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Show JO DAVIESS C0TJHTY, ILLINOIS. There are certain localities in all countries that become remarkable as the sc nca of great events or the birth places of gre't men. Tho local centennial cen-tennial records now being elaborated hae brought a great deal of hitherto undeveloped history to light, which will be useful to the future historian and student. These records are not only of great loal interest, but they illustrate a great many incidents and events of a national character, and Bhow bow closely the relations of township and county and state aro intertwined in those of our great Union and its largedentinies. A copy of the Weekly Gazelle, published pub-lished at Galena, Jo Daviess county, coun-ty, Illinois, on th 7th inst,, contains con-tains a brief history of that county, from way back into tho last century down to 1870, concluding with a ltoll of Honor, embracing tho names of the distinguished sons of Jo Jjuvis county who have achieved fame and made- a notod record at borne or abroad. There are vory few counties, coun-ties, especially in tho western stAtca, that can nhow so brilliant a roll. An aorne of the individual mentioned arc known in this as well ay in every other community in this country; wo give a few ol them in the order of their publication in the Gaiette: U. S. Grant; E. B. Wasburne; John A. Rawlins; Joseph P. Hoge, ex-member ex-member of congress, nnd now a leading advocate in California; Edward Ed-ward Baker, the ouco eloquent and gifted senator from Oregon; Judge Drummond of tho United States court; J. E. Jones, minister to Belgium; Stephen Hempstead, governor of Iowa ; Wm. H. Hooper, delegate to congress from Utah; Moses Hallett, supreme! judge in Colorado; Fred. Dent, father of Mrs. President Grant; Thomas Ford, governor of Illinois; H. Van HigginB. judge superior court of Chicago; Chi-cago; B. It. Sheldon, judge superior court of Illinois; Thos. Hoyne, United States district attorney of Illinois; Illi-nois; B. U. Campbell, United States marshal of northern Illinois; H. H. Houghton; oldest editor in Illinois, United States coubuI to Sandwich Islands; Edward Breath, who printed the first newspaper in the Persian language; Samuel Wilson, the best civil lawyer on the Pacific Coast; J. M. Douglas, a leading lawyer in Galena, president of the Illinois Central Cen-tral railroad company; JohnE. Smith, . brigadier general in the Union army, now commandant at Camp Douglas; D. S. Harris, the oldest Mississippi ( steamboat captain; Bites Dickson, colonel of the Unijn army, now commander com-mander of the military forces of the Hawaiian government; Cyrus Aid-rich, Aid-rich, member ot congress from Minnesota; Min-nesota; Wm. Carey, United States district attorney, Utah; Mr. McDou gal, United States senator from California. Cali-fornia. We have only published the leading personages in the list, which comprises tixty-one names, a roll brilliant enough in tho various professions pro-fessions and walks of life to distinguish distin-guish a proud state, instead of a mere county. . . - . |