Omaha (NE) World Herald, June 29, 1903, p. 1. LAZY MAN WHITECAPPED Columbus, Indiana, June 28-William Harden, who lives one mile south of Nashville, Indiana, was taken from his home early today by five men and badly beaten. His wife went to his assistance and in the scuffle that followed her arm was badly bruised. Harden claims to know three of the five men. It is said that he was whitecapped because he would not work. He has a wife and four children.

Brown County (IN) Democrat, May 14, 1914, p. 4. BROWN COUNTY HILLS ATTRACT MANY VISITORS-INDIANAPOLIS VISITORS TO BEAUTIFUL BROWN COUNTY WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS THIS YEAR THINKS BELINDA Among other things, Belinda Brewster, writing for the Indianapolis Sunday Star, has the following to say concerning the beauties of Brown County. "The month of May means to Indianapolis that between-season time when the folk who go south for the winter have returned from their stay among the palms and the folk who go north in the summer are waiting for the sun's journey farther northward. Then it is that the interest centers about Indiana's beautiful Brown County. "The annual exodus toward that attractive hilly country has begun and the weekend at Brown County bids fair to become more popular this year than ever before. "It was only a few short years ago that a visit to Brown County was a thing unheard of except to a few who went down to see the folks, and Brown County as a fashionable summer resort would have been considered a joke. "Just who it was that first brought about this wonderful transformation of ideas and ideals would be hard to say, but that it was the automobile that has made is possible is a certainty. Of course, there are scores of people who are not the fortunate owners of motor cars and who get sufficient enjoyment out of the beauties of Brown County to make the trip by train. "The back-to-the-farm idea that has crept into American life with startling rapidity within the last few years seems to have gotten a particularly strong hold on the Indiana folk, and instead of building a summer home on some lake or at the seashore, hosts of Hoosiers are spending their summers in the country. "Unfortunately, considering it from a purely sentimental viewpoint, the old log cabins with their big brick chimneys are giving way to up-to-date bungalows. "Fortunately, however, most of the city folk who have built their summer homes down among those beautiful hills are so imbued with the glorious beauty of the country that they are building their cottages and laying out their grounds to harmonize with the natural landscape. "That is one of the chief charms of the summer home that Richard Lieber of Indianapolis has erected there. It suggests nothing startlingly new, but seems to fit right in with the scene. And the Lieber cottage is not the only one that has this charm, for while many of these houses are modern in all their conveniences and housekeeping appliances, they have the air of being as ancient as the very hills themselves. "To spend the weekend in Brown County is the most fashionable "stunt" that Indianapolis folk know, and the idea is particularly popular just at this time of the year when the hills are covered with spring flowers and the trees are bursting into foliage. "The drive through the country is wonderfully beautiful and getting into the little towns in Brown County really seems like getting into quite another country for those little villages still have about them the air of a half century ago when most of the modern city conveniences and amusements were undreamed of in Indiana."

Brown County (IN) Democrat, May 14, p. 1914, p. 4. BROWN COUNTY BOY ON DUTY-VERA CRUZ-MEXICANS A FUNNY BUNCH Walter Calvin of Nashville has received an interesting letter from James Fritch, a Brown County boy of the medical corps on the United States Ship Patuxent at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Jim is a native of Jackson Township and attended the Nashville High School two terms, five and six years ago, after which he joined the army. He was later married at Porto Rico to a young lady of Washington, D. C. In his letter to Mr. Calvin he tells of incidents connected with the taking of Vera Cruz by the U. S. Marines. The letter follows. U. S. S. Patuxent Vera Cruz, Mexico April 27 Dear Friend: Just a few lines to let you know that I have left the U. S. We were one of the first boats to start for this place. I suppose you get the papers and know that we are engaging in warfare with Mexico. On the 22nd of this month we captured the city of Vera Cruz-this is the forts and public buildings, railway station and docks, but most of the city is infested with sharpshooters, "snipers," so a gorilla warfare is carried on in the streets. About eight thousand of our men are entrenched outside of the city holding it against the Mexican army. I have not had a chance to take part in any of the hard fighting as our boat is engaged in moving refugees from the shore to the big tiners (difficult to read). One night while going from the ship to the dock to receive some mail, a shot was fired at me by a sniper, but the bullet hit far away from the boat. The same night we brought the ship up to the dock and about thirty of them fired in our direction but were easily driven off by the patrol on the dock. Their bullets threw up pieces of concrete from the dock, but no one was hit. So many Mexicans have been killed that they are covered with oil and burned. We have not been fighting the Mexican army but some thousands of convicts who were liberated upon the approach of Americans. They were told to kill every American they saw. These Mexicans are a funny bunch, usually cowardly, but while drunk one of them will attack a company of us. A humorous incident occurred the other night. One lone Mexican attacked the Cruiser San Francisco while she was tied up to the dock. The Mexican fired three shots at the ship and when the cruiser's search light was turned on him, he threw down his rifle and ran. These skulkers are shown little mercy by the sailors when caught. They are lined up and shot. This is a beautiful and picturesque old town dating from the latter days of Cortez, and it would be a shame to be obliged to shell it. There are old churches and monasteries that are rare from an architectural standpoint. The town has no modern defense, but there is an old castle that was at one time very strong. They put up a fight but the five-inch guns soon compelled a surrender. A bunch of young Mexican Naval cadets put up a splendid fight when the sailors captured the academy; most of them died fighting. I hope this little war does not last long for I don't like the idea of losing out on my vacation. Of course, it will be three or four months at least before we get the greasers straightened out so they know not to get too bluffy with Uncle Sam. Well, Bill, write me and tell me all the news. The mails are very uncertain here now. Tell all the bunch hello for me. Yours ever, J. E. Fritch

Antoinette- I believe I found some additional information on Ann Rich Summa. She appears in the 1870 and 1880 census records in Brown County, Indiana (Van Buren township). According to the census, she was born about 1810 in Virginia. There is a marriage record for her to George Summa, 25 Sep 1848, in Jackson County, Indiana. I believe that John Summa and George Summa may have been brothers. If that is the case and you have two women who could fit the "Grandma Summa" of the news item, then it may be difficult to sort out unless there is a grave marker, probate record, or some other record that will identify each women by her given name along with the date of death. It may be worth it to check the probate records in Brown County to see if there is any record for Ann Summa since that is where she is shown as living in 1870 and 1880; seems likely she may have died in Brown County; George supposedly died there in 1884 and if Ann survived him, there could certainly be a probate record for her. I can tell you that an ancestry.com family tree (which is not sourced and therefore must be taken as unproven) has Ann Rich Summa's death date in 1888 in Indiana--no further details, and nothing on Jane Waughtel Summa except that the poster believes she died after 1870 in Indiana. Why the person assigns the 1888 date to Ann Summa is not indicated. Hope this may help a bit. Connie -----Original Message----- From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:57 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] DEATH RECORD FOR JACKSON COUNTY Randi - thanks for this update - don't feel bad as we all do have those "moments" which I have had also <smile>. Charlotte - the item that I have states "Grandma Summa" died Sunday and paper dated/shown as May 10, 1888 so figure May 6 was date of death. NOW recently finding these old items, I note another researcher "feels" this Grandma Summa is Ann (Rich) Summa and if so this would BLOW AWAY my "hopes" of it being my Jane (Waughtell) Summa. She was in the 1870 census but have found nothing on her since then. My Jane Waughtell Summa was born circa 1815 in Virginia. I have nothing on this Ann (Rich) Summa so do not know if she would be at the age "fitting" what the article stated "she was very old" or not. Jane Waughtell had been married to Enoch Stark prior to John Summa. She married Stark in 1838 and Summa in 1840. I do have both marriage records for Jane. I have never bee able to find the death/divorce of the Stark union but feel Jane was pregnant with her second child when she married Summa. The two older children, although they carried the name of Summa early in life - on the census records - at least the daughter Sophia Evaline married under Stark to James House. Thanks for "listening" to me. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Charlotte Sellers <csellers@myjclibrary.org > wrote: > Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. > Don't know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say > chances are not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public > Library > 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax > 812-522-5456 > Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org > Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ** > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < > waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not > received > > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available > > for > an > > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane > > *Summa* > nee' > > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item > > I am hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The > > items seems to be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's > > Peak. Can anyone help > me > > with this ? > > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and > > historians who have an interest in the south central district of > > Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including > > the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, > > Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians > who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as > defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: > Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, > Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Connie - thanks for that info - it more or less sounds like what I was sent back in 1995 and just found those notes yesterday. I am deep into my WAUGHTEL genealogy and Jane Summa nee' Waughtell was a sister to my great great great grandfather James Waughtel - I have James down really "pat" <smile> and am working on Jane. There was another brother & sister whom I have never found names for, then later a brother Abraham who died on/or near the railroad tracks in Washington County. He was in Jackson County from time to time, but he never married so can say I have "all" on him. I started with Peter Sumey & Katherine Kerns/Carnes and have their children, and believe (at this moment at least) that John & George are brothers. I am working on both at this time. Ann, evidently was a Souders (Sowders) who 1st married a Rich, then married George. She is, according to what I have found this a.m. the 3rd wife of George, his 1st wife was Jerutia Dailey/Daley/Daily and his second wife a Mrs. Magaret Mavity. But of course I am "working" on this, no proof yet, but must get the pieces together, then send for the documents. I appreciate you writing as it makes me feel I'm on the right trail - Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Connie Shotts, CG <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com>wrote: > Antoinette- > I believe I found some additional information on Ann Rich Summa. She > appears in the 1870 and 1880 census records in Brown County, Indiana (Van > Buren township). According to the census, she was born about 1810 in > Virginia. There is a marriage record for her to George Summa, 25 Sep 1848, > in Jackson County, Indiana. I believe that John Summa and George Summa may > have been brothers. If that is the case and you have two women who could > fit the "Grandma Summa" of the news item, then it may be difficult to sort > out unless there is a grave marker, probate record, or some other record > that will identify each women by her given name along with the date of > death. It may be worth it to check the probate records in Brown County to > see if there is any record for Ann Summa since that is where she is shown > as > living in 1870 and 1880; seems likely she may have died in Brown County; > George supposedly died there in 1884 and if Ann survived him, there could > certainly be a probate record for her. I can tell you that an > ancestry.com > family tree (which is not sourced and therefore must be taken as unproven) > has Ann Rich Summa's death date in 1888 in Indiana--no further details, and > nothing on Jane Waughtel Summa except that the poster believes she died > after 1870 in Indiana. Why the person assigns the 1888 date to Ann Summa > is > not indicated. > > Hope this may help a bit. > Connie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Antoinette > Waughtel Sorensen > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:57 AM > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] DEATH RECORD FOR JACKSON COUNTY > > Randi - thanks for this update - don't feel bad as we all do have those > "moments" which I have had also <smile>. > > Charlotte - the item that I have states "Grandma Summa" died Sunday and > paper dated/shown as May 10, 1888 so figure May 6 was date of death. NOW > recently finding these old items, I note another researcher "feels" this > Grandma Summa is Ann (Rich) Summa and if so this would BLOW AWAY my "hopes" > of it being my Jane (Waughtell) Summa. She was in the 1870 census but have > found nothing on her since then. My Jane Waughtell Summa was born circa > 1815 in Virginia. I have nothing on this Ann (Rich) Summa so do not know > if > she would be at the age "fitting" what the article stated "she was very > old" > or not. Jane Waughtell had been married to Enoch Stark prior to John > Summa. > She married Stark in 1838 and Summa in 1840. I do have both marriage > records for Jane. I have never bee able to find the death/divorce of the > Stark union but feel Jane was pregnant with her second child when she > married Summa. The two older children, although they carried the name of > Summa early in life - on the census records - at least the daughter Sophia > Evaline married under Stark to James House. Thanks for "listening" > to me. > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Charlotte Sellers < > csellers@myjclibrary.org > > wrote: > > > Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. > > Don't know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say > > chances are not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public > > Library > > 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax > > 812-522-5456 > > Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org > > Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ** > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < > > waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not > > received > > > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available > > > for > > an > > > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane > > > *Summa* > > nee' > > > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item > > > I am hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The > > > items seems to be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's > > > Peak. Can anyone help > > me > > > with this ? > > > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and > > > historians who have an interest in the south central district of > > > Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including > > > the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, > > > Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without > > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians > > who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as > > defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: > > Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, > > Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the > Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, > Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott > and > Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Randi - thanks for this update - don't feel bad as we all do have those "moments" which I have had also <smile>. Charlotte - the item that I have states "Grandma Summa" died Sunday and paper dated/shown as May 10, 1888 so figure May 6 was date of death. NOW recently finding these old items, I note another researcher "feels" this Grandma Summa is Ann (Rich) Summa and if so this would BLOW AWAY my "hopes" of it being my Jane (Waughtell) Summa. She was in the 1870 census but have found nothing on her since then. My Jane Waughtell Summa was born circa 1815 in Virginia. I have nothing on this Ann (Rich) Summa so do not know if she would be at the age "fitting" what the article stated "she was very old" or not. Jane Waughtell had been married to Enoch Stark prior to John Summa. She married Stark in 1838 and Summa in 1840. I do have both marriage records for Jane. I have never bee able to find the death/divorce of the Stark union but feel Jane was pregnant with her second child when she married Summa. The two older children, although they carried the name of Summa early in life - on the census records - at least the daughter Sophia Evaline married under Stark to James House. Thanks for "listening" to me. Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Charlotte Sellers <csellers@myjclibrary.org > wrote: > Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. Don't > know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say chances are > not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist > Jackson County Public Library > 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 > Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax 812-522-5456 > Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org > Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ** > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < > waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not > received > > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available for > an > > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane *Summa* > nee' > > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item I am > > hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The items seems to > > be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's Peak. Can anyone help > me > > with this ? > > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > > Scott and Washington. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Pike's Peak is in southern Brown County, a mile or so east of SR135. Don't know if Brown County has death records from that time. I'd say chances are not good. Will check what we have when I'm in the library. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Charlotte Sellers, Local History Specialist Jackson County Public Library 303 West 2nd Street, Seymour IN 47274 Voice 812-522-3412 x1256 / Fax 812-522-5456 Email: csellers@myjclibrary.org Web: www.myjclibrary.org/localhistory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Antoinette Waughtel Sorensen < waughtel33@gmail.com> wrote: > I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not received > a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available for an > 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane *Summa* nee' > Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item I am > hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The items seems to > be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's Peak. Can anyone help me > with this ? > Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. Miss Mary A. Beadle, an intelligent and refined young lady who has been with her father on the Crow River Indian Agency for the past four years and a part of the time employed as teacher on the Agency, returned to Indiana last week and is visiting her uncle, James McKnight, and other relatives in the north part of the county. Miss B. has an unusually large and fine collection of Indian relics and views of Montana scenery.

