Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--A LETTER FROM ABROAD--Geo. McGill last week received a letter from his nephew, Robert Easton, who is serving with the Australian forces in Palestine, from which we copy as follows: "I was pleased to get your letter and I hope to be able to pay you a visit by the end of the year. My leg has not been of the best since I got it plugged, and may have to again be docked for repairs. I have been pretty lucky so far, and have got off a lot lighter than young Tom (a nephew) who has been wounded for the fourth time. I have been through Jerusalem and all the holy places, including Gates of Zion, House of Caphias, Solomon's Area, Solomon's Stables, Mosque of Omar, Jews' Wailing place, Field of Blood, Mount of Olives, Mount Zion, Mount Maria, Jaffa Gate, Golden Gate, Mount of Evil Counsel, Pool of Bethsheba, Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Holy Sepulchre, Mount Calvary, Stone of Unction and the stations of the Cross, and a host of other places. At present I am located just outside of Jerusalem. Food is very scarce up there at present. We are not allowed to buy any. The Turks here treated the civilian population disgracefully and maltreated all the Christians; also they hung the mayor of Gaza and his son and also the servant outside the Jaffa Fate. The Holy City is a very narrow, dirty place. The streets are littered with filth and it is surprising there is no plague. I also visited Bethlehem to see where Christ was born. Now our troops are over the River Jordan and the Turk is getting a very bad time. He lost about 2000 killed in his attempt to recapture Jerusalem on Dec. 26, and we went through hell there. I never in all my life struck anything so bad. The weather was simply awful, and the continual downpour of rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning and the roar of the guns was like going through hell. In the two days the Turk lost about 6000 men, and when you say a third of them were killed you will see how deadly the fighting was about this sector." Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--Miss Recie Longdon is visiting relatives in Marissa, Ill. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--Charles Longdon, better known as "Red", who has been working at Marissa, Ill, for the past year, spent Saturday and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Thos. Longdon. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--Mrs. Bethel Milnes and daughter, Miss Chastine, of Denver, Colo, were the guests of Mrs. Henry Powell during the week. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--Guy White, who is in special military training school at Columbia taking a mechanical course, spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Annis White. He expect to be called for active service about the 13th, but has no idea where he will be sent. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--Mrs. J. E. Rucker and daughters, Mmes. G. M. Nichols, W. F. Spotts, W. L. Cave, and W. D. Burke spent the latter part of last week with relatives at New Franklin. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--Mrs. Fred Ongley returned to her home in Rock Island, Ill, Sunday, after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Walton, and other relatives. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--H. C. Eubanks is the proud owner of what is perhaps the best car in the county--a Stutz four--for which he traded his big Speedwell and Buick roadster. Friday, 2 August, 1918, Vol 32, No 16--DEATH OF LITTLE OZELLA GILES--Again has the Death Angel visited a Higbee home, this time choosing as his victim one of its sweetest buds, Ozella, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Giles, who entered into rest at the family home in this place at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, July 25, 1918. She had been a sufferer from heart disease for about a year, and all that tender and loving care and medical science could do was done for her, but to no avail, and death no doubt came as a welcome relief from her sufferings, which were great and which increased from day to day. She was born at Gillispie, Ill., October 26, 1910, and was therefore in her eighth year. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon by the Rev. N. B. Green, the church being packed to the doors by the friends of the grief stricken parents. Interment was made in the city cemetery. The warmest sympathy of the community goes out to the bereft parents and brother and sister. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.