August 1886 - May 1891 - Mining More in Moweaqua

14 Oct 1886 issue, Moweauua Call.Alice Hughes, 16 year old orphan who was recently wronged, killed herself. She was despondentover the disgrace that befell her and had felt intimidated, dishonored and disowned over recentevents. She had previously threatened to end her young life. On Tuesday, 12 Oct at Mrs Wm RReighley7s home, with whom she made her home, the young woman told Mrs Reighley sheneeded to straighten her bureau. Mrs Reighley could not find her since and later found her in afoot of water in a little fish pond near the house. The coroner's jury was formed and ruled deathby drowning with premeditatedly suicidal intent.L C Uhl of Smith's Center, Kansas, is visiting his father-in-law, Uncle Ab Widick of here.Wm Richhart and L P Tolly and families will leave next week for Eureka Springs, Arkansas.J D Hays who removed fiom here to Kansas some years back is returning. John Hays says thereare 400 people in the county poor house, and he is unable to secure employment at 25 cents aday.M F Pleak rented his home and 160 acres of his farm to John Evans of German Ridge, Indiana.Jack Atkinson, who was in Kansas for the past two years, has returned. While in Kansas, he hadgrave misfortune of losing his wife and two crops. The first crop destroyed by a cyclone and thesecond crop, some 1,700 to 1,800 bushe1 of wheat after being shelled became wet and rotted. Heis now staying with friends in the Little Flock neighborhood.Letter list this week at the Moweaqua post office: J A Adams, Mrs Anna Brown, W H Green,Miss Mary Huse, D J Lamb, Isaac Lyons, George Milburn, Louis Nichols, C O'Conner,Herman Prewitt, J D Nichols, W G Priatt, Stephen C Polk, James F Scribner, G W Snell, B RSmith, George Tuttle, Abner Virden, 0 T Weakly. Signed: Bartley Scarlette, Postmaster.W J Snyder stopped by to tell us a new baby arrived. His dad said he forgot to tell us about itbefore and the little one is thriving.Reuben Brown sold his 80 acre f m located 8 miles northeast to George Waites for $40 an acre.Mr Brown expects to locate in northwest Kansas soon.Charges for meals at the old reliable Potter House will be raised to 25 cents a meal on 1 Oct1886.Jos Adams informs us that old corn is selling at 15 cents a bushel in Nebraska while only 13 centsa bushel is being offered for the new crop of corn.Charlie McGrath and Fred Curtis left Monday for Hastings, Nebraska.Luther Franklin Prescott, son of Esq E Prescott of this place, born 1 Feb 1868, died on 7 Oct1886, aged 18 years, 7 months, 6 days of typhoid. Services from the ME Church; Rev Janesofficiated; interment in ME Cemetery.21 Oct 1886 issue. Moweaqua Call.C T Chapman visited the Moweaqua Call and shared this about his family. He is 69 years oldand his wife is 17 years his junior. He married when he was 35 years old; 10 children, 9 of whomare living, were born to them. All are at home, none married, although 7 are marriageable age.Children are C T, Andrew, Ralph, Fred, Ella, Bird, Ada, Awk, and Robert Chapman. Seven ofthe children were born in the month of March, 1 on the 3rd, 8th, IOth, 12th and 28th 2 on the4th the other two children were born in December and January. Two teach school, Miss Ella andBird. Others are home on the farm and help with the farm work. Mrs Chapman is a sister of ND Sanders, the famous cattle feeder and raiser.Will Hill of Decatur visited S M Adams over the weekend.