West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 80 by Charlie Miller

____September 24, 1879 – Quinn Bradley has purchased Dr. Beach, the vacant lot opposite the Post Office for $750.00 in which he will build a fine building to be used as a drug store. (This was Lot No. 31 on the south side of W. Main St. just east of Bambino’s Pizza. Quinn Bradley was born in 1843, when the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Co. E 84th O. V. I. For 100 days and the following year re-enlisted in Co C 2nd Ohio Cavalry and served until the end of the war. He was a Trustee of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery and also served as Clerk of the 1st Baptist Church. He married Catherine Zinn and they had one daughter, Elta. On January 14, 1893, Elta married W. H. (Harvey) Pence. She died in a car accident in Boyle, KY, on March 3, 1947. Harvey Pence was the wealthiest man in West Jefferson, and the first to own an automobile. He died on December 22, 1959, at age 91. 

____January 28, 1890 – Gregg and McCoy have opened a harness shop on Center Street. 

____March 23, 1881 – We are informed that the Baptist Church made its pastor a donation of eatables to the amount of $20.00 and then deducted said amount from his salary. Will some brother rise and explain? 

____June 22, 1881 – Ben Hoe is engaging in erecting a mammoth brick building establishment. Byron Fellows will also erect a brick business on his property on Main Street. (Hoe’s building sat on the northeast corner of Main and Chester Streets. It was torn down in 2021 and for years it held Loveless Appliances. Fellows' property was Lot No. 27 and was jointly owned by him and his father William W. Fellows. This lot is now occupied by the Huntington Bank 2023) 

____July 6, 1881 – The Madison County Telephone Exchange was incorporated in London. 

____March 8, 1882 – James Millikin will erect a two-story frame business block 30’ X 110’ on the site of the property he now owns. It will be occupied by a hardware store. 

____March 8, 1882 – Dr. John Colliver has put a frame business block on the site of his old residence near the Burns & Weber grocery store. Also, a number of telephones were set up in Jefferson in 1882. (Dr. John Colliver was born in 1841 in Kentucky, his father Jefferson T. Colliver was also a doctor in West Jefferson, born in 1814 he died in 1865 and is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Dr. Colliver and Quinn Bradley both owned part of lot No. 31 currently the lot just east of Bambino’s Pizza) 

_____1882 – The Commercial Bank of West Jefferson was organized in1882 by Ashton A. Gregg and Dr. Jefferson T. Colliver. (This bank was in the building that still stands on the northwest corner of Main and Walnut Streets. It has housed many businesses over its 154 years (2023) this is where the West Jefferson Building & Loan started. Later it became Jefferson Savings, then First Merit Bank, and then Huntington Bank.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 81 by Charlie Miller

____April 10, 1882 – James Peene is remolding the old Bliss warehouse for an elevator. (James Peene was born in 1834 in England and came to Jefferson in 1858. He mainly was a grain dealer. He had a 75-acre farm and erected a house on it which is now the current location of the Hampton Court Nursing home. The Bliss warehouse that he was remolding was erected by O. H. Bliss around 1846 and sat next to the railroad on the east side of N. West St. just before it enters the present railroad viaduct. James Peene died May 8, 1894, and is buried at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. 

____By 1882 the town was getting serious about developing. May 26, 1882- A PROPOSAL-- 

From E. B. Preston & Co. of Chicago, Ill.- 

We hereby propose to furnish the Village of Jefferson, Madison Co., delivered in good order at the depot of Chicago, Ill, within 60 days of acceptance of this proposition, one first class, four-wheel, hook, and ladder truck, with four improved chemical fire extinguishers. Said truck is to have the following equipment to wit; one 45 feet extension ladder, one 36 feet extension ladder; one 24-foot single ladder; one 14-foot roof ladder; four pipe poles; two ladder supports; four brass hand lanterns, 12 rubber buckets, one signal lamp with number and nameplate, one 12 inch ?, two fire axes, two pick axes, two steel crowbars, one 75 inch pull rope, 100 feet pull down ropes, pole hook and chains, 7-” A” wheels with brass hubs, oil tempered platform. Spring in front, 6 springs in the rear, 4 chemical fire extinguishers to be carried on steps on each side of the frame. Three wood boxes on the back to carry charges for the extinguishers. Each ladder is to be supplied on rubber rollers and to be held in place by a patented clutch. 

Truck frame and running gear to be painted in glisten vermilion, striped with gold leaf. Letters and supplies are to be painted light blue. Any name to be desired is to be painted in gold leaf on each side of the frame. All for the sum of $650.00, payable in 60 days at receipt of said hook and ladder truck. 

We hereby agree that the material and workmanship shall be of the best character and will at our own expense replace said parts if any, within five years from the date, as may fail, if such failures are attributed to defective or inferior workmanship, and we hereby agree to fully guarantee the said hook and ladder truck and the chemical fire extinguishers to perform efficient fire duty, accident or injuries excepted, and we also hereby agree to allow the mayor and council of West Jefferson 10 days after the receipt of same for the purpose of inspection and approval. But if no notification or rejection is received within that time the said hook and ladder truck will be considered accepted. May 26, 1882. 

Accepted June 12, 1882, by order of council. 

____June 7, 1882 – Martin Kuehner is adding an addition of 43 feet to his building on Main Street. (This building sat on the northwest corner of Main and West Sts. It was built ca. 1855, in August of 2015 a large part of the building collapsed. I remember it well, Martin’s son Charlie, born in 1863 ran it after his father died, I remember Charlie quite well. We lived upstairs in 1959 when first married. Dr. Hurt’s office was downstairs and Dr. Gibboney's dentist was upstairs.)

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 82 by Charlie Miller

____June 21, 1882 – DESTRUCTIVE FIRE – The alarm of fire sounded in our streets Friday morning last, by Dr. Snyder’s discovering a blaze coming from the second story of the American House. In a few minutes, a crowd had gathered and the door of the hotel broke in, and the occupants awakened, all of whom fortunately escaped with their lies. But very few goods were saved, the hotel furniture all being destroyed. The origination of the fire seems to be a mystery, with no fire being used in the part of the house where the flames were first seen. By almost superhuman effort the adjoining buildings belonging to Fellows and Millikin were kept from the fire fiend, but large sparks ignited several other buildings in town. Luckily no breeze was stirring, less perhaps the entire business portion of town would have been burned. Several amusing incidents occurred among the traveling men who were endeavoring to save some of their goods. One gentleman had $1,500.00 worth of silk, which he managed to get out of the building. One man carried his apparel downstairs in one arm and dragged his trunk with the other, being so excited as to forget his nude condition. The building was owned by Mr. Ingalls of Mechanicsburg and was not insured. The loss was about $2,500.00. Our town should have purchased a fire engine last week instead of a hook and ladder truck. 

____August 4, 1882 – Charley Kuehner has purchased a fine driving horse. 

____November 29, 1882 – James Peene’s elevator is finished. 

____Triplets in West Jefferson- Last Friday evening, Mrs. John Johnson presented her husband at one childbirth, three sons, each weighing 5 pounds. The triplets are all doing well as also the mother. Dr. J. T. Colliver was the attending physician and is bound to bring Jefferson to the really attractive point. 

____January 10, 1883 – Mayor A. D. Burnham died. (Albert Delos Burnham was born in 1834 in Homer, New York. He came to West Jefferson ca. 1860 and opened a grocery store. He served as Post Master from 1875 to 1883. He was elected mayor in 1883 and died in office on January 6, 1883, and was buried at Homer.) 

____1883 – The population of West Jefferson is now 800 people. 

____February 3, 1883 – The Baptist congregation is meeting with encouragement to raise a subscription of $7,000.00 with which to build a new church. 

____May 30, 1883 – The telephone office will be in Dr. Z. R. Taylor’s Drug Store. 

____January 30, 1884 – A new iron bridge is being built over Little Darby Creek by the Little Miami Railroad Co

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 83 by Charlie Miller

____May 14, 1884 – The newly appointed assistant physician at the Ohio State Pen is Mr. John Gerhardt, a former West Jeff boy. (John was born June 8, 1858, in Ohio, and his father Christian Gerhardt was born in 1805 in Germany. After his first wife died John married Marguerite Wilson who didn’t die until 1955.) 

