Transcribed without making changes to spelling and grammar. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson The Portsmouth Times Dated: May 15, 1880 Drowned at Sciotoville. On Monday last, HERBERT SUTTON, son of J. J. SUTTON, of Sciotoville, was drowned at noon, in the Little Scioto. He was not in the habit of going in the water, but the boys had been sliding down the steep and muddy bank of the river near the residence of Mrs. Meyers. Monday noon he left the house and it is supposed, joined by two companions, proceeded to the sliding place. About two o'clock two young men discovered a boy's clothes lying on the bank but no clue to the owner. Later the clothes were recognized, when the river was dragged, and about six o'clock the body was found near the slide. In the meantime the boys who were with him had become frightened and ran off. It is a great grief to his parents, as he was of a kind and industrious nature, and a great help to his mother. Mr. Sutton removed hither from Milton Station, W. Va., recently, but formerly resided in Morgan township, this county. Herbert's age was 11 years.