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 8, 1881 VINTON Rich veins of coal have recently been opened up near Vinton Station, this county. The veins are said to be think and of the celebrated splint variety. The clothing store of Ogier & Dye, at Hamden, was burglarized one night last week. Goods to the amount of from $150 to $175 were carried away. J. C. Pugh and Miss Alice Hanning, of McArthur, were married on Wednesday morning of last week, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. J. M. Jameson of the M. E. Church. Mr. Pugh is a prominent young lawyer of McArthur. The Hamden Furnace property changed hands last week, the purchasers being Auguatus M. Damarin and Mrs. Harriett E. Sendder, of Portsmouth. The property formerly belonging to Louis C. Damarin & Co. The price paid was $82, 710. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson