Hiram E. Leonard Diary, April 20 - 26, 1870
“20th Wednesday A cloudy damp misty day I did my choars round store some shut up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ sick Esbon Manville & Town came here to select the third man to arbatrate between the town of Winfield & Col Warren on the road case agreed on D C Brown.'
Winfield Township and surrounding areas map, 1874
“21st Thursday A fine pleasant day I did my choars at the store & was a choaring round all the forenoon & went up look of the road with Town & Brown Manville & Warren in the afternoon got back at about 6 at night we agree to give Col Warren $350 dollars for his damages on the road towards Wheaton, I shut up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ sick.
“22nd Friday was at home office all day did my choars & worked a lottery some closed up store at 8 ½ and went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick, Griffeth work for me on store up above on bedroom began at 7 ¼ & left off early pretty good days work fine hot day.
“23rd Saturday A fine hot day roads dry I did my choars at store & worked all I could lathing on bedroom closed up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ sick went down to get mair for Ferry at 9, Griffeth worked in forenoon on store above & to Watsons in afternoon.
“24th Sunday A fine pleasant warm day some cloudy I did my choars at store choared round a little, wrote some & choared round went to bed at 9 nearly sick.
“25th Monday rather fine for winter I did my choars was at the office all day a choaring round & nailed on some lathe etc cloased up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick.
“26th Tuesday fine weather for April I did my choars was a choarinng round & lathing the most of the day cloased up at 8 ½ & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick & worne out Benjamin Paver shot at my dog & Powers five or six times with A T Jones revolver in Walles paster so said by Frank Hammond.”