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Union County, IL Newspaper Data from 1890
Transcribed by Shauna Williams
THE TALK, March 21, 1890HARMLESS GOSSIP.
Born March ____ M _ Louis YOUNG, a daughter.
H.J. EASTMAN is on his feet again after a trying spell of sickness.
Mrs. E. S. ALDEN is slowly regaining strength after long and serious illness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. WILEY spent Sunday with Mr. W's parents near Makanda.
O. ALDEN and O. ALDEN, Jr., took a covered wagon and went to the bottoms Wednesday.
Willie TRACY, who is on the force of the American Express Co. at Cairo, is home for a few days.
Ewing SESSIONS, has been attending a veterinary college in Chicago is home for the summer vacation.
Mrs. Charles MANGOLD expects to leave March 28 to join her husband who is in Fairhaven Washington.
Mrs. I.M. PERRINE has been spending the week at Makanda on account of the sickness of Col. and Mrs. WILEY.
Mr. and Mrs.. F. P. ANDERSON returned last Saturday from Shelbyville. Mr. ANDERSON having recovered from the illness which detained him there.
Ed LEIRD got home Saturday night after three months spent in St. Louis, Belleville and other small towns in that vicinity. Ed is as jolly as ever.
We are sorry to hear that Col. B. L. WILEY is in feeble health. Mrs. WILEY also is confined to the house. As we go to press word comes that Col. WILEY is dying.
Mrs. B.F. MANGOLD, who has been confined to the house for eight weeks past, and most of the time to her bed, with la grippe and its various sequels, is slowly recovering.
And Dr. John HALE is married to Miss Julia WAGGONER at Thebes; so the Gazette says. Date, Wednesday last. Congratulations John.
O.A. COVER, who has been teaching the Alto Pass school during the winter, finished last week and called to us Monday on his way to his home near Western Saratoga.
The Cauble school near Alto Pass which has been in the hands of W.H. DAVIS of Western Saratoga for the winter closed last week. Mr. DAVIS called at The Talk office Monday on his way home.
Aaron GRAMMER of Bethel neighborhood called to see us Wednesday. Mr. GRAMMER is one of the oldest native residents of Union County having been bourn about two miles west of Anna in 1816.
Tom BRAZENELL came up from his home in the bottoms to attend court two weeks ago, and was seized with violent attack of la grippe. He had recovered sufficiently to enable him to return home Monday last.
Frank W. WILLARD graduated from the Missouri Dental College at its late commencement, March 13, and is now duly authorized to hang out his shingle as D.D.S. We learn that he has not decided where he will open his office, but Frank puts intelligence and hard work into whatever he undertakes, and wherever he may go we predict for him success in his chosen profession.
Mmes. Elizabeth ROBINSON and Mary WILBUR this week circulated a petition for the pardon of Ed MCGAHEY whose term in the penitentiary has almost expired The plea was that his pardon would give him the rights of citizenship which may prove a stimulus to good behavior. All sympathize with Mrs. MCGAHEY who needs her sons services and the petition was signed by many of our most influential citizens.
Another of our boys has come out a D.D.S., Thos. N. PERRINE, who has now taken the degree twice, this time from the Missouri Dental College of St. Louis. His old chums in the Academy will still call him "Tom," but those who put his skill to the test will find that he has earned his degree and title. Doctor PERRINE is a mechanical genius, and has turned his energy and skill into the line of a growing and honorable profession, in the practice of which The Talk wishes him ample success. We have not learned where he intends locating.COBDEN, March 20.
F.M. FERRELL of Carbondale is here this week, owing to the severe illness of his father.
Dr. C.T. FERRELL is quite ill. He had an attack of la grippe which developed into pneumonia.
Died, Wednesday March 19, of typhoid fever, Sam HARRIS. Deceased was sick but a few days.
Prof. M.V. BAGGOTT has finished his school and is now very anxious to get moved onto his brother's farm near Anna and enlist himself as a genuine granger.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. CRANDELL arrived here last week from Dakota and will probably make this their home for some time. They were compelled to leave Dakota on account of Mrs. CRANDELL's very poor health.
A little child of Ed BOTTOM's was drowned Wednesday in a well on D. GOW's place. The mother was drawing water and the child while trying to look into the well lost his balance and fell in. The mother jumped in to save her child but it was dead before she could reach it.
August KOHLER left on Monday for Middleton, Ky., where he has bought property recently. His family will remain here until he has built and rearranged their new home for their reception. We regret to lose so good a citizen as Mr. KOHLER, but wish him success in his new home.DONGOLA, March 19.
Miss Neely HOWARD is quite sick this week.
Mrs. Frank MCMILLIAN of Makanda Sundayed here with her father F. NELBAUER.
Died, at his residence, six miles east of Dongola, Sandy KELLAR aged about 28 years.
Mrs. Frank LOMBARD has had a severe tussle with la grippe this week but is improving.
W.J. DAVIDSON and Jacob DEVAULT will start on an extended trip through Texas next Tuesday.
Katie STODDARD of Villa Ridge is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. E. B. STODDARD.
Miss Maggie SAMS got home Thursday from an eight weeks sojourn with relatives and friends at Vincennes, Ind.
Frank NELBAUER is still confined to his home. He was quite poorly for a few days but says he feels better now.
Married at the residence of Squire J.F. LITTLE, Sunday, March 16, Mr. Henry CASTER and Miss Della CRUSE, both of Mill Creek.
