History of McDonough County, Illinois : its cities, towns and villages, with early reminiscences, personal incidents and anecdotes, and a complete business directory of the county . kes, H. B. (alopathic). Elm Street. RESTAUR A hT. Dunlap, H., Broadway, STATION AGENT. Hendricksoii, J. E. SECRET SOCIETIES. MASONIC. Bardolph Lodge No. 572, A. F. & A. M., Ilall over Jackson & Bros Store. ODD FELLOWS. Bardolph Lodge No. 371,1. O. of O. F., hall corner of Broadway and Green. MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES. Birdolph Literary SDciety, meet in school house. Bardolpli Cornet Band, eleven pieces; H. L. Booth,
History of McDonough County, Illinois : its cities, towns and villages, with early reminiscences, personal incidents and anecdotes, and a complete business directory of the county . kes, H. B. (alopathic). Elm Street. RESTAUR A hT. Dunlap, H., Broadway, STATION AGENT. Hendricksoii, J. E. SECRET SOCIETIES. MASONIC. Bardolph Lodge No. 572, A. F. & A. M., Ilall over Jackson & Bros Store. ODD FELLOWS. Bardolph Lodge No. 371,1. O. of O. F., hall corner of Broadway and Green. MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES. Birdolph Literary SDciety, meet in school house. Bardolpli Cornet Band, eleven pieces; H. L. Booth, leader; T. A. Jackson, Secretary. Ladies Temperance Union, meet at private houses. CHURCHES. Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Jackson Street. Methodist Episcopal Church, Jackson Street; Rev. J. E. Taylor, Pastor. Presbyterian Church, Elm Street. PUBLIC OFFICES. VILLAGE TRUSTEES. President. 11. A. Maxwell ; E. D. Stevens, J. B. Knapp, J. M. Pelly, Lewis Wilson, J. F. Xorris;Clerk, T- A. Jackson. POLICE MAGISTRATE. Thomas Rabbi tt. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND NOTARY PRBLIC. N. IL Jackson, otlice on Broadway near Elm Streat. TREASURER. N. n. Jackson. CONSTABLE, E. A. HISTORY OF mdONOTGH (OUNTV. B77 CIIAITER XLVT. COLCHESTER. -lust before the completion of the Nortliern Cross—now Chi-cag( I Burlington and Quincy Railroad—Mr. Lewis H. Little, theowner of the northeast quarter of section thirteen, Tennesseetownship, determined to locate thereon a new town, and for thatpurpose had the tract surveyed by a Mr. Chester, then in the em-ploy of the railroad company. In honor of the surveyor he namedthe town Chester, but on learning of the numerous towns in thecountry by that name, he prefixed the term CoV to the same,making it Colchester. The term Col may be said to be anabbreviation of the word coal, then beginning to be an import-ant product of the county. Mr. Little made no public sale of lots, but placing them uponthe market, they were disposed of rapidly, and the new town wass
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