THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
December 6, 1907
ANOTHER DITCH PETITION
A petition by J. W. Shunick, Eli Oppenheimer, F. W. and G. C.
Ross, J. A. Moody, J. H. Teachout, J E. Singleton, Gust Manson,
F. H. and Julia A. Archer, C. H. Tompkins, H. W. Vansant and W.
W. Vansant was filed with Auditor Coleman December 2. The
petitioners ask that a drainage district be established and that
the kinks be taken out of Walnut Creek for some twelve miles. The
proposed ditch is to begin where the railroad crosses Walnut
creek in section 26 - 70 - 40 and to end in the Nishna river at
or near the present mouth of Walnut creek in section 17 - 69 -
41.
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FREMONT COUNTY HERALD
Dec. 20, 1907
T. J. Bentley Dead
Thomas J. Bentley died at his home in Hamburg Wednesday night,
Dec. 18, 1907. Mr. Bentley was born in Fayette county, Kentucky,
July 21, 1829. In 1840 he moved to Boone county, Missouri, and in
1849 was a resident of New Orleans, Luisiana, being then in the
employ of the late M. U. Payne. In 1861 Mr. Bentley came to
Fremont county and engaged in farming for some years. About 1870
he was engaged in the mercantile business in Sidney. Since about
1875 he has resided in or near Hamburg. He leaves two sons and
two daughters, four of his eight children having died before him.
Mr. Bentley was well and favorably known throughout the county
especially among the older residents. He was a life long democrat
and a regular attendant at all the conventions and gatherings of
his party. In religion Mr. Bentley was an adherent of the Baptist
belief and had been prominent in the history of that denomination
in this county.
[transcriber note: Bentley was also employed by Payne in Fremont
county. His diary kept while overseeing the Payne farms on the
Missouri bottom is found in the archives of University of
Missouri at Columbia.--W.F.]
Hamburg News
Died, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Manley Liggett, Monday
morning at 7 o'clock, Grandma Sligar aged 85 years 7 months and
16 days. Grandma had been in very poor health of a complication
of diseases the past year. Eliza Jane Wagner was born in Indiana
and came to to this county 50 years ago and passed 40 years of
her life with her husband and children at Knox. Nine children
were born to this union of which five are living. The husband
preceded her several years ago. Grandma joined the Christian
church at the age of 15 and remained until the day of her death a
blessed saint of God. Funeral services were held at Knox
Wednesday, December 18 at 11 a.m. conducted by Rev. Elder of the
Christian church of this city, after which the body was interred
in the Knox cemetery.
Home From Montana
D. D. Darby arrived in Sidney last Friday evening from Helena,
Montana, where he has been for the past six months. He reports an
enjoyable and profitable outing and returns with the good new of
a prosperous west and that there are excellent opportunities in
that country for those who are worthy and competent to fill
responsible positions. Mr. Darby found employment at once as
teacher of the Green Castle school in Riverside township where he
began work Tuesday morning. We hope to hear of his success in
playing his old time role, that of yielding the birch.