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Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
HillSbOrO.

JAS. Hopkins is quite poorly at
his home near here.
Lewis Markwell came in from
Bloomfield, KY, Monday.
J. III. Hawkins visited relatives
in Greenup county last week.
Roll Shields came in Monday
from Decatur, H., to visit relatives.
John Hendrick came in from H.
linois last week to spend a few days.
w. W. Cook, OF Sharpsburg, Wis
tied w. 5. Moody's family Sunday.
S. +. Shields and daughter, Miss
Renalin, were in MaysvillO last
week.
DR.. S. F. O'Brien will build a
dwelling house opposite the resi-
dence of Q. b. Denton.
There was quite number of
young people attended the social at
Roll Myers Saturday night.
Dovel Puthoff came down from
Russell, KY, to visit his grand
mother, Mrs. Louisa Grain.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
CORRESPONDENCE.
Bethel.

VIsIToRs.-Mr. and Mrs. Cone, of
Maysville, are spending the holi-
days with their daughter, Mrs. DIR.
Letton. Miss Fannie Lancaster, of
Hill Top, and Miss Callie Alling-
ton, of Nicholas county, are at Mrs.
Amanda Lancasterr's. Wash Ar
nett and wife, of Carlisle, and Miss
Sallie Vice are at E. Reid's. Mrs.
Anna Irwin is at her fathers, j. NJ.
Gossett's.
: Mr.. Bowman, of Poplar Plains,
has rented a house here. He will
move his family in a few days, and
will take charge of our school. Mr..
Bowman comes highly recommend
ed as teacher well qualified. <We
wish him success, and hope he will
stay with US long time; for my
honest opinion is that a change of
teachers two or three time during
the year is why our children learn
so little and are so hard to govern.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31

some OF the boys had very
good time Xmas.
The Ama9 tree was a success, a
large crowd attending.
Mark Hendrix sold TO Grain d.
Saunders II bay grlding for 500.
Roy Faris, Of Poplar Plains, is
the guest of his uncle, John Over
ley.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. i. Trumbo, of
Louisville, are the guests of their
daughter, Mrs. DR.. 4. Il. Vice.
Z A very nice crowd attended the
entertainment Thursday night of
last week, about Sl6 being taken in
at the door. The members of the
troupe acquitted themselves very
'crcditably. u After the entertain
mcnt was over the members of the
troupe were invited by G.. n. Cru
bcr To an oyster supper served at
the residence of Squire Graham.
They all express themselves deeply
indebted To Mr.. Gruber for very
pleasant evening.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
National DefenSeS.
Commercial Tribune.l

Washington, Dee. 19.-In view
Of the present talk of war with
Spain, naturally there is a great
deal of interest in the coast de-
fenses of American cities. Under
the Squire bill, passed by Congress
two years ago, a great deal has
been accomplished in placing the
important harbors of the Atlantic
and Pacific and Gulf coasts in a po-
sition to maintain a good defense.
Besides the heavy mortar batteries
which have been mounted at Sandy
Hook, guarding the entrance to
New York harbor, a number of ten
and twelve-inch rife cannon have
also been placed in position. All
these large guns are mounted on
disappearing carriages. Work of
a similar character is progressing
rapidly on the islands guarding the
entrance TO Boston harbor, and, in
fact, at all the lesser ports. En-
placements for mortar batteries
and disappearing rifle cannon are
being rapidly constructed.
In the War of 1912 the British
found but little difficulty in max
ing their way up the Chesapeake
and Potomac to Washington, the
President and Congress being com
PEELED TO take to flight to prevent
capture. Should a contest with
Spain ensue, and that country send
her entire naval force to try to capl
ture the National capital, she
would not succeed, even though
not an American naval vessel would
interpose. In the first place, such
a feet would have to run the gaunt-
let of some of the most powerful
batteries in the world located at
Fortress Monro and Hampton
Roads, guarding the entrance to
the Chesapeake Bay. Besides these
the entrance would be- quickly
studded with submarine torpedoes,
work on which has been so far
completed in advance that they
could all be placed in position in a
night.
But even should all these obsta-
cles prove unavailing, the feet
would again have to pass forts
along .he Potomac, which would be
manned by the latest type of eight
and ten-inch disappearing rifles.
Some of these guns are now be-
ing placed in position on the Vir-
ginia side of the Potomac, opposite
old Fort Washington, and with
their full fighting charge of powder
will hurl steel projectile of 400 to
500 pounds respectively, which will
pierce the armor of any vessel in
the Spanish navy at distance of
three to four miles.
These disappearing gun car
riages, like most modern improve
ments in the art of war, are purely
an American device, not one being
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
Preston.

