Thursday, January 5, 1860

MARRIED
On the 15th ult., by Rev. Y.H. Porter, Dr. W.T.GRIFFITH, of Oconee, Ills., formerly of this place, to Miss LUCY ANN APPLEGATE, of Ramsey, Ills.

--In Warsaw, Ills., on the 15th ult., by Rev. Mr. Hungerford, Dr. A.N. WEIR, of Graysville, in this county, to Miss MARY ELIZA MILLER, of the former place.

Our physicians seem to have a partiality for Illinois ladies! We extend our congratulations to the happy couples.


OBITUARY
DIED- At the residence of her husband, in Elizabethtown, on the 28th ult., Mrs. AMANDA T. SKINNER.
This estimable lady came to our village a few months since, with symptoms of approaching consumption. * * * Her fatal disease progressed steadily on towards its fatal termination. Mrs. S. was a beautiful specimen of a Christian lady-- mild and amiable in her manners, intelligent and sprightly in her conversation-- patient and cheerful during her protracted suffering-- a kind word and cheerful smile for every one. Her memory will not soon be forgotten by those who visited her during her long continued sufferings. But death will make no compromise. The amiable, the accomplished, the useful, are just as liable to go down to the grave as others. Mrs. S. leaves a devoted husband, two sweet little children, a kind mother and sister, who watched around her sinking frame with unceasing assiduity, together with many friends in our community who mourn their loss.
Her end was peace-- she died as the Christian alone can die!--[Elizabethtown (Ky.) Dem.


--On Wednesday, Dec. 28th, of Pulmonary Complaint, after a lingering illness, Mrs. ANN DAVIS, wife of the late Hon. John W. Davis, of Carlisle.


CAUTION
All persons are hereby notified not to trust my boy THOMAS on my account, as I will not pay any of his contracts from this date.
Dec. 20, 1859 3w JOHN DEVER
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Thursday, January 12, 1860


MARRIED
In Washington City, D.C., on Friday, 30th December, by the Rev. Mr. Hill. Rev. ADDISON JONES, of Washington, Ga., to Miss JENNIE, daughter of Benj. Briggs, Esq. of the former city.

--By Rev. E.W. Humphreys, on the 5th instant, Mr. JOHN MERRY, of Terre Haute, to Miss EMILY E. COCHRAN, of this county.

The above merry couple made a good start in life by remembering the printer. Our best wishes attend them!

--In Carlisle, on the 25th ult., by Rev. T.W. Jones, Mr. GEO. F. HAGEST to Miss CAROLINE A. BENTLY, both of Carlisle.

--On the 1st inst., near Providence, Ind., by Rev. S. Bowers, Mr. J.W. GILES to Miss MILLY ANN, daughter of Rev. J. Pinkston.

--At Florence, Ind., on the 15th inst., by Rev. C. Moore, WM. M. SPRINGER, Esq., of Lincoln, Ills., to Miss REBECCA M.P., daughter of Rev. C. W. Ruter, of Patriot, Ind.


DIED
In Evansville, on the 23d ult., Mrs. JANE RIGGS, wife of James D. Riggs, Esq., formerly of Carlisle.


Petition for Divorce
Sullivan Circuit Court--February Term
Jacob Morganthral- vs- Harriet Morganthral
WHEREAS the complainant has filed his complaint, and also the affidavit of a disinterested person, and the said defendant is not a resident of the State of Indiana, therefore the said defendant is hereby notified, that unless she be and appear before the Judge of the Sullivan Circuit Court, at the Court House, in Sullivan, on the first day of the next term of said Court, to be held on the Monday next before the last Monday of February next, to plead, answer or demur to said petition, the same will be heard and determined in her absence.
Attest: JOSEPH W. WOLFE
jan12 clerk
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Thursday, January 19, 1860


MARRIED
On Wednesday, Jan 11, 1860, by Rev. T.W. Jones, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. WILLIAM WILLIS to Miss MARY MASON, all of this county.

--On the 17th inst., by Rev. J.Y. McKee, Mr. ROBT. A. WEIR, of Sullivan, to Miss M.I. MARTS, of Graysville.


BURGLARY--On last Sunday night the office of Messrs. PRICE & KELLEY, at the Sullivan depot was burglarously entered by some person or persons unknown.-- The desk containing railroad tickets was broken open and the key of the safe obtained, which they unlocked and abstracted about fifteen dollars in money. There was also a small amount enclosed in an envelope which was not discovered.-- Nothing else of any value was taken. A number of tickets were torn up and scattered over the floor. The thieves probably expected to secure packages of money or other valuables received by express, but in that they were mistaken.


>Our new jail has at last obtained some occupants. The wife, son and daughter of a lame creature, named HARDING, were committed a few days ago for the robbery of a strolling tinker under the following circumstances: The unfortunate man entered Harding's house in Currysville for the purpose of getting some mending to do, and while there exhibited a roll of 20 one-dollar bills.-- Young Harding proposed to play cards with him for the money, which the tinker refused to do, and turned to leave, when the former knocked him down. The mother and sister also jumped on the stranger and the three gave him an unmerciful beating and took his money.-- They were arrested and committed for trial at the next term of Court.
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Thursday, January 26, 1860

FIRE- By a note from JOHN CANARY, Postmaster at New Lebanon, we learn that the house of Mr. PETER HOPEWELL, in New Lebanon was burned to the ground last Saturday night. The alarm was given and the citizens turned out and labored faithfully to put out the fire, but without avail. There was nothing saved but the kitchen furniture. The building was a large two story frame and will prove a heavy loss to Mr. HOPEWELL. We believe there was no insurance.
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Thursday, February 2, 1860

FOUND DEAD.--Lucius H.Gapen, a young man aged 23 years, was found dead in the parlor of his brother and sister, Stephen M. and Adaline W. Gapen, one mile south of Middletown, in this county, on Wednesday morning the 24th inst.-- The deceased had been in very bad health for four or five years past, and had expressed a disposition to commit suicide, were it not for distressing his friends.-- On Tuesday he had shaved and sponged himself very carefully and after retiring to the parlor about 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, had dressed himself in a suit of black, including shoes, gloves &c.
The following letters found near his person and in his trunk will explain the manner of his death:
"I have taken my own life, by Prussic acid. I want to die. I wish to be buried just as I am. Farewell.
L.H. Gapen."
My dear good sister and brother:
Pardon me! It is my wish to die. I place my whole trust in my Redeemer and believe that in him I shall have everlasting life. Oh let it not grieve you. I only want to die. Forgive me my dear good Brother and Sister of anything I have said or done to cause you one moment's unhappiness. Farewell.
LUCIUS GAPEN
Lone Cottage, Jan. '60.
The deceased has left two sisters, a brother and brother-in-law and a large circle of friends to mourn his early death.
--[Terre Haute Express.


DIED--At Carlisle, Indiana, on the 28th day of December, 1859, Mrs. ANN HOOVER DAVIS, wife of Hon. John W. Davis, in the 59th year of age.
Scarcely had we finished the foregoing brief tribute to the memory of Dr. DAVIS, when the news came to us that she who, for almost half a century had been the faithful and devoted partner of his joys and sorrows, was called to meet him in that better land where parting is known no more. For many years the deceased struggled against the prostrating effects of disease operating on a constitution broken and impaired by a life of toil for the benefit of others...[etc. This goes on for quite a bit further. If anyone absolutely needs this or the tribute to her husband that took up nearly the whole first page of the newspaper-- let me know. For the moment I don't have the courage to type it all up... My excuse is that, since he was a public figure, it should not be difficult to find information about him elsewhere]


Heavy Burglary-- Arrest of the Thief
The dwelling house of Mr. Shuey, a merchant in the little village of New Goshen, in Fayette township, this county, was entered one night last week and robbed of seven hundred dollars in money.-- It appears that Mr. Shuey has been having his house repaired, and that one of the hands named Arthur Horner while at work, ascertained by some means, that Mr. S. had a considerable amount of money in the house, which he determined to appropriate to his own use. To further his plans he stole the front door key, and when the proper time arrived he entered the house in that way, and secured the coveted prize. Suspicion immediately fastened upon H. who, in the meantime, had gone home in Montezuma, and the services of officer Logan, of Paris, Ills., having been secured he was followed to his residence and arrested. At first he denied all knowledge of the transaction, but finally acknowledged his guilt, and told where the money was. The officers searched his house and found all the money except a package of $100 which amount Horner says he lost while traveling through the woods to Montezuma. Officer Logan arrived in the city last night having Horner in charge and he was committed to jail to await trial.--[Terre Haute Journal.

SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIARY--In the Dubois Court of Common Pleas, on the 16th inst., Daniel Smith and W. R. Smith, formerly of Knox county, were sentenced to the penitentiary for horse-stealing. The first for two years and the last for six years. They are of a well-known but unfortunate family, who seem to have a peculiar penchant for other people's property-- particularly horses.

DIED
On the 18th ult., at his residence near Carlisle, WILLIAM GOBIN, in the 75th year of his age.
The deceased was born in Shelby county, Ky., and from thence, in 1819, removed to Sullivan county, Indiana. Many years ago, Father Gobin attached himself to the Presbyterian church, since which time he has been a faithful member, and a humble, consistent Christian. For more than a year his health has been failing, yet his Christian confidence was unshaken; and at last he sank away calmly and peacefully as the setting sun hides his broad disc behind the western horizon, without a cloud to obscure its rays.
During his life he enjoyed the almost unlimited confidence of the community; sustaining an unblemished character in morals and religion. None who knew him doubted but that he loved and served his God; as a neighbor and friend, he was always willing to do any kind office that might be required of him.
Thus has passed away another of our old citizens, lamented by a large circle of relatives and acquaintances. B.

A NARROW ESCAPE-- Last Sunday morning a miserable drunken fellow named BOB RAINS was found lying on the Court House Square where he had lain all night. He was frozen stiff, and was perfectly insensible-- the only signs of life perceptible being about the throat. Dr. MURPHY, assisted by several others worked on him for about an hour before they succeeded in restoring him to consciousness. He had been "on a drunk" the night before, and had lain down to sleep in that exposed place. It came near being his last sleep. Mr. GASWAY has an ambrotype of him, taken shortly after his restoration which can be seen at his room.

