Mt Vernon Signal Newspapers, 1899, Rockcastle Co SEPT 1, 1899 Old Phil Thompson, old Matt Adams, Old Tom Turner, old Judge Beckner and other old "has beens" make up a sweet lot to purity politices. Everyone of them is dead politically but they want to tread the stage again before being buried forever (Stanford Journal) LIVINGSTON Mrs R.A. Sparks visited relatives at Mt Vernon last week Bro Dickson filled his regular appointment here last Saturday and Sunday Mrs Jones is out from Buckeye visiting her brother W.R. Dillion Mrs E.L. Elmore is visiting in Rowland this week J.E. Singleton has just returend from a trip in the Southern counties. J.E. is a hustling drummer and will be heard from in the business world Mrs Ballard Harris, Mrs Buck Stivers of Kingston and Mr and Mrs Jack George of Lexington are visiting realtives here this week Mr and Mrs Will Wright and daughter Cora are attending the fair this week in Danville Mrs Matt Ballard has bought a lot from John Farmer and comtemplates building a nice cottage Loge Thompson was with our merchants last Monday BRODHEAD Mrs Surber an son is making a visit in Pulaski before her return to Indiana Wm Colyer, son of Elder Colyer, will with hsi family go to Texas in a few days Mrs W.G. Adams is not expected to live very long DEATH: Died little daughter of P.P. Hall died on Aug 27, 99' Old man Stigall was buried in the cemetery of the Baptist here Saturday Hugh Watson of Boone county visited relatives here and took in the fair A.C. Rickets of Louisville visited his nephew and niece W.A. Carson and Miss Neville Carson of this place Dr Benton reports Mrs James Johnson as very ill ORLANDO Mr and Mrs Geo T. Johnson attended the fair Friday J.J. Berry of Disputanta is visiting his daughter Mrs Geo T. Johnson Martha Balls the twelve year old daughter of Thomas Balls was biten by a copperhead a few days since, and the day following he had a horse bitten by the same snake G.T. Johnson went to Richmond the first of the week W.J. Dooley and wife of Disputanta are visiting here T.J. Ballard of Goochland stopped at Hotel Johnson Sunday night on his way to Mt Vernon Rev James Riddle of this place has been visiting relatives at Logana Bud and Leanord Haskins of Ino was down to see thier brother G.C. Haskins last week Judge Chenault was here again last week and purchased David Laswell's mineral for one thousand dollars and also Joel Anglin's for two hundred and fifty dollars MARRIAGE: Married on the 24th Mr Gilbert Robinson to Miss Easter Anglin Mr Wm McNew has returned from the lower counties whre he has been threshing wheat for a month LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Mrs Geo McCoy has fever Mrs Sam Davis is no better Tyree Gentry has gone to braking Mrs Cleo Brown is visiting in Lancaster Mrs J.W. Nesbitt has returned to Virginia John Mullins was here from Livingston Monday Genial J.T. Adams was here this week from Bryantsville J.F. Payne called on us while in town Saturday Geo D. Moore of Brodhead called while in town Saturday last I.L. Medcalfs editor of Corbin News was here to see us Tuesday Mrs Dr. Davis and daughter Robbie are visiting in Lexington J.E. Craig of Quail has a guinea that lays two eggs per day every other day J.T. Jones the Stanford tinner has finished putting new roof on court house B.J. Bethurum was nominated here Saturday by the Republicans for Legislature MARRIAGE: Dick Woodall and Mrs Disa Kenser of Hazel Patch, were married last week James and John Frazier were from Pittsburg to see their sister Mrs S.W. Davis Toosh Jones is at home with a crippled hand. He held it between draw heads too long J.R. Edmiston is doing the big gest business of any of the merchants in Crab Orchard proper R.A. Welsh and James White Jr are in from Hyden where they have been working on the new court house R.L. Brown was in Corbin Tuesday Mrs G.P. Ramsey of Rowland is better Egbert Wallin is in from South Carolina Mr Rider spent several days with his wife here Miss Lena Griffin of Livingston is visiting relatives here Mrs B.H. Conn is here from Oklahima visiting realtives J.A. August and Wm Welsh coal men were here Monday F.L. Thompson and C.C. Williams are in Louisville this week Misses Lena and Bessie McClure are in Parksville and also taking in the Danville fair Elder Young of the christian church is holding a successful revival at Buckeye church J.C. Gibbs of Brodhead called while in town Monday and added his name to our list for a year Mrs Mollie Hosack Ellis of Belle Centre, O. is visiting her sister Mrs Meshack Gentry here E.T. Fish who has been traveling in West Virginia for a Louisville house is at home with fever Andrew Sutton who has been suffereing for weeks from a spider bite is able to be around once more Miss Pattie Green after a five weeks visit to Mrs M.C. Miller, has returned to her home in Woodford county Mrs Theo Wesley has as her guests her grandmother, Mrs Kennedy and her aunt Miss Kennedy of Elizabethtown, Ky Allen Hiatt and daughter Miss Minnie were in town last Saturday driving a brand new buggy. Allen is not only a good farmer but a splendid road overseer Dr J.L. Whitehead of Williasburg in renewing his subscription to the Signal says his wife has had typhoid fever for six weeks with no signs of the fever breaking Rev Carmical held services at Flat Rock Pulaski county Sturday night and Sunday last, a large congregation was present. he will begin a protracted meeting at that point on second Sunday in September DEATH: John Perciful a boy of 17 was killed near Pine Hill Monday by a tree falling upon him. His father Jesse Denney had chopped a tree down the tree falling on Perciful. They had to saw the tree into before the boy could be released. he lived but an hour