NEWS: Flemingsburg Times Democrat, Jan 1894, Fleming Co., KY ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Submitted by: Marie Nelson mnels@fuse.net Date: 16 June 1999 ********************************************************************** TIMES DEMOCRAT Flemingsburg, Ky January, 1894, part 1 HOME NOTES Personal Items **If you have visitors from outside of this county, of whom your are not ashamed, report them to us for notice JNO. G. LYTLE went to Maysville Monday. OSCAR HAM of Carlisle, was here Tuesday. E. SELZ went to Cincinnati Tuesday evening ELMER RUDY, of Maysville spent Sunday here. W.I. JACKSON, was here Monday. JAS. B. FAULKNER went to Mt Sterling Tuesday. Miss Kate Ryan is at home from a visit to Mt. Sterling. H.B. CUSHMAN went to Cincinnati Thursday afternoon. JESSE MARKWELL came up from Louisville Tuesday night. JOS. KENNY returned from Lexington Thursday morning. NATHAN BAYLESS or Paris came down Thursday afternoon. JOHN BOTTS of Mt Sterling, came down Wednesday noon. __________ There is a strong probability that this end of the State will be made into the Eastern District of Ky. for U.S. Court purposes, with the headquarters of the Court at Jackson, Breathitt County. In that case we suggest the name of Judge James P. Harbeson for District Judge. He has made a most excellent record since he has been on the bench and is a man of mature years and fine attainments. We do not desire to lose him from our Circuit, but would be pleased for him to be promoted to the position named. ____________ City Council met Monday night in adjourned session, Mayor I.K. Vansant presiding. All members present except Wood Richardson who is absent. Marshal Ryan, Clerk Kackley, Attorney Bright and Assessor Cox all appeared and qualified. The salary of City Attorney was fixed at $75 a year and 20% of the fines collected. A conditional order was given for 500 feet of new hose for the fire department. In the absence of any opinion from the Governor or Attorney General, nothing was done in the Police Judge matter. The regular meeting night is now the first Monday night in each month. __________ Mrs. Thomas Brannon of Lewisburg died suddenly Monday morning of heart trouble. ____________ Fire Chief Harrison has left the Fire Department in charge of Jno. F. Mills during his absence. He might have searched a long time without finding a better man for the place. ________ We are under obligations to the state railroad Commisioners, Messrs. Woodson, Mcchord and Poyntz, for a copy of their report as well as a valuable railroad map of the state. The Commission is now engaged in an effort to get the Legislature to pass a bill relating to freight rates on coal, about which there have been complaints in many localities. Marie Nelson C.L. DUDLEY returned Saturday night from a trip to Cincinnati. ELLIS PERRY, of Paris visited friends here from Saturday to Monday. CHAS. SUTTON went to Mt Sterling Saturday afternoon on a business trip. JAS. BERRY went to Cincinnati Monday night to attend tobacco sales. JNO. T. CASSIDY, of Lexington, came in Monday night to visit friends. LEE THOMAS, of Lexington, was here from Saturday to Monday morning. MRS. R. M. CALK returned to her home in Mt. Sterling Wednesday morning. HON. R. K. HART came over from Frankfort to visit his family Saturday night. JUDGE J.P. HARBESON left Monday morning for Vanceburg to hold Circuit Court. MRS. ROSE McDONALD returned Tuesday afternoon from her visit to Maysville. - ------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jno. P. Phister of Maysville, died Sunday morning, in his 68th year. He was a prominent man in his city, having for a long time presided over the City Council, besides being prominent as an Odd Fellow, Mason and Knight of Pythias. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- SONS OF OUR SOIL NO II Hillsboro, Ky., Jan. 15, 1894 EDITOR TIMES DEMOCRAT After preparing my sketch last week about J.C. Barkley I concluded to tell something more about Kentucky people whom I met during my visit to Missouri last summer. these notes should have been give to the press while they were yet fresh in my memory. Illness, and consequent procrastination, is the only apology I have to offer for the delay in their publication. It is perhaps just as well , for I am told that newspapers have more space to spare after the holidays, when advertising runs low. THOMAS L. ROBERTSON It was a pleasure to meet Thomas Luther Robertson and wife at their country home six miles from Gallatin. He is the son of a greatly esteemed citizen of Fleming county, the late Thomas Robertson, and went West in 1866. They have six children living and two dead. Both the dead and the living are much dwelt on by those long separated. Many questions were asked about the numerous relatives and friends in Kentucky. Of course, his uncles, Fleming P. Robertson of Tilton, and Benjamin Robertson of Clover Hill, and his aunt, a Mrs. Rebecca of Carlisle, came in for a full share. Uncle Benjamin's love and attachment for Clover Hill and its people was represented as about the same as Dr. Scudder in his dreams, wherein he was represented as dying and going to Heaven. When asked by St. Peter if anything more could be done to make him happy, Dr Scudder so the story goes, replied that he wanted to go back to Elizaville. The late Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry, and particularly Company A, of which Luther was a member came in for its share. The living were inquired after by name, and both the dead and the living referred to in words of tenderest feeling. Language fails to express the deep and unceasing attachment of the true and tried soldier for his comrades. The late Captain Henry Dunlap Palmer, and man others like him, will live in love's memory to the last. Mr. Robertson was especially gratified that his friend James P. Harbeson had been called by his people to the honorable station he now fills as the Circuit Judge. Luther is a free silver Democrat and well read on current events. I presented him with an extra pouch and plug of "Kentucky Seal" tobacco, which advertises R.B. Kendall & Co. in Missouri. After an absence of 27 years he wishes to be remembered with kindest regards to all. A letter from any of his old friends will reach him if directed to Gallatin. It may be said with emphasis that few families of Fleming or any other county have left, or are leaving such lasting influences for good as this numerous Robertson family and all its branches.