SAD-- A little boy named WILLIE MOORE, nine years of age, attempted to cross the canal on the ice, in Terre Haute one day last week, when it gave way, and he sank to rise no more.

MAN BURNED UP-- We learn that a man John Pennington, who kept a shanty at Aprow, on White river, a few miles from Wheatland, in this county, was burned to death on Wednesday night.-- He had laid down in front of the fire, and it is supposed his clothes caught fire while sleeping. His cries for help brought several neighbors to his assistance, but before he could be rescued, he was so severly burned that he survived but a few hours. His house was also consumed.--[Vincennes Sun.
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Thursday, February 9, 1860

AFFRAY.-- On Saturday last Wash. Slawson and John Hollett got into an altercation at Russelville, Ills., in which the latter threw a shoemaker's "last" at the former, cutting an ugly and dangerous gash in the head. Hollett was taken before a magistrate and fined $5. We learn that Slawson's condition is critical.-- [Vincennes Sun.

MARRIED
In Paris, Ills., on the 2d inst., J.B. OTEY, Esq., of Terre Haute, Indiana, to Mrs. MARIA CONOLLY, of the former place.

COMMON PLEAS COURT.-- This Court commenced its February term last Monday. His Honor, Judge BROWN, presiding with his usual dignity, impartiality and efficiency.
S.G. BURTON, Esq., is acting as District Prosecutor in the absence of G.W. THROOP, Esq.
The first two days of the term were occupied primarily with probate business, and some civil cases where trial by jury was waived.
Wednesday the Prosecutor entered a nolle in the case of the women who were arrested in Currysville for assisting in the robbery of the strolling tinker, and they were discharged. The young man who first made the assault was put on his trial.

> Some little excitement was created on Tuesday by the arrest of three chaps giving their names as James Hungate, William Duke, and David South, who had passed counterfeit or bogus money at various places in this town. They were taken before his Honor, Judge BROWN, who held them for trial at this term.-- They were committed to jail in default of bail, and will probably be put on trial this morning.
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Thursday, February 16, 1860

PERSONAL-- The Terre Haute Journal say that NEWTON BOOTH, Esq., intends leaving that city this week for California, to be gone several months. Our best wishes go with him.

A SHOOTING AFFAIR-- MAN SHOT!-- Last night, about 12 o'clock, people living on Second street, south of the public square, was disturbed by loud voices in and about a house belonging to Mr.Sam'l Sparks; and soon they heard four pistol shots; after which came terrible groans from a man called Dan Johnson, who was found lying on the sidewalk, having received a bullet into his body a little to the left of the pit of the stomach. It seems that the house in question was occupied by a woman by the name of Hughes, and that Dan, being somewhat drunk, was trying to gain admittance, when Mrs. Hughes shot him. The man, it is thought, will die. The woman is in jail.-- Terre Haute Journal.
--From the Journal and Express of last Thursday and Friday we learn some additonal particulars of this unfortunate affair. A little daughter of the woman revealed the fact that a man named JOHN W. STRATTON was in the house at the time and shot JOHNSON, and that her mother, though acknowledging the deed to have been done by herself, was innocent. STRATTON was arrested and committed to jail in default of $1,000 bail. JOHNSON, or CORSEN as his name is sometimes given, died in 24 hours after receiving the would.
STRATTON once lived in this county, we understand, and when he left here bore an exemplary character. He has latterly been quite dissipated.

Carlisle, Feb. 15th, 1860
ED. DEMOCRAT: The remains of Thomas Cartwright, who died in New Orleans Aug. 24, 1858, aged 60 years, arrived here yesterday, and were interred in the family burying ground.

MARRIED
On the 13th inst., by Elder Joseph W. Wolfe, Mr. WILLIAM CURRY to Miss NANCY BRANSON, all of the vicinity of Farmersburg, in this county.
With the above notice we received a portion of the cake which graced the wedding festival. Our best wishes accompany them.

LOST!
During the fore part of the first week of Common Pleas Court, I lost a pocket diary for 1860, containing memorandums and accounts which are of no use to any one but myself. It has a morocco cover, with my name pasted on the outside and written on the inside. It also contained a large gold pencil. The finder will be suitably rewarded on sending it to me, or leaving it at the 'Democrat' Office.
f16 tf WILL VANFOSSEN

BEAR KILLED- About three weeks ago, Mr. JAMES WALKER, of Greene county, killed a bear about four miles south of Linton, which weighed 400 pounds after being dressed. He also saw another in the same place. There was one killed in the same neighborhood about four years ago.

>Common Pleas Court adjourned last Monday. The case of young CAW, the step-son of HARDING, who was on trial for assaulting the strolling tinker, resulted in his conviction and a fine of $40. He was unable to pay it, and is now lying in jail. The young men charged with passing counterfeit money were bound over to the next term.-- one of them gave bail; the others are in prison. There were no State cases of importance tried.
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Thursday, February 23, 1860

MARRIED
On the 21st inst., by the Rev. Mr. Lynn, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. S.S. HARPER to Miss SALLIE S. OWEN.

--Thanks to the fair bride for her remembrance of the printer.

>We are gratified to learn that our young friend C.L.LOOP, Esq., of Carlisle, has received the appointment from the Adams Company of Express Messenger from St. Louis to Cario. He is admirably qualified for his position.

>The case of WATKINS, one of the men charged with theft in the western part of the county, has been continued to the next term of the Circuit Court.

>A horrible murder was perpetrated in Crawfordsville last Saturday night-- John Brown, just out of the penitentiary, in company with one or two other men, went to the house of an Irishman and demanded liquor, which being denied them they fell on the poor fellow with a shovel, knocked him down and beat him to death. The murderers succeeded in making their escape.
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Thursday, March 1, 1860

A Lost Family
The State Journal says, we heard yesterday of a sad case, which we bring to the notice of the public. A young man named Miloin H. Booher, left Montgomery county, ten miles northeast of Crawfordsville, five years ago, and went to Missouri, where he has since lived. Returning last fall he found his father, mother and two sisters, all his family, gone.-- They had been gone two years. They had said on leaving that they were going to Middletown, Ohio. The boy went there, but could hear nothing of them.-- Since that he has searched wherever he could to find traces of his family, but without avail. He has spent all his money, and is new in this city without means or friends. It is a very sad case. If our exchanges will give circulation to this statement, it may lead to information that will enable the boy to find his parents.-- Their names are John Booher and Margaret Booher.[Note: This is an odd tale. Two months later, on June 2nd, the whole family was enumerated together in Sugar Creek, Montgomery County, Indiana-- just where they were supposed to be: John and Margaret, along with Milton (probably a typo in the newspaper) and his two sisters Rosean and Margret. Was it a hoax? The newspaper doesn't mention them again,]

>Mr.Elihu Crandle of Fayette Co., went to Connersville on Monday week, to attend to some business, and on his return home found his house in ashes and his family quartered among the neighbors. His friends went to work and bought him another house, which they hauled three miles on wheels, and fixed it up, giving him as good a house as he had before the fire. This was neighborly.

MARRIED
In Carlisle, Ind., on the 16th ult., by Rev.T.W. Jones, Mr. THOMAS VANFOSSEN to Miss MARY E. MAYFIELD.

--On the 23d., by the same, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. FRANKLIN ROBINS to Miss LUTITIA CREAGER.

>The wife of SAM JUDAH, Esq., is suing for a divorce in the Knox Circuit Court. The alleged cause, we believe, is ill treatment.

>Mr. BRIGGS: Will you please announce in your paper of this week that the Plutonian Society, of Carlisle, and the Franklin Society, of Sullivan, will contest in debate, orations and declamations, at New Lebanon, on Friday night, March 16th inst. W.S. ROBERTSON,
Secretary, Franklin Society

>MORRIS, one of the three charged with stealing last winter in the western part of the county, was arrested in Evansville, a few days ago, and taken to Merom for a preliminary examination. He will be tried to-day, (Thursday,) before Judge Claypool. WATKINS, another of the gang, was tried yesterday. The jury sent him to the penitentiary for five years.
P.S. We learn that MORRIS plead guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years.
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Thursday, March 8, 1860

DIED
At her residence, seven miles east of Vincennes, Ind., March 1, 1860, Mrs. AMELIA LANGTON, in the 58th year of her age.

>Last Monday evening a loose charcter, known as Mrs. COFFEY, who has for some time been wandering about our streets, was arrested and taken before Esq. BOOTH, charged with burglariously entering the residence of F.L. NEFF, Esq., and taking therefrom several articles of female wearing apparel. Failing to give bail, in the sum of $500, she was committed to answer the charge at the next term of the Circuit Court.
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Thursday, March 15, 1860

MARRIED
On Tuesday, the 13th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Jones, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. WM.M. MARTYN to Miss F.M.RIGGS.
With the above came by express a box of the nicest cake it has been our good fortune to receive with a marriage notice in a long time.-- Our friend MARTYN and his bride have our best wishes for their uninterrupted happiness thro' a long life.

--At the residence of the bride's father, in New Lebanon, on the 6th inst., by Rev. S. Bowers, Miss MARY P. PIERCE to Mr. GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON.

ACQUITTED-- In the Vigo Circuit Court the jury in the case of Mrs. Hughes, who was indicted as accessory to the murder of Corsen in Terre Haute, about a month ago, returned a verdict of not guilty, last Saturday.
Stratton's case was continued in consequence of the abssence of his counsel, Col. Thompson.

Petition for Divorce
Sullivan Circuit Court, August Term 1860.
Mary Frances Lee --vs--Benjamin Lee
WHEREAS, Mary Frances Lee, by her attorneys, Neff & Neff, has filed in my office her complaint against the defendant, Benj. Lee, for divorce, and also the affidavit of a disinterested person that the said defendant is a not a resident of the State of Indiana. Therefore the said Benjamin Lee is hereby notified that unless he be and appear before the Hon. Judge of the Sullivan Circuit Court, on the first day of the next term thereof, at the Court House in Sullivan, on the Monday before the last Monday of August, 1860, to plead, answer, or demur to said complaint, the same will be heard in his absence and decreed accordingly.
Witness the Clerk and seal of said Court, affixed at Sullivan, March 14th, 1860.
{seal} JOSEPH W. WOLFE,
m15 Clerk.