The Republican Convention which met here Saturday last instructed for S.D. Lewis for Senator and appointed the following delegates: B.N. Roller, A.G. Lovell, Lee Rash, W.R. Dillion, J.J. Wood, W.T. Short, R.J. Bethurum, Henry Catron, W.A.B. Davis, U.G. Baker and James Gatliff James Colyer son of Judge Colyer while working on the road near town Tuesday afternoon set off a blast. In reaching for the powder can to carry it away from some cause it exploded, dangerously burning his hands, legs and face and setting his clothing on fire. Lee Kinnard ran to his rescue and removed his burning garments. In the meantime the blast exploded, throwing stones in every direction. One large boulder was seen falling over colyer; the companion dragged him away and the stone fell on the exact spot where Colyer had been lying two seconds before. The injured youn man is resting as well as could be expected with such serious burns. He is a popular young man and we will be glad to see his speedy recovery B.J. Bethurum was nominated a candidate for legislature, from this and Laurel counties by the Republican convention here last Saturday Senator W.H. Clark of Jackson county was shot and painfully wounded, three times, at McKee, Sunday morning by one Geo Hays the Senator returned the fire but failed to hit Hays The Pine Hill coal mines were sold last Sturday as per advertisement J.A. Agugust was the highest bidder---$7,500. The original cost was bout $30,000. It is thought that the mines will resume operations in a short time Lewis Burt's the plasterer has just completed the plastering of S.C. Franklin's cottage. he used the white ocean sand from out on the hill north of twon and the snow flake lime from Krueger's kiln. The job is an excelant one, so said by expert plasterers. STRAYED OR STOLEN >From J.W. Baker, one mile West of Wallaceton in Garrard county, one large black mare, short tail, right fore foot lately shod, foretop sheared off: 9 or 10 years old; 16 hands high. Also light bay horse 8 years old, about 15 1/2 hands high, very good saddle horse; lately had wind fistula. Any one giving successful information or deliery will be paid $5 J.W. & E.W. Baker BRODHEAD FAIR The Brodhead Fair closed last Friday fter the most successful exhibition in its history. Larger crowds attended each day, more and better stock was in evidence. All portions of Rockcastle were represented. Lincoln, Madison and surrounding counties sent good delegations each day. The exhibits in Floral Hall wer more numerous and than ever. The ladies Domestic Dept; the Pantry fruits and melons were ver interesting. The vegetable kingdom was well represented; big potatoes, onion as fine as are raised anywhere in the world were produced in this county and shown at the fair. Wheat, corn, ry &c showed up in fine shape. On Wednesday afternoon the colored cake walk took place. Crab Orchard furnished all the cake walkers. It wa a drawing card and took so well that the management wound up the fiar Friday afternoon with another big cake walk. Walter Delaney won first and Will Mack second prize. In the boys riding ring Thursday, Wallace Gover of Crab Orchard, little son of Curtis Gover, won the prmiou, a $5 saddle. Jack Ballard with the worst turn out was awarded the blue; harry Jones the second. T.W. Napier first in running race, and Duncan of richmond second. Dave Wilcox of Madison won pacing race and Traynor of same county second. The mule races of each day were a feature that no one cared to miss. It always draws when nothing else will. Thos Francisco, Will Hysinger, Harry Jones, Sam'l Smith and Thos Mink all got some money on their animals. The $75 trot Was won by Tony Boy, driven by W.McKinney of Lincoln; Traynor's Proxey and Wheeler's Linda Fisher, second and third. The saddle stallion mare or gelding ring..Cotton, of Kriksville, Firs; Wilcox second and Gillis Craig, Rockcastle, third Miss Rosa Gentry of this place., who had won at all the Brodhead fairs in teh pst in the ladies ring lost out this time to Mrs John W. Bastin of Pittsburg. Walter Saunders and Mrs J.E. Thompson who drove Dr E.J. Brown's splendid rig, won in the the fancy turn out ring A SHOOTING AFFRAY A Pitched Battle on the Streets of McKee Senator William Clark Shot Three Times London, Ky Aug 29..Reports from Jackson county say late Saturday evening at McKee a pitched battle took place between two of the wealthiest families in southeaster Kentucky. The fight was between James hayes and his four sons on one side, and Senator Willaim Clarke, Sherman Leadford and others. The battle occurred on the streets. Senator Clarke was shot three time. There is no hope for his recovery. One of the Hayes boys had the contents of a double barreled shotgun emptied into him. He will die. Bad blood had existed between the families for a number of years. Clarke is the present senator from the Seventeenth senatorial distict. It is feared thais will develop into one of the worst feuds in the mountains. MAY DIE FROM HIS WOUNDS Pineville, Ky Aug 29..D.M. Bingham was shot and perhaps seriously wounded by Joseph Liford, on Redbird creek, in this county Sunday. They quarrelled over some trivial matter, when Lifford emptied the contents of a shotgun into Bighams's left side, inflicting wounds from which he may die. Bingham is prominently connected DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED Williamsburg, Ky Aug 29.. News from twenty miles back in the mountains near Dishman, reached here of the accidental killing of 17 yearl old Joe Grant, by Sol. Hubbs his companion. The boys were preparing to leave home to enlist and were examining a revolver. The weapon was not supposed to be loaded From: Cindy Crawford DBXP64A@prodigy.com 16 Aug 1998