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Christian Hileman, Eli Littleton, John Treese, Charles Treese, Armistead H. Brown, Lewis Bryant and Daniel Barringer.

Armstead H. Brown returned into court the return of John Bradshaw, Thomas Deen and S. C.? Brown commissioners appointed to serve so much of the road leading from Jonesborough to Golconda as lies between Henry Baringer and the ford of Cash to met beginning at the ford of Cash and running a direct course to A. H. Brown's from thence a strait direction to intersect the old road, which we consider better and nearer than the old one. Signed by we commissioners and it is orale? that John Hughes superior open and work on road and all hands living _____ bounds are redirected to work on road.

Ordered that George Smith in addition to his former list of hands allotted to work the road leading from Jonesborough to Green's Ferry be allotted the following named hands and they are hereby allotted S. Smiley L______, Samuel Hures asked J_____ George Daughters by Charles Daughterty and Sarr__et Welty.

Ordered that Jacob Littleton be allowed and additional list of hands to work under him to met Abner Hunsaker, Benjamin West, James Lerrsler? and they are hereby required to work under S. Littleton.

Ordered that James Brown be allowed four dollars for his attendance on the circuit court.

John Bradshaw one of the commissioners appointed to review a road beginning at or near Concord Meeting House to Brownville returned into court a return that they had marked out the contemplate road beginning at the Johnson County line near Concord Meeting House from thence to William Barton's, thence to Thomas Jones' on the Golconda Road thence north said road to John Bradshaw's from thence to Boyel Billingsly thence with the old Brownsville Road to John Lopes on Drewry's Creek and from thence north the old Brownsville Road to where it intersects with the road leading from Jonesborough to Brownsville near Laymers old horse mill.

Ordered that John Bradshaw be appointed Supervisor of the road leading from the Johnson County line to the road leading from Jonesborough to Brownsville intersecting the said road at Laymer's old horse mill. Commencing at the ford of Cash and working to Boyal Billingly and all the hands living south of the road leading from Jonesborough to Bradstown and all living south of Patterson's old horse mill and John Finney's and living within five miles of road.

SAD MORTALITY

St. Louis Republican, July 16, 1850

We have before us a letter written by George R. Bradley, and dated Liberty, June 21st. The writer says that his wagon, to which were attached his brother and himself, from Union County, Ill., H. J. Ostetter, from Chester, Ill., and two of the MacDills, from Union county, Ill., left Independence in a company of twenty seven persons, on the 11th of June. When one day out, one of the company was attacked with the cholera; on the third day they were stopped by the cholera and small-pox breaking out amongst them; they remained encamped two days during which they lost ten men. Next day the men were so alarmed that they proposed to turn back, and the resolution was adopted almost unanimously. On the return route there were seven more deaths before they reached Independence, where the company separated--only 10 of the 27 surviving. They left everything behind them except their mules.

COTTON SHIPMENT FROM UNION COUNTY

Lowell Daily Citizen and News, January 28, 1862

The first shipment of cotton from Union County, Ill., was made on Friday last.
The shipment, consisting of eight bales, was made to Philadelphia.

STEAM BARREL FACTORY

A steam barrel factory that turns off from one thousand to twelve hundred barrels per week,
is in full tide of operation in the town of Anna, Union County, Ill.

A CONTEST IN THE DARK

The Inter Ocean, May 16, 1874

A Desperate Fight With a Burglar at Cobden, Ill--The Assailed and Assailant Wounded

