This goes to show that official berths are not always what they seem to be -- a bed of roses. Verity refused . to remain longer in the office, and resigned on Julv twentieth.

Following Verity, John W. Hunter was appointed and then elected. Sleightholme Barker was then judge for four years, and S. H. Jones was special judge in a few specific cases. Chas. Verity was in eighteen ninety-twc< also a special judge for a short time.

Robert Wilson was elected and assumed the duties of the office in eighteen ninetyfour. He served one term only in part. He resigned and G. W. Harter was appointed to fill out the term. Then Wilson was elected and served three terms or a total of six years. In December just before the expiration of his third term, he resigned and Charles E. Schlit was appointed. Schlit served until the following June, when J. H. Bartell was appointed. Justin Wilhermsdorfer was elected and assumed the duties of the office in nineteen four. In July, nineteen six, Floyd Jones was appointed special judge. In nineteen eight began the long period of which the county judge's office was occupied by A. L. Schnurr. He served for six terms or a total of twelve years, and then declined to be a candidate for re-election. In February, nineteen nine, Justin Wilhermsdcrfer was appointed a special judge, and in nineteen twent\'-one he returned to the office by election. In October, nineteen sixteen, and again in June, nineteen nineteen. E. F. Pontius had the service of special judg'e in a number of cases. Judge Wilhermsdorfer (called "Dorfer" by his friends) now occupies the office.