____February 18, 1885 – Daniel Priest drowned in Little Darby Creek, he came to Jeff in 1871 and operated a cooper shop. (A Cooper was one who made wooden barrels, plenty of oak was cut around West Jeff from which he made them. A lot of oak was also shipped on the railroad. His shop was on Pennsylvania Ave. west of the Railroad House. Daniel was born in 1818 in Massachusetts and died February 17, 1885, and is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. He had a son, Daniel Jr. born in 1864, and had moved to Columbus and worked on the railroad. He died in 1950 both Daniels are buried at Pleasant Hill.) 

____Wilson Burrows Post No. 389, G. A. R. has been located in Jeff. (G. A. R., Grand Army of the Republic, was formed right after the end of the Civil War, it was comprised of men who fought in the Union Army. Post No. 389 was formed on November 6, 1883, at West Jefferson. It had 20 charter members. The first Commander was Lot D. Hull. The Post was named after Wilson Burrows who was killed on April 19, 1863, during the battle of Tullahoma, Tenn. On June 9, 1885, Village records state that “Received from the G. A. R. for use of the Upper Village Hall, $8.70.) 

____Village records indicate that a fire company was formed sometime before 1885. In 1885 the Fire Department members were: Ben Hoe, A. L. Martin, A. R. Jones, W. H. Brown, S. M. Stickley, C. Bradley, Martin Kuehner, Lester Burnham, and Jerry Gearing. 

_____July 1, 1885 – William Haislett, an experienced Tinner, opened his store on Main Street. (Haislett was born in 1852 in Pennsylvania. He was a Tinner by trade and around 1887 he came to Jefferson and erected a building which is now the site of the parking lot of the Huntington Bank. There he had a hardware store downstairs on the west side and living quarters on the east side and upstairs. His wife Patty Haislett, was born in England in 1854. He died in 1926 and she died in January 1941. I was just a kid but I can remember her, we kids thought that she was a witch, she looked the part. It was always dark and dingy in the store. There were no family survivors, when William Culp handled the estate he found several bank accounts in different banks under different names) 

____August 11, 1885 – An ordinance was passed prohibiting any vehicle to be pulled by an animal to exceed 8 MPH on village streets. (Did they have speedometers on the buggies?) In the mid-1880’s Main Street was graded and graveled. 

____September 29, 1885 – An ordinance was passed condemning the Baptist Church at the end of N. Center St. $300.00 was given to the church for the right of way through their lot. Dirt from the excavation of the new Baptist Church on the southwest corner of Main and Center Streets was hauled across the street to fill in the town hall lot in August of 1886.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 84 by Charlie Miller

____1885 – Prices charged by the Village Marshal to bury a dog, 25c., a horse, $1.25. 

_____September 29, 1885 – Council made a motion and passed to purchase 20 street lamps with posts @ $5.00 each, delivered. (One of these lamps was later given to the village by Earl Gregg and is in the village hall. They burned gasoline) 

____November 10, 1885 – 26 lamps had been posted in the town. The Marshal had been appointed to light the lamps at $10.00 per month. The contract for setting the lamps and posts was awarded to John Stagg @ 15c. Each, 

____January 20, 1886 – A corn canning plant is in the process of being built. (This building still stands on Jackson Street. The canning factory lasted for many years, and at harvest time it was the biggest employer in town. It was owned by several different canning companies including Stockley Van Camp and Crampton Canneries. Later it housed the Knight Travel agency.) 

____1886 – Fourteen men were appointed by Mayor Culp to fill a vacancy on the council. All 14 were refused by the council by a vote of 3-2. It was finally decided by a special election. 

____1886 – In 1886 the G. A. R. rented the upper rooms of the Village Hall for $20.00 per year. 

____February 1886 – The village has purchased six more street lamps. 

____October 13, 1886 – The foundation of the new Baptist Church is about completed, and it is understood work will begin at once on the building. 

____October 27, 1886 – A lodge of the Sons of Veterans has been established here. 

____November 3, 1886 – The cornerstone of the new Baptist Church will be laid next Sunday under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity. 

