The following item appeared in the East St. Louis "Gazette" on Sat August 20, 1881:
The following is a list of Grand Jurors drawn for the September term of Circuit
Court:
J. Walz; Mascoutah
Henry Decker; Summerfield
Gerhardt Vogt; Lebanon
Louis Reichenbecker; O'Fallon
Jacob Luittinger and Ernest Tiedeman; Shiloh
Jacob S. Phelps; East St. Louis
Thomas Graney, A.B. Pope and Maurice Joyce; Caseyville
J.W. Owens; Cahokia
Oliver Bromlete; Richland
Louis Stein; Fayetteville
George Petre; Freeburg,
James M. Chewing; Darmstadt
Henry Weilenmuenster; Floraville
Christ Lindauer; Smithton
Ben Higgins; New Athens
Peter Deichman; Marrissa
Kirchoefer (sic); Belleville, Curt Heinfelden, Martin Herr and Henry A.
Kircher.