Source: The Bowling Green Times-Gazette
Dated: March 4, 1885


Personals, Locals, Haps and Mishaps
Done up in Style by Our Regular Correspondent.

Col. Martin Luthar Alexander will be known in the future as a "commercial tourist." He represents the "Granite State, Boot and Shoe Company," Boston, Mass., and will take the road this week, and this acquisition to the mercantile world will enable us to get goods from first hand; the middle man is knocked out.
James Mason and his brother Simon, were in Glasgow last week visiting their sister, Mrs. Marcus Wallace.
Scottville came near having a big conflagration one night last week. The soot in a flue at the hotel caught on fire, and but for timely interference would probably have burned the property.
B. G. Ellis and P.T. Martin made a business trip to Auburn last week, which is a beautiful village and the home of the jolly "Jap."
Rev. D.F. Kerr was in Nashville last week having his eyes examined. Bro. Kerr's friends are suffering great anxiety, as fears are entertained that he will lose his sight. Jailer H.W. Myers accompanied him.
Lane Dunn and wife, Jane (Hill) Dunn, have instituted a suit in the Circuit court against James M. Porter, of the county, for $500 damages for assault and battery. The affair we mentioned several days ago.
John A. Newman left our town last week for the Park City, where matriculated in the Ogden College.
Last week was the regular civil term of our Police court, with 17 {???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????} enough to have run a Circuit court a week. This speaks in louder terms of Judge Garing's ability than we possible could, and we dare say there is not a superior man in the county for a Judgship, or any clerical office; and but few so eminently qualified to fill one as he is.
Mrs. Walker, widow of the lately deceased Dr. A.S. Walker, will break up housekeeping for a while at least, and consume the time in visiting among her children at Louisville, Russelville, Franklin, and Christian county.
Mrs. Nancy Atwood, wife of Jett Atwood, died last week. Her demise was quite unexpected and her illness of but few day's duration. She was a very old lady.
Edward Bradley, an aged gentleman of East Allen, died last week.
Our postmaster, George Brown, who has been confined to his room since about the first of December, with one exception, is gradually declining and has given up his recovery as hopeless. Mr. Brown is suffering from a broken down constitution brought on by eight years close confinement in the postoffice.
Our townsman, Henry C. Brant, informs us that he will take the road in a few days in the interest of a nursery. He returned from Nashville last week, where he had been on business.
L.E. McClure, editor of the lately deceased Allen Advocate, will depart the town in a few days for his first live. He and his family are going back to Leitchfield, Grayson county, their former home.
Mrs. Mansfield sold one of her blooded mares last week to Jerry Whitney, of the county, for $125 and has another she will sell for same price.
J.W. Lain, of Glasgow, whose business is of government production, was here in the interest of his employer last week. Mr. Lam is a nice man, but there will be a change of "fly scorers" and like officers soon if March the fourth means anything.
Ben Watt, W. L. Woodward and R. J. McLellan, of the Park City, were in our town one night last week, en route east of here on the hunt of escaped jail birds.
Joseph Wade and L.F. Thomas are two more hearts that are now keeping time to the same dulcet strains.
Mrs. Sallie Killion and little daughter Birdie, of Russell county, Kentucky, are the guests of Mrs. Riley Read.
The medical and dental lectures of Nashville being over, we now have the acquisition of another dentist in the person of George Myers and two more medicine dispensers in the persons of A.W. Myers and Chas. E. Alexander, and all of them will occupy the office of Dr. L.A. Glaze, Drs. Glaze and Meyers forming a partnership.
E. Scott Brown was in the Park City last week on pension business, accompanying special Examiner Wilburn over.
Mrs. Barthemia Whitney left last week for her father's home at Green Castle, Warren county, Kentucky.
Mr. S. B. Follis was in Nashville last week, laying in his stock of groceries.
P.W. Napier, of Liberty, Casey county, Kentucky, is prospecting for a business house in our midst with a view to establishing a mercantile business.
Benjamin Carpenter and Wm. Orr, executors of Saml. E. Carpenter's estate, and Master Com. Walker were engaged near the entire week last week making a settlement of said estate. There is something more than $16,000 of said estate.
T. J. Settle will run the woolen mills this year.
Mrs. Lilly Lynn, eldest daughter of Dr. C. H. Alexander, departed this life at her father's residence last week, in Louisville, Ky. Mrs. Lynn was natively of this place, and leaves many relatives and quite a host of friends in the county to mourn her early demise. She died of consumption.
Lucien Richards, William and Loving Barlow were out chasing Reynard, last week, and after several hours hot pursuit and poor fox was completely exhausted from fatigue; William shot him.
Miss Hattie Pillar, who will be remembered as one of the teachers in the primary department of the academy in the fall of 1882, is very desirous of obtaining a school in our midst again, and we are authorized to say to her many friends and patrons that her services can be secured by an early application. Miss Pillar has the subject of "teaching the young ideas" well in hand, for it will be remembered that none ever gave more general satisfaction as a teacher than she did.
Mrs. York, wife of Marcus D. L. York, came near happening to a serious accident if not a fatal one recently. She was standing near the fire and her dress caught on fire, but the timely interference of Mr. York and the unsurpassed presence of mind of her little daughter, who threw a bucket of water upon her, probably saved her life. She was only burned a little on the back of her neck and her hair considerable scorched. Mr. York burned his wrist badly in extinguishing the flames which burned the entire back of her dress.


Green Castle Gas.

