Marion Monitor

Jan. 9, 1879 Volume 5 Number 29

LOCAL NEWS.

--Will WESTBROOK is slowly recovering.

--Harvey HOWELL is still confined to his bed with sickness.

--Mr. and Mrs. John H. REYNOLDS have both been confined to their beds the past week with sickness.

--Mr. John H. DUNCAN, who has been attending Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, the past term, is at his home in Herrin’s Prairie, Sick.

--Uncle Ike CAMPBELL died very suddenly at his residence in this city, last Tuesday morning, his fatal illness being of but a few hours duration. He was one among the settlers of the town having located here when the country was a wilderness. His burial took place yesterday at 1 o’clock.

--The following gentlemen were elected officers of the Williamson County Medical Society for the year 1879; President, Dr. S.M. MITCHELL, Corinth; Vice President, Dr. John HUDDLESTON, Crab Orchard; Treasurer, Dr. James HAYTON, Eight Mile; Secretary, Dr. A.N. LODGE, Marion; Board of Censors, Dr. J.H. MITCHELL, Corinth; Dr. J.J. FLY, Pulley’s Mill, Dr. J.M. FOWLER, Lake Creek.

--Mr. W.W. YOUNG is still dangerously ill.

--The tinner mentioned in our last issue as being held on suspicion as the man who committed a murder in Harvey county, Kansas, was released from custody Friday last, the Kansas Sheriff writing that he was not the man wanted.

--Mrs. R. L. MCKEAN has been confined to her room the past week with a severe attack of neuralgia.

--Mrs. POWELL, wife of Mr. J.M. POWELL, of Crainville, died last Saturday night. Mrs. POWELL has been a confirmed invalid for some time, and although her death was a great shock to her family, it was not altogether unexpected. The sorrowing relatives have our deepest sympathy.

OBITUARY.

Died January 5th, 1879, Mr. James MILIGAN, late of Northern precinct, in this county. The deceased was born in North Carolina, in 1806; his father moved from there to Tennessee, from Tennessee to Franklin County Ill., in the year 1818; when James was about eleven years old.

Uncle Jimmy, as he was called, by all his neighbors lived in this vicinity about sixty one years.

When a young man in the early days of this country, game was plenty and he was a great hunter often killing six or eight deer in one day. He has lived with his present wife, Telitha JOHNSON, about forty nine years. They have raised a large family of children who are all married and living near the late residence of the deceased. Uncle Jimmy was a good neighbor and respectable citizen, and although not belonging to any religious denomination he was a strong believer in Christianity and professed faith in Christ. A very large concourse of people attended his funeral, which speaks louder than words of their attachment to the departed Patriarch. Oliver COX.

CRAB ORCHARD.

--Mr. Scott MCHANEY who for several moths past has been teaching the Western country, returned to his home in this place a few days ago looking well and much improved in health.

CORINTH NEWS.

--Irby O. HEARN, who now resides in Carbondale spent Christmas at home.

STONE FORT ITEMS.

--John M. BEGGS, the Express messenger of the C. & V. railroad spent last Sabbath with his family in this place. John is a first class business man.

--Mr. Joseph BLACKMAN, Sr., is dangerously sick with pneumonia.

REPORT OF THE KIMMEL SCHOOL

Month ending Dec. 31.

Name of students.

Laura LEWIS, Philip LEWIS, William LEWIS, Rosa PRITCHETT, William STARK, Lillie STARK, Laura A. HOWERTON, James HOWERTON, Ashby ALMAROOD, Ira ALMAROOD, Annie ALMAROOD, Sarah BLAY, Thomas BLAY, John RECTOR, John WHITE, George WHITE,

Abigail ANGEL, Martin ANGEL, Thomas WEEKS, Philip KIMMEL, Benjamin NEELY, Charles ANGEL, William WHITE, Almira STARK, Christopher WEEKS, Mary SHEETS, Cora KIMMEL, Evaline LEWIS, Emily ALEXANDER, Minnie HUDGENS, William HUDGENS, William ALEXANDER, Ida LYERLY, Eddie LYERLY, Joseph SHEETS, George SHEETS, Henry ALEXANDER, Rosella SMITH, Alice SHEETS, Desert ANGEL, George IRONSIDE, Oscar CASH, Tena KIMMEL, Addie STARK, Ephram KIMMELL.

DEATHS.

Registered in the past two weeks.

Esther J. KING, Pneumonia.

M.A.J. CLARIDA, consumption.

A. DONAHOO, Pneumonia.

Lewis C. DAVIS, Congestive fever.

Mary L. SCOBY, Croup.

W.H. SIBLY, cropal pneumonia.

Minnie A. MCFADDEN, croup.

Annie B. WHITLOCK, opium poisoning.

Otis TRAVELSTEAD, congestive fever.

Ann Eliza PARSONS, con. of stomach.

Ellen E. CROSSEN, blood poisoning.

REGISTER OF BIRTHS.

Past two weeks.

W.C. ETHERTON and wife, boy.

F.P. JOHNSON and wife, boy.

John DONAHOO and wife, girl.

Thomas WHITE and wife, boy.

T.L. CAMPBELL and wife, boy.

F.P. FURLONG and wife, boy.

Wm. CROSS and wife, girl.

Wm. WARREN and wife, boy.

J.C. H. CULBRETH and wife, girl.

John W. SHAW and wife, girl.

James KING and wife, girl.

F.M. LEE and wife, boy.

J.N. WATSON and wife, boy.

J.S. PARSONS and wife, boy.

Laban CARTER and wife, girl.

John CRUSE and wife, boy.

A.J. WATSON and wife, boy.

Thomas STOTLAR and wife, boy.

Stanley BELL and wife, a boy.

David LANIER and wife, girl.

Wm. JACKSON and wife, girl.

MARRAIGE LICENSES.

James GRASTY to Margie HENDERSON.

Pleasant E. CAGLE to Flora L. MCCOWN.

Jan. 16, 1879

Volume 5

Number 30

LOCAL NEWS.

--Mr. BROWN, father of Mr. John BROWN of Jeffersonville, died last Sunday, and was buried Monday. He was aged 68.

--We are glad to learn that Mrs. Kate BROWN, of Jeffersonville, who has been quite sick for some days past, is rapidly recovering.

--Mr. M.V. FELTS, of Lake Creek, was a Monitor visitor Tuesday. he reported Mr. W.W. YOUNG as slightly better and hopes are entertained of his complete recovery.

--Mrs. MCKEAN is convalescent.

--The little folks had a pleasant party at the residence of Mr. P.H. LANG last Monday night.

--Mr. Scott MCHANEY, returned from Texas to his home in Crab Orchard, last week. he made the trip through on horseback.

--SLANKARD has been the happiest man in all the town last week. Cause: A bouncing boy arrived Thursday night last, the fruition of 12 years of married life.

--J.M. GREGG, our Representative elect was married December 15 to Miss Julia REYNOLDS, daughter of J.Y. REYNOLDS, Clerk of Saline county.

--The sale of the personal property belong to the late James M. EDWARDS, deceased, is put off from January 20, to Friday, February 7, 1879, on account of illness of W.W. YOUNG, the administrator.

--Yesterday morning Mr. F. TIBBS living about three and a half miles north east of town, accidentally shot his son Frank in the thigh. Mr. TIBBS had loaded his gun, a rifle, to go turkey hunting. He had finished loading and capping the weapon and in letting the hammer down his thumb slipped and the gun was discharged. The boy entering the room at that moment received the ball in his thigh some four or five inches above the knee, making a painful and dangerous wound. Dr. DENNISON dressed the wound.

--The following named gentlemen compose the Traverse Jury for the February Special Term of Circuit Court: T.J. BARHAM, N>M. SIMMONS, Wm. POWELL, L.L. GALLIMORE, Albert BROWN, S.A. HARRISON, Peter MILLER, Geo. SCHUEY, B.F. RICE, John APPLETON, Eli LENCE, T.J. NORTON, Frank RICHEY, S.F. BURNETT, A. MOULTON, Beverly R. BALL, W.H. HARTWELL, Bazzell HOLLAND, T.PIKE, J.C. CARMICLE, LR. CORDER, L.N. PRITCHETT, E.G. CREEL, R.P.W. TURNAGE, J.W. HAYES, A.R. BANDER, Geo. CHILDERS, W.L. GILL, J.M. BURKHART, and W.P. GOODALL.

MARRIAGE.

Albert MCINTURFF to Araminta SMITH.

Perrin CRAIG to Ida A. TURNAGE.

G.W. BLACK to Rosa WINDER.
Jas. M. MOSLEY to Elzera J. PARKER.

DEATHS.

Isaac W. CAMPBELL, Cirrhosis of liver.

Maima S. DAVIS, Phthisis pulmonalis.

REPORT OF MOTSINGER SCHOOL

Month ending Jan. 7, 1879

Names of Students.

