LOCAL--Our Sheriff, N.E. NORRIS has moved to town.--Something of the nature of a riot, occurred near Carterville, last week. We cannot give details this week. Pistols shown-no body hurt.--Mr. John D. SANDERS, an old and highly respected citizen of this county, died at his residence, three miles northeast of this place, on last Sunday, of pneumonia. --Married, Christmas Eve, at Union Grove M.E. Church by Rev. C.E. CLINE, Mr. Thos. EDWARDS with Miss Lucy C. HENDRICKSON. The above should have appeared last week, but we did not get it in time--Mr. Ed BROWN has returned from Colorado. He has a hearty appearance, and receives a welcome from his many friends.
.--Corinth L.S. & L.A., Society, elected the following officers for the ensuing six months: J.L. ROBERTS, President; Miss Mollie ROBERTS, Vice President; J.F. MCNALLY, Sect; M.F. STEWERT, Treas.; Miss Huldey STEWART, Libarian. --The following officers were elected for the ensuing six months, at a regular meeting of Corinth Lodge, No. 502, I.O.O.F.: C.W. MILLER, N.G.; George DEWOODY, V.G.; C.H. MITCHELL, R.S.; J.L. ROBERTS, P.S.; M.T. WRIGHT, Treas.
--At the election of officers of Williamson County Agricultural and Mechanical Society, held at the Court House, on Saturday, Jan. 2d. the following named gentlemen were elected for the ensuing year: A.C. NEILSON, President; J.C. MILLER, Vice President; John GOODALL Treasurer; A.N. LODGE, Sec.; M.C. CAMPBELL, Asst. Sec; Wm. T. DAVIS, S.S. VICK, Wm. AIKMAN, Henry NEWTON, M.W. BARHAM, Directors.
--Felix HENDERSON was indicted at the sitting of our last grand jury, for the murder of Vincent HINCHCLIFFE. On last Monday, Deputy Sheriff EDRINGTON and posse, having a capias for his arrest, went to his place of residence, about 7 miles northwest of here, for the purpose of taking him in charge. He saw them coming, and went up stairs, and when the entered the house, he climed down one of the posts of the porch, and took to his heels. The officers fired five shots at him, and he in turn fired three shots, all of which took no effect. he escaped and is still at large.
--Mr. Ed BROWN has returned from Colorado. He has a hearty appearance, and receives a welcome from his many friends.
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CRAINVILLE, Ill., Jan. 4th ‘75
Ed. Monitor: Permit me through the columns of your paper to give the names of the officers of Crainville Grange: A.A. BROWN, M; A. SMITH, O; W.M. WASHBURN, Lee’t; J.C. CHAMNESS, St.; J. GAMBOL, AS, J. LEDBETTER, C.H.; J.V. CRAIN, Tr.; F.D. CRAIN, RS; W.W. TIPPY, G.K.; S.C. BROWN, C; H.J. CRAIN, F; M. GAMBOL P; C. LEDBETER, L A F. Regular meetings on the first and third Saturdays in each month at 10 o’clock a.m. All brothers in good standing invited.Crainville is thriving just like a thrifty? pig. Yours, LD CRAIN.
ED. MONITOR: I wish to submit to the columns of your paper, the following brief history of my grandmother: Precilla JONES, was born 1798, in South Carolina; moved to Indiana, professed religion in her 18th year, and has ever since been a consistant member of the M.E. church. Married at the age of 19 to Thomas STAFFORD, who became father of three children and died. She afterwards married Thomas JONES, who became father of eleven children and he died. Grandmother is now living with her second son, Trice STAFFORD, and is in her 76th year with tolerable good health. The number of her children is 14, grandchildren 78, great grand children 25, total 117.H.H. Old Frankfort, Dec. 18th, 1874.
Judge Bishop’s Court----The following shows a disposition of cases in the Williamson county court, Jury Term, 1875, for the first three days:
The People vs. Wm. D. MCCOWN, indictment for malicious mischief, plead guilty--court assessed a fine $15 and costs.
People vs. David BUCKNER, selling whiskey to a minor--stricken from docket.
People vs. Jeremiah HARRISON, gaming--nollied.
People vs. W.R. HARPER, selling whiskey to a minor--continued with alias capias to Johnson County.
People vs. John W. PEEBLES, selling liquor to minor--continued by the people.
People vs. Wm. TAMMEL, John WILLEFORD, Lindsey SHUFFLEBARGER and Jeremiah HARRISON, gaming--court dismisses cause as to Jeremiah HARRISON and continues for service as to the other defendants.
People vs. Wm. STANLEY and Marshal STANLEY, cutting timber--continued with alias capias to Johnson County.
People vs. John CLYBURN, gaming --default on reconizance and alias capias ordered.
People vs. John W. PEEBLES, selling whiskey without license to be drank on premises--trail by jury and verdict of not guilty.
People vs. John W. PEEBLES, selling whiskey to a minor--nollied.
People vs. Frank PEEBLES, selling whiskey to a minor--continued by people.
People vs. John W. PEEBLES, selling liquor to minor--continued by the people.
People vs. John W. PEEBLES, selling liquor to a minor--stricken off the docket.
People vs. Frank PEEBLES, selling liquor to a minor--stricken from the docket.
People vs. John W. PEEBLES, gaming--defendant plead guilty, court assessed a fine of $ 15 and the cost.
The following name persons comprise the jury of the Williamson county court jury term, 1875:W.D. DUNN, ?.D. FERRELL, John WHITE?, W.R. HALL, Wesley Price, J.W. STATON, M.J. BREWER, Daniel CROSSON, Arch ODUM, T.J. DUNCAN, B.R. FELTS, J.C. EVERETT, John APPLETON, James SHADWELL, W.H. FULLER, John ELLIOTT, J.J. WHITE, W.T. BRADLEY, S.T. MOORE, Wm. HENSHAW, C.H. DEAN, Joseph ROBINSON, Frank LAY.
LOCAL--Our enterprising grocer, Frank SPARKS, moved to town on Wednesday. --Mr. Milo MILLER has bought Levi SIMMONS’ interest in the west side butcher shop. --Mr. A.C. BUGHER has moved from Benton to this place, and is fitting up a photograph gallery up stairs in Westbrook’s building. --A little daughter of Mrs. CARTER was severely burned on Wednesday, caused by getting so close to the fire that her clothes caught in a blaze. --Mr. M. GOLDMAN, the “boss” clothier of Carbondale, is establishing a branch house in this city. He has rented the new and well finished room in Hundley’s block.--A little child of Mr. Willis AIKMAN got too near the fire one day last week, and its clothing took fire, burning it so severely that it died. It was buried Sunday last. --The following named persons have subscribed for the Monitor since our last issue: Henry GRAY, Young & Kern, Dr. W.H. BENTLEY, I.N. PRIVETT, V. HENDRICKSON, W.H. ALLEN, Marion; A.O. WEAVER, Corinth; John DAVIS Carbondale; A.J. SANDERS, Big Muddy; J.P MITCHELL, Laviner, Colorado; Thomas A. ROBERTS, Quincy, Kansas.--On this (Thursday) morning, a little 7 year old son of Mr. Hugh PARKS, living 12 miles east of this place, while on his way to school, stopped where a man was cutting timber to warm. The man having a tree almost ready to fall told the little fellow to run out of the way, and unfortunately the boy ran in the way of the tree, which fell on him, killing him almost instantly.
--MARRIED --At the residence of W.R. FARMER, by A.R. BORDER, Esq., Wm. H. STOCKS to Sarah A. FOZZARD, on the 7th inst. --Also, by the same Justice, David TROUT to Jane HINCHCLIFFE; and James BENEDICT to Lizzie ELDERS.At the residence of the bride’s father, on the 6th inst., by C. EVANS Esq., Mr. James L. RICBESON, of Franklin county, to Miss Bethany J. BENSON, of Williamson county.
FROM CARTERVILLE--Jan. 26, 1875
We had quite an episode in our town yesterday. It was not another murder; but something of this kind. Last week, sometime, W.H. PERRY, a well known teacher of this county, who is teaching in the district west of here, gave a daughter of Mr. STUM (?) (one of the board of directors for that district.) a “linting” with a small hazel brush, for some misconduct. Mr. S. was in due time informed of what he seemed to think the great outrage upon his daughter, went to Jeff RUSSELL’ s, procured a double barrel shot gun, and started for this inhuman dispenser of book learning; but was checked in his wild career by John RUSSEL, who took the gun from him. Still Mr. S. was not to be thwarted in his purpose. He went down to the school, gave PERRY a good “going over” in language somewhat rough for a minister of the gospel, (which your correspondent is informed he is), and took his children from school. he afterwards went before Police Magistrate CARTER, of this place, and had a writ issued for PERRY’ s arrest, charging him with assault and battery. Yesterday morning the Marshal went down and arrested PERRY, and he was tried before a jury of his countrymen. All the “big boys and girls” of the school swore in the case, they jury retired, and brought in a verdict of “not guilty” and Mr. STUM went home a sadder looking, and it is to be hoped, a wiser man.
I learn that Capt. SISNEY has already moved away on account of further expected danger he would be in by remaining on his farm.SQUIB.
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The bloody business of assassination goes on in Williamson county. Five of the HENDERSON banditti armed with double barreled shot guns, are scouring the country with the intention of shooting down any of the BILLINGER party who may cross their path. Where is SHERIDAN?--[Cairo Bulletin].We are not inclined to utter any bad words or accuse Mr. OBERLY of making a false statement but--well we don’t believe the statement as made, should it be true, it looks bad for this report to come from a county that has more representatives in the State prison, than any other county in the State. “Pluck the mole? out of your own eye.”--”If any among you be without sin, let him cast the first stone.” As for SHERIDAN, he is doing his first work over.
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LOCAL--An infant of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. GALLAGHER, of this city, died on last Sunday.--Mr. Wm. TAYLOR has purchased the building on the northwest corner of the square, and is having it renovated.--Mr. John STEVENS, an aged and respected citizens who lived three miles southwest of this place, died on Sunday last.--Mr. Samuel GARDHAM, formerly of this place, but no of DuQuoin, has sold his farm in this county, and is going to Kansas. --Sam MULKEY and the WEST boys, spoken of last week as being arrested for the burning of Wm. WILEY’ s hay, were tried last Friday and acquitted. --Charles PETERS, near this place was hewing timber yesterday morning and made a stroke missing the timber, the ax struck his foot inflicting a very painful would.--The following persons have subscribed for the Monitor since our last issue: Jones GRIFFON, Wm. STROUD, N.E. NORRIS, G.W. GODDARD, Marion; Geo. DEWOODY, Corith; A.J. SANDERS, C.I. , HARRISON, Attilla; R.H. SCURLOCK, Burnside; Joel A. GRIFFETH, Clayton, Ind.--On yesterday a team of horses belonging to John T. DUNCAN, two miles east of town, became frightened and ran away with the wagon, and one of the horses struck a tree and was so severely injured that he will probably die. A son of Mr. DUNCAN, who was in the wagon, narrowly escaped being fatally injured.