Subject: KFY: Mt. Vernon Signal, 11 Dec 1896, Rockcastle Co ------------------ Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) ------------------ Friday, Dec 11, 1896 GOOCHLAND Miss Dora King was up from Berea Saturday J.W. Phillips was at Mt. Vernon Saturday on legal business Grover mcGuire and wife visited relatives near Wildie last week Mr. and Mrs McGuire of Batesvile, visited relatives here last week Misses Cora and Effie McGuire were the guests of Eller and Addie Phillips, Sunday last. Moses Anglin accompanied by his sister, nannie, was the guest of Mrs Nora Anglin, Sunday. Miss Susie Ballard of Cooksburg, was the guest of her sister Mrs G.C. Clark, Saturday and Sunday LIVINGSTON Geo Worman is at Stanford this week Lon Gray and wife are now house keeping Henry Fosset of Paris was in town Monday Geo and Jeff Hardin have moved to Hazel Patch Everett Sorrel of Rowland was in town Sunday Miss Iva Painter of Brodhead is visiting Mrs Henry Rice Mr Ware, wife and children of Somerset are visiting John Pope's family Mrs M. Butram after pleasant visit with relatives here returned home Monday Misses Cleo Mullins and Lizzie Browning were visiting at Fields Mill Sunday Clarence Stucky of Louisville was visiting his brother D. Stucky last week Will Mullins Jr and Cha? Cooper have gone to Crab Orchard for a weeks visit Lon Pettus of Crab Orchard has opened up a long needed ?? drug store here Ben Brummit who has been very sick for several months with rheumatism is better Mrs Will and Mrs Chas Stark are visiting friends and relatives in another part of the state James McGuire and entire family ahve been very sick for several weeks but are now better R.A. Sparks spent Sunday in Mt. Vernon. Grand Pa had better stay at home or he will lose his girl. Col. R.G. Williams the handsome and talented young lawyer of Mt. Vernon, was here last week on business Bud Cockrell says "advertise in the SIGNAL. He has found Harry Bowman and recovered the rain coat and only advertised once. James and Henry Delph wo moved to Madison county last year, have returned and say that Rockcastle is good enough for them John Mullins has sold out his store to R.E. Thompson who will open a meat market in connection with the store. He will be assisted by Wm Elkins of Stanford James Maret our clever editor was in town Sat soliciting subscribers, job work and advertising for his valuable paper. Mack Moore says since Mr. Sparks subscribed Mr Maret to him so plainly he will know him at any time. Rev James Walton and family have moved to Hyden, Ky. Bro Walton and his estimable wife will be missed, both from social and church circles. John Walton went to Hyden with his brother and says that Hyden is 40 miles east of sunrise. BRODHEAD Little Eliza Pike is quite sick mrs Dannie Woens is convalescent Ernest Warren is with Bordhead friends Ir isaac Snodgrass was at home last week Peter Heron died Tuesday night of dropsy Miss J.L. Reynolds school closes today Mr. & Mrs R.S. Martin are in Junction City Rev Tinesley was in Bordhead a few days since Miss Berda martin was down from Maretburg, Sunday Miss Ella Watson of Crab Orchard is the guest of Brodhead relatives Rev Owens of Quail was a guest of J.F. Watson and family last week Mrs Lou Purcell and Miss Florence Griffin of Maretburg were down Saturday Mr. Owen Jarrett has gone to Lebanon where he will be employed in the spoke factory Mrs J.H. and Martha Albright attended the birthday dinner given by Mr Sam Whitehead on the 7th Mr and Mrs D.R. Thompson and Mrs R.D. Thompson attended the burial of Mrs Gentry Sunday Mrs W.H. Gentry daughter of ?. O. Cable, died at her home near Brodhead on Friday night, Dec 4. She leaves a host of friends and relatives who mourn the loss of a friend and sister who could excell in kindness ORLANDO Mrs Mary Helton is improving mat McNew is very sick this week ? D. Hundley has gone to Clay County James Anglin is building on Main Street Born to the wife of Peyton Langford - a boy A fine boy birghtens the home of Mr and Mrs W.P. Chestnut The grown daughter of Joel Coffee died a few days since of fever Miss Dora Salyers gave a candy party to quite a number of her friends Wednesday ngiht. All report a vivacious time jasper Reams an intelligent young man of our neighborhood, says that he is the most unfortunate young man living; but refuses to give the reason. It is thought that he has had some disappointment DISPUTANTA R.G. Williams was over from Mt. Vernon last week Quite a crowd was out to prayer meeting Wednesday night J.J. Martin and J. Waddle noted shingle dealers were her this week Miss Sallie Swinford and Rica Baker spent Thanksgiving with Miss Lillie Butner of Wildie Rev Nelson Ketron a Methodist minister of London will begin a protracted meeting at Scaffold cane the 2nd Sunday inst. Mrs Loretta Ogg with