Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 39, Number 2 - Kentucky Historical ...

Abstracts from the Lexington Observer & Reporter, continued _______
seventeen common cook—a good washer and ironer.”
Charles S. Bodley, administrator of Thomas J.
Wells, announced that he would hold an auction of a
“chestnut filey [sic]” and a “grey colt” on January 20
at 10 a.m. in front of O. P. Beard’s stable.
Jane H. Lowen, administratrix of Lewis Lowen,
announced slaves for sale—“women, girls and boys;
all competent and good servants”—in front of the
courthouse in Nicholasville on January 18. She
would also “at the same time hire out for the present
year several Negroes, among them some good cooks,
house girls and boys.”
Z. Gibbons, attorney at law, advertised his practice
in Fayette and adjoining counties.
B. Macauley, stage manager, announced upcoming
performances at the theatre in the Odd Fellows’ Hall.
John W. Lee published a note of thanks to
“Messrs. O. A. Reynolds, R. J. Woodhouse, John
Richards, James Bruen, and numerous citizens . . .
for their strenuous to save my bakery from fire on
Sunday night. . . . Also to the Lyon Fire Company.”
Advertised for sale: A “house and lot situated on
Short Street, adjoining the Baptist Church, formerly
owned by William Pullen. For terms, call on I. N.
Sheppard and W. R. Snider, Trustees, or James F.
Drake, who will show the property to any one
wishing to purchase.”
Chas. S. Bodley, administrator of Ann E. Boyd, gave
notice for those with claims against the Boyd estate to
“present them to me proven according to law.”
George Stoll Jr., city clerk, reported that the
mayor had made appointments to standing committees
of the city council as follows: Claims—J. W.
Lee, chairman, Thos. Smith, O. A. Reynolds; Ways
and Means—W. W. Lonney, chairman, E. H.
Parrish, B. G. Bruce; Propositions and Grievances—
D. F. Wolf, chairman, J. W. Lee, O. A. Reynolds;
Judiciary—Wesley [Suchcer ?], chairman, James
Chrystal, Thomas Smith; Improvements and Repairs—W.
W. Bruce, chairman, Thomas Smith, J. Q.
A. Hayman, M. G. Thompson; Poor and Work
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House—mayor, ex-officio, chairman, W. W. Lonney,
B. G. Bruce; City Schools—B. G. Bruce, chairman,
E. H. Parrish, W. W. Lonney, D. F. Wolf, Hiram
Shaw, Prof. J. K. Patterson, Joseph Wasson; Accounts—E.
H. Parrish, chairman, M. G. Thompson,
J. W. Lee; Gas—James Chrystal, chairman, W.
Spencer, Thomas Smith; Trustee School Fund—D.
F. Wolf, chairman, J. W. Lee, J. Q. A. Hayman; Fire
Department—M. G. Thompson, chairman, W. W.
Bruce, B. G. Bruce.
Notice was given that Fred Fitch had become a
partner with Frank Fitch in Fitch’s Drug Store.
W. S. McChesney, who had a “commission and
forwarding house on Short Street between Mill and
Broadway,” announced that he would “pay the
highest price in cash for country produce, viz: hemp,
wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley.”
S. Schoonmaker advertised for “a good salesman
in an dry goods store.”
Joseph George offered a “suitable reward” for
return of or information leading to the recovery of a
sorrel mare that had strayed or been stolen. He
noted: “She will probably aim to get to the neighborhood
of Chilesburg or Athens.”
Daniel Runyon advertised for the return of a “large
light roan cow, blind in her right eye,” and her calf.
Anyone returning them would be “liberally rewarded.”
Wm. F. Craven advertised for sale twenty head of
mules, which “can be seen at my farm in Fayette
County, about 9 miles from Lexington, and about
two miles south of the Versailles turnpike.”
E. L. Van Winkle, secretary of state, presented a
letter from Governor Thomas Bramlette to the
Kentucky Senate and House of Representatives,
asking them to authorize “the speedy organization of
a State force” to provide security and defend the
citizens of the commonwealth.
Thomas Montague advertised a “liberal reward for
the return of” a bay mare stolen from his property
“on the Nicholasville pike, on Wednesday last, the