KY-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest 13 Jan 2001 Volume 01 : Issue 5 X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 10:07:02 -0500 From: "clcrawford" Subject: NEWS: Mt Vernon Newspapers Dec 14, 1900, Rockcastle Co LIVINGSTON Judge W.P. Raines says he has a 30 pound turkey for Xmas Miss Nora Azbill is visiting Mrs Sam Mason of this place Mr Robt Payne is very sick with lung trouble. Sam Mason went to Whites Station to ship a large quantity of hay. John Marler an employee of the L&N had his hand very severely mashed while loading steel in the Livingston yard Bob Wilmott night clerk at the Eight Gables Hotel was sent to his home at Brodhead Thurs with typhoid fever Dr. J.S. Cooper we are glad to say is improving. We have missed his kind good morning's for some time but we hope to see him on the streets again soon Mrs McCalf was thrown from horse this week and sustained injuries which may prove fatal. Our young surgeon Dr Childress was called and if some of the old Drs could have seen the work done by Dr Childress they would have said "Well done young man". "Red"...Frank Burton is on the sick list this week. C.B. Day one of our lumber inspectors is with us. We wish we could keep him with us all the time Mrs McCarthy mother of our clever wire puller George McCarthy left Wed for her home in Lebanon after a very pleasant visit to our town to renew old acquaintances Mr and Mrs W.L. Martin were called to the bedside of his mother at Oakland,KY Miss Grace Carnelius and Miss Nor Azbill of Kingston are the guests of Mr and Mrs Sam Mason this week Mrs Magee is here from Crab Orchard visiting her sons John, Sam and Harry Magee Mr Moody the popular Knox ville drummer was with our merchants the first of the week Mrs Earnest Thompson of Lebanon Junction presented her husband with a 12 pound boy Mrs Alfred Owens has gone to Lebanon Junction to see her daughter Mrs E. Thompson George Parsons breakman on through freight was a guest at the Mullins hotel Sun night John Preston has opened a fruit and confectionery store in the G.W. Griffin store house on Main St. We were pleased to meet Edgar Albright of the Signal in our little village as was many of his other friends J.H. Hagan is now filling prescriptions at Hocker & Co's drugstore, mr L.A. Pettus having secured a position at his home town of Crab Orchard Edgar Owens who has been very low with fever has been moved to his uncle Henry Owen's and is rapidly on themend Steve Carson had his hand severely mashed Sun morning while assisting in putting in anew rail in the railroad yards here Lou Gray has rented one of Mrs Sue Mullins dwellings on Main Street and will take possession immediately Joe and D.R. Tevis proprietors of the Richmond Ice Plant and Steam Laundry and Irving White one of Madison county's prominent farmers were the guests of Mr and MRs Sam Mason last week. They also went out into Laurel county hunting Mrs Frank Jones arrived here Sat last to make Livingston her future home John H. Walton and Henry Bowman have returned from their trip down Rockcastle river and report a rough voyage and success in landing their logs. mr Walton tells of the narrow escapes and the narrows on the river George W. Griffin was in from Laurel county Sunday Uncle Ashley Owens is still in feeble health but his many friends hope he may yet be able to be out among us again We think the USPM would suit Jake Sambrook nicely Steve Carson's little boy crept under the bed at his residence and there being a shot gun on the floor under the bed proceeded to play with it when he discharged a load that was left in the gun doing no further damage than to tear a hole in the side of the house Mrs Rhineheart and Miss Anna Ashlock have moved their millinery and dress making in the Cummins building just back of the Dillion & Rhineheart meat store T. Griffin of Jellico is with home folks here this week E.A. Herron has gone to the Klondike to build a chimney for J.H. Walton Dr Cooper has been quite sick for several days now we understand is on the road to recovery Mrs Sue Mullins is thinking of building a handsome #3000 building on her lot on Main St opposite school house J.E. Singleton who nose what our merchants need and always ready to supply was over some of his territory the first of the week Parker Hocker has tasteful arranged a nice display for the holidays John Preston is on the sick list Rev C.H. Goodson of Chicago Ill commenced a protracted meeting at the Presbyterian church Wed night Messrs W.C. Mullins and S.S. McKinney went to Frankfort this week to see the Warm Baby inaugurated governor Prof Dickerson has finished his work and closed his school John Summerhaze is visiting home folks in Louisville Mr Robinson of Danville was guest of John Pope this week Mr and Mrs. R.C. Wade have gone to Mitchellsburg to visit home folks and other friends Mr Mudd operator for the L&N is quite sick this week ORLANDO Rev Wm Williams was in Mt Vernon Monday on business Ben Childress and George Childress of this place have entered school at Mt Vernon Albert Allen was here Sat on business J.S. Reppert was through our town Sat Wallace Laswell of this place was in Mt Vernon during the week The Rockcastle stone company has resumed work with Moses McNew as manager Lee Porter was in Mt Vernon Sun Died, Mrs James Anderson of near this place after a few days illness W.D. Laswell will enter Medical College at Louisville about Jan 1st PERSONAL James Maret was in Lancaster Wed J.J. Towery closed his school at Roundstone Friday last Mrs Elizabeth Brooks of Paris is visiting Mrs W.M. Poynter W.F. Champ of Paint Lick was here the first of the week Mrs Cleo Brown and Miss Dove b. Letcher are I Louisville Dr Lucas the Livingston dentist was here Wed on business Capt A.N. Bently and Prof W. R. Dickerson were here Wed Rev Holtzclaw is holding a protracted meeting at Langford's school house Ben Childress son of Huston Childress entered the college here Monday John Magee one of Livingston's leading business men was here Monday on business Mr Jonas Mckenzie of Mt Vernon was here at court Monday (Interior Journal> W.A. Chestnut has moved form Orlando to Livingston. He has a job of breaking on the K.D. Ike Snodgrass of Lily came Wed to attend the burial of his niece Miss Florelle Brown The public school at this place taught by SN. Davis and Miss Emma Pennington closes today Mr Charles Spillman of Jessmine county came over Friday and returned Monday Mrs spillman accompanying him Mr and Mrs Hensey Brown of Parksville came Tues afternoon to see Miss Florelle Brown but were about one hour too late to see her alive Dr. R.H. Lewis was in Friday and told us that Mr J.T. Stephens of Disputanta was very ill. His hand was poisoned by a ragweed and then bloodpoison set in John Clark better known as "Reston" Clark who left this state in 1862 and went to Minnesota has returned to pay a visit to his old friend. he was the first Kentucky pioneer to settle in Minn Mr Orus Bowers who went to Central America last summer returned Friday night Mr bowers has many interesting things to tell of the country the people and their ways of living however we will add that he is not very favorably impressed Willis Griffin, U.G. Baker, Dr John M. Williams, G.S. Griffin, J.A. Landrum, E.B. Cox, R.L. Brown, W.T. Short, Henry Catron, J.J. Wood, H.L. Tate, F.L. Turpin, were the masons from this place who attended and took part in the organization of the new lodge at Livingston Sat night Mr Jones the Stanford tinner is here doing some work for C.C. Williams LOCAL Curator: O.F. ham was appointed curator of the personal property of John Sayers deceased Henry Catron sheriff of Rockcastle has paid the state $4,607.27 amount due in full for 1000 and has received his quietus Supt W.A.B. Daivis informed us the he is now ready to pay the 20 per cent which was due the school teachers in Oct Walter Turpen one of the firm of Turpen Bros., has sold out his half interest to his brother T.L. Turpen the other member Married: Mr Jesse Munday and Miss Ida Butner were married Wed afternoon at the home of the bride's stepmother Mrs Susan Butner Dr W.L. Myers will locate in Mt Vernon and begin the practice of dentistry on the 20 th of Dec In County Court: Hiram Ash fined $25 and ten days in jail for carrying concealed weapons. W.M. Cunagim same. Jacob Gentry $1 and cost for being drunk Married: Mr Arch Brown and Miss Jennie Lease daughter of Jack Lease were married at the home of the brides parents Wed evening Rev a.J. Pike officiating Call on or address J.N. Chapman Mt Vernon for plain and ornamental plastering brick and cement work, cisterns, cellars, fancy tyle grates. Cement sidewalks and hearths a specialty W.R. McClure moved B.F. Fuqua's mill from Skaggs creek to the Spradlin farm recently purchased by J.A. Taylor. Mr Fuqua will have in all about 500,000 feet of lumber to saw for Mr Taylor Stolen: charley Hahn had a fine saddle horse, saddle and bridle stolen from his fathers stable Sun night. he and several others started towards Jackson county as it was thought the thief went that way Short: Samuel Ward postmaster at Livingston was checked up this week and found to be over $300 short. Mr Ward's son was first given the office; he showed up short and was removed. Then the father took charge and this is the second time he has come up short so now he is out Mr George Cook has charge End of ky-footsteps-digest V01 #05 ********************************************************************** 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. **********************************************************************