Eliza ENSMINGER, Nelly ENSMINER, Minnie MOTSINGER, Charles MOTSINGER, Luella EDWARDS, Thomas EDWARDS, Isaac EDWARDS, Dialtha GROVES, Margaret GROVES, Isaac GROVES, Anna CAMPBELL, George CAMPBELL, Rosetta FARROW, Edwards MOTSINGER, Theodore MOTSINGER, Sarah J. ADAMS, Sherman SCOBY, Albert SCOBY, Wyatt SCOBY, Emma MOTSINGER, George MOTSINGER, Eliza SCOBY, Zebidee MOTSINGER, Voltin SPRINGHART, Andrew SPRINGHART, Mary EDWARDS, Edward ENSMINGER, John CARMICLE, August SPRING HART, Albert CLARADA, Mooda CLARADA, Vandalia CALARADA, Lizzie CLARADA, Edward CLARADA, Sherman MOTSINGER, Thomas MOTSINGER, Cordelia CAPLINGER, Mary MOTSINGER, Susan MOTSINGER, Matthew MOTSINGER, Josie FARROW, Willie MOTSINGER, Albert MOTSINGER, Samuel MOTSINGER, James EDWARDS, William D. SLANKARD.

CORINTH NEWS.

--Mrs. Thos R. STEWART has been quite sick but is now improving.

--A social party on the evening of the 9th, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Sion OTEY was participated in by quite a number of the young folks of the neighborhood. It was quite an enjoyable affair.

STONE FORT ITEMS.

--On the morning of the 8th inst., Joseph BLACKMAN Sr., died at his residence in this place, at the ripe old age of 74 years. Mr. B. was one of the most circumspect men in our community. As a devout and studious member to the cause of Christianity, he had no equal. We feel that the community has lost an exemplary member, the wife a warm and affectionate husband, the children a kind and loving father. In the bereavement of the family and other relatives, we tender our most ardent sympathy.

--On the evening of the 8th inst. Mrs. SCOTT, wife of Andrew SCOTT of New Burnside, departed this life. The deceased was a consistent member of the M.E. church and practical Christian. Her loss is great to all who were so fortunate as to know her. her suffering was brief, and expressed only one regret in death, that being to leave her infant son Willie. The surviving friends of the deceased have the sympathy of many.

CRAB ORCHARD.

--Scott MCHANEY, late of Fort Griffin, Texas, has for the past week been visiting friends and relatives near Jeffersonville.

--It pains us to record the death of our old friend and esteemed citizen C.C. NORMAN who died of pneumonia, at his residence one mile north of this place the 9 inst.

--James CULBRETH wife and child are confined with pneumonia.

--Mrs. J.M. CAMPBELL has been confined to her room for three weeks with a severe cough.

CORLEY SCHOOL HOUSE.

--Tom JACKSON is a “biger man than old Grant;” its a girl, standard weight, and mother and babe doing well.

BIRTHS.

Registered the past week.

G.W. WADE and wife, boy and girl.

J.H. SLANKARD and wife, boy.

O.P. HENSON and wife, boy.

Thos. WILLARD and wife, boy.

Thos ECHOLS and wife, boy.

John W. SMILEY and wife, girl.

H. Webb and wife, girl.

John W. HARTWELL and wife, girl.

J.D. DUNCAN and wife, girl.

SW HUDGENS and wife, boy.

C.A. NORMAN and wife, boy.

W.L. STARRETT and wife, girl.

S.C. CAPLINGER and wife, boy.

Geo. W. KENT and wife, girl.

Jan. 23, 1879

Volume 5

Number 31

LOCAL NEWS.

--Mrs. T. C. WATKINS has been quite sick for some days.

--Mr. RUSSELL of Bainbridge died at his residence Friday last. The funeral services were held Sunday.

--Mrs. M.C. CAMPBELL and Mrs. R.D. HOLLAND have been on the sick list the past week.

--Miss Minnie WHITE has been at home sick the past week. She has given up her school at the North school house on account of her health.

--It is feared that young TIBBS, who was accidentally shot by his father last week, will not recover. The wound is a fearful one, the thigh bone being terribly crushed. The ball was completely flattened by its passage through from side to side lodging in his pocket. His father is almost frantic with grief.

--L.A. GODDARD has been spending the past week in Lebanon, Mo., visiting his sister, Mrs. HALL.

--Joe MAISER has sold his grocery store in Jeffersonville, to Henry STEIN, who will continue the business at the old stand.

--Died at his residence in this city yesterday morning about 10 o’clock Mr. F. DOTY. The deceased was one of our oldest citizens and well known by the public.

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Issued since publication last week.

John M. DAVIS to Amanda C. KEASTER.

Jas. F. FIVEASH to Fanny E. PARKER.

Chas H. EDWARD to Mary E. ALLEN.

Wm. REYNOLDS to Martha F. RUSHING.

Thos J. PRICE to Nancy Ann Susan Malvina Jane GADDIS.

BIRTHS.

Registered since last report.

Tobias YATES and wife, girl.

Hiram COLEMAN and wife, boy.

Giles RANEY and wife, boy.

James SMITH and wife, girl.

James H. MCROY and wife, girl.

Henry W. NORMAN and wife, boy.

HALL SCHOOL HOUSE.

--James TANNER ( known as cut leg Jim) left his section recently by railway for Southern Texas, where he will hereafter make his home. He was accompanied by the Rev. Martin ODOM as far as Cairo, Ill.

--Bill DAVIS (Known as Rock Bill) is at present in quite a critical condition with dropsy. We hope for his speedy recovery.

--Tom PARSONS has the past few days been quite sick with pneumonia . Glad to say he is improving.

--Billy RADFORD has been suffering considerably with the neuralgia.

--The wife of Isaac HALL has been quite sick for several weeks past but is at present mending.

--Mrs. Mary WATSON has been suffering the past week with pneumonia and is at present quite low.

--Mr. Hez TANNER has lately sold his farm and moved into the Will HOLMES house.

--The public sale of personal property belonging to Mrs. Mary ROBINSON, deceased, will take place next Friday, by Mr. H. CARTER, administrator.

--Ely HOLMES is the happiest of all happy men. It’ s a girl, mother and child doing well.

--Skelt MOORE says Ely need not “chaw his bits” so about his girl, as that is just what he has got over at his house, and if Ely’s is a few days the oldest he thinks it will weight equally as much as his.

--We understand that old aunt Sally PARSONS is at his writing quite low with pneumonia.

--Isaac HALL has sold to one Mr. STEARNE part of his land for wagon notes. Mr. S. bought the land with the intention of sending some person on it to improve it, and also for the valuable timber thereon.

-Mr. Hez TANNER happened to quite an accident one morning last week while putting on a back stick in his fire place; the stick caught and mashed his hand considerably.

--Dallas MORE has lately moved from the DEATON farm to the Steve HOLMES place, and Bid STUCKER has moved into the house vacated by MOORE.

--The Rev. James TANNER is trying to sell his real estate with the view of moving to Texas. Any person wanting a good farm, well improved would do well to call on him.

--Last Sunday morning Henry VAUGHN had H. CARTER arrested for the purpose of having him placed under bond to keep the peace, but after hearing the evidence Esq. WALL released the defendant, deeming the cause insufficient to grant complainant’s request.

--Hez TANNER, son of John TANNER had a sever attack of pneumonia.

--We understand that Johnny HARRISON has a case of pneumonia from which he is not likely to recover.

FROM ATTILA.

--Oh Yes! Our old bachelor friend Mr. Monroe MOSLEY, took himself a wife yesterday in the person of Miss Jane PARKER. May their pathway be strewn with flowers of the richest fragrance and the most beautiful colors. May they live a thousand years....

STONE FORT ITEMS.

--J.W. ROSE has bought out the firm of SMITH Bro’s.

--We understand that H.G. SPRINGS is going into business again. Hurrah my Gill, you are the boy for us.

WOLF CREEK.

--John MCGINNIS is laying very low with pneumonia at present. Hope for his recovery.

--Thomas J. THROGMORTON is teaching Wolf Creek school this winter. He is making a success of it.

CRAB ORCHARD.

--Marion SOWELLS who for the past week has been confined to his bed with pneumonia is rapidly recovering.

WARD’S MILL.

--Our school is doing well; David BENNETT is teaching a good school at the Klutts school house.

HERRIN’S PRAIRIE.

--John H. DUNCAN is slowly recovering from a long and serious attack of lung fever and rhumatism.

--Mr. Thomas STOTLAR, one of our school directors is trying to effect a change of text books in this district. We think the change absolutely necessary, and hope the movement will meet with the approbations of the citizens.

CORINTH NEWS.

--Ed ROBERTS’ frozen finger, toes and ears are about well. Ed is a wiser boy than he was a few days ago.

--Died, January 15, a child of Mr. W.R. HAMPTON. Mr HAMPTON burried his wife last summer, and since that time has provided homes for his children among his friends. This little one was living and died at the house of Mr. Thos. MCCLINTOCK. It was buried in Zion grave yard on the 16th.

COTTAGE HOME.

--Our school under the well conducted management of Mr. B.F. BAKER our teacher, is progressing rapidly.

--Mrs. MCMINN, wife of Rev. Thomas MCMINN died on the 19th inst. She leaves a husband and three little ones to mourn her loss.