| Jan. 2 | "Wm. saw Jr. buried to day" |
| Jan. 9 | Jim Taylor bought out Peglar's meat market |
| Jan. 25 | "Old Dr. Spencer" died |
| Feb. 3 | "Sarah Johnston came back home last evening - where she had been in Buffalo. taken there by J. Ard. "Adultery" - the trouble" |
| Feb. 9 | "Sarah Johnston had a young son to John Ard this morning - excitement at fever heat" |
| Feb. 15 | "was at prayer meeting - Session met and talked over the scandal that was current in regard to some members of the church -" |
| Feb. 17 | "Mrs Ard died today half past 12 Oclock - Jim getting writings fixed to take possession of Peglers market." |
| Feb. 20 | funeral of Mrs. Ard |
| Feb. 27 | formation of YMCA discussed in town |
| Mar. 3 | "sad news to hear of G. W. Pattersons son - sent to States prison for two years on a/c of receiving money in his Bank under false pretences - afterwards this news was contradicted -" |
| Mar. 10 | "This evening Thomas James Thompson (Saml son) was arrested by 2 detectives & taken to Buffalo - crime - trying to get parties to pay him money for articles he claimed he had got at the Ashtabula disaster belonging to these parties - under an assumed name -" |
| Mar. 11 | funerals of Miss Kitty Abbott & Walter Timson |
| Mar. 12 | "Hi Smiths Grocery closed to day - I supposed he has failed" |
| Mar. 16 | "Knights of Honor Lodge was organized here to night - there was 29 joined - charters members I was one & one of a com of 7 that was chosen to name the Lodge - I named it Olive Lodge" |
| Mar. 25 | "We were awok last night or rather this morning about 2 Oclock by the bells ringing for fire - 3 buildings in the McClurg block South Portage were burned - Spencers - Trasks & Fairchilds - there was very little wind and it was favorable ... The fire was the work of an incendiary" |
| Mar. 31 | "Mrs Tiffany died very suddenly last night. dropped down dead of her feet." |
| Apr. 3 | funeral of Mrs Tiffany at her husband's residence |
| Apr. 5 | funeral of Alice Johnston; "drove down to see Saml Johnston - he is very sick -"kidney disease" not much hopes of his recovery" |
| Apr. 8 | funeral of John Gracey |
| May 6 | "Communion Sab. 53 united on Profession & 1 by letter" [Presbyterian church] |
| May 17 | "session met, Mr. Green signified his intention of dissolving his pastoral relations with this church." |
| May 20 | "Mr. Green preached & gave notice of a Church meeting to be held for the purpose of asking Presbytery to dissolve his pastoral relations with this church" |
| May 28 | "went to the Church Society meeting - called for the purpose of choosing a delegate to go to Presbytery to unite with Mr. Green in asking Presbytery to dissolve the Pastoral relation now existing between Pastor & people" |
| May 30 | R. Shaw's wife had a son |
| June 2 | Mrs. Douglas had a son |
| June 10 | Rev. R. S. Green preached his farewell sermon |
| June 14 | Rev. R. S. Green & family left for his new home in Morristown N.J. |
| June 16 | Presbyterians having a picnic to Niagara Falls |
| June 27 | "a large lawn festival at Mr. Allens this evening ... there was Tompkins Band & dancing to the wee sma[ll] hours" |
| June 28 | Union School commencement exercises |
| July 1 | "Confession of John Ard Jr. Miss Sarah Johnston - Miss Kitty Neill Miss Lizzie Wight & Mrs Knott was read from the pulpit." |
| July 20 | Robert witnessed the signature of Joshua R. Babcock to his will |
| July 23 | "The news from Buffalo this morning are that the Rail road men have struck & our Co. of militia are ordered to go - Great excitement - our boys left on a train at 8 oclock - 57 in all - Frank Johnston with them -" |
| July 24 | "sad news from our boys in Buffalo - they were run into a mob of the roughs of Buffalo & it is a wonder they were not all killed. there is no mistake but the Conductor of the train & Engineer were to blame for running the boys into such a mob" |
| July 25 | "Great excitement here in regard to the trouble in Buffalo a good many of our men that got scattered from the Co. returning home - some of them wounded - some 7 or 8" |
| July 26 | "great excitement about the strikers in Buffalo - there was a train passed east with mail & passengers this forenoon & some one or two from the east leaving Buffalo guarded by soldiers" |
| July 27 | "great excitement about the strikers in Buffalo - there was a train passed east with mail & passengers this forenoon & some one or two from the east leaving Buffalo guarded by soldiers" |
| July 28 | "the town in a good deal of excitement hearing the boys telling how they got out from Such a mob as they were run into - there is now every night, men watching all over the town - as there has been threats made to burn the town by the Dunkirk mob" |
| Aug. 3 | Miss Mary Allio died |
| Aug. 8 | [at Fairpoint] "heard the great Joseph Cook from Boston - his Subject was "Conscience" - it was a great discourse" |
| Aug. 15 | heard Dr. Cook again at Fairpoint |
| Aug. 17 | "the military Co. & Band boys gone to Fairpoint" |
| Aug. 28 | "Frank Johnston got married this evening to Mollie Neill in Richard Walkers" |
| Sept. 23 | "Dr. Herron preached his last sermon in his ch. he is going to leave" [M. E. church] |
| Sept. 30 | daughter born to Jim Taylor |
| Oct. 14 | "heard preach Rev. Stowitts from Bergen - as a Candidate" |
| Oct. 22 | "at Meeting of Board of Education & was elected clerk for another year" |
| Oct. 24 | "We were awakened last night by the sound fire Bells & some one pulled our door bell about one O'clock and we ran to see A. D. Welles Lumber yard & Building totally in flames & in less than one hour - all was burned to the ground - luckily no other property was burned" |
| Nov. 16 | at School Trustee meeting to review the assessment roll |
| Dec. 1 | "The Lodge of Knights of Honor extended an invitation to Portland Lodge K of H. and after the regular Order of business last evening - we repared to the Minton House where there was a bountiful supper in waiting for us - some 55 in all of us - we had a good time & got home about 12 oclock" |
| Dec. 6 | Driggs opened up his meat market |
| Dec. 24 | "the 3 markets are making a fine display of beef for Christmas" |
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