Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 10:43:47 -0500
From: "Geneva Mckinney" <grogers@infinet.com
Subject:NEWS: THE JACKSON HUSTLER MAY 22,1891 BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY

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THE JACKSON HUSTLER
 JOHN JAY DICKEY
 PUBLISHER
 MAY 22, 1891
 JACKSON, KENTUCKY
 BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY
 ONLY ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
 
  June 7th is the day for the election of school trustees in every
district in the state.  The law requires that notice be posted up in three
public places in the district ten days before the election.  Let every
chairman do his duty, and if any board has no chairman, let some one else
do the posting.  Everyone should feel interest enough to see that the
election is legally held.
 
 The contract for carrying the daily mail from Jackson to Hindman, has
been let to a Mr.  Rupert of Washington City, for $1,099.  The distance is
43 miles.  It will require just twice that amount to carry it according to
contract, but we purpose to see it carried that way or know the reason why.
 It is time such folly is stopped.
 
 The dwellers in the Red river cliffs say that bear is plenty in that
region yet.  Calves, turkeys, chickens, are carried away by them.  One man
says they destroyed a corn patch for him last year.  These "cliff dwellers"
 are hard to capture.  They elude the grasp of the most artful hunters,
and enjoy the liberty of a savage in the territory of civilization.
 
 Jerry South went out to his pasture a few mornings since, to find that a
young calf had been killed and eaten up, nothing remaining but a piece of
the skin.  It must have been a remarkably strong and ferocious animal that
would eat the bones of a young calf and consume the entire carcess.  There
were no hogs in the field, nor could any get to the calf.
 
 Bring in the library books.
 
 Who is to Blame?
 The road from here to Rousseau can not be traveled by wagons.  There are
several places too bad for wagons to pass.  Only the other day, a wagon
started from Jackson with a coffin to be taken six miles up that road.  At
the end of two miles the team had to turn back, and the coffin was carried
the remaining four miles.  That slide has been in the road three months,
and to-day it is dangerous to go over it on horseback.  We have tried it.
We learn that the Rousseau merchants and others hauling to that point from
Jackson, must go by Frozen and down Hunting Creek As an individual we have
no interest in the matter, but as citizens we appeal to the people along
this road, and especially to the overseers, to work out these bad places,
and make the road passable.
 
 Hiram Harvey died at his residence near the Cane Creek tunnel, the 12th
inst.  of fever.  He had been severly afflicted for some time, and made
some effort to get to Louisville to be treated, but an acute disease rather
than a chronic one, was the cause of his death.  He leaves a wife and two
children to mourn his loss.#7 Thanks Geneva & Gary McKinney
 
 THE JACKSON HUSTLER
 JOHN JAY DICKEY
 PUBLISHER
 MAY 22, 1891
 JACKSON, KENTUCKY
 BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY
 ONLY ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
 
 Three gentlemen from Tell City, Ind., are here looking for a stave
manufactory.  They will not establish a plant unless they can first secure
some timber sufficient to secure success.  The establishment would bring a
market to our doors for a great deal of oak timber, and put much money in
circulation.
 
 Another Daily Mail for Jackson The Government has advertised to receive
sealed bids for carrying a daily mail from here to Salyersville.  The
Postmaster at Jackson is authorized to take the bids and forward them to
Washington.  We rejoice to have better means of intercourse with our
neighbors of Magoffin county.  We want to know them better and hear from
them more frequently. 
 
 The largest red fox known to the mountains of Kentucky, was caught in a
steel trap by Elijah Robards on the farm of T.P.  Cardwell, on the night of
the 15th inst.  He was five feet from the nose to end of tail.  Had caught
thirteen large turkey hens and about twenty-five chickens.
 
 Sheriff Combs, of Perry county, took the train at Elkatawa last Friday
morning with Henry Fugate, sentenced for life, and John Bush for five years.
 They left Hazard late Thursday evenin, and rode all night to evade a
suspected mob.
 
 The largest barn in the United States is about to be erected in
Lexington, Ky.
 
 The weather is powerful hot and dry.  Rain is badly needed.
 
 Little Locals.
 Cyrus Combs is building a residence on Eweland Hill.
 
 Jerry Davis, an old citizen of this county, died on Quicksand the 15th.
 
 The planing mill makes music that delights both the carpenter and the
landlord.
 
 Dr.  J.E.  Rader is having lumber put on the ground for a new drugstore
building.
 
 M.S.  Southgate, the silversmith, is located in Beattyville at the store
house of L.M.  Day lower end of town.  18-tf.
 
 Roger Spicer and S.W.  Landrum are showing commendable zeal in getting
mail routes established in their respective communities.
 
 Hogg & Combs shipped a car load of lumber to Cincinnati last week.
 #8 
 

MESSAGE #2***************************
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 10:47:26 -0500
From: "Geneva Mckinney" <grogers@infinet.com
Subject:NEWS: THE JACKSON HUSTLER MAY 22,1891 BREATHITT COUNTY,KY.
EXCERPTS #9,10,11


THE JACKSON HUSTLER
 JOHN JAY DICKEY
 PUBLISHER
 MAY 22, 1891
 JACKSON, KENTUCKY
 BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY
 ONLY ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
 
  At Red Bird, May 12th, Jack Asher, son of Josiah Asher, shot and killed
his nephew, Joe Asher.  The parties are of highly respected families.
 
 About twenty men are at work on the K.U.  this side of the depot.  No
official statement has been made as to how rapidly the work will be pushed.
 
 Young Mr.  Beuris, agent for the Knoxville Nurseries, has been sick at
Walter Strongs for a month .He first had a fever, then measles.  He is
getting about again.
 
 Young Mr,--, mail agent on the K.U., gave a very interesting talk to the
Sunday school at the Presbyterian church last Sunday morning.  His home is
in Georgetown.
 
 S.H.  Stidham killed a loon on the mill pond here yesterday.  it is
rarely that this bird is seen in these parts.  It was four feet eight
inches between the tips of the wings.
 
 Capt.  Neyes, conductor on the passenger train over the K.U.,is one of
the most polite, attentive and agreeeable officers that ever commanded a
train. The fountain of his kindness seems to be inexhaustible.
 
 Walter Holliday, of Knott county, loaded his wagons at A.H.  & J.
Hargis & Co.'s Thursday.
 
 A.  P.  Gregory who has just finished his literary course at Central
University is here for the summer to assist Rev.  E.  P.  Mickel in his work.
 He will give his attention chiefly to the churches on the Middle Fork.
He gave a good talk at the prayer meeting Wednesday night.  He is a
pleasant speaker and as agreeable gentleman.
 
 CORRESPONDENCE.
 Sassafras, Ky.
 Fruit in this section is not totally destroyed.
 
 We would all like to have a copy of the new constitution.
 
 Simon Stacy says he believes he will join the Farmers Alliance.
 
 Success to the HUSTLER, especially in the mountain countries.  It excels
anything for news.
 
 Trouble in Perry county again.  Ira Curly and Seely, his wife, have
fought a terrible battle and separated.
 #9 Thank you G&G Mckinney
 
 
 THE JACKSON HUSTLER
 JOHN JAY DICKEY
 PUBLISHER
 MAY 22, 1891
 JACKSON, KENTUCKY
 BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY
 ONLY ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
 
  Frank Grace, the great hunter, has caught more ground hogs, possums,
coons, and foxes, than any man in the mountains.  he says that groundhog
makes excellent bacon.
 
 We are waiting with patience for an improved mail route from Hindman to
Jackson, as it only takes seven days to receive our mail from Jackson, a
distance of fifty miles.
 
 The trying race for constable some years back: Joseph Done, Franklin
Grace, In Perry had a tumble race; Frank Grace run till he wore out his
feet, Come to the pinch, Joe Done beat.
 
 Farmers Alliance has caused some trouble in Knott county.  On Carr's
fork a house has been built for the purpose of the church and also for a
school house.  A minister belonging to said society was not allowed to
preach, and the Saturday meeting was dismissed, and the doors and windows
nailed up with very large nails.  Five dollars reward is offered for the
detection of the perpetrators.  Several quarrels arose, and the meeting was
entirely broken up.
 
 Harrogate, Tenn., is a residence town just over the Cumberland Gap from
Middlesboro.  At an auction sale last week, 47 lots brought $52,364, an
average of $1,107 each.
 
 At Cumberland Gap seventy-five armed men attempted at night to frighten
away the negroes who had been driving street cars.  They refuse to go.
 
 Within the past year oats has increased in price 150 per cent., wheat 25
per cent., corn 100 per cent., rye 125 per cent., and so on.
 
 John F.  Goucher, a wealthy member of the Methodist church, is educating
three thousand boys and girls in India.
 
 Chinese women rarely emigrate.  In Cuba there are nearly 50,000 Chinese
men,and only eighty-four women.
 
 Masses of caterpillars attempting to cross a railroad track in North
Carolina, stopped the train.
 
 J.D.  Davis, of Madison county has a Poland China pig which has four
ears, and is as deaf as a post.
 
 Great Britain and Ireland have 38,000,000 population according to the
recent census.
 
 The wife of C.J.  Bronston died after a few days illness, at her home in
Lexington.
 
 At Bellaire, O., Maj.  Cole has had 700 conversions, and the meeting
continues.#10 
 
 THE JACKSON HUSTLER
 JOHN JAY DICKEY
 PUBLISHER
 MAY 22, 1891
 JACKSON, KENTUCKY
 BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY
 ONLY ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
 
 Society's Domain.
 Mr.  D.G.  Waide, of Nicholasville, is in town.
 
 W.M.  Combs went to Stillwater last Sunday.
 
 Prof.  M.C.  Marion of Campton, was here several days this week.
 
 MR.  A.  McClure, of Winchester, was here Wednesday and Thursday.
 
 W.W.  Holliday and Mr.  Engle of Perry county, were here Tuesday.
 
 Will H.  Giles was here Thursday, selling Trimble Bros.  groceries to
our merchants.
 
 Miss Esther Hurst has returned from a two weeks visit to her parents, in
Wolfe county.
 
 Henry Hurst has accepted a position with the new firm of Garriott &
Little.  He began Monday.
 
 Pearl Combs, of Hindman passed through Jackson Wednesday night,
returning from Louisville.
 
 A.H.  Hargis and D.B.  Redwine went to Morgan county Wednesday, to look
after the political interests of Col.  John S.  Hargis.
 
 Miss Gertrude Gillum, who has been attending school at Jackson,
Breathitt county, returned home Saturday morning.  Milton Free Press.
 
 W.F.  Schooler, of the Jackson Hustler, was in the city yesterday on his
way to the Republican convention at Lexington.  Will is looking well and is
much pleased with his new home.--Gazette.
 
 Walter Day and Lipscomb Parrott are helping Arch Lyon serve the
customers at Day Bros.  & Co.  while Blair McLin is visiting his parents in
Virginia, and John Day is almost suffering death with his sore throat.
 
 J.B.  Marcum, W.F.  Schooner and R.A.  Hurst left Tuesday morning for
the Republican State Convention at Lexington, which met Wednesday.  They
will do all in their power to nominate Col.  A.T.  Wood for Governor.#11
Taylor and Floyd Day came up Tuesday night to see their brother John.  They
heard that he was in a critical condition, and brought Dr.  Oldham, of
Lexington, with them, but at five o'clock p.m.  of that same day, the ulcer
in his throat burst and gave relief, so that when they arrived he had
passed the crisis, and was comparatively easy.
 
 Centre College, Danville, has a program for commencement, which will
surpass anything ever had in Kentucky.Present will be the following
distinguished gentlemen:Justices L.Q.  C.  Lamar and John M.  Harlin, P.
 Breckinridge, A.P.  Humphrey, Rev.  Willis Green Craig, Senators Vest,
Sherman, Carlisle and Blackburn, Congressmen Mckinley, Mills, Springer,
McMillan, Hon.  henry Watterson, Col.  E.F.  Shepherd and David Sinton.
Others that are expected are Chief-Justice Fuller, James G.  Blaine,
Attorney General Miller,Senators Vorhees and Gorman,.
 Memorial tablets are to be unveiled in honor of the dead presidents of
the college, J.C.  Young, Lewis W.  Green, W.L.  Breckenridge, and Ormond
Beatty.
 
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  J.W.  JONES,JEWELER,
  Mt.  Sterling,Kentucky
 
  INSURE WITH J.O.MILLER&W.A.WILSON
  Leading Insurance Agents of Eastern Kentucky.
 
 Mt., Sterling,Kentucky 
 BUY THE WINCHESTER FLOUR
  It has taken First Premium in all Leading Fairs of the State.
 Winchester Roller Mills S.P.  Kerr..
 
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  STATE A&M.  COLLEGE 
 135 and 137 East Main Street, Lexington,Ky.  Lock Box 97.
 C.C.  CALHOON, Principal #11
 
 End of Excerpts for The Jackson Hustler
  May 22,1891
  John J.  Dickey Publisher
  Jackson, Kentucky
  Breathitt County