her two children, Robert and Hazel is spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs Allen Ketron near Wildie W.A. Black has recently spent a few days with Mr Geo Jones of Conway and reports that he was very kindly entertained by his noble and generous family DEC 11, 1896 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE S.L. Whitehead is in from Bog Stone Gap, VA John Boreing of Nashville is visiting his brothers and sister at this place Fay Crudup left Sat on his bicycle for nashville via Stanford, Glasgow and other points J.W. Brown of Pulaski county who has been teaching at Livingston passed through here Sat last en route home John Mullins, Geo Pope, Walter Saunders, Walter Everett, Wm Tubbs and others were up from Livingston at the Michael Trial. Charles Simpson and A Gustavison was in from the Line Creek stave mill Sunday and report every thing in good shape in and around the mill S.W. Davis our saddler has returned from Tennessee, accompanied by his handsome half sister Miss Lula Boleyn who will spend some weeks here Our worthy post mistress Mrs Cleo Brown has been on the sick list but we are pleased to see her back in the office again Livingston has the best barbers in Kentucky. Mac Moore is one of the most getlemanly behaved colored men you will meet in many days travel Conductors Hawkes, Groves and O'Day of the K.C. have our thanks for courtesies shown while on their road. The K.C. have good people in charge On Wednesday afternoon our boyhood friend N.M. Shumate, a substantial farmer of the Bordhead neighborhood was married to Mrs Annie Durmon.(Durham) May happiness be theirs James Wood of Livingston lost a horse and he advertised in the SIGNAL. Jim Hayes at Wildie saw the ad and notified Mr Wood that he had taken the horse up. Advertise in the SIGNAL to reach the people Go to S.W. Prewitt's with your eggs and get the cash for them S.G. Carson of Livingston and Mac Moore the barber, enrolled their names for our paper Five of John Nevil's children have been admitted to the Mosonic Widow's and Orphans Home H.J. Freeman has opened up a family grocery store on East Main and is doing a nice business Mr & Mrs C.P. Ware of Somerset have been visiting Mrs Ware's mother, Mrs E. Bullock of Level Green Geo Barclay of the Conway neighborhood who was sent to the penitentiary for nine months was pardoned when a message was received of his wife's death. He had almost seved his time. Tom Stewart who bet against McKinley carrying Kentucky says he has not lost as McKinley lacked one electoral vote of doing so. In legal phraseology is this not a technicality that would hold good? W.V. Jones formerly of this place is running a successful butcher shop and restaurant at Pittsburg T.Q. Michael who G.W. Morgan had arrested in Louisville and brought here and jailed on the charge of embezling funds of the firm of Mrogan & Michael, butchers at Livingston, was discharged on his examining trial, Tuesday J.D. Frankline for years a locomotive engineer and letely of the A.M. road at Altamont has accepted a position with the Cresent Milling Company, Cynthiana, KY as traveling salesman. His headquarters will be in Livingston where he rented property Peter Heron died at Brodhead Wekdnesday of dropsy, and was buried Thursday afternoon with Masonic honors. The deceased was for many years foreman of the stone gang on the L& N and was universally respected for his many noble qualities as a citizen Logan DeBord a son of Fred DeBord, hamlet, ILL, who moved from Rockcastle 22 years since is visiting his aunt Mrs Sue Mullins and other relatives at Livingston. Mr DeBord says 40,000 bushels of corn was raised on his father's farm this year which is selling at 150 a bushel Jeff Pennington is buying game and paying good prices S.W. Davis can neatly repair your shoes with an invisible patch James Russell and Mrs nannie Head were married at this place Wednesday Dressmaking by Mrs A. Pennington and daugher near the Baptist church Breck Graves of Livingston seems to have struck a good thing. In his yard he has found three mineral springs which on being tried have cured a number of persons with various stomach diseases and other ailments. Mr. Graves means to push the matter and see what there is in the various waters by having them analyzed. Here's hoping he may grow rich and the people be healed. It is claimed by several who have been afflicted that they ahve been cured of troublesome ailments by the use of the waters. Ed, a son of David Griffin was accidently shot and killed by Chas harris near Sinks, last night. No particulars Scheley Smith a nephew of the editor of Cleveland, Va after visiting Kentucky relatives left monday last for home, horseback, a nice little animal which wa spresented by his uncle J.T. 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