Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:00:34 GMT To: ky-footsteps@sirius.dsenter.com Subject: ky-footsteps V1 #55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rita Stanifer Maggard Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 18:29:42 -0400 Subject: KY-F: LaurelCoKY AREA -- Mt. Echo July 1891 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXCERPTS from the MOUNTAIN ECHO Laurel County's First Newspaper July 1891 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY 10, 1891 James and Con Wren and Willis Pearl, who have been inmates of the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home in Louisville during the year, are home for their summer vacation. Mr. R.C. Ford is still confined to his bed with a genuine case of typhoid fever. His father and brother who have been here have returned home but his sister remained with him, We had cool rains durin9 the first of the week and the weather has since been chilly, in fact almost cold. Overcoats and fires, an unusual thing in July have been called into requisition and are wonderfully comfortable. Some of the boys were pretty full of "red eye" on the streets Sunday after- noon. The matter was brought to the notice of the Police Judge and a couple of the boys made a small contribution towards paying the runn~ng expenses of the town. Mr. T.J. Purdee has been spending the week in Manchester deliverinl work sold in that county, Mr. Purdee is one of the best marble cutters in the state, does good and substantial work and those desiring work in his line should give him their order rather than sent it abroad. Mrs. Delany Covington, wife of Uncle John Covington, of this county met with the misfortune of falling and breaking one of her thigh bones, a short time since. Dr. N.M. Scales, having been called in to treat the fr'acture, declined on account of Mrs. Covington's age, she being over eighty years old, to attempt to set the bone, being satisfied that she could not stand the pain of the operation. Mrs. Covington has since been suffering greatly and will hardly recover from the effects of her hurt. Quite a singular circumstance occurred at East Bernstadt during the week. On Friday Mr, Milton Green lost one of his sons by death who was buried Saturday and while the corpse was being carried from the house, birth was given to a handsome daughter. Thus as death mows down, God makes alive. The pic nic at Pittsburg was a grand success. An immense crowd was there and everything passed off very pleasantly and with but very little friction. Only one little event occurred to mar the pleasure of the day and that a slight difficulty arose between one of the Mitchell's and two of the Maxey's but parties interferre and stopped it before any one was hurt. Quite a number of our London belies and beaux spent the Fourth pleasantly at Speak's mill, returning in the evening covered with flowers and with smiling faces. After reaching town, on their return, one of the vehicles lost a wheel and dumped its load of beauty in the street, Fortunately no one was hurt and the laughing fair ones sought their homes on foot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rita's " Nuttin' Excitin' " Web Page ...Complete listing of my pages and lists... http://www.users.kih.net/~rmaggard/rita.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: Rita Stanifer Maggard Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 21:38:36 -0400 Subject: KY-F: LaurelCoKY AREA --Mt. Echo July 1891 (Part ?) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EXCERPTS from the MOUNTAIN ECHO Laurel County's First Newspaper July 1891 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY 10, 1891 FARISTON Misses Sallie Jackson and Mattie Scales were the guests of Mrs. H. Magee Saturday. Mr. S.A. Minks will shortly move into J.H. Harkleroad's new business house on the corner of Manchester and First Street. A picnic at Lily the 4th. All was quiet and a large crowd in attendance. Also a Sunday school picnic the 5th at the same place. Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Wyatt visited Crab Orchard on the 4th. Mr. J.W. Mullins is very much complimented in Washington upon his invention of fire arms. W.J. Mullins will leave this place in a short time for the city, where he will accept a position with a wholesale manufacturing company. Rev. E.H. Bullock is home from Mississippi where he has been in the interest of mail route business. Mr. J.H. Moon has gone to his home in Jackson county, to the regret of one. Mr. W.A. Faris, of this place, can be found studying law at his office on Manchester street. Success to you William. Hiram Denham, of Somerset, is visiting his mother. Mr. Ira J. Davidson has returned to his official business. Mrs. A.F. Watkins and her daughter, Miss Hily, went to London to Church Sunday. JULY 17, 1891 PINEY WOODS L.K. Barnett is home from Woodbine. Wm. Graybeal has sold his farm to Riley Wills, of Keavy. Miss Fannie Martin visited relatives in London during the week. Mr. and Mrs. William Hatfield, of Woodbine, visited here Sunday. Mr. S.W. Hedge of Lily, was the guest of J.A. Farmer Sunday. Mr. W.H. Brown and his best girl of London, attended church here Sunday. Messrs. W.D. Tanner and William Oakley, of London, were in our midst Sunday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rita's " Nuttin' Excitin' " Web Page ...Complete listing of my pages and lists... http://www.users.kih.net/~rmaggard/rita.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of ky-footsteps V1 #55 ************************** 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.