Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . s Madge J. Over-street, 1S87-1SS9; Miss Ida D. Bennett,18S9-1890; Robert Welton, 1SS9-1S90;Mrs. Annette L. Simpson, 1889-1S91;Hon, Chas. B. Graves, 1889—; MissAgnes Law, 1889-1893; Rev. Wm. , D. D., 1890—;Miss Adele Fay,1890-1891; Horace W. Marsh, A. M., 1891-1892; William E. Henderson, Ph, D.,1891-1893; fRev. John D, Hewitt, D. D.,1892—; Rev. Wm. D. Ward, A. M.,1892—;William H. Maurer, Ph. M.,Vernon L. Parrington, A. M., 1893-1897;1893-1S95; Miss Ethel Page, A. M., 1894-1896; Miss Clara B. Morgan, A. M,, 1894--1895; Francis W. Bushong, A. M., 1S95
Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . s Madge J. Over-street, 1S87-1SS9; Miss Ida D. Bennett,18S9-1890; Robert Welton, 1SS9-1S90;Mrs. Annette L. Simpson, 1889-1S91;Hon, Chas. B. Graves, 1889—; MissAgnes Law, 1889-1893; Rev. Wm. , D. D., 1890—;Miss Adele Fay,1890-1891; Horace W. Marsh, A. M., 1891-1892; William E. Henderson, Ph, D.,1891-1893; fRev. John D, Hewitt, D. D.,1892—; Rev. Wm. D. Ward, A. M.,1892—;William H. Maurer, Ph. M.,Vernon L. Parrington, A. M., 1893-1897;1893-1S95; Miss Ethel Page, A. M., 1894-1896; Miss Clara B. Morgan, A. M,, 1894--1895; Francis W. Bushong, A. M., 1S95—Rev, Wm. S. Morley, A. M,, 1896—; JohnVan Schaick, Jr., A. B., 1897—. * Died August, Died April 20, 1898. P. G. Hallberg has always been a prom-inent actor in Emporia affairs. He camehere in 1858, and borrowing a small sumof money at ruinous interest, he com-menced business in a small way, we be-lieve on Market street between Fifthand Sixth avenues. It was not long, bythe practice of the severest economy, till. P. G- Hallberg began to get the best endof the struggle. He built a small houseon Commercial street, and then a largerone. He soon became widely known asone of our shrewdest and most prosper-ous merchants, and the profits annuallyran up into the thousands. He erected astill larger building for his heavy after this he purchased the smallfruit and vegetable farm of twenty acres,adjoining the city on the south, and re-tired from the mercantile business. Heserved one ?^•m as county commissionergreatly to the best interests of the would have been a good thing for thepeople had he been retained in the posi-tion a much longer period, because of hisgood business judgment and sterlinghonesty. In all his career here he hasbeen a staunch friend of our home inter-ests. His energy and capital have takenthe lead in promoting various enterprisesfor the benefit of this people, and atheavy sacrifices, too. Mr. Hallberg hasbeen for
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