The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-01-23

M An epitomc of most i'm
W portant events transpir-
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esburg.-Trachoma clinics ar
billed to be held in the several diffei
ent towns of Eastern Kentucky withil
the next few months.
Lexington.-The Fayette Count,
Grand Jury returned an indictmen
charging Thomas Rising with havinl
murdered w. F. Schooler.
Greenville.-Ezekiel Reynolds, min,
superintendent, and Walter Smith
foreman driver, we're overcome BY
black damp in the Browder mine o.
the Greenville Coal Co., seven miles
east of here, and efforts to revive
them failed
Grayson.-Asa Ledingham, one OF
four men under Indictment charged
with shooting to death LATE Kitchen
alias May, while he was returning to
his home, from attending church near
by, was found guilty and sentenced to
81 years in the penitentiary.
Hopkinsville.-The home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Hamilton, an aged cou-
pie of the Lafayette vicinity, was
burned and their five-months-old
grandson lost its life. Mrs. Hamilton,
the mother, attempted to save her
child, but the stairway was cut off by
the flames.
Stanford-The store of II. Routen.
berg at Mckinney, was robbed of
couple of good suits of clothes. En-
trance was effected by breaking a big
front widow glass. Bloodhounds were
sent for, but there was so much snow
on the ground they could not make
successful trail
Madisonville.-A QUESTIONABLE of
sixteen pages, turned in here, was
answered in nine words. Across the
front of the sheet these words were
written: Il want no exemption. Tell
Pershing I'll be there" 1t was signed
by II. w. Franklin, a school teacher in
the county schools near Hanson.
Richmond.-A number of prominent
Madison county hemp growers took
preliminary steps to form a hemp
pool for this years crop at a we'll at.
tended meeting here. The meeting
was presided over by John U. Field, OF
Woodford county, of the State Depart.
ment of Markets and Extension Work.
Shelbyville.-Mrs. Emmett Mae LO.
gan was sued in Circuit Court by w. |
S. Gordon, a barber, for $4,000 dam.
ages in Shelby Circuit Court Gordon !
seeks to recover for alleged personal /
injuries claimed to have been sus. |
tanned by him when the plaintiff is |
said to have run into him on October
20, 1917.
Maysville.-Mrs. Henry Farwich, an
aged woman, while on her way to |
church here, fell on the icy pavement
and cut cash over her left eye. In.
stead of turning back and returning
to her home, she went on to church,
where her injury was discovered and
q physician called. 1t required five
stitches to close the wound.
Jackson-While at the Cope grave
yard on Frozen Creek, Pearl Bailey.
20 years of age, who had been assist.
ing in the digging of the grave where.
IN was shortly to be placed the body
)f Mrs. Kelly MCGUIRE, fell dead from
teart failure which was perhaps
caused by excessive cigarette smok.
ng, it is stated by his father, Wood
Bailey.
Georgetown. - Charles William
hree-months-old son of Rufus Neal
vas found dead in bed. Inc uu,I
's'~ ''HBN'i "Sli at DCu Ills
mother was awake at IL o'clock in
he night and again at 3 in the morn.
ng and gave the baby its bottle The
title one laughed and nursed it's milk
nd at 6, when the mother awoke, she
ound ii dead.
Louisville.-Two indictments charg.
ng Sheriff William L. Ross with vot.
ng more than once at the August 4
Urinary, and with aiding in false reg.
'tration on October 3, were dismissed
n motion of Commonwealth Attorney
uhaker. who said that his only evi. /.
ence was that of the election officers,
rho were practically accomplices."
Frankln.-James NJ. Wright, a mer 9
liant of Franklin, was injured when !
he cook stove exploded in his resi-