; J, P, Billings was nine years Superintendent of Public Instruction, John
Pipher was seven years Probate .Judge, William II. Bower was five years Clerk of the
District Court, John M, Morris was four years Treasurer; two years Assessor; one year
in the house of Representatives, J. W, Blain and Jobn Tennant nave each been four years
Treasurer, John C, Peck, Jacob Van Antwerp, Jeff, D. Brown and A, L. Houghton have
each been fo ur years Sheriff, W, J. Hunter, George Pickett and T, S, St, John have each
been four years Commissioners; oneyear Representative. Edward Secrest was two years
Commissioner." twoyears Representative, George T, Poison was five years Commissioner,
E. Warner, S, I' Childs, M. Condray and J. M, ilyers each four years, James Humphrey
was one year County Attorney; two years Treasurer; three years Judge of the District
Court.   Below are tables of court and miscellaneous county oftleers;

OFFICIAL  EOSTER.

Dislricl Judge.—WHl-M, Jacob Safford; 1865-66, C, K, Gilchrist; 1867-69, James
Humphrey; 1870-74,William H. Canfield; 1875-80, James H, Austin; 1881-82, John T, Morton

District Clerk.—imi, N, D, Horton; 1862-66, William H. Bower; 1867-82, R, J, Harper,

County Aaorney.—\mi, M, L, Esseck; 1862-6.3, A, H, Case; 1864, C, K, Gilchrist:
1865-66, A, M, Burns; 1867, James Humphrey; 1868-70. R. B, Spilman; 1871-72, George .<,
Green; 1878-74, R. C, Walter; 1875-82, R, B. Spilman.

Sherijf.-imi-dli, Samuel Long; 1864-65, G. J, Hanlenbeek; 1866-69, John C. Peck;
1870-73, J. "Van Antwerp; 1874-77, J. D. Brown; 1878-81, A, L. Houghton; 1882, J. M. Myers.

County Commissionera—IWl, A, Huntress, O, E, Osborne, J, iT Whitson; 1862-6.3, J, P,
Ryan, Ambrose Todd, E, Warner; 1864-07, S, J, Childs, M, Condray, E, Warner, (in 1806,
J, M, Myers was elected to take the place of E. Warnerl; 1868-69, Edward Secrest, R
Alliiigham. J, M, Myers; 1870-71, W. J. Hnnter, W, W. Taylor, J, M, Myers, (in I8n,
William K, Rich); 1873-73, W, J, Hunter, William K. Rich, George Pickett; 1874-75, T, S.
St, John, C, E. Eastman, George Pickett; 1876-77, T, S, St, John, A, D, Phelps, G, T, Poison;
1878-79, Samuel Long, CM, Dyche, G, T, Poison, (in 1879, P, W, Zeigler was elected to take
the place of Samuel Long); 1880-81. P, W, Zeigler, Henry Tidyman, G, T, Poison, (in 1881, John
Condray was elected to take the place of G, T, Poison); 1882, Cyrus Foltz, Henry Tidgman,
John Condray,

Couniy Clerk.—ISSl, R. J, Harper; 1862-65, A, Huntress; 1866-71, S, G. Hoyt; IK72-73,
William Burgoyne; 1874-79, William Burgoyne; 1880-82, F, A, Schermerhorn,

Treasurer.—imi, Amory Hunting; 1862-63, James Humphrey; 1864-65, E. L, Patee;
lHU(l-69, A, Huntress; 1870-73, John M, Morris; 1874-77, J. W, Blain; 1878-81, John Tennant;
IK82, William Burgoyne,

Register of Deeds.—Isn, R, J, Harper; 1862-65, A, Huntress; 1866-73, S. G, Hoyt; IH74-
83, II, C, Crump,

Pro!)ate,Tudge.—\mi\-m John Pipher; 1807-78, R, J, Harper; 1879-82, D, Hungerford,

Sujierintendent of Public Instruction.—imi-i't'i, Washington Marlatt; 1863-64, J. M,
Lackey; 1865-68, J, 'E Piatt; 1869-71, Elbridge Gale; 1872, R, B, Spilman; 187.1-80, J. F,
Billings; 1881-82, J. H, Lee,

Surveyor.—imi-H^, Davis Wilson; 1864-71, J, H, Pillsbury; 1S72-75, J, W. Paul; 1876-77,
C. D, Greeley; 1878-80, J, W, Paul; 1881, S, D, Moses; 1882, J, W, Paul,

TOWNSHIP  TRUSTKES.

Since 1868, trustees of municipal townships have been the assessors for their respective
townships,   'The following named person have filled the positions since that date,

Manhattan Township.—B. W, Powers in 1869; George S, Green in 1870 and 1671; C, L,
Wilson in 1872; John Elliot in 1873; James Gahan in 1874 and 1875; .Toseph Davis, 1876-1878;
J, P, Peckham in 1879 and 1880, R H, Kimball in 1881 and 188i; J, P, Peckham was assessor
of Manhattan City in 1882,

Ogden Township.—C. M, Dychein 1869; J, D, Warner, 1870-1873; D, O.Malley, 1874-1877;
Charles E Eastman, 1878-1882.

■lackson Township.—Samuel Long in 1869; Rudolph Niehenke in 1870 and 1871; William
Fryhoffer, 1872-1874; H, H, Rice in 1875; John Condray, 1876-1880; George C, Woods in
1881 and 1882,

Orant Township.—3. W, Paul in 1870, 1874-78, 1880-82; II, P, Dow in 1871; Charles
McGiloray in 1872; James E, Freeman in 1873; W. H, Edelbute in 1879,

Zeandale Township.-T. S.St. Joh'a, 1871-73; Cyrus Foltz, 1874-76, 1878 and 1880;
E, St, John in 1874 and 1875; K, Stewart in 1881; James M, Postner in I881!,

Ashland Townehip.—E. L. Foster, 1873-75: M. Vandewort and Hamilton Irish, in
1876;  William Stone, 1877-80;  S. A. Black in 1881: S. J. Yenawine in 1882,

BtOa Township.—O. B, McCord in 18.2 and 1873; W. A. Ensign. 1874-76; W. E, Ford,
1877-79; J, W, Kettleman in 1880; J, R, Warren in 1881 and 1882,

Madiaon Township.—JeEersoa D, Brown in 1872 and 1873; C, C. Adams in 1874, 1875,
1880 and 1881; George Avery in 1876 and 1877; Henry Tidyman in 1878 and 1879; William
Woodbury in 1882.

May Day Township.—Ti. V, Jerome in 1872 and 1879; N, B, Dickey in 1873; J, A, Reece,
1874-76: T. W. Osborne in 1877; J. J, Myers in 1878; S, A. Byarlay in 1880 and 1881; J. E,
Powell m 1882.

Fanaj Creek T<ncnsMp.—.l. Hamer, 1879-81; J, J. Myers in 1882,

Center Township.—S. A. Byarlay in 1881; T. W, Osborne in 1882,

Swede Creek Township.—U. H, Rice in 1879; Frederic Toburen, 1880-82,

Wild Cat Township.—W. W, Taylor in 1883.

Manhattan City.—^. P, Peckham, assessor, in 1883,

DELEGATES  TO  CONSTITUTIONAL  CONVENTIONS.

Riley County has been first and foremost in the various political movements of the
Territory and State of Kansas. Below is given a brief note of her delegates, couneilmen,
senators and representatives.

Dr, Amory Hunting and Robert Klotz were elected from Riley County, October 9, 1855,
as delegates to the Topeka Convention, which assembled October 23. 1858. Dr. Hunting,
the oldest member of the body, sixty-one years of age, was Republican in his politics, a
native of Massachusetts, but came from Rhode Island to Kansas.

Mr. Klotz was a merchant, thirty-five years of age, a Democrat, a native of Pennsylvania,
and a member of the Forty-seventh Congress from that State,

Martin F, Conway was elected from the St, Mary's and Silver Lake precincts; at that
tirae a part of Riley County.

Pawnee polled forty-five votes for the Topeka Constitution. December 15, 1855; St.
Mary's, fourteen votes

Lecompton Conveniion.—June 15. 1857. Riley and Pottawatomie counties elected C. R.
Mobley, J, S Randolph, P. Z, Taylor and Robert Wilson, delegates to the Lecompton Con¬
vention which met September 7, 1857, Under this constitution, N, Berry was elected a
Representative, and Dr, Huntings Senator from the distriet of which Riley formed a part.

