Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-04-22
MT. VERNON. ROcxcAsTlE COUNTY.


The lumber interests of this locality
are looking up. Six mills will be run
ming in a short time.
-Meshack and James Gentry are in
from Grays. Fred Kruger was up from
Crab Orchard this week.
The pros and cons on the que stion
OF the repeal OF Rockcastle's prohibition
law are having likely tits through the
columns OF the Signal.
The marriage OF Geo. O. Doll, the
well. commercial traveller, to Miss
Sallie Ellis, is announced TO take place
on April 2Sth, at Smiths Grove.
MIR. f. Fish, travelling for a Cincin
natl house, was home Sunday. Mr.. II.
G. Weber, OF the williamsburg sad
dlery Co., is with homefolks here.
The supposed volcano at the sum
nit OF Mt. Mccall was nothing more
than smoke from burning brush, which
Steve Prewitt had cut and piled ier a
huge bonfire.
The boys are having barrels of fun
here with concentrated Crab Orchard
water. When placed in a bottle it has
the appearance of fine old whisky, but
when their friends test lis quality, its
taste IS not quite 50 satisfactory to the
drinker.
We are glad to note that favorable
progress is being made i'm the formation
of the stock company to take charge of
and introduce the patents and inven-
tons OF our telegraph operator. A
meeting for the election Of officers takes
place in Louisville May 2d. The Union
Electric Company will probably be the
name OF the corporation.
Invitations have been received to
the marriage OF Mr.. B. II. Wilson to Mrs
Fanny De Berry, which takes place at
Arkansas .Harbor, Texas, to-day, Thurs.
day. Mr.. Wilson is one OF the incorpo.
rators and general manager of the Aran-
cas- Harbor Improvement Co., which is
engaged in deepening the harbor at that
place. He is Rockcsstle boy and all
wish him happiness and success.
Mart Dillon, the veteran baggage
master, with a diminutive specimen OF
hen egg, sends us the following: 81
present you herewith Hill egg. | call
il by this name from the fact it was laid
by hen OF the dung-Hill variety.
would have sent you larger egg for
Easter, but there is hen on and | ex-
pect 10 be able to present the egg in the
form OF large Cleveland rooster later
on"
Mrs. ]. f. Vowels was in from Mid
dlesboro during the week. VI. G. Miller
has returned from Galveston. Rev. j.
Bell Gibson filled his appointment here
Sunday last. Messrs. Wv. Reppert, OF
Washington. and Edward Reppert. OF
and their sister, Mrs. V. r.
Flanagan, OF Carrollton, Mo-, are visit
ing their parents and relatives in this
county. Mrs. NJ. B. Burnside is visiting
home folks near Lancaster.
old John Brown, who is enjoying
eternal spring" in Southwest Texas, is
still tantalizing your scribe with his
,lowing descriptions of the glorious eli
nate. the hunts, sea bathing, etc, which
ne saws he il ENJOYING down there. We
will wager that he would not give one
weeks existence in old Rockcastle for
IN eternity in the Lone Star or any 9TH
II place and when he makes his stake"
Re will some day drop back to the hills
ha, knew him in his boyhood days.
One Of our merchants, Mr. L. NJ.
Iouk, was told short time since OF a
emedy for cleaning out choked-up stove
,ipes. He took four ounces OF powder,
areiully wrapped it in paper, placed fiat
rons on top OF steve to hold it down,
md pitched the package OF powder into
he stove. The explosion that followed
scattered the irons and stove pipe about !