Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 9, 1875 Circuit court began last Monday. The case of the Commonwealth against Jake and John Brown was called on Tuesday. A jury was obtained without much trouble five jurymen being taken from the regular venire. By persons who are familiar with the case, it is thought that the Browns will be acquitted without any trouble. They are indicted for manslaughter for killing Searcy. Sam Black, who lived in Laurel Bridge has been very low pneumonia and bleeding at the lungs. He will recover. REMARKABLE DREAM APRIL 23, 1875 It is related of Geo. P. Brown who before his death, lived in Laurel County, and was well known in this section of the State, that at one time he started a lot of stock south in charge of Basset Warren. The stock had been sold and Warren was to accompany it and receive the money. Some time after Warren had left with the stock Brown dreamed on a certain Saturday night that the person who was to buy it had sold several head and refused to pay Warren, that he was in a certain house at Abbeville, S. C. playing cards and had lost several hundred dollars. The dream made such an impression on Mr. Brown that early next morning he went to his store in London and related it, and immediately bought a horse from W. H. Mershon and started south by way of Williamsburg. Arriving at Abbeville, he immediately went to the house where he had dreamed the man could be found and found him playing cards having sold his stock and lost his money just as he had dreamed. Mr. Brown interrupted the gam! e recovered the money for the man who had lost it settled his business and came back home. Mr. A. Brown stated that he found every thing as he had dreamed, which makes it a remarkable dream. APRIL 30, 1875 Lee Ward, late of Manchester son of Murphy Ward, of Bell county, will leave Omaha about the 15th of May, for the Black Hills with one hundred men. J. L. Farris who formerly owned Jackson's steam mill in Laurel county, has moved from Platt County, Mo., to Garnett, Anderson county, Kansas; and S. L. Harman of this county has moved from Wellington, Kansas to Windsor, Ill., Alex Sevier has moved from Springfield to Knob Noster, Mo. On last Saturday Mrs. Adeline Jackson who lives near Mershon X Roads was taken suddenly ill with cramp of the stomach, and died Sunday afternoon. It saddens us this morning to announce the death of Julia Brown, second daughter of our friend J. T. Brown, London, Ky., and granddaughter of Mr. C. B. Faris aged 7 years and 10 months Julia was an intelligent and beautiful little girl, died of erysipelas of the brain, Wednesday night. Her mother, Emly J. Brown an estimable lady, departed this life last March. The bereavement is indeed great but God works in a mysterious way his wonders to perform. The bereaved family have our warmest sympathy. September 3, 1875 WOMAN KILLED-About one mile beyond Berea College, Madison county one Mag Pointer shot and killed Liz Scarborough. From what we learn Mag owed Liz $2.50 which she refused to pay, where upon the latter took some of the clothes of the former for the debt, and upon leaving the house was met by the other with a double barrel shot gun who fired a load of fifteen buckshot into the left breast of her creditor, inflicting a ghastly wound which proved fatal in four hours. Mag made her way to the railroad and took the down train but a dispatch was sent ahead and her arrest effected Mr. P. Smith Sheriff, went down after her. Richmond Register. SEPTEMBER 17, 1875 Our old friend Robert Smith the Laurel county hermit whose obituary was published last spring in the Richmond Register called in the ECHO office the other day in good health and looking better than we have seen him before in a long time. He laughed very heartily when we presented an notice that had been given him. He said nearly every thing in it was false that he was in bad health last spring when taken to Ohio but recuperated at once upon reaching there. He promises to writ us some articles on cremation. Capt. Robert Hayes of Jackson county an account of whose death was announced in last issue was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the county. He was a warm advocate of temperance, morality and religion and a true Republican. He was born in Knox county, Ky., was Provost Marshall in this district during the late war, subsequently county judge of Jackson county and was county attorney at the time of his death. He died in the 68th year of his age leaving a comparatively young wife and four children. He was in McKee attending to business of his office and was thought to be about as well as usual up to the time of his death. ;He was seen to enter the Court house get some law books and passed up the street and in less than 20 minutes he was a corpse in the house of his son James Hayes.