Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1900 - Rockcastle Co ------------------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) ------------------------------------------ MAY 11, 1900 LIVINGSTON Charlie Hahn was visiting his sister Mrs Monk Saturday and Sunday Uncle Ashley Owens went to Mt Vernon Sautrdya for the first time since last fall W.M. Fields returned Sunday from a visit to his home in Lincoln Walter Saunders was eith home folks in Stanford Sunday Sam Magee spent Sunday with friends in Laurel County Miss Eva Baugh has been visiting Miss Lida Cook this week Mrs M.J. Gooden was visiting Mrs Sallie Magee part of last week Mrs Kate Jackson of London was to see Mrs Will Wright Saturday BIRTH: Born to the wife of Jack Birk on the 1st 12 pound boy Miss Katerine Walker of Perryville is visiting her sister Mrs Ward at this place Mr and Mrs Rhineheart have taken rooms with Robert Burns in one of Mr Bowman's dwllings G.M. Ballard closed his school Friday and is now a slesman in John Magee's store George Harris clerk for John Magee for some time has returned to his home at Crab Orchard J.T. Blankenship has a contract to build an additional room to the dwelling of Brack Graves Dave Preston has bought a lot adjoining E.S. Elmore and is building a cottage on it It is reported that james Adams killed the largest rattle snake ever killed in this county, about three miles below here William and Alfred Owens of Maretburg were here this week Dr Jim Sams returned Saturday from Louisville mideical school Miss Lucy Coffee is visiting her sister Mrs Mila Pettit Miss Ann Ashlock is on the sick list this week Rev Watson filled his appointment at the Presbyterian church Sunday James Scott has moved back from Jellico to his old home near Gauley Milt Cook and Sallie litte son and daughter of Mrs John Cook are out from ???? visiting relatives at this place Fred Hahn was here Monday on business Marsh Owens went to Mretburg Sunday to look after his farm Mrs B.N. Roller has purchased the handsome cottage on Field's avenue where Mr R.C. Wade now lives W.G. Mullins returned to London Sunday. Prospects are favorable that he will soon sell his saw mill and close out his business at that place BRODHEAD Owen Jarrett of the Royer W???? Company, Lebanon, visitied his father Saturday and Sunday Larkin Hicks and his son Robert have just returned from a flying visit to friends at Morland Ky Rev G.D. Hendrickson preached the funeral of Morte Owens who was killed by the train Mrs Matte Jarrett will leave here today for her home in Lebanon J.E. Cox stopped off to see his best girl Sunday night Hroace Benton went fishing Monday after the rain and cought a nice lot of fish W.A. Carson our accomplished painter is busy this week hanging paper W.H. Collyer still continues about the same Mrs John Jarett accompanied by Miss Vern Jarrett is spending a few days with her sister Mrs Len Parsons of Lebanon Junction Hugh Martin was at home Saturday and Sunday Mrs J.W. Gilpin is much worse and not expected to live Bird Farris tells me he has 111 acres of corn on his farm...100 acres in one field PERSONAL C.C. Williams is in Tennessee on legal business DEATH: Mrs Higgins one of the paupers died Tuesday morning Judge Williams went to Barbourville on business Monday Judge Alcorn of Stanford was here on loast Wednesday D.L. Carter of Langford was in town yesterday on business DEATH: Mrs A.C. Menifee died at her home near Oak Hill Wednesday Mrs Sue Mullins visited her siter Mrs Joe Poynter here Tuesday Will Brown and wife of Level Green were in town shopping yesterday STATE NEWS Sheriff Broughton and posse searched the home of Berry Howard in Bell county hoping to arrest him on the warrant charging complicity in the Goebel murder, but could not be found Amos Harris was acquitted at Lebanon of the charge of murder An impromput reception was given W.S. Taylor of Russellville. A negro band serenaded him MARRIAGE: Miss Anna Pollard and Price Bourne are married R.W. Slack of Ownesboroa in a speech at a Republican convention, advocated the hanging of Democrats to a lamp posts W.S. Taylor was in Indianapolis the first of the week conferring with Chas Finely ******************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.