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From: "Eddie Mikell" <>
Subject: [MSJEFFER-L] Lawrence County Press, November 27, 1890
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:31:34 -0500
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November 27, 1890

Mr. H. S. Scherek has opened up a branch store in the house next to our
office.

Mr. D. A. Scarborough took possession of the date dwelling house yesterday.

Mrs. D. J. Canton, of Martin Claiborne county, is visiting relatives in our
town.

For the size, the crowd that wason our streets last Tuesday was the most
orderly on we have ever seen.

Remember that Rev. J. B. Gambrell, of Meridian, will preach in the Baptist
church next Wednesday night.

Wm Main & Co's Consolidated Shows have come and gone, and the pain of all
the children and a great many adults is eased. It has been many a day since
such a crowd was seen in Monticello, as conservative estimates place the
number at about 1500. As to the show itself, it was as good as could be
expcted, considering the mode of traveling and the admittance fee. The
gymnatic and trapese performances excited more interest than any other
features of the circus, though the contortionist paved his part well. The
concert, separate from the circus, was quite entertaining and the part
played by Mr. Andy Spears in the role of a darkey was especiallay humorous.
The crwoning event of the occasion however, was the balloon ascension about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, in which the daring acronet, Mr. James Woods,
carried off the honors of the day. The balloon ascended to the dizzy height
of about 3000 feet so Mr Woods himself says, when he cut the parachute from
it. He then fell about 300 feet like a rock, when his parachute opened and
he made the rest of his downward journey in the compartive safety, though he
struck the roof of Mr. Louis Cohn's store with considerable force.

HOMESTEAD NOTICE:
Evans McLaurin, wit: Randall Sutton, Pery Buckhalter, Thomas Price, Gabriel
Price, all of Hebron.

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