These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHGALLIA list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHGALLIA list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHGALLIA list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger June 16, 1887 GALLIA The 4th is to be celebrated in grand style at Gallipolis. After going down 3,000 feet, the Gallipolis gas well has stopped short because the drill has been broken off in the Trenton rock, as they suppose, and all efforts to remove it have failed. Last week's Gallipolis Bulletin says that on the preceding Saturday the Gallipolis creamery paid out $150 for cream, which mostly went into the pockets of women who heretofore have been churning their own cream. A last Friday's dispatch from Gellipolis says: A locomotive on the Ohio and West Virginia railroad struck a wagon this morning containing Mr. J. Adams, wife and two children, instantly killing the parents and one child. The other child was unhurt. Mr. Adams was a wealthy farmer. Representative Matthews, of Gallia county, who, it was reported, would lose a foot from an accidental blow with an ax received recently, says the newspaper accounts of the accident were exagerated (sic), and that he is able to be around, and will be all right in a a (sic) few days. His numerous friends throughout the State will be pleased to hear this. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson