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 OHVINTON 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 OHVINTON 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 OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger September 9, 1880 VINTON L. W. McKinnise has discovered a vein of fine clay on his farm just out of Hamden. During a recent storm the barn of A. Barleon, est of McArthur, was blown down and made a complete wreck. The present, says the Vinton Record of last week, is one of the most suspicious sessions of the Teachers' Institute ever held in the county. The county jail is, says the McArthur Enquirer, rapidly nearing completion. It will be ready to receive its guests by the time court convenes on the 16th inst. Elder Riley removed a cancer from Mr. A. H. Buskirk's face in Richland township recently. It was on the right side of his nose, near his eye. It was removed by external application. The Hamden Enterprise says: A little daughter of H. D. Wortman, while playing one day last week, swallowed a needle which lodged in her throat. After working a little while with it the needle was dislodged and at this witting no danger is apprehended to result from it. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson