Owen County IN Archives News.....Names Extracted from The Owen County People December 25, 1879 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Bonde lbonde@bluemarble.net November 3, 2005, 9:30 pm Owen County Public Library December 25, 1879 Newspaper Clippings and Names Extracted From “The People” Owen County, Indiana “The People is published every Thursday at one dollar per year, and should be in the hands of every Republican in this county. The Republicans of this county cannot afford to be without a paper and should encourage us by subscribing and urging their neighbors to.” 25 December 1879 Local Notices AW FULLERTON is quite sick now. Last week, the wife of Phillip EVANS died. Mrs. JW DAVIS is at Ellettsville this week. Mike WOLFE, Esq, Freight conductor is off for a week. Baptist social meets, Tuesday night at Dr. COX’s. A party of young folks gave Mr. and Mrs. Frank LAWSON an agreeable surprise Monday night. Phillip MILLER has purchased the butcher shops of Tint ALLEN and Mr. BEEM, with a view of continuing the business. JE HYDEN, dairyman has been at Worthington this week which accounts for his wagon having raised Tuesday morning. Ben DOBSON has been hobbling about with rheumatism for a few days. Unless he gets much better he contemplates a visit to Hot Springs, Arkansas. JH KELLER now offers a genuine Singer sewing machine, certainly the most popular machine in America. ER BLADEN contemplates putting in a mill at his stone quarry next spring, change his switch, build several more tenement houses and make other improvements at his quarry. Charley DAVIS has just moved to this place from Green County and will open a harness shop soon. Accessions are rapidly being made to the business of Spencer. Spencer is deserving of the good name she has abroad as a business point. Last Friday night, about thirty scholars of Grammar and High school departments visited Mr. MCAULEY’s house and left about thirty presents for Messrs. MCAULTY and SPEAR. The scholars had a pleasant time and endeared themselves by their acts to their faithful teachers. The party of the season was given at the residence of JW ARCHER last Friday evening. A large body of presents and general jollity and good humor reigned supreme. Modish attire was discarded, and all appeared in apparel of their remote ancestry, which certainly afforded a unique spectacle to gaze at. Phillip MILLER is to be found at the old stand of Wm. SNODGRASS, with a nice line of fresh groceries, provisions etc, which he offers at very lowest figures. The People office was favored with a call by WH CROWE, Esq. City Attorney of Greencastle, and brother of our fellow townsman, Charley CROWE, who has no scruples against selling more boots than anyone else. Mr. C. who is certainly a good judge of people, was not reticent about expressing it that, in his opinion, Spencer is a live town filled with a generous active set. When we look around, we find that Spencer has quite a number of men originally form Greencastle. Strayed—from the premises of the unsigned, 1 1-2 miles southeast of Cloverdale, Ind, one “flee bitten” gray mare, about 9 years old with no blemishes and rather short tale. About 15 hands high. Any information furnished the undersigned will be thankfully received, Findle SUTHERLAND, Cloverdale Indiana. Niles HARDY and wife of Worthington were in town last night. Quite a number of Gosport folk were down on the MCDONALD-HARRIS trial Tuesday. Found-Shawl, between Spencer and Vandalia. Call at Henry COOKSY’S for the same. Paris C. JOHNS, Esq, the young and good looking newspaper-man of Gosport was in town Tuesday. Dr. JA CRAWLEY of Marco, Green County, has been in town for several days and will probably locate here. Re. EA RUSELL, Baptist Missionary for the state, preached at the Baptist church here last Tuesday night. Squire CULMER has gone to Cairo, Ills., where he had a s good situation in a telegraph office. Success to CULMER. Mr. THOMPSON and family are visiting at Washington, Davis County at present. Samuel A WALLACE has resigned as cashier of Exchange bank. FH FREELAND takes that position the first of January. Work in earnest has commended on TJ HARRIS’s room or rooms, rather as an upper room with an opening in the center fifteen feet square giving a fair view of the lower room from above is being arranged. Mr. H. is a merchant of taste and in his new quarters things will present quite a creditable and dignified appearance. On Monday night the Military Band decided to interview Dode COPPER who is by the way one of the first members of this organization, at his place of business, as he was too busy to attend regular meeting, and accordingly they took a stand in front of the sore to “spoil”, after which they entered. JJ COPPER, senior of the firm; opened a box of fresh cigars for their benefit. Mr. JETTE, the bridge boss, expects to get away from her next Saturday. He has two other bridges on hands. Died—On