The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-21
General News

Mrs Eliza Meadows Webster died at
Carrollton, KY, last week, aged 1O5
years.
Hon. r. A. Chiles, prominent law
yer of Mt. Sterling, has been elected
member of the city council.
Hon H. B. Kingsolving, prominent
lawyer of Mt. Sterling, will move to Lou
isville to make his future home.
1t is claimed that 500 commercial
tourists either live in Lexington or make
their headquarters there.
Judge Kerr, of Lexington, has been
quite i'll for the past week with tonsili-
tbs, but we are glad to say he is much
improved.
Statistics show that Kentucky will
produce this year 344, 100, 600 pounds of
of tobacco and that the greater part of
it will be first-class.
Warden Wells has refused to detail
convicts to work on public roads in Law
renee county and a suit will be filed to
test the new law.
Senator Camden will take the. stump
in aid of the Democratic TICKET on his
return to the State, The dates have not
yet been announced.
a boiler explosion at the saw mill
owned by Michael T. billiard, near
Morehead, destroyed the mill, killed
three men and injured two others.
The L. & N. Railroad is spending
5000, 600 in Lexington. Its round house
will hold II locomotives and its side
tracks will be made capable of holding
600 cars.
The Senate has made so many chan
pes in the War Revenue Bill that it is
hard to tell what is going to be taxed
What the matter with an old bachelor
tax Eek.
An appropriation of $50, 100000 for
rivers and harbors was announced by
Congress. The Ohio River gets $2,000,-
600; the Mississippi, ESQ, 900; the Cum
berland below Nashville, S210, 900.
Lieutenant McDermott spoke in Dan
VILE Monday last in behalf of the Demo
cratic ticket. Gov. McDermott is fine
orator, and it being county court day.
large crowd heard him.
Hon. w j. Price, of Danville, who is
now United States minister to Panama,
is expected home soon for short vaca-
ton. Mr.. Price is we'll known through
out Central Kentucky and his many
friends will be glad TO see him.
The 18th session of the United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy will be held in
Frankfort on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week. The sessions will be held
in the Hall of Representatives in the
new capitol.
The dry forces in Anderson county
have filed notice of "a contest OF the
late local option election, and the same
will be tried on the End day of Novem-
Der. Clark and Bourbon counties will
be contested by the vets.
A double killing occurred near Mays
vile, in which Grover Dyer and Grant
] Cooper killed each other. They were
brothers in-law and had quarreled over
dog. They shot each other to death
with double barreled shot guns.
Judge Pryor, one of the oldest lawyers
of the State, and who was Chief Justice
of the Court of Appeals several times, is
now critically i'll at his home. in New
Castle. He sleeps nearly all the time,
! but while awake he is fully conscious.
Webb Lail, Senior at State Universe
ty has been suspended until the 3olh
of January on account of hazing The
students of the Senior class have pro-
tested and threatened to walk out if the
order of the faculty is enforced. Lail is
from Cynthiana. Later = The Senior
class has decided to abide by the decis
ion of the faculty.