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) --------------------- SEPT 29, 1899 WILDIE BIRTH: born to the wife of James Black on the 22nd a boy Mrs James Parson is visiting relatives and friends in the Glades this week Mrs Louis McGure of Livingston is visiting her sister Mrs Shearer at this place Jones Hiatt and wife was in Wildie Monday Mr and Mrs W.H. Branaman were visiting L.T. Stewart Saturday and Sunday W.H. Jones, Nole Parsons, Misses Jennie and Maud Hayes attended Berea fair Saturday J.Fish, J. Harvey, Bige Wood and W.C. Ogg were in Knoxville last week buying their fall and winter stock of merchandise L.C. Smith of the firm of J.C. Jones and Smith went to Louisville last week Dr Lewis went to Chicago Friday where he will remain for two weeks attending a Medical Association LOCAL AND OTHERWISE A.C. Stapp was here from Louisville Joe Ramsey paid $45 for a suckling mule colt Mrs Charlie Spilman is visiting her parents here Joe Taylor says some scoundrel shot and killed his horse Dr Davis says milt Doan is slowly recovering from fever Walter Turpin is now night engineer at the Langford Quarry Three members of Mat Pikes family at Maretburg have measles Mrs W. A. Morrow accompanied her husband here from Somerset Will Fry is back from Tenneesee where he had a siege of smallpox Mrs J.J. Baker of Cedarville who has been very sick is recoverying N.B. Hayes spoke to an appreciative crowd of Democrats here last week CJ. Lovell of Orlando was with us Wednesday and renewed his subscription DEATH: James M. Thompson a respected farmer aged 70 died near Level Green Saturday Mrs Hiram Fish is visiting her son J.H. Fish telephone operator at Fountain Head Tenn Mrs Cleo Brown's millinery opening Saturday was well attended and many sales were made W.C. Mullins, W.H. Jones and Dr A.G. Lovell are the elcetcion commissioners for this county Rev G.G. Ragen of the Methodist church will preach at the court house here next Sunday Commissioner Jas I. White is making extensive inprovements on his dwelling and around his place Our friend John Renner writes from his old post office Comet Mo., to change his paper to Yeakly Mo Jack Lawrence was up from Junction City Saturday sproting a mostache Mrs Ella Baker will have her millinery opening tomorrow Saturday Mrs M.C. Williams and children are out from Stanford visiting friends and relatives James Colyer who was badly burned from powder explosion is able to be on the steets Reuben Mullins is making preparations to rebuild on lot where his house burned Danville Steam Laundry first class work. Represented in Mt Vernon by D.S. Purdom the barber Rev Geo O. Barnes is preaching nightly to large audiences at Stanford with his old time earnestness and vigor J.J. Bloomer has returned from Missouri after sixteen years abscence and will locate at Wood??? Ed Jones who is inspecting staves for J.H. Williams on this and C.V. branches was home for a few days Rev Carmical will begin a protracted meeting at Scaffold Cane tomorrow and one at Preachersville on Saturday Oct 7 Houk & Son with James Houk, Jr as manager, are increasing their trade right along. Drop in and see big stock of new goods J.T. Stephens of Disputanta complains that his Signal is being delayed somewhere on the road. We are looking the matter up W.C. Webb of Pittsburg was on Wednesdays train going to Stanford to see the baseball game between Stnaford and Pittsburg team J.H. Albright has a dozen or more farms o his won within a 3 mile circuit of Brodhead which he will sell or rent. Write him at Brodhead W.R. McClure, who sold his stock of goods to Alfred Bryant has opened a stock of groceries in the house diagonally opposite court house. He says he is gwine to sell mighty low Rev Ewers willpreacha t Presbyterian church Sudnay mornign and at Christian church Sunday night C.C. Williams is in London defending G.W. Purcell a member of the Board of United Mine workers of America charged with inducing miners from Laurel county to strike S.C. Franklin our foreman is visiting his parents at Athens Fayette county. Mr F. Carries out the commandment "honor thy father and mother". He has been the main support of the old folks for many years J.G. Hackley of Lincoln county a nephew of the editor or the Signal left Saturday for Harvard University, Boston. he will finish up his studies in electrical engineering a science he has been much interested in for several years Alfred Bryant the young man who bought the store of W.R. McClure is an energetic son of Adams Bryant a clever gentleman and had some experience in the mercantile business with Hicks & Co of Bluefield W.VA. We predict for ham a nice trade. Later. Alfred Bryant will move his tock of goods to the Pennington store house in West part of town A mad dog passed through here Wednesday morning. After biting a hog here it passed on west and bit J.S. Joplin who lives a mile from here. Mr Joplin immediately boarded a trand and went to Stanford to have a mad stone applied. The dog was next heard of at Brodhead where it bit or attempted to bite Larkin Wells who also went to Stanford to the madstone but no abrazion being found of course there was no need of applying the stone. The dog was killed at Brodhead. Nearly everyone is carrying a gun and dogs had better lay low for a while CIRCUIT COURT Court Adjourned Wednesday evening In the slander case of Martha Berry against James Dobbs for slander a verdict for plaintiff for $75 was returned Abe Samms was indicted for the murder of Felix Mink, tried, found guilty and sentenced for fifteen years in the penitentiary J.W. Alcorn; C.W. Lester; T.J. Culton and the "Duke of Crab Orchard" were the visiting attorneys MARETBURG Miss Gracie McCall has been very sick Mrs Mat Pike and children Oltye and Betha are very sick with measles W.A. and Pat Hunt, Oltye Reynolds and Will Pike are in Louisville employed on the L&N railroad Mr and Mrs Tillman Houk spent Saturday and Sunday with thier mtoher Mrs G. roberts of Gum Sulpher Miss Mollie Houk who teaches school at Maywood Ky came home Friday on a visit to homefolks accompanied by a Mrs Rambo Dr E.J. Brown of Stanford spent Sunday night with S.H. Martin and both beign anything else but "bolters" gave Gobleism full discussion Miss Berda martin and Mrs Lou Purcell visited friends at Brodhead Sunday ********************************** 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. 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