Leaitnworth Convention.—Rile^ County, March 9, 1858. elected J, T, Goodnow, Free¬
man N, Blake and George W. Higinbotham, delegates to the Leavenworth Convention,
which convened April .30, 1858. At a Free State Convention held to elect officers under this
constitution. Dr, John W, Robinson, of Riley, was nominated for Commissioner of
School Land.

Lecomplon Constitution—English Bill.—The vote of Rile\ County, August 2, 1S,")8, on
this constitution as submitted by the bill drafted by Congressman English, of Indiana, was:
Proposition rejected, 258; proposition accepted. S3.

Wyandotie Oonr^ntion.-'iA&Tch 38,1859, Riley County gave 119 votes in favor of n con¬
stitutional convention; against it, 54,

In June, IS,'iK, S, 1), Houston was eli^ted as delegate from Riley County, October 4.
1859, the county gave 3!Hi votes for the constitution, 128 against it,

TKRRITORIAI,  COVNCILMEN  ANU   REPRESKNTATIVKS.

John Donaldson represented thc Council District, of wbich Riley was a part. In 1855,
Samuel D. Houston waa a member of the House,   In 1856, Russell Garrett was elected to

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the House, In 1857, .\braliam Barrv and Charles .Jriikins wen' elected from Kilcy and
Pottawatomie counties; Benjamin liarding ami .\ndrew J, Mead, couneilmen from the
district comprising the counties of Doniphan, Brown, Xemaha, Marshall, Riley and Potta¬
watomie, In 1K-)S. .Abraham Barry and Thomas R, Puint- were elected Representatives
from Riley anil Pottawatomie counties. In IK.Mi, J. B. Wu.Khvard h;i« .leeted Councilman
from the counties .if Riley, Clay, Davis, Dickinson, Wabaunsee and ,Morris, Daniel L,
Chandler was elected Representative from Riley and Clav counti. s In 1860, Walter C,
Dunton wae elected Rejir.-entative from Riley and Clay enunties, the last Representative
from Riley County, while Kansas was a Territorv,

State ,Sena.tori.—li\lfy and Pottawatomie cmiuti.s were represented in the State Senate
of 1861 by Samuel D, Houston; in 18i;2, by M. L. Essi.k. Mr Houston had been appointed
Receiver of the Lund 1 ilHee at Junction City.

Rilev, Marshall and Washington eonnties cnnstituted the Seventh Senatorial District,
18B.3-18tiii. Thomas H. Biiki.-r. of .Marshall, was ti„- Sen.itor in 181.3 and IHM: E, C. Manning,
of Marshall, in IKliS and 1860,

These counties, with R. public and Cloud, remained the Seventh District. 1867-1873,
James M, Ilarvey, of Ril.v, was the Senator m 1867 and 1.H6K; A, A Cornahan, of Cloud,
in 1869 and IK.O; Phillip Horkefeller, of Washington, in IKTl and 1873,

Under the legislative .ipportioiinient of 1S71, Riley, Davis and Dickinson constituted
the Twenty-seventh Seiiatoruil Ilistrict, Under the apportionment of ISTii, the Thirtieth
District, V, P. Wilson, of Dukinson. was the Senator in 1873 and 1874, Harlow P, Dow
in 1875, 1876 and 1877, The biennial sessions of the Legislature eommencil with 18T7, and
Mr, Dow having become connected with the Internal Revenue Department, resigned his
place in th.' Senati- andT. C. Henry, of Dickinson, was Senator in 1879, In 1881, F, H,
Burris, of Dickinson, uas the Senator, He resigned in consequence of removing from the
State, and in N.iveinb.T, lK-0, was chi.sen to fill the unexpired term.

By the apportionment .if 1K81. Ril.y, Davis and Wabaunsee constituted the Nineteenth
Senatorial District; the first election of a Senator therefroni will be in 1884.

Miiiifjer.y III the Hoaxe of Beprestntiitiren.-li'ilry and Pottawatomie counties were repre¬
sented in the .state Legislature of IHIU, by Frederic N Blake, Ambro,se W. Mussey, Thomas
Pierce and William 11. smythe.

