John McConnell, a well-known and respected citizen of this precinct, died
on Monday evening, January 9, and was buried on Tuesday evening in the
McConnell cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by the members of the
Masonic Lodge of Pleasant Hill.
On last Monday morning, the residence
of Mrs. Andrew Borrowman was destroyed by fire. This was an elegant frame
building just completed last fall and the second on Mrs. Borrowman has lost
within the last twenty years.
On Saturday last Master Hal Selby, Mr.
and Mrs. Mo??az and Miss Mollie Armentrout, mustered up all their courage
and surplus wraps and started for Hardin. With the thermometer registering
16 degrees below zero, it required an abundance of nerve to make the trip.
Masters McAlister and Edmonds, the tie contractors were in town on last
Monday and Tuesday, settling the bills of their employees for the past
month. These gentlemen are carrying on quite an extensive work, giving
employment to about forty men in this neighborhood, and are also working
quite a force near Pearl and Six Mile in Pike county. The chronic grumblers,
sitting around complaining of hard times and nothing to do, can find
employment at reasonable wages by applying at head quarters of the tie camp
in Kendall hollow.
It is with regret we report the death of James
Johnson, an old and estimable citizen of Belleview precinct, who died on
Thursday, January 5th, 1888. The remains were interred on the following
Saturday in Long cemetery. The deceased was born in Nashville, Tenn., in the
year 1803, being at the time of his death in his 85th year. Mr. Johnson came
to this county about thirty-five years ago, and located in this precinct
where he has ever since resided. His honest and honorable course through
life won for him the unbounded respect and admiration of all who knew him.
By his death the family lose a devoted husband and father and the community
a most exemplary citizen.
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