ALLEN CO: Daniel STARK, of Allen county, died on the 10th inst., and was buried at the family burying ground at Ms. Mary MARTIN's in the Rocky Hill, Barren county,country on December 11. Mr. Start was over seventy years of age and had never married. (25 Dec 1895 issue) HART CO: At a dance given near Euclid, in Hart county, last Saturday night Henry MATHIS shot Tom MATHIS in the back, killing him instantly, and was instantly killed himself by someone shooting him. Alvin Mathis, a son of Henry Mathis, was also perhaps fatally shot. He is the young man who recently acquired notoriety by running away with the pretty daughter of Fielding BEAMS, of Hart county, but who was arrested in Louisville and the marriage prevented. Henry and Tom Mathis were not related. (1 Jan 1896). METCALFE CO: Mr. S D PORTER was married to Miss Laura May STOTTS last Sunday. They both live near Centre. Miss Stotts is the daughter of Wm Stotts, who was killed in the court house here during circuit court several years ago. (22 Jan 1896 issue) Mr. James HUNLEY, a clever man and highly respected citizen from Edmonton, died Sunday of pneumonia and was buried at Randolph Monday. He leaves a wife and two small children. Two of his sisters died in a few days of each other a few months ago, mention of which was made in the Times at that time.(22 Jan 1896 issue) Mrs. Laura PERKINS died at the home of her husband, Mr. C. A. Perkins, in Summer Shade, Monday of last week. She was a most excellent lady, loved and respected by all who knew her. Mrs. Perkins was a daughter of "Squire" J. H. McMURTRY. She was twenty-two years old and a consistent member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Wade SHIRLEY, who left the Summer Shame country for Nebraska with his mother when quite a small boy, and who has since resided near Salem in that State, met a tragic death on the 9th inst. Young Shirley, in company with a friend and companion by the name of Sam McCOOL, were out skating on the river when the ice suddenly gave way and they both went under and were drowned. Wade Shirley was a son of Mrs. Laura E. Shirley, one of the best ___ and esteemed ladies that ever lived in this section, and the news of the heartrending death of her son will be heard with genuine sorrow by all who knew her here. Her unfortunate son was eighteen years of age at the time of his death, and was a highly esteemed and promising young man. He recently concluded a successful district school, and only a month ago entered school in Salem for the winter, and was staying with the family of his uncle, Mr. R E GRINSTEAD. The sad ending of this bright young man calls to mind the fact that his father, grandfather and great grandfather all met with sudden and tragic deaths. (18 Dec 1895). MONROE CO: Mrs Martha C HILL, wife of Mr W W Hill, died at her home in Monroe county last week. Mrs. Hill was Miss Martha BEDFODRD before her marriage, and a most excellent lady. She was the mother of ten children; and was a lady beloved by all. (11 Dec 1895). Miss Louisa J. HILL died at her home in Monroe county last week, aged sixty-nine years. (11 Dec 1895) Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's site: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/