Salem (IN) Republican Leader, June 16, 1899. Willis A. Tatlock, a well-known citizen who lives near Seba, died at 7 AM, June 12, 1899, of Bright's disease after a protracted illness, at the age of 52 years. He leaves a wife and seven children. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon followed by burial of the remains in the Franklin Graveyard. He is a member of the Boston lodge I.O. O. F. who were in attendance and officiated at the burial after a funeral discourse at the Franklin Church by Eld. Bartle.

Syracuse (NY) Daily Courier and Union, June 15, 1865, p. 3. William Allen, a returned soldier, lately knocked down his brother, Joseph Allen, of Salem, Indiana, with some brass knuckles and then cut him with a knife so that he died. The murdered man was a manufacturer and had been so much annoyed by his brother visiting his factory and bothering his workmen that he felt obliged to forbid his coming there. This so enraged the fellow that he declared he would have vengeance.

Ebensburg (PA) Cambria Freeman, April 16, 1868, p. 2. The Salem (IN) Times says that Abner Fields of Howard Township in Washington County had a cow that was delivered of 28 calves in one day. The two largest are about the size of ordinary twin calves, the next largest about one-half size, and the remaining 25 about the size of an ordinary rat. They are all dead, mother included, except the two largest which are doing well. The statement above is from Mr. Fields himself and from several neighbors of his who witnessed the sight and who are as fully entitled to belief as any person in the world. This is the most singular freak of nature of the kind of which we ever heard.

New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, July 21, 1863, p. 1. Indianapolis, July 10, 1863-The rebels captured Salem, Ind., this morning, burned the depot of the Louisville and Chicago Railroad, and took 500 of the guards prisoners. No particulars of the fight have been received. A person who escaped reached Seymour this morning. He says Morgan's forces were 7,000 strong with 6 pieces of artillery. Morgan left Salem this afternoon, moving eastward, it is supposed, for the purposes of striking the Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad at Vienna and Seymour.

Lincoln County (MO) Herald, December 22, 1870, page 2. At Lexington, Indiana, last week Mrs. Matilda Brown got a divorce on Tuesday evening, a marriage license on Wednesday morning and, before dusk, was off on her bridal trip as Mrs. John J. Bude.

Maysville (KY) Daily Evening Bulletin, December 22, 1884, p. 2. Mrs. Julia A. Lanham committed suicide at Lexington, Indiana, by drowning herself in a cistern, and Duncan Groves, despondent over the result of the Presidential election, hung himself in his carriage shed.

Evening Star, Washington, D. C., July 23, 1859, p. 1. The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. Operations of the Patent Office-The following is the list of patents issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending July 19, 1859, each bearing that date.William H. Davis of Austin, Indiana-for improvement in double-acting pumps.

Greensboro (NC) North State, April 21, 1887, p. 5. J. W. Middleton of Lexington, Indiana, committed suicide by standing under a falling tree.

Middlebury (VT) Register, April 22, 1887, p. 4. J. W. Middleton with his two sons went to the woods to fell some trees near Austin, Ind., Friday. They selected a very large tree and began chopping until it began to totter, when the word was given to run. The two boys retired, and when they had reached a place of safety they turned to look and saw their father with folded arms standing directly under the falling tree. The young men were so frightened that they left the woods in great haste and gave the alarm. The log was rolled away but only a pile of blood-bespattered clothes, flesh and bones was found. Mr. Middleton was a deacon in the Methodist Church.

Indianapolis (IN) News, September 12, 1911, p. 12. Plainfield, Ind., September 12-Miss Ava Cope, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Cope, and Robert Maris of Paoli, Ind., were married last night at the home of the bride's parents, only relatives witnessing the ceremony. The bridegroom is the cashier of the Orange County Bank at Paoli.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Morning World, February 11, 1900, p. 4. Dr. L. S. Bowles, who has been visiting his son, W. T. and James Bowles, has returned to Paoli. Dr. Bowles is one of the most influential citizens of Orange County.

Cincinnati (OH) Enquirer, January 9, 1878, p. 1. THE MOODY MURDER TRIAL Bloomington, Indiana, January 8. The circuit court convened here yesterday, and the case of Parks and Thomas Tolliver for the murder of Thomas Moody in Orange County was called this morning, but Judge Pearson, being related by marriage to Parks Tolliver, could not try it, and it was continued to the fifth week of the term in order to secure the services of another Judge. In the meantime the appropriation made by the last legislature for extra judicial services throughout the state has been expended, and it is doubtful whether a judge can be secured. In that case, an attorney will have to be agreed upon. Charles Burton of Petersburg appeared for the prisoners; Miers and Wilson for the state.

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 15, 1898, p. 1. G. W. Leith, formerly manager of the National Hotel at Bloomington, is the new manager at the Paoli Mineral Springs Hotel. He is a hotel man of large experience and is very popular with the traveling public and health guests at the house. -Paoli Republican

Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) World, September 17, 1898, p. 1. Miss Mattie Henry has gone to Paoli to accept a position as waiter in the Mineral Springs Hotel.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. John and Alva Chastine (consider Chasteen a spelling variant) went to Salem Tuesday to attend the funeral of their uncle, John Richardson.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. GRATZER-MCKINNEY Andrew Gratzer and Miss Alice McKinney were united in marriage with the ring ceremony at the home of the bride on North I Street, Tuesday, Rev. A. M. Irvine officiating. The ceremony took place promptly at 8:30 amidst about 80 of their friends who had gathered there. The bride was dressed in a beautiful, blue broadcloth with trimmings of cream velvet and looked very pretty. Delicate refreshments of cream and cake and choice fruits were served to the guests.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. J. Wesley Davis, father-in-law of Henry Brown of this city and an old resident of New Albany, died Tuesday morning at his home, 213 Elkin Avenue, of dropsy after an illness of more than a year. He was born in Tennessee 68 years ago and came to that city when a very young man having lived there nearly 50 years. His wife and six children, a son and five daughters, survive him. He was a member of the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's Association of New Albany and his funeral took place Wednesday under the direction of that fraternity. For more than 20 years he was in the postal service as mail clerk on one of the steamers of the Louisville and Henderson Packet Company.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. The I. F. Force Handle Company of this city recently received an order from Brisbane, Australia, for 1,450 dozen handles. This company shipped the product of its mills here to South Africa, the Klondike, Australia, Chili, the Argentine Republic, New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland and Canada and expects before another year to be filling orders from the Philippines.

Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 8, 1901, p. 4. Mrs. Ida Crawley and three children who had been visiting Bedford relatives and friends, left Tuesday afternoon for Terre Haute. Mrs. Crawley was formerly Miss Ida Williams of Bedford. Her home is now in Los Angeles, Cal.

Indianapolis (IN) News, February 26, 1925, p. 14. SEYMOUR, Indiana, February 26-Francis A. Rhodes, age 71, died Wednesday at his home seven miles west of here following an illness of several months with complications. He was born in Harrison County but lived near here many years. The widow, two sons and two daughters, survive.