Rilev Countv was the Seventy-second Repre-i'utative District, lKis!.1871; the Twelfth.
1872-1876. From 1H77-3I, the countv had two Representative Districts, Nos, 76 and 77,
Under the apportionment of IKHi, the county had one district, which is numbered Tt%.

The following tabl.' shows her nn-mbers from 1863 to IKM:):

1K0:1, District X.I. ',2. Biadl.'y E Fullington; 18i'h4, District Xo, 73, Bradley E, Fulling¬
ton; 1865, I)i-trirt Xu, TJ. James :\I Ilarvey; ixilii, Di-trict N'o, 7.', James M, Harvey; 1867.
Dislriet Xo, 7-'. Ilenrv H"oth; 186H, Di-tnct Xo ;■.', D, .M, Johnson: IHllIl, District No, 73,
Edward Secrest; 1«t6, District Xo. 73, E.lwarcl s.-erest; 1871. Distriet No, 72, John M.
Morris: 1872, District Xo, 13, John 11. I'ink.iton; l,H7:i District Xn. 13, W, J, Hunter;
1874, District Xn 13, Harlon P, Dow; IKT.'i, District Xo, 13, tieorge Pickett. 1876, District
No, 13, Charles F. Little: 1KT7, Di-trict Xo. 76. T. St John; 1877, District No. 77. A, S,
Edgerton: 1879, Distri.t Xo, 76, R, B Spilman: 1H7!I. District Xo, 77, J, J. My.'rs; 1881,
District No. 76, George S  IJreen, 1881, liistnet No, 77, Nehemiah Oreen; ISKl.

sriKlOl,   \N1I   OTBER   STATISllrS,

Settled with tlie kiu.l of people that Riley County «as, it would have been expe.ted
that they would have taken a great interest in thc common .s.honl, an.l in academic and
collegiate emirse of instructi.in. This they have done and their present and pr.ispective
privileges attest their zeal and .levoti.m to thes.' things. With seventy-five school dis¬
tricts, ten of which are joint ones with the surrounding counties, and with seventy school
houses, the children of school age IniM' good faciliti.'- for an idiication, as the superin¬
tendence of them has b..11 good, Th.'report of the County Sup.'rintendent of Public! In¬
struction for 1KH3, shows :i,887 persons of school age; numli.T of enrolled pupils, 3,641:
average daily attendaiiee, l,ri3,'); number of teachers rei|uiri'il, :i7 males, and .58 females.
The average'pay of male i.-iiclicrs is J.:t4 7ii )ii'i month; of fennil.s, ,|39,in. During the year
male teachers have taught 31.i months; feiiiiili-s. 312, The aM'rag.' number of weeks of in¬
struction for a district is 3,'i There have been four private schimls, taught by females ; one
by a male teacher. The average levy of district sehool tax is 11,3 mills for the year 1882.
Thebonds voted for schoolhouse purposes in .883, are S13,3<«1, Bonded indebtedness of
the district is $18,700,

Manhattan has a corps of ten t.achers; Prof, D. E, Lout/, principal. The main public
school building is a little to the north of Poyntz .\venue, i|iiite centrally located. It is
73x96 feet, two stories high above the basement. It has four large rooms upon each floor,
spacious halls, and neat cloak rooms. If is a nice slone structure, and cost about $15,000,
The block upon which it stands is exc.eiliugly well supplied with shade trees, that were set
out years ago, and it has ample and neat play grounds. To the southwest of this n ear thc
outskirts of the city is a nice n.-w stone structure two stories high, built in IK83, to supple¬
ment the needs of the increasing population, which now reaches 3.500,

Randolph, which has a population ot about ,500, employs two teachers in its graded
school, Ogden has a population of about 4lX); Leonard, a thrifty growing town, the sution
in this county on thc Kansas Central Railway, has about toil; Rilev Centre about 800:
Bala, about 3."i(i. All these places have exeellent s.ho.ils. The schoolhouses in the rural
districts, in many instaneis are not ade.iiiate to the needs of the people, and another year,
there will be an in.-lease.! number of new houses.

The first record in the Commisssioners' journal, relating to taxes, reads as follows:

Received of the Clerk of the tribunal transacting county business of the county of
tRiley Kansas Territory, the tax-book of said county, upon whieh I am to collect $243.91 in
erritorial tax; $185.93 county tax, and $93 as Assess.3r'« f.'.s. All the above amonnts I
promise to pay over or return the book as the law directs.   This .Vugust 5, 1856.

Stephen B. Wii.lia.m-.

Sheriff of Riley County.

Theamountof territorial sent to the .\udit.ir of publi.-accounts for the'Territory of
Kansas,   August 5, 1856,                                              John s, Reyn.u.d. Clerk.

By L, B, Perry, Deputy,

July 5, 1860, the Count\ Commissioners in a manifesto say:

The county was organized in 1K55 and no tax "as levied nntil IK*, and the small
amount of propertv subject to taxation on the valuation of 18511, was only $103,000,

The published expenditures for the county in IBliii, was $l,:)<.r2.i3: 1861, $2,175,57; for
1864, $3,434,76; for 1865. s4,463,31: for 1SU6, $3,lii.i-3T; for IHi;;, S6,9:J1,05; for 1888,
$10,O40„50, The levy for countv taxes for I8T11, was 7.". nulls on the dollar, so as to raise
$10,600. In 1S7I, it was 9 mills"; the amount to be raised wa- $11,640, In 1873, it was 10
mills, three of which was to meet the iiit.re-t coupons on the Manhattan & Northwestern
Railwav bonds. In 1K73 and 1.174 it was 13 mill-, six of whi.-h was to pay inti-rest on the
Manhattan A Northw estern Raihiay bonds. In 1875, the levy was 15 mills, s.-ven of which
was for the payment of interest coupons .m the Manhattjiii ,t N.irthwest.-m Railway bonds
In 1870 the levy was 13.,"1 mills: flve and one-half wa-t.u tin- bonds of the Manhattan A
Northwestern Railwav In 1S77 there was a lew of 13 ."i mill-, six of which was for the
raihvay bonds. In 1k'7s th.-re was a levvof 7 mill-, Ther.- was no levy to meet the b.inded
indebt'edness arising out of th.- Manhattan .V .Northwestern Railway, a iietition having
been signed by LVt'i resi.lents that none be made.  In isr',1 ISM-J, 1; mill- was th.- .ounty levy.

The aggre'gated judgments against Rilev C.mnty, .iiiis.-.|iient npon the r.-fusal of ber
Commissioners to lew tax.-s to meet th.' accru.-.l an.l accruing interest on tin- Manhattan
st Northwestern Railwav honds is <-in,."i"«,09. The asscs-.-.l valuation nf th.- .:ounty for
1KH2 is as follows; Real estate, *l,lii'i,(o7, .ity property, s.i:t."i,li:ri: p.-rsnnnl prop.-rty. J.Mi.i,-
153; railroads, $343,031; totjd. S3,317,7.-iT,

There are four railroad lines, whil h mav lie lu.-ntiniied 111 conn.-.tion with the a-sess
ment in the f.illowing nianner: .\ few miles ..f the 51..nhattan ,v Itlii.-Valley Railroad 1-
assessedat >13..500: the Manhattan A Burlingame.',!,.: mih's. s lo,o4;); the Kuiisa-division
of tne Union Pacii.-, 14, li: miles, S133.3."3: the Kansas fentnl   I- u miles. Ji;7,-ili; .",1

This conntv has beeu singularly free from crimes anil its . .mrr . alender- are c.impara
lively exempt from .ases ..f per-nns charged with capital .-rune Thc lote-l case was thi-
trial of Charles W, Bat- - charg.-.l wilh the murder of P, W Peak in th. Christian Church
at Manhattan on tbe evening nf F.-brnarv 3, ls7'i, \t the llrst trial the v.Tdiet of the jury
was manslaughter in the lir-l .le-jre.-, but at the s.. on.l trial in lle.-emh.-r, is., the jury
brought in a verdict of ' nnt guiltv " This killing hatl a coniie. lmn with the pmcunmenl
of ev'deuce furni-li..l again-1 pers.nis 111 the liquorlratln Mi H:ii.'« playing the role of a
detective in the matter. Th.- g.i.i.l in..rais un.l high . i\ ili/i.imn of this cnintj stand unsur¬
passed anywhere.