Cobden, Union Co., Ill--May 11, 1874--On Friday night, May 8, the house of Mr. Edward Beale was entered by a burglar, and robbery and murder attempted. The circumstances were as follows: At about 2 o'clock a.m. Mrs. Beale was awakened by a noise at a window in an adjoining room. Supposing a window had been left open, she got up and started to close it. Passing a door she observed it to be ajar, and in the aperture could just distinguish a man's face by the faint light in the room. She retreated to the bed, and placing her head under the bed clothing succeeded in awakening her husband without his giving any alarm. He immediately took a revolver and started for the door. He began searching the room and soon touched some one with his hand, but being awake for only so short a time, he was not accustomed to the darkness, and the burglar escaped him. Groping a little further, he ran against him and being by this time more accustomed to the dark, succeeded in grasping him by the right arm. Supposing he held his left, Beale aimed where he thought his chest would be, and fired, and of course missed, for the shot went to one side, and was afterward found buried in a picture frame. A scuffle ensued, in which Mr. Beale succeeded in partly throwing his antagonist, but received a stunning blow on the head, the burglar at the same time pulling away from him, remarking, "Stop firing, Beale, or I will hurt you." Whereupon Beale fired the second time and closed in with his antagonist, who returned the fire, but in the scuffle the pistol was depressed and the ball passed through the floor. Mr. Beale then tired to get the man by the hair and so secure him, but his hair being short, did not afford his sufficient hold, and again the robber escaped. Failing to secure him, Beale again raised his revolver, and in doing so struck against the pistol of the robber and both fired at about the same time. The robber's ball struck Beale in the breast. Passing through a rib and around the lungs, it lodged somewhere in his back. Beale's ball entered some part of the robber's body or clothes, for it could not be found. By this time the combatants were near the front of the house, and Mrs. B., who had given the alarm, succeeded in lighting a lamp, but could not get a good view of the party, as he made a hasty exit from the house and a rapid retreat to the street, closely followed by Beale. Unfortunately his revolver was empty, and he could not improve the better light. The robber ran rapidly up the street and was soon beyond pursuit. The first intimation Mr. Beale had of his wound was upon finding his night-shirt burning, having taken fire from the flash of the pistol. Medical aid was soon at the house, and all that was possible done for the patient, who is now in a critical condition. Nothing could exceed the persistency and determination with which Beale followed up his antagonist, whom he did not recognize, as he only spoke once. All the description he could give of him was that he was short and thick set with short hair. Mr. Beale's brother, who is also his partner in business, immediately offered a reward of $50 for the arrest of the would-be assassin, who is still at large. Mr. Beale and wife were but newly married, and had just begun housekeeping in a new house.

Chicago, April 12--A special dispatch from Anna, Ill., to the Times says that James M. McIntire, an old and respected citizen of the southeastern portion of Union County, was found dead in a field three-quarters of a mile from his house, with his gun by his side and his hunting knife thrust through his throat. The body was so arranged as to give the impression that he had committed suicide, but on examination it was found he had been shot through the back of the head. An old enemy, McIntire was known to have, was an uncle with whom he had quarreled concerning the uncle's wronging the murdered man's daughter.

A. Woodward is Santa Claus head quarters. See his big line of nice things before you buy. He has a full line of candies and oranges, and asks for your patronage. --From the Cairo Weekly Citizen, Thursday, December 22, 1892.

AMOS POOLE KILLS HIMSELF

The Daily Inter Ocean, May 21, 1895

Cobden, Ill.--May 20--Amos Poole, one of the oldest and wealthiest farmers in this community, committed suicide today. Mr. Poole was in his eighty-second year, and was getting very feeble. His sons, of Chicago, who are proprietors of an extensive railroad printing establishment in that city, had tried to get their father to leave his farm and come to Chicago and live with them, but he did not relish the idea, and it is supposed grief over...(the rest is missing)

SHOT DOWN IN HIS HOME

Farmer Coulter Brutally Assassinated Near Cobden, Ill.

Daily Inter Ocean, Nov 6, 1895

Jonesboro, Ill., Nov. 5--J. B. Coulter, a prominent farmer and fruit grower, living near Cobden, in this county, was assassinated about 7 o'clock last night. His brains were blown out with his own shotgun. He was alone in his house at the time of the tragedy, and the assassin evidently entered, picked up the gun, and shot him as he sat in his chair reading. He was about 60 years old and well to do. There is no clew (clue) to the murderer.

CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT

St. Louis Republic, Sept. 5, 1896

Attorney E. P. Harman of Cobden, Ill., Arrested and Jailed at Jonesboro, Ill.

Cobden, Ill., Sept. 4--E. P. Harman, an attorney at law and prosecuting attorney for this city, was arrested today for embezzling $361 he had collected for other parties. He waived examination, and, in default of bond, he was sent to jail in Jonesboro, Ill. He claims to have lost the money gambling with card sharks in Carbondale, Ill.

SAID THEY TALKED FOR BRYAN

The Wheeling Register, Sept. 23, 1896

Track-Layers at Cobden, Ill., Claim to Have Received Summary Dismissal

Cobden, Ills., September 22--James Davis, William Wilker, Thomas Smith and Charles Fuller, residents of this place, employed as track-layers by the contractors laying the steel of the new double track of the Illinois Central between Makanda and Dongola, were notified this morning by their foreman, McCoy, to report to him and receive checks for their time. Twelve non-resident laborers received the same notice. McCoy informed them that the only reason that he could give for their dismissal was that they were advocating the cause of Bryan and free silver too freely. Their places were promptly filled by Italians. As soon as the news reached this place the Bryan followers became very angry and excitement is at fever heat tonight.

DRAGGED FIVE MILES

The St Louis Republic, February 13, 1899

Virgil I. Grubbs, a Brakeman Was Killed Near Cobden, Ill.

Cobden, Ill., Feb. 12--Virgil I. Grubbs Centrailia, an Illinois Central brakeman fell between the cars early this mroning ? miles north of here and was killed. The body was dragged five miles, and the postion of the arms, which were extended froward and frozen stiff, and the fact that there were only a few small bruises on the body, presents the theory that he was (illegible) during the five miles and clinging to trucks, benumbed by the cold, he dropped and was cut in two.

FOR DEFRAUDING UNCLE SAM

Four Persons have been arrested at Cobden, Ill.

The Daily News-Democrat, Belleville, Ill., April 26, 1902

Four persons were placed under arrest at Cobden near Carbondale, Ill., Thursday by Deputy Marshals Spring and Dowell, charged with pension frauds. Those arrested are Isaac Daniels, Catherine Daniels, Homer Walsh and Julia Anna Cavanish, the last named being unable to be moved, as her death is hourly expected.
Mrs. Cavanish has been married three times and it is alleged has been drawing a pension as the widow of her second husband, who was a Civil War veteran, while the legal wife of Cavanish. The others placed under arrest, it is said made affidavit that made it possible for the pension to have been granted her. The arrest came as a complete surprise. Pension Examiner Butler, who unearthed the alleged fraud believes that many others will be brought to light in the near future.

Oregon's Oldest Homesteader Sincere in Proving up Claim at Parkdale

Morning Oregonian, Oct. 5, 1913

HOOD RIVER, OR, Oct. 4--(Special)--Although with furrows of age written deep on her face, having celebrated her 85th birthday the past August, Mrs. S. C. McIntosh, of Parkdale, the oldest homesteader in Oregon and probably in the Northwest, has a clear sparkle in her eye and possesses still more of the optimism than many people have in days of youth. Mrs. McIntosh, who was born in Union County, Ill., in 1831, removed from The Dalles after having been left a widow, her husband having died in 1905, and at the age of 80 years filed on a choice tract above Parkdale in the upper valley. She never left the place a day after having taken the claim. So sincere was she in her desire to maintain the rules of the Land Office that she would not pass the night with her son, C. E. McIntosh, who homesteaded a tract across the road from her. Mrs. McIntosh has been a resident of Oregon since 1877, having come with her husband to The Dalles in that year.

John Adams, 35 years old, Duquoin electrician, was killed at 12:15 a. m. today when he came in contact with a high tension wire of the Illinois Power & Light Co., at Sixth and West Main streets, Belleville.
According to his brother, Roy Adams, with whom he was working on a pole, tightening copper mountings, his wrench touched the wire carrying 33,000 volts from the Keokuk power plant. He fell 30 feet to the ground, suffering a fractured neck and skull. The body was badly burned and the head of the wrench was melted away, according to the brother. Work with a pulmotor was abandoned after three hours.
He is survived by his widow and three small children.

(Note by descendent Virginia Adams Pierce: He was an electrician and was only in Belleville for two days. The article fails to mention that John Q. was under pressure to finish a job he was doing as it was 12 midnight. The power to the lines had been turned off while he was working on them. Someone, accidentally and in a hurry to go home, switched the power back on while John Q. had a tool on the line.) --Mr. Adams was originally from Dongola. See Death Certificate.

ANNA, Ill., Nov. 14-(UP--Authorities today were seeking to identify a child who was one of three persons killed yesterday when their automobile was
struck by a northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio passenger train at a Jonesboro grade crossing. The two men killed in the crash were Claud Winn and Hoover Carter of Jonesboro. All three died in a hospital here shortly after the collision. Chief Dispatcher Harry Wilson, of the G. M. & O. railroad division office in
Murphysboro said both crossing signals and flasher lights were operating at the time of the accident.
--THE DAILY REGISTER Harrisburg, IL Wednesday, November 14, 1945, contributed by Pat Hardenstine.

FARM AND HOME IMPROVEMENT WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Bottom, Mr. and Mrs. Oris Mowery and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miller won the Farm and Home Improvement Contest in Union County. They will be guests of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce on March 1 and 2 in St. Louis.
The Farm and Home Advisers of each county will accompany the winning families.
The program for the winning families will start with a recognition dinner on the evening of March 1 followed by a tour of St. Louis on March 2.
The Union County group plans to leave early on March 1 so that the men can attend the Producers Livestock Commission Company Annual Meeting while the women enjoy the day shopping.
Each of the winners have made considerable progress in Farm and Home Improvement during the past year. All had seeded improved pastures and made improvements in their livestock and legume-grass program. These families also made considerable improvement in their home to make them more attractive.
--Contributed by Anna Newell, niece of Mr. and Mrs. Bottom, from an unknown paper dated Feb. 15, 1951.