Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1900 - Rockcastle Co ------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) ------------------------------------------ APRIL 27, 1900 STATE Charlie Howard aged 15 was killed at Lexington by taking hold of a live electric wire Thomas Johnson a Christian county farmer plowed up a stone jar containing $3,700 in gold William Thomas aged fifty years committed suicide at Mt Sterling by hanging. Ill health was the cause Berry Howar who is wanted at Frankfort is said to be in hiding with John Powers who is also wanted in the mountains of Harlan County jailer, John Maurier who wieghs 360 pounds fell down a flight of stairs while walking in his sleep at his home at Covington and is in serious condition E.G. Howard, formerly Deputy US marshal at Harlan has resigned the deputy marshalship to accept the postion of captain of the Taylor guards organized in Harlan county ORLANDO Rev Wm Williams was in Mt Vernon Monday Geo T. Johnson was Richmond this week on business Mrs Rhoda Evens has returned from a plesant visit at Benge Ky R.L. Porter is here with friends this week. Lee looks like one of the boys and we are glad to have him with us James Hayes a young man from Wildie is clerking in Johnson's store David Robinson has a very sick child BIRTH: Born to the wife of James Childress twin girls the little misses was christend as Dora and Flora Mrs Geo Anderson is on the sick list Jas Toxel who has been very sick is much improved Mrs Davidson was visiting her parents here Sunday Almer Ballenger has sold his farm to the coal company Wm Sloan and wife were here during the week Master Jimie Johnson has been on the sick list for a few days Mrs Caloway of berea has moved to this place BRODHEAD Squire John Elder was ehre from Quail Friday and reports Mrs Stephen Colyer quite sick Mrs Parson of near Beelick is said to be very sick Tom Stewart was here several days this week taking up lumber R.P. Pike the hustling huckster, still continues to collect all the produce in the adjoinging county and ship to Albirght & Brol, cincinnati commission merchant Mrs J. W. Gilpin continues very low John Jarrett was up Saturday to see his best girl and other friends Henry Tharp of Loretto was visiting friends in Brodhead Saturday. Mrs Maggie Tharp is in very poor health Rev Livingston filled his appointment at the Christian church Saturday night and Sunday Judge R.G. Williams was in town Friday on legal business. The judge is a splendid good fellow and deserves the praise of all Mr Paul Zoner of Chicago has been visiting Mr Clel Smith and family the past week Our old friend W.H. Collyer continues to hold his own and is now making preparations to build him a summer resort on the sand knob near Green suttons. dr Gravely and Squire Granville Owens went out Sunday to select the location for him to build on. POSSUM HOLLER Sowder and Unkle Bill hav been readin up on Magna Charta and heatin diseussions and opinions on the fugitive Slave law, together with the Tilden Hayes case of 1876 preparatory to a judicious and stand for good decision by them in the Beckham-Taylor case. They will be in session May 3rd. Wm Price the good father of Dr Price is very low and not expected to live but a short time Whooping cough is ragin amog the children of the Quail neighborhood. Betsy is now ther on a mission of mercy, administing aid to soem of our second epistles and comfort to our first A.J. Sears thinks that he has so'd his property and good's at this place to salesman King of Tennessee and a Clay county merchant. If the deal is made they will run a large store of general merchandise here. This is beyond a doubt the best country stand in the county D.R. Gentry filled Bro Todd's last appointment at Friendship church Robert Sears talks of ging to Illinois if the store here changes hands Yours Democratically, BUCK VARNON PERSONAL Little Bobbie Davis is very sick this week Judge J.B. Lair was ehre yesterday on business W.T. Champ was here Sunday from Paint Lick Miss Berda Martin was in town shopping Tuesday T.A. Stewart went to Stanford Tuesday on business W.I. Dooley has been appointed post master at Withers John Magee and J.J. Clancy were here Monday last R.H. Levesay has moved back to this place from Livingston W.B. Hudson of the Corbin Campus was in town Monday Lee Proter from Benge Ky spent Sunday with Dr Pennington M.C. Miller of Dayton Tenn is visiting home folks here this week J.Fish one of Wildies first class merchants was in town Tuesday Mrs J.W. Brown is the guest of Mrs Chas Neil at Graves this week Mrs Tom Cress has been appointed post master at Disputanta this county Mr and Mrs G.W. Gentry visited their son Andrew at Livingston Saturday Mr and Mrs O.J. Towery spent Sunday with relatives enar Hansford Mrs J.F. Griffin is visiting her mother Mrs Frank Wallin near Gumsulphur MARRIAGE: Jake Reams and Miss Emma Ponder were united in matrimony at Orlando yesterday N.I. Buster is here this week looking after his lime and stone business at this point US Marshal Short brought in from Jackson county Tuesday another moonshiner, Geo Witt Mrs James Maret is very sick at the present Dr D.B. Southard who has typhoid fever is doing very nicely Mesdames J.L. Brooks and B.C. Richardson were in from Wildie