ABSTRACTS from the Mountain Echo, Jan 1896, Laurel Co


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                                  from the 

                	       MOUNTAIN  ECHO

                            January 1896 
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   Reprinted with permission from the Laurel County Historical Society 
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JANUARY 3, 1896 

FIRE- The residence of Mr. W.M. HOWARD, in the western suburbs of London, 
together with nearly all his household and kitchen furniture was destroyed 
by fire last Friday night. The loss, which amounted to about $1,200, was 
total, as there was no insurance. The house was the property of Mr.J.B. 
OAKLEY. Mr. Howard accounts for the fire in this way: The jams to the 
fireplace are very narrow, not over 12 or 13 inches and the wooden casing 
came within a few inches of the grate and frequently when he would have 
a very hot fire on, the casing would catch fire and as a consequence
the casing was charred two or three inches back. On the night of the 
burning it caught fire and as usual Mr. Howard says he threw some water 
on it and thought he had extisguished it, but there was a closet just 
back of the jam, filled with clothing, etc, and Mr. Howard's supposition 
is that the fire had eaten its way back of the facing into the closet and 
was not extinguished by the water and when the fire was first -------- 
paper tornsheet of flames from floor to roof. 

JANUARY 10, 1896 

DIED - Mr. Tilford YADON, son of Mr. J.L. Yadon, who has been so poorly 
for the past four or five months with ulceration of bowles died Wednesday 
night at twelve o'clock. The parents have our deepest sympathy in their 
hour of bereavement. 

Following marriage licenses have been issued since January 6th: 
Fred POTTER and Catherine CROWDER, 
John CASSDY and Belle WALDEN, 
Nute CREEK and Sarah HOSKINS.

JANUARY 17, 1896 

ACCIDENTS - Master Watt BRUNNER fell from a ladder and broke his arm. 
Alex Brunner's horse fell on his arm and broke his leg.  Master HEISS fell 
with a stick of wood and broke a finger. C.B. HUBBARD while chopping, was 
feeling the edge of his axe, when an overhanging limb fell striking his 
thumb and severing that member from his hand. We are glad to report that 
all of the above are resting well at this writing. 

JANUARY 31, 1896 

Uncle William HIBBARD, whose serious illness we reported last week died a 
few days ago. 

Mr. Napoleon JOHNSON is very low with Pneumonia. Dr. MASON, who is 
attending him, reports that he is getting along as well as could be 
expected. 

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 Rita Stanifer Maggard 
<rmaggard@skn.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997