The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-03-20
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portant events transpir-
ing In state .

Hickman.-The wedding of Mrs
Esther Parker Riggs, a 23-year-old
widow, and w. A. Malone, SO years
DID, a widower, was solemnized here,
Richmond little four-year-old
son of Thomas Crouch, while standing
by watching his father chop wood,
was instantly killed when a stick flew,
striking him in the head.
Flemingsburg-The general mer-
chandise store of Robert Flora at Bat.
tie Run was totally destroyed by fire,
together with all of its contents. The
origin is unknown. The loss is about
$4,000.
Richmond.-Th $4,000 damage suit
brought by John E. Sexton, of this
city, against the L. & N. Railroad Co.
was settled by agreement Mrs. Sex
ton is daughter of the late Pat Gala
CHER, who was killed while on duty.
Williamstown.-Leo Harvey, whose
home is in Crittenden, this county,
and who was in the Aero Squadron in
France, was killed while flying, ac-
cording to a dispatch received by his
brother. He was in the United States
Navy several years.
Decentralization in the River
side Hospital have been promised by
the City Commissioners following an
inspection of the infirmary by Miss
Flora E. Keene, of Louisville, State
Inspector for the State Board of Ex-
aminers for Trained Nurses.
Hellier.-Desponden because her
sweetheart had departed for Camp
Zachary Taylor to report for duty,
Miss Sara Lambert, IS, daughter of a
carpenter here, took her life by firing
a bullet through her head. She went
to the home of neighbor to commit
the deed.
REORGANIZATION for a new trial
for ]. E. DELPHI was overruled by Judge
Charles Kerr. DELPHI was sentenced to
serve four years in state prison for
adding names unlawfully to a regis
tration book, but a stay of execution
was granted pending a decision from
the court of appeals.
Pikeville.-Walter Ward, a miner of
Heller, Ky, was held in $1,000 bond
by the Federal commissioner here.
Witnesses testified that he displayed
handful of cartridges and said: IF |
could | would put five or six of these
in the head of Woodrow Wilson and
five or six others and stop this ID
war"
Ashland.-At a meeting of the Board
of Education William Carp, a member
of the board, proposed the dropping of
German at once from the school. Su-
posed to the move and insisted that
they continue to teach it until the
close of the school term. This was
given a favorable decision.
Carlisle.-Sheriff James w. Myers
and Chief of Police Leonard Howard
were fired upon by a man near this
city while they were attempting to
place him under arrest. One shot
passed through Sheriff Myers hat and
one or two shots hit Chief Howard, bit
neither were injured. When placed
in jail the man gave the name of ]. H.
Prin.
Grayson.-Mrs. Ida Kyle, of near Ad-
kins, is running the farm while her
husband is away at work in some pro-
ductive department to help Uncle Sam.
She bought from Jacobs Brothers $50
worth of grass seed to be sown on
their farm this spring. The thing was
a surprise to Mr.. Jacobs, as he had
not been used to seeing the women
folks purchase the grass seed.
Shelbyville.-Mrs. Lulu Hall Smith,
the widow of G. b. Smith, died in her
room at Mrs. Il. A. Blayde's residence
from the effects of arsenic, which she
had taken the previous night with sui
cidal intent. Mrs. Smith had had
two strokes of paralysis and it was
supposed, when her illness was first
discovered, that she was suffering
from another attack of the same ma
ture.
Winchester. Mrs. Mary Holder,
mother of Walter Holder, who died
recently of spinal meningitis at Fort
Thomas, is the beneficiary of her son
for an insurance policy amounting to
$4,000, which will be payable in
settlements for a period of
twenty years. This insurance was
taken out by the soldier with the gov.
at the special rate, and
young Holder had secured a $4,000
policy in this way.
Lexington.-While Robert Clark,
Fayette county farmer, was going to