Another for the Waggoner/Sasser lines. Debbie M -----Original Message----- From: JLoomer@aol.com [mailto:JLoomer@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 11:44 PM To: KYLAUREL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYLAUREL-L] EXCERPTS from the MOUNTAIN ECHO 1895 (9) ================================================ Reprinted with permission of the Laurel County Historical Society ================================================ MARCH 8, 1895 TUTTLE Mr. Joseph Waggoner is teaching a writing school at Mt. Ararat. He has about 40 students. Miss Lizzie Black returned from Jellico, Tenn., where she has been staying with Mrs. Dominick. Mrs. Nancy Warren and daughter have returned from Tennessee, but will not tarry long. OAKLEY La grippe is quite prevalent in this neighborhood. During the few warm days last week, our farmers began work in earnest, but their toil was of short duration. The snow and rain of Friday and Friday night stopped nearly all work. Mr. Wm. Bayless of Washington county, Tenn., visited his daughter Mrs. Granville Black, of this place last week. While in this county he visited relatives at Altamont and at Lily. Mr. Bayless is eighty-seven years old but is as nimble as a boy. He returned to his home near Jonesboro last Monday. DIED-On Sunday morning, Feb. 17, Johnny and Lewis Morris, twins aged one month. Since the death of their mother, Mrs. Mollie Morris, the children were in care of their grandmother, Mrs. J.T. Black. Mrs Black says that although they had been sick, the babies were apparently no worse a few minutes before she found that they were dead, than they had been for sometime. BORN-To the wife of Mr. John Dalton, of Altamont, a bouncing boy. John is wearing a huge smile. Mr. Wm. Binder came very near losing a good mare on last Saturday night. After doctoring her nearly all night she got somewhat better. Mrs. Sallie Black is on the sick list. LOCAL ITEMS Thomas Howard a prominent citizen of Middlesboro, was shot and killed while eating supper Tuesday evening by an unknown party. DIED-At the residence of Alexander Smith's of consumption, last Thursday night, near Green Mount Mr. Wm. Smith, formerly from Clay county. Craig Gregg, well known to many of our people and expecially well known to recent jailers of this county, and who escaped jail at Manchester a few weeks since, has been recaptured in Somerset and returned to the Manchester jail. Reports reach here that a duel to death with pistols was fought recently on Lots Creek, Perry county, between James Burton and Clarence Acord over a game of cards in which Acord was instantly killed and Burton very seriously if not mortally wounded. DIED-Of comsumption at the resident of her husband in Perry county, Mrs. Jesse Barger, aged 79 years and 5 days. She was the mother of 11 children, grandmother of 104 children, and great grandmother of 104 children. Mrs Barger leaves a husband, 84 years old, 10 children and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn her death. Quite a small pox scare was experienced on the streets of London last Monday. Just before noon the news appeared on the streets to the effect that Miss Lyda Adams, of color, living almost in the center of the town, and who had returned from Lexington only a day ot two before had the small pox. There was an expression of anxiety yet a hope that the report was unfounded permeated every countenance and an investigation was at once put on foot. Dr. Coldwell at once repaired to the house of the reputed sick woman only to learn that she was suffering with a slight cold, with no symptoms whatever of the dreaded disease. When this report became generally known an expression of happiness and peace took the place of sadness upon the countenance of everybody. ______________________________