Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-27
IN OLD KENTUCKY

/; Whe1 w. j. NeSDlC ana Wlfe OIL WeD-
ster county, closed up their home and
left for Florida, they forgot to snrt off
! the water A small ~ vas seen
flowing from doorway and examina-
ton revealed that frozen pipe on the
second floor had burst, heavy damages
resulting.
Jim Green, bandit, who beat into in
sensibility and robbed Hade Smith, al
so coloreG, a merchant OF Salvisa, who
believed story of distress and let him
sleep in his home, was taken to Frank
fort 20 serve four years.
Bloo'l poisoning from an infected toe
was the cause of the death of Walter
Scott Harkins, 81, a leading lawyer of
eastern Kentucky, who was buried at
Prestonsburg Friday.
I A rail ON Will Aliens home under
the lodge room of the colored Elks at
Winchester brought to light three and
a half gallons of whisky and 35 dozen
bottle of beer. His trial is set or next
Monday.
Burglars ransacked three offices in
the court house at Catlettsburg, scat
tering papers over floors. Handouts in
the sheriff''s office were scorned but
revoive., belonging to Levi Arthur, cir
cult clerk, was carried away.
Slaughter by dogs of II of prize
herd of Shropshires on Walnut Hall
farm in Fayette, and sheep valued at
SITS on the ]. M. Downing place, in
one night, has started general round
up of unlicensed dogs in that county.
Miss Lila Moore, of Graves county,
is in a serious condition from burns
sustained when a cloth about her head
caught fire from a light and flames
were communicated to her dress in re-
moving it.
During the absence of the family of
D. S. Smith of Irvine, the house caught
fire from unknown, cause and was de-
stroyed, all household possessions and
clothing being lost.
At Madisonville Mayor D. W. Gatlin,
Judge G. G. Franklin, Councilman E..
lip. Clayton and Police Chief w. f.
Ashby We're participant in raid on
a night crap. game, promising sensa-
tional outcome, but resulting only in
the arrest Of two negroes.
Shelbyville has a bad flu epidemic
In addition to the ban on church ser
vices, lodge meetings and public gath
ering5 generally, restrictions limit to
10 The number of persons who may be
in store at one time.
Miss Lillian Vickers, e, wEo return
ed to her. home at Elizabethtown from
Bowling Green where she was stu
dent, Friday, died of pneumonia.
! At Cynthiana, circuit court recessed
until March 9 because of difficulties in
empanelling full petit jury due to
the flu epidemic.
John Scott, tobacco auctioneer Of
Nichoiasville, will go to Toronto. Can.
to cry tobacco on the first loose leaf
floor ever opened in Canada.
Rev. A. D. Stone, of Webster coun-
ty, who died of acute indigestion after
an illness of only few minutes, was
revivalist of note in the General
Baptist church, and father of Rev, l..
A. Stone of the same denomination.
George Henry Thompson, of Paris,
] ex-sotlier and married, will be tried on
4 TUESDAY on a charge of wrong, prefer
red by Carrie Jackson.
Troubles have come multiple to jim
Anderson, aged negro, of Mayfeld,
whose life savings were stolen several
days ago. His horse died and he is to
Be tried on charge of having beaten
it to death with a stick.
| John Hill is in a Paris hospital suf-
fering from blood poisoning and may
lose his left foot as result of tread
ing on rusty nail.
Pas3er gers had narrow escape but
none was hurt when trucks of the Pull
man in the Lexington-Hazardt train left
the rail-; and the car was overturned.
1.-The track was cleared after delay of
several hours.
| Steel traps set off a quarrel which
gripped the Pickett and Oaks families
in Hart county. ]. r. Oaks was wound
sd with a shotgun; George Pickett
was wounded with mattock and Oaks
son wa cl1f with a knit o
Sheep claims on file with the coun-
ty clerk Of Mason county amount to
$4,000, whereas the reimbursement
fund from dog taxes amounts to only
81, 400 there.
! Alvin and Arnold Bradshaw, Scott
county twins, 9 years old, sold 61O
pounds of tobacco which they grew on
half an acre of ground, at $t03.50 per