DOLSON BUDGET-1888
CLARK COUNTY HERALD
21-FEB-1888
Arbadee Perry started last Monday with his party to
Colorado to make that his future home. His wife was
troubled with some kind of lung disease. All of our
protracted meetings have closed but we hear that one is to be
commenced at Salem before long. Henry Millhouse has
again started his huckster wagon. A horse of William
Plasket recently fell on the ice and killed itself. Also
one of Dick Duzans fell last Saturday and hurt itself.
William COONS is preparing to build a large cattle shed.
Mat Snyder, Ed COONS, and Walter Kendall attended a meeting at
Grandview Wednesday night and Thursday morning of last
week. John Snyder’s wife fell while getting over a fence
a few days ago and broke one of her arms between the shoulder and
elbow. Uncle Elisha Heath and Arva COONS are both very
sick at present and their lives are despaired of. Arva
has lung fever and Mr. Heath is very old and has been quite feeble
for some time. A short time ago he took a cold, which
settled in his lungs. James Bell has taken a lease on
some land near Oliver and will move his family there
shortly. Jeff Paul will move into the house
vacated by Bell. The Green Moss School closes next
Monday. Three of the pupils went to Martinsville last
Saturday to attend the teacher’s examination. The
Bartmess School closes Friday of this week.
AUGUST 7, 1888
Corn looks now as if it will make more than an average
crop. Harvest is almost over and threshing has
begun. Mr. Swope is the first with a thrashing
machine. Threshing will be a short job as very few have
everything except oats to thresh. F.B. Ennis, Elisha
Claypool, Josiah Rardin, Hall Bros and Black Bros. have each bought
a new binder and Joseph True, Emanuel Clapp, Jeff Paul, George
Anderson and Elisha Claypool each bought a new mower.
Rev. R. O. Hawkins has agreed to continue to preach a short time for
the Baptist Church at Clarksville. There was a largely
attended basket meeting under his supervision at Clarksville, July
15.
Nathan Hazen thinks of moving to Martinsville. Arbadee
Perry has located in James McIlrath’s house in Clarksville, since
his return from the West. Hen Hall has the East Liberty
School for the coming winter. Frank Lowery has the Green
Moss School and Robert Phillips has the Brosman School.
Elijah Claypool has bought a new organ. John Claypool
talks of buying one. Josiah Rardin has bought an
interest in the Rardin Bros. Mill located in Westfield.
It is rumored that S.J. Stephenson of Clarksville intends to build a
store room in Westfield and putting in a stock of goods and will
also conduct his business at Clarksville. The little son
of Mrs. Martha Pinnell is making his home at John B. Beadles.
George H. BOYER talks of moving up near Kansas on the
farm of his daughter Mrs. Mary Keeran an infant son of
Mr. W.J. Plasket of Marshall was buried in Dolson Chapel Cemetery
last Tuesday.