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man, 81, and Mrs. Mary Rowland, AZ,
were united in marriage at the Green
River hotel in that city. Before the
marriage ceremony both signed a mar
riage contract that the bride was to
receive a child's portion of the estate,
in the event she outlived Boatman.
Boatman was married to his third wife
just year ago, and in his petition for
divorce he alleged she abandoned him
three weeks after the ceremony.
Two men were killed instantly and
three others stunned when bolt of
lightning struck canoe near Louis
vile under which they had taken shell
ter on Goose Island during a severe
electrical storm. Those killed were
Jasper Needy, 65 years old. and Jacob
Benson, 23. The injured are Joseph
Barrimore, Charles Runger and John
Benson. The men composed a fishing
party which had spent the day in the
waters below the falls, and were
caught on the island when the storm
bore down upon them.
Fayette Countys road specifications
involving the expenditure of 100000
for the rehabilitation of the public
road system of the county, drawn after
much deliberation and discussion by
the Fayette County Road Commission,
have been approved in every detail by
Road Commissioner r. G.. Terrell,
thereby guaranteeing Fayette County
state aid on its road construction pro-
gram and allowing Judge F. A. Bull
lock to proceed with the work of
awarding contracts. 1t is expected
that the work will be under way by
June Is.
l.. II. Bellbaum, the Cornishville
druggist, and his wife were fishing in
Chaplin River, near Harrodsburg, and
had thrown in their lines about fifteen
feet apart in the water A fish grabbed
Mr.. Bellbaum's hook and drew his cork
under. and a few seconds later Mrs.
Bellbaum's cork bobbed out of sight.
1t developed that big catfish weigh.
ing several pounds had caught Mr..
Bellbaum's bait and started swimming
down the stream when it saw Mrs.
Bellbaum's bait dangling temptingiy
near and grabbed that also. and both
hooks caught the greedy fish.
Corporal Davis Marksbury, who was
killed by Villa bandits, near Cruces.
Mex. was the son of Thomas Marks
bury, who lives about four miles from
Harrodsburg His father is the
owner of the famous old Shawnee
Springs farm. Corporal Marksbury
was 81 years old and spent two
weeks furlough with his parents and
other Mercer county relatives about
six months ago. His early training
was received at the Columbus (O)
barracks. and he was later transferred
to FIT. Leavenworth, Kan, from where
he was sent with the first troops to
the Mexican border.
Reports from Winchester state
| that Fletcher Deaton, the seventy
year-old Breathitt County feud leader
was taken to the State Reformatory
| to serve a life sentence following a
| conviction on charge of completely
in the assassination of Sheriff Ed Cal
lahan, Jackson. several years ago
Deatons case has been carried through
all of the state courts and into the Su
preme Court OF the United States,
where his appeal was refused Deaton
is said to be the last of the leaders OF
the celebrated Decentralization feud
that waged for years in Breathitt
County.
Evidences are multiplying that the
tobacco dealers expect the demand for
the weed next season to exceed the
supply. according to dispatches from
Hopkinsville. For the first time In
history offers are being made to grow