A. In part I of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Ambrose Bierce describes Farquhar to be getting readied by sentinels to be hung, his ultimate doom. The section ends with a guard stepping off the other end of the platform that held Farquhar up. At this point, one would assume Farquhar dies.
A typical township consists of the Mayor of Oswego Illinois, plus 3-5 council members to hold the lawmaking positions not held by the Mayor of Oswego IL. An administer may also be hired to carry out the official jobs. The Mayor of Oswego Illinois is a necessity in order to maintain strength and centrality in a city. Without a central system like a Mayor of Oswego IL, the city would be in constant chaos, not even knowing how to budget it's finances.
The table below compares Oswego to the other 1,367 incorporated cities, towns and CDPs in Illinois by rank and percentile using July 1, 2015 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.