Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson Athens Messenger June 8, 1876 GALLIA A deadened hickory tree fell one day recently and killed a yoke of cattle for Col. Montgomery, in Ohio township. The smoke-house of Mr. E. N. Ridgeway, of Raccoon township, was recently burglarized and its contents carried off. The Gallipolis Journal says, the members of the Methodist Church of this city hope to have their church finished and the dedication to take place on the last Sunday in June. The ware-house of Mr. G. B. Little, at Sprinkle's Mill, this county, was struck by lightning recently, exploding a keg of powder therein; the building notwithstanding was not seriously damaged. The Gallia County Republican Convention met in Gallipolis, on Saturday, and appointed delegates to the Congressional Convention to be held at Portsmouth, and expressed, by resolution, their first choice to be Hon. H. S. Neal.

Does anyone know which Henry Neal is mentioned below? Herma Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson Athens Messenger June 8, 1876 GALLIA The Gallia County Republican Convention met in Gallipolis, on Saturday, and appointed delegates to the Congressional Convention to be held at Portsmouth, and expressed, by resolution, their first choice to be Hon. H. S. Neal.