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 310 HISTORY OF GOODH7JE COUNTY bault, this arrangement continuing until the building of the Chi- cago Great "Western Railway. Succeeding Mr. Crowley as postmaster came Mr. Clapp, then Mr. Brill, Dr. Brown, E. R, Marshall, W. Stears, Ed. Slee and Dr. Graves. Lars Haaven served from 1877 to 1881, C. L. Brusletten from 1881 to 1884, T. R. Bullis from 1884 to 1889, then Mr. Brus- letten again from 1889 to 1893. A. M. McLaughlin was then ap- pointed, serving until 1899. During his term the office was raised to the third class. In 1899 Anders Glimme was appointed post- master. He still holds the position. The office became an international money order office in 1900. Rural service was started from the office in 1902, and at present there are six routes. The following offices have been discontinued into Kenyon : Norway, Aspelund, Spring Creek, Ayr, Moland, Nansen. Pine Island. — The post-office at Pine Island was established in 1856, with John Chance as postmaster. He served two years. The first mail supply was by the Burbank stage line between Dubuque and St. Paul. When this supply was discontinued the office was put on the Red Wing and Mantorville star route, from which it received service until 1878, when the building of the Chicago & Northwestern branch from Rochester to Zumbrota enabled the establishing of railway mail service. The office is now supplied by the Chicago & Great Western Railway, receiving four mails daily. The postmasters following Mr. Chance and their years of service arc: -J. A. Tarbox, 1858 to 1861; Thomas Mc- Mannis and C. R. White. 1861 to 1865; S. Worthing, 1865 to 1868; C. R. White, 1868 to 1876; F. HagleY, 1876 to 1880; Henry Tome. July 1, 1880, to July 1, 1886; Charles Parker, July 1. 1886, to July 1, 1889; Henry Tome, July 1, 1889, to July 1, 1893; W. II. Hamlin. July 1, 1893, to July 1, 1897; Henry Tome, July 1, 1897, to July 1, 1906; George H. Tome, July 1, 1906, to date. The domestic money order division was established July 1, 1879, and the international January 1, 1903. The office has made a rapid increase in business of late years. For the year ending December 31, 1890, the receipts were $894.86; December 31, 1895, $1,315.25 ; December 31, 1905, $2,236.09 ; December 31, 1908, $2,- 595.30. Last year the office issued 2,986 domestic money orders. There are four rural routes connected with the office, two estab- lished in March, ]903. and two in December, 1904. The present rural carriers are : R. R. No. 1, B. T. Vessey ; R. R. No. 2. Willard H. Marsh; R. R. No. 3, John E. Clark, and R. R. No. 4. Ambrose V. Sterling. Skyberg. — This office is one on the line of the Chicago Great