“On Tuesday last Col. Underwood, on behalf of the Scioto Valley Railway Company, commenced the work of clearing off the old Presbyterian graveyard. The first thing to do was to remove the fences and open the route of the road from Second to Main.” “The removal of the bodies is Continue Reading
1878
A Card of Thanks from John F. Molster
“I desire to express my heartfelt thanks, as well as I can find language to indicate my feelings of gratitude, for the very great kindness and assistance shown and rendered me during the terrible suffering of my son James, and after his death, by the Gaylord Rolling Mill Company and Continue Reading
The Obituary of Carey E. Little
“On Monday evening, March 25th, at half-past six o’clock, Carey E., second son of W.W. and Harriet A. Little aged 18 years, 5 months and 13. days.” “Carey’s kind disposition won for him a large circle of friends, and his energetic, business-like habits, gave promise of much future usefulness, but Continue Reading
Springville’s Ohio River Lookout House
“The undersigned would respectfully announce to the citizens of Portsmouth and surrounding country, that he has since last season carefully refitted and put in good order the ‘Lookout House,’ on the summit of the Kentucky hills, opposite Portsmouth.” “Picnic parties and pleasure seekers will find this resort, during the summer, Continue Reading
Death of a Lieutenant of Landwehrs Under Napoleon
“A hero of Dresden, Leipsic and Waterloo, has answered his last roll call at the advanced age of 92 years. Frederick Hansgen, died at the residence of Mrs. Frank Welte, on Second street, Portsmouth, Ohio, last Sunday morning, April 14th, between the hours of four and five o’clock, retaining his Continue Reading
The Sudden Death of CS Kelley
“CS Kelley, the Ninth street grocer, died rather suddenly at his residence in the Sixth Ward, last Saturday morning, in his 50th year. While attending the US Courts of Cincinnati as a witness two weeks ago, he became quite ill, but did not take his bed until the day preceding Continue Reading
The Explosive Demise of Colonel Wilson Houchins
“A man named Colonel Wilson Houchins, living near Fluvanna Court House, Virginia, killed his wife and child and mother-in-law with an ax, last Tuesday, chopping them in a frightful manner. He then sat himself upon a keg of blasting powder, smoked his pipe and then touched off the powder and Continue Reading
The Obituary of Orme Noel
“Orme Noel, the five year old son of WHH and Mary Noel, died last Saturday afternoon, at four o’clock after an illness of little more than a week. His disease was believed to have been scarlet fever. Orme was more than ordinarily intelligent, and his actions were so manly, and Continue Reading
The Insanity and Suicide of John A. Seifert
“Between the hours of midnight Sunday night and daylight Monday morning, John A. Seifert, a German residing on Seventh street, got up out of bed, he slept with one of the children, without being observed by the family, and going into the itchen drew a razor, and in the darkness Continue Reading
The Drowning of Adam Heisel
“Adam Heisel, a young man of seventeen, learning the shoe trade with Mr. Steindam, on Market street, was drowned last Saturday night while bathing in the Ohio river at the steamboat landing. His whereabouts were unknown until his clothes were found on the wharf Sunday morning, which led his friends Continue Reading