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 February 12, 1880 VINTON George Snook and family, living near McArthur, are about removing to Missouri. Miss Ruth Ray, of Hamden, was lately married to Mr. J. Davidson, of Madison county. Mrs. Hewitt, of Swan township, was at the close of last week very sick and not expected to live. Mrs. Esther Tarr has sold her farm, four miles east of Hamden, to J. R. Butchel & Co., for $4,000. Richland Furnace, west of Hemden (sic), which has been idle since 1873, is undergoing repairs, and will soon go into blast. A colored man who lately died in the infirmary of this county, was 111 years old; and very remarkably for one of his age, he had never been a l??ly servant of Washington. The result of a recent fox hunt in Richland township, this county, was the capture of two Reynards and a lively quarrel among the participants about the merits of their respective hounds. Wm. Jones got tired of serving out a sentence in the jail of this county for engaging in the diversion of wife whipping, and recently made his exit through the roof of that ancient and insecure building and lost no time in putting a wide vista between himself and the county seat, and expectation now is that he will not be present to report when the census enumerator gets around. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson