Wabash County Newspaper Items

James George and James Tarploy were arrested for disturbing the Baptist congregation at the Hell Texas Church. Esquire Nading fined each of them $25.00 and cost. [From the "Mt. Carmel Register", quoted in the Jasper County Newton Press, Jan. 23, 1874.
Transcribed by K. Torp]

Tom Brinton, a scalawag who laid around Mt. Carmel all summer, and who came from, the Lord only knows where, is in jail in Olney, for stealing a suit of clothing from John Owens. [From the "Mt. Carmel Register", quoted in the Jasper County Newton Press, Jan. 23, 1874. Transcribed by K. Torp]