d. S. Nixon is on the sick list.
Born, to Grant Jones and wife, a
son.
S. II. johnson, of Sharpsburg, is
visiting here.
Mrs. Annie Turley is visiting
friends at Stepstone.
Miss Bessie Bolts is visiting
friends at Millersburg.
Mrs. j. p. Shackelford, of Chest
nut Grove, is visiting here.
James Ross, of Owingsville, Wis
tied friends here Sunday.
A large crowd attended church
at Kendal's Springs Sunday.
Mrs. J. J. Thomas visited friends
at Ewington Saturday and Sunday.
II. w. McDermott, of Olympia,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Jas,
Horton, this week.
Mrs. Lou Thomas, of Farmers,
visited her mother, Mrs. Gibbs,
several days the past week.
Richard Garrett and wife, of
Stepstone, were the guests of the
latter's parents, Peter Hart and
wife, Sunday.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
MoOre'S Ferry.

We are having nice weather for
work.
Born, to the wife of Thomas Sor-
rell, daughter, Dee. Is.
Born, to Richard Vanlandingham
and wife, n son, Dee. Is.
Uncle Davic Shrout has been
very poorly for some days.
There is a prospect for some
weddings in the near future.
The boys laid in their liquor to
make their Christmas toddies.
Ira Goodwin and family visited
relatives in Fleming Go. Dee. 2ith.
|. Mrs. James Mcdonald was visit
ing her uncle, ii. A. Flood, the past
week.
The people of this vicinity gen
orally sympathize with the Cuban
insurgents.
G. Ii. Myers has moved to the
farm near here that he rented from
7. +. Razor this week.
Mrs. Eliza Ann Green, widow of
Sampson Green, who has been sick
for long time, is very poorly.
O. 2. Shrout butchered hog
that was supposed to weigh six
hundred pounds the past week.
Chas. Atchison and J. C.. Reeves,
of near here in Rowan, and their
sisters, Miss Onie Atchison and
Miss Liza Reeves, visited relatives
west of Owingsville Dee. 2ith.
Perry Knox, of west Of Owings-
vile, passed through here Thurs.
day with IA wagon-load of plunder,
supposed to be moving to his broth
er-in-law Mason Gamers, below
here.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31

a happy and successful New
Year To The OuTLouH.
W. W. Williams attended Court
at Flemingshurg Monday.
Walter ii. Williams visited rcla-
tives on Flat Creek the latter part
of last week.
Miss Jennie Riddle visited her
aunt, Mrs. Mamie McRoberts, at
Grange City, Sunday.
Misses Minnie and Bessie Story,
of Grange City, visited their aunt,
Mrs. j. NJ. Moore, Friday.
Miss Clio Williams gave a social
party on last Saturday evening,
which was very much enjoyed.
w. A. Williams came up last
week from the Bible College at
Lexington to spend the holidays
his parents.
Jacob Wilmington and Warren
Bailey, who had been in Illinois
for several months, arrived last
week to visit relatives and friends.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
Upper Prickly Ash.

Nicholas Burns visited friends
at Moore's Ferry Saturday and
Sunday.
j. b. Clark, of Versailles, is the
guest of relatives and friends in
the neighborhood.
Miss Fenton Shrout visited her
sister Mrs. w. w. Clark, of Flat
Greek, Monday.
Albert Wilson and wife, of near
Bethel, were guests at Mrs. Nancy
Shrout's last week.
A. ID. Burns and family, of near
Reynoldsville, were the guests of
the formers mother, Mrs. NJ. A.
Burns, Sunday.
Misses Mamie and Mary Lou
Carr, of Montgomery Co.; Era and
Fannie Hamilton, of Owingsville /;
and Emma McCarty, of Salt Lick /;
Messrs. ii. A. Lyter, of Berry, Ky. /;
II. l.. Stone, of Carlisle; VIM. and
C. II. Carr and Walter Hamilton,
of Montgomery Co.; John Shrout,
of Owingsville, and John and AL
mama Stone, of the neighborhood,
we're at Mrs. Francis Hamilton's
Sunday.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
MOOrefield.

C. W. Durham is laid up with
boils.
p. Dickey visited his sister, Mrs.
C. W.,Durham, last week.
Waller Sharp has bought several
crops of tobacco in this vicinity at
sc and &c.
All the turkeys were not stolen,
for there have been several big
dinners where roast turkey was
served.
Henry Cole, Jno. Palmer and
wife, Henry Berry and wife and
several others are sick with la
grippe.
Henry Cole and wife have re-
turned from New York City, whe re
they went some two weeks since to
consult specialist.
Hog-killing is over, corn mostly
cribbed, coal laid in for the win
ter, and the children happy over
what Santa Claus brought.
Ed Grubbs and wife, Miss Jen-
ME Graves and Robt. Armstrong
visited j. b. Durham and son
Charles from Sunday till Tuesday.
Miss Bridgie Hickey's school at
Pisgah closed Thursday, 24th. She
gave a nice treat of apples, can
dies, fruit, &C., which made the
children glad.
Mr.. Rose, of Hazel Green, is Wis
iting his cousin DIR. Swango, and
looking around for n farm to suit
him, as he has an idea of settling
in a good country.
Bro. Wightman and family visit
ing his daughter in Mason Co.
There were no services at the NJ.
f. church Sunday, owing to the
absence of the Pastor.
Willie Royse was thrown from
his horse Sunday, breaking one of
his limbs.N 1t was first broken last
year at the fox chase in Bath, and
this is the second time since then.
THE fractured limb was set by Drs.
Rash and Swango.
A man by the name of Ewel had
been hauling corn to Carlisle few
days before Xmas. AS he was re-
turning home Xmas eve on a lone
ly part of a dirt road about miles
from Carlisle, a man climbed into
the wagon from the rear, pushed
him off the wagon, when another
man in waiting cut him severely
about the hands and arms. also
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
From Another Correspondent.l

2AhONANA
w. C. Harper, of Mt. Sterling, is
spending a few days here.
j. W. Monjoy attended the Ma
sonic Christmas feast at Camargo
Saturday.
The many friends of Mrs. DIR. A.
S. Faulkner, of Hillsboro, Ind, will
be glad to know that she arrived
in Mt. Sterling Saturday to visit
her relatives and friends in this
county.
Mrs. Sarah HI. Ragan, the estim-
able wife of W. L. Ragan, of this
place, died at 2 o'clock Saturday
night, Dec. 27, after lingering ILL
ness of consumption; aged fifty-six
years. Mrs. Ragan was the only
daughter of Harrison Alexander
and was born, reared and had al
ways lived in the neighborhood,
and was highly respected by all her
friends, who numbered many. She
was a member of the Christian
Church, and though she bore her
suffering with patience, when death
approached she called to her Mas
ter: Take me, take me quick"
She leaves a husband and two sons
to mourn her loss. Funeral SER
vices were held at the house by
Elder III. ID. Clark, of Mt. Sterling;
burial at family burying ground
Monday.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
First Attend To Kentucky.

lCouricr-l oGrnal.l
1t would he well for kentucky 20
govern herself before kentuckiuns
fight. bleed and die to give the Gu
bans the right of self-gnvernment.
Has Graves county, for instance,
any local government, or is anarchy
supreme?
The lawlessness Of the recent
mobs in committing murder and
arson and in destroying toll gates
is simply indefensible in any civil
lied community. These outragcs
are reproach to the State and a
disgrace To the officers Of the law
They reflect not only upon the
towards who constitute the mobS,
but upon the entire communities in
which they take place; for they
would soon be checked, if they
had not been wholly prevented,
were local public sentiment wholly
out of sympathy with them.
1t i time that these crimes should
cease. 1t is time that officials elect
ed and paid To enforce the laws
should do their duty. 1t is time
that citizens should make known
their determination 10 pat down
mobocracy. Less rhodOmuntadc
about suffering Cuba and more
concern for suffering Kentucky is
what We most need just now.
The Sheriff of Graves county
who carried Jim Stone back to GER
tain death from a place of safety,
the jailer who took no steps to foIl
the mob he knew was gathering
around, and, finally, those citizens
of Maytield not among the assas-
sins, but who abetted the killing
of a man against whom there was
nothing but fiimsy circumstantial
evidence, are now arraigned at the
bar of public opinion. In a case
like this it is well to speak plainly
and call attention to facts clearly
evident. The mob at Mayfield had
less provOcation than the Russell
vile lynchers, though each was
blameworthy, for there was no
question as to the guilt of at least
two of the Procters. But both
Maylield and Russellville are large
and wealthy country towns with a
population that might have easily
been aroused to assist the majesty
of the law had there been any dis
position to do so on the part of the
officials. 1t was a duty incumbent
upon every citizen of these places
to uphold the dignity Of the Com
monwealth when stories that the
mob was coming began TO be hiut-
ed around; it is equally incuma
upon them now to see that rng
derelict and the guilty are brcu-h
to an accounting. That is the OH s
way in which they can regain IT,,
respect and confidence of the r..
mainder of f.o state.
The attention of tha commu..i.
I lies in which these iyrc cnings have
been occurring is called to the fact
that there are other counties in ~
State and in other States in ,yljrr
mobs are unknown and de- .i
violence are rare. What is .a1;
makes the difference except IL f
be the complacency or the hcrro
with which such crimes are rega ri
ed in the respective localitiesp
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
Knob Lick.

Dry and cool, very much like
spring weather.
Dad Weatherow is working near
20 men getting up ore.
The Roe's Run Iron Co. is put
ting in scales at the mines.
Christmas has passed here so far
without any incidents more than
usual.
Charles Warren and wife return
ed home from a prOtracted Christ
mas visit.
Charley Horseman, who has
been sick for some time, is able to
walk around.
Miss Lutte Quisenberry is visit
ing her many friends on Roe's Run
and vicinity.
Charles Warren has his house
near completion. Rod Costigan is
boss workman.
Ed Barnes and wife and Price
Jackson and wife have been gone
several days, taking Christmas.
There comes to us tale Of hor-
ror from Rowan Co. that makes
the heart sick. There may be some
exaggeration as to how it was
brought about, but from any stand.
point it is horrible affair.
Still the cry from all parts OF
the country for Cuba's independ.
ence, which should be heartily in.
dorsed by all lovers of liberty; but
the question is can we afford tC
take sides and get in a war our.
selves? which is more than likely
if We do take sides. Whilst We
may boast of our strength as a
fighting nation there have been
other powerful nations that have
reached the height of their fall.
think we should learn a lesson from
the man that went in to whip a
fellow for whipping his wife. They
both turned on him, hence he got
the worst of it. So, while we are
at peace, say let us stay so, anC
instead of spending millions in
death dealing machinery would il
not be more Christian to expend
something in life-saving devices
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
THE news from Owensbor!

The news from Owensboro indi-
Gates that the Circuit Judge and
Commonweslth's Attorney are 60
ing TO exert themselves to the ut
most to bring the lynchers of Holt
to justice. They will have the sup
port of the best public sentiment.
Unless the State is to revert TO saw
agery the officers and the law-abi-
ding people everywhere in Ken
lucky must do their duty in enfor-
cling and supporting the law. 1t is
not improbable that the past six
months have witnessed a nearer ap-
proach to anarchy than has been
known since the Civil war, and the
past two weeks it has been an aw-
ful experience in criminality in
many counties. 1t will continue to
get worse unless public sentiment is
thoroughly aroused against it.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
Grange City.
Happy New Year to all.


FAINT johnson visited at Cogswell
Sunday.
Miss Mary Royse visited her par
ents here last week.
Miss Etna Newman is visiting
relatives in Flemingsburg.
w. A. Bradley has rented W. o.
Williams property here for 1897.
Mrs. VIM. Williams and son Ar
chic have had an attack of la
grippe.
Misses Minnie and Maude Rig
don are recovering from an attack
of rheumatism.
Willie Conway and sister, Miss
Lottie, of Sunset, visited relatives
here Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. David Royse had her arm
broken, one day last week, by fall
from her horse. She is getting
along nicely now.
Jas. Davis, who came home Wed
nesday to attend the marriage of
his sister, Miss Della, left Monday
for his home in Illinois.
T. NJ. Williams and wife, of
Montgomery Co., came over last
week to attend the sales of Ollie
Williams and A. l.. Eden.
Our school taught by Frank Ev-
ans and Miss Kate Gray closes
Jan. lst. An entertainment will
be given that night, proceeds of
which will go towards repairing
the school house.
w. o. Williams and family left
Monday for Mentone, Ala, to make
that their home. We regret to lose
them, as they were good citizens,
but in their "sunny southern home"
we wish them success.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
Remarkable Being.

DIR. c. p. Thayer, dean of Tufts
College, and many other prominent
physicians and surgeons, who visi-
ted Millie Christine, the Carolina
twin, at the Masonic Temple yes
terday afternoon, willingly and un-
hesitatingly give testimony vouch-
ing for the genuineness of this re-
markable and interesting woman.
All the afternoon and evening
crowds of people attended the re-
ceptions, and a great number ex-
pressed themselves as being thor
oughly satisfied that she is every
thing that she is represented to be.
A woman who is more than one,
and yet not two. The bond of
union, which is Just above the
bones Of the spine, is chiefly car
tilaginous, but the spines are so
closely approximated that there is
an osseous union between them.
Born back to back, their natural
desire to walk straightforward has
twisted them to their present posi-
tion. Each can pursue separate
lines of thought and conversation
independent of the other. From
habit. their appetites call for food
and drink at the same time. All the
ills of the flesh are not, however,
necessarily theirs in common, for
one may have the toothache and
the other be free from any ache.
Touching them on any extreme of
the body, except the heads, both in
common are conscious of the touch.
As children they used TO have little
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Circuit Judge.

Judge Il. +. Day, Of ut. Sterling.
is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Circuit Judge in
the Twenty first Judicial district,
composed Of the counties OF Bath,
Menifce, Montgomery and Rowan.
NJ. 5. Tyler, Of Mt. Sterling, is a
candidate for the Democratic NOM
inaiion for Circuit Judge in this
(the 2Ist) Judicial district.
Charles W. Neshitt is a candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
tion for Circuit Judge Of this dis
trict.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31
For Sheriff.

George T. Young. of owingsville,
is "a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Sheriff of Bath
county. with Seth Bolts. of Sharps-
burg precinct, for deputy.
johnson NJ. Atchison. of Wyom-
ing precinct, is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Sheriff
of Bath county.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31

cutting his clothing to pieces. lie
was then robbed of five dollars and
left in the road. Ewcl SAYS one
was white. the other black; that he
thinks he knew one of them.
Editor of The OUTLOOK As moth
ing has been published in your pa
per since Dec. 1lth regarding the
death of Josiah Arrasmith l feel
that a few words from one who
knew him well would not be out of
place, although several weeks have
elapsed since his death.
l formed his acquaintance soon
after the war. l knew his wife, as
Miss Caroline Badger some years
previous.
After their marriage / spent
many pleasant hours in their hos
pitable home.
Josiah Arrasmith came of a long
line of honest ancestry.
His father, Massie Arrasmith,
was a man of sterling worth.
His mother was endowed with
many noble qualities.
HIS wife and daughter possess
many Christian virtues.
Is it any wonder with such an
cestry and tender home associa-
tions he became the devoted bus
band and father, the upright citi-
zen he was? Although he had
never made an open profession of
religion he had a high regard for
the ministry, and for every true
Disciple of Christ.
He scorned hypocrisy as almost
the lowest depth into which a man
could sink.
He was a true friend where he
professed friendship.
He loved Masonry with all its
mystic rites.
To the uninitiated it was deep
mystery, but to him bright and
holy Order.
But dearer than this to his
heart was "The Lost Cause" for
which he gave the best years of his
life.
His old comrades who shared the
fortunes of war, who fought by his
side. who slept on the lonely biv-
ouac, were as near to him as the
twin brother he loved so we'll.
What more fitting burial could
he have had than for those old vet
Grams to lay him away? As they
heaped up the sod with tender
hands, old memories of the hard.
ships endured together crowded
into their minds until the tear.
that could no longer be represseG
trickled down their cheeks.
He will be missed not only by
his Immediate friends, but afar OIL
are many that mourn their loss.
Moorefield, Dec. 81, '96. ID.
Owingsville outlook., 1896-12-31

TIE Republicans in Congress are
going TO do all in their power to
keep Bryanism alive and make it
more formidable than ever in 1900.
They are playing with the fire.
brand of international bimetallism,
which will not burn Europe, but is
a dangerous plaything in the Unit
ed States for inflaming the silver
sentiment. On the tariff they bid
fair to go beyond even Mckinley.
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