Casey County News, Dec 28 1905 This information was compiled by Jackie Couture libcoutu@acs.eku.edu Mrs Walter Floyd and little daughter, Rella, were visiting at Joyce last week. Uncle Tol Drake's children and a number of his neighbors gave him a surprise birthday dinner last Sat., Dec. 16, that being his 83 birthday. Drs. Murphy, Cox and T. F. Murphy attended the funeral of Harden Pipes at Union Church, Wednesday, who was buried Masonically. Mrs. Jno. Morgerson is quite ill at the home of her father, Stephen Ellis. Miss Hannah Bastin, who is visiting relatives at Mt. Salem, and her brother of Indianapolis will visit relatives here during Christmas. Mrs. Wm. Cox, of Ellisburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. W. Rains. Mr. Frank Wolford, of Somerset, is visiting his father, Mr. George Wolford. Miss Cora Wesley is visiting her grand-mother, Mrs. Mollie Durham, at Brodhead. Della, age 13, daughter of Jord Vandiver, of color, died Monday night of Typhoid. Mr. Clay Haggard and Miss Delthia Roy, of Bethelridge were married Tuesday, Rev. Carrier officiating. Miss Ruth Tilford was the guest of her brother, Rev. W. G. Tilford, last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brown, Moreland, are visiting Mrs. Brown's mother, Mrs. Fidella Sharp. Miss Emma Overstreet and brother, Grover, of Peck, were guests of Miss Lela Montgomery this week. Mr. George Murphy and mother, of Boyle, were guests of her daughter, Mrs. Edna Wilkinson, Tuesday. Mr. Ed and Miss Mary Rice, of Dunnville, were guests of their aunt, Mrs. Henry Thomas, Wednesday. Miss Lucile Wilkinson, youngest daughter of Mr. G. R. Wilkinson, is the happy owner of a beautiful pony. Judge J. Boyle Stone and daughter, Miss Amanda are visiting Mrs. Bettie Napier in Scottsville this week. Mr. M. A. Sharp, of McLean, Ill., is spending the winter with his father, Mr. Texton Sharp, on Brush Creek. Mr. W. E. Rains and wife of Clemontsville, spent Sunday with Mr. Rains' parents, Judge and Mrs. W. G. Rains. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dye and daughters, Misses Martha and Ruth, Middleburg, were visiting his father, Dr. Dye, Sunday. Miss Ruby and Mr. McDowell Fogle are spending the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fogle at Yosemite. Judge Wm. M. Myers, wife and sons, of Hustonville, were guests of Mrs. Myers' father, Mr. Winston Bowman, the first of this week. The county clerk issued license this week for A. M. Thomas to wed Miss Patsie Austin, of Dunnville, John Emerson to wed Miss Isabel Godbey, of Joyce, Uriah Garrett to wed Miss Rosa Absher, of Rheber. Cupid has again invaded this community, and claimed for its victim Mr. W. I. Thomas and Miss Elizabeth Turner, who were joined in matrimony on the 17th, by Rev. M. W. Smith. Born to the wife of T. J. Cooper, a pretty baby girl. Miss Florence McAninch is visiting her sister, Mrs. Click in Liberty. Born, to the wife of Jas. Riggins, a girl. A letter from C. C. Combest tells about life in Texas. He says I am now located in Grayson County, Texas, a border county and very fine. (The letter is too long to put herein its entirety, if interested please drop me a message and I will copy it for you. J. C.) Frank Posey is smiling; there is a fine, new boy at his house. Irvin Ewing and his sister, Anabel were over in Marion county with their grandmother for Xmas. James B. Wethington and his son, Raphael, were in Louisville sightseeing and shopping, last week. J. K. Winfrey, of Runnellstown, Io., a cousin of your scribe, and A. L. Browning, who have been on an extended visit to relatives in Texas spent several days last week visiting relatives in and around Orrick. Cousin J. K. was born and raided in Russell county, Ky., but he has been living in Polk county, Iowa for a number of years... J. W. Brown and wife are moving their household goods to their daughter's, Enna Allen, about seven miles in the country. They will remain there until next summer and then Josh says he is going back to Old Kentucky for a long visit... I have just had a chat with Mr. Alexander Duggins, who was born and raised on a farm near Lancaster, Ky., but has lived in Missouri continuously since 1868, with the exception of a short time he spent a few years ago in Oklahoma. Mr. Duggins is a brother of "Uncle" Mack Rubarts' wife, and is one of our substantial farmers. (A long letter from J. H. Browning of Orrick, Mo., dated Dec. 14, 1905. If interested in the entire letter let me know and I will copy it for you. J.C. ) Everett Wesley is paying us a visit after having been absent almost a year. He will return soon to Ill. where he will take up his old job of cooking. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.