LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS--Mart GROVES talks a little of making the race for constable. --Mr. Lafayette EUBANKS and family will move from Cobden to this place this week. --Mrs. J.J. HENDRICKSON left for Verndale, Minn., Monday last. Mr. HENDRICKSON will follow in a short time, it being his intention to make his home at that place.--Presiding Elder NASH, of the M.E. Church, preached here last Sunday evening to a large and appreciative audience. The gentleman is a pleasant speaker, is educated, and manifests much earnestness. --Mr. Sylvester EUBANKS is at present without employment. He is a steady, industrious young man, and any business man in want of a competent clerk would enhance his interests by giving him employment. --Mr. W.L. BENSON is attending the St. Louis fair.--A.L. CLINE is attending the St. Louis fair this week.--Mrs. G. W. SCAWTHON is again numbered with the sick of our city.--Rev. Mr. HALL preached at the M.E. church on last Sunday morning and evening. --Capt. Brice HOLLAND has been suffering with malarial fever the past ten days. He is getting well.--Judge Geo. W. YOUNG is making a tour of the river towns in the interest of Odd Fellowship.--E.E. MITCHELL went to Jacksonville last week, in charge of some deaf and dumb children.--S.M. MANN had an attack of congestion of the lungs on last Friday night and came near dying. --Mr. WYATT, the butcher, has moved his family to this place. He has now become a permanent resident of our city.--A.M. ASKEW left for Dexter, Mo., Monday morning to attend to some business connected with the real estate he owns in that place. --Mrs. Bell BUNDY, wife of Wm. H. BUNDY, is at Moore’s Bridge, Ala. The Press visits her. She has been in poor health for the past three or four years, and she went south that the same might be benefited. All her friends and acquaintances will be pleased to learn that she is much better, and that she hopes for complete restoration to her wonted health.
--The following is a list of officers of the Williamson County Agricultural Board for the next year, elected on the grounds last Thursday: President, Geo. W. YOUNG; Vice President, S.S. VICK; Secretary, L.A. GODDARD; Directors, Shannon HOLLAND, M.C. CAMPBELL, W.T. NEWTON, Milo PARKS, John W. BURTON. It is, perhaps, unnecessary to speak of the efficiency of this set of officers, further than to say that they are all good man, and admirably adapted to the duties they are expected to perform.
--Sam BUNDY has charge of the post office at Carterville. --Sergt. W.H. CAMPBELL is working in the county clerk’s office. --George W. EDWARDS, of Crab Orchard, this county, died on last Sunday morning. --Mr. Frank RICE left for Malden, MO., yesterday morning. He will be absent six weeks. --O.S. TIPPY, who has been at Taylorville, Ill., the past eight or ten months, will be home in a few days. --Mr. Casper DAVIS, an old Marionite, now of Wheeler, Jasper county, Ill., has been visiting relatives and friends at this place since the fair began.--Mayor GODDARD and A.J. BENSON left for Chicago Monday. The Mayor goes to attend the Masonic grand lodge, and Mr. BENSON goes to buy drugs. --Mr. W.B. SHERER, J.M. EUBANKS’ father-in-law, has been seriously ill the past four or five weeks, and though getting better, is yet confined to his bed. --DEMMING, who killed YEWELL, in the south western part of this county a short time ago, came to this place last Friday, gave himself up to the authorities and was locked up. Hartwell Bro’s have been employed in his defense. --The following named of our citizens, besides those mentioned elsewhere in this issue, are attending the St. Louis fair: Mr. and Mrs. W.W. CLEMENS, Willis WESTBROOK, John W. BURTON, John BAINBRIDGE, Jr., Mrs. Mary DUNAWAY, Miss Minnie CLINE and Mr. and Mrs. J.M. CLINE,
Paid subscribers during month of September:C.H. POPE, Fred BARTH, J.T. NEWTON, Mrs. W.R. HALL, T.B. CARMICAL, A. RANSOM, John A. RODMAN, W.S. GRANT, L.S. CLAYTON, K.L. NORMAN, G.W. MARTIN, A. ELLES, J.E. GALLAGHER, W.A. GUINN, A. Luke RALLS, Milo ERWIN, L.K. TUCKER, W.H. WARDER, J.H. WILLIAMS, J.R. CONLEY, W.H. WILLEFORD, T.W. ROBERTSON.
