Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1918-11-21

Lexington.-p delivering ordnance
supplies to the $. A. t. G. unit at the
Eastern Kentucky State Normal
school, the big government truck cross
ed on the ferry at Boonesboro, prob
ably the first, time in the history Of
the state that an army truck has cross
ed a river in that way. The truck
weighs 1850 pounds and 1t carried
900 POUNDS of freight.
Mt. Sterling.-Chief Of Police James
Upton has assured representatives Of
the United States Employment Service
of the full cooperation Of his depart
ment in Kidding Mt. Sterling of men
able to do war work, who heretofore
have refused work when offered IL
The chief has dire, VI his men to
make census of nOn-workers and when
it is completed these men will be put
TO work or drafted into the army.
Danville. - Superintendent Jackson,
Of the Kentucky State Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, at Danville, has telegraphed
his resignation as a captain in the
Medical Corps to the adjutant general
of the army. His services at the head
Of the Kentucky institution were re-
garded by the trustees as indispensa-
Bile, but the War Department objected
to him holding a commission in the
army while serving in that capacity.
Somerset.-Fire which originated
from the kitchen fue at the home Of
Louis Rulings totally destroyed the
house which was the property of Mrs.
Mary Gilmore and badly damaged the
property of NJ. G. "Buddie" Gilmore,
on East Mt. Vernon street. The losses
were partly covered by insurance. Mr..
Ridings' son, Earnest, who was down
with influenza, was removed to the
ssnitarium. The fire department, by
heroic work, saved Mr.. Gilmore's
house from total destruction.
Winchester.-Mystery surrounds the
death of an infant girl found at the
Central Hotel. The mother notified a
housemaid at about o'clock in the
afternoon that her baby was dead.
1t is said the child bore a mark on
its neck, as II from strangulation by
a string. Coroner A. NJ Thacker sum
moned a jury, which found that the
child's death was from an unknown
cause. The jury mentioned the mark
upon the child's neck, but did not at
tempt to say how 1t was caused
Georgetown.-Martha Cox, the u
year-old daughter of Mrs. John Cox, of
Georgetown, is dead from an injury
received while playing croquet with
her younger brother, John. The chill
dren were absorbed in their game and
laughed away the incident when Johns
mallet slipped out of his hand and
struck the little girl on the knee. But
the apparently trivial injury would
not be put away, because a small bone
had been broken, and protruded
through the skin. Death ensued.
Winchester.-JOhn w. SwOpe, repre-
sentative of Clark county in the Ken
lucky legislature. and John Trussel,
who has been raising a crop of corn
on the Swope place at Indian Fields,
engaged in shooting serape. Swope
used a shotgun and Trussell a pistol.
The shots went wild and nobody was
hurt. Mr.. Swope swore to a warrant
against Trussell charging him with
shooting with intent to kill. He was
arrested and his bond fixed at $500. 1t
is said the shooting resulted from an
argument over the corn crop.
Paris.-Through a letter received
by his wife, Mrs. Anna Bruce Mcclure
Hinton, < was learned ttAAssNIr-n ~