The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-04-28
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The Elmendorf Stock farm near Lex
ington will sell some of its fancy stock
at private sale
Senator Beckham spoke to a large
audience at Princetown, KY, Judge
O'Rear was unable to attend.
The Supreme Court of New York
decided that Harry K. Thaw must be
returned to the asylum.
The First and City National Bank of
Lexington will celebrate its fiftieth an
niversary.A of the &C commencement OF It's
business on May 9.
Q The:Florida House last week passed
resolutionIlto submit Statewide prohi
bition TO the voters in 1916. The Sen
ate must act on the question also.
Seven million Poles. of whom two
million are Jews, ;. are in dire need OF
food, according to the plea for help is
sued last week in London.
The State Grating Insurance Bureau
held a session in Louisville Saturday.
The object of the meeting was to fix
rates on barns and out-buildings.
Mr.. Carlton Elkin killed very rare
bird on the banks of The Dix River last
week which proved to be loon. 1t is
found usually in the Arctic regions.
The Women's Club of Stanford, with
the aid of the City Coupcil has sue
ceeded in raising enough money to
oil the principle streets of that city
bolt of lightning struck a residence
in Crescent Hill near Louisville and
knocked one young man across the
room and stunned eight other persons
The Southern Cotton States have
fully recovered from the war depression
according TO letter made public
Thursday by W. P G. Harding, of the
Reserve Board.
The Bremen Deposit Bank of Bremen,
Muhlenberg county, has gone into
voluntary liquidation because it found
business insufficient TO warrant its con-
tinuance.
A meeting of the Dixie Highway
Ky, at which meeting many prominent
persons from Tennessee were in at
tendance.
J. s. head, Jr., is on trial at catletts-
burg, charged with making false en-
tries in books OF the defunct Citizens
National Bank & Trust Company, OIL
which he was cashier. He denies al
charges made against him.
The Court of Appeals has affirmed q
judgment against Buell. Singleton. He
was convicted to an indeterminate sen
tence in the penitentiary for operating
an automobile of b. K. Marshall with
out Mr. Marshalls consent.
The committee of Mercy, appointed
by Gov McCreary, of which Mrs. H. B
Hanger, of this city is member, has
raised a total of 1860 SO for relief of the
European War sufferers.
The government clearly intends Il
put its power back of Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo and Controller of tn
Currency Williams in the injunction
suit brought against them by the Rigg
National Bank of Washington.
A petition to abolish the segregated
district OF Lexington has been put il
circulation in that city. DIR. l. j. Spen
Ger said that the object of the petition
was 10 test public sentiment on tn
question. Its circulation is bein
looked after by the Vice Commission
The daughter of Victor Hugo died a
her residence near Paris, France, age,
49, She was abducted as young chill
ard was found wandering in New Yor
City in demented condition. She die
without ever telling about her he
abduction.
AT Paris a bolt of lightning struck
zinc. bath tub, knocking hole in it tn
size of a copper, but the heat was so in
tense it melted the zinc and the hol
was closed up. The tub was filled witt
water at the time. 1--WE give this iten
for what it is WORTHY.