7 Aug 1896--T. J. Lorton removed to Illinois this week. 7 Aug 1896--Robert Miller of Moberly, who has been sick for the past two years died Tuesday morning. 7 Aug 1896--The remains of E. L. Stinmetz who died at Sedalia Monday passed through here Tuesday on the way to Glasgow for interment. 7 Aug 1896--Mr. Napoleon Knight and Miss Sallie B. Robb eloped last Sunday and were married in Huntsville at the residence of and by L. A. Minor. The News extends good wishes. 7 Aug 1896--Tom Wilhite, a Boone county Negro, has gone crazy over the financial question and will be taken to the asylum. He claims that he is Bryan, and keeps up a ceaseless harangue. 7 Aug 1896--Last week near Boonsboro, Howard county, Babe Callaway and Leighton Overstreet, brother-in-law, became engaged in a quarrel which ended by Overstreet shooting Callaway through the left breast with a shot gun, from the effects of which he has since died. 7 Aug 1896--A report reached here yesterday morning from a reliable source that John Head, of Howard county, was shot and killed by his neighbor, a Mr. Mitchell. They lived on adjoining farms. Cause, an old grudge. Head shot several times at Mitchell without effect when Mitchell returned the fire, killing him. It will be remembered that Head figured in a sensation some time ago with his wife and man by the name of Kerrens living at Paris, MO, which terminated in Head emptying his pistol at Kerrens, shooting him in the shoulder. The killing Wednesday occurred near Jackman's Mill, ten miles south of Fayette. Immediately after the shooting Mitchell came to Fayette and gave himself up to the sheriff. 7 Aug 1896--WILSON ITEMS--A. G. Atkins and wife were the guests of T. A. Comstock Wednesday of last week. 14 Aug 1896--WILSON ITEMS--James Comstock is at least six feet tall, steps as high as a Chicago divorce lawyer and wears a smile a yard long over the arrival of a 13 pound girl at his house Saturday. We think Jim will recover. 14 Aug 1896--Miss Ersa Burton is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thos. L. Smith at Slater. 14 Aug 1896--Lewis Last, a prominent druggist of Moberly, died at that place Friday after an illness of two days. 14 Aug 1896--Died, on the 9th, the five-months-old daughter of Dr. G. M. Nichols and wife. The remains were taken to New Hope church, Howard county, Monday for interment. 14 Aug 1896--Ben Dougherty, who has been very low with typhoid fever for some days, we are glad to learn is some better. 14 Aug 1896--Paul Buchanan, son of John T. Buchanan, of Moberly, died at that place Saturday with typhoid fever. Eld. Buchanan and wife who are conducting a meeting near Roanoke passed through here Monday on their way to Moberly to attend the funeral. 14 Aug 1896--Born, on the 7th, to James Comstock and wife, a daughter. 14 Aug 1896--Born, on the 7th, to Emmett Robb and wife a daughter. 14 Aug 1896--Wm. Mathews, of Moberly, was found dead in his bed in St. Louis Friday morning. It is supposed that he died of heart trouble. 14 Aug 1896--Chas. Wilkerson, a young farmer of near Boonsboro, Howard county, shot and killed himself Sunday. No cause is assigned for the act. 14 Aug 1896--Wm. McGrew who removed to Illinois from here about a year ago died last week. 14 Aug 1896--Alexander January, a farmer of Audrain county, aged 60 years was murdered by his 19-year-old son, William, near Farber Saturday night. Family troubles are said to have been the cause. 14 Aug 1896--Died, in Higbee, on the 7th, Miss Sarah Evans, of abcess of the stomach, aged 20 years. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church Saturday by Rev. Nichols after which the remains were laid to rest in the city cemetery. 14 Aug 1896--Died, near Moberly, on the 11th, Mrs. Emma Lessley, wife of Gus Lessley, of flux, aged 21 years. The remains were removed to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Bradley, where funeral services were held yesterday at 2 p.m. by Eld. W. B. Anderson, after which the remains were laid to rest in the Higbee cemetery. 21 Aug 1896--Died, near Holliday, on the 15th, Mrs. Lewis Spotts, aged about 25 years. 21 Aug 1896--Born, at Burton, on the 17th, to B. F. Andrews and wife, a daughter. 21 Aug 1896--W. W. Wallace wife and daughter, of Mexico, were here this week visiting her parents, Joseph Burton and wife. 21 Aug 1896--Married, in Higbee, on the 15th, David Williams and Mrs. Mary L. Davis, Justice Rankin officiating. The News extends good wishes. 21 Aug 1896--Born, in Norman, Oklahoma, on August 18, to J. E. Lessley and wife, a son. 21 Aug 1896--Born, on the 17th, to H. C. Boyd and wife, a son. 21 Aug 1896--Mrs. Sarah Tuttle, residing near Ash, this county was struck by lightning Saturday and killed. 21 Aug 1896--John Crop, of Moberly, suicided by hanging himself near Glasgow. Domestic trouble is the reported cause. 21 Aug 1896--Lud Newman received a telegram from Boston, Kentucky, yesterday announcing the death of his aunt, Mrs. Susan Newman, who died at that place yesterday morning. 21 Aug 1896--Died, near Armstrong, August 15, 1896, of peritonitis, Mrs. Lucy Markland, wife of John W. Markland, aged 25 years. Deceased was a sister of our fellow townsman, I. R. Rooker. 21 Aug 1896--In looking over a late copy of the Northwest Tribune, published at Stevensville, Montana, we notice the death of Thos. W. Baker who removed from near Sturgeon to that state in 1872. Deceased was a brother of W. D. Baker and Mrs. J. J. Whitmire, of near Higbee. 28 Aug 1896--WILSON ITEMS--T. A. Comstock narrowly escaped being hurt Monday by his team running down hill, breaking two wheels of the buggy and throwing him out. 28 Aug 1896--Born, on the 20th, to Wm. Shoemaker and wife, a daughter. 28 Aug 1896--Died, on the 27th, Mrs. Elizabeth White, wife of David White, aged 61 years. 28 Aug 1896--L. G. Jenkins and wife were called to Huntsville this week to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Bud Chapman. 28 Aug 1896--FROM HARRISBURG--Mrs. Joe Dougherty is very sick at this writing. 28 Aug 1896--FROM HARRISBURG--Dr. W. W. Dougherty, of Higbee, passed through the city last week on his way home. The doctor was the first postmaster of Harrisburg. He can put that in his family bible. One hundred years from now history of Harrisburg will give him a puff. 28 Aug 1896--Born, on the 24th, to J. T. Watkins and wife, a daughter. 28 Aug 1896--Robert Williams, of Monroe county, and two of his granddaughters, Misses Edna Barton and Roberta Howell, came in from Holliday Tuesday and will spend several days here visiting W. I. Williams. 28 Aug 1896--Died, on the 24th, Nellie D. Ford, the 10-year-old daughter of Thos. L. Davis. The child had been complaining for several days and her mother thought she had dumb chills, for which she was being doctored. She appeared as well as usual up to a late hour Monday evening when she was taken with convulsions and died in a few minutes. The remains were taken to Clark Tuesday for interment. 28 Aug 1896--Geo. Anderson was hanged at Macon City last Friday for the murder of his wife. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.