The bee., 1916-08-15
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Frankfort, the first woman elected
Librarian at the Capitol, died at Cape
May.
The twenty years electric light and
power franchise for the city of Lex
ington sold for $4,000. Nine CEN
current is provided.
OF the 1852 Confederate pensions
granted, 2,91O remain on the roll. and
will participate in the August distri
button.
Great interest is manifested through
out every county in the Kentucky State
Fair to be held in Louisville septem
ber 11-16.
The Kentucky Messenger is the
name of a new daily paper in Coving
ton, the first issue to come out or
Labor Day.
Colonel Fred Gardner, the Demo
catic nominee for Governor in Mis-
souri,, is a Kentuckian, a native OF
Hickman.
Colonel r. G. Buckner has donated
$4,000 to. the city of Owensboro tc
be used for the erection of a tubercu
losis hospital.
A Kentucky soldier named August
Sleek, of Lewiston, was kicked on the
head by an army mule at FL Paso an6
killed.
Positive announcement that Vice
President Marshall will open Ken
tucky's Democratic campaign at Win
chester, Saturday, September 8, was
made in Washington.
Pending a settlement through arbi
tration, difficulties between themselves
and Western Kentucky mine operators
5000 union miners of that district vot
ed to resume work. They have been
on strike for about three months.
Experts say there are very poor
prospects for fruit in the state this
year. Apples will not make one-hali
crop. Peaches show a condition OF
65 per cent; pears, 81 per cent and
grapes Sc per cent.
Crop reporters state that the corr
crop in the state was greatly damaged
during July by the excessive dry wea
ther. The condition of the corn CROP
is given at 80 per cent of the average
crop.
Senator Tom Taggart, of Indiana,
has assured boosters of a Federal
Farm Loan Bank for Louisville, that.
in the event Indiana does not seek
it, he will be for Louisville as against
Cincinnati.
Commissioner of Agriculture Cohen
estimates the yield of the wheat crop
this year at nine bushels to the acre
The Hession fly greatly damaged the
wheat in many sections and the aver
age in some parts Of the state is only
three bushels to the acre.
A total of 14,9OS deaths and 2S,6Oe
births have been reported to the Blu
reau of Vital Statistics for the first
six months of 1916. This does not in.
clude a number of delayed certificates
which will add considerably to these
| figures.
The receiver Of the Equity Life, OF
Frankfort, has filed suit against 214
policy holders of the company, which
was an assessment concern, to collect
an assessment of 1912 per cent to meet
death claims of $4,000 and other in.
debtedness amounting to $4,000.
Louisville is resorting to extreme
! methods to capture the Federal Farm
Loan Bank, which it is expected will
be located to serve Ohio Valley terri.
tory. Louisville has gathered pledges
from Senators and Representatives
from Ohio Valley States and it is
claimed that her chances are excellent.
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
has revoked an order requiring cattle
destined to points in the state for any
purpose to be shipped in clean and
disinfected cars. This order in no
way effects the requirements affect.
ing the shipment Of sheep and swine
into Kentucky.
]. Kirwan Vetter, Jr., of Louisville,
is but one year old and he is a very
lucky child. Recently he fell head.
| first from a second-story window al
his home The mother saw the child
fall and ran down stairs. Instead OF
finding an injured child she saw him
lift himself to his feet.
The widow of DIR. James Carroll, the
martyr to the discovery that the vel
low fever germ is transmitted by mos.
quitoes is to receive a permanent home
at Ft. Thomas (Ky.) mobilization camp
for the Kentucky guardsmen, it was
announced by Lieutenant Irving Lin.
denberger, Camp Surgeon.
The state school fund has been
swelled by S45,949.4S collected as
taxes on dogs. Last year the dogs
of the state netted the school fund
$39, ,622.46. Pike county leads the list
with the number Of dogs, turning into
the school fund, $4,000 from this
source. Boyle County paid the lowest
dog tax, that of S5.31.
Jurisdiction over the Ohio River be
tween the states of Indiana and Ken
tucky is involved in a test case in
the Circuit Court Of Louisville. The
case is that of Frank Nicoulin, a fish
erman, and is an outgrowth of an
act for the protection of fish and game
which was passed by the last legisla
ture.
Pay day for a brigade Of the Ken