NEWS.Mountain.Echo.p3.Laurel.7-1891

                     EXCERPTS from the MOUNTAIN ECHO

                                July  1891

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   Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society
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Part 3

JULY 10, 1891

PINEY WOODS

Mr. J.A. Tanner who has been confined for several weeks with rheumatism we
are glad to report is rapidly improving.

Miss Sallie Leak is still very low with fever.

Quite a number of our young folks attended the picnic at Lily Saturday and
Sunday.

Miss Alice Jones is visiting on Roccastle this week.

Wm. Graybeal met with a serious accident a few days ago cutting his hand
entirely open. He is doing nicely.

Miss Effie Sampson has been quite ill for several days.

Miss Nannie Sampson of London visited her mother Sunday.

Miss Thena McFadden went to Pittsburg Saturday.

Miss Silvesta Green is sick with measles.

Miss Hattie Jones is visiting her grandfather J.A. Tanner.

Preaching next Saturday and Sunday at Piney Grove "foot washing" and
sacrament. A large crowd is anticipated.

LOCAL ITEMS

It is a girl and Ad Reese is proud and happy.

Mrs. W.B Catching has been quite ill during the week, but is improving.

Mrs. Ward, wife of James Ward, of Pittsburg, died last Saturday.

Hon. Ed Parker visited Booneville last Monday in the interest of his
candidacy for the State Senate.

Layton and George Reid left Monday for California, in which state they
expect to make their future home.

Mr. J.T. Brown's family have returned from the country, and have settled
down to town life again. Miss Chloe Cowan, of Danville, is visiting
Mrs. Brown.

The Fourth was a quiet day in London. Many of our citizens went to
Pittsburg and Woodbine to celebrate and a number of young folks spent the
day at Speak's Mill.

One of Mr. H.C. Eversole's little sons accidentally cut a younger brother
on the leg with a mowing blade, the other day, inflicting a very painful
but not serious wound.


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