Sunday morning, in Spencer, after a brief illness of lung trouble at the residence of her father, Finley JOHNSON, Mrs. Pereill JUDS. Funeral at the Methodist church Monday evening by Rev. CULMER, after which her remains were interred. Deceased leaves two children, a boy and a girl, the latter of whom will remain with her grandfather, the former going to Lawrence County to reside with the grandfather JUDS. The MCDONALD-HARRIS libel case was commenced Tuesday morning with WR HARRISION, of Martinsville, on the bench. The following jury; WH TURMAN, Meredith LAWSON, SP Evans, AB HALTOM, JK SMITH, Mead SPEAR, JW RONE, Daniel STAHL, Amos HEATON, Samuel BEAMAN, Joseph ROBINSON, Robert MARTIN. For the prosecution BEEM and HICKAM and H RICHARDS were the counsel. For the defense FRANKLIN, FOWLER, MEEK and DITTEMORE. The case was rather exciting throughout. The argument commenced after dinner yesterday and at three o’clock the case was given to the jury. Mr. and Mrs. John DAVIS have been married about five years and as no little ones were ever sent to brighten their home they decided to adopt a child. On last Thursday evening a little baby orphan girl, aged three years, came to them by express, selected by a friend in Richmond. She is a bright child and very winning in her manners. While Mr. Charley BRIGGS carried the little stranger, who was so early in life thrown upon the world, to its new home and parents, she would lean her little head against his check and with her little chubby hand pat his face saying “I love oou, ou’s so nice” and as our big hearted conductor thought of his own little ones at home, it was almost more than he could bear. As they neared town and darkness came on, she would say, “I too seepy, I tant talk”. Mr. and Mrs. DAVIS are to be commended on their disposition to make at least one little child happy for of all lives that contain desolation and anguish, non can equal that of an orphan girl. May she repay them in their kindness by love and devotion in their declining years. Farm for Sale: 164 acres 4 miles south-east of Spencer, on the Spencer and Bloomington road. A new frame two-story house with seven large rooms, good finish, good water, convenient out buildings, large fruit garden, two orchards, about one hundred trees each—fifty acres in cultivation, thirty acres splendid timber, eighty acres in meadow and blue grass pasture, each forty acres has running water , fences in good conditions, 4 acres adjoining out-buildings. This is a first class grain and stock farm, and in a good neighborhood, half a mile from a neat school house. Price $1,000, half or two thirds on time, or will trade for property in Spencer or Bloomington. For particulars address me at Ellettsville, Indiana. E. DEAN. Additional Locals Dr. E DEAN, of Ellettsville, was in town Tuesday. Today OM WHITTAKER places on his counters the finest, fattest beef of the season—one which he fed especially for the occasion. Mr. W. has an eye single to the wants of his customers, and should receive a hearty support. There are numerous parties in our place in our place who should send The People to their friends It will not only “help the printer” but will cause your friends to reciprocate by sending you the papers of their locality. Our friend, LD MORGAN, has the right view, and is paying for several copies. A Mistake corrected—Last week the People made the statement that Mr. BURDETTE would be here o the 26th, when it should have read Monday night the 29th of December. We feel assured in saying that this lecture on the “Rise and Fall of the Mustache” is altogether the best thing our people have had the opportunity of attending. The case of Jas PATTERSON was given to the jury last Saturday who after several hours absence returned with a verdict of guilty, giving him a term of sixteen years and nine months in the State prison. A motion was made for a new trial, and the arguments were to have been made yesterday were not on account of the libel suit then ***. Not until some time next week will the matter be brought before the judge. Died—On Sunday morning in Spencer, after a brief illness, of lung trouble at the resident of her father, Finley JOHNSON, Mrs. Percilla JUDS. Funeral at the Methodist church Monday evening by Rev. CULMER, after which her remains were interred. Deceased leaves two children, a boy and a girl, the latter of whom will remain with her grandfather, the former going to Lawrence county, to reside with his grandfather JUDS. On December 22, Spencer Chapter No. 77 RAM elected officers: WS MEAD, M.E.H.P.; Stephen WHITE, K.; GW ELLIS, S; SL WALLACE, C.H.; DE BEEM, P.S.; WV WILES, R.A.C.; Wesley COFFEY, G.M.; 3d V,; Phil A. MCALISTER, G. M., 2d V; JH SPENCE, G.M. 1ST V.; WC GENTRY, Treasurer; L. DRESCHER, Secretary; John HERSHELL, Guard. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/owen/newspapers/namesext15gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 10.3 Kb