Mrs. David CROTZER met with quite an accident while going home Tuesday night, but falling from the sidewalk and severely cutting her head on a rock.
Married at the residence of the bride's father in Dongola, Ill., Thursday evening, March 3, Mr. Tobias EARNHART and Miss Bettie RESH. We predict for the young couple a bright and happy life.
Died March 16, 1890, Lucy, little daughter of Wilfred and Sarah KARRAKER, aged one year and six months. Interment at Hinkle Cemetery on Tuesday, services being conducted by Rev. S. L. WISNER.
Died at her home in Dongola Tuesday March 18, Miss Jessie W. COPELAND of quick consumption. The funeral was preached at the Baptist church on Wednesday morning by Rev. S. L. CARTER. The remains were followed to their resting place by a large concourse of friends and relatives. Jessie has always been a consistent Christian, lived a noble life and will long be remembered by her many loving friends. The grave was beautifully lined with ever greens robbing it of its dreariness. Then think of her whose grief is ___ As one not lost-but gone before. As one whose star on earth is set, But lies in heaven's bright glory.JONESBORO, March 19.
Albert CROWELL moved his family to Anna this week.
Francis MAYER has moved into the property lately purchased by him on Poverty Ridge.
Prof. M.V. BAGGOTT of Success visited relatives and friends here the latter part of last week.
Dr. WILLARD came up from Mound City Tuesday. We learn he contemplates locating here permanently.ALTO PASS, March 20.
Jas. HERRALD is sick.
Mrs. Emma NASH (nee BURK) is having the Alto house repaired.
Mrs. C. D. HOLCOMB, who has been very sick for some time past, is slightly better.
Mrs. Alice LAMER who has been quite for sometime is again able to be out.
J.J. KEITH has been much indisposed for some time, and his son Ray is quite sick with the croup.
Died, Wednesday night, March 12, of la grippe, complicated with pneumonia, Mrs. W. R. PIRTLE.
Mrs. Lida CHAPMAN, Miss Helen and Master RICHARD have all been quite sick with fever for some time.
Ottie RENDLEMAN started to Cape Girardeau last Monday to attend the St. Vincent College during the spring term.
Died, Sunday night last, of consumption, wife of Thomas NORTON. Mr. NORTON is very sick with pneumonia.WATER VALLEY, March 19.
A.H. BROOKS has been on the sick list for the past few days.
Rev. M.C. BROOKS has been confined to his room for a few day with the "grip" Worse, he thinks, than the "pass."
J.R. KERR was visiting relatives here the first of the week. But like Job he was terribly afflicted with boils though he has none for sale he says.
We regret very much to lose from our midst our young Doctor STOUT, but he found a better field in which to practice and has moved to Ava, Jackson co.
Died, at the family residence, March 15th, of typhoid pneumonia, Mrs. Lucinda, wife of E.W. SISK, in the 76th year of her age. She was highly respected by all who knew her, an old member of the church here and was always looked upon as being one of its most consistent members. She was laid to rest in the cemetery here March 17th, where a host of relatives and friends had gathered to witness the interment ceremonies. She leaves an aged husband, one son and two daughters, several grand and great grandchildren besides a host of relatives to mourn her loss. But "Blessed are they that die in the Lord."MILL CREEK, March 18.
Wm. HINDMAN has been quite sick for the past week.
Miss Gertie HOWELL of Williamson Co. is staying with her uncle John BANKSTON.
M.J. SENSMEIER arrived one day last week from Jonesboro, where he has been courting for nearly two weeks.
Born, Monday, march 10, to Mrs. Jefferson FURGESON, twins-a boy and a girl; but the great Ruler bereaved the parents of one of them on Saturday the 15th.WESTERN SARATOGA, March 18.
Mrs. John HIGHLAND is lying at the point of death with pulmonary consumption.
Isaac GRIMES of Missouri is here visiting his son in law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.. James WALLACE.
Married, at the office of W.I. MCCARTY, on Sunday March 16, Mr. Timothy GODARD to Mrs. GARRETT of this place. Squire MCCARTY performed the required __. We wish them much joy.LICK CREEK, March 19.
F.M. and Dan MCGINNIS are very sick of fever.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.. F._. GRISHAM is very sick.
Ira, son of C.M. GOURLEY received a dangerous cut on the foot with an axe last Monday.CAMP GROUND, March 20.
We are sorry to record the death at his residence near the Camp Ground church, about eight miles east of Anna, of Abraham HALTERMAN, after a lingering illness. Mr.. H. was born and reared among us, his father being one of the oldest settlers. Everyone who visited Abe during his illness knows how persistently he fought the disease, but when death proved inevitable he gave up submissively in the sublime assurance of a home in heaven. He was a member of the church at this place. A wife, three small children and the entire community mourn his loss.
MT. PLEASANT, March 10.
Archie MILES and Jeff CARTER were elected road commissioners in this district.
Died, on the 6th inst., Wm. MCINTIRE, of consumption. He had been a partial cripple for many years, the result of a fall from a wagon, but he worked hard at his trade of blacksmith and supported a large family who are left destitute by his death. His neighbors were very kind during his long illness. Deceased was about thirty eight years of age. Interment at McGinnis cemetery.MOSCOW, March 11.
Mrs. James RAGSDALE is very sick.
Mr. D.E. ADAMS is visiting his children at Moscow.
Frederick SCHULTY has sold his farm to W.R. BRADLEY for $1,100 and says he is going to say good bye to Moscow.
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