The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-02-07
DYE Mind THE time
When These Things Happened In
Paris, As Told in THE
= NEWS Files?
DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE
TWENTY YEARS AGO

G.. G. White Co. is making prepara-
tions for making their first mash on
February 10, and will run about
sixty days."
Charles A. Mcmillan, of Paris,
passed successful examination before
the Court of Appeals at Frankfort,
and was granted license to practice
law.
Firm of Mann G Thurman dissolv-
ed partnership, Mr.. Mann retiring to
engage in other business.
Paris covered with heaviest sleet
in its history. Telephone, tele-
graph wires and poles, trees and
shrubbery destroyed by tremendous
weight of sleet. All travel and SER
vice interrupted. Many interesting
views of the sleet-covered city taken
by enthusiastic amateur photo
graphers.
Bourbon county preparing suits
against insurance companies hold
ing insurance policies on the burn
ed Bourbon county court house. Fis-
cal Court decided not to take up
matter of rebuilding court house I'M
til these suits were disposed of.
At Fasig-Tipton horse sales at
Madison Square Garden, in New
York. JOS. Rupert, wealthy brewer
of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, purchased
Oakland Baron, bred by the late Col.
Robt. G. Stoner, of Paris, for $15,-
ZOO. Bacon & Brennan, of Paris,
bought East Morn, by Baron Wilkes,
for $500. James L. Dodge bought
four yearling fillies by Oakland Bar
lon. Mrs. G. r. Stoner bought one
by Oakland Baron James E. Clay
bought gelding by Conductor.
Tim Murphy, supported by Doro-
thy Sherrod, at the Paris Grand, in
"a Capitol Comedy"
Mrs. Ellen Cunningham, aunt of
Mrs. ]. V. Lyle, of Paris, died in
Maysville. Mrs. Lyle, her son, Eos
ter, and daughter, Miss Edna Lyle,
attended the funeral and burial.
Query in THE NEWS February Z,
1902: What has become of the
brilliant oil prospects in Wayne and
other counties?" (Query in Febru-
airy, 1922: What has become of
the brilliant oil prospects purchased
by Bourbon county people in Paris
oil companies?"
Architects at work drawing plans
for new Bourbon county court house
Plans are to be presented to the
Fiscal Court at the proper time
Office rooms to be provided for the
County Assessor and County Super
intendent.
Littleberry Bedford celebrated his
eighty-f1rst birthday with a dinner
at his home near Paris. Among the
guests were George w. Davis, sew
enty-five, and John B. Kennedy, sew.
enty-seven.
Mrs. Kelly T. Moore found dead
in bed in her home at North Mid.
dletown.
Uncle Joe" Hopper, noted even.
gelist, conducting big revival meet
ing at the Millersburg Presbyterian
church. Large crowds from Paris
attending each service.
Phil Terry, Paris boy, maxine
his sixth trip around the globe. in
Paris for visit to his father, Thomas
Terry and family, before leaving for
Japan on the first lap of his seventh
around-the-world journey.
Total assessed value of Bourbon
county property as returned by the
County Assessor, given as $685.
S95, as compared with S34,978,457
in 1921, as reported January 1,
1922.
Petition filed with Postofice De-
partment at Washington for estab-
lishment of free rural mail delivery
in this county. SPECIAL agent asked
sent here to go over ground and Sc
lect routes and carriers.
Fire originating from overheated
furnace in basement of Presbyterian
church threatened disastrous blaze.
Flremen subdued flames after a hard
fight.
Auctioneer Polk Forsyth rented
publicly the Jos. X. Redmon farm of
256 acres to Mcintyre & McClintock.
for S1,745, fraction less than Sc an
acre.
Mrs. E. H. Rutherford gives her
annual social to members of the
Chlldrens' Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian church. Sixty present.
Sum of $50 contributed by children
for education of a child in China
one in Japan.