The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-01-26
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The a. & n. has let the contract for
4 new $4,000 depot at Jackson.
William Eugene Page and Wayne
Keelen, each II years. Paducah, were
drowned while skating.
Frederick Bandaman, sc, who was
one of the original seekers OF gold In
California in 1S4S, died at Ashland.
Naysville Chamber Of Commerce n-
corporates with L. T. Kirk as Pres
dent.
George Alexander, of Paris, the con-
victed banker. was taken to Louisville
for medical examination.
Ernest Goble, 80, of Prestonburg,
at Jatlettsburg.
Capt. Robert Townsend, 81, one of
Kentucky's prominent Masons, died at
Newport.
Efforts are being made to establish
a branch of the Young Mems Christian
Association at Maysvile.
James p. Pierce, former Judge and
Sheriff of Crittenden County, died at
Marion, aged 73.
A loss of $4,000 was sustained when
the old parochial school of st. Pat
rick's caught fire at Louisville.
Mayor Park, of Elizabethtown, sold
five car loads of mules at top of the
market at Atlanta.
The State Encampment of the G. A.
R. will be held in Lexington April q
and 20.
Shenandoah Hall, the fine property
of Solomon Vanmeter. has been sold
near Lexington for $175,0O0.
There were 600 refugees from the
flood situation in Hickman, but so far
no damage has been done to the levies
The commission house of J. l.. Cal.
houn, Lexington, was destroyed by fire,
with total loss of $4,000.
There are 253 high schools in Ken
lucky with total enrolment of more
than $1,000 students.
A movement was put on foot by the
city administration whereby Middles-
boro will build ana operate its own
electric plant.
L. s. Helburn, former Mayor of Mid
ulcSbOlO, was hIQultltu vi lllt Nlldl y
of killing ALI Farmer TO save his
friend.
The body of Boone Allen, who was
mysteriously murdered in Memphis.
was buried at his former home at
Loves, near Mayfield.
DR.. r. NJ Fighter, of Cynthiana. had
narrow escape from death when his
automobile collided with l.. Il n. freight
train.
Alex Carpenter and Ollie Stamper
sawed their way out of the Jail at
Morehead, Rowan County. one charg.
ed with forgery and the other robbery.
Work on Government Dam No 80 in
the Ohio River at Maysville has been
suspended for the next two mon his
due to weather conditions.
DR.. Raymond Mcmillan. Danville,
was elected Vice President of the Blue.
grass Dental Association at meeting In
Lexington.
Refugees at Ashbysburg are suffer
ing from lack of provisions and food
as well as from the blizzard and high
water.
Mrs. Honora Wise, near st. Johns.
Hardin County. celebrated her one
| hnndredth anniversary OF her birth,
with five generations present.
DR. Kastle, of the State Experiment
Station, will give Elizabethtown an
| experiment station II the ground is
provided
Ten Brock Tyre Co. Louisville
plant filling large foreign orders, was
visited by flames and greatly damaged,
Fires origin is to be probed.
President Wilson will be invited to
visit Louisville during his proposed
tour of the Middle West in connection
with his campaign on behalf of a
policy of preparedness
J. B. Grayum and W. d. Jackson
both claim to be City Marshal Of Win.
go. suit has been filed by ]. B.
Grayum, who claims he was elected
| two years ago.
Freight traffic on the Knoxville di,
vision OF the l.. & ~ has increased to
such a point that 1t has been neces
| sary to add large number of tele
graph operators.
The County Board of Equalization
after being in session for ten days at
Franklin. raised property to the
amount of $l27.44S. and lowered prop
erty to the amount of $20564.
| Two young Mexicans were shot to
death at Juarez. Mexico. by a Car
rama firing squad for the murder OF
Bert l.. Akers, an American rancher
| formerly of Horse Cave. Ky.
Mrs. Lula Moore Hume, assistant
matron of the Kentucky Children's
Home at Louisville, died of pneumonia
and her body was taken to Paris. her
former home, for burial.
Samuel V. Kelley, of Louisville
who was badly injured in a railroad
accident at Hatton, will be compelled
to have his left leg amputated above
the knee.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Hill, Paris, smothered to death
having slipped down under the covers