120 YEARS AGO THE VERNON BANNER VERNON, IND. Wednesday, . . . . Jan. 19, 1881 =========================== Circuit Court will convene on the 7th of March. Miss Minnie Nauer is visiting friends at Joliet, Ills. Fred Bantz and Jep Dowd left for Texas, yesterday. Senator McDonald was married to a Washington Lady last week. Mrs. C. E. Wagner is visiting her parents in Columbia township. Mrs. Winsor, of Greencastle, was elected State Librarian, yesterday. The official census gives Jennings county a population of 16,453. Mrs. Nellie Sartoris has given birth to her fourth child. Col. Vawter is a member of the committees on Claims and of Public Expenditures, and is Chairman of the committee on Canal Funds. Mr. U. Wagner and his son Elmer are traveling in the interests of J. H. Wagner & Co. George Hartwell caught a mink in a steel trap in R. Leavitt's spoke yard on Saturday. Judge Martindale and laate State Treasurer, Fleming intend building a paper mill, and all the towns in the State want it located with them. Jacob Straub, a well-known citizen of Madison committed suicide on last Monday, by hanging himself. The English language does not contain words of sufficient capacity to describe the disagreeableness of the weather yesterday. John Powers, of Danville, Ind., weighs six hundred and fifty pounds. His wife tips the beam at seven hundred pounds. Mr. David Starkey, formerly of Bigger tp., but of Illinois for thirteen years past, returned home last Thursday, after a ten days visit among relatives and friends here. Gasper Henninger fell a few evenings since while at work in the stable and dislocated one of his ankles. He will soon be all O K again. John Brown is ninety years old. He is Postmaster at Brownville, Md., and was appointed in 1830 by Jackson, and has not since been removed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARRIAGE LICENSES. ~ ~ Theodore LOCKWOOD and Mary Von BEHREN; Peter F. MILLER and Mary KIPPER; Hector CORYELL and Matilda A. FOSTER; Henry A. WILSON and Marietta CRIPPEN; Charles CALHAN and Mattie STEWART. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIED.~ ~ On January 8th, 1881, Mrs. Alice Anne Barnes, of Consumption. Mrs. Barnes was the daughter of Mr. Isaac Richardson, formerly surveyor of this county. Her husband removed to Iowa a few months since, where her father had preceded them. Her remains were interred at Bethel cemetery on the 13th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OVER THE RHINE. ~ ~ Monday, Jan. 17, 1881. School at No. 6 will close next Wednesday. John Hutchinson will go to Missouri in the spring. Several spellists made a vain attempt to "get away" with McGuffey at No. 8, last Friday night. A programme has been made out for the next Institute to be held at Lovett, on the second Saturday in February. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUTLERVILLE.~ ~ Jan. 17. Our mills are all busy again. Each company got about one thousand logs into their yards during the present snow. The revival at the M. E. church closed last week without any accessions to the church, but the members were greatly revived and the whole community benefitted. The Friends held a protracted meeting in their church of several days duration, including last Sunday. Several ministers from a distance were in attendance. They will hold their quarterly at Azalia next Saturday and Sunday. In the Spring the Baptists will build an addition to the front of their church, making an entry for the two doors, and surmounting it with a belfry and a fine bell. Rev. McCoy held services last Sabbath. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PARIS CROSSING ITEMS. ~ ~ January 17, 1881 Sleighing is still all the go. Farmers are hauling lots of saw-logs to the saw-mills. The Teachers of this township instituted at this place last Saturday. County Superintendent McKeehan was down to see the schools here last week. Mr. Shrewsbury of Dupont is shipping a good many cherry logs from this place. Mrs. Eliza Leech, of Paris, was visiting at Cincinnati last week and returned home on Sunday. David Tobias of Scott county died last Saturday, and was buried at Coffee Creek on Sunday. The O. & M. pay car passed over the branch road last week making glad the hearts of its employes. Amos Spears an old citizen of this township started last Saturday for Kansas where he will make his future home. A. R. Shepherd of this place has secured a clerkship in the State legislature. His daughter Nancy is teaching out the term of school that Mr. Shepherd had been teaching at Lovett. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARRIED. CARSON -- McCASLIN ~ ~ On Thursday, January 13th, 1881, near Columbus, Ind., Mr. Daniel R. Carson to Miss Susie McCaslin. The printers were kindly remembered with a bountiful supply of cake, which we pronouce number one. Dan is one of the best men living, and we wish him and his bride a world of pleasure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DIED. BAUGHN. ~ ~ At the residence of Mr. P. D. Baughn, sr., on Tuesday, January 18th, 1881, at 6 o'clock p.m., Miss Lydia F. Baughn of Consumption. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has this day taken out Letters of Administration, on the Estate of John Carney late of Jennings county, deceased. Said estate is probably solvent. P. C. McGANNON jan.12 2t. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Part 1 - Antoinette (Tacoma, Washington) for Terry Engel (Jennings County, Indiana)