Mt. Vernon Signal, 1897, Rockcastle Co OCT 22, 1897 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Miss Mattie Williams is at he Nashville exposition Jonas McKenzie wants the man who borrowed his Macintosh to return it Judge Carter paid the Mosonic Lodge at Berea a visit on Sautruday last Miss Mattie Williams is in Nashville to see relatives and the exposition Mrs S.C. Franklin and Mrs W.W. Grimes are visiting at Livingston Rev J.C. Carmical left Tuesday for Flat Lick to carry on a protracted meeting for several days Miss Lula Dyer a very pretty teacher of Hansford neighborhood was in town on Saturday last G.W. Baker was in Tuesday and indications are that the ticket will go for Williams McClure and Baker Dr Pennington was over in Clay county Sunday and says he found everybody over there for our own R.G. Williams Harvey Chaney postmaster at Bloss was here Wednesday and said the people generally were for Little Dick and reform This county has a dungeon---for courtesys sake called a jail--which most of our citizens would be willing to trde off for one with a little daylight connected with it. By the way who knows what this dungeon costs this county? Hiram Hurst and Fannie Bird charged with killing Geo Kennedy in Northern parto of the county Sunday night were brought here and lodged in jail Tuesday night. It is said Kennedy was cut with a knife and died next day. There will be about three tickets in the race for town offices this election. The citizens tickets is as follows: For Plice Judge S.C. Franklin, Marshal, R.E. Thompson, Trustees E.A. Herin. D.C. Poynter, J.L. Joplin, P.T. Welsh and G.E. Mccoy. Deputy U.S. Marshal Nelson Griffin with a posse made a raid in the Northern part of the county and Madison a few days since and caputred James Roe, Sr., and Jr. on a charge of illicit distilling. It is said these people have been offenders for years both against the State and Unithed States but all efforts heretofore for their caputr have been futile. Both were held over when their examination took place here before Commissioner White Pat Welsh and son John L. left last night for Louisville. Capt Fitzhugh of Wilmore Ky has been in Jackson fishing and stopped off here for a few days At a call meeting of the Board of Town Trustees held at J. McKenzie's store on Oct 18 with J.C. Carmical, Joshua Boreing and James Taylor preent following gentlemen were put nomination for the following offices For Plice Judge: J.B. FISH H.K. MCKINNEY For Marshal WM. MCCLURE JOS CROMER For Trustee J.C. CARMICAL JOSHUA BOREING J.L. JOPLIN S.C. FRANKLIN S.C. DAVIS From: Cindy Crawford DBXP64A@prodigy.com 23 May 1998