Crawford County (IN) Democrat, March 2, 1899. Joe Newkirk, who has been in the Heavy Artillery, is expected home.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, March 2, 1899. Born-On Monday night to Mr. and Mrs. Pete Jones-a boy.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, February 23, 1899. NOTE: This item was abbreviated, as noted by the ellipsis, because the omitted portion had nothing to do with genealogy and everything to do with religion. GONE TO THE ANGELS Nellie B. Ballard, infant babe of Walter Q. and Mrs. Belle Ballard, died February 13, 1899, aged five months and twenty-four days.

Crawford County (IN) Democrat, March 2, 1899. Elijah R. Wright was born in Orange County, Indiana, February 11, 1845, died at English, February 11, 1899, age 53 years, 1 month and 17 days. He entered the Union army at the age of 16 and at the close of the war joined the Christian Church, then soon entered the ministry in which position he had been laboring for about 25 years. He had his besetting sin, and others may have worse faults, but he had an advocate with the father and always clung to Jesus and "Trusted in Him for help in time of great need," and died in his right mind lisping sweet prayers in His holy name, saying that his Savior was so good he could not help calling upon Him. He was generous and kind-hearted toward all, a loving husband and indulgent father, leaving a wife and four children to mourn their great loss which is his eternal gain. Worldly things that must all perish was nothing to him but the cause of Christ was everything. He was an able advocate of the doctrine of his church and was called upon to defend it in public discussion. He had been doing evangelist work in the states of Illinois and Missouri for the past five years and was offered a large sum of money to evangelize in Texas and other states, but having a great desire to return to his old field of labor, his native state, and following the lead of his mind, located here this fall and was highly respected by all who had formed his acquaintance. He was elected to serve three churches in Orange County the coming year. His remains were taken to Birdseye for interment to await the general resurrection when we believe we shall see Uncle Reed again in that blessed home of the soul where sickness and death never come.

Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, January 8, 1892, p. 4. WHITECAP MISCREANTS AGAIN A Man Flayed Alive and a Woman Nearly Drowned Evansville, Indiana, Jan. 8-A passenger named Mason arriving here from English, Indiana, reports a fresh outbreak of whitecaps there. For some time there has been a great deal of talk concerning H. G. Taylor, a prominent farmer, and the wife of a neighbor named Stilson who is away from home. A body of about 25 mounted men rode up to the Stilson residence Tuesday night where they found Mrs. Stilson and Taylor in bed. They took the couple in their night clothes to a house nearby where they tied Taylor to a tree and punished him in a terrible manner compelling Mrs. Stilson to witness the man's sufferings. After turning the man loose, they took the woman to a stream, ducked her under the water several times, and then took her back home, leaving her completely exhausted. She was discovered in a critical condition. Feeling is very bitter against the foul work of the regulators, and there is talk of an organization for the purpose of punishing whitecaps.

Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, November 19, 1892, p. 2. WORK OF THE WIND English, Indiana, Struck by a Veritable Tornado English, Indiana, Nov. 18-A tornado that continued almost uninterruptedly during 48 hours increased in force about 3 AM. The location of English in a low valley saved it from serious damage, but almost every window and chimney top in town is wrecked. The whole fronts of the business houses of Joseph Finch, Luther Griss and William Temples were blown in. Though brakes were set to their utmost on cars on the railroad track, every car was driven to the west end where the foremost of them bursted through the bumpers. John Jones and Cassie Forbes, passing over the Blue River bridge, were blown off the bridge a distance of 15 feet, but before they struck the bottom of the river, they were driven eastward a great distance and managed to save themselves. The principal loss will be timber in the surrounding country. On one farm 200 large forest trees were uprooted.

Martha Colgan Pronounced Insane Jackson (MICH) Citizen, February 19, 1901, p. 3. SHE THOUGHT HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN BURIED ALIVE AND WENT MAD English, Indiana, February 16-Misled by the idea that her husband had been buried alive, Martha Colgan, widow of Dr. Valentine Cogan, was pronounced insane today. Dr. Colgan was once a leading surgeon, and Mrs. Colgan is also a medical graduate, but she always had a love for weird literature suggestive of horrid death scenes. The body was exhumed to convince the widow of her error, but the sight crazed her entirely. Mrs. Colgan was wealth, intelligent and accomplished, was a great favorite, and her collapse is sincerely mourned.

Idaho Falls (ID) Times, January 7, 1897, p. 6. Elmer Graydon, living near English, Indiana, has named his infant son Abraham Lincoln Ulysses William McKinley; and a neighbor, John Vaughan, not to be outdone, has named his infant son Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson James Monroe William Jennings Bryan. At last accounts, both infants were crowing over the results of the election.

Cincinnati (OH) Commercial Tribune, September 20, 1882, p. 6. SHOT INTO WEDLOCK Jeffersonville, Indiana, September 19-Last Sunday William Colvin and Belle Colvin eloped from Utica to Louisville but were overtaken and brought back by Newton Colvin, father of the lady. Yesterday morning the latter got a marriage license for the couple in this city, but when he arrived in Utica, William, his nephew, backed out. A quarrel ensued, but being separated they did not fight until about noon yesterday when they met in front of a saloon. Both drew pistols and four shots were exchanged, Newton being shot in the bridge of the nose and William in the collar bone. Friends interfered, and William after consideration, was married to his cousin, Miss Belle Colvin, the couple leaving on a visit to friends in Kentucky last night.

San Jose (CA) Evening News, June 1, 1907, p. 5. CUT BY NEGRESS Jeffersonville, Indiana, June 1-While Henry Mears, twenty years old, son of Alfred Mears, was on the grounds of a dog show, he was attacked by Carrie Field, a negress, who slashed him with a knife across the face making a terrible wound. Prompt surgical aid saved his life. There was an embryo race war progressing at the time, but it is asserted that Mears did not incite the attack.

Omaha (NEB) World Herald, March 29, 1891, p. 2. William Hull and Louis Monday were killed at a Jeffersonville, Indiana, quarry by a premature explosion of a blast.

Cincinnati (OH) Commercial Tribune, December 8, 1877, p. 2. NOTE: The name was difficult to read. The middle initial could have been C. rather than O. Jeffersonville, Indiana, December 7-At a fair held in the Trinity Church, a magnificent and costly cane was voted to the most popular newspaperman. O. O. Stealey, the Indiana correspondent of the Courier-Journal, received nearly one thousand majority. The presentation was made at Stealey's residence tonight amid wit, humor and jollity, the like of which has never been surpassed here.

San Diego (CA) Union, February 7, 1918, p. 2. FIRE DESTROYS INDIANA STATE REFORMATORY Jeffersonville, Indiana, February 6-Fire practically wiped out the Indiana State Reformatory here early today with a loss exceeding $250,000. Twelve hundred and fifty prisoners of the reformatory were removed from the cell house within a few minutes after the blaze was discovered and are under a cordon of guards in the new school building of the institution.

James Cline's Son-in-law Died Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 18, 1897, p. 8. FRED BROUGHTEN DEAD James Cline received a telegram from Chicago last evening to the effect that his son-in-law, Fred Broughten, had died at four o'clock after a ten-days' illness with pneumonia. Mrs. Cline is with her daughter in Chicago.

Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 18, 1897, p. 8. It seems that a number of persons have been exposed to the smallpox by the victim at Greenwood who had been rehearsing with them for a home talent entertainment. Among them was Miss Jeanette Englebaugh of Edinburg, a sister of Miss Libbie Englebaugh who teaches at the Northside School.

Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 16, 1897, p. 4. JONES' BILL Nicholson's Substitute for Colored School Children Measure Indianapolis, February 13-Below is the substitute offered for Jones' bill to compel the admission of colored children to the white schools of Indiana. Mr. Nicholson moved in the house Friday to recommit the bill with instructions to amend as follows. That section three (3) of the above entitled act, the same being section 4469 of the Revised Statues of 1881, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 3. The trustee or trustees of such township, town or city may organize the colored children into separate schools of the township, town or city, having all the right, privileges and advantages of all other schools of the township, town or city; Provided that in case there may not be provided separate schools for the colored children, then such colored children shall be allowed to attend the public schools with white children; Provided further, that no colored children shall be required to attend any such colored school outside of the school district where such colored children reside; and Provided further that when any child attending such colored school shall, in examination, produce the certificate of his or her teacher to the trustee or trustees of any township, town or city showing that he or she has sufficient advancement to entitle him or her to be placed in a higher grade than that afforded by such colored school, then such trustee or trustees of any township, town or city shall admit such colored children to enter the schools provided for white children of a like grade; and children of all colored parents shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges in the public schools of the state as are afforded therein to the children of white parents, and there shall be no discrimination made against or preference shown to any child on account of his or her color, but every child shall have equal educational facilities, regardless of color.

Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 18, 1897, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated as noted by the ellipsis. The portion omitted was not relevant to the bill in question. TO ABOLISH COLORED SCHOOLS Jones' Bill to Open the Public Schools to White and Colored Children Alike Passes Second Reading Indianapolis, February 12-The house Thursday passed the Roose labor arbitration bill, a couple of bills paying paving claims, and a couple of bills changing courts. Its afternoon was occupied with an exciting discussion on the color line, and it adjourned with the Jones bill to abolish colored schools and open white schools to colored children pending on third reading.

Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 16, 1897, p. 4. Mrs. William Frysinger has sold the Brownstown Banner to A. J. Brodecker who has been connected with the paper for several years. He has borne much of the responsibility of the management of the paper since Mr. Frysinger's death.

San Jose (CA) Evening News, January 29, 1912, p. 8. TRACES SISTER THROUGH A MILLINERY SIGN Mount Carmel, Ill., Jan. 29-Joseph Wellman of Nashville, Indiana, who left home January 8, 1911, in search of his sister, Mrs. Alice Evans who he had not seen for 48 years, has found her at Robinson, north of Mt. Carmel. Wellman read an account of a railroad wreck near St. Louis in which a Mrs. Evans had been killed. He was led to believe this was his sister. He told his family he was going to see and would not return until he had found her, if the dead woman was not his sister. He went to St. Louis, then to Kansas, but found no trace. He then went to Bloomington, Ill., where he had lived and there learned she had conducted a millinery in Noble, Ill. He was walking in Robinson and saw a millinery sign. Opening the door he came face to face with his sister. She did not recognize him, but he was soon able to establish his identity.

Tucson (AZ) Daily Citizen, August 30, 1907, p. 1. NOTE: I think Grabb is probably Crabb. USES RATTLESNAKES TO GAIN FOLLOWERS Nashville, Indiana, August 29-Rev. William Grabb (sic), pastor of the Church of the First Born, is creating intense excitement throughout Brown Count by adding hundreds of persons to his flock by demonstrating the truth of his creed with rattlesnakes. He declares that nothing can bring harm to true worshipers of the Most High and said he could handle any kind of reptile without injury to himself under the divine protection, which he asserts is ever about him. In order to test his faith, rattlesnakes caught in the woods but a few days ago were taken to the church, and he was asked to prove his sincerity. He took them out of the box and wrapped them about his neck and thus adorned exhorted his hearers.