Mt. Vernon Signal, 1897, Rockcastle Co Friday Sept 17, 1897 ROWLAND Rowland gets night mail T.L. Shelton has resumed the coal business Business on the railroad has been immense James Mudd train dispatcher has recovered James Lee who has been ill for a long time is improving "H" Pendleton's court will resume as soon as frost falls Frank Cordier looks natural behind the post office cabinet Tom Ferrell's last order for rain micarried or got lost in the shuffle Four Mormon preachers have been holding services here J.M. Haley joined them Fatty Parsons has opened a ban just up the creek from rowland birdge....with a shovel Postmaster Cordier has received from one of his friends a huge pear which could scarcely be pushed into a half gallon tin bucket Conductor Wilder, of the K.C. will shortly attach a mowing machine to the pilot of his engine to cut the hay and weeds from the track BRODHEAD Owen Jarrett is sick Mrs Dr. Clark is improving Tilman Gilpin is down from Mt. Vernon Jno Woodyard went to Rowland Monday Wm Cummins is out from a spell of fever Mrs Emerson rice is up from Lebanon Junction Miss Ellen Henderson is the guest of Mrs J.G. Frith Mr and Mrs Preston of Stone were guests of J.B. Farmer last week Rev Henderson was with the Baptist church here Sturday and Sunday Misses Lula and Amy Pike were guests of relatives at Livingston last week Judges Fish and Carter were down from Mt. Vernon to attend the divorce suit of Marie Hilton Marion Harrison who has been seriously ill with dropsy confessed Christ Sunday and was baptised Wednesday Mrs Holtzclaw and Mrs Higgins of Preachersville were here Sunday in the interest of the church at that place A Demorest contest was held here at the Christian church on the evening of September 9th with Misses Susie Yeadon, Bettie Wilmott, Lily and Lula Haggard, Delphie Colyer and Lela Pike contestants. Messrs Preston, Protheroe and Mrs Smith were Judges. The contest was very close but was decided in favor of Miss Bettie Wilmott. Each of the young ladies did credit to themselves and showed much elocutionary talent. WILDIE John W. Baker was here the first of the week L.T. Stewart was in London the first of the week J.L. Brooks has built a residence near his Mill and will move his family A brother and sister of Miss Alice Forbus are visiting her from Ford Aunt Nancy Coffee died of cancer on the 8th and was buried at Scaffold Cane Mrs John Ogg of Madison county is visiting the family of Ely Coffee this week Mrs Joseph Jones and children of Illinois are the guests of her brother in law Wilt Jones Dan Cameron who has lived here for two years has returned to his home in Tennessee Lum Rimel has returned from his threshing trib in Madison. He threshed 18,000 bushels Miss Louise and Mattie McGuire of Madison county, have been visiting the family of Ike Coffee of this place Some young people of this place spent Saturday and Sunday at the home of T.J. Ballard on the Big Hill. WABD A five year old child of John Ponder's was buried on Skagg's creek Monday last Rev Gooch filled his appointment at Skaggs creek church on Sat and Sun Mr and Mrs Bloomer visited the family of A.K. Gooch near Bee Lick this week GOOCHLAND Mrs George McGuire is on the sick list W.S. Haskins was here Sunday from Ino J.C. Phillips is in McKee this week on business W.D. McGuire has a very sick child at this writing Mss Nora Baker of wildie is visiting here this week Mat Hamilton of Wildie attended church here Sun Miss Marth Martin was the guest of Miss Alzie McGuire Sunday On last Wednesday at the home of the bride, Miss Ella Phillips and Moses Anglin were married, Rev Smith officiating LIVINGSTON Mrs Goe Griffin has been quite sick Mrs John Cooper is visiting her mother at Crab Orchard Mrs George Herwig of Chicago is visiting her sister Mrs Robert Brown harry Magee of London was down to see his best girl last Sunday R.G. Williams was down from Mt. Vernon last week. I wonder who he came to see? Ask Miss Georgie Mrs McCarthy and pretty daughter miss Mary Belle, returned to their home in Lebanon after an extended visit to Mr Geo McCarthy's Quite a party of old and young tripped the light fantastic at the residence of dr Cooper last Thursday evening. All reported an excellent time John Mullins has taken charge of the Mullins Hotel; Mr Pope moving to the Tubb's Hotel and Mrs John McGee now occupies the John Mullins property Miss Bessie Mullin a beautiful and accomplished young lady of Louisville and Miss Hattie Satterfield one of the belels of Glasgow Junction are the guests of Miss Lena Bentley and Mrs W.H. Satterfield at Sunbeam Castle Quite a number of young people chaperoned by Mr and Mrs W.H. Satterfield went up Rockcastle river boating Tuesday evening in the moonlight. Mr Ed Smith honored the occasion with his presence and also his music. One young lady fell in---not in the water---but in love LOCAL AND OTHERWISE Dr Grant dentist will be here during circuit court Judge Morrow speaks here on the 20th at 1 o'clock pm James I. White U.S. Commissioner has opened his office in the old Joplin Hotel W.G. Adams has bought the Jop McCall grocery in the basement of the brick hotel and will continue the business Joseph Payne a clever young gentleman of Crab Orchard, who is traveling for a paper house of Cincinnati was here a few days since M.C. Owens aged 64, has missed only three meals on account of sickness, or any serious misunderstanding with neighbors or others Mr and Mrs W.H. Brannaman, Mrs Mary E. Coffee and Misses Fannie, Mary and Annie Brannaman of Wildie visited their aunt Mrs Carpenter on Tuesday last A number of pretty girls including Misses Belle Maret, Matie Weber and Brannaman paid our office a pleasnat call jus tas we were going to press last Thursday A.J. Fish town Assessor, has had blanks printed and is now ready to begin making assessment of town property. He will call on the property owners in the next few days J.W. james of Crab Orchard a man well known throughout the mountains has our thanks for courtesies in the way of conveyance to various points of interest in and around Crab Orchard; the springs therein and in the surrounding country. Mr James is a gentleman of anagosity as brother Walton would say and one who stands by his friends Wilson Huff was held in the sum of $1000 bond for the killing of Joseph Singleton After two years trying T.J. Cress has succeeded in getting premanently located here an agency for fire insurance for the Aetna Insurance Company of Hartford Conn., and E.S. Albright is his assistant. Give them your insurance and be secured from fire Mrs James Houk received a letter last week from her husband, who is on a seven weeks visit to a son in Indiana. Mrs H. says this is the first letter she ever received from his hands since their marriage thirty years ago and she was as pleased as a young girl receiving a letter from her first sweetheart. Mr. Houk is greatly enjoying his visit. His business has alwways required his remaining at home and never before been away long enough to require his writing a letter to his wife. He isll return next week We are pained to learn of the serious illness of Bogue Brown of Garrard county As we go to press we learn of the serious illness of Judge Lair. He is not expected to live. His wife is also seriously ill Mrs A. Pennington left Wednesday afternoon for Laruel coutny to visit her mother The "ad" of H.C. Gentry the pioneer blacksmith and wagonmaker, will appear in our next issue. Call on him during court Jake C. Mullins of Peoples, Jackson county was with us this week. He is traveling for a Virginia tobacco firm. He says that never asked to be prayed for but once that he regretted. Then he had to throw rocks at the preacher to get him to cease, and ruined a white oak tree that the preacher dodged behind CARD OF THANKS We wish to return our sincere thanks to our many friends for their liberal contributions to us in our misfortune. They will long be remembered by us; and especially we thank Mr. Neal Parrett for his kindness in taking the subscription Yours very truly, SAMUEL PENNINGTON, FANNIE PENNINGTON From: Cindy Crawford DBXP64A@prodigy.com 23 May 1998