This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lyle, Rany, Raney, Rainy Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZkB.2ACI/3014.2 Message Board Post: Knocked in the Head. John Rany and Bob Lyle, who are partners in a grist mill on Duck creek, had a quarrel Thursday, which resulted in a fight, in which the former, it is thought, sustained injuries that will prove fatal. From what could be learned of the affair, Rany, who is a brother-in-law of Lyles, was grinding some corn for another party against Lyle's will, and on his objecting, trouble ensued. Lyle struck him a terrible blow on the forehead with butt-end of an ax, crushing in the skull just above the left eye the size of a Mexican dollar. Dr. Allen attended him and removed thirteen pieces of bone from the wound. He is lying in a critical condition, his recovery being considered extremely doubtful. Lyle gave himself up and was placed under a five hun- dred dollar bond. - March 6, 1880, Dallas Daily Herald, p. 8, col. 3. ----- Local Jottings. J. E. Rainy dies from his wounds [brief mention only] - March 17, 1880, Dallas Daily Herald, p. 8, col.1.