Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson Athens Messenger May 31, 1888 GALLIA One Gus Mentzler, supposed to be a former resident of Athens, was seriously hurt during a recent night by falling from the window of a Gallipolis hotel. Gallipolis expects 40,000 visitors at ??? Soldiers and Sailors' Reunion on the 8th and 9th of August next. All ex-soldiers, both Union and Confederate, are invited. A Gallipolis paper says: "A ??tilla of steamers displaying the naval movements of war life" will be one of the attractions of the Gallipolis reunion, and a genuine attraction it will be. It is just the place for a display of that kind. The interesting old city has a ??? expanse (sid) of the Ohio river in her immediate ???, and standing room along the wharf for 30,000 spectators.