"A Tempest in a Teapot."
Our community was thrown into some excitement last Saturday by the rumor that WM. B. OGLE, Esq., late treasurer of this county, was a defaulter to a considerable amount. Some time last fall or winter, Mr. O. went South with a drove of horses. He found the market low and after selling a few, his assistants left him in Mississippi and returned-- he being resolved on going further South before selling the remainder. His protracted absence gave rise to the rumors of a defalcation, and on Saturday last it became generally known that he had conveyed a good portion of his property to parties in Terre Haute. Rumor, with her thousand tongues has magnified the affair in an enormous degree. We learn that his indebtedness to the county, will not amount to $1,000; while he still has possession of a portion of the funds belonging to some of the townships, which may probably swell the amount of his indebtedness to $2,000 or $2,500. His securities, H.K. Wilson, J.W. Wolfe, Capt. Marlow, and others, are certainly able to make all this good, even if Mr. OGLE never returns.-- His friends are confident, however, that he will soon be back. There is no necessity of any alarm in regard to it.
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Thursday, March 22, 1860

MARRIED
On Monday, 18th inst., by Rev. Mr. Stansil, Mr. JAMES A. WALLS to Miss NAN. J CUPPY, all of this county.
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Thursday, March 29, 1860

MARRIED
On the 25th inst., by Samuel Bonham, Esq., Mr. JESSE POWELL to Miss LUCINDA WAYMAN, all of this county.

DREADFUL CASUALTY.-- A few days since, two children (boy and girl) of Mr. Pierre Bouchie, living in the lower part of the city, were terribly scalded, from the effects of which the boy died. It is hoped the girl may recover, though she is terribly injured and will probably be marked for life. The accident occurred while the mother was absent in the yard. The children were playing about the fire place, when one of them pulled over a pot of boiling water.-- [Vincennes Sun.

ESCAPED.-- We learn that Mrs. COFFEY, the abandoned creature who was imprisoned for stealing clothing from the residence of F.L. NEFF, Esq., escaped from jail a few days ago. The Sheriff went out after coal, leaving the door open, which opportunity the prisoner embraced to escape. No one regrets it.

EXTRA WOOD CHOPPING.-- We learn that two men, on the farm of Mr. Bounds, one mile west of Numa, Parke county, recently made a wager on the amount of wood each could cut, and, on the day of the contest, one cut and piled up seven cords, and the other cut and put up five cords! They picked out their timber.--
[Terre Haute Journal

> The farm of the late Mr. CANADA HUGHES, near town, consisting of something over 100 acres, was sold at Commissioner's sale last Saturday to Mr. W.W. OWENS, for a trifle over $2,400.
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Thursday, April 5, 1860

'KEEP THE BALL ROLLING ON'-- Next Saturday the Democrats of Cass township meet to form a township Club, for the campaign of 1860. S.R. HAMILL, Esq., of this place, is to make a speech on the occasion. The meeting will be held at Usrey's School House, and will be at 1 o'clock, p.m.
A club will be formed in New Lebanon, on Saturday evening, 14th inst. S.G. BURTON, Esq., of this place, will go down and make a speech. The Sullivan String Band has also been engaged for the occasion, and will enliven the exercises with their incomparable music. The Democrats of Gill township are of the energetic, go-ahead kind, and we are sure they will have a good time next Saturday week.

VANDALISM-- On a piece of property recently purchased by WILLIS G. NEFF, Esq., of Mr. WM. N. HUMPHREYS, there were several fine young fruit trees. Night before last, in the absence of Mr. H., some skulking scoundrel went on the premises and broke them all down. Such rascality deserves the severest punishment.

SUICIDE-- We understand that one day last week a young man named GEORGE SANFORD, who lives in Busseron township, Knox county, passed a counterfeit bill on a mulatto man named CALLOWAY, near Van Fossen's mill. He was arrested by Mr. DAVID A. BRIGGS and another man, and while being taken to the mill drew a pistol and shot himself in the breast, and immediately thereafter attempted to cut his throat with a pocket knife. He lived until next morning. He stated after he shot himself, that he did [not] care to live; that every man's hand was against him, and he wanted to die.
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Thursday, April 12, 1860

SERIOUS AFFRAY-- We learn from the Vincennes Sun of last Friday that on Wednesday last a quarrel occurred between John Armstrong, a wealthy farmer of Knox county, and a young man named George Osho, in the streets of Vincennes. The latter had sued Armstrong for work done, and meeting at the 'Squire's office, some angry words passed between them, when Armstrong plunged a knife into the other's abdomen, inflicting a frightful gash. He was taken before the magistrate and gave bail in the sum of $10,000 for his subsequent appearance. At last accounts Osho was improving, and hopes were entertained of his recovery.

LYNCHING-- We learn from good authority that a man by the name of Maze was severely whipped, by some persons unknown a few nights ago. Maze, who is in the habit of indulging rather freely in whisky, lately moved on the farm of Jas. Chambers, some two miles west of town and was told by his friends that if he did not keep straight his neighbors would not let him remain. The day before he was lynched he told his wife he was going to Vandalia and that if he was not at home by 2 o'clock, she might go to a neighbor's house and stay all night, as he would not be likely to get home that day. However, he came home late in the evening, and, having some fears that he might get hurt, did not go into the house, but went to the corn crib and secreted himself in the shucks. The lynching party examined the house and, not finding him in, proceeded to the crib, where they found the gentleman, hauled him out, and after giving him a sound thrashing, warned him to leave the neighborhood immediately.-- [Owen Co. Journal.

SAD AFFAIR-- We learn that a short time ago a social party was given at Worthington, Greene county, which some envious persons wished to break up, and to that end lighted a bonfire in the rear of Mr. ANDREWS' store. Mrs. A. was at the party and when the alarm was given that Mr. ANDREWS' store was on fire she fainted, and from the effects of the severe fright took sick, and a day or two since died. It is a sad warning to those enganged in the affair. She is represented as an estimable lady.

>We learn from a private source that Mrs. VAN NAME, wife of conductor VAN NAME, of the E.&C. Railroad, died at Evansville on Saturday evening last, of affection of the heart. She was comparatively well an hour before she died.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-- We neglected last week to acknowledge the reception of a present of half dozen of splendid young peach trees from our friend WM. M McKEE, Esq., of Turman township. The seed were planted on the last of March, 1859, and the trees were given us on the 31st, ult. One of them measured 3 3/4 inches round the trunk.

TEACHER'S INSTITUTE-- This society met at the Court House in this place last Friday, a fair representation of the teachers of the county being present. We did not have time to attend the session, but understand that unusual interest was manifested. At the last meeting the Institute offered a copy of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary to the pupil who passed the best examination in Reading, Mental Arithmetic, and English Grammar; also a copy of the same work to the teacher who passed the best examination in the same studies. The examination took place last Saturday and the first prize was awarded to DAVID SHOEMAKER, of Merom, the second to ROBERT H. CROWDER, of this place.

>We regret to learn that Mrs. COFFEY, whose escape from jail we noticed some few weeks ago, returned a day or two since, and is again boarding at the public expense. We had hoped she had gone for good.

>A patient in the Indiana Lunatic Asylum, named John Hinds, from Clarke county, hung himself on the 3d. His age was 28 years. He had been in the Institution a year.
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Thursday, April 19, 1860

>The Terre Haute papers of yesterday contain additional particulars of the damage resulting from the storm last Monday night. The Journal enumerates thirty-nine dwellings, stables, shops, &c., in and about the city, which were either entirely demolished or more or less injured. A Mrs. REAGAN, living near St. Mary's in the western part of the county was instantly killed by the falling timbers of her house. The village of Livingston about ten miles west of Terre Haute, on the National Road, was entirely destroyed.-- The storm was quite severe here, but did no damage in this locality. We understand that considerable damage was done to fences, &c., in the northern part of this county.

> Local items are remarkably scarce about these days. The weather is warm and pleasant, with sufficient rain to put the ground in good working order, and our farmers are actively engaged in preparing for another crop. Consequently, our streets present a rather dull appearance.

HORSE STOLEN-- Last Friday night Mr. WM. PATTON, living a few miles distant, remained in town to hear a lecture at the Court House, when some bold thief stole his horse, which was hitched to the railing around the public square, and made off. Mr. P. supposed the horse had broken loose and gone home, and did not make pursuit. The thief therefore got a good start, and has not since been heard from. A liberal reward is offered for the recovery of the horse, which is a light iron grey, about five years old, near fifteen hands high, no shoes on.

AFFRAY-- We learn that a man named BEDWELL became recently engaged in an affray with another named MAYFIELD at a house raising, in Jefferson township, and that the former received some injuries in the side which are likely to prove fatal.-- The difficulty grew out of some stock belonging to one getting into the field of the other.
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Thursday, May 3, 1860

Married,
On Tuesday, May 1st, by Rev. Mr. Stansil, Dr. ZIBA FOOTE to Miss MARY E. POSTON.
The cake accomplaying the above was delicious, and all our office hands unite in wishing the happy couple a pleasant journey thro' life.

On the same day, by Rev. T.W. Jones, Mr. A.J. MILLER, of Linton, Ind., to Miss SAMYRA WATSON, of this county.

Died,
On the 26th ult., after an illness of thirty six hours, with inflamation of the brain, HENRY CLAY, infant son of Thos. and Rebecca Black.
Almighty God, 'tis right, 'tis just,
That little babes should turn to dust;
But oh! the sweet transporting truth,
The soul shall bloom in endless youth!

THE STRATTON TRIAL-- This trial was concluded last Friday, by a verdict of guilty of manslaughter with a sentence of two years in the penitentiary. On Saturday, however, a new trial was granted by Judge CLAYPOOL, and Stratton was released on $5,000 bail.