____November 10, 1886 – The laying of the cornerstone of the new Baptist Church in West Jefferson last Sunday afternoon will always be remembered as one of the leading events in that village and was the cause of the assemblage of a large number of Madison County people to witness the interesting ceremonies. The cold weather doubtlessly kept many from the exercises, but there was present a very creditable crowd. Members of the Masonic Fraternities were present from the West Jefferson Lodge, Chandler Lodge of London, and the Urania Lodge of Plain City. The assembly marched from the Masonic Hall to the church and taking their places on a large platform erected for the purposes, was called to order by the Grand Marshal J. Thacker Williams, after which the blessing of the Almighty was asked by Chaplin Gilbert.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 85 by Charlie Miller

____November 10, 1886, laying of the new Baptist Church cornerstone, cont’d – The inspiring service was proceeded by the laying of the cornerstone which was sealed in a tin box containing a history of the church and a copy of the Madison County Democrat describing the occasion. After the ceremony, the citizens marched to the Baptist Church. (The church stood two blocks north of Main Street in the middle of what is now Center Street. The building was later purchased by the Murray Lumber Co. and was used for storage. Sometime in the 1990’s the building caught fire and burned to the ground. The first church building was an old log cabin which was located about 20 paces from the gate of the New Hampton cemetery. In 1833 a brick building was erected and was used until 1844 when the church on Center Street was built.) 

____September 28, 1887 – Village Council voted to pay Rumsey & Co. of Seneca Falls, N.Y. $500.00 for a fire engine No. 245 ½ with 400 feet of 1 ½ inch hose, 30 feet of 2 ½ inch hose, and an oil can, wrench and complete throughout. To be paid for ½ in 60 days after acceptance of the engine and ½ on or before one year of acceptance. The new engine will be named Jefferson #2. J. B. Hill was appointed Fire (Engine was accepted on November 17, 1887.) 

____1887 – There was at least one telephone in town by 1887 as the town was billed for $1.50 for the use of Z. R. Taylor’s telephone. 

____1887 – The Coral Rebekah Lodge was instituted in West Jefferson, Mary Fellows was the first Noble Grand. 

____March 14, 1888 – Dan McCarty and Wm. H. Stutson have opened a butcher shop on the old stand of George Hann on Main Street. 

____March 28, 1888 – John McNeal has purchased 4 acres of land adjoining the Catholic Cemetery where he will run a brick and tile yard. (John McNeal was born in 1858 the son of Jacob McNeal who settled in West Jefferson and opened a carriage manufacturing business on the southeast corner of Main and Twin Streets. John McNeal died in 1936 and is buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. 

____April 25, 1888 – A gas well has been drilled in the London area on the land of Elmer Moorman, 7 miles southeast of London. 

____June 24, 1888 – The new Baptist Church was dedicated here today.

____August 1, 1888 - A dinosaur tooth weighing 5 lbs, 12 oz. was found in Big Darby Creek near Chenoweth’s Mill and sent to the 1888 Ohio Centennial and added to the Madison County exhibit. 

____February 12, 1889 – Council voted to construct a cistern of 200 bbl. capacity to be situated 800 feet west of the one in front of Town Hall. ( This was just west of the intersection of Twin and Main Streets.)

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 86 by Charlie Miller

_____February 27, 1889, PEEN ELEVATOR BURNS – Owing to the frozen condition of the hand engines, the whole building and contents were consumed. The fire spread to Gallagher’s elevator and Mrs. Riourdan’s boarding house, but the heroic efforts of the bucket brigade saved both buildings. (Peene’s elevator sat on the north side of the railroad tracks west of Riourden’s. Gallagher’s elevator was later Murray Grain & Lumber Co.) 

____July 1, 1889 – A West Jefferson newspaper is to be issued in a few days, Homer Cookey is the Editor. (The first definite date of a newspaper in Jefferson was in 1889 and was called The Jeffersonian. In 1894 the name was changed to The Home News and again in 1911 to The News.) 

____October 2, 1889 – Murder in West Jefferson – Local grocery owner, Samuel Stickley, was assaulted by a man named George Bowles, who beat him over the head with a revolver, fracturing Mr. Stickley’s skull causing his death a few days later on September 26th. The murder took place in front of Mr. Stickley’s grocery store on the corner of Main and Walnut Streets. (Stickley was born in 1843 in Virginia, during the Civil War he served in Co. C 154 O. N. G. Mellott’s Drug Store opened in 1928 in this building.) 

