THE MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN - December 5, 1867 El Paso has a school record of 211 with an average attendance of 170, with George H. Wells as principle. The number of scholars enrolled at Peru this year is 728, which is 70 additional over that of last year. THE MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN - March 5,1868 State Items The citizens of El Paso held a railroad meeting last week to consider the proposed railroad from that city to Kankakee and passed the following: That the interest of the people along the proposed route of the El Paso, Pontiac and Kankakee railroad demand that said proposed railroad be prosecuted with vigor and that is the sense of this meeting that steps to build the said proposed railroad should at once be taken. The meeting then adjourned until the 4th of March at Pontiac. THE MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN - May 21, 1868 State Items A large flouring mill of Messers. H. and E. Ives, at El Paso, was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. There was a large amount of flouring grain in the mill which was also destroyed. The building was partly insured - total loss $35,000. The Journal (Minonk) - February 11, 1882 Mr. Levi Zinser and family will spend a few weeks in Pana and Assumption visiting friends. C. B. Adams, formerly agent at Panola, is now in the employ of the C. & I. at Lee, Ills. The many friends of C. S. will doubtless be glad to learn of his whereabouts. The public sale of C. D. Uaget will take place on the farm of John M. Glassner, four miles northeast of El Paso, and three miles southeast of Panola, on Wednesday, February 15, 1882. Supervisor W. B. Quinn has moved into the O'Brien house, on the east side. Frank Cassell has moved on to the farm he lately purchased of W. B. Quinn. Charles W. McCoy has commenced the erection of a residence on the lots opposite the Baptist church. The Journal (Minonk) - September 2, 1882 Louis McCulloch, of Eureka, was in the city Wednesday. John Tucker, D. D. S., of Mt. Pulsaki, spent a few days of this week in the city, visiting friends, relatives and - James Williams, an experienced printer from the Pantagraph job rooms has been employed as foreman of our job department. Ed Hodgson will attend the Fairbury fair with his fine horses next week. Mr. Geo. W. Burger has advertised his personal property for sale at public auction on the 2d inst. He has sold his farm to Thomas Cribben. Consideration $6,000. He will shortly go to Nebraska to live. Charley and Howard Johnson, sons of A. L. Johnson, returned home from Pontiac last Wednesday. Mr. David Dunn's little daughter is visiting her father. Eddie Hart, son of Mrs. Allan Hart, living a short distance southwest of town, ran a pitchfork through his left foot last Saturday. Misses Sallie Cassell and Cozie Harper are visiting in Metamora. The Misses Zinser, of Washington, are visiting at D. K. Tobias. Mrs. Tobias is no better. The Journal (Minonk) - Saturday April 22, 1882 The sixteen month girl of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Greiner, living near El Paso, died last Saturday night and was buried Monday. She was sick only a few days with diptheria. The Daily Inter Ocean - Sept. 18, 1890 Bloomington, Ill Sept 17 - Mr. and Mrs. Gee were found dead at their home in Normal this forenoon. They had prepared breakfast on a gasoline stove and the prevailing opinion is the gasoline in the reservoir suddenly changed to gas, filling the room and asphyxiating them. It is believed by a few that something poisonous was eaten for breakfast. They came from El Paso, Woodford county, a year ago for the purpose of educating their daughter at the State Normal University. Metamora Herald - August 14, 1931 Dan C. Kearney Dies in El Paso of Long Illness Daniel C. Kearney, 51, died at his home in El Paso Tuesday morning after a long illness.  He was at one time associated with many baseball clubs throughout Central Illinois and in 1909 was a member of the Three-Eye league. He was born April 15, 1881, in El Paso, where he received his early education and later he attended Lewis institute in Chicago.  In 1908 he moved back to El Paso and had made his home there ever since. He was united to Miss Mary O'Rourke, Bloomington, who survives with seven children:  Mary, Daniel, Joseph, Margaret, Dorothy, Patricia and Anne.  One sister, Mrs. Lemmon, Chicago, and the following brothers also survive:  John T. Kearney and Frank Kearney, Chicago, and William Kearney, El Paso.