Subject: KFY: Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1898, Rockcastle Co --------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 From: DBXP64A@prodigy.com (C.L. C_R_A_W_F_O_R_D) -------------------- SEPT 23, 1898 LIVINGSTON H.M. Mink was in Louisville last week Miss LaVena Starks of Russellville is visiting her brother W.H. Stark Mrs Ida Webb has returned to her home in Louisville after a visit to her parents Mr and Mrs A.N. Bentley Mrs Henry Reynolds has returned from Valley View where she has been visiting relatives Robt Coffey as at home over Sunday from school at London Rev L.M. Scorggs preached at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening Russ Dillion has returned from Maywood Mr and Mrs J.H. Browning left Wednesday evening for a visit to Wm Fields in Licoln. From ther they will go to Cincinnati where they will make thier home. Mr Browning ahving secured a position Wm Fields was up from Lincoln the first of the week T.J. Terry was out from Lincoln this week trying to wind up his business here Miss Nora Kemper of Lebanon is visiting Mrs Susie Mullins J.S. Calloway was down from London Sunday Mr F. Farley and mother Mrs Lenham have returned from a week's stay with friends at Lebanon Junction We are glad to reprot that T.B. Lair is much better and will soon be out again Mrs M.M. curd has returned from a lengthy visit to Crab Orchard Jas F. Cummins of Stanford was here this week looking after his drug interests Hon Sam Cash of Manchester is visiting his sister Mrs R. E. Bishop and attending Court at Mt Vernon Jno Mullins was home from Frankfort this week and says he likes his position very much BRODHEAD A fine girl at J.R. Cass's W.K. Thomas, of Kansas visited the Butner family a few days since Ab Hughes, of Mrksberry visited J.H. Hilton Sunday last Messrs Jess Linn and Free Silver Johnson, passed through here a few days since with 138 head of cattle Mrs Jim Houk of Mt Vernon paid A.F. Butner and family a few days visit J.B. Farmer visited his mother at South Park, Ky Wednesday Daniel Holman received a nice bunch of cattle here Tuesday at two and a half cents Rev Livingston will conduct services at the Christian church next Sunday Miss Jennie L. Reynolds in on the sick list Miss Lida Hilton and Granvill Owens are improving slowly J.B. Yonce the hustling agent for the Brodhead Marble Works is doing a rushing business Miss Grace Roberts is teaching school for Prof Owens while he is on the sick list Bud Haggard and brothers will start to Missouri in a short time Tilman Gilpin was at home a few days The people here were gald to have their old friend and neighbor F.M. Hutchison with them again LOCAL AND OTHERWISE DEATH: A child of Wm Pitman died of diptheria Spratt has finished painting James Croucher's house Old Hickory's namesake A.J. Fish sells best groceries in town Drs Grauman and Pennington dentists are getting considerable work here Murray's crusher closed down Tuesday for the winter. Sparks cursher has also closed down T.B. Chadlea sold a cow and calf for $50 T.M. Mullins of near Withers was here on Wednesday A new boy arrived at M.C. Williams Wednesday night Ollie, Nolan and Bibbe Landrum of East Bernstadt visited the family of J.A. Landrum Several horses sold here Monday ranging in prices from $40 to $65, Harry Jones auctioneer G.S. Patterson has sold his commissary goods at Murray's crusher to W.H. Cottingim G.A. Parker, brakeman, was bruised up while getting off the train. He is laying off a while J.C. Rymel our clever countryman threshed 37,000 bushels of wheat in Garrard county during the past season The Republican printing outfit was sold Monday under a distress warrant for $36.75. S.W. Davis was the purchaser Mrs Dr. Flannagan and son of Missouri have been visiting the family of J.S. Reppert at Ravenwood Dr. G.R. Lawrence, Harris White, and John D. Miller of the Second Regiment are at home on 30 day furlough J.M. Lucas was here from Conway Monday. He says his saw mill is running so nicely that he will be compelled to put a brake on it M.B. DeBord, D.L. Carter, W.G. Proctor, J.R. Cook, J.H. Reynolds, W.G. Capps, C.P. Childress and others remembered us this week Ambrose Clauntz the sawmill man while riding on his wagon Monday became dizzy, fell off and the wagon wheel passed over his head injuring him seriously LOCAL AND OTHERWISE W.S. Cummins the enterprising merchant offers to sell his stock of merchandise and property. He has a flourishing business but decided to go West The 4th Regiment reached Anniston, Ala last Thursday. They have fine camping grounds and splendid water. Some of our boys seem to be dissatisfied I.M. Todd the great expounder of Republican doctrines and an old land mark in the Scaffold Cane country is the foreman of the grand jury this term of court E. C. Walton was with our people Monday raking in the rocks for that superb publication, the Interior Journal one of the most welcome visitor to the Mountains Mat Pike of Pine Hill has sold out his interests there to Mr fLay of Tennessee and will locate in Pulaski county Mr Pike is a citizen we dislike to lose from our county and we wish him success in his new home MARRIAGE: Tom S. Brannaman and Miss Rosa Moore were married at Welchburg on Wednesday last. Mr B. is a son of H.S. Brannaman and is an honorable upright young man and his bride is one of jackson county's most excellent ladies DEATH: John DeBord who lived twelve miles west of this place was found dead in bed Monday morning. He had retired in his usual health Sunday night. Coroner's inquest pronounced that death was caused from heart failure. Mr DeBord was highly honorable man energetic and a good citizen and neighbor The Crab Orchard, Stanford and Mt Vernon Telephone Co has bought of W.A. Carson and J.E. Carson their stock in the Crab Orchard and lancaster line; also Mr Carson's private lines in Crab Orchard, from the depot to C.O. Springs and to Green Brier and Dripping Springs. These wires have been run into the exchange over Bastin's store thereby making connections more convenient for patrons PONCE PORTO RICO SEPT 4.. Editor Signal I will give you a little of the life in Porto Rico. To say the least to be amule belonging to a Mississippi nigger would be an improvement on a soldier's life here. We went ashore at Mayaguez, Aug 12, and stayed in the dock until Sunday, Aug 14. On that day we took possession of the Garrison and was fine place; we found enough clothing for a regiment, but out side of many relics they were of no use to us and we burned them up. We found plenty of cots, enough for every man to have one and plenty left. On the 16th we commenced scouting and kept that up until on Aug 30 the day we arrived at Ponce. We captured amny prisoners but had fighting from the 26th to the 30th. We went through enough to kill the stontest man in America. We left Mayaguez, Aug 26th and went to Sangerman, Sivini Yoco and several other towns on our route. The distance was 84 miles and after the first half day, it commenced raining and it rained day and night the rest of our march. We had creeks and rivers to cross in endless numbers no bridges or other means of crossing except to wade or swim. The Sangerman river was the most dangerous of any; we had three men drowned and lost one wagon and contents. One of the men was a volunteer by the name of Brooks and lived in Louisville. The other two were natives. We lost about 150 guns in crossing. The water was very swift and we made the crossing by means of a rope stretched across the river which made an improvised boom, and when we got into the river the current would whirl us a distance of about a hundred yards like you were sot out of a gun. Our wagons were not able to keep up with us and some nights we had to sleep on the ground without tents, cover or food and nothing but our guns for a pillow and it raining all the time. Here at midnight you get very cold and at noon the heat is intense. After you get a few miles from the shore and get in the mountains it rains all the time. Porto Rico is nothing but a range of