79 Mr. Crater was nominated by the party that was in favor of permitting the charter to lapse. He was elected, and for almost a score of years Dover was without a village government. In 1867, the necessary steps were taken to revive the dormant incorporation, and officers were elected and municipal government re-established. Since that time the village has enjoyed a steady and vigorous growth, and is today one of the best manufacturing towns of its size in the state. The population of the place at present is about four thousand. Uhrichsville.—Uhrichsville is located in one of the earliest settled and most important lo calities of the county. Uhrich’s Mill, on Big Stillwater, one of the first built in pioneer times, was patronized by settlers for many miles around, long before the town was laid out in 1833. The name which the proprietor. Michael Uhrich, dedicated the village was Waterford, but six years later it was changed to Uhrichsville. The plat was of goodly dimensions. embracing 9-1 lots. The streets were wide and well arranged. The first or canal period, from 1833 to 1850, was one of
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