Constitution News - 1886 August

From The Marietta Weekly Leader, Tuesday, August 3, 1886:

• The wheat crop is abundant.
• Mr. Uriah Dye spent several days last week with his daughter, Mrs. Mike Dearth, of Beverly.
• Mrs. Samuel Stage, of Harmar, was the guest of Mrs. John Zearing last week.
• Dore Scott and little son, Harlie, of Chillicothe, spent last week with relatives at this place.
• H. C. Hart made a flying trip to Cincinnati last week.
• Messrs. Frank Roeser and Millo Seipel, of Marietta were seen at this place Sunday.  Two young ladies of Harmar seemed to have drawn their attention down this way.
• Mrs. Lew Finch and little daughter of Harmar, spent Sunday with Mrs. D. H. Reynolds.
• S. C. Rinehart spent a few days last week at Canton.
• Charles Hart, of Lafayette, Indiana, who has been spending the past here weeks with his parents at this place, left for his home Thursday evening.
• Miss Kate and Jennie Scott, of Marietta, are visiting at their grandmother’s, Mrs. William Scott.
• Mrs. Henry Harnish and little daughter of Parkersburg, accompanied by Miss Lena Harnish, are visiting at Mrs. Charles Cone’s.
• Mrs. John Cook took a flying trip to Parkersburg, Wednesday.
• Andrew Hazelrigg and wife, of Williamstown, are visiting at Mrs. William Scott’s.
• Misses Fannie Reynolds and Linnie Cone were the guests of Mrs. Samuel Dye, Thursday.
• George Hanna, of Scott’s Landing, was seen at this place Wednesday.
• Mrs. Charles Cone was around calling on her many friends of this place Friday.

Dunham News - 1886 August

From The Marietta Weekly Leader, August 3, 1886:

• Our county surveyor has been at home for two weeks picking blackberries.
• Little Hocking got on another high last Monday evening.
• Daniel Brown left his wife and children on the Fourth of July and nothing is known of his whereabouts. Two of his children were taken to the Children's Home last week.
• Pearl Nutt of Marietta is in this neighborhood with his saw mill. He is sawing for Neil McKay at present. Pearl is a hustler.
• Misses Hannah Seely and Lily Hayes of Barlow spent last week with Mrs. L. C. Hayes. During their sojourn here the rite of baptism by pouring was administered to them.
• J. J. Hollister, Esq., is erecting a fine residence. Jay is a bachelor and it is currently reported that he is about to follow the example of Stephen Grover.
• The colored people of this place held their annual Sunday School picnic July 24th in Barnett's grove, which was well attended. Several addresses were delivered. Gov. Aaron F. Mayle of Grove City, the modern Demosthenes, was one of the speakers. The audience seemed spellbound under his powerful flights of oratory. The colored brass band of this vicinity discoursed find music for the occasion.
• Your correspondent's letters are highly appreciated in the west end of the county, where he is well and favorable known. Clodhopper's articles are always interesting. His article in last week's Leader was heartily endorsed.
• It begins to look now as if Murat Halstead and some other newspaper men had said a little too much about H. B. Payne.