mountains, no level land, even the city of San German, a place of 25,000 is built on the sides of mountains. The old Mt Vernon hill is a small hill compared with Porto Rico. The products consist fruits, nuts, coffee, sugar &c. No apples or peaches grow here; it is bannanas, pineapples, mangoes and coconuts in abundance. The scenry is beautiful to behold. The natives all speak the Spanish language and you cannot learn anything from them. We are now in camp at Ponce about three miles from shore on a beautiful plain surrounded entirely by mountains. We are just at the foot of the mountain. We do not know when we will leave here nor where we will go. We have lost three men since our arrival in the island and one third of the Regiment is not able for duty. I have been confined three days, but am better today, and I think by tomorrow will be out. Ponce is a nice city for Porto Rico much of the city is builto on modern style; population 32,000. Give my regards to all, especially the Old Spout Spring a drink form in now would be sweet. M.F. BRINKLEY WILDIE Wm Wood went to White's Station Saturday to see his daughter, Mr Henry Smith Mrs Forbs of Madison is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Alva Maret Mat Coffey of Conway is very sick with fever Sam Gover is here this week loading and shipping lumber J.H. Albright of Brodhead was in Wildie Saturday Tom Bird has gone to Indiana with the intention of making it his home Edgar Hayes went over to Mt Vernon to take in the show on Wednesday CIRCUIT COURT Following are the juries for the Sept terem GRAND JURY A.W. Stewart, James Mayhaffy, R.L. Bray, Geo Sims, Louis Rowlet, John McMullins, J.F. Cottingim, John Mink, John Thompson, David Elder, B.H. Ball and isaac M. Todd. Mr Todd was appointed foreman PETIT JURY Granville Leese, H.O. Cable, J.R. McCracken, M.F. Craig. W.B. Middleton, A.T. Fish, Daniel Brown, Stephen Elder, John French, W.G. Nicley, Isaac Phillips, E.N. Whitaker, J.B. Bradley, Tilman coffey, Leonard Adams, Ed Feltcher, W.I. Dooley, James Drew, P.W. Clark, D.T. Lamb, David Cromer, O.G. Black, Joshua Boreing Sr., and Ingram Renner Mrs Ann Bowles selling liquor, not guilty Chybo Lunce, concealed weapons $25 and 10 days in jail Hays Smith breech of peace; not guilty Josiah Meece, $25 and 10 days jail Charley Harris concealed weapons, $25 and 10 days Chas Mullins, 4 liquor cases, $100 each Same concealed weapons $25 and 10 days Mrs Schuyler Forbus, liquor 2 cases $100 each Schuyler Forbus Liquor 2 cases, $100 each David Jewel breach of peace, $10 Chesley Payne, stabbing at another, not guilty Elza and Peyton Langfor; murder; continued Greeley Mize, false swearing, Not guilty Andrew Hast, false swearing, continued Charley Sargent, false swearing, continued J.J. Cook, liquor, $100 William Masters, adultry, not guilty Haston Arnold, breach of peace, $10 Wm Ping, concealed weapons, $25 and 10 days P.T. Welch, liquor, $100 Sidney Simms, 2 cased gaming, $20 A. Gadd aiding and abetting, $10 W.J. Ross obtaining money under false pretense; not guilty hays Smith concealed weapons $25 and 10 days W.M. Charter shooting at another, continue Nicholas Charter, shooting at another, continued Clint Todd, manslaughter, not guilty Judgement on forfeited bond of Adis Malicote for $500 Clint Todd, murder, acquitted LOCAL AND OTHERWISE L.M. Houk has been quite ill John Mullins was here from Frankfort Mace Singleton of Saxton was here this week Mrs Helen Brooks of Paris is visiting her parents here Andrew McClary is in from Kansas visiting relatives Misses Carrie Purcell and Lou Gentry gave this office a pleasnt and substantial call on Wednesday last Circuit Clerk Griffin is keeping the wheels of his office wll oiled during Court and everything seems to be running as smoothly as if he had the experience of twenty years W.J. Sparks was here yesterday. He has given the Collegiate Institute a car load of crushed stone with which it hopes to "mend its ways" in the shape of a new side walk. 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