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From: Eddie Mikell <>
Subject: Lawrence County Press, January 2, 1890
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:14:28 -0500


January 2 1890

New Year!

Mr. H. A. May of Sartinsville, was in town last Monday.

This is the strangest weather we ever saw for this time of the year.

Dr. Mitchell of Brookhaven was a visitor to our town last Saturday.

We learn there were three socials in town last week. Certainly Monticello
boometh!

It is said the town was pretty lively Christmas, but it now seems lie some
banquet hall deserted.

Misses Mary Lomax and India Jones spent Christmas in Hazlehurst, and
reported having had a delightful time.

Mr. Watts burned his hand quite severly on the night of the 20th by the
premature explosion of a cannon cracker.

Miss Bessie Butler, the accomplished music teacher of Lawrence County High
School, spent Christmas home.

Prof. R. S. Foster, of Silver Creek, was in town last Sunday on his return
from the State Teachers' Association at Jackson.

The flat boat that is used for carrying gravel at the iron bridge sank in
about fifteen foot water last Tuesday with about twenty tons of gravel on
board.

Messrs. Victor Smith and A. Cooper, two of our brightest young men, who are
attending Lexington Normal Institute, spent X-Max at home.

Miss Susie Powell, an accomplished young lady who is teaching school three
miles south of this place, and Mrs. Dr. Bishop of this city, spent Xmas in
Brookhaven.

We haven't got a complete list of locals this week, as we were absent last
week and we have been enabled only to pick up what few we have got simply
from heresay.

Mrs. R. A. Bullock and Mr. J. Q. Martin have opened up a neat little store
in the house formerly occupied by Mr. E. T. Sorsby as a drug store, next
door to this office. We gladly welcome them in our midst.

Ye publisher returned last Sunday from an exceedingly pleasant visit to
Dallas and Waxahachie, Tex. Our space does not permit a description of our
trip this week; hence it will not appear until next week. Look out for
something good.

Christmas and new Year has passed, and the Holidays, as it were are over.
Once more the laborer has to return to his work; the short lived pleasure of
a few days I indelibly impressed upon his memory, but as his thoughts recur
to them there is a feeling akin to despondency that reaches out and seems to
take firm hold upon everything that before seemed beautiful and lovely and
pleasant to dweel upon, as he realizes that another long year will have to
be passed before those pleasant dreams can be re-enacted in a form that
bespeaks realization.


MARRIED

At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. M. D. L. Crawford, on Dec 18th,
1889 by Rev. J. W. Wellborn, Mr. T. Monroe Beal and Miss Lucie Crawford,
both of Lawrence county. Attendants: Mr. A. E. Weathersby and Miss Fannie
Hennington.

It was the good fortune of the publisher to have a "bid" to this happy
union, but owing to an unusal press of business we were deterred from
putting in an appearance. Both of the contracting parties are quite well
known in this county, and everybody wishes for them a long happy and
prosperous life. Monroe, here's our, and we hope it won't be very long
before we will also be called a Benedict.

There was given an elegant New Year's supper to a few invited guests at the
residence of Dr. B. D. Bishop last night, at which the editor of this paper
had the good fortune to be present. Long life to the kind host and hostess,
and may they give many more such suppers.

HOMESTEAD NOTICE:
Blackman R. Buckley, wit: Moses Stringer, W. C. Dale, O. Gl Jolly, H. M.
Batton, all of Hooker.
Armstead Jordan, wit: A. H. McGuffee, W. D. Wilson, J. F. Hedgepeth, J. H.
Allen, all of Monticello
Thomas M. Watts, wit: D. Hl Bennett, W. M. Waller, W. O. Butler, H. T.
Langston, all of Silver Creek.
Josiah A. Jackson, wit: B. S. Sullivan, H. W. Bridges, Jarrot Weathersby, P.
W. Cox, all of Hebron
Isaac Goler, wit: Baker Sullivan, Allen Myers, of Hebron, Buck Hall, Henry
White, of Silver Creek.

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