Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-20

Henderson.-A jury returned a yer.
dict of $12,5OO in favor of H. H. Book
against the city of Henderson for in
juries received when Book, tele-
phone lineman, was shocked by tele-
phone wire which had crossed the elec-
trio light wire.
FrankfoPt-Philip Bleemle, a native
of Baden, Germany, was arrested in
a thicket near this city. He says he
has been resident of America 43
years. He claims to be a tramp. He
was held pending an examination of
his character and purpose in this COM
munity.
Georgetown.-The discontinuance of
German as a part of the high school
curriculum, with Spanish or French as
substitute, was decided upon by the
Board of Education. The election of
a regular director of athletics is being
considered, but will not be acted upon
until September.
Lexington.-County Judge +. A. |
Bullock has been authorized by the !
Fiscal Court to appoint motorcycle |
patrolmen to keep lookout for speed
fiends on the pixies OF Fayette county
and to keep all would-be speeders un.
der notice. Three men will receive
salary and fee Of So for each convie
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Olive Hill.-The federal grand Jury |
at Catlettsburg failed to indict DR.. B. |
r. Morgan, dentist, of Olive Hill, held
on charge of failure to register, &C.
cording to the draft regulation, DR.. |
Morgan presenting, through his attor.
ney, two family Bible records that es.
tablished his age as above the draft
limit.
Winchester.-George McCready, II
years old, son Of Rev. W. G. McCready.
Episcopal minister, Of this city, was
drowned at the Boonesboro bathing
beach, Kentucky river, near here
Young McCready had been here but q
few days from New York, where he
has been employed in wholesale i'm.
porting house.
Cloverport-The body OF Clifton
Stinett was found in field near here
with deep cash across the throat.
Shortly afterward Will Riley, OF this
place, was placed under arrest, sus-
pected OF having murdered Stinett, and
is alleged by the authorities to have
confessed the killing. He refused to
give any reason for the deed.
Richmond.-Joe Mcqueen, OF near
Whites Station, was bitten by four.
months-old pup. He had DR.. ]. G.
Bosley, county health officer, to ex.
anime the wounds. DR.. Bosley sent
the pups head to Bowling Green to
be examined there, and 1t was return.
ed, saying the dog had rabies. Nc.
Queen was Immediately sent to Bowl.
ing Green by DR.. Bosley for Pasteur
treatment.
Lexington.-A campaign to induce
the farmers OF Kentucky to plant L.
100000 acres Of wheat this year has
been begun by the United States De.
partment OF Agriculture through the
Extension Division of the Agricultural
Experiment Station. One million acres
in wheat is about the maximum for
Kentucky, but the campaign is expect.
ed to teach the farmers methods for
increasing the yield per acre.
holasville.-While three white
men were returning from Lexington
in an automobile and after they were
four miles south OF Nicholasville they
ran into a telephone pole where the
Sugar creek pike intersects and smash.
ed the machine and two OF the occu,
pants had to be brought back to Mich
olasville for medical attention, both
with, injuries to the head caused by
the flying glass OF the broken wind
shield, The machine struck large
white cedar telephone pole and broke
1t of near the ground, and likewise
put the lines out OF commission, which
are used almost entirely now by the
Government.
Pikeville,-Mascow Belcher. charged
with the killing of Nelse Matney, Q
farmer OF this county, was founC
guilty and sentenced to twenty.oat
years in the penitentiary. Belcher
who was in love with Matney's daugh
ter was ordered out of the home one
night last winter when he called.
quarrel followed when Belcher hreC
the fatal shot.
Maysville Ivers, aged min,
years, was drowned In a creek, nea
his home He was the son Of MI
and Mrs. william IverS.
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