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Ft. Wayne (IN) Daily Gazette, November 18, 1881, p. 2.
The gold discovery excitement still continues in Vienna Township, Scott
County, and a large number of persons visited the James Collins farm in the
southern part of the township where two shafts have been sunk to a depth of
about 15 feet from which fine particles of gold have been taken. The gold
is found in the black sand-that is to say the supposed gold. Many persons
who profess to be experts pronounce it pure gold. Similar discoveries have
been made last Summit on the J. M. & I. Road six miles south of Scottsburg.
For a number of years it has been claimed that gold existed in Scott County.
Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, October 7, 1882, p. 6.
Mrs. Mary Mitchell and two children were given shelter at the station house
last night. She says her parents reside at Scottsburg and that her husband
took her to Louisville and deserted, leaving her penniless and among
strangers. She will be sent to her home today.
Cambridge City (IN) Tribune, March 5, 1874, p. 1.
The records of Scott County have been moved from Lexington to Scottsburg,
the new county seat. The courthouse at the latter place has been fished and
accepted by the commissioners.
Osage County (Burlingame, KA) Chronicle, July 17, 1879, p. 1.
Beecher Gardner, aged 16 years, had almost all the flesh torn from one of
his legs Friday by a train on the J. M. and I. Road at Scottsburg, Ind. He
jumped off the train while it was in motion. His recover is doubtful.
Milwaukee (WI) Weekly Wisconsin, December 21, 1881, p. 6.
At Scottsburg, Ind., Thomas J. McApplegate, aged 60, is in jail on a charge
of murdering his wife, aged 35. The woman was insane, and her husband gave
her double doses of morphine and chloral (sic).
Paoli (IN) Republican, February 3, 1915, p. 5.
Mr. and Mrs. George Lindley of French Lick are rejoicing over the arrival of
a fine, 11-pound son at their home.
Paoli (IN) Republican, February 3, 1915, p. 1.
Dr. Thomas N. Braxton and young son, John Thomas, of Boise, Idaho, who had
been spending a couple of weeks where with relatives and old friends, left
last Saturday morning for their western home. The many friends of Dr.
Braxton will be pleased to know that he is prospering in his new home. He
is well pleased with Boise and thinks it a fine place.
Paoli (IN) Republican, February 3, 1915, p. 1.
Benjamin Jones of Indianapolis, a traveling salesman from one of the large
wholesale houses in that city, visited his brother, E. S. Jones and family
near Chambersburg last week.
Paoli (IN) Republican, February 3, 1915, p. 1.
POSSIBILITY OF NEW TRAIN ON THE MONON
The Monon Railroad is considering putting on a through train to be operated
between Indianapolis and French Lick. The train would be run over the
Indianapolis and Vincennes railroad tracks as far as Gosport from
Indianapolis. At Gosport, the Monon would put on one of their own engines
and the crew would be changed. At present, only a through coach is operated
between the two points.
Logansport (IN) Pharos-Tribune, July 15, 1890, p. 19.
TWELVE PEOPLE MORE OR LESS BADLY HURT IN A COLLISION
New Albany, Ind., July 15-Twelve people were injured in the collision on the
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Road at Smithville, Indiana, yesterday.
Following is the list: Conductor William Brown, fatally crushed; Grant
Johnson, Chicago, seriously crushed; William Mitchell Indianapolis,
conductor on the freight train, wrist broken; Henry Whitsell, engineer,
dangerously hurt in the back; James Meyers, engineer of the passenger, badly
cut about the head; Mrs. Patton, Smithville; Engineer Hendricks of the
freight train; Jefferson Robertson, brakeman; Everett Foster and wife,
Worthington; Ada Pearson, Bedford; David Warren, Bloomington; Charles Marain
(sic), conductor of the freight train; William Bagley, Paoli; Thomas
Andrews, Bloomington; Alice Walls, Bloomington; Kate Taffe, Indianapolis all
less seriously hurt.
Chuck-
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I must have been asleep at the
keyboard when I transcribed this item. I think you are exactly right-those
odd words are typos. Had they been the words as written, I would have
followed them by (sic). "Dib" also looks like a typo, but I don't know what
it should have been and no longer have the original.
Randi
From: Chuck Carey [mailto:cwcfamily@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 12:54 AM
To: Randi Richardson
Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Willis Holler Died
Randi, thanks for sending out all the great news items! I had questions
about the one below, which just came in. At the beginning, should bed man
read bad man? Should struck on the heat be struck on the head? I realize
there are always typos in newspaper articles, even today. If this is how the
article really appeared in that old newspaper, I'll just insert "[sic]" next
to each word.
Thank you,
Chuck Carey
Lawrence county webmaster
At 06:14 PM 7/26/2014, you wrote:
Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 2.
MITCHELL TOUGH KILLED
Willis Holler Knocked Out in Shube Burton's Saloon Tuesday Night
Willis Holler, a Mitchell bed man who had served two or three terms in the
penitentiary, got his quietus Tuesday night. Our information is that Holler
was on a dib drunk and obstreperous. He was in Shube Burton's saloon about
midnight ad soon afterward was taken home unconscious, dying about four
o'clock next morning. One report is that Holler was struck on the heat with
a billiard cue or a billy by the proprietor of the saloon, but some doubt
was raised on that point next afternoon. It is been claimed that he died
from too much whisky, perhaps on the theory that Mitchell whiskey is more
potent than a club. Prosecutor Zaring and Coroner Voyles were investigating
Wednesday afternoon.
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Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 2.
MYSTERY ABOUT HOLLER
Supposed to Have Died from Skull Fracture Received Tuesday Forenoon
Coroner Voyles held an inquest Wednesday at Mitchell on the body of Willis
Holler who died at his home there at four o'clock that morning under
suspicious circumstances. Dr. Byrne made a post mortem examination in the
presence of the coroner. There was no outside wound whatever visible on
Holler except a small bump on the back part of the head, the scalp being
uninjured; but when the skull was laid bare, a fracture or crack was found
running around a space on one side of the head about four by four and a half
inches. The doctor who made the post mortem has not reported to the
coroner, and until he does, the coroner will not make a verdict, but there
is but little doubt that the fracture caused Holler's death and that Dr.
Byrne and Coroner Voyles will so find.
As to how the fracture was received is a difficult matter to determine.
Holler was drunk Tuesday forenoon about eight o'clock and creating a
disturbance in Shube Burton's saloon, was shoved out the door. He fell on
his hands and knees on the walk but soon got up and re-entered the place,
falling immediately afterward with his head out the door but his body
inside. Whether he fell from the effects of a blow could not be learned by
the coroner. After he had laid in the doorway for some time, he was pulled
inside and the door closed, and later he was taken to the back room of the
saloon where he remained till the fore part of Tuesday night when he was
taken home by five or six men who were examined by the coroner but did not
throw much light on the matter. The fact that Holler was exceedingly drunk
and liable to fall in such a way as to injure himself, and that there was no
external wound on the head, leaves room for doubt as to whether he was
struck by anyone.
Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 2.
MITCHELL TOUGH KILLED
Willis Holler Knocked Out in Shube Burton's Saloon Tuesday Night
Willis Holler, a Mitchell bed man who had served two or three terms in the
penitentiary, got his quietus Tuesday night. Our information is that Holler
was on a dib drunk and obstreperous. He was in Shube Burton's saloon about
midnight ad soon afterward was taken home unconscious, dying about four
o'clock next morning. One report is that Holler was struck on the heat with
a billiard cue or a billy by the proprietor of the saloon, but some doubt
was raised on that point next afternoon. It is been claimed that he died
from too much whisky, perhaps on the theory that Mitchell whiskey is more
potent than a club. Prosecutor Zaring and Coroner Voyles were investigating
Wednesday afternoon.
Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 2.
IN MEMORY OF MRS. MARY E. BYERS
Mary E. Byers was born in Daviess County, Indiana, November 16, 1863. She
was the youngest of eight children of Benjamin P. and Desty Herron Phipps,
all of whom except the mother have preceded her to that other land.
She was married September 16th, 1883, to George L. Byers. To this union
were added six children who, with their father, survive her. They are
Ethel, Alice, Everett, Paul, Thelma and nine-month-old Gladys, to whom the
mother gave her devoted attention a half hour before the spirit left her.
The greater part of her life was spent in and near Bedford. While the
family was residing in Ft. Wayne early in 1890, Mrs. Byers united with the
Wayne St. Methodist Episcopal Church and was a regular and devout attendant
upon its services. As the cares and duties of wife and mother became
greater, she was often deprived of attendance at divine worship but retained
her faith in the loving Jesus and sent her little ones to Sunday school and
trained them in right paths.
It is noteworthy that her life was pure and good as a girl; that she was a
loving, obedient daughter; that her virtues as a wife and mother were legion
and that she was the central spirit of a loving, devoted and beautiful home
life. Her devotion to her own and her happy, unselfish spirit in all the
paths of her life can be cherished by her friends and especially by her
bereft family as an example worth of emulation.
The home which is now so stricken was very happy under her as the guiding
spirit and the chair she has left vacant, while a sorrow, cannot be else
than a reminder of the devotion of the wife and mother and the gentleness
and sweetness of her Christian character. Her loved ones can recall nothing
but happiness while she was among them. Her children were her constant
care; their guidance by precept and example was uppermost in her mind. No
labor or self-denial was too great. The great wondrous, uplifting mother's
love which we cannot explain or describe was bountifully bestowed and
beautifully received.
She departed this life early in the morning of Friday, November 1, 1901, and
her spirit rests with Him who gave it.
George L. Byers and Children
Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 1.
Mrs. Jane Knight has been here from Bedford the past week on a visit to Mrs.
T. P. Carter and son, George, and Dr. T. B. Ritter and family and other
relatives and friends. Aunt Jane is 83 years of age and is enjoying quite
good health for one of her age. She was married on the Carter farm south of
town 63 years ago. Orleans Progress Examiner
Bedford (IN) Daily Mail, November 15, 1901, p. 1.
DEATH OF MRS. DAVID BUNDY
Mrs. David Bundy died at six o'clock Monday AM of consumption. The funeral
took place Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock from the residence on East 17th
Street. Burial at Ikert Graveyard.
Seymour (IN) Daily Democrat, January 20, 1898, p. 2.
MAGEE-BANTA
At the home of the bride's mother on East High Street in this city, at 7:00
o'clock on Wednesday evening, January 19, 1898, Mr. Edward R. Magee and Miss
Dove Banta were joined in the holy bonds of wedlock, Rev. J. M. Baxter of
the M. E. Church officiating. Mr. Magee is a very popular fireman on the B.
& O. S W., in which line of work, by close attention to its every detail, he
has won the confidence of his superior officers, and by his gentlemanly
demeanor he has gained the good will of a host of friends. The bride is one
of Seymour's fairest daughters, and by her winsome ways she has endeared
herself to a large and constantly widening circle of friends. That their
wedded life may be prosperous and happy is the wish of everyone.