Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1898-05-27
Mt VERNON.
\ FEW ITEMS PICKED UP BY Az f. j.
MAN WHILE THERE.

that hardly the average crowd attend
ed circuit court at Nj Vernon Monday.
but what was lacking in number was
made up In soberncss aud good behav-
Tor. Judge IL G.. Williams l. very
much after the order Of our own "Piz. |
en- CoiIey, aud what he has done for
the whisky sellers since be took charge
of the county judges oHice has been
sufficient To make it "monstrous hard
% buy the stun, a. an old toner re.
marked To the during the day. Not
until late in the afternoon was there
any drunkenness at all and then only
few OF the boys showed the effect of
too much juice.
As stated ia our last issue. the Grim
nal docket is a big one this court and
the term will last two weeks or more.
Twelve men are 10 be tried for murder
aud IL does look like at least one hang.
ing might be gotten out OF that num-
Der. IL has been 20-odd years since
lfockcastle has bad a legal rope stretch.
ing and her heavy criminal docket is
proof conclusive that she needs one now
and needs it badly. 1t is thought that
most OF the murder cases will be tried
this court. John Jarrett, who has had
two hung iuries, answered ready for
the killing OF Buck Padgett aud his
jury was secured with little trouble
Monday afternoon. Pate Langford
who with his brother, Eliza, shot ex-
Jailer King, from the effects OF which
he died, Is i'll In Jail and may not be
able 10 go through his trial. There
were 20 prisoners in jail Monday night.
The visiting attorneys at court so far
are Hon. Foutaine Fox Bobbitt. and
Messrs. w. a. Morrow and Calhoun.
The latter lawyer is from Lexington.
Mr.. c. G. Williams Is in every case OF
Importance and has his hands full.
The two patent medicine men did a
land office business and the way the
people spent their hard earned money
with the fakirs was caution The
slick-tongued scamps made them think
prosperity had come with vengeance
and that their medicine would make
them live the longer to enjoy it.
This is commencement week In Mt.
Vernon and a big time in many ways
with the young people. The pretty
little play Cricket on the Hearth
will be presented Friday night by a
number OF the college students: there
will be party or so and the beaux and
bellies will have a good time generally.
With the exception OF w. a. b. Da-
Wis new store and an additional resi-.
dence or two. there have been very
few changes in 1.-THE old town" since /
was there in September. She l. not on
boom like Livingston, but l. holding
her own, which is doing well, times
considered. BY the way, the Living
ston people are so high up since they
have gotten the dispatcher's Office aud
80 on that they actually want the court.
house moved to that place. The change
will hardly be made this Spring. how
ever.
The political situation in Rockcastle
Is all that the democrats could wish.
There Is no opposition to Gov. Me.
Creary for the nomination for Congress
and many republicans Will vote for him
In November. | predict that i'm five
years that county will be In the dem
nppatta column o., -,., E..,.F,t,. G.,
will, IL Mr.. Dawson is put up by the
republicans. His distribution OF pie
has not been at all satisfactory, a. he
will De made aware OF in November
next.
Preparations are already being made
for the Brodhead fair, which will be
held Aug. IL, Is and 10. Secretary a.
+. Albright thinks the exhibition this
year will eclipse all previous efforts.
The purses and premiums will be far
more liberal than heretofore.
Mrs. Harriet Orm, of Brodhead who
is % years old, is a remarkably well
preserved woman. She does her own
homework, walks with as firm step
as most OF women 30 years her junior
and reads readily without her specta-
cles. She used glasses until several
years ago, but on one occasion could
not find them and tried to read without
them. To her surprise and joy she
found that her sight had been restored
She is fiona OF daily papers and keeps
well posted on subjects pertaining to
the present war. Mrs. Orm taught
school at Walnut Flat number of
years ago.
Some cowardly enemy poisoned four
calves belonging to j. NJ. Crawford, Of
the Brodhead section, few nights ago.
He thinks he knows the guilty party
and when the evidence is clinched he
will make it warm for him. Mr.. Craw-
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