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 July 1, 1880 VINTON Population of Hamden about 650. The population of McArthur is nine hundred and seven. It is announced that the celebration at Zaleski next Saturday will be a huge affair. The Enquirer reports a number of meadows in this county destroyed by the army worm. Several new veins of coal and ore have been discovered in different parts of Vinton county during the past few weeks. A miner named Fletcher was thought to have been fatally injured by a fall of slate in a mine near Zaleski on Thursday last. During a storm at McArthur on Friday, G. W. Dalton, a telegraph operator there was struck over by a current of electricity, while seated at the operating table. A three year old son of Silas D. King, living in Swan township, fell, says the McArthur Enquirer, into what is known as Dunkle Creek, on Saturday afternoon, and was drowned. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson