The News, January 22, 1876

The hall at Knoxville erected by a joint stock company, and in which the Odd Fellows, Masons, Grangers, and Good Templars held their regular meetings, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night last.  Loss $3,000; no insurance.

The bulding of a turnpike from Falmouth to Foster is being earnestly discussed by the people of the two places.

The Public Library at Butler contains sixty volumes.  The Astor Library was commenced with a common school dictionary.

From the Covington newspaper, The Ticket, ("lways Independent, Seldom Indifferent") of January 22, 1876.