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 April 28, 1881 VINTON Wm. F. Mapes recently died of consumption at his residence in McArthur. Tom Fee, of Zaleski, has been bound over to answer the charge of malicious shooting. The wife of Milton Arbbaugh, living in Vinton township, this county, died, Monday of last week, of consumption. McArthur claims to have the champion checker player of Southern Ohio. He wins games against all competitors, he playing blindfolded. His names is Charles C. Clarke. The McArthur Journal, formerly one of the Republican organs of this county, came last Thursday as a Democratic paper, with H. J. Savage & Co. as publishers and Wm. M. Entt(l)er as editor. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson