The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-08-19

JUDGE KILLS HIMSELF:-Judge
Clinton Armstrong, for many years
city judge of Lancaster, shot and
killed himself, it is supposed on ac-
count of Ill health.
BOY HURT:-Holton aged ~. son
of w. Parks of near Richmond while
driving cattle was thrown from his
pony, which was knocked down by
big steer, and his body was mashed.
He is in critical condition.
SWALLOWED A WHIP:-A cow
belonging to H. L. Taylor, of near
Hartford, Kentucky, chewed and swal-
lowed a rawhide which was attached
to a stick twenty inches long. She
became sick. After few weeks got
better. A few days ago Mr.. Taylor
noticed a stick protruding from her
side. He pulled it out and 1t proved
to be the missing whip. The COW is
getting well.
NIGHT RIDERS BUSY:-The
night riders are at work in Edmundson
County. Several men and two women
have been whipped in the last week
and one man was shot with a shot
gun. 1t is thought he will not re-
cover.
COST HER DEAR:-A colored wo-
man of Louisville was the successful
winner OF a watermelon as a prize
for eating four other large melons.
Fearing that some one would steal
her prize she ate it also. A few hours
later she died of cardiac paralysis,
superinduced by acute indigestion.
BAPTISTS GET MONEY:-Theo-
dore Harris, wealthy man of Louis
Vile, at his death recently left
practically all his wealth to the Bap-
lists of Kentucky. His children get
a small allowance, but he says that
the money does more good in the
hands of the church.
THIEVES IN SOMERSET:-A we'll
organized band of thieves are making
rich hauls in Somerset, Pulaski Coun-
ty. They have entered several stores
and finally robbed the postoffice.
Search for the men as yet has been
fruitless.
KILLS HERSELF:-Chronic head
aches proved too much for Mrs. May
Spindle a prominent woman of Louis
vile, and she took her life by shoot
ing herself in the mouth with a re-
volver.
HARMONY AT LAST:-The Am
erican Society of Equity and the Bur-
ley Tobacco Society have come to
an amicable agreement in regard to
the pooling of the tobacco crop Of
1909. II remains for the propositions
made to be accepted formally by the
State and National Boards of the
Society of equity.
SAD ACCIDENT:-While his mother
and sisters were at the Blue Grass
Fair, Claude Scott, of Frankfort ac-
cidentally shot himself in the face
and bled to death before physicians
could reach him.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING:-A wo-
man aged sixty years was sitting on
her porch near Hustonville when she
was shot in the head. 1t is feared
she will not recover. No clue has
been found to the man who fired the
shot.
HISTORICAL BUILDING DE-
STROYED:-Lightning struck the old
Court House at Washington. Mason
County, where Uncle Tom of Uncle
Toms Cabin" fame was sold and
completely destroyed it. Henry Clay
and Daniel Webster spoke there many
times.
DISCIPLES CONvENTION:-The
national convention of the Disciples
church will meet in Lexington this
fall, and 1t is expected to be one Of
the biggest gatherings ever held in
that city.
NEW HIGH BRIpGE:-The Cincin-
natl and Southern are building a new
bridge over the Kentucky river at
High Bridge. The bridge will be 3O6
feet above the low water mark.
PRESS DAY AT FAIR:-"Press
day" at the Blue Grass Fair was
great success, and great crowd OF
newspaper men were there. Secre-
tary Jouett Shouse delightfully."- en-
tertained the whole crowd at lunch
and in many other ways did all he
could to make the editors and their
wives comfortable. Mr.. Shouse said
that the secret of the great success of
the Fair this year was due to a
great extent to the liberal use of
newspaper advertising.
RAILWAY OPERATOR MURDER
ED:-Last Thursday at Kings Noun
tain, Kentucky, the night operator of
the Queen and Crescent Railroad was
found murdered and robbed. No clue