G. Wilse Tilton Scrapbook, page 9-10, newspaper clipping by Hannah Mariah from Danville Daily News, Danville, Illinois, dated 24 August 1887, page 2, column 3.
Catlin Clack.
Catlin fair 13th to 16th September.
Township Sunday School convention August 30.
Rev. Clark Phetteplace recently lost a fine Jersy cow.
Basket festival at M. E. church Friday, Sept. 2nd. Admission 10 cents.
Rev. S. Hodges and wife and Rev. A. Cummings have just returned from conference.
Miss Gertie Leseure and Miss Marcella Mitchell of Danville will sing at the basket festival on September 2nd.
A draw bar coming loose dropping down and catching in a culvert caused the wreck of two freight cars last Saturday just west of town.
Mr. Ed. North and Miss Fannie Saulsbury will be married on Sept. 1st. Over one hundred invitations have been sent out.
Last Saturday a nine picked up from Batestown Blues, Prairie Rats and Catlin Clippers beat the Hannah Mariahs in a score of 14 to 10.
E. Jenkins and his traction engine went through a small bridge, a few days ago; the engine was not hurt, but a squeezed leg has placed him on crutches.
A Certificate of Purchase from the Master in Chancery to Thomas Pratt, was lost on the road between his home and Danville a few days ago. The finder will please return it.
Henry Puzey with his combined aggregation of thoroughbred stock is cutting a wide swath through the fairs this fall. Newtown and West Lebanon have yielded him the mede of honor and give him all he claimed.
Our visitors are Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Tilton of Palermo, Geo. R. Tilton, Mrs. Doane, Walter Beall, Gussie and Leola Atheny and May Raimer of Danville, Mr. and Miss Caraway of Chrisman, and Maude and Mable Cooper--twin sisters--of Hume,
Hodges Tilton and Tate reunion at poor farm park next Thursday, Jacobs Infant band will be present.
A short-horn picnic in Oakwood's grove on last Wednesday resulted in the organization of a Short-horn Breeders Association with the following officers: J. H. Oakwood, president; C. T. Caraway, vice president; Dr. J. W. Boggess, secretary and treasurer. The object is to meet and discuss all points of interest in the breeding of cattle and sale of the same. Ten herds, numbering in all about seventy-five head, were represented in its membership.
Died, at his home in Catlin, August 18th, about midnight, Mr. John M. Wolf, aged 26 years, 9 months and 27 days, of typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and two children--one boy 4 years and a babe two months old. He had been a member of the M. E. church since 1881, acting as steward a considerable part of the time. Rev. D. C. Burket of Grove City, his
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father-in-law, who a few years ago was pastor of the church here, was present at his death. A funeral sermon was delivered by Rev. Simmons of Fairmount, after which he was followed by a large procession to Oakridge cemetery where he was laid to rest. This is the first death in the family of Mr. George W. Wolf, sr., and is a terrible shock to the entire family.
