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 HON. JAMES E. LOTHROP.

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��worthy of notice. It woukl have been a calamity if he had been defeated, as it would ha\c shown a lack of appre- ciation of earnest, zealous, faithful and successful devotion to the city's service, and thus have discouraged future pub- lic servants. If the little disagreements which always attend an administration are to be so magnified and fostered as to become formidable, only evil can result.

" The result shows that the people appreciate Mayor Lothrop's services. During his first year, gi-ave questions, like the ' valve ' suit, were settled by a victory for the city, vexatious suits for damages by accidents have seen their downfall, the fire department has been put on a capital footing, and the streets have been steadily improved. No one will pretend that the mayor does all these. But to the firmness of the mayor, his active energy, and his deep interest in all city aflairs, these successes have owed much of their work. The mayor has been at his duties daily. He has watched every department. He has added to his of- ficial work the experience and capacity of a business man with large personal interests and successful career, and the people appreciate it. Not the least has been his untiring efforts to add new business and recall old to Dover, which now promise a gratifying success. Nor will the future ever forget that the Dover Public Library owes its origin

��emphatically to Mayor Lothrop's plan and ]iersistent endeavors.

" Mayor Lo'hrop may well be proud of the fact that, in the face of some local divisions, he is elected by an in- creased majority — the only instance save one or two, we believe, in the his- tory of our city. And not the less grat- ifying and complimentary is his appre- ciation by his own ward. That ward, which gave him ninety-two majority, this year quietly doubles it, making it one hundred and eighty-four. He may well be proud of the opinion of his neighbors."

In his happy domestic relations, — Dr. Lothrop married Mary E., daughter of the late Joseph Morrill. Mr. Mor- rill came to Dover when a young man, from Amesbury, Mass., and engaged in the making of nails. He subsequently and for many years was connected with the Cocheco Manufactui-ing Company, but eventually left that position to man- age his large real estate investments, in which his foresight had led him early to engage. Mr. Morrill's thrift and care met with large success, and he stood high, also, in the esteem of community. Of the high estimation in which his daughter Mrs. Lothrop is held, it is needless to write.

In politics Dr. Lothrop is Republi- can. In church relation he is a Meth- odist, and has been a teacher in the Sunday school for more than forty years.

��CORRECTION.

��Rev. Benjamin Ray PIovt. (Gran- ite Monthly, Vol. 6, May Number, 1 883, page 235.) In his valuable arti- cle, the late Hon. Thomas L. Tullock states that Rev. Benjamin Ray Hoyt

��was born in " Braintrce," Mass. He was born in Neiu Braintrec, (_"onnt\- Worcester, Mass.

��A. H. H.

��Boston, Jan., 18S4.

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