COMMISKEY. October 13, 1890. Schools in this township will begin this morning. Willie Utzinger's house will soon be ready for occupancy. Mathew Wells was at Vernon last Wednesday on business. Anderson James, of Lovett, teaches school at No. 4 this winter. C. F. Lurton & Son have remodeled and repaired their store house. Eli Wells says he will have his mill at this place in running order in three weeks. James E. Lewis of Paris, will teach our school this winter. We wish him success. Mrs. Maggie Cline and two children, of Marion township, visited C. Engle and family yesterday. The F.M.B.A. at this place recently elected new officers, as follows: Mathew A. Wells, president; Silas Butler, vice-president; Jefferson Burch, secretary; Benjamin Krenning, treasurer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GRAYFORD. October 13, 1890. Mr. Crumbaugh moved his family to Sheridan last Tuesday. Mrs. Lizzie Stewart visited Mrs. Convoy, at Vernon, Thursday. Jasper Green attended the Seymour fair, Friday and Saturday. Miss Annie Crist visited at North Vernon Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Miles Smith, of Anderson, was at this place Saturday on business. Mrs. Jane Ennis returned home last week after a long stay at Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Sprawll, of Iowa, are visiting her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Hole. Adolph Harman started for Columbus Friday, intending to try railroading. Quite a number of our young people attended the party at Mr. Burkit's Saturday night. Misses Emma Williams and Maggie Gibson, of Ohio, visited with Lillie Rogers Wednesday. Mr. Alberts, our blacksmith, has gone to work at North Vernon and will move his family there soon. Mr. Alexander sold his property here last week, and moved his family to North Vernon, Monday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAN JACINTO. October 11, 1890. Mrs. Fewell is convalescing slowly. Singing at Fairview every Friday night. Miss Ethel Hand is very sick at the home of her father. F. J. Wright sold a fine lot of cattle and hogs last week. F. J. Wright sold his fine trotting mare one day last week. Harrison Sullivan, who has been very sick, is slowing convalescing. C. P. Cole made a business trip to Madison one day last week. There are five hunters to every squirrel in the woods at present. Robert Sullivan purchased a fine lot of hogs at D. Perkins' sale last week. Prof. G. F. Whitsitt took charge of a singing class at Rush Branch, Monday night. Carrie and Agness Mason, of Madison, are visiting their parents at Needmore. Fransaco Mason, of Needmore, is doing some carpenter work for Rev. T. Bland. Miss Josie Bland has returned home from an extended visit to her sister in Bethany, Ill. Rev. T. Bland has had his residence improved. Fransaco Mason done the carpenter work. George and Jesse Hand and their families attended a surprise dinner at Mr. Copeland's last week. Soloman Burchill and wife have returned to their home in Cincinnati after a week's visit with friends and relatives here. Fairview Sabbath school closed last Sunday. A motion was made and carried to meet again the last Sunday in March, 1891. Lucy Bland, who has been visiting her grandparents in the Fairview neighborhood for some time, returned to her home last week. Misses Elvie Vancleave and Minnie Wright went over into the Johnson neighborhood last Sunday. Somebody must draw them over there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUEENSVILLE. October 13, 1890. Beautiful weather. Our sick are better. The tariff is still there. Wheat sowing nearly ended. There was church here yesterday. J. B. Smith has commenced shipping hay. W. G. Pollock will soon commence shipping hay. Miss Mary Hopple and a lady friend visited here last week. J. P. Ferrenburg was here on business Saturday morning. The Scipio young people attended church here last night. There was talk of a saw mill here soon. This is a good place for a mill. Several of our citizens spent a few days at Seymour last week attending the fair. A large amount of stave blocks and heading are being hauled here for shipment by J. D. Cone's force of men. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OVER THE RHINE. October 13, 1890. But little wheat remains to be sowed. Plenty of rain has been the general remark. Kinder Bros. lost a valuable horse a few days ago. James West occupies the Law property north of town. Charles Seegars has become a resident of Lovett township. Corn gathering will probably commence in a couple of weeks. School at No. 8 enters its second week today ~ Sebe Trapp, teacher. Western lodge F.M.B.A. will attend the celebration at Mosley to-morrow. A new lodge of F.M.B.A. was organized at the Marsh school house last Thursday. Miss Clara Wetzel returned home last week after a pleasant visit with relatives in Cincinnati. Rumor says that Squire Tompkins ~ Henry Thompson ~ will soon become a resident of town again. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Daily are the proud possessors of a new ten-pound boy since a few days ago. It is correctly reported and generally believed that one of the young lads will shortly take unto himself a wife. Now don't all speak at once. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PARIS. October 13, 1890. School commenced here to-day. A. S. Deputy, teacher. Mrs. Wiggam, who has been sick for sometime, is no better. The O. & M. pay car passed down to Louisville on Monday. Miss Myrtle Riggs has opened a stock of millinery goods at Sardinia. Charles Wykoff, who has been sick for the past six weeks, is not expected to live much longer. W. J. Stewart, the new Methodist minister, delivered his first sermon at this place Sunday night. Miss Stella Todd, who has been visiting her sister at Utica some months past, returned home last week. Robert Binnix has a large force of men working on the piers for the new O. & M. bridge at Shouls, Ind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN MEMORIAM. Grace L. Penniston, daughter of William and Lida Penniston, was born at North Vernon, Ind., March 8th, 1874. She united with the North Vernon M. E. church March 16th, 1884, at the time being 10 years and 8 days of age. She was baptized and received into full fellowship July 6th, 1884, Bro.Northcott in charge as pastor of the church at the time. Miss Gracie, as she was familiarly called by everyone who had the honor and pleasure of knowing her, at an early period in life developed an acuteness and maturity of mind possessed by but few. With that strength and purity of mind she was possessed of an exceptional, amicable, affiable, loving and forgiving disposition, ever ready at home with her father, mother and brother, as with her associates and school-mates, to drop a tear and word of encouragement. She was a charter member and the secretary of a literary society of young people known as the Epworth League, where she was recognized as a leading and zealous member. She was also an active member of the M. E. Sabbath school and everything pertaining thereto. She would have graduated last winter but for her health failing was compelled to leave school before the close of the term. She again at the beginning of the present term took her place in the graduating class. Her class-mates are left to battle with life and their books; while she has been called Home to that School of schools, and Home of homes, her Preceptor being the great and loving God of that Home, and her class-mates bright and shining angels of that blissful and immortal Home where parting is no more. Gracie departed this life October 6th, A.D. 1890, at 4:40 o'clock p.m., being 16 years, 6 months and 28 days of age. A short time before her death, she placed her arms around her papa's neck, as she was wont to do, in health, and kissed him, saying; "Dear papa, good bye"; then said, "Kiss me mama"; and then kissed her brother and called "grandma". These were her last words and acts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Isaac B. Hughes, who left Bigger township for Ocheltree, Kans., Oct. 1st, died at that place on the 6th inst. He was a native of this county and son of Vardeman Hughes, one of the old settlers. The Mt. Zion church in Marion township will be dedicated on Sunday, Oct. 26th, 1890, at 10:30 o'clock a.m.; Presiding Elder A. N. Marlatt officiating. Also services in the afternoon. Mr. Daniel Bacon, while working on the roof of Mr. Ed. Babb's house in Center township, was seriously injured; the planks being used for a foot-hold giving away, precipitating him to the ground, a distance of about thirty feet. He is slowly recovering.