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 22, 1881 VINTON A thirteen year of son of Mrs. Shriner, a widow lady, had his right foot badly crushed between two freight cars while stealing a ride at McArthur, recently. A small child of Mr. Jonses, of Minerton, this county, died at Frazersburg, Muskingham county, while the mother was on a visit there to her sister, lately. A McArthur correspondent says: Much valuable timber, fencing and other property has been destroyed in this county within the last few weeks by the prevalence of forest fires. Mrs. Mary Moore, who was born one hundred and eight years ago in County Laud, Ireland, died at the Infirmary of this county lately. She had lived in Vinton county nearly three quarters of a century. We had in type last week mention of the recent tragical death of Henry McKibben and Frank Jones, who both lost their lives by damp in cleaning out and old well at Zaleski. The last ????? person descended the well to rescue McKibben but being overcome by the ???? gas, died, too, before he could be rescued. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson