May 1- 20, 1890 in Coles County, Illinois HIGHLIGHTS

May 1890

1. Thursday - Set out  lot of grape cuttings.  Skelly got seven years in pen,  for murder of Woodrum.  New Council met tonight six petition for license presented.

2.  Friday- Crass worked all PM at Sewer at Store getting done about dark. 

3.  Saturday-  H.G. very Cranky.  Uncle John was  in town   Has sold the mules he bought of Pete Snider.  Got letter from John Armstrong saying her would shear my sheep, any time.

4.  Sunday - Bill Kelly died yesterday and was buried today down at La?b Kelly's graveyard.

5.  Monday

6. Tuesday - Comer was in City purchasing committee met but did nothing lumber bill.  Comer went home before they met  Electric lights not burning till 9 P.M.  Comer wanted me to be present present when committee met.

7.  Wednesday -   37.  53.  39.  Arrived at ranch about 8  Find that Armstrong had sheared sheep which I did not expect him to do as it was very cool .  Go bed 10 P.M. bed bugs 

8.  Thursday - we cut logs all day round the mill  The boys have been cutting some logs on the Wes Decker Ridge  We have cut in all log measure about 7700 ft.  Comer sawing mostly City stuff.

9.  Friday - Lost another ewe last night the effect of shearing too soon I presume.

10.  Committee gave Comer City contract @ 15.00 per  (?)

Saturday - figuring on building a large ice box in rear of Store  Bill Hatton worked a while digging for waste pipes.  Bert and Rene in to dinner.  Paid John Armstrong for shearing sheep.   warren Decker settles up for hay and hauling.  He took out some feed for sheep and some hungarian (sic) seed.   Sprinkle rain several times during day and grows colder with N. wind  1 AM    Warr(?) tells that Nannie goat had 4 Kids last night - two of them dying.

11.  Sunday.  Maggie and self  start for ranch as soon as we got our dinner.  Only one of the kids is  living and the other one not very well.

12.  Monday.  We start home 7 AM.  arriving  at 9.  Got Carlo on road home.  Figure on ice box up at store will get Geo Kellogg to build it.

13.  Tuesday - Walker delivered old stove I bought from them yesterday and Tue decides to put it in the kitchen.  Mrs. Trainor buried today Nick went to funeral.  Bin in for Dr.  Ora sick.

14.  Wednesday -  Tue and I went to look at Mrs Rogers old mare and then went out to Uncle Johns  Found him making a gate.  Bim's wife sick abed.

15.  Thursday -  Took Carlo  (to ranch) and he made a break for the sheep as soon as he sighted them.  

16.  Friday   5 AM.

Went down to mill all hands had to go to trial between Jo and Harrison Handly.

17.  Saturday  - Democratic primary for delegates to Co. Conven

tion.  Get lumber for ice box.  John Simons gets telegram that  his mother is sick and leaves for Crawford Co at 11 PM.

18.  Sunday - 

19. Monday - Bill Jones patches up back of building and Kellogg begins on ice box.  Town full of delegates to Democratic County Convention   They nominate O. G Berver for Sherriff.  

20.  Tuesday  6.30 AM.  Clear day and cooler  47.  66.  53.

Uncle John down to dinner.  Kellogg works all day  on ice box making slow process.  Comer did not saw having broken something about the mill  Pay Claude 1.00 to get repair  Mrs. Rogers ironed having washed yesterday.  Pleasant day N wind AM SE PM.  Old Mrs. Davis very bad  Gobed 11P.M.

March 26-31 , 1890 and 1901

March 1890

Spurgun loaded two loads hay today.

26.  Wednesday.  6 AM.  Ther

clear, wind N.W.  Simons went to Comers for load of strips.  John and Rile making stakes. Caught flying squirrel with young.  I start home before noon going by Jo Monforts place get home about 7 P.M. very tired.  Buy spring tooth harrow of Montfort  @ 6,00  Roads dry everywhere  The fastest drying I ever saw.  Find Tue had joined Presbetyrian (sic.) Church in my absence 10.30 P.M.   ? Surveyor went down today but missed me.

27.  Thursday. 7 AM.  Ther  44.  
Cloudy wind SE. sprinkle several times in night and during day  Heavy rain with thunder toward night  Wind changes to W from SE and grows cooler  Intended to go to ranch today Buy steak at Bishops at night.  Tue went to church P.M. and night  Gobed about midnight

28.  Friday.  7 AM.  ther  28.  33.  33.  = 31 1/3
Cloudy and snowing  Half inch on ground wind west cloudy all day  Maunie Lang here  Girls at home The schools have vacation this week  Tue went to church PM and night go bed about Midnight

[top of Page]  Great Cyclone at Louisville  Thursday night 27th

29.  Saturday, 7 AM.  ther  26.  57.  37  =  40
Nearly clear SW wind.  Mostly cloudy day SW till 4 PM. changing to N and much clouder. [sic.]  Not many people in for Sat.  Send word by Warren for John to go for harrow as soon as possible.  Kelly found  Carlo at Andrew Walters but they refused to give him up.  Settle in full with Milt Drake collecting rent to  Apl 20.  Al King makes break at night.  Buy can oysters at Lchrers cash.  Give Cassand second old  coat to repair  Gobed  10c

30.  Sunday. 7.30 AM   Ther  26.  47.  36  =  36 1/3
Mostly cloudy, NW wind.  Tue went to Pres. church girls to Christian Sunday School.  Not feeling well today or should have gone to timber.  Chilly mostly cloudy day with N.E. wind P.M.  Gobed 10 P.M.

31.  Monday.  7 AM.  Ther  30.  40  32  =  34
Cloudy wind N.E. about half inch snow on ground which fell last night.  Phebe does not go to school.  Election day tomorrow and liquor men decide not to open at all.  Got shave at Mays at night  Gobed  11.30

March 1901

26.  Tuesday, 5.30 AM.  Ther  39.  45.  42  =  42

Cloudy S.W. wind.   Sprinkles rain in forenoon.  Self feeling badly all day.  Tue built a little fire in furnace.  Clara ironing most of day and feeling bad with neuralgia.  Jack Trobaugh will help me in morning floodgate and fence.  Cloudy all day with westerly wind.  Tue went somewhere with Kate Grove at night.  Phebe also out.  Gobed.  9.30 P.M.

27.  Wednesday  5.30 AM.  Ther  38.  42.  37  39

Cloudy westwind (sic).  Jack Trobaugh fixed bottom fence except floodgate and helped oil buggy.  I went to noon train looking for Maggie but she didn't come.  Tue wrote to her today. Was up tp see Hodgen P.M. but he was away till Sat.  Find that Wall owes me $40 on rent.  the 5000 paid by Garrison being paid for themselves.  The Cols time for selling his place his place expired today.  I was up at Marshalls office.  Cloudy chilly day.  Play cinch at night with Marie and Clara.  Phebe went to dance with Carl not getting home till toward Morning  Gobed 10 P.M.

28.  Thursday.  5.15 AM.  Ther.  30.  42.  40  =  37 1/3
Partly cloudy.  North wind.  Dick Wright works 8 to noon.  Has worked to date 18 1/2 hours.  Today fixed flood gate and trimmed trees mostly. quitting at noon.  Tue feeling badly  Maggie got home P.M. has been gone since 13th (?). She is not feeling very well. After doing chores I go out to Gaines'.  Stay all night  Jo began plowing across branch for gate.  Roads good.  Cloudy chilly day N. wind - I ate lunch on road.  Sleep with Jo w room lying awake  most of time  9 P.M.

[At top of Page]  shorthand

29.  Friday. 5 Am.  Ther  35.  44.  39.=  39 1/3
Mostly cloudy Easterly wind.  They are repairing branch sewer where injuried by high water.  Jo went to plowing 6 AM.  Roan horse tore buggy cushion last night.  I got home at 9. AM.  Ruth Reat rode with me.  Learn that Dr. Bush does not want the  lumber brought him last fall.  Buy narrow scoop at Van Meters Cr. 1.00  Miss Ford has party of friends at night.  Phebe went to party at night.  Gobed 10 P.M.  N

30.  Saturday.  6 AM.  Ther  39.  55.  38.  =  44
Cloudy Easterly wind.  There were light showers last night toward morning.  Maggie started again to work at Jenkins although not feeling very well.  Treas Gannaway tells me that no costs will be placed on taxes till April 10.  Garrison Bros indemnity bond does not satisfy me.  Get halter for cow Al Frommel 65c cr.  Call on Hodgen  AM Says will loan me money on farm as cheap as any body.  Mail check for 18.00 to Jo Gaines on wages: first I have paid him on this year  Partly clear day growing Tue went up town at night.  Phebe went home with Lude Record gobed  11 P.M.

31.  Sunday.  6.30 AM.  ther  33.  42.  34  =  36 1/3
Cloudy North wind.  Snow flying AM. [shorthand]  thought to hitch up and try roads PM but too chilly  Sun came out middle of day but mostly cloudy with northwind  Gobed 9 P.M.

March 22-25, 1890 and 1901 in Coles County Illinois

March 1890

22. Saturday 7 AM.  Ther  40.  47.  37  =  41 1/3

Part cloudy wind N. Demo Township primary good many in town, trade only fair.  H.G. complaining and at home most of day.  I stay at store most of time out of wood again  Brownfield saws some up two or three  poles.  Think I heard of dog Carlo last two months or more ago.  Pleasant cool day NW wind drying fast  gobed 12.45

23.  Sunday.  7 AM.  Ther 34.

Clear.  NW wind. Start for ranch about 9 AM getting there at 1 P.M.  Fired Simon at Wes'  Johnny will go to work tomorrow  Gobed 10 PM.  Light rain at times in night from E or SE.

24.  Monday, 5.30 AM  Ther.

Cloudy, wind S. John and Rile work in in west pastures cleaning off  for grass samples.  Castrate and dock lambs AM.  Have 46 R and 22 E.  I went down on river  where disputed line is and measure up what logs are left there, about 3500 ft.  There are 13 logs left and about 10 have been taken away.  Simons hauled load of strips P.M.  Went after Hanleys harrow which didn't get.  A fair ewe died tonight after being sick a few hours.  Pleasant warm and windy, light sp rain in night.  Gobed 10 PM  Violent S and SW wind.

25.  Tuesday.  5.30 AM.  Ther.

About clear wind west John started for town with small load of wood getting back about 5 P.M.  Reports road good. brought chickens down  Rile and John make stakes and and rails in west field.  John brought feed down  Reports no hay at home.  Go bed 10.30

Ferocious W wind all day. 

March 1901

22.  Friday 5.30 AM.  Ther  25.  70.  43.  =  46.

Clear light S.E. wind.  Dick came  about 7.30 and worked till noon mostly cutting wood.  Jo Gaines came for load of manure 8 AM.  I see John Marshall advises me to have bond &c fixed up at once.  Look at harrows W & T. over take Ma and Mrs. G going to Loxa. Ate dinner at G's afterward went to Loxa Saw McP. No money.  Buy plow Linder 13.00  Decide to get harrow of W.O.Y.  Came south road home.  Nancy Grishu and Mrs. Mote ride to town with me.  Folks, except self, all went to Passion Play moving pictures.  Pres Church at night.  Mostly clear day, southerly wind.  Roads mostly dry and pretty good.  Go bed 9 PM  Jo sows clover & timothy west of house after dinner.  Tell Jo  John & wife can remain there a while but not long.  John working on Loxa section  Gobed 9 PM

23.  Saturday  5.45 AM.  Ther  25.  55.  52  =  44.

Mostly clear.  Gaines came 8 AM. taking out load of manure and new harrow.  John Simons and Warren put horses in stable.  John has sold part of his place to Ina Brown.  Met Ina with Will Decker and talk about scrap lumber on mill site.  J.H. Marshall fixes up lease and bond for Garrison Bros. and they sign lease will fix bond soon as possible. No word from Maggie  Expected to her home today.  Tue went over to Grove's showers PM and at night not heavy.  Gobed. 9.30 P.M. --

At top of page : 25th Tue had several Reading Circle ladies here P.M. fixing up program for next season.

24.  Sunday.  6.30 A.M.  Ther.  51.  68. 60.  =  59 2/3

Partly cloudy.  Self feeling badly.  Tue better than for several days.  Ferd here to diner.  Drive down to Mrs. Owens toward night.  Geo Kellogg and I drove down to Myers lane to see new gravel road.  Dirt road very muddy.  Partly cloudy day southerly wind.  Very heavy rains with much thunder in night and some hail about 9 PM.  Owen and Reynolds boy help me get cow in.  Phebe stayed all night with Lizzie Shoot.  Gobed  8.30 P.M.