____October 14, 1889 – 20 West Jefferson Free Holders submitted a petition to the Village Council requesting to submit to the qualified voters of said Village the question of building a new town hall and township house. The cost of said buildings is not to exceed $15,000.00. 

____1890 – One of the duties of the Town Marshal at this time was to bury any dead animals found within the village limits. In 1890 Council passed an ordinance stating that any dead animal found within the village limits would have to be buried by the owner at the owner's expense. 

____January 12, 1890 – A boy by the name of Albert Ellison of Big Plain, died of the grippe here. He was born on February 16, 1872, and was nearly 18 years old. He was 4 feet tall and weighed 20 pounds, he had been exhibited in several different states. 

____A newspaper called The Observer was published in 1890. 

____January 15, 1890 – The new bell for the Baptist Church has arrived, it’s weight is 2,000 pounds. 

____January 20, 1890 – A new well was put in front of the Baptist Church on Main Street. (This well was well known for many years and mentioned in many old timer’s recollections. 

____May 7, 1890 – Three saloons are now open in Jefferson, Slavin’s, Mrs. Grassling’s, and Murray’s. The Prohibition ordinance will be repealed this week.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 87 by Charlie Miller

____May 13, 1890 – The ordinance prohibiting the sale of ale, beer, and porterhouses (porterhouse, a place where porter, a malt liquor resembling ale, was sold) and other places from selling intoxicating liquors, passed May 20, 1887, was repealed on May 13, 1890. 

____June 1890 – S. West Street was extended from Pearl Street to the Lilly Chapel Free Pike. This took in the residence of Dr. John N. Beach. Dr. Beach turned in a claim of $50.00 as damages to his property by the extension of the street. The council thought that it was too high and appointed a committee of three to offer him $20.00. Also, Andrews Burrows whose land was also crossed (on the west side of the street) turned in a bill of 3c. a square foot. The council thought that this was too high also. A committee was formed to offer him $125.00. R. S. Leake was obtained as solicitor for the corporation in the cases, and made the following report; for the court to allow Andrew Burrows, $150.00 and Dr. Beach $50.00 as compensation for damages on September 11, 1890. 

____July 30, 1890 – Gable & Witzel, the photographers, will occupy one of the upstairs rooms in the Haislett Building. 

____September 3, 1890 – John Elliott of West Jefferson, was murdered by a man named Frank Cash, a tramp. John Elliott was killed the previous day on the 2nd, he served as Sgt. in Co. C, 95th O. V. I. From August 9, 1862, to August 19, 1865, he’s buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.) 

____ John Renner’s mill, better known as the West Jefferson Flouring Mill, turns out 60 barrels of flour per day. (This mill sat clear at the end of Mill Rd. on Darby Creek.) 

____November 19, 1890 – Charles C. Jones, son of Rev. Isaac Jones, founder of Jefferson, died suddenly. (Charles was born in 1826 in New Hampton. He was later involved in Banking and auctioneering.) 

____January 28, 1891 – A. L. Martin, tailor, died here. ___March 25, 1891 – Joseph Millholland of LaFayette, has leased the Mantle House including the Baber Stable in the rear. (The Baber Stable still stands (2023) and previously housed the William’s Automotive Repair Shop) 

____1891 – The Village Lamp Lighter was Isaac Stickley, he was paid the sum of $10.50 per month. Before having a lamp lighter, the lights were taken care of by the Village Marshall.)

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 88 by Charlie Miller

____April 28, 1891 – A PROPOSITION – We the Sun Vapor Street Light Co., an incorporated company of Canton, Ohio, hereby agree to furnish to the Village of Jefferson, forty or more number 3 Broadway gasoline lamps at a cost of $5.00 each FOB Canton, and one painter torch at $4.00. Payment is to be made in cash with the exception of $100.00 for which we, the Sun Vapor Street Light Co. accept a deferred order payable September 1, 1891. (The proposition was accepted by the Village Council) 

____July 1, 1891 – Pioneer Gaines P. Simpkins of West Jefferson, dies. (Gaines Simpkins was the son of John W. Simpkins. Gaines was born in June of 1815 in London. He was a harness and saddle maker. His father John had settled prior to 1812 in Franklinton and opened a Hatter Shop. During the War of 1812, Gen. William Henry Harrison had stopped at his shop on the way to Marietta. He used John’s shop for a barracks and made him a Commissary. In 1834 he moved to Jefferson and here he bought a lot in the wilds of nature and cleared and grubbed it and erected a cabin which later was the site of the American House on Main St. On April 26, 1834, he was elected President of the Council (Mayor) of Jefferson. He died in 1861 and is buried at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. 

