Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson Athens Messenger August 26, 1875 GALLIA Nearly every township in this county has a Hayes' Club. The coal-heavers on Little Raccoon are reported all quiet. The new College building at Rio Grande is rapidly approaching completion. A colored lady, Mrs. Viney, living in the village of Porter, has pieced a quilt with 33,724 different pieces in it. The loss of Mr. McFarland by the robbery of his jewelry store, at Gallipolis, which we noticed last week, is stated to be between $3,000 and $4,000. Charles Gilliland, now confined in jail at Gallipolis on the charge of attempting to commit a rape, tried to hang himself, but was discovered and cut down. He has since built a fire in his cell which, however, did no damage. On Thursday night last, about 12 o'clock, the residence of Reuben Rice, in Guyan Township, was entered by five men in disguise. Mr. Rice's son, a young man aged about 25, was knocked down, and three of the men guarded him and Mr. and Mrs. Rice while the other two explored the house. --- They found $175 in currency, with which they departed. --[Bulleten. (sic)