Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 30, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. 50TH ANNIVERSARY Of Their Wedding Celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C Hamm One of the most pleasant and inspiring experiences we are permitted to enjoy is the participation of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of two dear old people, it being quite rare that any couple is permitted to live so long together, much more so is it when we are permitted to participate in celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the marriage of two such dear old friends as Uncle Alfred and Aunt Sarah Hamm. Let us stop to reflect a moment; sixty years ago, on December 24th, 1838, Alfred Hamm and Miss Sarah Knight were married at the J. D. Knight homestead one mile east of this city, then a small town of 400 to 500 inhabitants, no walks, nothing but mud streets; no railroad yet to come for 15 years, nothing but woods surrounding the little town scarcely. What changes have they lived together to witness! At that time, Uncle Alfred was hale, hearty and active, while Aunt Sarah was just the same that we see her now, only, perhaps, a little more active, she now being close to 80 years young, while Mr. Hamm is nearly 87. Light refreshments were served. A number of nice presents were given the bride and groom of sixty years, and in every way it was a most delightful occasion.

Bedford (IN) Weekly Mail, December 30, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as noted by the ellipsis. EARLY MORNING FIRE Ragsdale & Harris' Meat Market on the East Side Gutted At about three o'clock Friday morning, Dr. Fox, upstairs on the East Side, discovered that Ragsdale & Harris' Meat Market next door to the southward was on fire toward the rear of the building and gave the alarm.The fire department was aroused, and with the assistance of the night policemen, Payne and Glover, and some early rising citizens, two lines of hose were laid from the northeast and southeast corners of the square, and what looked at first like an ugly fire that threatened the whole east side of the square was soon subdued. The building was an old shell and of little value in itself.Mrs. Pearsoe (difficult to read) of Kansas City, Mo., a sister of Miss Mary Stillson, is the owner of the property. Ragsdale & Harris had $500 insurance on their outfit and stock which will probably cover the loss. Most of their furniture and tolls were destroyed as well as a big stock of meats. Deputy Marshal Charlie Payne held a hose nozzle during the fire with his bare hands and found when he got up at noon Friday that his right hand had been badly frozen on the edge of the palm.

Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel, September 20, 1880, p. 3. NEWAY ITEMS FROM SEYMOUR Special to the Sentinel: Seymour, Indiana, September 18-The seven-year-old daughter of Richard Madden, who lives three miles north of here, was kicked by a horse a few days ago. It was thought she could not possibly recover until yesterday when her physician thought she might survive.

Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel, September 20, 1880, p. 3. NEWAY ITEMS FROM SEYMOUR Special to the Sentinel: Seymour, Indiana, September 18-Miss Amelia Platter of this place has gone to Vassar College, New York, where she will at once enter upon her second year as a student in that school.

Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel, September 20, 1880, p. 3. NEWAY ITEMS FROM SEYMOUR Special to the Sentinel: Seymour, Indiana, September 18-Our county commissioners have just contracted with the Cleveland Iron Bridge Company for the erection of two iron bridges in our county and, with Joseph Balsley of this city, for the third one.

William Seaman Died Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel, January 1, 1881, p. 4. Special to the Sentinel: Seymour, Indiana, December 31-William Seaman, lived in Clear Spring, this county, near 35 years and moved to Topeka, Kas., in 1875. A short time since he went to stay with a nephew at Shelbyville, Indiana, a few days and died Tuesday night of heart disease. The remains passed through here for Clear Spring last evening. The deceased was at one time a merchant and prominent citizen of our county and was 68 years of age.

Indianapolis (IN) Sentinel, January 1, 1881, p. 4. NOTE: Consider Spauling as a spelling variant of Spalding. Neway Notes from Seymour Special to the Sentinel: Seymour, Indiana, December 31-John Spalding, for several years a clerk in a grocery and provision store here but a number of years ago a railroader, left this evening for Louisville, Ky. Tomorrow he takes the position of freight conductor on the Short Line Railroad. He is well known in railroad circles and highly esteemed.

St. Louis (MO) Republic, December 16, 1888, Section 2, p. 11. A WHITECAP RASCAL Louisville, Ky., Dec. 15-William Gregory, who is indicted at Corydon, Indiana, as a whitecap, last night came to Louisville with Milly Davis, the 18-year-old daughter of G. W. Davis, a wealthy farmer near Corydon. She was found wandering on the streets of New Albany, Indiana, this morning and told conflicting stories as to where she had been. Davis is Gregory's bondsman for $1,000 in the whitecap case. It is believed that Gregory has fled. He sold his store at West Fork, near Corydon, a short time before he was indicted.

Rockford (IL) Republic, June 21, 1906, p. 1. BULLET CUTS OFF PART OF CHILD'S SKULL Fatal Shot Fired by 11-Year-Old Boy in Revenge for Childish Quarrel Louisville, Ky., June 21-Afer a childish quarrel, Hollis Carl, eleven years old, living near Corydon, Indiana, armed himself with a shot gun and laid in ambush for Pearl Vance, a playmate his own age, whom he shot when she passed. The load carried away part of the girl's skull, inflicting a fatal wound. The boy is unarrested (sic).

Elkhart (IN) Daily Review, November 6, 1916, p. 7. KICKED TWICE BY SAME HORSE Corydon, Indiana, Nov. 6-Leander Bottles, who lives near here, was kicked in the head by a horse and was injured seriously. The same horse kicked him last summer breaking a leg, and he had just begun to walk without a crutch.

Elkhart (IN) Truth, September 25, 1905, p. 2. TWO FATAL FIGHTS Corydon, Indiana, Sept. 25-Gad Briles was fatally shot by Eli Wolf. Both men are farmers. Another fatal fight took place in Hardin Thompson's saloon. Thomas Woodward striking Thompson over the head with a bar of iron inflicting mortal wounds to the assailed man.

Jonesboro (AR) Weekly Sun, October 20, 1904, p. 6. SUCCUMBED TO PARALYSIS Alton, Ill., Oct. 13-Alton Post G. A. R. has lost one of its most honored members in the death of Abraham Floch who died of paralysis. Mr. Flock was born in Corydon, Indiana, 67 years ago.

New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. Mr.Carl Lottick, who had been spending some time with his brother, Prosecutor Clyde Lottick, in Corydon, has returned with his little son, Lynn.

New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. Guy Senior was fined $83.80 by Judge Mix for assaulting old Mr. Catley.

New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 20, 1911. SAVES HIS MONEY AND BANKS IT A Good Example for Others In May, Mr. Bernhard Schmidt, a well known farmer and berrygrower of Navilleton, came to the city and engaged a number of youths and boys for the season's berry picking. Among these was a boy from the Cornelia Orphan's Home named Roy Parsons, a little over thirteen years old, who was recommended to Mr. Schmidt by Probation Officer Joseph Kraft. The berry picking at Navilleton is ended, but during that time the boy had won the hearts of his employers and Mr. Schmidt came in this morning with the boy and reported to Mr. Kraft. The report showed that the boy had earned $28 since he was in the country and of this he has saved $25, the money used having gone for the purchase of some necessary clothing. The remaining $25 he deposited in the bank this morning and then went back to Navilleton with Mr. Joseph Schmidt, brother of his former employer, who will see after his welfare. This orphan boy is showing what a boy can do if he devotes his time to something more useful than hanging around corners and picture shows and smoking cigarettes. The Ledger will bet a fiver against a hornspoon there are not many boys in town who have saved $25 earned by themselves since May.

New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. DEATHS Miss Mamie Bopp, a trained nurse, daughter of George Bopp, died Monday evening at the home of her brother, Dr. W. H. Bopp, at Palmyra, fifteen miles northwest of this city, after an illness of several months of tuberculosis. She was 23 years old.

New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. DEATHS Henry Wells, formerly of this city, died several days ago at the home of his son, Harry Wells, at Alexandria, Indiana. He was 65 years old and was a brother of Mrs. J. S. Mann and Mrs. S. E. Williams of Floyd County.

New Albany (Indiana) Daily Ledger, July 19, 1911. Frank C. Steer was arrested yesterday in Louisville on a warrant sworn out by his wife charging him with deserting his family. He was brought to this city by Probation Officer Joseph Kraft and was arraigned before Justice T. E. Fogle and place under E$1,000 bond to await a hearing.

St. Louis (MISSOURI) Republic, February 11, 1895, p. 8. DEFRAUDED HIS SISTER [Special to The Republic] English, Indiana, Feb. 10-Theo(dore) Rigg, dying near Leavenworth, willed $500 to his 7-year-old nephew, an inmate of the poor farm, confessing to have defrauded his sister, the child's mother, of this sum before the child was born.

St. Louis (MISSOURI) Republic, November 30, 1895, p. 9. SHE WEIGHED 509 POUNDS [Special to The Republic] English, Indiana, Nov. 29-Mrs. David Lamb, the largest woman in the State of Indiana, was buried at her old home in New Middleton yesterday. Mrs. Lamb weighed 509 pounds. No coffin could be found to fit the corpse, nor hearse to carry it. Mrs. Lamb was very poor but refused numerous tempting offers to accompany shows.