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At an adjourned
meeting of the citizens of Clark County, Illinois, on the
subject of railroads, assembled at the court house in
Marshall, on Monday
the 5th of March, Col.
W. B. Archer,
presiding.
Mr. Greenough
from the committee appointed at the last meeting, (March 1) to
prepare a Preamble and Resolutions expressive of the sense of the
people of this county on the subject of Railroads.
Before the
adoption of the Preamble and Resolutions, Col. Archer and Mr.
Cooper addressed the meeting in favor of the resolutions.
After which the question was taken, and resulted in their adoption
by a unanimous vote.
On motion of Mr.
Crane, a committee of three: J. M. Crane, Uri Manly
and John Allwood were appointed by the chair to select
delegates to represent this county in the convention to be held at
Salem, Marion County, Illinois, on the second Monday in May
next—which committee retired, and in a short time appeared and
reported the names of the following gentlemen as suitable persons to
represent Clark County in said convention.
CLEAR CREEK---Andrew,
Dunlap; Briggs, M.; Goldsby, Elisha; Stevens and James Elam.
LIVINGSTON---Joseph,
Eversoll; Horace, Ritchie; and R.A. Ferguson.
MARSHALL---J.P.
Cooper; J.K. Greenough; J.M. Crane; William Montgomery; R.L. Dulany;
and Col. William B. Archer.
AUBURN---William
J. Duckwall; and R. Bloomfield.
MARTINSVILLE---Robert
Donnel; Doc. Gard; James V. Hedges; John Stockwell; Willis
Dougherty; and G.W. Campbell.
RICHWOODS---Dr.
Thomas; C. Moore, Charles Biggs; and William B. Marrs.
YORK---J.C.
Hillebert; and John B. Richardson.
CUMBERLAND---Ewing
Chancellor; and Samuel G. Haskins.
MELROSE---S.T.
McNary; Nathan Wells; George Potter; and John Wickline.
DARWIN---William
C. Hudson; Allen Sackrider; Harry Ross; and James Lockard.
JOHNSON---T.P.
Knapp; George Bennett; Elisha Cook; and J. A. Howe.
MILL CREEK---Nicholas
Hurst; and George Coons.
On motion, the
chairman was added to the list of delegates from Marshall
Precinct.
Mr. Manly moved
that the delegation from each precinct be authorized to fill any
vacancy that may occur in their respective delegation.
On the motion
“Illinois State Democrat” and all papers friendly to Internal
Improvements, are requested to publish the proceedings of this
meeting.
On motion, the
meeting adjourned.
WILLIAM B.
ARCHER---CHAIRMAN
W. C.
WHITLOCK---SECRETARY
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