6 Aug 1892--Died on the 30th ult, at Renick, Mr. Michael Truby, aged 78 years. 6 Aug 1892--Died, near Myers, on the 1st inst, Mrs. John Fisher, aged 71 years. 6 Aug 1892--Thos. Sutliff spent two or three days last week with his son near Sturgeon. 6 Aug 1892--Misses Orpha and Minnie Burton, daughters of M. W. Burton, of Kansas City, spent last week here, the guests of their grandparents, Joseph Burton and wife. 6 Aug 1892--KILLED BY THE CARS--A heavy gloom was cast over our little city last Saturday morning by a telegram from Villiaca, Iowa, stating that Ford Giles, son of Thos Giles and wife of this place, had been killed by the cars. The wires were put to work and arrangements were soon made to have the body shipped here for interment. The body was shipped Saturday and arrived here Sunday night. Rev. E. K. Miller of Glasgow, was sent for and at two o'clock Monday the funeral was preached in the presence of the largest congregation ever assembled in the M. E. Church, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Whitmore burying ground beside his little brother who was killed by the cars here just fifteen weeks ago. Mr. Giles and family have the sympathy of the entire community. Mr. S. Lessley wrote to F. R. Bates at Villiace for particulars of the sad affair and received the following: Villiaca, Iowa, Aug 2, 1892. S. Lessley & Sons, Higbee, Mo--Dear Sirs: As all the correspondence in the matter of the death of who I suppose to be Ford Giles, the others think it is Giles. Now the reason I thought best to dispatch you was that a part of a truck book was found in the pocket of deceased with the name of your firm printed on the cover, and written on the cover was "Ford Giles." There was not a scratch of writing in the little book. Now you asked for the particulars of his death; I will give you all the evidence shown in the matter and it is this: At nearly 9 o'clock in the evening of the 29th the agent came to my house and requested me to go down to the company's yard and investigate the matter, and I went, and after his telling me all he knew of the matter, I was just in time to dispatch to Red Oak and have the marshal arrest the three men that seemed to be traveling with this young man. They were all young but apparently truthful. They stated that deceased got in with them at Ottumwa, 150 miles west of here, and that they got in a car of lumber and rode to Creston, and there they got out for a rest. One of these young men testified that deceased took him to a restaurant and paid one dollar for their lunch, and after walking around some they got into the car again and came here. The car they were in was switched out here and soon after the train pulled out, and they ran to get aboard and the three succeeded in getting on the train, and one of them says the last he saw of deceased he was on the draw heads between two empty stock cars, but they missed him before they got to Red Oak. One John Buwlin of this place says he saw deceased go between the stock cars when the train was in motion, and did not see anything more of him. There were other witnesses that saw a part of this and after examining the witnesses and learning all we could in the matter of the killing, the Coroner's jury, which was three of our good citizens returned the verdict "That deceased came to his death by being run over by the cars of the C. B. & Q R R and that it was accidental and that the said railroad company was blameless in the matter." It was certainly an unfortunate affair and I deeply sympathize with deceased's parents and other relatives and friends. I enclose you at your request the expenses of inquest and other expenses incurred here. If there is anything more that I can do I will cheerfully do it. On making an examination of the clothing of deceased by the jury there was found the small book I have mentioned, some tobacco and $1.21 in change, and a revolver, nearly new, but the handle was broken in the rough usage he received. I expect I had better express the contents of the pockets. Oh yes! there were with the other things two handkerchiefs. That is all I believe. They are all done up together and are here in my office. Very truly yours, P. R. Bates. 6 Aug 1892--Died, near Higbee, on the 5th, Miss Mollie Jones; aged 23 years. 6 Aug 1892--Thos. McNamara, David and Miles Williams left Wednesday night for Spring Valley, Illinois. 6 Aug 1892--J. A. Lloyd of Fullerton, Ca arrived here Monday and will spend a few days with relatives and friends. 13 Aug 1892--Born, on the 6th, to Wm. Walton and wife a son. 13 Aug 1892--Thos. Sutliff and son John left Sunday night for Iowa. 20 Aug 1892--Born, on the 17th, to Lum Osborne and wife, a son. 20 Aug 1892--Died, near Higbee, on the 19th, infant daughter of Wm. .Davis and wife. 20 Aug 1892--Thos. Sutliff is helping sink a coal shaft for the Mayer brothers near Sturgeon. 20 Aug 1892--Died, in Higbee, on the 16th, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. George Thorburn. The funeral was preached Wednesday evening by Eld. Winn and the remains laid to rest in the Whitmore burying ground east of town. 20 Aug 1892--Harry Porter, son of C. B. Porter, of Denver, Colorado, who has been visiting relatives in Randolph county for the past two weeks, committed suicide at Moberly the first of the week. Mr. Porter had been drinking and ended up the spree by taking an overdose of opium that cost him his life. He was 20 years old at the time of his death. 20 Aug 1892--Mrs. Parmelia J. Davis, aged 85 years died at the residence of Baily Martin, 6 miles north of here, Tuesday. She was the grandmother of Prof. C. G. Davis of this place. 20 Aug 1892--Died, near Higbee, on the 14th, Mr. Francis Hamilton, aged 70 years. 27 Aug 1892--Mrs. Thomas Sutliff returned the first of the week from a visit to friends near Sturgeon. 27 Aug 1892--Mrs. R. R. Jones left Wednesday for St. Joseph where she will spend several weeks with relatives and friends. 27 Aug 1892--Mrs. Robson, nee Groves, wife of Rev. John Robson, died at the home of her parents in Audrain county, on Sunday, August 21st, after an illness of two weeks of brain fever, aged 83 years and 7 months. She left Ashland, her home a short time before in good health and with a light heart. She was a member of the Huntsville Methodist church and a devout Christian. Her remains were interred Monday in the cemetery at Mexico, after funeral services by Rev. J. A. Mumpower, and her remains were laid to rest in the presence of a large circle of sorrowing relatives and friends. She leaves a devoted husband to mourn her death, and he has the sincere sympathy of the people of this community in his sad bereavement--Huntsville Herald. 27 Aug 1892--J. B. Davis of near Renick was here Thursday the guest of his con C. G. Davis. 27 Aug 1892--Died, near Yates, on the 25th, the 18-year-old son of Eugene Proctor, colored. 27 Aug 1892--Born, on the 26th, to W. O. Smith and wife a daughter. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.