145 years ago

june 11, 1880

We understand that the new Peabody paper will make its appearance next week. H.D. Morgan will boss the concern.

Billy Bates will dig a well of his own for his own use and accommodation of the public on his corner at Main and 3rd Sts.

It is with more than ordinary gratification that we announce the nomination of James A. Garfield of Ohio for president.

Today, the Ladies Aid Society will lay aside their cares and darning needles and take themselves to the riverbanks, there to catch fish and colds.

Work is briskly progressing on Marion Centre’s sugar and sorghum factory. It soon will be enclosed and present an imposing appearance. Machinery will arrive shortly, and everything will be ready for business long before growing cane is ready for grinding. The establishment will be a big thing for Marion Centre.

In behalf of the citizens of Marion Centre, especially those interested in the proceedings of the Chicago convention, we tender thanks to G.F. Roberts, our accommodating station agent and telegraph operator, for his enterprise and kindness in keeping the post office bulletin board supplied with the latest dispatches.