The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-05

r'sn otorf OF the year.
INSURANCE SwINDLE CHARGE:
One of the most remarkable swim
dies ever perpetrated is charged by an
insurance company against Mrs. WILL
lam McCracken, formerly of London,
Ky. The swindle is alleged to have
been worked In Oklahoma, and the
woman has been taken back there.
The charge is that she substituted
the body OF another man in the coffin
IN which the corpse of her husband
was supposed to be, that she collect
ed $4,000 insurance, and that her
husband is alive and well today.
DEMOCRATIC SPLIT:-A second
Democratic ticket has been announced
In the Louisville mayorality race, and
the split between Beckham and Whal-
len factions seems complete. Owen
Tyler is at the head of the new ticket
and claims that he will win. It really
seems likely that Grinstead will be
able to beat two men easier than
one. but there is some talk of whiskey
Republicans starting another so-called
Republican ticket themselves, though
they were very badly beaten at the
primaries.
BABE LEFT:-There has been
considerable interest in Paint Lick
in the leaving of baby in a basket
at the door Of Ollie Barr, a prominent
far lnu
the door, put the basket in the farm
er's hands and disappeared.
IN NEW CAPITOL:-The State
officials are rapidly moving into the
new Capitol building. Bruner was
the first to get In, and others are
following rapidly.
BURGLARS IN ROCKCASTLE:-
Burglars last Friday night entered
the store of Dooley & Stinton at With
ers, and robbed both the store and the
post office of articles OF considerable
value. Mr.. Dooley's family lived here
last year, and are pleasantly remem-
bered.
OVER GIRL:-Henry Cornett of
Middlesbroo shot James Sowders thru
the heart last Saturday because the
latter's little girl had hit Cornett's
with a broom.
THE BEST YET:-A good fish
story is a Joy forever Sometimes it
is even more SO. Here is one of the
best yet, tho there is no affidavit
with it. The veracious reporter
saith:-That near Nolin, in Hardin
County, is a farmer named Thomas
Monin, who owns some COWS and
pasture thru which runs a creek. The
cows often stand in the water and
one day when he was down watching
small rise, he saw large fish come
up to the cows udders. and milk them.
He stayed some time on the bank
watching the strange sight, and
when the cows came out they had been
went home.
HERALD SOLD:--The control of
the Louisville Herald has been pur-
chased by ]. C. Shaffer of Chicago,
/
He announces that he will run the
paper In support of the national Rep
ublican administration, and will take
little time to decide what stand 1t
will take on local matters. G. A. New
man, Jr., who has been editor for
some years, retires.
SHEEP GUARANTEED: - Gov.
Wilson has received notice from the
Federal Government that a quaran-
tine will be placed against all Ken
lucky sheep because of the epidemic
of scab. This means that sheep from
Kentucky cannot be shipped to other
states.
LEXINGTON ELECTION:-A re-
port was printed Sunday that Judge
Parker in Lexington would hand down
an opinion ousting the entire city ad-
ministration because of fraud, bribery
and intimidation by the Democrats at
the election Of 1907. The decision has
not yet been handed down as we go
to press. however. 1t sounds too good
to be true.
ACCUSES JOHNSTON:-Denn B.
Goode, editor of The Focus, has sworn
out a warrant against Adjutant Cen
eral Johnston accusing the military
man Of whipping him with cane.
Mr.. Goode printed an article in which
he called the Adjutant General Pea
cock p. Johnston, and Mr.. Johnston
does not seem to have liked 1t.
The Baptist church of Prestonsburg.
KY, according to the Waterman. has
a claim to hold the record for the
United States of percentage of church
growth in single year. To the church
there of nine members $50 were add
ed as the result of series of revival
services. The future history Of that
church should be worth watching by
the student Of revivals. Outside this
country this record has been exceeded,
The Waterman says in two cases,
the Baptist church in Ongole, India
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