5 July 1895--Born, on the 27th, to F. C. Bottoms and wife a daughter. 5 July 1895--Mrs. C. D. Mize, of Butler, MO, who at the death of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Mize took their little daughters Ethel and Mable to raise, brought the girls over to spend a week with their little brother Frank, and their uncles, F. M. and J. B. Tymony. Mrs. Mize will leave for her home with the children tomorrow. 5 July 1895--Mrs. Thos. Ketchem, of near Armstrong and Mrs. Sam Tatum, of near Fayette, spent the 4th here with their sister Mrs. E. M. Whitmore. 5 July 1895--Mrs. O. Ratzer and little daughter, Goldie, of Moberly, came down Saturday to visit her sisters, Mrs. J. L. Whitmore and Mrs. Chas. Elgin. Mrs. Ratzer returned Tuesday, leaving Goldie who will remain several days. 5 July 1895--W. H. Welch received a telegram from Sturgeon Friday evening of last week conveying the sad intelligence of the death at that place of his niece, Mrs. A. R. McComas, and went down Saturday to attend the funeral. 5 July 1895--Deputy Sheriff Dowell, of Audrain county, passed through here Wednesday en route to Boonville with John Gatewood in charge, who has been sentenced to a term of two years in the reform school. 5 July 1895--When Mr. H. Scott, of Kansas City, with whom Mrs. A. Keller has made her home for years, was notified by wire of the death of his venerable aunt, he hastened to Fayette, and immediately on arrival began making inquiries concerning a certain old knit skirt, in which her relatives most intimate with her knew she kept concealed her private papers and often considerable sums of money. The old skirt was not located for nearly twenty-four hours, when it was found beneath a pile of unlaundered garments. It was brought forth for examination at once and proved to be the hiding place of untold wealth. Sewed or quilted into this garment was nearly $9,000 which amount was extracted by Mrs. I. L. Keller, and deposited in the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank by her father, Mr. H. Leiblich. Besides this money, Mrs. Keller also possessed valuable jewelry such as diamond ear and finger rings, breast pins, etc, to the value of several thousand dollars. She is also said to hold first mortgage notes and bonds amounting to some thousands of dollars. No correct estimate of her wealth can be made at present. She has many heirs, among whom are Mrs. I. Keller and son, Allie, and Paul Wolfson, of this city--Fayette Banner. 12 July 1895--WEST MONITEAU ITEMS--Mrs. W. M. Burton and little sons, Lee and Tiry, were the guests of Mrs. Senora Chesser Thursday. 12 July 1895--Born, on the 5th, to James Cox and wife a daughter. 12 July 1895--Jake Williams, of near Myres, was in town Tuesday and purchased a Buckeye mower of S. S. Cave. 12 July 1895--Mrs. James Burns was called to Illinois Friday by the death of her sister. 12 July 1895--Died, at his residence, 2 1/2 miles northeast of Renick, on July the 7th, Mr. P. S. Hines, aged 85 years. The remains were buried at New Hope church Tuesday evening. Deceased was the father of R. L. Hines of Higbee. 12 July 1895--Married, on the 3rd, at the residence of and by Justice John Rankin, Nathaniel Dennis and Miss Mary Harlow. The News extends good wishes. 12 July 1895--Mrs. Anna Tippitt received a dispatch from Coalgate, Indian Territory Tuesday evening, stating that her father, James Holland, was badly hurt and could not live but a few hours. Mrs. Tippitt and little son Willie, left on the evening train for that point. 12 July 1895--Edgar, the 13 year old son of James Humphrey who left home Wednesday night of last week has not yet returned. 12 July 1895--Wednesday, the wife of James Taylor, col. swore out a warrant against Mat Welch, col. charging him with the seduction of her daughter Vina. Mat was arrested and taken before justice Rankin and pled guilty to the charge. To prevent going to jail to wait the action of the grand jury he agreed to marry the girl. Application was at once made for license and before many days the dusky couple will be married. 12 July 1895--A. B. Ellington a prominent farmer living two miles west of Clark, died Wednesday. Deceased was about 55 years old. 19 July 1895--CLARK ITEMS--The funeral of A. B. Ellington here last Wednesday was attended by several friends from other places and the church would not hold near all the people. A. B. Ellington was an honorable, kind hearted man and had friends everywhere that he was known. The first lessons that the writer ever received in school were given by him and ever since then he had been one of our kindest and best friends. 19 July 1895--POSSUM HOLLOW ITEMS--Callis Magruder visited his sister, Mrs. J. E. Davis near Fayette. 19 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--John O. Dougherty, and little daughter, of Salisbury, are visiting relatives and friends here. 19 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--The boys say that Uncle Jim Dougherty is able to get about without his cane. Hurrah for Uncle Jim! 19 July 1895--Ben Owens and wife, of Illinois, arrived here Saturday to be present at the marriage of his brother Henry, Tuesday evening. 19 July 1895--Died, on the 18th, Maggie the 12 year old daughter of Thos. Lilley. The remains were buried at the city cemetery today. 19 July 1895--Died, in Sturgeon, on the 16th, Mrs. J. M. Seymour, aged about 45 years. 19 July 1895--G. A. Dougherty traded his property in Renick to J. D. Marshall for the latter's residence property here. Dougherty later sold the property to S. E. Marrs. 19 July 1895--Married, at the residence of the brides mother, near Elliott, on July the 17th, Henry Owen and Miss Etha Marshall. Rev. Bryne officiating. The News extends good wishes. 19 July 1895--Edgar, the 13-year-old son of James Humphrey who ran away on the 4th, arrived in Armstrong yesterday. We were unable to learn where he has been or what he proposes to do. 19 July 1895--J. M. Boyd, of Cairo, took some chickens to Moberly Saturday which he sold and with the proceeds got drunk, bought a pistol, went home, shot his wife three times, and then blew his own worthless brains out. Boyd died at 8 o'clock and at last account his wife was still hovering between life and death. 26 July 1895--John Folks fell from a load of ties and broke his leg below the knee Wednesday. 26 July 1895--Died, of whooping cough, on the 20th, the 11-months old son of James Stone. 26 July 1895--Died, on the 21st, of whooping cough, the 2-year-old daughter of W. J. Richards and wife. It was buried at the Whitmore burying ground Monday. 26 July 1895--John Williams, of near Burton, who has been suffering for some time with cancer, left Tuesday night for St. Louis for treatment. He was accompanied by his father, Barry Williams, and Dr. T. H. Dinwiddie. 26 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--Messrs John Morrison Dougherty, John Henry Mobly and Joe F. Dougherty were in Sturgeon on business Saturday. 26 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--Miss Euphrates Andrews, of Fayette, is visiting the family of J. B. Andrews. 26 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--Uncle Jimmie Dougherty left for La Junta, Col, Thursday to see his son, J. M. Dougherty who is not expected to live. 26 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--A. G. Atkins, wife and granddaughter, Leona Andrews, of Fayette, visited the family of B. F. Andrews Tuesday at Burton. 26 July 1895--MYRES ITEMS--William Avery and family, of Higbee have moved to their farm near Myres. 26 July 1895--WHITE OAK ITEMS--Mrs. Minerva Kirby and two little daughters, of near Armstrong, are visiting relatives in this vicinity this week. 26 July 1895--WHITE OAK ITEMS--Miss Agnes Young, of Elliott, made Miss Mary McVay a pleasant visit last week. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome