Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20

Harrodsburg.-The pumping station
It the municipal water plant caught
Ire and burned to the ground. Hard
work. of the firemen kept the boilers
rom exploding. This is the third time
he building has caught fire in two
weeks.
Campbellsburg. - Campbell s burg
High School opened with a good at
endance. Prof. Paul Garrett, an ALB.
graduate of Georgetown College, will
assist the principal, Prof ]. w. Pearcy.
Miss Alta Jordan, of Bradford, KY,
will also assist in the High School
work.
Shelbyville.-In suit filed by Mrs.
H. L. Stone judgment was asked
against the Kentucky Utilities Com.
pany in the sum of $4,000 damages to
eight acres of land, which she alleges
Is occasionally flooded on account of
the defendants dam at the power
plant.
Frankfort.-Frank Dunn, secretary
Of the Chamber of Commerce, an.
that he had been assured by
Eastern capitalists that line Of cleo
tric railroad will be built between
Frankfort and Shelbyville. This line
will be the connecting link between |
Louisville and Lexington.
Winchester.-T The Clark county
grand jury may make an investigation
Of the death of James X. Reeves, a
Madison County man, who was
drowned in the Kentucky River, near
Boonesboro, on the night OF August 8
under what, according 10 current
rumor, were mysterious circumstances.
Paris.-Through a cablegram re-
ceived by Arthur B. Hancock, OF
Paris, the news was conveyed of the
loss at sea of the imported stallion,
Maiden Erleigh, together with a num-
Der of valuable brood mares. The stall
lion and the mares had been purchased
at Newmarket sale of ]. Muskerby
Moorehouse, Mr.. Hancock's London
agent.
Lexington.-Not more than 50
per cent Of the normal attend.
ance at the State University was
in attendance at the opening of the
1918 session, according to Registrar
Gilis, at the close OF the first days
registration. About 23O students made
formal application for entrance into
the university before the opening OF
the session.
Paducah.-No more names will be
called for examination by the Nc.
Cracken County Exemption Board for
the first increment Of the National
Army under the selective draft
Enough men have been accepted 10
make up the county's quota of 232
names and all but three of the 10 per
cent additional men have been selected
for the reserve.
Observation-Disclosures McGinnis. Of
Boston, Mass. apparently 40 years old
was found dead in an alley. The body
is not disiigured in any way and deatl
is believed to have come from natura
causes. In his pockets was a silveI
medal bearing on one side the inscrip
ton, Second prize for 44O.yard run.
On the reverse side It said, "275th An
niversary Medford.'
Louisville.-Three hundred ant
twenty'four men have failed to repor
to the local boards in the twenty.fou
counties within the Jurisdiction of tn,
District Appeal Board OF Division No
l, for the Western District of Ken
, lucky, according to report Just made
As srapidly as possible, names of thos
| who evidently wilfully failed to appea
, are being turned over to the Depart
! ment of Justice agents for investlga
tion.
G Stanford.-Ed Hubbard, Republican
1 nominee for sheriff of Lincoln county
shot to death NJ. S. Baughman, Demo
cratic nominee for the same Office, o.
Monday last. The killing occurre
r just in front OF the First Nations
a Bank in the misdt of a large court da
Y crowd. Baughman was shot thre
!, times in the head and death was a
/, most instantaneous. 1t is said this
illfeeling had existed between the tw
men for some time.
d Franklin.TCounty Agent Brusse ha
I encouraged the farmers to grow alfaIi
o and In a report to the Governmer
t made, he states that seventy.six acre
&c have been planted by the farmers {
:; this county. The smallest is one acl
and the largest is twenty acres.
Louisville.-A community compose
4 OF members OF the denomlnatlc
,e known as Holy Rollers is being esta
m lished in New Albany, Ind. A numb
q of families already have moved to Il
v new section and are building and rer
Ing homes in the neighborhood.