Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-12-25
MT. VERNON, ROCKCAsTLe COUNTY,

; Our town has a number OF street
: lamps now.
MIR. J. X. McClary is in receipt OF a
box of oranges FROM DE-. W. p. Mckee,
DeLand, Fla.
The fireworks lovers will have 10
seek the outskirts OF the village 10 maze
their display this time.
MIR. J. W. Brown, who is in the
swim" at Arkansas Harbor, Texas, has
our thanks for late papers.
M. y. Langiord, at Langford Station
on the X. c., has sold his water mill and
a tract of land adjacent, for -, 800.
Eight L. ). marshals were here a
few days since and searched in ana
around Bethurum's fruit distillery but
found nothing wrong.
Lamb and Debord, the Young men
who fought and dangerously wounded
each other with barlow knivestwo weeks
since, are both on the road to recovery.
MIR. J. NJ. Maret, formerly OF Gar
rard, has been appointed superintendent
| of the twin cities street railway, run
ming between Carter and Webb City,
/ Missouri.
In the death OF T. j. kean, freight
agent at Louigyille, the l.. y y. loses
one OF It's oldest agents in point OF con
tinuous service at one place. The agent
at TINS point, We believe is now eldest.
Sixty coops OF chickens, - coops OF
turkeys, six cOops OF geese, TOUR coops OF
ducks and one coop VI guineas repre-
sent the shipments OF poultry from TINS
station since sept. Is. Five thousand
dozen eggs were shipped daring that
period.
some excitement was created here
Wednesday when it was announced
that oil had been struck in a well being
bored on the premises OF County Clerk
Miller in this place. At depth Of %
feet an oily substance, with strong .
odor like coal oil, was struck, and many .
believe that before many more feet arr /.
bored that flow OF oil will be reached. /
john LaRue, an OLD darkey living .
near this place, is not only known Ss
the man with locked jaw, but is a no.
ted quail finder, being amost It not as
good as first class setter or pointer dog
in hunting this delu.ive bird. In COM
pany with Mr.. W VI. Gay, short time
since he pointed out is different docks,
from. hich Mr.. g. killed - birds y
number OF the colored population sre
afraid OF John, thinking he Ia a Won doc.
Fully one half Of the families .edv-
ing Rockcastie for the West and south
west return sooner o later 10 the land OF
their nativity. It often occurs that they
use the same boxes 90 return their
goods in which they took
away with them. Some families hav"
made the moves three and four differ
ent times and usually wind mp their
travels by sitting where they started
from.
Miss Matte Williams has returned
from Nashville, whore she has been on
an extended visit. Miss lila Maret, Of
Columbus. Texas, who is attending Ham
.ltou College, will visit relatives Al Leb
anon and Mt. Vernon during Christmas.
Mr.. Samuel Myers has returned from
Louisville, where ne has been engaged
IN park work during the past thre t.
months. Mr.. J VI Williams is home
or week from his medical studies a.
Louisville. Misses Gertrude and Matte
Weber are home from Hamilton College.
Npssrs. Harry Weber and +. r. Fish &C.
them from Lexington. Mr.. .
II. G. Gentry is in from Knox county
and kindly informs Ms that "Carter's
pats" grew so thickiy that they could ,
not be- stacked upon the ground from
which they were cut. Mrs Brooks, the
adv near Marctburg who had a stroke
Of paralysis last week, has since died
James y. Reynolds and wife, OF Pitts
burg. are at Mrs. PfoctOr's Riley Jor-
Ion and family, who moved to Texas :
nearly two years since, are again inhal- s.
NC the invigorating air OF old Rockcas
les hills and will spend the remainder
ii their DAYS here. Misses Matte May
md Winnie Adams are here from the
Loretto school to spend Christmas.
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