NEWS: Carlisle Mercury,25 Sep 1913, Nicholas Co. *********************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then 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: Jeannie Dalrymple http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000401 Date: November 8, 2003 ************************************************************************************ Carlisle, Nicholas Co., KY., Thursday Sept 25, 1913 Popular Hotel Is Destroyed By Fire The hotel at Swango Springs of which Mrs. Hal Smith was the proprietress, was entirely destroyed by fire Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. This fire started in one of the lower rooms and in twenty minutes the building was nothing but a heap of ashes. Two babies were asleep in the upper rooms when the fire was discovered, but were rescued by their half-crazed mothers, and no lives were lost, which is considered almost a miracle, as there were about twenty five people staying at the hotel. The guests departed for their respective homes with only the clothing they were wearing at the time of the fire. The building was an old frame structure with but one protection against fire. The guests lost many valuables and several found they had left their purses behind them in their flight. Mr. J. P. Banta, of this city, was one of the guest and arrived in Carlisle Friday. He is of the opinion, as were other guests, that the fire was caused from the escape of natural gas out of imperfect fixtures. Mr. Banta saved only the clothes he was wearing at the time of the fire. ------------- Monkey Wrench Is Used As Weapon By Enraged Man A warrant charging him with assault with a monkey wrench with intent to kill, was sworn out by Judge E. B. Jauuary last Thursday night against Aaron Cassity. C. A. Ellis, an agent in the employ of the Metropolitan Insurance Co., was the complainant. It is alleged that Ellis went to Cassity at the tailoring shop of Thomas Bros, on Main street to collect a premium from Cassity, who it is said claimed to have previously paid the money. An argument ensued, culminating in Cassity picking up a monkey wrench and striking Ellis on the jaw. The jawbone was fractured in three places. Ellis was taken to the office of Dr. F. M. Faries, where the fractured bone was set y Dr. Faries and Dr. Harry Mathers-- [Bourbon News. Mr. Cassity is a former resident of this city, moving from here to Paris several years ago. [news018.txt]