The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1900-03-27
Continued from First Page.
FACTS And
DISSERTATIONS.
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Social Call at Glenrairn-w. j.
~ Pell's Plant.
INTERVIEW WITH RArTmEN.
A Coal Mine, a Prosperous Mer-
chant pfo
INTERVIEW WITH RARTMEN.
A Coal Mine, a Prosperous Mer-
chant, Etc.
GLENCAIRN.

= One mile beyond Natural Bridge is
Glencairn.
$. Nick Fulks has lived here for six
/. Years, having moved from the Gala
bsose neighborhood in Wolfe county.
He keeps the hotel of the station.
c. c. Mccormick, OF Spencer, Mont
gemery county, who has been a mer-
chant at Rosslyn,i for more than a
year, has bought about 20 acres OF
land from G. G. Fulks and will at
once begin the erection of residence
and store. We spent an hour. pleas
antly, with the family on Thursday.
The little daughter, Grace, recently
had some teeth pulled and she APP
peared shy, fearing that 1 was a ID.
( D., doctor of dentistry
A new county road is being built
from here TO Campton.
G. w. Russell 81 Son are sthe mer-
cbe--,-'-s the place at present.
L.
4 .6m Glencairn to Torrent, four
miles, we footed it, with heavy over
coat, umbrella, valise, leggins and
oyershoes. Enroute we met gentle
man from Ohio, in the employ of w.
j. Fell. To him we introduced our
self as tramp printer, looking for a
job.
We rested for a few minutes at
/; |. tRs..5 g5woca Junction where W. j..
Fell's road connects with the L. Il E.
n He has recently opened up large
tract OF timber land on Miller's Greek
and built seven miles OF railroad. He
employe, along this line, about 200
persons, and is getting out much lum-
Der, ties, slaves etc.
BY telephone to terminus of road,
NO ,5.ssos. -; o-3c: .cr ieh work
bought lunch at his store and re-
samed the tramp to
Made social and business calls
with friends at Campton ana
Hazel Green by telephone, and
saw the trade at Torrent.
Here we met James p. Bush who was
.,loading car with coal from mine
(which he opened last fall, on the
gmountain, about one mile from Tor
rent. The mine is above the cliff and
the coal OF the peacock variety, is 3
IT. 2 in. thick. lie sells it by the car
load, delivered ct Torrent, at u cts. or
cts, in small quantities.
JACKSON.
Enroute to jackson, many rsftsmen
probably sixty TO seventy, boarded the
train AZ ST. Helens. We interviewed
two and ascertained that the average
dali, wages lie 81 and board, that RATS
IRE floated single as far as the forks
of the river, three men to each raft;
that here three RATS are frequently
lashed into one and then five men take
it to market. This accounted for the
many turning back. On Yesterday.
"wednesday the raftsmen returning
were more than to-day. We present.
ed the advantages of the ADVOCATE to
four aud sold to two.
Our first subscriber was from Mad
Dog in Leslie county, said that Dem
ocrats were scarce in his county, about
seventy, and was pleased TO get
Der cratic paper. Other facts and
observations could be given concern
ing them, but for the present we will
elcse this communication with q short
interview with gentleman from
Crockettsville, wno was on the train
returning from St. Helens to his home
or the Middle Fork of Kentucky riv-
err.
Ed Callahan is conspicuous fac
tor in the commercial enterprise of
Breathitt county. He is only 36 years
of age, and, we judge, has been quite
successful. With a capital of about
$300--he began his business career.