But few tobacco seed had been sown in this part.
Our farmers report a great deal of wheat being damaged by the cold freezes.
Mr. J.T. Saunders, of Polkville, was the guest of his father, Dr. Saunders, of this place, last week.
Messrs. Taylor and McGinnis, our enterprising merchants, are doing a land office business in the mercantile trade.
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Alexander, of Valley View, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Alexander a few days since.
Mr. Bluff Huff is the proudest man in this section, his first babe, a girl, weight ten pounds, put in its appearance last week.
And another, a young man, arrived at the residence of Mr. J. H. Higginbotham on the night of the 21st ultimo and registered as Grover Cleveland Higginbotham, he was immediately placed on the scales and pulled the beam to fourteen and one-half pounds.
Mr. Wm. Hazel and Mack Weitzel took in a grand hop at the residence of Mr. Lenwood Rone's on the 27th.
Reported as being on the sick list, Messrs. T.L. Stephens, J.M. Weitzel, Jno. W. Cherry, Jr., Master Eddie McGinnis and Miss Iva McGinnis.
It seems as tho' that horse thieves, are plentiful in this neighborhood; only two taken last week.
A branch telephone line is being run from the store of Taylor and McGinnis to the main line of telephone at the residence of Mr. J.M. Weitzel, Browns Lock.
Mr. Phillip Huff, of Hadley, was mingling with friends in the burg a few Sundays since.
165 Hogsheads of tobacco have already been shipped from our wharf up to date.

Richardsville Racket.

Quite a large congregation at Green River Union Sunday.
Mr. Kahn, of your city, was in our village Friday and returned Saturday.
Mrs. Wise, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Temple, returned to her home in Louisville, last Saturday.
Mr. Willis Ennis, of Missouri, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Temple, and will probably remain in our burg several days.
Mrs. J.M. Oliver's father is visiting that lady.
Rev. Hogand preached quite an interesting sermon to an attentive audience at the church last Sunday eve. Text, "And finally, my bretheren, be ye strong in the Lord."
Mr. A. L. Temple informs us that the report that he had sold his Butler county store, is a mistake. He contemplates "going to housekeep" in the county aforesaid.

Pilot Knob, Simpson County.

Wheat is looking very badly in this section. Some say it is nearly all killed.
Mr. Will Sloss talks of attending the "Big Ex." at New Orleans next week.
Mr. Z. B. Smith has been summoned to attend United States Count, as a juryman.
Mr. Mabin Sloss is putting up a new barn on the Tarrents farm he bought last spring.
Mr. Mort Sloss has been attending United States court, at Louisville, for the past two weeks. He was a juryman.
J.W. Hobdy has thirteen fat steers that could be bought by paying a good price. They are extra fat and graded cattle.
Miss Mattie Brown will teach a spring school at Greenwood. She taught there this winter. Miss Mattie is an excellent teacher.
R. O. Merriman recently sold to Turner & Walters the following stock: Thirty head of hogs, at 4 cents; eight head of cattle, at 4 cents; and four head, at 3 ¾ cents.

Death of Jno Tabor.

John Tabor, son of Isaac Tabor, of the Halifax vicinity, died of consumption at his father's on Sunday morning last at 5 o'clock. He was an excellent young man and a school teacher. He, accompanied by his brother, recently went to Florida for his health, and had just gotten home, having returned to die.

Land, Stock and Crop.

J. Whit Potter sold Tuesday to Chas. Burnam, 15 calves at $23.50 per head.
J. Whit Potter sold Thursday to Ned Collett, 14 calves at $20 per head.
J. P. Ragland, Woodburn, has seven long yearling steers and 100 barrells of corn for sale.
Interior Journal says fully 1,000 lambs in that immediate vicinity along were frozen during the present cold snap.
Mr. John Eubank bought Thursday, of John Lively, one combined saddle and harness bay horse, for $175.
Mr. Neomi Smith, of Greenwood, has a pasture containing 80 acres, half of which is in fine clover, well-watered, etc.
An Ohio ewe has dropped a lamp which has a double head, one body, six legs and two tails, vet she is not stuck up a bit.
Jenkins, Wilson & Co., bought, Monday of calves Seaward, seven heads of mules, 15 ¼ hands, four to six years, at $125.
Jenkins, Wilson & Co., bought, Tuesday of Johnny Campbell, pair mare mules, 15 ½ hands, five and six years old for $325.
E. H. Motley bought, recently in Tennessee, 200 head of sheep at $1.25 per head, and has them now grazing on his pastures in Allen County.
Jenkins, Wilson & Co., sold Monday to Dick McElwain, two horse mules and one mare mule, 16 ¾ hands, four to six years old; for $190 around.
Jenkins, Wilson & Co., sold Monday to Shoeline, one 16 hand, six year old combined horse for $125; one 15 hand five year old combined horse for $85.
Mansfield Kirby bought, Wednesday. of W.M. Cox, a pair of black harness geldings, 15 ¾ hands, five years, old, for $400. Mr. Kirby says they are good'uns.
R.B. Hines bought last week in Hardin county, 21 head of cotton mules and will dispose of same at a$100 around; he has for sale two 16 hand mules and three extra good three year old mules 15 ½ hands.
J. Whit potter and Phil Hay, bought last week of W.W. Merrit, 18 head of 1,400 cattle for April delivery at $5.60 per 100; 70 head of hogs at $4.75; of J.R. Chaney, 37 head of 1,500 pound cattle at $6 per 100.
Jno C. Jenkins, living on the old Elrod farm, near town, raised on one and a quarter acres 2,580 pounds of Blueprior tobacco. He sold the same to Hendrick & Co., yesterday, at 5 ½ cents and realized $136.65 on the crop.