Macon County News Items - Miscellaneous News Illinois State Chronicle (Decatur, Illinois) February 28 1856 Administrator's Notice Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned administrators of the Estate of David Wright, late of Macon county, will attend before the county court of said county, in Decatur on the first Monday of April next, for the purpose of making a last and final settlement of all the business of the estate of said deceased; when and where all persons holding claims against said estate are requested to present the same for adjustments and all persons indebted to said estate are expected to make prompt payment. G.W.T. Wright, Adm'r. A. Wright, Adm'r. Illinois State Chronicle (Decatur, Illinois) February 28 1856 Administrator's Notice Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned administrators of the Estate of John Willet, late of Macon county, will attend before the county court of said county, in Decatur on the first Monday in May next, for the purpose of making a last and final settlement of all the business of the estate of said deceased; when and where all persons holding claims against said estate are requested to present the same for adjustments and all persons indebted to said estate are expected to make prompt payment. Thomas B. Albert, Adm'r. Illinois State Chronicle (Decatur, Illinois) April 3 1856 Oakley post office in this county has been discontinued, and mail matter for that office should in the future be sent to Decatur. Illinois State Chronicle (Decatur, Illinois)  September 17 1857 A new Post Office is established at Macon Station I. C. R. R. called "South Macon" Macon county Illinois. Joseph S. Ruby, P.M. Decatur Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois) August 17 1880 An exciting amateur boat race took place on the Sangamon river on last Saturday evening, between Frank Cassell, a young Hercules, an attache of the Republican, and Gus Ferry, the young Adonis of the "Penny Post" and editor of the Nuncio, which is printed in a "sky parlor" in Powers' Block. The distance rowed was about three hundred yards, and although the race was hotly contested from the word "go." Cassell came out ahead by about five boat lengths, winning the spontaneous applause of the interested audience of five that stood on the bank of the river and acted as judges. The winner has received no congratulatory telegrams from his unknown friends throughout the country, but he feels a little good now that he has taken Gus down a peg or two. Decatur Republican (Decatur, Illinois) > 1889 > August > 8 Of the present Republican force the one who dates as far back as any of them is the present city editor of the paper, John J. H. Young, jr., who in that far away period when the first paper was issued, "rolled" the first number, and was in the employ of the firm at intervals the first year. He had been a "regular" since 1875. Of the present employees, the next longest in continuous service is the efficient pressman, Mr. Chas. H. Cassell, who came to the office April 1, 1872. Mr. Geo. T. Tucker , of the composing room, has been with us since September 1, 1876, and Mr. W. H. Addis, of the job room since March 1, 1875. Decatur Morning Review (Decatur, Illinois) May 6 1891 The Old St. Nicholas It is Being Torn Down - Something About Its Early Days The work of tearing down the old St. Nicholas began yesterday. Already the roof is off the south aisle and 12 or 14 rooms have been demolished. The work will be pushed right ahead now as fast as it can be. The house has quite a history. It is one of the oldest building in the city, and in its early years saw a great many changes of management. The oldest part of the building is that in the corner, extending from the west side of the bar room around to the south side of the office. What a procession of people and events those old walls have witnessed! The history of a city like Decatur may not be exciting or thrilling in any of its particulars, but it certainly is extremely interesting, and the old house has seen as much of that as any other building in town. The house was erected in 1854. John Harrell built it, and as the landlord welcomed the first guests. He named it the Harrell house. By 1855 the name had been changed to the Cassell house, when Berry H. Cassell was the head of a firm of proprietors. The full firm name was Cassell, Stroh and Henderson. The name changed to the Oglesby house along in 1857, when Warner Oglesby became "mine host." After that the hotel was known as the American house, the Tremont house, the Adams house, the Cloudas house, and the Varney house, each change of name marking a change of proprietors, till the Laux brothers took possession in September 1865. The firm included Nicholas, Peter and Charles Laux and they give the hotel its present name. In 1879 Charles Laux bought out his brothers, and has since then been alone in the management of the house. When the Laux brothers took the house in 1865 it had 38 rooms. The billiard room and part above it was added in 1876. In 1880 the new dining room was built and in 1885 the office was remodeled. Decatur Daily Republican, October 19, 1891 Special Rendezvous at Peoria Elaborately printed invitations for the special rendezvous of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Peoria Sovereign Constistory, and Co-ordinate bodies of Masons, Vally of Peoria, at Peoria, Nov. 10, 11 and 12, have been received in Decatur. It will be a great occasion for Masons who stand high in the order. The members in Decatur are Dr. Wm. M. Catto, Berry H. Cassell, Robert W. Ferguson, Charles B. Hughes, H. M. Huff, Leo Heibrun, L. L. Haworth, Peter Loeb, A. T. Summers, and Winter P. Waggoner, all 32 degree Masons. The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) August 11 1892 Drum Corps The Republican club drum corps was organized last night with twenty members. They will get their uniforms at once and get in shape to go with the club to Springfield Aug. 18. The members are Ray Boyer, Bruce Chenoweth, Harry Haines, Hugh Hughes, Bud Florey, Fred Hoffman, L. B. Cassell, Frank Rich, A. S. Robinson, Will Adkesson, Harry English, J. C. Stoy, Bert Weaver, Frank Hays, Murry Millikin, John Allen, Charlie and Frank Wise, Will Armstrong, Troy Alexander, Will Frew and Emil Bethaeussel. Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois) > 1895 > December > 19 Insurance Paid Three weeks ago C. Schwab suffered loss by fire at Boody. He had $700 insurance in the Continental company, for which George M. Danley is the local agent. The loss has been adjusted and Mr. Schwab allowed $700, every dollar of the insurance. The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) > 1901 > May > 12 The Renshaw school, taughter by Miss Ethel Kirkman, closed Thursday evening, May 9, with an entertainment consisting of dialogs, Tableaux, recitations and songs, ending with some fine selections from the gramophone by O. D. Cassell. The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) > 1901 > December > 30 J. F. Cassell, manager of the Brunswick bowling alleys, went to Peoria this morning with two Decatur teams that are to play today in the state bowling tournament. The men on the two teams are Coppage, Mahannah, Curry, Funk, Pilcher, martin, Radcliff, Askins, Kelly and Shilling. The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) > 1908 > May > 1 G. M. Danley is no longer agent for the Continental Fire Insurance company. That agency has been turned over to C. C. Randolph. The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois) > 1907 > February > 3 Berry Cassell's Crazy Move Mr. Wood tells it was in 1849 that Berry Cassell got an 80 acres east of town, where his home stood for years. He paid $8 an acre for that, and it was mostly prairie. His friends went to him and told him he must be going crazy. He said he bought the 80 because he was afraid some one else would, and then he might have to drive his cow a half mile to get to pasture. Berry Cassell and William Martin were the only men in Decatur in 1849 who had any money. Mr. Martin got some land, but there was timber on a good part of his. HOME ©2008 Genealogy Trails