Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1899, Rockcastle Co --------------------- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) --------------------- OCT 13, 1899 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Will McHargue was here Monday Jaseph coffey of Stanford was here Wednesday Mrs Georgia Rice is visiting Louisville D.C. Poynter is visiting realtives in Jamestown Ind Dr Ewers went to Presbytry at Lebanon Tuesday William Wallin was in from Wabd and added his name to our list C.C. Williams has been engaged in London court during the week Mace Miller is home from Glen Mary on sick list L.M. Houk remains about the same. He is still confined to his room Miss Lena Thompson of Stanford is visiting her brother Richard this week Judge Williams and W.R. Cress are speaking in southern Kentucky W.C. Mullins and W.H. Jones election commissioners were here Monday Mrs J.B. Fish was the most enthusiatic lady present at the Goeble speaking Neal Parrett was elected school trustee in this school district last Saturday Ben Banks the clever drummer we are glad to say is again well enough to be on the road Ed Walton and Joe Waters were there. Waters "joined the band" and went to Livingston E.K. Wilson the London lawyer who had his case venued to this county was here Saturday Rev J.M. Walton and wife of Hyden passed Tuesday down on their way to Lebanon presbytry Mrs and Mr Soloman Riddle have returned from a visit to relatives near old Providence church Joe Taylor claims to have found theman who wilfully shot his horse and says he will proscute him vigorously Mrs F. Krueger is visiting Hyden, Leslie county where Mr Krueger is building anew court house and other houses W.C. Mullins of Livingston has announced himself a candidate for the Legislature Mr Mullins is prominent business man and knowns the needs of our people and is the strogest man that can be found in the county. He will carry the Democratic flag victory J.M. Turpin day engineer at Langford quarries was here Monday and renewed his subscription Election Commissioners Mullins Lovell Jones, organized Monday W.C. Mullins chairman and A.G. Lovell secretary W.J. Brown the somerset attorney who had small pox at Walnut Grove has fully recovered and without scars C.C. Davis, Ed Cox, J.W. and U.G. Baker went to Louisville Monday to buy goods and attend Elks Fair and Midway Gooch Wells oc county confessed before US court at Louisville to the charge of selling liquor. He was fined $100 and 30 days Mrs C.C. Williams and daughter Rissie will leave for Cincinnati Saturday night where they will attend christian convention The lost horses of J.W. Baker, Wallacetion, advertised sometime ago in the Signal were found 12 miles northeast of Kirksville Jack Turner who was ran over by a car at Nashville and had both legs broken is not expected to live. Amputation of one leg was too long delayed Mrs Wm Poynter left last night for Martinsivlle, Ind where she goes to take her sister Mrs Ann Poynter to be treated for nervous troubles Wm A. Klein, Center college in remitting for the Signal says Center played its first game of football at Georgetown. Score 44--0 in favor Center LOCAL AND OTHERWISE DEATH: Squire R.L. Brown went out Wednesday to attend burial of a child of Olmstead French of near Level Green that died of croup Tuesday night As dark as Wednesday night was H.C. Gentry came up town left his lantern at W.M. Poynter's store and got back home before he discovered that he had left it Dee Baker who was recently taken to Louisville on the charge of selling liquor was acquitted and immediately arrested and taken to Barbourvill on account of a forfeited bond LIVINGSTON Happy Saunders was down from Tussey town last Saturday and Sunday DEATH: Miss Lucy Baugh died in Louisville last week and her remains were interred in the family burying ground at Meshon's X Roads. Mr and Mrs George Cook and Miss Lida attended the burial of Miss Baugh Sunday John "Young" Brown has suceeded Mr Dilley in dispatcher's office here Miss Mamie Gordon of Corbin is visiting her sister Mrs B.N. Roller Bowman & Cockrell are having a nice cottage erected on the lot bought of Tobe Lair Col. A.N. Bently and Wix Dillion spoke at Sand Hill last Monday afternoon to a large crowd of Taylor boys W.G. 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