Mt. Vernon Signal, 1898, Rockcastle Co OCTOBER 23, 1898 (other papers in between Sept-Oct missing) (This is most likely 10-21-1898 as the next entry said 10-21-1898 (continued) NOTICE I will sell you a 5-bu barrel of Michigan salt for $1.25 7 bu barrel of Michigan salt for $1.60 Good cut shingles at $1.35 per thousand; sawed shingles $1.50 delivered on switch or loaded on cars. A.E. Albright, Brodhead, Ky A $30,000 stone quarry for sale inquire at Signal office Wanted..to trade Corbin property for a second hand saw mill outfit. Address, D.T. Chestnut, Corbin, Ky Geo Johnson the merchant prince at Orlando is in Louisville this week buying another car of goods. He wants all those who owe him to come in and settle A.H. Bastin the man of many enterprises was here Wednesday looking up telephone interests LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Miss Dollie McClure is visiting here Clever Cash Cummins was here Tuesday Mrs Geo McCoy is here from Mt Sterling Dr M. Pennington is in Louisville this week Mrs Jeff Pennington is very much improved Our barber, Sam Rawlings, is in Clay county this week W.M. Meadows was here from Pine Hill. Wednesday last Miss mary Colyer visited her uncle in the country last week C.C. Williams is attending Larurel Circuit court this week John Jones who has been very low with fever is some better Uncle Dicky Smith has sold his farm to Dvaid Hysinger for $300 Judge Colyer attended Squire Sigman's court at Wildie last week Solomon Riddle of the West End is giving his house a coat of paint Miss Bessie and Lena McClure and James Houk went to Louisville Tuesday last Lloyd Maret is the line repairer of the Telephone between this place and Brodhead Lee Chesnut who is teaching the Crooked Creek school called to see us Saturday last Marshal Mcclure says the town tax is now due and if not settled at once will have to levy Mrs Sam Ward of Livingston is here visiting Miss Mattie Newcomb this week Andy Baker's new house is about completed. J.P. Lichleiter, the smoothest plasterer in the State assisted by his son Elmer, is nearly through his work Mr and Mrs J.C. Magee, Mrs Sam Ward, Misses Luna Herring, Lena and Ella Bently, and R.A. Sparks and Henry Magee of Livingston, attended church here Sunday Harry Blazer of Wildie was here Monday Mace Miller has returned to Glen Mary, Tenn prof Scroggs preached at Livingston on Sunday last Dr. W.J. Childress of Orlando was here on Saturday last Gov McCreary speaks here next Monday county court day Geo Griffin took in Sells Bros. circus at Lexington last week Judge John Fish has moved to the Dick Welsh property near the depot Mesdames Geo Griffin and geo Gentry Sr visited at Pine Hill, Sunday last Andrew Gentry made a flying trip to Pleasure Ridge Park, near Louisville last week Misses Lou and Rosa Gentry, helen Singleton and Helen Sayers gave this office a call on Sturday last US Surgeon John M. Williams of Camp Hamilton, Lexington is here on a furlough visiting home folks Misses Georgie and Fannie McFerron, two of Rockcastle's most successful teachers were here Saturday last W.H. Brannaman near Wildie has a ewe 9 years old that has raised 19 lambs and is yet hale and hearty From: Cindy Crawford DBXP64A@prodigy.com 21 Jul 1998