Hi List, My daughter has also transcribed a large article that summarizes events of 1889. It is the last large article that we have. Article - The Madison County Democrat, Wednesday, January 1, 1890. 1889. Brief Epitome of Local Events of Interest Occurring During the Year. JANUARY. 2 - Death of Charley Skeels; Mrs. M. M. Thomas buried. 3 - White Caps on glade. 7 - Laura Heath, Gillivan's, died. 11- "Mose" Wilson's dead body found near Westerville, supposed to have been murdered. 12 - Death of Mrs. Belle Hays, South Solon, died. 15 - John W. Wilson assigned; Stephen Miller of Pleasant township, died. 16 - Jeptha Hughs, old Stokes township citizen, died; Buff prairie school house burned. 18 - Mrs. Chris. Straus, London, died. 19 - Demented Lafayette woman attempted suicide. 22 - Mrs. Geo. Bentzel died. 24 - Madison Loan and Building Company organized; Andrew Rupert dropped dead. 30 - Col. Wm. H. Summers' death. 31- Mrs. John Haney died. FEBRUARY. 6 - Mrs. John Whalen, London, died. 7 - Abe Hasting's house in Mt. Sterling burned. 8 - Mrs. Ann Andrews died at Amity. 9 - "Aunty" Carter, aged over 100 years, died at County Infirmary. 11 - London Loan and Building Company organized. 13 - M. E. revival at W. Jefferson closed with over 80 conversions; Mrs. Mary Fitzgivens, above Somerford died. 15 - Mrs. Charlotte Dickensheets, London, died. 19 - Mrs. Clint. Peterson, London, died. 24 - Va. Bauer, former London tailor, died at Columbus; Peene's elevator at West Jefferson burned. 27 - Death of Mrs. Susan Huffman, Grassy Point. 28 - Demise of Mrs. Martha March, Lower Glade, and Mrs. Minor Paine, London. MARCH. 2 - Jacob March, well-known marbler, died. 8 - The Geary burglars got a prison dose. 9 - John Chenowith suicided at Harrisburg. 10 - Jennie Putnam died at West Jefferson. 12 - New Masonic temple at London dedicated. 13 - Rev. Campbell died at Bellaire. 14 - A. C. Drake, Plain City, died. 15 - Barnum McCarty, died. 16 - Death of Mrs. Rebecca Corzelius in the West. 17 - St. Patrick's Day celebrated. 19 - Hubbard will broken. 20 - Horse-trainer Snyder, bigamist, arrested. 23 - Thos. Locke, young Somerford farmer, accidently shot; DEMOCRAT'S gift distribution. 24 - Thomas Meehan died near West Jefferson. 26 - Death of Mrs. J. B. Morgridge, Plain City. 27 - Death of Florence Booth, Deercreek, and Mrs. Lucinda Young, Mt. Sterling. 30 - Death of Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, Somerford. APRIL. 1 - Spring elections; death of Mrs. W. W. Hartranft, west of London, and Mrs. McFarland, West Jefferson. 4 - Death of John R. Smith, east of London. 6 - Jas. Rankin assigned. 9 - Turner's slaugther house burned. 10 - Lewis Undermach, Plain City, died; also Mrs. McClintick, Rosedale. 12 - Mrs. Jacob Martin died at West Jefferson. 15 - Horse thieves raid the county; David Murray, Rosedale, died. 17 - Shuman caught burglarizing Gosslee's grocery. 18 - Body of unknown dead baby found in a London well. 22 - William Porter suicided at Amity by taking poison. 23 - Thos. D. Bonner, prominent young farmer, found dying of heart disease; Potee's shingle factory at Somerford burned. MAY. 1 - Ab. Bateman's house, Monroe township, burned. 6 - Emil Weber killed at Portland, Oregon; death of Mrs. Wm. Booth, Jefferson township. 7 - David M. Bradley, Monroe township, died. 16 - Wm. Douglass, Big Plain, died. 19 - Uncle Billy Johnston, Range township pioneer, passed away. 20 - Mrs. Mattie Carey, Plain City, died. 21 - Bank check worker arrested. 