The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-02-25
kentucky
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An epifon,e Of the most Inn
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throughout the state

of heart disease in his stock harm,
where he was found by searchers.
| Maysville.-The Board Of Education
n deadlccked in an election of high
school principal, George Noel and Il
Y. Maxey having equal support.
Ashland.-The Pullman Cigar Co,
and the A. c. & l. Railway office were
visited by burglars, but the total loot
was about $40.
Walton.-Boone Finnell, 81, died as
the result of paralysis stroke sus.
tanned while he was hauling freight
from the depot.
Madisonville.-Chas. McCarroll wes
given two years in the penitentiary
on conviction of stealing horse from
Mrs. w. G. Clark.
Ghent.-After robbing the home Of
Airs, Sim Griffith of $500 in cash and
bonds, burglars set fire to the house.
Tompkinsville.- Patty Leslie,
wife of j. L. Leslie, editor and owner
Of the Tompkinsville News, died after
q brief illness of pneumonia.
Latonia.-Fourteen barrels of whis-
by were stolen from the distillery here
by means of a funnel under a ware
house, the floor of which was cut.
MISUNDERSTANDING Gray, 6, was shot
and fatally wounded with shotgun
by his 9-year-old brother, who is said
to have pointed it in mock anger.
Owenton.-Lewis True, stock dealer,
of New Columbus, was fatally burned
and his home destroyed when he at
tempted to start fire with gasoline.
Hazard.-Paroles have been granted
to Milton Johnson and Sam Young,
sent from this county for five and ten
year terms for manslaughter in 1915.
Cynthiana.-TrusteesO of the Catholic
church bought the residence property
of Mrs. Arrabella Hedges on Main
Ashland.-John H. Eads, 50, who
died here of pneumonia, had been in
the service of the c. & o. Railroad,
Big Sandy division, as conductor, since
$780,
Georgetown.-Francis Ware, II, who
raised two red fox pups which her
father, Carrlck Ware, caught in tree,
sold them to a West Virginia lawyer
for $50.
Danville.-hIiss Gurtha Plummer
and w. NJ. Lester, of Alum Springs,
staged their wedding in a local de-
partment store, the Rev. H. G. Turner
officiating.
Crab Orchard.-A report has reach
ed this place from Brodhead that Mrs.
Hardwood was burned to death when
her sisters home, near there, was
destroyed.
Maysville.-Deranged by influenza.
Mrs. Edith Cooper, 20, widowed moth
err of four little children, was commit
ted to the Lexington asylum after a
sanity inquest.
Whitesburg.-A still located In
barn on Montgomery creek was de-
stroyed by federal officers, a quantity
of whisky confiscated, and two sus-
poets arrested.
Owensboro.-A legal battle over the
proposed annexation of Seven Hills
and other suburbs seems inevitable,
plans having been made for bringing
an injunction suit.
Newport.-Mrs. Dora Delatouse, 20,
followed here by her husband and ar
rested with z. l.. Dush, is charged with
having deserted three children, the
youngest six months old.
Ashland.-An auto driven by p. Fl.
Howell, Russell, went over the Fourth
street fill, turned over three times and
landed In brush heap, but he escaped |
with a dislocated shoulder.
Richmond.-Jim Shearer and Hous-
ton Quisenberry. who had been con-
victed in police court of carrying con-
cealed weapons. were DISTINGUISHED for
two years by the circuit court.
GeorgetOwn.-The pastor of the |
Long Lick Baptist church has unearth-
ed deed to the congregation for the |
tract on which church and school are
situated, signed "a years ago but never
recorded. and the school can not be
sold as proposed. =,