McLean County IL Articles ***************************************************************** File contributed to the McLean County ILGenWeb Project Copyright 2007 to present, all rights reserved. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format without the written consent of the author, ilmcleanvcc@gmail.com. File Submitted by: Leslie Maurice Source: Arrowsmith News, Jan. 7, 1885, VOL. 1 NO. 13 ***************************************************************** ARROWSMITH NEWS JANUARY 7, 1885 VOL. 1 NO. 13 Lena Uhner is improving slowly. Lew Krum sundayed with his folks in Bloomington Mrs. Gibson Watkins is quite low with lung fever. Howell and Brooks ship this week six cars of stock. A new Saddler at Crabbs. Usual weight. All Happy Letta Hull has been on the sick list for the past few days. Emma Cowan, of Normal, spent Sunday at home here. Frank Ashby has returned from his visit at Blue Lick, Ind. D. Barnhart expects to leave for Nebraska in the spring. S. E. Cline is now without clerk and runs the store alone. A. C. Jones packed his knapsack and left for Nebraska Thursday. Lincoln Builta and Melvin Cline returned to Eureka to attend school Last Monday. Clay West and Frank Hedrick returned to school at Normal Monday Morning. Frank Kimler Jr., of Farmer City, spent a few days visiting relatives here. Corn has began to come into market. It is now worth 27 cents in the ear and 28 cents shelled. Hon. S. H. West left Monday for Springfield to attend the opening session of the Legislature. Arrowsmith schools opened again Monday with full attendance. Several new pupils were enrolled. Mrs. Ives was out last week and packed her household goods preparatory to moving to Bloomington. Amber Campbell has returned from Brown’s Landing, Miss where he (?) has resided the last fifteen months. He has come back to stay. David Barnhart and wife left Tuesday for Nebraska, on a prospecting tour. They will be gone about two weeks and will move in the spring. The Arrowsmith band gave some very good music at the rink Saturday evening. The boys have got so they can play very well, everything considered. Chas. Maurice was made happy by the arrival of a new butcher at his home on Monday. Charlie in his joy forgot to charge more than 2 per cent profit for meat on that day. Mrs. Atherton entertained on New Years Day Mr. and Mrs. Hampton, Mrs. Gene Hampton, Mrs. Ed Woodard, and Mrs. Parks, all of Bloomington and relatives of Mrs. Atherton. Wm. Hurt’s fine 2 year old Normall that the Dillons took to New Orleans, died en route. Mr. Hurt will not in all probability lose anything, as the understanding was that he should lose nothing should the horse not be returned. O.G. Atherton, who has been in this place nearly since it came into existence, intends to add to his already complete stock of drugs and medicines a complete new stock of groceries. From what we know of O.G. he will surely make it a success. He will sell for cash and cash only, or its equivalent.