The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-02-13
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Lexington.-It was announced here
that on and after March 10, through {
reduction in freight rates, coal in Lex
lngton will be Is cents the tor
cheaper.
Lexington.-Bu tler +. Thompson, q
deputy state fire marshal. has been
designated assistant inspector OF
leather equipment at the Govern
ment's Rock Island Arsenal.
ingield.-County Judge W. A,
Waters has named as the members OF
the Board OF Tax Supervisors for
Washington county Messrs. G. l.. Hay
don, +. b. Prather and James 1sham.
Lancaster.-Mrs. Belle Crutchfield,
6S years old, and | Taylor, 60 years
old, of Nicholasville, were quietly
married here This was Mrs. Taylor
fifth matrimonial venture and the
fourth for her husband.
Covington. - The special federal
grand jury returned sixty indictments
against coal operators, a majority Of
whom reside in Eastern Kentucky.
They are accused of charging prices
for coal in excess of those fixed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
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Of trains on the Kentucky division OF
the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
with headquarters in Paris, has been
appointed by the United States Gov
eminent as master of trains in France,
with the rank of first lieutenant.
Hodgenville-A jury, after three
hours deliberation, acquitted Richard
Bailey and sentenced Joseph Bailey to
eight years in the penitentiary for kill
ing Bee Carter, of Buffalo, August %
last The killing grew out of a will
contest in which Bee Carter was wit
ness.
Mt Sterlng-The Montgomery
county grand jury has indicted Porter
c. Eubanks. Deputy United States
Marshal. on a charge of willful mur-
der. Eubanks is charged with killing
Henry VI. Ringo in this city in Deem
Der last, and has been confined in the
Lexington Jail.
Ashland.-A German sympathizer is
believed to have started a blaze in the
leach house of the Ashland Leather
Company. which did damage to the
plant estimated at $4,000. At the
time of the fire Ashland was without
water due to the ice breaking the in
take pipe to the pumping station.
Louisyille.-Charging that George L.
Martin, former secretary OF the asso-
citation, has converted to his own use
about 100000 Of it's assets and has
left the state. Margaret O'Brien filed
in circuit court here asking that a re-
ceiver be appointed to take charge of
the affairs of the German Saving
Funds Association
nchester.-While moving a bed
at her home on the Ecton pike Mrs.
Jesse Paridoe knocked a double-bar-
rel shotgun over, discharging the
the load of which went
through a partition and shot her two
children, James Allen, seven, and Mar
tha Merriett, five. The full charge en-
tered the limbs and feet of the chill
1ren, painfully injuring them, but not
seriously.
Ashland.-While crossing the Ohio
river on the ice here the ice gave way
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Weis. of Ash
land, and T. l.. Brant, a salesman
from Columbus, o., were plunged into
the water. Some men just ahead of
them pulled them out after throwing
them overcoats to be used as ropes.
They were sixty feet from shore when
the ice broke.
dstown.-Growing out of the
Louisville G. Nashville wreck at Shep-
herdsville December 20, when forty
nine persons were killed, three suits
aggregating $4,000 were filed in Cir
cult Court here against the railroad
by Jasper w. Muir. administrator, for
the deaths of Nat w. Muir, banker;
his wife, May Shadburn Muir and
son, George. Other administrators
and executors are qualifying in court
here.
Paris,-Two girls, four and six years
old, daughters of farmers, were burn
ed to death at almost the same hour
in this county. Nettie. daughter of
John Willoughby, living on the Win
chester pike, was so badly burned
when her clothing caught fire from
an open crate that she died in few
hours. Goldie, daughter of John Elan,
near North Middletown, was
standing In front of an omen stove