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. Mrs. H. E. Blemker returned to her home in Evansville Monday after a few days' pleasant visit with her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Clippinger, and family.

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. Parties supposed to be implicated with Devin and Tennyson in the burglaries in Harrison County are said to have left the country in compliance with whitecap demands.

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. Mr. Lamay and niece, shot by Devin and Tennyson near Corydon two weeks ago, are rapidly recovering. The lynching was a rash and unlawful act and those who did it were murderers who ought to be lawfully punished.

Salem (IN) Democrat, June 26, 1889, p. 3. Ambrose Shrum has a supply of good brick at his kiln one mile east of town. Orders can be given to Mr. Shrum or left at W. R. Alexander's. Brick delivered at any place in town.

I have subscribed to the Jackson County mailing list but have not received a confirmation yet, so am asking if there are any records available for an 1888 death. I have come across a note that an ancestor - Jane *Summa* nee' Waughtell - died in May 1888. Since this was from a newspaper item I am hoping there may be a certificate of death available. The items seems to be from the Brownstown Banner and mentions Pike's Peak. Can anyone help me with this ? Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington)

Lexington (KY) Herald, June 6, 1920, p. 2. RETURNS TO HOME HERE AFTER RELEASE ON BOND Elvin Lindon Refuses to Discuss Nurse Suicide Case Elvin Lindon, Lexington oil man arrested in Louisville Wednesday on a disorderly conduct charge in connection with the suicide there Tuesday by drowning in the Ohio River of Miss Edna Scott, surgical nurse, arrived in Lexington Saturday morning. Upon his arrival, Mr. Lindon went to his home, 336 Transylvania Park, where he will remain until June 15, he said, the date set for his hearing in the Louisville police court. He refused to make a statement concerning the case declaring that he had never talked about relations with Miss Scott and Ethel Crouch who(se) revelations to Mrs. Lindon are believed to have caused the suicide. The funeral of Miss Scott was held Saturday afternoon, an escort of eighteen nurses from the Deaconess Hospital accompanying the body on a motor trip to her home, Scottsburg, Indiana, where the funeral was held. It is declared by Louisville police that Miss Scott decided to take her life after she learned that Mr. Linden (sic) with whom she was understood to have been in love, was a married man.

Elkhart (IN) Truth, February 5, 1918, p. 8. Mrs. Mary Ferrill is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Dr. Birey of Scottsburg, Indiana. Dr. Birey is seriously ill.

Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, September 13, 1898, p. 1. FOUND HANGING IN A CORN CRIB Scottsburg, Indiana, September 13-Thomas Hardy, a member of a prominent family in Lexington Township, this county, was found dead hanging in a corn crib when relatives returned from church. He had for years prospected for and found gold in small quantities in Saluda Creek. He was considered weak minded. No cause is known for the rash act.

Rockford (IL) Republic, August 28, 1908, p. 2. NOTE: The item below is abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. E. R. WICKS IS DEAD Died This Morning at Home of His Daughter, Mrs. Frank Waterbury Infirmities of old age caused the death of Ebenezer R. Wicks who died this morning at 3:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Waterbury, 2209 North Main Street. He was 85 years old. Born in Rensselaer County, New York, October 25, 1823, he remained there until 1848 when he came to Illinois and settled on a farm. Mr. Wicks' wife died 22 years ago. He was the father of nine children, all of whom are living. They are Albert C., Mendota, Ill.; Edgar M., Merrill, Miss.; Alonzo J., Union, Ia.; Freeman U., Scottsburg, Ind.; Elmer E., Lasalle, Ill.; Mrs. Isaac Norton, Zearing, Ia.; Mrs. Frank Waterbury, Rockford; Mrs. Alfonso Dunham, New Duluth, Minn.; Mrs. H. A. Early, Rockford.

Riverside (CA) Daily Press, September 14, 1911, p. 8. Scottsburg, Indiana-Lyman Peeler sold his property and invested the money in a drink cure. The cure failed, so he attempted to drown the habit.

Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel, December 12, 1879, p. 2. ORANGE COUNTY NOTES Mr. John C. Albert of this place has leased French Lick Springs and will run them during the coming season.

Trenton (NJ) Evening Times, August 19, 1909, p. 11. BURNED BY LAW Paoli, Indiana, August 19-The war begun by the state against gambling in the casino of Tom Taggart, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, at French Lick, and Lee Sinclair's casino at West Baden, culminated yesterday in the burning of gambling apparatus taken from the two places and estimated to be worth $30,000. Two thousand people from Orange and surrounding counties, including many women and children, watched the expensive bonfire and applauded the officers when they applied the match. The devices had been stored here since their seizure in 1906, and had been under the care of the sheriff. The order for the destruction was received late Tuesday evening, and about midnight the sheriff and his deputies, with Assistant Attorney General White, entered the place where the devises were stored and began their destruction with axes and sledges, piling the broken fragments into a heap preparatory to applying the torch.