--A sad accident occurred about half a mile from this place last evening. Mr. Ed BARRETT has been rolling some wheat ground, and at sun down he took his mules out to go to the house. He got upon one and it became frightened and threw him. One of his feet became tangled in the traces and the mile ran to the house dragging and running over the fence with him. The unfortunate man’s skull was broken, and when his folks reached him he was dead. J.V.S.
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--Agnes Pamela, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.M. PACE of this city, died on Monday, the 10th inst., aged 5 months and 11 days. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. F.W. SCAWTHON at the M.E. church on Tuesday, Oct. 11th, at 2 p.m. The sorrow that the parents experience in this death could not perhaps be lightened by all the efforts of tongue or pen. And the offering of condolence on our part shall be embodied in the quotation from the good book, “Thy will be done.”
--Misses Bettie GODDARD, Belle DAVIS, Stell LODGE, Harriet GODDARD, Mrs. A.N. LODGE, John W. PEEBLES and Othello SIMMONS attended the Harrisburg fair last week.--Alla FOWLER, charged with robbing Dick THOMPSON’ s store at Thompsonville, a short time ago, had a preliminary trial at Benton one day last week, and was discharged.--Quite a number of our people attended the Benton fair last week, including the members of Marion Silver Cornet Band, Mr. and Mrs. Shannon HOLLAND, James D. PULLEY and Miss Lou SIMMONS, W.H. WARDER and Miss Mettie GOODALL, Thos. BROAD and Miss Mary BARHAM, T.J. GOODALL and the editor of this paper.
--Uncle Joseph HOPPER is dead, having passed away at his home in this city on Monday, Oct. 10th, 1881. He had lived to the advanced ago of 80 years, 9 months and 5 days. He was one of the oldest citizens of Marion and Williamson county, and was known nearly everybody in this section of country. While he had lived to a ripe old age, his death is universally deplored. We have had occasion to remark before that everyone who knew him loved Uncle Joe. His remains were buried at the Marion Cemetery on Wednesday, the 12th inst., by the Masonic Lodge of this place, he being a faithful member of that order.
--We are indeed pained to chronicle the fact that Dr. J.M. MCCARTY, of Carterville, this county, is no more. He died suddenly in the city of St. Louis, on Wednesday of last week, while there attending the fair. His disease was pulmonary apoplexy. His remains were brought to this place Friday last and buried in the Marion cemetery. His age was about 45 years. He was engaged in the drug and saloon business at Carterville, and had been identified with the business interests of that town almost from its inception. He was a widower, his excellent wife having preceded him to the grave about two years. He left four children. The news of this death was a considerable shock to all his acquaintances.
--John W. WHITE has given up the barber business, and will leave for Kansas next week.--Sam CUNNINGHAM, Marionite years ago, now of the Chicago post office, led to the hymeneal alter a Murphysboro young lady one day last week. --Mr. J.H.L. RICH was married to Miss Alice YOUNG, at the Pulley house on yesterday noon, by Esquire B. HOLLAND. It is perhaps well to become RICH YOUNG in life.--Mr. Hardin GOODALL has returned from Michigan, and is almost in possession of his wonted health. He can walk with a very little aid from his crutches and will soon be attending to his business. This is a subject of many congratulations by his friends. --Mr. and Mrs. L.D. HARTWELL are called upon to mourn the death of their infant son, Frank C. HARTWELL, who died on Wednesday morning, Oct. 11th, inst., aged 10 months and 8 days. The parents have the profound sympathy of all their acquaintances in this sad loss. --Mr. John WHITE of the Chester pen, was here visiting his relatives and friends last week. --Mr. Andrew LEWIS is at present very ill, at Carterville LATER-Just as we close our forms we hear that Mr. L. is dead. --John M. EUBANKS, having sold his grocery business at this place, will move his family to Carterville and permanently reside there.
