Richland County Newspaper Items

These are miscellaneous items from different newspapers.
The dates that the item came from is at the top of each story.

Items from Decker
Feb. 13, 1880

• Mrs. Samuel Hawkins is very sick.
• Os. Henrey has been buying cattle in Wabash Co. the past week.
• Messrs, Lambert, and Redmon have the finest lot of hogs in the county
• Solomon Hornback will have a public sale. personal property on the 17th of February
• We hope Bro. Gray will take pity on an afflicted people and bring the protracted meeting at Pleasant View to a close.

Miss Emma Stauffer will close her term of school here on the 12th of March. The directors are talking strongly of soliciting her for a second term, which is a deserved compliment to an engergetic teacher.

Items from Bonpass
Feb. 16, 1886

The meeting at Preston's closed for one week, but began again on Friday night preparatory to holding a quarterly meeting and also to elect trustees and a church committee. Their intentions is, if possible, to build a church of their own, that they as a body of Free Methodists, can have a house of their own to worship in. The candidates have been making things warm for the section the last two weeks but who is the lucky man will not even risk our opinion. There is but little stir about the town officers yet.  It is reported that John Camp will be a candidate for County Judge provided he should be the choice of his party.
 

• C.C.Snider sold his farm to Victor Smith and is going to Nebraska to grow up with the country.
• Thos. Lindsay , of Brown's was up here on business one day last week.
• The schools and prayer meetings are slim in attendance since the mud has been so deep.

Samuel Thompson a widower of Wabash County, was out in this locality on Sunday last, but preying eyes failed to find out who he was wanting to see.

Items from Denver
Feb. 16, 1886

• Plenty of mild and little snow
• Miss Mary Resor, who is working in your city, visited her parents last week. She is handsome
• N.R.Jenner was the guest of A.B. Farquhar last Sunday.
• Johnnie Seblack is a very low conditjon with the dropsy.
• R.N.Stotler was in other parts one day last week, we are informed by some of our friends. He has a host of friends, he has a host of friends in these parts. Success to him.
• Mr. J.H. Groves lost a horse one day last week by some unknown disease. This is quite a loss to Mr. Groves.
• Some of our young folks wanted to go to Noble, but the mind prevented them last Tuesday.

We all wanted to get to the post office and get us a good valentine, but cannot on account of bad roads, but hope all who can get there will receive some good ones.

Card of Thanks
Feb 16, 1886

We wish, through your paper, to tender our heartfelt thanks to our many kind friends for their untiring assistance during the long illness of our dear husband and father and our recent affliction, the occasion of his death. For each one, when your hour of trouble comes, as come to it will all, we can desire nothing more than has been accorded to us.

Philora Spangler and Family
Olney, Ill  Feb. 15, 1886

Personals
Feb. 1886

• John P. Heap went to Mattoon on business last Monday.
• Mrs. John P. Heap visited Sumner friends last Monday.
• Mrs. Dora Ratcliff is visiting relatives in Washington, Ind.
• C.M. Davis of the Newton Mentor, was in our city yesterday.
• Postmaster T.T. Taylor, of Noble, cattled on the Times Saturday.
• Editor Conyngton, of the Albion News, was on our streets Saturday.
• A. Foerster, a prominent Democrat of Noble, called Saturday.
• Jas. E. Hill, of Chester, Il, Sundayed with friends in this city.
• W.S. and H. A. Rothrock, of West Salem, were in this city Sunday.
• Miss Alitie Nall, teacher at Parkersburg, spent Sunday in this city.
• E.J.Stewart, postmaster at Claremont, was in this city Monday.
• Miss Ella Johnson, of Flora, visited Miss Maggie Barlow last week
• Mrs. J.C. Gladdish spent Friday and Saturday with Calhoun friends.
• Miss Lissa Hitch, teacher at West Salem, Sundayed with Olney friends
• Mrs. Henry Guyot left yesterday on a visit to her parents in Springfield.
• Miss Jamie Burd, of the Senior class, visited Sumner friends last week.
• Miss Florence Davis and Miss Lillie Roberts are visiting Flora friends.
• John Brauer transacted business at Falmouth, Jasper County, yesterday.
• R.W.Babbitt, of Springfield, Mo., is home attending the sick bed of his wife.
• Prof. W.E.Redmon, of the Dundas Schools, was a caller of the Times Saturday.
• Wm. Boyle and H. M. Sanderson, represented Noble on our streets Monday.
• The Misses Sue Shaffer and Ella McCollough of Noble, were in this city yesterday
• T.S. Hoops and wife, of Sumner, spent Sunday with the family of Thos. Ratcliff.
• H.M.Hall went to Springfield yesterday to attend the State Encampment G.A.R.
• Mrs. Ed Von Gunten returned last week from a visit to her parents in West Salem.
• Elijah Ratcliff, of Oakosh, Wis., was the guest of his brother Thos. Ratcliff last week
• John Toliver, a promising young stockman from Brushville, was in this city Sunday night.

Thomas White, a prominent young man from Jefferson Ind., is visiting his cousin Ed. Barberq.

A True Love Letter
(printed in the Newton Press, Jasper County)

A gentleman hands us the following for publication, which he found in the road, in Richland county, about 4 miles from Olney.

"Jackoke settlement, Richland co. June the 10th, 1874

Dear susan I thought I would drop you A few lynes to let You know how we was getting Along I and pap has got 59 kows paps 49 cows and I have got 1 mine aint a cow its a bull Craps is good up here I have got A big patch of taters and 2 acres of Corn to feed my kow I wish you was here I am so lonsome without you I love you as well as ever I am going to build a house this winter And we will get married if you have not changed your notion I am going to work for Uncle John and get some money and kum out to see you and your folks and have A good time with you mother thinks says we will make A good match I have forgot something the old hoss kicked me the other day I remain your love
JOHN BLACK
Write soon deer susan direct your Letters to hickory postoffice Jackoke settlement ill.

Items from Claremont
Feb. 1886

"What shall the Harvest Be?"will largely depend upon the weather for the next thirty days. The roads are almost impassable, being to there so muddy.

• Wm. Beard has sold his property in town to Mrs. Millie Webster for $360.00. Mr. Beard will go back to his farm.
• Miss Minnie Catt, a popular school teacher, and daughter of Mrs. B.D. Fowler, was married last week at Russellville, Il., to a Rev. Smith. The newly married couple will make Lawerenceburg, Ind., their home for the present.
• Claremont is just becoming famous for patent-right men. We have just been relieved of a man selling territorism for a perfect plow attachment, when a patent churn man made his advent. Several of our citizens have taken stock in the above churn. Bill Haynes has purchased Wayne County, J.D. Simons will go to Olney county to county the Jerseys.
• Township candidates are coming to the front.  For supervisors we hear the name of E.J.Steward and Charles Roberts mentioned.

Elder Morrell is with us and has ably entertained his congregation.

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