. Lowville, yesterday, today and tomorrow : history and directory of both town & village. r, again became the owner and publisher andhas owned and published it since that time. THE LEWIS COUNTY DESIOCRAT. This paper was first started as The Lewis CountyBanner, September 8, 1856, by N. B. Sylvester. Itwas subsequently published by E. A. Teall andAlmont Barnes. September 1, 1858, it passed intothe hands of Henry Allgoever, who sold it to De-Witt C. Finch January 1, 1865, at which time thetitle was changed. In April, 1867, Mr. Finch soldit to Manville & Phelps, the present owners, who
. Lowville, yesterday, today and tomorrow : history and directory of both town & village. r, again became the owner and publisher andhas owned and published it since that time. THE LEWIS COUNTY DESIOCRAT. This paper was first started as The Lewis CountyBanner, September 8, 1856, by N. B. Sylvester. Itwas subsequently published by E. A. Teall andAlmont Barnes. September 1, 1858, it passed intothe hands of Henry Allgoever, who sold it to De-Witt C. Finch January 1, 1865, at which time thetitle was changed. In April, 1867, Mr. Finch soldit to Manville & Phelps, the present owners, whohave owned and published it since that time. TOWN AND VILLAGE OF LOWVILLE. THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE. Prior to March 10, 1864, the county seat of Lewiscounij was not Lowville but to that time a petition had been circulatedand signed by many citizens of the county, whichwas presented to the legislature of the state, and onthe luth day of March, 1864, an act of the legisla-ture of the state was passed changing the countyseat of the county from Martinsburg toj^ Lewis County Court House. ThTbuildhig, now the Court House, had been con-structed by the people of Lowville at a cost of $6,-000, partly bytown tax and partly by subscription,for a town hall, with the intention that it wouldsome time thereafter be used as a court the change of the county seat from Martins-burgh to Lowville in 1S64, the town hall, now thecourt house, was deeded to Lewis county, reserv-ing the right to the town to use it for election and ty-jrafc^^ f^.^-it^^^^ 4S TOWN ANT) ^ OF LOWVILLE. other special purposes. The courts have since thattime been held therein. The change caused muchfeeling between the citizens of Martinsburgh andLowville. In the summer of 1* the Court House was en-larged by extending the building back so as to af-ford room fur halls, juries, district attorneys,]udges, sheriffs and library rooms. Since that time-many changes have been made in the in
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