SEELYVILLE The Funeral of John C. Mewhinney Took Place Tuesday Afternoon. Seelyville, Ind., June 16. (Gazette special) The funeral of the late John C. Mewhinney took place from the family residence on Tuesday afternoon and was very largely attended. Sermon was preacher by Rev. W. M. Torr, of Staunton who delivered a very able discourse. Mr. Mewhinney had been an invalid for more thanten years being confined to his bed the most of the time, but he bore all his sufferings patiently, and when the time came for him to cross over the dark river, the end came peacefully and as gently as one going to sleep. He was attended by his three sisters and nephew, Walter Wakefield, besides his own children and good friends of whom there were a good many. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in this part of the country. He was buried at the Mewhinney graveyard. A family burying ground near Glenn, where Mr. Mewhinney formerly lived before moving to Seelyville. The street car company are now putting up their trolley wires through Seelyville and expect to be running their cars in a short time. The Red Men organized a tribe here on the evening of June 8, 1900. They start under very favorable circumstances with about sixty members. They now expect to have a great many more initiations in a short time. They meet in the Jones Hall. The Rev. W. M. Torr spent Friday in visiting friends in Seelyville. There will be baptizing next Sunday at M. E. church. Quite a number are expected to be received in the church. It is expected that Julius Ehrlish will soon begin to sink a new coal shaft here on the Dickerson farm. About forty people from Seelyville and vicinity took in the excursion to Indianapolis last Sunday. All reported a good time, if some of them did walk part of the way home. Seelyville is soon to have a new four-roomed school building. Contractors are now coming out to see the location with a view of bidding on it. It is to be built just south of where Dr. McLaughlin lived on land owned by Mrs. Dickerson.
Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana