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--Sheriff DUNCAN is in poor health.--J.J. HENDRICKSON has sold his butcher shop to Albert MCINTURFF. Mr. WYATT is still in charge.--Mrs. H.T. GODDARD, together with her children, left here Monday last to join her husband at Lebanon, Mo.--Rev. J.W. TOOTHAKER and wife, formerly of this place, now of Salem, Ill., were here the latter part of last week, seeing their many friends.--Mr. J.J. HENDRICKSON left for Verndale, Minn., on Tuesday last. Mr. H. leaves many friends in our little city who wish him prosperity in his new home. --Mr. H.W. METZGAR of Pennsylvania, father of Bro. C.W. METZGER of the Monitor, was in Marion a couple of days last week. He has the appearance of a nice gentleman. --Gen. C.W. PAVEY, Mrs. N.C. PACE, Miss Ella PACE, Mt. Vernon and Dr W.C. PACE, Mrs. E.C. PACE, Ashley, attended the funeral of the babe of Mr. A.L. PACE, in (rest is cut off)--Our esteemed young friend Andrew Lewis, who died at Carterville on Wednesday of last week, was buried at his father's residence, three miles south east of this place on Thursday following. He was a member of the Marion Guards, and was buried under their rites.--J.C. MITCHELL has a sick boy.--Geo. SENTER and wife left for Tioga, this state, Monday, at which place they will permanently reside.
--On next Monday Judge John H. MANIER and wife will leave for Lebanon, Tenn., where they will visit their old friends and acquaintances for ten days or two weeks. Lebanon is the Judge’s old home and he wishes to once more behold the scenes of his boyhood. And then, he has labored hard at his post as freight and express agent at the St. Louis Coal R.R. depot at this place, and considers rightly that a little rest will be good for him. WE wish the couple a very pleasant time. John E. MANIER, son of the Judge, will do the business at the depot during the old gentleman’s absence. --Mr. WYATT, the butcher, has been on the sick list this week. --Wm. MCINTOSH left for the west yesterday. He will stop at the Dalles, Oregon. How long he intends to remain we do not know.
LOCAL AND OTHER MATTERS--J.M. EUBANKS moved to Carterville Monday.--Thos. G. MATHEWS, John TANNER, Columbus BAIRD, Dick HAMPTON, Dr. PERRY and Mr. WHITE of Carterville, were in this city Tuesday.--John E. MANIER and wife will remain in this city till Judge MANIER returns from Lebanon, Tenn. --Our good and gentlemanly friend Dr. John MCINTOSH has just survived a severe case of typhoid fever.--Miss Mary E. CLOPE, aged 18 years, died at the residence of Mrs. WHITLOCK in this city on last Friday morning, of typhoid fever. She was buried in Betlehem, four miles east of here, in the afternoon of the day she died. Rev. G.W. MAY attended ministerially. --Mr. Frank GODLING, the genial shoe maker who has been in the employ of John P. MOORE the past 8 months, left for Mayfield Ky., on Monday. The Press goes to him for six months and the best wishes of the publisher are with him.--Mr. Wilson B. SHEARER died at the residence of J.M. EUBANKS, (his son-in-law) in this city, on Saturday morning, Oct 22 nd, 1881, of typhoid fever. his age was 60 years, 7 months and 20 days. he was buried at the Marion Cemetery on Sunday, Rev. Geo. W. MAY of the Presbyterian church, being the officiating clergyman.
--A bran new little Democrat made his appearance at Sheriff DUNCAN’s last Tuesday night. --Judge YOUNG arrived home from Yorktown on Monday last well pleased with his trip.--Mr. SHEELEY, (we have forgotten his given name) brother of Dr. C. Adams SHEELEY, of Lake Creek arrived in this place from Colorado on Wednesday of last week. He has been in Colorado for about eighteen months, having been in a topographical survey of the state. He gives a glowing description of the wealth of the state, as well as the rapid development of commercial enterprises; but says it is no place for a man of small means.
--In Memoriam---Whereas, the great Commander has seen proper to remove from our ranks by death our esteemed companion, A.J. Lewis, who died on the 12th day of Oct. A.D. 1881, therefore be itResolved, That in the death of Comrade Lewis this company has lost one of its most faithful members; each individual member a kind friend and esteemed companion, and society a model citizen. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with his aged father and his brothers and sisters in their loss.Resolved, That the members of Co. E be instructed to wear a badge of mourning, for thirty days, and that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon our company records and a copy furnished to each of the county papers for publication. E.E. Mitchell, J.F. Connell, W.H. Campbell ---Com.