23 November 1871

LYMAN ITEMS
Corn has "riz." -- Johnson and Meserve now pay 30 cts.
All our farmers are bragging of their big corn crop; hardly any of them estimate the yield at less than 50 bushels per acre.
Some of our young folk took a notion to get married the other day, to wit: Mr. Nelson Busick to Miss Maria Woolsoncroft, and Mr. William Wilson to Miss Alice Busick, all of Lyman. They were nice looking girls and proper young men. Maybe you saw them yourself as they departed for Paxton after the event.
Some boys concluded to "charivari" the married folks, aforesaid, and one of them loaded his gun so heavily that on firing it, it burst, injuring his hand so badly that amputation was necessary.
A new time table for the Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Road, took effect on Monday, the 20th. Two passenger and four freight trains a day -- lots of business and heavy trains.

--Paxton Record. 23 November 1871.

1874 Elections

In 1874 election was held in the school house and the following officers were elected. Supervisor H. B. Furgerson, Town Clerk G. P. Lyman, Assessor J. L. Smith, Collector W. H. Thompson, Commissioner of Highways James Bond, School Trustee A. B. Graham, Overseers of Highways B. G. Hersperger, E. T. Havens, H. N. Hawk, John Miller, J. N. McNeil, A. T. Light, W. R. Kennedy, W. Wilson, J. B. Meserve, A. Shaffer, J. Landel.

--Roberts Herald. 15 May 1935. Bela Foster.