24 - R. Grant Roll died at San Bernardino, Cal. 25 - Loa Irvin, London, died. 26 - Monmouth Goodyear, Somerford, died; Rev. Father Hickey delivered Memorial Address. 28 - London's base ball park opened. 29 - Patrick Cuzack died at Richmond, Ind., the result of being run over by cars. 30 - Decoration Day celebration. JUNE. 6 - London organized to send help to Johnstown sufferers. 13 - London High School Commencement. 14 - Electric light ordinance passed. 18 - New loan company organized at Mt. Sterling. 19 - Mrs. H. Blair died at Mt. Sterling. 21 - Presley Jones, South Charleston farmer, died. 23 - J. C. Deem died at Range. 24 - Three new county roads sold. 27 - Merchants' Carnival at London. 28 - Wm. J. Hodges, old soldier of Mt. Sterling, died. JULY. 1 - Mrs. Ed. Donahoe, London, died. 4 - Big Catholic picnic. 9 - Mrs. Rebecca Butler, Lilly Chapel, died. 10 - Mrs. Ruth Barrett, South Solon, died; Madison County Children's Home opened. 13 - Mrs. Chris. Smith's house in Oak Run township burned; Lohr's bromated-saline water gives out; death of Mrs. Jeriah Swetland and Colonel Bolly Lewis at London. 17 - Earlie Zumbro died at Santa Monica, Cal. 18 - Sandy Olds, assassin of Emil Weber found guilty at Portland, Oregon. 19 - Hon. J. P. Martin blown up in explosion at Water Works at Washington C. H. 21 - Mrs. Hannah Garrett, aged 72 years, died at London. 23 - C. S. & C. train struck team at High street crossing, narrow escape of driver; Mrs. Henry Jones dropped death at West Jefferson. 24 - J. D. Dudley, candy man of London, skipped out; Joseph Bradley, Monroe township, died; "Dickey" Shepherd, Harrisburg, kicked to death by horse. AUGUST. 1 - Felix Dounce, Pleasant tp., died; Mrs. Adeline Bidwell, Monroe, died. 2 - C. S. & train cuts off legs of Wm. Wilson at Galloway; Lydia Nedds, London, died. 3 - Finley Webb's child scalded to death. 5 - Teachers' Institute; A. Mitchell, Sr., died at Mt. Sterling. 6 - Mrs. Mary Pearce, aged 79 years, died at London. 9 - Three chicken thieves - the Hamiltons - in hoc. 11 - Wesley Lilly, old citizen, died at Lilly Chapel. 14 - Hon. David Haskell passed quietly away. 17 - Augustus Vogelsberg, of Resaca, crushed to death in gravel pit. 18 - Renner boys at Jefferson capture a Negro burglar. 19 - Lizzie Morrissey, Oak Run township, and Rev. S. G. Prior, Lafayette, died. 21 - Ella Lynch, nine-year-old girl, died from lock-jaw; big fire at Mt. Sterling. 23 - Mrs. Sarah R. Miller, Pleasant township, died. 27 - Mrs. Jno. Millikin died at Plain City. 28 - Water Works carried in London nearly two to one. 29 - Death of James Hamilton, prominent London grain buyer. 30 - Death of Sherman Coberly. SEPTEMBER. 1 - D. H. Douglass, Mt. Sterling, and Mrs. Margaret Farrell, London, died. 2 - Wm. White arrested fro burglary. 3 - Levi Kilbury died near Plain City. 5 - Madison county wins first premium in bets agricultural display at Ohio State Fair. 7-9 - Death of Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Prose near Bookwalter. 11 - John Purcell died at London. 12 - Elmer Hall died. 14 - Mrs. Alex. Wilson suicided at Somerford by shooting herself; Thos. Landy, same place, died. 15 - Mrs. Milan Miller died. 16 - Mrs. Mahala Gatton, London, died. 17 - Tom Bird, an old London boy, died at Washington C. H. 18 - Hamilton Badgley, Lower Glade, died. 19 - Two children of Reason Locke poisoned by eating jimson seeds; Whig Leach died in Columbus. 