Madison County AlArchives News.....Items of Interest December 5, 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kenneth Stacy klstacyfamily@aol.com January 21, 2008, 4:32 pm The Huntsville Weekly Democrat December 5, 1883 LOCAL ITEMS The improvements at the City Spring are approaching completion. It is calculated that, when the new Wilder’s turbine wheel and other machinery are put in the Water Works, they will run ten months in the year without steam, and give an ample supply of water to the city. Last Friday, Mr. Andy Hanby and wife, residing near Maysville, were working in their field on Dodson Derrick’s place, and, seeing their house afire, ran to it, and, when they got to it, the roof was falling in. Sad to say, their two children, a boy four years old and a girl two, were burnt up. Mr. T. M. Irby, (who gives us this news) was in town yesterday, to get aid for the bereaved parents, and, we are glad to hear, got a reasonable sum. Mr. Robert Morrow, a Pennsylvanian, resident near Pittsburg, has purchased the residence of Mrs. Jas. B. Robinson on the Meridian Pike near Huntsville, with about 110 acres of land, for $5,000, part cash, balance on time with interest. He expects to leave shortly for his old home and return with his family about the 1st of February next. He intends to run a market farm. He impresses us as an intelligent, sensible, substantial man and thorough Democrat, and we cordially welcome him and his family to citizenship here, and to our genial soil and healthy climate. A daily mail has been established from Huntsville to Monrovia, Madison Co., Ala., about 8 miles northwest of Huntsville. This will be a great convenience to the Monrovia neighborhood, and we hope it will bring in new subscribers to The Democrat. STATE OF ALABAMA, MADISON COUNTY, ---------- Regular November Term, Court of Probate, 3rd day of December, 1883. ---------- Estate of Clement N. Vincent, dec’d. ---------- Final Settlement This day came Hugh. L. Clay, administrator of the Estate of Clement N. Vincent and filed with the Court his account and vouchers for a Final Settlement of his administration of said Estate: It is considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the 27th day of December, 1883, be and the same is hereby appointed a day on which to make said settlement. It is, also, ordered by the Court that due and legal notice of the filing of the accounts and vouchers, the nature of the same, and the time appointed by the Court for settlement, be given, by publication for three successive weeks, in the Huntsville Democrat, a newspaper published in the County of Madison, State of Alabama; at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest said settlements, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Dec.5-4w. Judge of Probate PERSONAL MENTION Mr. Goldsmith paid a flying trip to Nashville and returned yesterday. Turner Fackler, Esq., is visiting his aunts, Mrs. Pynchon and Mrs. Terry. Wm. L. Clay, Esq., went to Washington, last Wednesday, on personal business. Mrs. M. F. Terry’s friends were gratified at her return from Kentucky last Saturday. Mrs. C. C. Clay and Mrs. Fannie Coponalter spending a few days in our city, returned to Gurleys last Monday. Mr. James Drake, left for Arkansas last Saturday, summoned thither by the illness of his brother, John C. Drake. We are glad to see Postmaster Reed on the street after several day’s serious illness; and to learn that Judge Hammond, Paul L. Jones, Esq., Master Shelby Fletcher, son of A. S. Fletcher, and little Miss Katie Patterson, daughter of John T. Patterson, are better. Miss Carrie Bradley left home, last Thursday, for Cincinnati, Ohio, whither she went to enter a School of Design, to perfect herself in the divine art of painting, in which she has already shown remarkable aptitude—genius, we think. We have scrutinized some of her productions on paper, silk, and porcelain, which are exceedingly beautiful and true to nature. She has our best wishes that she may so progress as to attain fame and fortune. R. L. Gardner, Esq., a native of Madison Co., Ala., and son of the gallant Confederate, Captain John D. Gardner, who was killed during the war, has retired from the editorial chair of the Virginia People, published at Newbern, Pulaski Co., Va., in which he did yeoman’s service in defeating the infamous Mahone in the last election. We extend him our cordial congratulations politically, and our best wishes for his success as a lawyer. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/localite190nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb