26 Jan 1888 Part C - Green River Republican, Butler County, Kentucky *********************************************************** Submitted by: Butler County KYGenweb GRR Transcription Team Date: 11 Jun 2007 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** 1888 Jan 26 Part C This transcribed by Beverly Carroll Hodges from images scanned by Alice Warner To be proofread later by Alice Warner, original images available online at http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/butler/photos/grr/26Jan1888.pdf You will need Acrobat Reader or another PDF viewer to open the image 1888 JAN 26 C Column 1 THE REPUBLICAN $1.00 per Annum. In Advance Thursday Jan 26, 1888 Additional Locals Read our prospectus for 1888 “It’s hard to be poor when it snows” Mudderys, slushery, guid shoes and gushers! An impossibility – To run a paper on promises. The mail failed to make their regular trips Saturday. Mr. T. J. Bunch of Rochester was in town Tuesday night. Mrs. Margaret Doolin has been quite sick for several days. Much ado about nothing: - The controversy between the Hartford papers. Last week will long be remembered as one noted for its “falling “ weather. N. T, Howard Esq. will move into his new and handsome mansion this week. The great freeze up has caused much complaint of the dryness of things- no bitters. Remember many of the items in this issue refer to incidents etc. of week before last. If there is any where we have failed to get a glimpse of it. Two papers are not sufficient to do the ---- thawing so we are going to have a bare hand. Mr. R. P. Hatcher, living near Factory Post Office died of Pneumonia last Sunday morning. We learn that the Rochester Seminary and Normal College Manned up last Monday with fifty students. The light weight editor wants some kind friend to bring --- a twist of Old Kentucky – and be rewarded. See our grand offer to agents raising the largest club by the first of March. Do you want $10 If so take hold, --- Messrs. Whitaker & Forsythe bought a --- of mules last week in Butler and Ohio counties and sold them in Bowling Green. John Tanner, while costing in the court yard received a fall which slightly injured him internally and disabled him for a day or two. We extend our thanks to Mr. W. C. Stewart the general editor of the Neice for substantial favors shown us this week “ a friend in need is a friend indeed” The mysterious bone of a thing brought to our sanctum some time since by Mr. W.R. Lee still remains a mystery. No satisfactory explanation yet being given. Little Ima Reves daughter of our worthy Sheriff, who was just recovering from a sever attack of bronchitis, we are sorry to hear. Has taken a relapse and is again quite sick. Don’t question us any further as to whether our parrot can talk he has left us and taken up quarters at the Richmond Hotel. Where he will entertain the guests of the popular house. Necessity is the mother of invention. Yet we --- the old lady’s inventive qualities in their utmost last week and she failed to materialize a plan by which we could print a paper without paper. The Green River Normal has again organized a --- Congress which, by the way is Republican this session. W. S. Holmes was elected chairman, Elmer Turner, secretary, and J, W. Berry Chaplin, last Saturday. If the readers of the Republican find stale and uninteresting matter this week, they will please remember that it is the fault of the weather and times. We had no news to give and were forced to draw on our imagination. We regret to learn that Mr. Geo. Hope, who resides near town on the Rochester road, had the misfortune to slip and fall on the ice one day last week painfully injuring his hip. He at first thought the hip bone had been fractured. ------- examination by ------- glad to hear. -------------------- Column 2 The recent spell of bad weather has paralyzed business in every line here. While the newspapers failed to make their regular issues and have had to endure thousands of questions, criticisms and complaints, we have noticed that the merchants and other business men have done nothing much but sit round the fire and “chaw terbacker with their eyes shet” Who would dare say that this old town of Morgantown is not coming! With such an addition as a full fledged brass band it will surely become the greatest musical “sites” of this county. Why would not the “windy city” be an appropriate name for Morgantown? As well as for Chicago a brass band, two papers, and various other blowing institutions! Mr. H. J. Young of Rockport was in the city Tuesday and gave us a call and an order for some job work. Mr. Young is closing out his merchandise business at Rockport, and having bought an interest in the store of Mr. G. W. Quinn we presume he will become a citizen of our town. Thorough and boned in his business transaction a clever gentleman, and a staunch Republican, Mr. Young would receive a hearty welcome at the hands of our people. We learn with sadness of the death of Mr. Bud Read, of the little bend, caused by falling on the ice and receiving a severe blow on the side of the head. He was able after falling to walk to his house but soon fell into a stupor and remained speechless, dying within a few hours. Dr. J. W> Howard was sent for but the patient died before he arrived. Mr. Read was a young married man and leaves a family and many sorrowing friends. He was a son of Columbus Read. __________________________ A CARD To the Customers of the Huntsville shop Thanks for past patronage; hope you will continue to come. We expect to increase our work in quantity and quality through 1888, therefore wish all who have accounts to settle with us before Jan. 31, 1888. In order to settle with all, we take anything from soap grease to notes, and spot cash. Let us begin the new year true to each other. Happy new year to all. Mahugh Sons & Harrison HONOR ROLL Reported Since Christmas These are they who pay their honest debts. R. B. Kimmel, Rice Dale. Geo. B. Bellar, Woodbury A. O. Thomasson, Logansport Elias Hutcheson, Cave Hill T. B. Jones, Rochester A. A. Main, Mud River J. H. Otev, Richardsville D. E. Whitaker, Dimmer W. W. Read, Huntsville G. W. Hope, Morgantown A. J. McCandless, Welsh Creek Dan Carson, Logansport Hez. White, Woodbury G. W. Graves, Logansport Laurence Tines, Costelow W. W. Ellis, Hadley H. V. Shelton, Fownesville Baxter Berry, Morgantown J. A. Bellar, Berry’s Lick R. P. Walker, Cave Hill F. G. Taylor, Rochester Lewis Dixon, Rochester Azro Dixon, Rochester R. S. Patton, Diverson, Ill. Felix Smith, Penrod ___________________ Logansport How has this been for slick? A good many ladies were caught from home by the icy spell and were unable to get back for several days. Miss. Sallie Doolin is visiting near Morgantown this week. The largest turkey eaten during Christmas was eaten at Mr. Will Forsythe’s – weighing over 25 lbs, net. Mr. Bud Read, living in the Little Bend one day last week slipped on the ice and fell receiving a blow on the head, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. More then one took a seat on the cold hard ice on the front door step last week. Mr. James Davenport, of Warren county, was visiting in the Bend last week. We learn that Mr. Luther Beresford Render, of Little Muddy, and Miss. Carrie Brown of the Little Bend, will be married at New Harmony church next Friday. Born to the wife of Mr. Elbert Harreld, a fine boy; weight 10lbs. Elbert smiles from ear to ear. Column 3 Column 4 Nasby’s Paper THE WEEKLY TOLEDO BLADE 1888 The leading Republican Newspaper in the country. The most popular Farm Weekly, with the largest and widest circulation. The managers of the BLADE have at great expense extended --- --- for the purpose of meeting the ---- demands of the --- ear. Thus the BLADE has 21,000 subscribers. At the low price of ONE DOLLAR A YEAR __________________ The BLADE gives more reading --- ---- and faster news then any of its competitors. It is the only paper that publishes the world ------