Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1900 - Rockcastle Co ------------------------------------------ Date: From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) ------------------------------------------ ROCKCASTLE COUNTY, KENTUCKY JULY 27, 1900 BRODHEAD Miss Mollie Houk of near maretsburg is visiting Mrs mary Albirght this week Some twenty five persons from Brodhead attended the camp meeting near Preachersville last Sunday Masters Ed Totten and George Frith had a very severe attack of bilous fever this week Mrs Sarah Totten who has been very sick is now able to set up two or three hours a day Mr Charley McWhorter and wife of Casey county sister of Mrs J.H. Albright visited Mr and Mrs Albright last week Dick rigsby and his best girl spent Saturday and Sudnay with Mr Tim Hamm of the Glades and reporter very pleasnat trip Mrs R.S. Martin has returned from a visit to friends at Junction city J.H. Dunn on our our hustling merchants took in the Democratic convention at Lexington and then made a flying trip to Georgetown and took in the trial of Caleb Powers. He also visited the jail at the latter place and had a look at the prisoners confined therein charged with conspiracy in the assassination of the late Wille E. Goebel John Robers claims to have the fastes pacer on record. He invites those in teh blue grass section who wish to test the matter to meet him at our fair August 29 30 and 31 W.H. Colyer still continues very low Miss Susie Hilton was stung by a kissing bug while taking a drink of water causing her to suffer considerable pain. The bug was captured and placed on exhibition and proved to be a genuine kissing bug ORLANDO J.C. Childress and others were over at Mt Vernon the first of the week James Hamm was fined $1 and the cost in Squire Gatliff's court at this place Tuesday for abusive language, Judge Colyer, Goerge Griffin and Marshal Short of Mt Vernon were present Mrs David Laswell Jr is very sick this week Tom Anderson who has been with the bridge crew for some time, came home Tuesday very sick Woods & fish have their new store house completed Miss Ida Childress is no better this week Mrs G.T. Johnson visited home folks at Disputanta Saturday and Sunday Mr Oscar Hayes, who is clerking for G.T. Johnson, visited his parents at Wildie Sunday. Oscar is a good boy and a splendid clerk Mrs Delie Hundley returned to her home at Austerlitz the first of the week Major Elliott chief engineer of the L&N RR Co, together with Judge Chinault and Jerry Sullivan spent Sunday on our new line of railroad. Things are gttting red hot and no doubt they will go towork in the near future Carter Childress wife has been very sick for several days Eliza Langford sold a nice little horse to George Evans for $30 the other day LOCAL ITEMS MRs Charley Simpson has typhoid fever Mrs Hiram Joy of Pine Hill is visiting in Tennessee M.C. Miller in from Dayton Tenn visiting home folks Mrs David Wood has been on the sick list for several days DEATH: Sam Reynolds baby of near Pine Hill died last Sunday morning Dr Thomas is working on a telephone line from Livingston to London Miss Fannie McClure still continues very sick no improvements over last week Mrs Ewers will leave in a few days for Indiana where she will join her husband Mrs Sam Pennington was borught to her fathers Sudnay very sick with fever Mrs Jonas McKenzie who has been sick for the past two weeks is very much improved Mesdames I.W. Gregory and w.T. Carey of lebanon Junction are the guests of MRs Essie Painter Mrs Matilda Wood is with Walk Gentry's wife near Pine Hill. MRs Gentry has been sick for some time R.L. Brown will commence his school at Brodhead Monday next. Miss Helen Thurston will be his assisstant "Smiling " Dve Jackson was here to see our merchants Monday. They are always gld to see him come around Mr and Mrs J.J. Lawrence returned yesterday from Dayton Tennessee where he has been working in a telegraph office Mrs L.W. Bethurum returned Saturday from Middlesboro very much improved in health. She brought with her here two sisters Misses Jula and Fannie Jones Judge Alcorn was here Tuesday leaving Teusday afternoon for other points in teh mountains on legal business Miss Dove B. Letcher of Richmond will join the party that went from here to Mallory Springs and spend a day with them James Crawford Sr administrator of the estate of W.G. Adams deceased, was here the first of the week arranging some matters connected with it. Judge Williams who has been suffering severely for the past two weeks with a rising in his head, went to Stanford Tuesday to have an operation performed W.F. McClary and wife left Wednesday night for St. Louis wehre Will will take a business course. They will return to Mt Vernon about Christmas W.R. McClure came down from Jelico Sunday to see his daughter Miss Fannie whom we reported very sick last issue. She is no better at this writing Mrs Bert Owens mother of George Mullins who was killed in the bridge disaster at Calvary a few weeks ago has compromised with the railroad company for $4500 J.T. Adams returned Friday from Garrard county where he had been for the past two weeks having his wheat corp threshed. He says he had an exceedingly good crop Mrs A.C. Franklin of Athens Ky, mother of our foreman, S.C. Franklin who has been with him during his illness of the past three weeks, returned home Tuesday last A new firm will open business here August 1st Bob and Ed Cox will compose the firm and the style of the firm will be Cox Bors. They will use the building which is now occupied by Theo Wesley Willie Mullins who has been in Texas for the past two years with his brother in law, James Crawford paid relatives a visit here, the last of the week. He will return to Texas in a few days, where he will teach school this fall J. A. Craft and Col R.L. Ewel of London and W.A. Morrow of Somerset were here this week assisting the local attorneys C.C. Williams, Bethurum & Bethurum and S.D. Lewis preparing the petition in the Wilson case, which was taken to Frankfort Tuesday to be presented to Governor Beckham asking for the pardon of Wilson. From what we can gather there are between 3,000 and 4,000 signatures to the petition asking for his release NOTICE I have been sick for some time and am in debt. Therefor notice is hereby given toall persons owing me and whose indebtedness is past due, to call and pay me in whole or part by the 15th of August, otherwise they can settle with my attorney. This notice will appear but once. J.K. McClary Minor Fish who went into the depot here about six months ago to learn telegraphy has been examined by the chief dispatcher Westerfield and pronounced thoroughly competent to hold down an office. He has charge of the office at this place this week while agent Landrum is laying off to attend the Masonic lodge. Minor has broken the record in learning in six months what ti took many two years to learn and before many years we predict that he will have something better than a little railroad office LIVINGSTON Mrs J.R. Sucky went to Richmond Sunday and will attend the fair at that place Mrs Merrimee wife of dispatcher is visiting her sister in Chicago MR and Mrs H.D. Magee was with friends in Crab Orchard the first of the week Dispatcher Wright and wife are visiting relatives in Parkssville Mr and Mrs J.T. Blankenship was visiting at Conway Sunday Mrs Earnest Thompson of Lebanon Junction is with her parents Mr and MRs Alford Owens at this place Mrs Heartly and children will move back to Lebanon this week MARRIAGE: Married last Monday in Mt Vernon Gabe Martin and Miss Leana Mink of this place were united in matrimony The youngest child of Mrs Elmore has been placed in care of Mrs Jerome Admas until hismother returns from the hospital which will probably be in a few weeks WILDIE J.E. Singleton was in Wildie Monday Dr Lewis went to Cincinnati Sunday to see his brother who belongs to the regular army henry Fish and sister Mrs Julia Azbill are at A.F. Fish's this week Misses Delora and Flora Fish and Annie Proctor visited Mrs Rose Tharp at Winston, Estill county last week J.F. Butner who has been very low for some time we are glad to say is considerabley improved Mrs George Cook of Livingston was at J. Fish's the first of the week Judge Martin of Jackson county was in Wildie Monday A.C. Towery took a notion that if Moses could get water out of a rock he could too, so he tried it and water came forth. He dug a well! Miss Hellen Mahan returned to her home in London after a lengthy visit to Mrs Will Write Mr Rhinehart is on an extendid business trip in Tennessee and other parts Miss Berdie Anderson of Crab Orchard is visiting her sister Mrs Ida Chumley DEATH: Mr and Mrs W.R. Dillon has returned from Crab Orchard where they atteded the funeral of their brother Dock Dillon Prof Dickerson opened his school in the Caloway district Monday Alford Wallen has moved from the Glades to this place and has a position at the coal bins loading coal PINE HILL Daniel Breck superintendent of the L&N railrod was here Wednesday evening and has suggested several improvements about the station Miss Maggie Lambrook one of Livingston's prettiest girls has been visiting Miss Judith Sympson this week Pine Hill has been on tip toe of expectancy waiting for Miss Etsy Matthews and Mr Harry Gent. Yesterday was to have been the happy day but because of the rain the whole community suffered the bitter disappointment of seeing a good dinner fade from sight Verily, Verily hopes deferred maketh the stomach sick. DEATH: Mr Sam Reynolds child died Saturday evening and was buried the following day in the Pine Hill churchyard Mr Poynter attorney for the L&N was here Monday to arrange some company bisiness with Mr Nelson Griffin The school here has been running smoothly. Miss Georgie McPheron is ably assisted by her sister Miss Mattie ******************************************** 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.