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 9, 1887 GALLIA Mr. John W. Neal, of Blunderburg, a few miles below Gallipolis, was lying on the floor in his room last Sunday evening about eight o'clock, when lightning struck the house and killed him. He was twenty-seven years old. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson