Nineteen Postmasters

Nineteen Postmasters

Ann Arbor Has Had That Many in Her History

Postmaster Pond is the 19th postmaster of Ann Arbor. The list is not a long one. The office was established in 1825 and John Allen, who was then a democrat was the first postmasters. Juhn T. Allen, his brother, and a whig, succeeded him in 1831. Anson Brown, democrat, was postmaster in 1832 and took the office to the fifth ward, delivering the letters of the upper town from his hat. In 1834 Charles Thayer, democrat, was made postmaster. He was succeeded by Mark Howard, a whig. George Danforth, a democrat, followed, to be succeeded in turn by F. J. B. Crane. Then followed Caleb Clark, republican; Hemy D. Bennett, democrat; John J. Tompson, republican ; Richard Beahan, democrat; Claudius B. Graut, republican ; Henry S. Dean, republican ; C. G. Clark, republican; J. C. Knowlton, republican ; Edward Duffy, democrat; Eugene E. Beal, republican; S W. Beakes, democrat and Geo. H. Pond, republican. Politically Ann Arbor has had eight democratic postmaster, eight republican postmaster and two whigs; the politics of Postmaster Crane not being known to the writer.

John Gillen, the democratic candidate for sheriff, is still sick at his home in Saline. This sickness comes at a very bad time for Mr. Gillen as he is a good deal of a hustler, who makes a good impression on those he meets, and it interferes with his personal canvass. under the circumstances his friends should redouble their exertions in his favor throughout the county. Those who have expected to see hirn may know that his serious illness has interfered with his campaign plans. Honest Jobn Gillen is too good a man and too deserving of support to be allowed to sulfer at the polls because of his illness.

The Ann Arbor high school team warmed the Detroit high school boys by a score of 3 to 0 in a game here Saturday. The Detroit boys were altogether too light to cope with the Ann Arbor team and were extremely weak in defense work. It is the first time that the Ann Arbor team has had a walkover with the Detroit eleven and it is expected that they will easily win  the state high school championship.