The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-12-01
Here, There, Everywhere

| as candidate for mayor of Richmond
Mrs. Vera Dillon, of London, is
confined to her bed with fractured
limb
The official count shows Wilson's
exact majority in Kentucky to be
27,253.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A Dyche celebrat-
ed their 50th wedding anniversary at
London Sunday.
Friends in Washington are urging
Senator James for the past of Presi-
| dent Pro Tenn of the Senate.
VIM. Lovelace, rs was found dead
in bed at London, Tuesday. He was
prominent resident of Laurel coun-
| ty.
The official count. in California,
finally completed and certified shows
Wilson's majority 3,773 in the Gold
en- Gate state.
A. G. Eastland, we'll known in
surance agent of Louisville, is here
this week. Mrs. Eastland is in Boyle
visiting relatives.
Former Commissioner of Public
| Roads Bob Terrell, of Kentucky, is
now professor of engineering in the
University of Oklahoma
Bede Conner, of Ell;ston, Madison
county, had his right hand so badly
mangled in corn shredder, it had to
me amputated this week.
| Kansas City, Mo-, has quarantin-
ed its stockyards as indications of
foot and mouth disease have been
! found among cattle coming from Ne
braka.
Henry A. Combs, 25, of Clay coun-
ty, stepped on a rusty nail while at
word on a bridge in Hamilton Ohio,
and died from blood poisoning early
in the week
Tom Broaddus, formerly of Madi-
son county was elected county clerk
in Usage county, Oklahoma in the re-
cent election by TAI majority over all
opposition.
Danville voted $4,000 for a mod
ern high school building at special
bond election Saturday by a vote of
954 to Al. Women voted in large
numbers in the election, 416, having
voted
Henry Allen, was given two life
sentences for murder in the Laurel
circuit court last week. The London
Echo did not say which sentence he
will serve first, but probably it won't
really make much difference to him.
Thomas Dunaway, IS, and a boy
companion found some dynamite caps
in Carroll county and while playing
with them, one exploded and a rag
ged silver penetrated young Duna-
ways right eye, destroying the sight.
After a IA years separation, Rev.
George Warden, aged 80 and his wife,
Mrs. Emily Greene Warden, had their
divorce decree annulled in the Fay
cite circuit court last week and are
now reunited. He is assistant pastor
of the Baptist church at Paris.
While out hunting in the noun
tains of Wise county, Va, Alex Std
ham, farmer, accidentally shot him.
self with a shotgun. Stidham was
crossing a fence when the weapon
was discharged the whole charge TAX
| ing effect in his left leg, tearing it
to shreds.
Pearl Johnson, who was shot and
killed Clyde Dunaway, at Middles-
boro about three weeks ago, was tried
in the Bell Circuit Court this week
on a charge Of willful murder and
the jury returned a verdict of guilty
and fixed her punishment at life i'm !
prisonment in the state penitentiary. !
A wild rush for territory in the |
eastern section of Estill county which |
also extends over into Wolfe and Lee
counties, has followed the report of a !
good we'll on the White land at Stand |
ing Rock, where Wolfe, Powell and |
Lee counties corner. The pay was /
reached at 1900 feet and the oil now !
stands 700 feet in the well.
C. E. Powell, proprietor of the |
Parksville mills and Prof. Jordan !
Mayes, of the Shelby City school,
had narrow escape from death when !
runaway team, hitched to a wagon,
ran into an auto in which they were |
driving turning them over. Remark :
ably and almost miraculously, neither |,
was hurt but the machine was badly
damaged.
A shell hit Villas auto in his at
tack on Chihuahua City early in the
week and the bandit leader escaped |
on horseback. Well bet he wasn't |
riding in flivver. Nothing like that
would ever have stopped one of the
popular makes of cars that Henry !
Anderson is selling car loads of
them here The Mexican desperate !
had better talk little business with
Mr.. Anderson before he goes into the !