25.  Monday  5.10 AM.  Ther  50.  62.  45.  =  52 1/3

Cloudy, S.E. wind.  Branch was high in night and washed out lower flood gate.  Clara washed.  Pay Mel. Stark Charleston personal tax check - $4.63  Pay Loan Assn. dues and int.  Mar 1 to May 1.  17.10  Deposit Garrison ch 50.00 and 15.00 cash at 2d  Clears off AM. and bright pleasant day with SW wind.  Streets drying fast.  I drove to 3.20 PM train but Maggie didn't come.  Haven't heard from her since last Wednesday  Gobed 9 P.M.

December 21-31, 1889 in Coles County Illinois

December 1889

21.  Saturday. 7.30 A.M.  Ther.  38.  46.  53.  =  45 2/3

Cloudy wind S.E.  Kelly starts for  hay  8 AM intending to take small load down to woods taking over  half  a ton got back at 4 P.M. lead my mare down rode back leaving team.  Have talk with John Simons who proposes to work for me for 20.00 per month.  Milt up town says a black ram lamb was born yesterday  Milt gets full and gets in Calaboar at night.   Late rain forenoon heavy after dark with some thunder  Clear night with strong W  wind Uncle John down to dinner, self nearly sick all day  Gobed 12.30  Got Marie's photos 1 1/2 doz. 5.00

22.  Sunday, 7 AM.  Ther.  32.  46. 31.  =  36 1/3 

Clear, wind N.W. girls went to S.S. sent Phebe to Gee Lee's after oysters  Maunie Lang here nearly all day, of course.  Tue and  baby went up to Davis after dinner  baby has caught bad cold cough at night.  Tue has 47 hens they are beginning to lay  gobed  10 PM~

23.  Monday  6.30.  AM  Ther.  32.  54.  48.  =  44 2/3

Clear with S. sind Milt was up after load of hay.  Pay him up except my board,  Think over pay him Tue received plush muff by mail.  Settle with Kelly paying him 6.00 still owe him half cord wood.  Flash (Flack) arrive from Pittsburgh .  Clear day westerly wind.  Elight went out too soon tonight at store.  gobed 11.20 PM

24.  Tuesday 7 AM.  Ther  52.  68  62  =  60 2/3

Mostly clear AM.   TV(?) pays  old a/c 3.25  Trade pretty good but don't collect much.  Old man snow saws wood all day t 100 per day   Kelly works all at store cleaning up windows and washing bottles  Flasks come from A. Glass Co.  15 (?) Cloudy day being warm  gobed 12.30

25.  Wednesday. 7AM.  Ther  45.  63  61  =56 1/3

Cloudy N.E. wind AM SE and 5 P.M. W.  at night trade not as good as yesterday.  H.G. and Hat down to dinner.  Shaw saws wood AM.  Fellow tries to work the change racket on me at night.  Write letter to Aunt Maria.  Letter from SN Weil & Co refusing to let us have 50 without attaching WHRs to acceptance.  Cloudy all day clear at night gobed 10.30 PM  Buy 15 Bush corn of Prices @  .23.

26.  Thursday.  7 AM.  ther 45  63  61  =  56 1/3

Clear w. wind, grows cooler wind N.W.  Fischer stove at store smokes so we didn't have any fire and think I caught some cold.  Trade quiet.  Ferd came up in P.M.  Warren up on his way to Simons.  Mary Davis to dinner  Maunie Lang stays all night.  gobed 12 oc ~

27.  Friday.  8 AM.  Ther  27.  51.  39.  =  39

Heavy white frost Mostly clear wind S.W.  Millers man changes stove pipe running it through sky light.  Warren says he will haul load of hay for me tomorrow if Milt will  Uncle John in PM went down to house but no one home.  Trade light.  Nicks wife sick at night.  Partly clear day SW wind go bed midnight  Sent Marie's photos to Aunt Maria.

28.  Saturday 7.30 AM  Ther  39.  61.  58  =  51 2/3

Mostly light cloudy day  Uncle John down to dinner.  Warren and Mils did not come up.    Uncle John down to dinner  Tue's cloak comes from New York and does not suit she thinks of returning it.  P. Garwee pays me $6.00 for posts  Kelly  says will go to ranch with me.  Tomorrow after clearing up.  Went down to light house toward night to ask for little longer times at night with lamps.  They have been shutting off before we closed.  Clear off at night, furious south wind all night and warm  go bed 12.30

29.  Sunday 8AM.  Ther  62.  37.  26  41 2/3
Partly clear SW wind very high growing colder all day.  Mostly cloudy clear at night and freezing some.  Maunie Lang here in morning but soon went home.    Maggie went to S.S.  Phebe has sore throat and tooth ache at night.  Tue not very well  Violent SW  W wind all day.  Gobed 11 P.M.  Ther 24

30.  Monday.  7.30  AM.  Ther.  24  40?  23  =  29
Mostly clear day.   Kelly and self start for ranch bout 10 AM taking Carvlo whom we lost before we got to Mt Zion.  They have a new baby born last night.  Old sheep look very badly.   Rutherford there.  Kelly and Frank went after rabbits.  Tell Milt that can't keep him got home at 6 P.M.  Carlo not there  Trade has been dull since Christmas  gobed 1. oc

31.  Tuesday.  7.30 Ther.  22.  39.  42.  =  34 1/3
Mostly clear S.E.  wind.  Alarm of fire about 1 AM  N.E. corner of square.  Tue and Mrs. Davis went to Kate Groves to spend day taking Marie.  Milt and Jim Decker up after hay mostly clear day with SE and S wind    Began to rain about 11 P.M.  Draw $200.00 from firm  H.G. draws 337.59  makes us even on checks  Marie has touch of croup in night  Gobed  1230~
Bought can of oysters at Scherers
Carried to New Book January 1 1890

March 15, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913

15.  Saturday.  5 A.M.   Ther.  32.  38.  24.  = 31 1/3

Clear early S.W. 4   There was high southerly wind all night.  Tue ironing.  Snow furies AM  Tue continues ironing.  Mr. Law talked an hour or two with us in the sitting room P.M.  Mrs. Knock calls late P.M.  Cloudy all day after sunrise and growing colder. Weather man promises a sever cold wave tonight strong westerly wind all day and takes pines.  I got up early to get  furnace straightened out grate clogged with slate from the coal. (Linton Large nut) now.  Weather freezing by 4 P.M.  Very light snow squalls all P.M. and at night nearly covering the ground.  Strong westerly wind all day.  A hard  day to keep up fires.  The furnace does not leak bad as it did.  Tue went to Mrs. Brooks late P.M. taking fern.  Self not feeling well.  Gobed 9.30

1888

15.  Thursday.  6 AM.  Ther.  28.  52.  44.

Clear wind. S.  There were two cows in Easter's lot all night.  Rubin Rutherford and brother call also Bruce Myers.  Tue  spent day at Perriells and the girls went over there to dinner.  I grafted some quackenbou with plums on the hillside.  Plant Tomatos pepper, lettuce and radish in hot bed.  found Carlo dead on back part of lot probably poisoned.  Tue and I sat up till 11.30 trying to figure out list of plants and trees, has been  pleasant day with SW wind go bed  11.30  P.M.

March 14, 1913 and 1888 in Charleston, Illinois

1913  

14.  Friday.  6 AM.  Ther.  54.  68.  42. = 54 2/3

Clear, hazy. S.4.  There was strong S.E. or S. wind all night.  I hitch up AM.  Drive down to B.P. Andrews to see about account .  Harman phones about kitchen chimney at farm.  It must be fixed.  Tue went to R.C. at Pophams.  Monticue wants to buy bill board.  I went to Brown's for shave and haircut P.M. pd.  He cashed 5 ch for me.  Pay Ray up to last Thursday .70.  Tue went up to see Mrs. Brooks before supper.  Later she got riled and over to Groves ? where she stayed till after I went to bed.  She  is worried about  the young men.  Wants to get them out this week.  Harman did not appear.  Get letter from Mr. Oakley of Loxa calling for  fence paper &c  on house at Loxa.  Part clear day and the  warmest since Nov. 11.  It grew colder late P.M.  Sp rain 1 P.M.  Gobed 10 P.

1888

14.  Wednesday 6 AM.  Ther.  23.  34.  25.

Partly cloudy.   Carlo has been gone since last Saturday, we think he has been poisoned.  They have been killing dogs lately,  I sowed nitrate on strawberry bed.  Trimmed some peach trees in the AM.  Don't feel right though.  Frank McGurty was fined 85.00 and put in jail 10 days by Judge Hinley for selling whiskey without  license.  Comer was up says he has turn up getting ready to move mill.  Mrs. Perrill and Kate called toward night.  Tue working on dark blue dress for Maggie which she finishes.  Gobed 10.30 ~ clear day E. wind.