Hanford Journal Hanford, Kings Co., California Friday, 24 APRIL 1896 *********************************** MARRIAGE -- O'CONNER-HUNT -- At the Catholic church in Hanford, by Rev. Father BRADY, on Tuesday, April 21, 1896, Owen O'CONNER of Hanford and Mrs. W.E. HUNT of San Francisco. [The groom has charge of the tin shop of E. LORD, in this city. He has many friends here and about Traver, who will join us in wishing him and his bride a married life of prosperity and happiness. DEATH -- DOHERTY -- At Lakeside, Wednesday, April 22, 1896, Barney DOHERTY, aged 49 years, 11 months. [from Local Paragraphs column] -- Barney DOHERTY died at the COVERT home near Lakeside, at 11 Wednesday night. The body was brought to Thomas & Co.'s undertaking parlors in Hanford and was shipped to Modesto this morning for interment. Deceased was a brother of Robert and William DOHERTY of this place. ------------------------------------------------------ LOCAL PARAGRAPHS -- -Gus MOOSE, of Chicago, spent Thursday in Hanford, the guest of his brother-in-law, Ben MOCK. -Dan HUBBARD expects to leave next Tuesday for Tuolumne and Calaveras county with his peddling wagon. He expects to take a wagon load of men up there from Hanford and vicinity who want to mine. -Mrs. Joe JACOBS left this morning for Merced, where she will visit for a short time and then go to Fresno to reside permanently. -Mrs. Theo. GEBHARDT has gone to Ione, Alameda county, where she will spend about 6 weeks. She will attend the wedding of her father while there. -Mrs. J.W. HEILIG and children of Selma, formerly of Hanford, started Wednesday night for Pennsylvania, where she will spend 6 months visiting with relatives and friends. -Selma 'Irrigator' -- Miss Rose WHEAT of Hanford is visiting her sister, Mrs. J.C. BELL. She leaves tonight for Fresno where she will visit for a few days with her sister Mrs. Geo. HALL. -Rev. J.A. FINNELL, the Indian evangelist who is holding meetings in the interest of the M.E. Church at Lakeside, was in Hanford yesterday and reports much interest at his services. The meetings have been in progress about a week and there have been 11 conversions thus far. -George MEADOWS, formerly of Lemoore, has rented the BEY farm, a little south of Hanford and is residing there. -U.C. BOCK last Wednesday killed a pair of wildcats on Cross Creek, on the WINSTANLEY ranch. One of them weighed 28 pounds and the other was but a little smaller. -Reese PORTER, who is now employed on the Fresno 'Expositor,' is visiting his brother, W.S. PORTER, near this city. AT A SPIRITUALISTIC meeting held in Fresno Tuesday night, the medium revealed the place where the body of William WOOTON was buried. It will be remembered that the mysterious disappearance of WOOTON excited the people of Fresno county not many months ago and Prof. W.A. SANDERS, who was accused of knowing what had become of him, is now in jail at Fresno on charges arising out of the case. It is said the woman gave a description of the manner in which WOOTON was wounded and how and where he was buried. A party has gone to look for place she described. ------------------------------------------------------- ARMONA -- -Rev. WALTERS, recently of Oregon and formerly of Kansas, is visiting Sandy WHITE. -J.H. HICKEY, who has been up to Lime Kiln, Tulare County, working on a flume, returned home last Sunday evening. -O.C. CRANE and family and Ralph HITCHCOCK, of Paddock, went to Fresno today to attend the Adventist camp meting. Transcribed by Dee Sardoch To see more old newspapers, visit http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/