> Mr. PATTON has recovered his horse, which was stolen two or three weeks ago from this place. Immediately after the theft, suspicion fastened on a tramping jour saddler who disappeared the same night, but no trace of him could be discovered until a few days ago, a boy from this place recognized him in the vicinity of Robinson, Ills. He was arrested and is now in our jail. When he first arrived in town he registered his name as ANSON JONES, but now denies that to be his name.
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Thursday, May 10, 1860

MELANCHOLY CASUALTY-- MILL BURNED AND A MAN IN IT-- We are informed that the Saw Mill of Mr. Samuel Cheek, in Clay county, near Cloverland, was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday night about 10 o'clock. The most distressing part of the accident was the burning of a young man who had gone into the mill to sleep. His name was Lewis Greenough. He was on his way to town as a witness in the case relating to the shooting affair mentioned on Monday, and stopping at Mr. Cheek's to say all night, preferred to sleep in a room at the mill. From indications it appeared that he had in attempting to escape from the room been met at the door by the flames and smoke which suffocated him at once, and when the mill was in ashes his charred remains alone indicated his misfortune. [T.H. Express.

DIED,
December 28th, 1859, at Missouri Flat, El Dorado county, California, of Consumption, RANDOLPH CLERK, late of New Lebanon, Sullivan county, Indiana.

SUICIDE-- Last Sunday Mr. A BOATMAN living about six miles from town committed suicide by shooting himself in the forehead with a rifle. He went with his wife to visit a neighbor, but not finding him at home, returned, leaving his wife there. He took down his gun and walked about his premises for some time, visiting a new dwelling he had just completed; hung up his gun, but took it down again shortly after, and started for the barn; returned in a moment and sent the children to a flax patch, telling them, however, to return soon, as their mother would likely be back-- that they must be good children and kind to their mother, &c. When the children returned they hound him lying dead in the doorway.-- He had evidently placed the muzzle of the gun to his forehead and touched the trigger with a forked stick, which was found near him. No cause can be imagined for the act. He laid awake nearly all the night before talking to his wife of his intention to mend his ways and lead a better life. He had evidently contemplated suicide, as he had frequently talked to hsi wife as to how he wished his estate settled, &c. He was in good circumstances.
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Thursday, May 17, 1860

> B.H. Cartwright and S.R. Hamill have been appointed assistant marshals, to take the census in this county.

A CITIZEN OF SULLIVAN COUNTY IN LIMBO.-- By our Terre Haute exchanges we learn that a former citizen of our place, Mr. ANDY HALE, was recently arrested on a charge of forgery, and committed to jail in default of bail. He is charged with forging an order on A. Nippert to the amount of three dollars. He acted as his own counsel when he was taken before the magistrate, but it did not avail him. He served a term in the Penitentiary not long ago, having been sent from Green county for swindling an old man out of this money. He will probably have occasion to again occupy his old quarters.

ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE.-- At three o'clock yesterday morning our citizens were again aroused by the alarm of fire, caused by the burning of the stable of Wm. W. Standerford, south of Third Street city school house. The stable, with its contents, except the horses, was entirely destroyed.
Standerford succeeded in getting his horses from the burning building, but not without great damage to them, and severe injury to himself, he being badly burned about the head. One of his horses was seriously damaged about the head, and indeed, all over the body, the other but lightly.
This was again the work of incendiaries who seem to infest our city, and carry on their fiendish work with utter imipunity.--[Terre Haute Express, 14th.

Thursday, May 24, 1860

INDENDIARY FIRE-- Another incendiary fire occurred yesterday evening, by which two stables, one belonging to B.M. Harrison, the other to H. T. Rockwell, were totally destroyed, and other outbuildings damaged. Loss from $600 to 700.
The question naturally arises, where will this thing end? Not a week passes over the city in which we do not have the evidence that incendiaries are among us. Must we be forever at their mercy?--[T.H. Express, 18th.

MARRIED
At the residence of the bride's father, on the 17th inst., by Rev. W.F. Mason, Mr. SAMUEL JOHNSON to Miss MARY ELLEN SHAKE, all of this county.
--By Elder J. S. Howard, on the 20th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. JNO. ESLINGER to Miss VANDILLA RIGGS, all of this county.
--The thanks of the printers are tendered the happy couple for their generous present of wedding cake with the above notice.

>Capt. FIELDS slaughtered a beef to this place last week, which weighed sixteen hundred and seventy-nine pounds gross weight. It was fatted by one "Prince of Farmers," Mr. HADEN CUPPY of Curry township.

> WHALEN, the horse thief convicted at the last term of our court of Common Pleas, and sentenced to the Penitentiary for three years, we learn from the Deputy Sheriff, who took hiim to Jeffersonville, has been an old jail bird. He had only been out ot the Penitentiary a few months where he had been doing the State four years service as a punishment for a similar offense committed in Hancock county.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.-- We learn that Mr. William Chambers of Cass township met with an accident on Friday last which resulted in his death. He was driving a team of horses, which took fright, and ran away, throwing him out of the wagon and bruising him in a terrible manner. He lived until Sunday morning, when he expired. Mr. C. was a plain, unassuming citzen, whose untimely death will be regretted in the community in which he lived.
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Thursday, May 31, 1860

MARRIED.
By Samuel Bonham, Esq., on the 17th inst., Mr. JOHN HALLEDY to Miss PHEBE WOOLENY, both of Greene county.

--On Tuesday, the 29th inst., by Elder John S. Howard, at the residence of Joseph Gray, Esq. Mr. WILLIAM GREENLEE to Miss SARAH CALBERT, all of this county.
Accompanying this notice was a bountiful supply of as delightful pound, spunge and jelly cake, as ever greeeted the eyes and lips of our "Devil." If the fair bride had a hand in making these good things, our friend GREENLEE is truly a fortunate man. As we sat around our office table and partook thereof, we sent up to Him that doeth all things well, a heart felt prayer that he would strew the pathway of this happy couple with the richest blessing fo life.

>Our friend Billy Wilson is putting up another fine brick building on Commercial Row. When our enterprising fellow townsman W. HINKLE fills up the vacant space owned by him, which is an eye sore to that portion of our town, which he promises to do before long-- Sullivan can boast of as handsome a block of business houses as any town of her populaton in this State. Judging from the number of buildings now in the progress of construction, and those in contemplation, our town will improve more this season that during any previous year.
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Thursday, June 7, 1860

DROWNED.-- On Sunday afternoon a young married man named Ephraim Meadaux, whilst bathing in the river at the 'narrows,' was seized with the cramp it is presumed, and, notwithstanding a young man was in with him and two men were on the opposite shore, before assistance could be extended he sunk to rise no more alive. Steps were immediately taken to recover the body, but the water being very muddy and deep-- fifteen or twenty feet-- nothing could be accomplished by diving, and the absence of clothing rendered the use of ordinary hooks useless. A seine was also tried without success.-- The search was in vain prosecuted till night, when it was suspended, but on Monday morning the body was found about ten feet from where it sunk.--
[Owen County Journal.
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Thursday, June 14, 1860

MARRIED.--Yesterday morning, at the residence of the bride's brother, in this city, Miss Hannah Bement to Dr. Ezra Read.
Soon after the ceremony was over, the Doctor and his accomplished bride left for a bridal tour North, where the kindest wishes of a host of friends go with them.
--[Terre Haute Express, 6th

>The trial of J.W. Parrish, for grand larceny, in stealing a horse from E. J. Jackson of Green county, came off last week; and resulted in his conviction to the State prison for two years. A motion for a new trial is now pending.--
[Owen County Journal.

DIED-- At four o'clock, on Saturday morning, June 9th, 1860, HARVEY B. WILSON, son of WILLIAM and MARTHA WILSON.
Little HARVEY has gone to a world where he will be lame no longer, and where he will hereafter be free from pain. For years he had suffered extremely with a lingering complaint, which he bore with a patience unexampled for one of his age, and when asked how he felt, his invariable reply was, "I'm better." At last, however, when his sufferings became more intense he said he was worse, and had no desire to get well. His manners were mild and gentle, and he was a universal favorite, as evidenced by the large concourse of people attending the funeral. He was buried on Sunday, which was his eighth birthday.

>We regret to learn that SOLOMON LOUDERMILK, Esq., is lying in a critical condition at his residence in the lower part of the county.
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Thursday, June 21, 1860

A NICE PRESENT.--Mr. J.H. WILSON has kindly presented us with a splendid head of cabbage of this year's growth, and a couple of beets, one of which measures eighteen inches in circumference.-- He has our thanks.

MARRIED.--On the 10th, inst., by Elder Joseph W. Wolfe, Dr. W.G. STOUT, of Fairbanks, to Miss JULIA KELLY, of Vigo county.

DIED-- On Saturday, June 16th, 1860, MARY JANE BROWN BOOTH, daughter of Israel W. and Jane B. Booth, of Inflamation of the brain, aged one year and one day.
At three of the clock P.M. her "golden bowl was broken and her silver cord was loosed," and she "fell asleep." With the soft beautiful light of heaven reflected from her little angel-face, she passed away.
"---as sets the morning star,
Which goes not down behind the darkened west,
Nor sinks, obscured amid the tempests of the sky,
But melts away into the light of heaven."
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Thursday, July 5, 1860

CAUTION
Ran away from the subscriber, on the 30th June, MARY ANN HERDER, a bound girl.--All persons are hereby cautioned against harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting.
July 5 It JOEL O WALTERS

Death of an Old Citizen.
Elihu Stout, Esq., an old and estimable citizen, departed this life Saturday and was buried on Sabbath, by the Masonic Fraternity. Mr. Stout was one of our oldest citizens, having emigrated to this city half a century since, where he established very soon after the Indians Gazette, which was changed to the Western Sun newspaper, the first paper printed in the South West. He continued proprietor and editor of the Sun for about forty years, having ceased his connection with it only about fifteen years ago, when he received the appointment of Post Master.
Mr. S. leaves one son and three daughters and many grand children to mourn his loss. May he rest in peace until called to occupy a higher and more blest estate.
--[Vin. Gaz.

ACCIDENT.-- During the firing of what is known as the “gudgeon” at the Ratification Meeting in this place, last Saturday night, a turpentine ball was accidently thrown on the fuse, producing a premature discharge. A little son of Mr. R. MALONE was severly injured on the leg. His injuries are not serious, however, and we learn that he is rapidly recovering.

>About a month ago a plasterer named LEVI A. HAGAN sold to CHARLEY MOORE a note for thirty dollars and twenty seven cents, purporting to be drawn by SAMUEL BONHAM, Esq., in favor of ED. RUSHER. It was endorsed by RUSHER to HAGAN. Immediately thereafter the latter left town, and nothing was thought to be wrong, until a day or two after CHARLEY met Mr. B.. and spoke about the note, when he pronounced it a forgery. RUSHER also knew nothing of it. HAGAN was pursued to Terre Haute, but was not to be found. In a few days a letter was received by his wife from St. Louis, which directed suspicion to that place, and the transmission of an ambrotype to the detective police officers led to the lad’s arrest. He was brought here last Monday and is now in jail. We understand that a letter from him to his wife has been secured in which he acknowledges his rascality.

A SHARP TRANSACTION.-- Last Thursday the Sheriff of Gibson county, with a deputy, got off the cars at Carlisle in pursuit of a man who had stolen a watch and some money at Princeton. On inquiring of the landlord they were told a man answering the description was there. One of the party remained at the depot to intercept another party of pursuers who would be along in a few minutes on the passenger train, while the other went up to the hotel and engaged in converstaion with the thief. As the Sheriff came up the rascal recognized him at some distance, and made out the back way, jumped on Mr. BLACKBURN’s horse and was off. He was pursued by a gentleman named WILLARD, crying, “stop thief,” in which the thief joined more lustily than his pursuers, and thus bewildered those they passed. He was eventually overhauled by Mr. W., and both became unhorsed, but the thief being the stronger escaped on foot. He then stole Rev. Mr. CRAWFORD’s horse and rode some distance, but it being too old and slow for his purposes he abandoned him and stole a valuable horse from the premises of Mr. McCORMICK, with which he succeeded in making good his escape, and at present writing has not been heard from. He is the same chap who left a horse with Mr. Gobin about a month ago.
P.S. We learn that Mr. McCormick has returned, having secured his horse. The account we publish below is the adventure of the same consummate villain. We do not think many would be found to censure the Regulators if they hang him.

Horse Stealing and Murder
GREAT EXCITEMENT.-- A special dispatch to the New Albany Ledger, dated Bloomington, Ind., July 1, says:
A horse thief shot Deputy Sheriff Wilson Graham, of Owensburgh, yesterday, about ten miles from this place, while the officer was attempting to arrest him. The thief made his escape with three horses.
Subsequently he was pursued by a posse, headed by the Sheriff of this county. They surrounded him, but he refused to surrender, when the posse fired on the thief wounding him severely. He then surrendered, and was brought to town at six o’clock this (Sunday) evening. He is now in jail awaiting an examination.
LATER.-- BEDFORD, July 2.-- The horse thief who shot the Owensburgh Deputy Sheriff has been brought here for trial.-- The Owensburgh people are holding a meeting, and declare that unless the authorities at Bedford give him up to by lynched they will take him forcibly. The Owensburgh people are raising five hundred men to march on Bedford.
--Since the above was put in type we have received further intelligence of the above affair. It appears that the thief, who refused to give his name, stole a horse in Lawrence county, and was pursued by several citizens, who overtook him and threw stones at him to make him surrender, they being unarmed. He refused to do so, and told his pursuers that unless they desisted he would shoot. They continued the assault, when he fired, the ball striking the young man Graham, killing him instantly. The thief galloped off, and for a time succeeded in eluding the crowd. But he was finally captured, brought to Bedford this morning, and it is feared that he will be hung by the mob to-night. The Greene county Regulators are there in great numbers.-- [New Albany Ledger.
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Thursday, July 12, 1860

A NICE PRESENT.--We acknowledge the reception of a couple of dozen ears of nice green corn from Mr. PAT McCLURE. He is a good farmer, and knows how to do the handsome thing for the poor printer. Success attend him!

>We are pained to be called on to record the sudden death of Mr. MORRIS MILES, of New Lebanon. We met him in town on Tuesday of last week, apparently in perfect health; he was taken sick on Wednesday and died Thursday. His disease was cholera morbus. Mr. MILES was a most estimable man, and was universally respected. His death creates void in that community which will long be felt.

A MONSTER CORN STALK.-- Our young friends Ben Johnson and Jno. Westfall, jr., of Allison Prairie, left at our office, a few days ago, the largest corn stalk ever grown. It was 22 1/2 feet high and 9 1/2 inches in circumference!-- [Vin. Sun.
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Thursday, July 19, 1860

MARRIED,
On the 17th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Linn, Mr. SAMUEL McCORMICK to Miss ELIZA JANE GILSON, both of this county.
--The bride kindly remembered us by sending a portion of excellent wedding cake. May health and happiness attend them.

>We are indebted to Mr. HENRY ANDERSON for a mess of roasting ears.-- The Anderson House table is always supplied with the earliest vegetables.

DENTISTRY.-- Dr. W. WASSON, Surgeon Dentist, has taken rooms over No. 5 Commercial Row, for the practice of Dentistry. Persons having decayed teeth will be gratified to hear this.

>We learn from Mr. McCORMICK that a gang of suspicious looking men visited Merom a few days ago and passed off some counterfeit money. They were pursued and the one who passed the money arrested.
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Thursday, July 26, 1860

A BIT OF A ROW.--The denizens in the vicinity of our office were entertained with an effort to clean out nigger JOE’s barber shop last Tuesday. A fellow known as “CHRIS,” a German, entered the barber shop, ejected JOE, and then commenced the work of demolishing the fixtures of the shop. The contents of the cologne bottles did not suffice to subdue the smell of the coal oil which dripped on him from the demolished lamp overhead as he lay amid the wreck of matter. He was finally arrested by THOMAS MCINTOSH, our efficient Marshal, after a severe tussel, and marched off to the calaboose, where he was detained until he had sobered off.

>We are pained to hear of the death of MARION STEWART, son of Major STEWART of this place, who died at New Albany last Saturday. MARION had many friends here who will regret his untimely death.

MURDER IN CLAY COUNTY.-- The Bowling Green Democrat says a horrible tragedy occurred at Middleburry, on Sunday morning last, in which Abner Horton killed his father, Reuben Horton. The circumstances attending the killing are not known, as there was no persons present except the father and son at the tragedy, the son’s wife having fled at the commencement of the affray. The son says that he was attacked by his father with a pistol in his hand declaring that he (the father) would kill the son.-- Abner states that he wrenched the pistol from his father’s hand, when the father gathered a hatchet and still persisted, saying that he would kill Abner, when he, Abner, shot his father in self-defense.
The dead man was found resting on his hands and knees, the hatchet lying on the floor some four feet from him, and in that position he evidently had been shot, the ball entering the back under the right shoulder blade, passing out under the left nipple, and entering his thigh. The homicide has been arrested.
The Bowlinggreen Patriot says that three brothers of the murderer were arrested and committed to jail the same day; two of them on a charge of Grand Larceny. Four brothers confined in the same jail at the same time, is something we never saw or heard of before.
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Thursday, August 2, 1860

IN JAIL.-- Last Friday night JOHN COIL and his son were brought here from Fairbanks township and committed to jail.-- The son is charged with stealing from Mr. O’BOYLE’s store in Fairbanks, and with robbing the Middletown postoffice some months ago. His father was arrested because the stolen goods were found in his possession.
There are now four prisoners in jail, the third is a young fellow charged with stealing money; the other is HAGAN, charged with forgery.

HONORABLY ACQUITTED.-- Some two or three weeks ago rumors were rife to the effect that Rev. S. BOWERS, of the New Lebanon Methodist Church had brought scandal on his calling by improper conduct with females. We made no allusion to the reports at the time, as we learned that the charges would be investigated by a church tribunal. This, we learn, has been done, and Mr. BOWERS honorably acquitted, at which we are much gratified.

DROWNED.-- We are pained to announce that our young friend William Cruft, son of the late Wm. Cruft, Esq., was drowned in the river at this place last Saturday night about 11 o’clock, while in bathing. He was seized with the cramp while in deep water and was drowned before assistance could be rendered. The body was recovered in a short time after the accident, but life was extinct. He was about twenty-one years of age, and was one of the most exemplary young men in the city, and had a host of friends attached to him by his many excellent qualities of head and heart, upon whom his sudden death has fallen like a thunder-stroke.--
[Terre Haute Journal.

ANDERSON HOUSE,
Corner of Section and Washington streets,
SULLIVAN, IND.
The undersigned having purchased the American House property, has repaired and furnished it in superior style throughout-- making its accommodations superior to any class hotel to be found in a town of this size.--He flatters himself that, from his experience in the business, and personal attention to the comfort of his guests, he will be able to give satisfaction to all who may favor him with a call.
HENRY ANDERSON.
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Thursday, August 9, 1860

DIED,
At the residence of his mother, in York, Illinois, on the 5th inst., NILES WILSON of Typhoid Fever.

MILL BURNED.-- We regret to learn that the "Johnson Mill," within two miles of Graysville, in this county, was burned to the ground Tuesday. It caught fire at eleven o’clock, while the mill was running, and before the hands could recover from their surprise, the fire had made such progress as to be uncontrollable.-- Nothing was saved. About $1,500 worth of sawed lumber was consumed, also a new wagon, watch, gun, &c. The loss is estimated at between three and four thousand dollars; no insurance. The mill was owned by Messrs. CYRUS JOHNSON and --- BAYLES, of Robinson, Ills.

>Common Pleas Court, Judge F.T. BROWN presiding, has been in session since Monday. The probate business occupied the first two days of the term, with a few civil cases. Yesterday, THOMAS McINTOSH was tried on a charge of assault and battery on the person of JAMES BLACK and fined $5.
LEVI A. HAGAN, charged with forgery, was arraigned and plead guilty. He made a short speech of about five minutes, asserting that continued drinking had blunted his perceptions of right and wrong and rendered him indifferent to the consequences of his crime. The Judge, in pronouncing sentence, took occasion to impress the lesson against intemperence which the case afforded on the minds of those in the Court room. The circumstances induced the Judge to sentence him for the shortest time allowed by the law-- two years in the penitentiary.
This is Judge Brown's last term in this Court-- Sullivan county being thrown into a new district. He has proved a good Judge, and is popular with the masses.

>Another outrage is added to the long list of a similar character which have occurred in this county lately. Last week, some four miles of here, several cattle were brutally cut and maimed, fences around cornfields thrown down, watermelon vines torn up and the green melons bursted open, beehives stolen and robbed, men's lives threatened, and two young men, Sam. Harden and James Franklin, were taken up and put under bonds of $200 each to keep the peace for threatening the life of Daniel Mills, son in law of Abner Franklin. And now to crown all these outrages, on Saturday night last the entire crops of these two men-- Abner Franklin and Daniel Mills-- consisting of wheat, oats, and hay in stacks, were fired by some unhung miscreants, and all consumed. Probably the next thing will be the burning of their houses and the murder of their families.
Surely there must be a point beyond which "forbearance ceases to be a virtue," and at which the citizens of a community are justifiable in taking the law in their own hands. We know nothing of Mr. Mills' character, but with Abner Franklin we have been well acquainted from our boyhood, and never knew of his being the cause of any disturbance in the neighborhood; but on the contrary, he is a peaceable, orderly, good citizen-- a farmer liked and respected by all who know him, and for such a man to be burnt out in this way by a set worse than murderers, is more than human nature can be expected to bear; and if the people in that neighborhood appeal to Judge Lynch, we should be neither astonished nor shocked
--[Owen County Journal
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Thursday, August 16, 1860

OBITUARY.
MORRIS MILES.-- The subject of this short sketch was born in Washington county, Kentucky, April 2, 1811, and died near New Lebanon, Sullivan county, Indiana, July 5th, 1860.
When eight years of age his parents emigrated with him to this place, where he remained up to the day of his death. When seventeen years of age he professed faith in Christ, and united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, where he continued a faithful member during the remainder of his life, a period of thirty two years.
In his twenty fourth year he was united in marriage to Miss Adaline Houpt, which was a happy union. She possessed the most happy Christian virtues and was always ready to sustain her husband under the severest trials, and to encourage him in all the Church required of him.
His death was sudden, and perhaps unexpected to him, but he was ready; death had lost its terrors and the grave its gloom. After thirty hours of suffering from the time he was taken his release was signed. A wife and nine children are left to mourn.
Thus lived and died one of our best men.. Few men had fewer enemies and yet he was free to speak his mind on all subjects. He was never, I believe, an aspirant for office, but yet decided in his politics, supporting the regular nominees of his party when of good moral character. Right was his motto in the Church, and State, and from his convictions of right none could swerve him. His benevolence scarce knew any bounds. No Church in Educational enterprise passed him without his support. He was intelligent, affable, and obliging. Long will he live in the hearts of those who knew him!
New Lebanon, Ind., Aug. 13, 1860

DIED-- Of abscess of the liver, at Graysville, Ind., on Sunday, Aug. 12, 1860, Mrs. MARY E. WEIR.
MARY E. MILLER was born January 29, 1838. She attended school in Jacksonville Female College, Ills., where by her industry and perseverence she won the esteem of her teachers, and an enviable place among her fellow pupils. At an early age she united herself with the M.E. Church of which organization she remained a consistent member until her death.
December 15, 1859, she was united in wedlock to Dr. A.N. Weir, and in the new home to which he removed her, she, in her short stay among us won for herself many friends, indeed, "to know her was to love her." During her long and severe illness she bore all her afflictions with the patient resignation of a true Christian and manifested to those about her that her trust was in One who doeth all things well.
Weep not for her, for far beyond
This vale of sighing and of tears
She ranges with the ransomed throng
That tune their harps in angel spheres

FIRE!
Last night about twelve o'clock we were aroused by an alarm of fire, which proved to be the building owned and occupied by MOSES EASTER as a bakery.-- In a short time it was competely enveloped in flames, and efforts were then made to prevent the further spread of the fire. The livery stable on the east, separated from the bakery by an alley of about ten feet, was saved. On the west side, Joe's barber shop, about eight feet distant, was several times on fire and extinguished-- though eventually torn away to prevent any further spread after the crowd should leave. Capt. DUFFICY's frame building between our office and the fire, was somewhat damaged by preparations made to tear it down. Our office building escaped miraculously. At the time of the explosion of a keg of powder in the bakery, no one thought there was any possibility of saving it. Our material was nearly all removed by energetic friends in a very careful manner. We have to thank all the citizens of the town for their labors to save our property.
Easter's stock was principally saved, we understand. There was no insurance.

COMMON PLEAS COURT.-- Since our last issue, BRACKATER who was in jail on a charge of larceny, was taken before the court and plead guilty. He was sentenced to the Penitentiary for two years. A similar plea was put in by young COIL, and he was also sentenced for the same length of time. The elder COIL also plead guilty to petit larceny and sentenced to the county jail for 30 days and disfranchised for one year. Judge BROWN left on Saturday last, and Capt. BRIGGS presided during the remainder of the term. Court adjourned on Monday evening.

WHEAT.-- Those of our farmer friends who are anxious to find a market for their surplus wheat should bear the fact in mind that W.F. MASON, of Carlisle, is buying the article at that depot, and paying the highest cash price.

>Some months ago Mr. B.F. OWEN of Carlisle, who had previously stood fair in that community, left for parts unknown taking with him some four thousand dollars, it is charged, of money belonging to some negroes in that vicinity. He was arrested in Terre Haute last week and is now in jail in this place, we understand, on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Thursday, August 23, 1860

KILLED.-- We learn that Mr. Robert Chapman, of Riley township, was killed last night under the following circumstances: In company with another man, he had gone to the house of a man living in Clay County, for the purpose of lynching him, or making him leave the country. It appears that the man had heard of their intention and had prepared himself with three guns for their reception.-- When the two men approached, he demanded their business, but not receiving any answer, he repeated it with the same effect and then commenced firing on them, and one shot hit Mr. Chapman in the breast, killing him instantly. These particulars may not be entirely correct, but we give them as furnished us.-- [T.H. Journal

ANDY HALE AGAIN.-- This individual is gaining considerable notoriety. The last Terre Haute Express says:
Andy Hale who has recently been bailed out of jail by the disinterested kindness of Joseph B. Barry, Jr., a fellow prisoner, was arrested on Thursday night by officer Prudy on a charge of stealing a copper kettle from Richard Forster. He was taken before Justice Musgrove for examination. At the request of the accused a change of venue was granted and the case was sent to Justice Smith. However, by the agreement of Attorneys, Hale was sent down to jail, where he remaineth enjoying the society of his dear friend Barry unto this day. Hale we believe is a lawyer by profession and it would appear a little of everything by practice as he is now resting under two charges-- forgery and larceny.
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Thursday, August 30, 1860

>The friends of ISRAEL W. BOOTH, Esq., will be pained to learn that he is lying dangerously ill with fever. He was somewhat better this morning.

MARRIED,
On the 26th inst., by Eld. Wm. C. McBride, Mr. E.D. BOLENBAUGH to Miss SARAH J. AKERS, both of this county.
--A very handsome present accompanied the above notice, for which we tender our thanks, and indulge the hope that they may have a long and happy life.

On Wednesday, 29th inst., at the Anderson House, by Rev. J.S. Gilmor, ROBT. C. GRIFFITH, Esq., to Miss LU OSBORN, all of this county.

CAUTION!
Whereas my wife SARAH JANE, having left my bed and board, without any just cause or provocation, this notice is to forewarn all persons not to trust her on my account, as I will not be accountable for any debts of her contracting.
WILLIAM MILLER.
Aug. 24, 1860

NOVEL ENTERPRISE.-- Messrs. REID, HERBERT & Co., are building a cement water pipe from a well near Mr. HUGH ORR’s residence to their mill, a distance of perhaps 300 hunderd yards. It is constructed about two feet below the surface of the ground, and it is the intention to pump the water by machinery at the mill through the entire length of the pipe. Croakers have predicted a failure of the scheme. It was rendered necessary by the excessive drouth of the past two months.
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Thursday, September 6, 1860

MARRIED,
On the 4th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, on Curry’s Prairie, by Rev. J. Howell, of Marshall, Ills., Mr. CHARLES M. TAYLOR to Miss LEANAH GRAY, both of this county.
--A bountiful supply of delicious wedding cake reached us with the above. We congratulate Mr. TAYLOR on securing one of our county’s fairest daughters, who will make him an excellent wife. May prosperity attend them always!

ACCIDENT.-- We regret to learn that Mr. A.J. PINKSTON, living near New Lebanon, was seriously injured by being caught between a couple of rolling saw-logs last Monday.

MORE ABOUT THAT CARLISLE HORSETHIEF.-- We learn from Mr. MALOTT, who has just returned from Bedford, that the man, Warren Hitchcock, who stole old man McCormick’s horse about two months ago, attempted to murder the sheriff and his assistant on Tuesday night. He came near being successful, but was eventually overpowered and placed in irons. A demonstration was made by the citizens towards taking him out and lynching him, but they were dissuaded.

DEATH OF COL. MAY.-- We regret to hear of the death of Col. Allen May.-- He died in Washington Territory, whither he had gone to secure a location.

ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS.-- A nest of counterfeiters formerly located in Greene county, in this State, has recently been broken up, and a number of arrests have been made of parties implicated. On Thursday, Mrs. Lucretia Freeman was arrested in Bagdad, Illinois, by H. Minnick, of this city, and a day or two previous men by the name of Pig, Fry and Gamble were arrested near Tusola, Illinois. The moulds and machinery for making coin, together with a lot of metal and a galvanic battery were found in possession of Mrs. Freeman, who was the galvaniser of the gang. Pigg, Fry, and Gamble were examined before Commissioner Cruft, at Terre Haute, and held to bail in $1500 each, which was given.
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Thursday, September 13, 1860

>There is great excitement at Lawrenceville, Ill., on account of a charge that a Miss Ryan had given birth to a illegitimate child, which had been murdered by herself, mother and brother. A coroner’s jury was called, but for some cause they failed to find a verdict. An old woman who had been a witness was cowhided by the father of Miss Ryan, after which the whole family left for parts unknown. All is excitement.

MARRIED.
On the 26th day of August, by Samuel Bonham, Esq., Mr. BENJ. COMBS to Miss POLLY ANN MORRIS, both of Greene county.
By the same, on the 9th inst., Mr. JOHN W. THOMPSON to Miss MARY WORTH, all of this county.

>We had the pleasure yesterday of meeting Mr. P. HAWK, who removed from this county a year ago to Newton, Jasper county, Iowa. He speaks in high terms of the country out there mentioning instances within his own knowledge of farmers threshing forty bushels of wheat to the acre this fall. The average yield of corn he says will be 65 bushels. The country is rolling and well adapted to wool growing. If he is not over sanguine he must be located in a “garden spot.”
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Thursday, September 20, 1860

MARRIED.
On the 13th inst., by Samuel Bonham, Esq., Mr. J.M. KELLY to Miss J.M. TODD, all of Greene county.

DIED.
On Sunday morning, Sept. 16th, of Typhoid Fever, ISRAEL W. BOOTH, Esq., aged 37 years.
The deceased had been a resident of our town but a few years, during which he won his way in the confidence and regard of the people, by his many excellent qualities. He was an accomplished scholar, yet a quiet, unassuming gentleman. He had been elected to a professor’s chair in the Union Christian College, and at the time of his death filled the office of Justice of the Peace of this township. His death is universally regretted, and our citizens sympathize with his afflicted widow in her sad bereavement.

HORSE STOLEN.-- A gentleman named HECK had a horse stolen from the rack near the steam mill last Friday night.

NARROW ESCAPE.-- Last Saturday a man named SHEPHERD while intoxicated fell from the second story of the Lovel House in this town, on the brick pavement. He struck on the back of his head and neck, and, though considerably jarred, escaped, we believe, without any serious injury. His being drunk cause his fall, yet saved him from being dangerously hurt. “The hair of the dog is good for the bite.”
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Thursday, September 27, 1860

MARRIED.
On the 13th inst., by Rev. T.W. Jones, Mr. WARREN G. DAVIS, of Washington City, D.C., to Miss JEANETTE MILLER, of Knox co.

At the Parsonage of the M.E. Church, in Carlisle, Sept. 20th, 1860, by Rev. T.W. Jones, J.W. PURCELL, Esq., to Mrs. CATHARINE BEADLE.

ACCIDENT.-- We regret to learn that our friend WM. M. MARTIN, Esq., of Carlisle, whle returning from this place last Friday, was seriously injured by being thrown from his buggy, occasioned by his horse taking fright and becoming unmanageable. The accident happened a mile or two below town. His injuries are about the head, though not considered dangerous.

A CURIOSITY.-- Mr. T.P. HUGHES has left in our office a corn stalk, which forked about two feet from the ground, and each branch has a large, fully developed ear of corn on it. Our farming experience is quite limited, but we are told that this is a rare occurrence.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-- At the Downs mill in Curry township, last Friday, occurred one of those horrid accidents, at the bare recital of which the heart ceases for a moment to beat. While endeavoring to put a pump belt on a pulley, John A. Downs was caught by it, jerked down on the “plumb block,” and the crank of the engine caught his head and entirely severed it from his body; after which the belt drew him half over the pulley, crushing his lifeless trunk. His death was of course instantaneous. He leaves a wife and one child, with many friends to mourn his untimely death.

UNFORTUNATE.-- We regret to learn that the residence of Mr. Jo. WAGGONER, five or six miles east of town, was entirely destroyed by fire last Sunday, about noon. He had just built a new house, which was all completed save the plastering. It is supposed that a coal of fire from the old lady’s pipe blew under the house, and when discovered the smoke was issuing in volumes from beneath the floor. A high wind was blowing at the time, and in fifteen minutes the house fell in. A log house adjoining, occupied by the family, was also consumed together with a smoke house containg about 40 bushels fo wheat, and 60 bushels of oats. They saved nothing but some bedding.
This is a case which calls for the active aid of his neighbors and our citizens. We all sympathize with him in his loss-- let us give material evidence of our pity. Mr W. is, we understand, a hard-working industrious and worthy young man, and a small contribution from each citizen of our town and some help from his neighbors would suffice to restore his loss or at least “give him heart” to rebuild.

ALMOST A FIRE.-- Last Saturday night, about ten o’clock, some persons on the upper porch of the Lovell House smelt a smoke, and coming down to the corner of Section street perceived it issuing from the house occupied by Mr. BORDERS. They hastened over and broke in the door when they found the floor underneath the stove in a blaze, which they soon extinguished. It had caught from a box of ashes carelessly taken up and left there!
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Thursday, October 4, 1860

MARRIED.
On the 26th ult., near New Lebanon, by Rev. S. Bowers, Mr. MASHA HUNT to Miss SARAH A. EATON.

>BURR H. MCGREW, Esq., presented us yesterday a monster beet, measuring 22 inches in circumference, and, like his Democracy, sound to the core.

DECAMPED.-- We understand that a young man, who had been working for Mr. JOSHUA ALSOP, of Carlisle, for a few months, left last Monday night for parts unknown, taking with him a fine gray horse worth $125.

ROBBERY.-- We neglected last week to refer to the robbery of the jewelry shop of Mr. JOSEPHUS STANSIL. The thief effected an entrance by prying open the shutter and raising the window-- a job easily done, as there was no fastening to the window. A couple of gold watches, several silver watches, and other articles to the amount of about two hundred dollars were stolen.
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Missing issue: October 11
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Thursday, October 18, 1860

MYSTERIOUS.--From the last Green County Times we learn that a number of men recently made a night attack on the house of Mrs. Hatfield, near Bloomfield. She and her girls became very much frightened, and she took down her gun and ordered them to leave or she would shoot. She does not know whether she fired it or not, but when the neighbors came who were attracted by the disturbance, they found the dead body of a deaf and dumb man who lived near by. Mrs. H. and her girls had taken refuge in the woods.

Married,
On the 17th inst., by Elder Joseph W. Wolfe, Mr. CHARLES MERRICK, to Miss NAN CATLIN, all of this town.
With the above came the most generous present of wedding cake we have received for a long while. Our best wishes attend the happy pair for their prosperity and continued happiness through life.

--On Sunday, 7th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. W.F. Mason, Mr. JOSEPH H. RICKERLY, to Miss MARY A. GILKISON, all of this county.

ASSESSORS.-- At the election on Tuesday of last week the following Assessors were elected:
Jackson township-- James P. Curry
Curry township-- H.C. Hopewell
Fairbanks--Samuel DeBaun, Sr.
Turman--Thomas R. Sherman
Hamilton-- Hiram Case
Cass-- Wm J. Moore
Jefferson--John H. Jackson
Haddon--Bdellium Dooly
In Gill township Nathan Miles and Dora Hunt tied, when they drew lots, in which the latter was successful.
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Thursday, October 25, 1860

FATAL RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT.-- Mr. John Sanders, the gentleman who had a leg crushed on Saturday, the 6th inst., by the wheels of a heavily laden truck passing over it, lingered in an unconscious state until about 12 o’clock last Saturday night, when his spirit took its flight to a brighter sphere.
An affecting incident connected with the above was the unlooked for arrival, the day following the accident, of a brother of Mr. Sanders, from the South, whom he had not seem for a number of years, but being unconscious did not recognize him at any time during his sufferings.--
[Owen County Journal.

SUDDEN DEATH.-- A man named Jas. Orear, residing near Quincy, in Owen county, died suddenly and mysteriously on Monday last. The particulars of his death, as furnished us by a citizen of that place, are as follows: On the forenoon of that day, Orear, in company with his son, left home for the purpose of driving some hogs out of a corn field near by. The son went in one direction and the father in another; the former; having accomplished his part, returned to the house, but his father returned not. It was not long until noon, when the continued absence of Orear induced his son to go in search of him. Starting in the direction his father had gone, he had not proceeded far until he came across his dead body, lying on the ground face downwards.-- The supposition is that he fell while running, but the cause of his death is not certainly known. Orear was between 50 and 60 years of age, a man of family, and much respected by all who knew him.--
[Greencastle Press.

REWARD OF INTEGRITY.-- Abm. Westfall, son of James Westfall, Esq., of this county, is now one of the conductors on the E. and C. Railroad. Four years ago, at the age of sixteen, he commenced running on the road as brakesman, and such has been his good conduct and strict attention to business since, that he has been promoted to the position he now holds. Unlike too many of our young men, instead of spending his time and earnings in dissipation, he is always “on time” with his employers and the public.-- [Vin. Gazette.

DIED,
On Saturday morning, October 20th, of an affection of the lung, MARY WILSON, wife of Henry K. Wilson, Esq., in the 40th year of her age.
It is with no ordinary feelings of emotion that we seat ourselves to record the death of this estimable lady. For more than three years we were an inmate of the family over which she presided, and we can safely say that few knew her better. She possessed in the eminent degree all the virtues which adorn the female character, prominent among which were her gentleness, amiability, and kindness of heart. While we lived in her family, she supplied the place of a mother to us, for weeks of the time we were prostrated on a sick bed, and to her attentive and unremitting care we are perhaps indebted for our life. No sacrifice was too great for her to make to minister to our comfort, or to gratify our wants, whether imaginary or real.
In the relations of a wife, Mrs. Wilson was obedient, affectionate and faithful, as a mother she was loving and gentle, bestowing great care on the training of her children, in which she was successful; as the mistress of a mansion, she was incomparably neat, industrious, economical, and hospitable to an extreme as hundreds of visitors at her house well know. She was a lady of strong natural acquirements, yet was modest and retiring. Her inclination and her duties kept her much at home and in the home circle her pleasures were found and there, too, were her many excellencies best known and appreciated.
In early life she made a profession of the Christian Religion, a character she sustained without reproach to the day of her death. Her sickness lasted near twenty months and during all her protracted suffering, her faith remained unshaken, patiently looking forward to a happy release. She was prepared and willing to die-- her only regret being at leaving a number of young children. May God, who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, guide and protect them! Closed now, in death is the eye that so often beamed on us in kindness and with welcome; hushed is that sweet, low-toned voice that rarely spoke in anger, and so frequently in words of admonition and advice to us. Closed to us here, but unsealed in that happier land
whither she has gone to join the angel band which sing their Creator’s praise, “while circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.”

FARMS FOR SALE.-- Our old friend Wm D. BLACKBURN, Esq., formerly of Carlisle, in this county, has gone back to the mercantile business, and abandoned farming. An advertisement will be found in another column offering his farms for sale.
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Thursday, November 1, 1860

MARRIED,
At the residence of the bride’s father, near Merom, on the 23d ult., by Rev. N. Summerbell, Mr. WM. H. SALLEE to Miss REBECCA A. FORD.
We received a box by express the other day (?) with nothing on the outside to indicate (?) We opened it carefully, (?) machine (?) will accept our (?) full fruition of their blissful (?) [Note: There is a large faded patch here that can’t be read. Each (?) indicates anywhere from one word to several lines of type that were lost. From other similar entries we can guess that the printers were sent some wedding cake by the bride and groom.]

SAD CASUALTY.-- Yesterday a young man, Anthony Slavens, was killed in Lost Creek Township, by falling from a wagon loaded with staves and being run over by it. He was driving the wagon and sitting upon his load, and in passing down a sloping cut in the road leading to a slight ravine, he let the wagon run upon the bank upon the south side so that he was thrown off on the other side. He seems to have been able after being hurt to crawl from the road, and was found lying dead upon the road side-- [T.H. Journal.
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Thursday, November 8, 1860 (mis-labeled Nov. 7th)

DISTRESSING CALAMITY.-- Our city was over shadowed with gloom, last night, by the announcement that Mr. Horace Blinn, one of our most esteemed and prominent citizens, had met with an accident, which resulted in his instant death. Mr. Blinn, in company with several others had been on a hunting excursion in Sullivan county and yesterday morning, while riding in a wagon mear Merom, he was leading his gun, which by some means, was prematurely discharged, the ball entering Mr. Blinn’s head, literally blowing out his brains. The news reached the city about dark and was conveyed to his family, whose distress on learning the facts was agonizing in the extreme. They have the warmest sympathy of this entire community in this hour of their deepest affliction.-- [Terre Haute Express, 6th

SINGULAR FATALITY.-- For three Mondays past, a fatal accident has happened to well-known citizens of this county.-- On Monday, Oct. 22nd, Mr. Harden Hodges was crushed to death by a saw log, on Monday, the 29th, Anthony Slavens was run over by a wagon and almost instantly killed; and on Monday, Nov. 5th, Mr. Horace Blinn was instantly killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. -- [T.H. Journal.

BIG DAYS WORK.-- Our young friend ED. COPPAGE, who lives at the upper end of Ft. Harrison prairie, one day last week shucked and cribed one hundred and (?)teen bushels of corn! That is what we call extraordinary work for one day!
[Terre Haute Journal.

>We learn that a very severe disease is raging among the children in the neighborhood of Worthington and Point Commerce, something like Black Tongue or Malignant Sore Throat.--[Greene County Times.
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Thursday, November 15, 1860

>Mr. Elijah Evans lost one of his children last week by a very slight accident. It cut a small gash in the palm of the hand, and bled to death. The physician found it impossible to stop the bleeding. The child was about three years old. There is something very singular about Mr. Evans’ family, as this is the third child, we are informed, he has lost in the same way, from slight cuts when they bled to death.-- [Owen County Journal.

MARRIED,
On the 13th. inst., by Rev. T.W. Jones, of Carlisle, Mr. JAMES SCOTT to Mrs. SELINA LEDGERWOOD.

> Mr. DAVID PARRISH has left at our office a couple of curiosities-- one a corn stalk, grown in a singular shape, bearing two ears; the other is a cabbage stalk with a head on each end-- one growing under the ground adjoining the root.

MONSTERS.-- Last Tuesday we received from Mr. JAMES REED, of Merom, specimens of the beets and radishes raised by him this season from the seed. The former weighed twenty three and a fourth pounds, and the radish 13 pounds! They were the largest we ever saw. It seems to us it would require a stump extractor to get them out of the ground. They can be seen at our office.

>The disease known as “Mumps” is extensively prevailing in this town-- supposed to be one of the results of the recent election.
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Thursday, November 22, 1860

Petition for Divorce
State of Indiana Sullivan County, ss. In the Sullivan Circuit Court, February Term 1861.
Sarah Sherman --vs--Charles Sherman
Notice is hereby given that Sarah Sherman, the plaintiff herein, has filed, in my office, her petition for a divorce together with the affidavit of a disinterested person that said Charles Sherman is a non-resident of the State of Indiana. Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of the filing and pendency of said petition, and that unless he appear at the next term of the Sullivan Circuit Court, to be held at the Courthouse in Sullivan, commencing on the third Monday of February 1861, then and there to answer said petition the same will be heard and determined in his absence.
n22 3t. JAS. W. HINKLE, Clerk
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Thursday, November 29, 1860

TRAGIC AFFAIR--MAN SHOT.-- This evening, between three and four o’clock, a man named Wright, a sporting character, was shot in the bar room of Wilkinson’s Saloon on Third street, by a young man named Sanford from Paris, Ills. The difficulty arose about a trifling sum of money, and on Wright making some threats young Sanford pulled out a revolver and shot him four times.
The wounded man was taken to Buntin’s Hotel, and the physicians say he cannot recover. Sanford was promptly arrested by Sheriff CONNER.-- [T.H. Journal.

MELANCHOLY CASUALTY.-- On Sunday evening, Mrs. Martha Benedict, a respectable widow lady, residing about 3 miles above the city, in Lawrence county, Ill., lost her life under very distressing circumstances. She had gone out to draw water from a well, to which was attached a heavy sweep. As she was hauling up the bunker, the sweep broke, one end striking her on the back of the head, and precipitated her into the well. When taken out life was extinct. She leaves several children.-- [Vin. Sun.

MARRIED,
At the residence of Mr. Charles Scott, in Sullivan, by Rev. Mr.Gilmor, on Thursday, Nov. 22d, Mr. JAMES REED of Merom, to Mrs. ANNA MARIA RYERSON.

DEAD.-- The man Wright, who was shot by young Sanford, on Friday last, died at noon yesterday-- having survived his wounds about 44 hours.
We learn he has left a wife and 4 children who reside in Buffalo, N.Y.
Coroner Benson held an inquest over the body last evening at the Buntin House, and the Jury, returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death from a wound by a ball discharged from a pistol held in the hand of one Bruce Sanford.
The wound, as the Physicians who made a postmortem examination, testified was about 4 inches below the right nipple perforating the third or fourth rib and passing directly through the lung being in their opinion necessarily fatal.--[Terre Haute Express, Monday.
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Thursday, December 6, 1860

>Bradford, the murderer of John L. Wright, was baptized at Terre Haute, on Sunday last, where he will be hung on the 4th of January. [Note that the killer has been called “Sanford” in all the previous articles]

FINE CORN.-- Mr. JORDAN PETERS has laid on our table some specimens of the corn of his raising this year. One ear has 30 rows and about 60 grains to the row.

>Maj ISAAC STEWART has sold out his stock of goods to JOS. W. WOLFE, Esq.

>One day last week Mr. JAS. E. HADDON of this vicinity called on us to know if we had seen any publication respecting a stolen horse and buggy. A fellow came along and, complaining that the roads were bad, offered to trade off a buggy for a saddle. Mr. H. accomodated him, but in short time became satisfied he was a thief, and pursued him to this place where he recovered his saddle. The remainder of the story we clip from the Vincennes Sun:
We mentioned last week that a young man had hired a horse and buggy at the stable of Mr. F. Gracter representing that it was for the use of Dr. Lacky. Not having then been returned for some time after the hour stipulated Mr. G. became suspicious that all was not right, and upon inquiry ascertained that Dr. L. had not ordered the vehicle, nor knew nothing about the fellow who claimed to be acting as his agent. Measures were at once taken to head off the thief, and he was tracked up the Terre Haute road as far as Oak Station-- from thence to the neighborhood of Sullivan, where he had traded the buggy and harness to a farmer, for a saddle and 15 cords of wood-- that the farmer became convinced the property was stolen and had pursued him as far as Sullivan where he had endeavored to sell the horse and also dispose of the wood. Before measures could be taken for his arrest, the thief disappeared and has not been heard of. He gave his name as John Wright.
--Persons should be careful how they buy cheap horses or buggies from strangers.
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Thursday, December 13, 1860

MARRIED,
This morning, Dec. 13th, by Rev. A. Turner, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. MARTIN TROLL to Miss SARAH TIMMONS.
-- Cake received in return, the happy pair have the best wishes of the printers.

DIED,
In Bloomfield, on Tuesday, the 4th inst., after an illness of some weeks, Mr. F.P. STARK.
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Thursday, December 20, 1860

DIED.-- At his residence near New Lebanon, Ind., of Hemiplegia(?), Mr. GEORGE DAVIS, in the 61st year if his age. [Note: this page is nearly illegible from fading and “bleed through” of type from the reverse side. There is a longer obituary for this person, but it is very difficult to make out. Please contact me if this record is important to you and I will try to get as much out of it as I can.]

HOTEL CHANGES.-- We understand that Mr. Henry Anderson has disposed of his hotel property in this town to Mr. John Bledsoe, of Greene county. Mr. B. is a pleasant gentleman and we think will make a good landlord.
Mr. Lovel has retired from the other hotel property and leased it for a boarding house.
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Thursday, December 27, 1860

APPOINTMENT.-- We understand that Willis G. Neff, Esq., has been appointed by the Governor, Colonel of the Sullivan county militia.

UNFORTUNATE.-- We regret to learn that the residence of a young man named ALLEN, living in Jackson township, was entirely consumed by fire last Thursday night. He and his wife had gone to spend the evening with a neighbor, and during their absence the dwelling was discovered on fire. Nothing was saved.
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Note: I do not know anything about the people mentioned other than what I have transcribed, with the exception of my own lines of SHERMAN and CARRICO (and not much about them, either...). I don't live anywhere near Indiana, so cannot find additional information. I hope these references can help answer some questions for you and contribute to your knowledge of the people of 19th century Sullivan County.


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