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 May 12, 1887 GALLIA Mr. A. R. Chase, of Gallipolis, recently sustained painful and serious injuries by the fall of a bulletin board upon him. The members of the Gallipolis M. E. church are in correspondence with organ builders, with the view of purchasing a pipe organ, estimated to cost $2,000. Dr. Thos. W. Northrop who was lately so brutally murdered at Haverhill, Scioto county, was a former resident of Gallipolis, the Journal of which place says of him: "The Doctor was the son of John S. Northrop, and he is a descendant of that famous woman, Ann Bailey The family will employ Judge Bannon of Portsmouth, and will prosecute to the bitter end." Transcribed by Joyce Robinson