Catlin News Items

G. Wilse Tilton Scrapbook, page 8, newspaper clipping by Hannah Mariah from Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, dated 27 July 1887, page 2, columns 2-3.

Catlin Clack.

Mrs. W. P. McCann is visiting at Champaign.

Mrs. J. R. Parker and son are visiting at Batestown.

The English reunion will be held August 4th at Church's grove.

F. M. Burroughs of Concordia, Kas., is visiting his relatives in this county.

Miss Fannie Jones celebrated her eighteenth birthday anniversary last Friday. Thirty-five were present.

The Hodges, Tilton and Tate reunion will be held in the grove near the county infirmary on Thursday, August 25th.

Our visitors are Miss Jennie Alexander and Charles Payne of Potomac, Miss Ida Clark, of Chicago and Viola Vandorn of Tilton.

Rev. A. Cummings has changed his headquarters from Fairmount to Catlin. He is boarding with his sons at Mrs. Hazlerig's.

Catlin Sunday school convention will be held here Aug. 23. The program has not yet been prepared but will be published in due time.

Mont. Robinson and wife, of the "Fairmount Veto," spent Sunday afternoon and evening calling on friends here, combining business and pleasure.

Those of Catlin township who are interested in coming soldiers reunion at Danville will meet at the Town Hall next Saturday at three o'clock p. m.

Eight ladies from Catlin picniced in Ellsworth Park last Thursday. They were met by quite a number of Danville ladies and say they had a splendid time.

Mrs. Dr. Jones on last Saturday stepped on a plank in the walk near the door, which broke and gave her a very bad sprained ankle. She is not yet able to bear any weight on it.

Those attending the institute from this vicinity are the Misses Katie Wolf, Minni Parker, May Terpening, Clara Pate, Nora

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Champion, Ella Cook, Ella Cord, Messrs. Chas. Pratt, and Orange Gillilaud.

The fourth quarterly meeting of the U. B. Circuit will be held in Dougherty's Grove, on this side of Jordan, next Sunday. Bro. Ellwell, the presiding elder, will be present. It will be a basket meeting.

Capt. A. G. Payne, whose scalp ere many moons may be dangling from the belt of some Indian chief, gave us a short visit last Saturday. It is hoped his present position will enable him to retrieve recent losses. Our good wishes will follow him.

A. F. Nolan bought a cow of W. S. Douglas several weeks ago. Last Saturday he attempted to bring her home, a distance of four miles. She died on the way. Her disease was thought to be dry murrain, (you bet, if it was murrain at all, it was dry murrain).

We are beginning to feel proud of Seminary Park. Its richly carpeted sward, its leafy canopy and its accessibility makes it the finest place in all this vicinity for basket meetings, picnics or out door entertainments.

Rev. Parker Shields delivered a sermon on last Sunday night, the subject of which was hypocrites, taking for a text the chapter in which is related the account of Saul reserving the best of the spoils taken from Amalekites, when he was ordered to destroy everything.

The Christian friends held a basket meeting last Sabbath in Seminary Park which was largely attended. Bro. Hill delivered two sermons. The singing was done by a choir from Pleasant Mound church and elicited considerable commendation. As we did not get the names of all the singers we will not undertake to give any but would like another visit at some convenient time.

Died July 19, 1887, Mr. Arthur Gones, aged 19 years, 6 months and 16 days. The deceased was the son of Mr. Thomas Gones, whose wife died but a few months ago. He never had good health, but was never confined to his bed until but a few days before his death. His disease was heart trouble which terminated in dropsy. He was a model young man, having the respect of everyone who knew him. Before his death he expressed a desire to see Rev. Mr. Carey of Sidell, with whom he had for some years been acquainted. Mr. Carey came to see him and received many assurances of his willingness to die and his hope of future happiness. His remains were brought to the M. E. Church where a funeral discourse was delivered by Bro. Carey, after which he was laid to rest by the side of his mother in Oakridge cemetery. The funeral cortege was very large.

Hannah Mariah.

[Handwritten in scrapbook] July 18, 1887