21 - The Gulcher block gutted by fire. 25 - Ada Jhouk died in Union township; Judge E. O. Fitzgerald, Fairfield township, passed away. 26 - Saml. M. Stickley, West Jefferson grocer, died from injuries received at the hands of Geo. Bowles, colored. 27 - Dr. Will. B. Hubbard died. OCTOBER. 3 - Mrs. Wm. Wilson of Monroe township died of cancer. 5 - Mrs. Harriet Browning died at Columbus. 7 - Board of Trade organized. 8 - Mrs. Wm. Johnson, Lilly Chapel, died. 9 - Roxie Burt, Lilly Chapel, and Cornelius Sexton, Range township, died. 10 - Jackson Harris, tramp, arrested for stealing a $100 tricycle at Plain City. 12 - Luther Lane, Jr., wealthy resident of Darby township, and Mrs. Jane Holland, Wrightsville, died. 13 - Marion Ensley, mute inmate of Infirmary, struck by train and killed. 16 - Mrs. Peyton Chrisman died at home of her son, R. K., in London; Wm. Horn, Lilly Chapel, accidentally shoots himself. 17 - Levi Counts' residence burned; bids opened for building of new court house; Wittermier Bros. Of Columbus get job for $127, - 18; barn of John C. Jones, Newport, burned. 19 - Dominick Gallagher, harness thief, taken in. 23 - Wm. Kilgore, Sr., Canaan township, found dead in bed. 25 - Chas. C. Thomas, Big Plain farmer, blew his brains out; new Universalist Church at Plain City dedicated. 26 - Perry Salmon, Midway farmer, died; Dr. D. E. McMillen, well-known Mt. Sterling physician, died. 30 - Rev. Wood Finely, missionary, located at Bahai, Brazil. NOVEMBER. 2 - Henry Danison, mute, killed by the cars at Galloway. 3 - Clarence Guy of Rosedale, killed by cars in Kentucky. 5 - Democratic candidate for Governor, Jas. E. Campbell, elected; also Auditor Ward re-elected; Democratic victory all over the country. 9 - Prosecuting Attorney Corwin Locke stops work on the new Court House by refusing to approve the contract. 11 - Mrs. Mary E. Shaffer, London, died of heart disease. 20 - Mrs. Catharine Flanagan, West Jefferson, died. 19 - Jos. H. Gardner, Lilly Chapel, assigned. 21 - Fred. Peirce's grocery at Big Plain blown open and $200 stolen. 23 - Mrs. Abram Weaver, Vienna, died; an umbrella mender caught while burglarizing Cain's barber shop; Plain City Furniture Factory burned out; Wm. Grim, Range, died. 24 - I. N. Gardner, Somerford, assigned; raid on coal thieves in London. 30 - John Betts died at Columbus, and Martin O'Donnell, Esq., at Denver, Colorado, both former Londoners. 29 - Uncle Johnny Blue of below Range, died. 36 - Mrs. Sarah Hunt, Resaca, died. 27 - W. W. Fellows and wife, Jefferson, celebrate their golden wedding. DECEMBER. 1 - Mrs. Ella Miller, Lafayette, died. 5 - Plain City capitalists organize a new furniture factory. 6 - Mrs. Ella Roberts, Dun farm, died. 6-7 - First Farmers' Institute held. 7 - Mrs. John Burt, Mt. Sterling, died. 9 - Thos. Horn of Lilly Chapel held up by highwaymen. 10 - Maggie Flynn, Mt. Sterling, died. 11-18 - DEMOCRAT'S mammoth addition. 12 - Tilman Lewis and wife, Lower Glade, celebrate their golden wedding; new electric light contract. 19 - Work on new water works begins; Jack Sollars, Chenowith's, died; Bruce S. Adair, died in London; Geo. Bowles found guilty of manslaughter. 21 - Little child of Paschal Warner, Lafayette, strangled to death. 22 - Several young ladies badly injured in runaway, above Somerford. 25 - Christmas day celebrated. Now wasn't that worth the time spent reading? Steve Slattery