____July 15, 1891 – The Observer, the local newspaper has suspended publication. 

____February 10, 1892 – Pioneer E. Z. Arnett died in West Jefferson. (Ezekiel Arnett was appointed Street Supervisor at the same organizational meeting of Jefferson in 1834 as John W. Simpkins was elected President. He was a charter member of the Methodist Church started here in 1833. ) 

____Some of the businesses in town in the 1890s were: W. H. Pence, undertaker; Reed&Stottles, bakery; James Bunton, Blacksmith; James Gillivan & Sons, Hardware; Martin Kuehner & Son, Boots & Shoes; Zack Taylor, Druggist; The Commercial Bank, Dr. Jewett, M.D. in the Gregg Block near the Mantle House; John Yeager, Grocery. 

____Gasoline for the street lamps was bought from the Standard Oil Company. Two barrels cost $7.35 in 1892. 

____June 28, 1892 – An ordinance for the erection of a town hall in the Village of Jefferson, and to levy a special tax to issue bonds of the said Village, therefore, to dispose of the old buildings on the Public Square was passed. 

____July 15 and 26, 1892 – The sale of the bonds was published in The London Enterprise and Madison County Democrat.

West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 89 by Charlie Miller

____June 28, 1892- AN ORDINANCE – 

Section I - Be it ordained by the Council of the Village of Jefferson, that a town hall shall be erected for the Village at a cost not to exceed $10,000.00. 

Section II – The building shall be erected on the site of the old town hall and the old town hall building shall be sold at public auction to the highest bidder. The taxation being levied annually on all the taxable property in the village shall be 5 ½ mills on each dollar valuation of said property for a period of 10 years and in anticipation of collection of said tax, bonds of said village in the aggregate to the sum of $10,000.00 shall be issued bearing interest at the rate of 6% per annum, payable semi-annually. Said bonds shall be 20 in number each for the sum of $500.00, with the interest as aforesaid, and shall be numbered consecutively from 1 to 20. No.1 shall be due and payable March 1, 1893, and one of said bonds in numerical order shall be due and payable every six months thereafter. Said bonds shall bear the date of their delivery. Said bonds and interest shall be payable at the Treasurer’s Office in the said village. A suitable and capable person may be employed by the said council to prepare plans and specifications for the said building. 

____July 21, 1892 – The committee on the new town hall reported the Cedarville town hall was a very desirable hall and agreed to adopt the greater part of its plan. On motion, it was agreed to accept the Cedarville Hall with some alterations in the gallery and model it after the Yellow Springs gallery. 

____July 27, 1892 – John Flynn was employed as architect for the new town hall. 

____August – Bonds were sold for the purpose of paying the cost and expenses of the wrecking of the old town hall. 

____September 20, 1892 – The following bids for tearing down the old town hall were opened and read as follows: William Webb, $2.97 per square foot per 1000 bricks; William Stickley, $1.99 per 1000 bricks; Marion Clark, $2.00 per 1000 bricks. The contract was awarded to William Stickley. Then William Stickley informed Council he would not take the contract to tear down the old town hall. The contract was then awarded to Marion Clark, Taylor Harrington, and John Clark. Thomas C. Gregg was appointed a committee of one to see that the hall was torn down carefully and that the work was done according to specifications. (Your writer remembers Tom Gregg, I was born in his house and lived there later as a teenager) 

____October 11, 1892 - A bill for $107.58 was paid to Marion Clark, Taylor Harrington, and John Clark for tearing down, cleaning, and piling up 46,112 bricks, and 7,680 bricks in bats a total of 53,792 bricks @$2.00 per thousand. (Some of these bricks were used in the 1893 town hall) 

____October 11. 1892 – James Slaven was appointed to sell the old town hall bricks. The good ones for 75c. Piece, the poorer ones for less.