The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-11-28
DYE MIND THE Time
When These Things Happened II
Paris, As Told in THE
NEWS Files?

Paris, As Told IN The
NEWS Files?
DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE
There's no denying that to most
of us there is a certain satisfaction
in reviewing the events of long ago,
as they are presented to us, either
casually or by force of some remin-
iscent strain of the moment. And
to those who lived here in the long
ago the recalling of events in the
old days of Paris affords peculiar
satisfaction all it's own. They, per-
haps, more than we who have
grown used to the old place, will
appreciate these items, taken at
random from a copy of THE BOUR-
BON NEWS of Wednesday, July 6,
1881:
John Lyle sold the Paris Fire
Company last week to a Millers-
burg man, for fifty cents.
"Cut, rob and steal" is the new
motto adopted by a facetious Paris
merchant.
THE BOURBON NEWS issued
two extras Saturday on account of
the assassination of President Gar
field.
Charlie Gorham, of Paris, has
been engaged as private Waterman
for Davies new distillery now in
course of construction at Millers-
burg. and has commenced duty.
Wolf & frost band, of Lexington,
has been engaged to make music
for our coming fair-a good change.
Dan Earlywine has been awarded
the contract for lighting and extin-
gushing the street gas lamps at
$40 per month.
Married-At the residence of the
brides mother, in this city, last
Thursday. Miss Lille DOehrer, to
| w. H. Mattox. Lawrenceburg, KY.
Common Pleas Court convened
Monday with Judge French on the
bench. The docket is very small,
consisting of only II common law
and 5 equity cases.
| One of the large glass window
panes in Lovely & Whites grocery
was accidently broken on Monday
by Ed. j. S. Sweeney running his
elbow through it.
| Charles Offutt spoke to large
audience in the court house Mon
day. Skinner failed to put in an
appearance and for that let us snow
him under by 400 majority.
Ben behring's Republican has
been sold to stock company, but
Ben will still be permitted to
sound his hugag through it's col
umns.
The catalogues for the 44th an
nual fair of the Bourbon County
Agricultural Society have just been
issued and can be had on applica-
ton to the Secretary, Col. L. P.
Muir.
Died-In this city, last Saturday,
of consumption, w. G. Lyons, aged
about sixty years the residence
of her husband, in this county,
July 1. Mrs. Mcdonald, wife of
Overton Mcdonald.
A difficulty occurred in harvest
field near Flat Rock, last Saturday,
between Dick Freeman, white, and
John Fields, black. in which the
former cut the latter's throat with a
knife, killing him instantly.
The following have been elected
teachers in our City School for the
next session: H. R. Blaisdell, Prin-
cipal; Misses Blanche Matheny,
Keith Spears, Annie Oldson, Mrs.
Lizzie Walker and Mrs. Woodward.
The teachers of the colored schools
are Ed. ]. C. Graves and Mrs. Fra
zier.
Monday was regular court day
and not much Of crowd in attend
ance. About 200 cattle on the
market with sales good, two year.
Odds selling at Az cents, yearlings
at $40 to $26. One lot medium
three-year-old mules sold at $94.50
per head. One lot of yearlings bid
to SIS and withdrawn. Plug
horses sold at usual prices.
The Lexington Press makes
grand kick against the extension of
the K. c. road from Paris, and al
leges that city property has been
damaged ten per cent. by it not
being extended from there.
The entire composition of Bruce
Champs paper, THE BOURBON
NEWS. is done by little fourteen
year-old fellows, Masters Walter
Champ and Bruce Miller, and we
must say that they make as few
errors as many who have been at
the business il. for years.-Sunday
Mirror.
Kehoe, of the Carlisle Mercury,
published the cut of a bob-tailed
comet last week and called it our
comet. That Nicholas county comet