Subject: KFY: MT VERNON SIGNAL NEWSPAPERS/ROCKCASTLE -------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) -------------------- FEB 23, 1900 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Lyte Adams is quite sick W.A. Chestnut was here Monday last W.M. Fields attended court here this week DEATH: George Smith's wife died Saturday of fever A Gustavison was in from Raspberry Monday Mrs S.N. Williams has been very sick this week Dr T.J. Price of Level Green was in town Monday Mrs Manda Proctor is very ill this week with malaria fever BIRTH: Born to the wife of Rev Jim Riddle on the 14th a girl wight 10lbs Tom Daniels and John Nicely left Wednesday for Texas where they will locate Miss Pattie Green writes to a freind that she will pay Mt Vernon a visit next month W.F. Champ was over from Paint Lick Saturday and Sunday to see his best girl J.C. Rymel says it is all a mistake about any member of his family having the smallpox Mr and Mrs Will Casper of McWhorter, visited relatives here the first of the week BIRTH: Mrs G.C. Fish presented her husband last week with a large healthy and handsome baby boy DEATH: Manuel Ferrel a lunatic whom E. Bullock Sr. has been keeping for several years died Sunday morning BIRTH: Our Circuit Clerk James Griffin was made happy Tuesday morning by the arrival of a 12lb boy at his house Attorney J.R. Cook of Somerset was here the first of the week to see his home folks and attend Circuit Court D.N. Williams, Willis Griffin and J.S. Joplin were named as Jury Commissioners to select a jury for the next term of Court Mrs S.L. Whitehead, of Norton, VA is attending the bedside of her sick mother, Mrs Margaret Fish who remains quite ill Dr Monroe Pennington has bought the house and lot now occupied by Judge J.B. Fish, from T.J. Cress and will move to it March 1st We hear that Lieut Louis Dillion is now on his way back to America from the Philippines, being forced to quit the service on account of his health LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Miss Dorathy Letcher one of the able assistant teachers at the College went home Monday night to attend the funeral of a relative. She returned Wednesday Mr Henry Fish who spends most of his time with his brother, A.T. fish of Wildie was here visiting relatives and attending Court the first part of the week John Drew was given a sentence of eight years for the killing of Jesse Childress. Ball, who was also connected and indicted jointly with Drew had his trial continued until the May term D. Leslie E. Keeley, inventor of the "gold cure" died Suddenly at his winter home, Los Angeles, Cal on Tuesday last Dr E.J. Brown of Stanford, left Thursday for New York to take a special course of lectures. he will be absent for several weeks Col W. G. Welsh the able, learned and astute lawyer of Stanford was here Monday being attorney in several suits pending in Circuit Court Col D.G. Colson is much worse. A surgeon form Louisville has been sent for. It is feared that more serious complications will arise from the wound in his arm The verdict of one year in the penitentiary against James Price was set aside by Judge Morrow and on request of the boys father, he was sent to reform school at Lexington DEATH: Miss Ella Arnold a sixteen year old daughter of H. Clay Arnold, died at Lancaster, Kentucky of Tuberculosis. Three deaths have occurred in this famly in less than a year, two daughters dying form lung trouble The Signal extends its heartfelt sympathy to Mr Geo E. McCoy and three little children. But fortunately for the little ones they ahve found another mother, and a good one too, in the person of Mrs Ina Miller Mrs Margaret Sambrook, John Smith, John Walton, H. W. Bowman, Wm Fields, John Magee, mart Hicks, Capt W.R. Dillion and sons, W.B. and Squire Russell Dillion of Livingston were here Wednesday interested in the Sambrook-Dillion trial Mrs Helen Conn Brown has been appointed County Chariman of the Goebel Monument Fund being raised by the good women of Kentucky. This was an admirable selection as Mrs Brown greatly admired Gov Goebel in life and is a deep mourner in his death Harlan Whittaker and James L. Sutton who are suspected of knowing the assassins of Gov Goebel, and who have been held in the Louisville jail were taken to Frankfort. At Frankfort Sutton waived examination and was admitted to bail. Whittaker will be tried The case of John Meadows charged with the murder of Clayton Mthews after being well argued by Messrs Morrow and Bethurum for the defendant and C.C. Williams and J.N. Sharp for the Commonwealth, resulted in a hung jury which stood one for 15 year, three for 27 years and eight for acquittal In the E.K. Wilson case that was called last week an excounty official attmepted to bribe one of the standing jurors to be for an acquittal. The proposition was that the juror was to qualify, the defense to accept him and he was then to be for finding Wilson not guilty for which the juror was to get $100 in cash and the would be bribers influence for the office of the jailer next time Judge R.G. Williams has been appointed County Chairman of the Goebel Monument Fund, and has selected the following committee to assist: W.C. Mullins, and E.A. Herrin Livingston, A.W. Stewart and W.H. Jones Wildie; Harve Dunn and Rev A.J. Pike Brodhead,Wade Brown and W.M. Norton; Level Green; J.J. Baker and T.J. Nichols Cedarville, Granville Leese Gumsulphur; Wm Poynter, S.H. martin and E.B. Miller Mt Vernon. Each contributor will be presented with a lithographic certificate containing Gov Goebel's picture, signature and his last words Ed Short while ingaged in a game of snow ball on the streets here Tuesday fell and stuck his arm against the pavement dislocating it. The inury was very painful though not serious POSTED I hereby warn all persons from tresspassing on my farm, situated on Renfroe's creek, knowas as the Milton Hiatt farm. JAMES CRAWFORD, Brodhead, Ky U.S. Marshal Short catches them a-comein and a-gwine. he took to Louisville the first of the week the following persons: mary Jane Rose, James Slagel, James Brummet, V. Dollins, Larkin Mullins and Emma Smith. The latter is 66 years old Acy Bryant who has been judged as a idiot and who has been supported for years by the State, has been granted a pension of $12 per month. We don't know whether Acy ever saw a gun or not but nevertheless we are glad it was allowed him George Wrenn of Rockcastle, chared with disturbing the peace notice of whose arrest was made in these columns last week, was arraigned before Judge Million Saturday but on account of the absence of important witnesses, his case was continued to Friday Feb 23, (Richmond Register) Mr G.W. Purcell a representative of the United Mine Workers, has again been arrested at the instance of the operators for attempting to cause a strike. His lawyer, C.C. Williams who cleared him at London on the first charge, was telegrapehed for to be present Wednesday but could not go on account of so much business in court here Dick Owens who was arrested near McKinney last week by Marshal Shannon of Crab Orchard charged with the stealing of a horse from James Crawford, was tried here Tuesday and given two years sentence. The low sentence is due to the fact that he plead guilty and was therefore entitled to the lowest sentence. This is the second time Dick has gone to the pen, having served a term about eight years ago for robbing Mose Langford's store. It has only been a short time since he tried to knock an engine off the track by sticking his ?????? that he might have some clue for ????ing a suit which he did but when Dick came in contact with the L.N. he met some characters about like himself, "Honey's", so he again lost 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. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. 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