NEWS.Mountain.Echo.Laurel.1891

EXCERPTS from the MOUNTAIN ECHO July  1891

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   Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society
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JULY 3, 1891

LOCAL ITEMS


A young child of Jacob Hofer died, last Friday of cholera infantum.

MILLINERY BUSINESS is lively at L.J. Williams. She leads in stock and
prices.

Mrs. J.D. Oldham, of Leipsie, 0., was the guest of Mrs. M.V. Ryan during
the week.

To-morrow being the Fourth of July, a National holiday, the Bank of
London will not be opened.

Rock is being placed on the ground for building the wall and pavement
in front of the courthouse.

We are sorry to learn that Mr. R.C. Ford, the clever cashier of the
London Bank, is sick with typhoid fever.

Mr. Frank M. Ford of Georgetown, is in London called here by the sickness
of his brother, Mr. R.C. Ford.

Miss Betsy Moore and Mrs. Wm. Hollingsworth, daughter of Judge Jno. M.
Green, of Pineville, were in town Wednesday.

Capt. Byron has moved into the property he recently purchased of Mr. J.W.
Jones. Mrs Jones left Tuesday for Louisville.

Misses Lena and Susie Rogers are at home, from their school at Louisville,
visiting their mother and friends for this summer's vacation.

Misses Nannie McWhorter and Cattie Blair are in town.

Little Arthur, son of Mr. Ray Province, has been very sick, but is much
better.

P.F. Stilling (Pet) has returned from the University at Ann Arbor Mich.,
a full fledged lawyer.

Mr. John McCarty is erecting a dwelling house on the road between London
and Dr. J.D. Foster's.

John Brown, son of Robert Brown, of color, died early yesterday morning,
at the residence of Rev. A.B.H. McKee of fever. He was eighteen years old.

Our old friend, Solomon H. Kuhn, has been sick for several days, with flux,
but we are glad to learn that he is better and will soon be able to make
his appearance in town again.

Miss Anne Nelson, who has been visiting the family of C.H. Moses, for
several weeks, left Friday afternoon for her home in Knoxville, Tenn.,
by the way of Middlesborough.

Mr. W.H. Brown, one of our compositors, has been confined to his bed for
three days, but is now improving and we hope he will be out in a few days
again. His sickness has thrown us a little behind this week, yet we are
out on time.

A telegram was received, by friends, on Friday night, containing intelli-
gence of the serious illness of Mr. John Jackson, of Cherryvale, Kans., a
former citizen of this county and brother of W.H. Jackson, of our town.
Mr. Jackson has a large number of relatives and friends in Laurel county
who will regret to hear of his sickness. His son and his sister, Mrs. James
Harkleroad, left London Friday night for Cherryvale. A dispatch received
since their arrival there says that Mr. Jackson's condition is very critical. 
Henderson Co Ky death records give father as I M Hall and mother Dora 
Timmons.


Contributed by Rita Stanifer Maggard <rmaggard@skn.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1997