Licking Valley courier., 1918-07-11

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Williamsburg. - Deputy Constable
John Hickey was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Will Bray at Cat
lift mines. Hickey was trying to ar
rest Bray.
Harrodsburg.-While removing
swarm of bees from an apple tree
the ladder slipped and w. F. Bohon
fell to the ground. In the fall he struck
table and three Of his ribs were
fractured.
nchester.-Charles McKenna, 4
years old, only child of Mr. and Mrs.
]. ]. McKenna, of Troy, o., and grand
son of ]. A. Bishop, of Winchester, was
accidentally killed while crossing the
street at Troy.
Bowling Green.-Miss Mollie Hurt,
of Atherton, this county, committed
suicide by taking arsenic. She died in
stantly. She made an attempt to end
her life a few days ago. She had been
suffering from cancer of the stomach
Louisa Four pairs of twins were
baptized at the Methodist church here
at the same service. Two pairs were
boys and two girls. The parents of the
children are Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Thomp-
son, Mr. and Mrs. e. c. Mcclure, Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Frazier and Mrs. Col
lier.
Stanford.-Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Led
ford, riding in an automobile driven
by their daughter, were killed, and
their son Marion injured seriously
when the machine was struck by a
Louisville G. Nashville train near Paint
Lick. The girl was injured only
slightly.
Announcement Is made
that the War Department will build a
cantonment for two brigades of artil'
lery at West Point. This will mean
about 10000 men. The government is
leasing 10000 acres more for an artil
lery range, which will mean 10000
men in all.
Doyihgt5G.@Sx n5ny- -tIres wff1ii1tI
and three negroes, who registered as
'horse trainers and horsemen," were
arrested at the Latonia racetrack an(
each was fined 500 and costs and sen
fenced to go days at hard labor b!
Judge Lewis Manson in the CovingtoI
Police Court.
pkinsville.-Thomas Kennedy. A.
years old, committed suicide by hang
ing himself with a shoestring from hi
iron bed at the Western Kentuck.
Hospital for the Insane. He had beel
an inmate of the institution one week
The body was sent to his former hom,
in Ohio county for burial.
Ashland.-A. r. Tillinghast, distric
superintendent of the Solvay Co., anC
Nelson Weldon, who is also connected
with the company in an official ca
pacity, are both very i'll as a result o
assisting in skin grating on Johl
Perry, who was some months ago bad
| ly burned at the coke ovens.
Paris-The grand jury declined t
consider the case of Jouett Elmore, G
year.old son OF Clarence Elmore, whicl
was referred by Police Court, after
Paris woman had a summons issuet
against the child, charging that he wa
a public nuisance by roller skating oil
the street and playing soldier.
Shelbyville.-Claude Barnett, who's
body was found in his automobile nea
Corinth, was a farmer of this county
but made his home in Shelbyville.
bullet wound in his right temple witt
a revolver loosely clasped in his hant
led the coroner's jury to return ver
dict of suicide. He is known to havO
lost a considerable sum of money re
Gently.
Frankfort.-The Louisville 4 Nash
vile escaped taxes on omitted proT
erty assessed at $l3,176,64O for 1907
and almost as much for the four SUE
ceeding years, by the decision of tn
Court of Appeals, reversing the Frank
lin Circuit Court in the suit of EaI
Huntsman, revenue agent The roa
was freed absolutely as to all tn
years excepting 1907, previous bacl
tax suits in Louisville barring the prC
ceedings.
Danville.-An automobile belongin
to H. C. Catron caught fire and wa
destroyed. The machine was standin
on the street and was unoccupied whe
some one noticed that the top wa
ablaze. The fire soon spread to a
parts of the machine, 1t is thougl
the flames were started from a spar
from a passing engine as the fire brol
out on top and only little while b
fore an engine passed the point ne,
where the machine was standing.
Carlisle,--Claude Reynolds al
John E. Soper, young farmers of Mic