shopping Monday H.G. Sutton, O.F. Hamn and Squire J.D. Hamn were in from the Big Glades Monday J.E. Hamm of Orlando and Lum Rymel of Wildie were here the first of the week on business Mrs J.W. Woodall of hazel Patch paid relatives and friends a visit here the first of the week Col David G. Colson passed through Monday morning en route to his home in Middlesborough Will Cox's child which has had a grain of corn lodged in its wind pipe now for nearly two weeks is no better Rev William Williams of Orlando, Larkin Hicks an son Bob of Brohead were here on business Monday DEATH: Harry Bruce the only son of Tip Bruce age 24 died at his home in Danville Monday of inflamitory rheumatism PERSONALS We are glad to welcome that whole souled fellow, Joe Poynter into our midst who is to be here after a citizen of our town Mr J.C. Mershon of Stanford, traveling for Osborn Mowing Machine Company was here Wednesday setting up some machines W.M. Lynville one of the good substantial farmers near Rockford was in town Saturday looking after some matters connected with his school DEATH: Dr Hundley who has been a practicing physician in this county for several years died Tuesday of lagrippe at Dock Carpenter's in Jackson county F.L. Thompson from this plack and J.H. Dunn, F. Francisco and Egbert Wallen left yesterday to spend a few days catching suckers. It is useless to say they will have a good time B.J. Bethurum after an illness of several weeks is again able to be out Attorney S.D. Lewis went to Livingston yesterday to attend to some legal matters Miss Fannie McFerron is visiting relatives here this week. She says her sister Miss Georgia is teaching school at Pittsburg Misses Letcher and Cobel two efficient teachers at the colleg, have taken rooms at the Miller House. The chagned from Pof. Ewers on account of illness of Mrs Ewers Mr and Mrs Wash Hansel returned Tuesday from Lawrenceburg, where they have been to see their son Ep, who is suffering from stroke of paralysis. They reprot him much improved Mrs Harriet Proctor has traded her farm on Renfro's creek to Wm Arnold for his property in the Northern part of town. MR Arnold then sold the far to Lee Proctor and purchased a lot from Willis Adams near W.B. Whitehead's saw mill R.B. Mullins has his new house about completed and will move into it tomorrow Willie Krueger went to Hyden Ky Monday to attend to soem business for his father Mrs Klontz and Miss Eliza Adams whom we reported very ill last week are much improved. H.V. Bastin and John Gentry have finished up the telephone lines here and gone to Lancaster to do some work on the lines at that point Tom Macklamore of Scaggs Creek accidently let a pistol go off yesterday and shot himself through the leg. Dr Davis dressed the wound Louis Dillion who had a sever attack of fever just after his return from the Philippines is very much improved Fritz Krueger has his force of brick makers at work this week making the brick for Houk and Son's new two story building Craig Thomason, Bill Thomason's boy got his leg cut off near No 3 tunnel yesterday while trying to jump a freight train. Dr George Lawrence attending physician ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE Rockcastle County Court, Rockcastle County Ky. In the matter of W.H. Cottengim, Assigned notice to creditors. All persons holding claims against the estate of W.H. Cottengim, assigned are hereby notified that I will begin to hold sittings at my place of business in Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle Co., Ky., on the 30th day of Ap[ril, 1900 for the purpose of receiving claims against said estate. You are therefore notified to present your claim for settlement, properly verified, and in the time prescribed by law. Witness my hand this the 31st, day of March 1900. D.C.Poynter assignee. "MY PARTNER" A Song composed by R.P. Pike of Brodhead, Ky Once I had a partner Logue Thompson was his name, His drinking and gambling To me he always blamed His drinking and his gambling His drinking never failed But he got me locked up In Mt Vernon Jail I was tried before Judge Williams An honest man was he Logue Thompson proved I was gambling In spite of all my pleas The jury found me guilty The judge then did say You're now bound for Frankfort Nine long years to stay He took me down to prison And locked me in No 4 He brought me in the pork and beans But often wished for more, My bed was always ready As to sleep, I always failed Still he kept me locked up In Mt Vernon jail One night as I lay sleeping I had a pleasant dream I dreamed I was on the Ohio Pulling down the stream I had my love beside me Ready to go my bail I awoke broken hearted boys, In the Mt Vernon jail I wrote my love a letter One more than she did write I asked her would she bail me out If I would quit getting tight She waltzed up tot eh "National" Got fifty dollars down She waltzed up to the jail house And waltzed me out of town Now my song is ended One word I have to say We'll drink our moutain whisky We'll throw our money away We'll drink our mountain whisky boys We'll throw our money about For when we get in jail OUr girls will bail us out ******************************************** 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. 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