. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . gest number dur-ing the jiast year was 70 and the lowest 50. The jjresent superintendentis Air. John L. ^Varden, and under his direction are three ladv em-ployes, two men in the house and one on the farm, besides the firemanand janitor. COLNTi- J.\IL. In the report of Aliss Dix, abo\e referred to, the count\ jail comesin for its share of criticism. The Elkhart county jail, at (;<jshen,-sa\s Miss Dix, is a two-storv lirick Inulding, containing four dungeons,two debtors rooms aboxe, and the faniilx residence of
. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . gest number dur-ing the jiast year was 70 and the lowest 50. The jjresent superintendentis Air. John L. ^Varden, and under his direction are three ladv em-ployes, two men in the house and one on the farm, besides the firemanand janitor. COLNTi- J.\IL. In the report of Aliss Dix, abo\e referred to, the count\ jail comesin for its share of criticism. The Elkhart county jail, at (;<jshen,-sa\s Miss Dix, is a two-storv lirick Inulding, containing four dungeons,two debtors rooms aboxe, and the faniilx residence of the kee])er. Thisjail was about to be repaired, and it was heliexed that some impro\-e-ments as to drainage and ventilation might be introduced. The present county jail, on the west side of the court house square,in its exterior aspect resembles a pretentious private residence. Its re-construction to the jiresent condition occurred in 1870. costing thecounty over twenty thousand dollars. It is said that Ira .Storr was thehrst offender to lie incarceratefl in the old THOMAS THOMAS FIRST CLERK OF ELKHART COUNTY HISTORY OF ELKHART COUNTY 61 CHAPTER GOVERNMENT. Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and botlithe trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. —Henry Clay. History is something other than Ijare chronicles of legislative pro-ceedings and official acts; yet, nevertlieless, it woitld be a serious omis-sion to fail to include in this volume some cursory mention, other thanwhat has already been given, of various official acts by which the prog-ress of the county and its civic and material welfare have been ilireeledto the proper ends, and also the names df the most important of thosemen commissioned by their fellow citi;^eiis to perform, after the mannerof our representative government, the diUies \\hich necessarily must Ijedelegated by the many to the few. .tl. t(.o, in thus rectjrding some ofthe
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