Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1892-09-07

cidental. While that does not les
, sen the material loss, it is Il grea
relief to our people to believe tina
} there is no crime connected with il
Kimbrough g. Son have move,
their stock into the restauran
building on Vimont street vacate,
by Mrs. Lidc Kincaid, who remov
ed to the brick dwelling on Pleas
ant street, opposite Judge Good
pastors premises.
Thomas Farrow, of color, ha.
S400 insurance on the Hall build
ing on Water street. this being tn,
only property lost by The color,.
people that was insured. This i,
a hardship on them, as winter is :,
near and f'w if amy are able To re
build. Besides they lost a larg,
portion of their household goods.
As the manner in which G. III
Hoon's loss was mentioned in las
issue leaves it liable to miscon
struction we will state that hi,
building cost $4,000, and was in
sured for $500.
This is the third time Mr.. Hooa
has had his business houses burned
down in this town, and he also had
a valuable hearsehouse and stabl {
burnt at another time. He has al.
ways pluckily re-established him
self and retrieved his losses by Wig
orous business management.
The following insurance adjust.
ments have been made: c. w
Honaker, damage to house corner
Jefferson and Henry streets, 1865
J. A. Ramsey & Co.'S loss was salts
factorily adjusted; j. Il. KIM
brough, store house, $4,000; Il. S
Estill. damage to stock, $9S7.26.
Among all the losers by the fire
none are more deserving of sympa-
thy than George A. Peed and Cliff
c. Hazelrigg. Mr.. Peed had ST.
600 insurance on the livery stable
and other buildings on the lot, all
of which were his individual prop
erty. He and Mr.. Hazelrigg had
no insurance on their stock. We
hicles, feed, etc. which represented
a good portion of years of labor
and saving. In justice to them,
every one owing them should strain
a point to come forward and ameli-
crate their condition. Mr.. Pesd is
yet undecided what he will do.
Unless he disposes of the lot he
will rebuild.
In our report of the losses by
fire last week, the omis,i IN of q ci-
pher made us say $4,000 when it
should have been $4,000.
Joseph H. Richart has decided to
his son James NJ. the lot % which
@ building burnt. James NJ.
RidAart, Messrs. Goodpaster and
John I. Kimbrough will rebuild
simultaneously, with partnership di-
vision walls. They will build hand
some two-story structures, faced
with Ashland brick.
W. G. Ramsey sold to his father,
j. A. Ramsey, One-half Of the lot
where the hardware store and L. r.
Slesser's store burned. Messrs.
Ramsey will build two one-story
rooms at once. They have
already purchased Peed & Hazel
riggs kiln of brick.
w. w. Pierce will rebuild his
shop on or near the same lot right
away, and will be pleased to see
his old customers when he opens
out. He went to Cincinnati We'd
nesday to buy a new outfit of tools
and stock.
The rubbish of the burnt dis
trict on Main street is being cleared
away, and building will commence
at once. They hope to complete
the buildings by the time cold
weather comes.
Prof. La Prelle, the colored
teacher, lost all of his kitchen fur
niture and some provisions.
The officers of the Presbyterian
Church very kindly rendered the
use of their handsome house of
worship to the Christian Church
minister and congregation. The
offer was accepted, and their regu-
lar services will be held there now
The morning of the fire, the
brick wall of Hoon's furniture
store fell and some of the brick
struck John Spence, of Upper
Prickly Ash, bruising him consid
erably. He made narrow escape
from more serious injury.
James Gillon has moved his
stock of goods into the frame house
adjoining Peters & Horseman.
For fighting fire in its incipi.
ency, every household should be
provided with grena de extinguish.
ers. They are inexpensive, and
can be thrown by anybody that
will keep rational when a fire starts
They are filed with chemicals that
liberate carbonic acid gas upon be
ing broken. The gas is heavier
than air and it settles over the fire,
shutting out the oxygen of the air
combustion being no longer sup
ported by the air the fire goes out
The portable Babcock extin
guishers are excellent if kept in or
der. This town several years ag'
invested in two Babcocks, but they
were not taken care of and sOOl
became useless.
We shall interview the people a
an early date, when they have hat
time to properly consider the mat
ter, upon the subject of providin,