George Flavel

July 21, 1882

About two o’clock yesterday morning the cries of a man under Hawes’ store attracted the attention of passers by. He was waist deep in water, clinging to the piles, and shouting “bring a boat!” The watchman at the Occident was roused, a policeman’s whistle blown, summoning two guardians of the night, and he was rescued.

July 15, 1898

The prisoners in the county jail complained of being sick this morning and announced that they expected to die. Judge Gray and Jailer Binder examined their tongues and felt their pulses, and then prescribed for them. The dose ordered was a few pills and more work as they had been living too high.