110 YEARS AGO VERNON BANNER North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana October 1, 1890 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS NEWS =============================== U. B. Hill is quite sick with fever. Mrs. Everett Wagner is slowly improving. George B. Tweedy is reported to be worse. C. G. Jordan went to Madison on Thursday. Will May took in the State Fair last week. For the best Pittsburg coal call on J. R. Parker. R. D. McCammon is still very bad with the flux. Mrs. Juliet Riley is very low with consumption. P. D. Baughn, sr., is foreman of the Grand Jury. Mrs. Maggie Mitchel is very low with typhoid fever. Jacob Foebel, jr., has had his wagon scales overhauled. Mrs. Lizzie Nauer visited her sister at Lovett last week. Mrs. John Clarke, of Franklin, is here on a visit to her sisters. Miss Emma Brown, of Hanover, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Barr. Sam Pearce's new house is up and rapidly nearing completion. Mrs. Will Hess has been very sick but is much better now. Wm. Elliott, of Nebraska, is house-bailiff for this term of court. Mrs. M. A. Leavitt has gone to Mt. Vernon, O., to receive medical treatment. Harry W. Smith, of Geniva Ford, visited his uncle, R. Leavitt, on Saturday. Grant Palmer, of Kirklin, Ind., came home to attend his brother Steve's wedding. Rev. Lott Randolph and family, of North Vernon, visited Supt. Convoy on Sunday. O. M. Coryell, Marion township's clever trustee gave us a business call on Saturday. BORN ~ To George B. Rowan and wife, on Monday, Sept. 29th, a boy. Weight 10 pounds. R. L. Leavitt, E. L. Wagner and Frank Wagner took in the sights at the State Fair last week. Charles and John Boerger, of Logansport, visited their cousin, Mrs. N. DeVersy, last week. James Hole and wife, of Grayford, spent the Sabbath with their daughter, Mrs. S. W. Convoy. M. A. Shepherd has recovered sufficiently from his late sick spell to be out on the streets again. J. M. Davis and family, of Montgomery township, visited County Clerk Wagner, Sunday. Supt. Convoy examined 12 applicants for teachers' license at the school building on Saturday. Edgar Dixon, one of Montgomery township's best teachers, was among our callers, on Saturday. Miles Patrick has moved his household goods and family from Jeffersonville to his farm in this township. Irby S. Wagner attended the reunion of his old regiment, the 12th Indiana, at Indianapolis, last Thursday. Wilbur Gannon went to Indianapolis, Monday evening, where he went to accept a good position as book-keeper. Joseph Johnson and wife visited their daughter at Indianapolis last week and took in the sights at the State Fair. Nathan Palmer and Will H. Ferguson, two of Lovett township's hustling farmers, were in town trading on Saturday. Samuel C. Kidd, father of Treasurer Kidd, called on Friday and ordered the Banner sent to his address at North Vernon. Cyrus Poling, of North Vernon, one of the BANNER'S best friends, called on Monday and renewed his subscription for another year. Col. Wm. W. Dudley, of this State, for four years Commissioner of Pensions, temporarily in Washington, D.C., engaged in the practice of law, has been very successful in obtaining pensions for ex-soldiers. The appearance of the Vernon Cemetery has been greatly improved by clearing away most of the trees, bushes and briars. Let the good work go on. Rev. H. M. Elwyn has been appointed to Vernon for another year, and will preach here next Sunday morning at the usual hour and at Hayden at 3 p.m. David B. Reeder, one of the bravest of the boys who wore the blue, of North Vernon has been granted an increase of his pension. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marriage Licenses. The following permits to marry have been granted by the County Clerk since our last report: Wm. W. Clement to Ella C. Clement. Stephen S. Palmer to Lettice B. Steadman. Wayland B. Hill to Daisy Long. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARRIED. Palmer - Steadman - At Graham Presbyterian church, on Sunday, Sept. 28th, 1890, by Rev. J. M. McRee, Mr. Stephen S. Palmer and Miss Lettice B. Steadman. The happy couple were given an infare reception at the residence of the groom's father, Mr. Thomas M. Palmer, near Champion, on Monday, which was one of the pleasantest affairs that it has been our pleasure to attend. At noon the gurests were invited to the dining room where the table was loaded with all the good things the country afforded, and we can say without fear of contradiction that it was one of the best meals ever partaken of, making no exception. There were 45 persons present, among whom were William Walker and wife, Robert Torbet and wife, Mrs. D. Carson, Rev. J. M. McRee, J. C. Bland and wife, Henry Hinchman, jr., and wife, Mark Clarkson and wife, Nathan Palmer and wife, Lawrence Shepherd and wife, J. S. Carson, jr., and wife, Benjamin F. Underwood and wife, Grant Palmer, Minnie Ice, Mrs. Curtis Clarkson and sister, Wm. Read, and ye editor and wife. The BANNER unites with Mr. and Mrs. Palmer's many friends in wishing them a long, happy and prosperous married life. Hill - Long - At the home of the bride in Bigger township, on Sunday, Sept. 28th, 1890, by Mayor Bally, of Vernon, Mr. Wayland B. Hill to Miss Daisy Long.