The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-04-14

whItesburg.-A Lexington bound
train on the /. & N. railroad ran into
q fresh land slide at the tunnel north |
of this place. The engine was dersil-
ed and cars damaged
Georgetown.-Miss Kate Tingle Is
confined to her home in this city by |
injuries sustained when an overhead |
bundle carrier fell upon her in Lex
ington department store.
Lebanon.-Charies Harmon sold his |
prize Aberdeen Angus bull, Edward r.
Nv, to G. G. Parsons, Rutherford, Ala, |
for $500 said to be the highest price |
ever received for a bull In this section. |
Hickman. Licorice plants have |
been sent to G. L. Walker from River
side, Cal, to be used in an experiment
to see il licorice can be grown in this
county. c. C. Mengel, Louisville, 10
backing the test.
Mayfield- with the accepted limit
for burning plant beds passed. not half I
the number of last year have been pre-
weather, and production in this sec
ton is expected to be far below nor
NAL.
Mayfield.-A cleanup crew working
under the Sanitary Commission un-
earthed human skeleton in a decayed
box in rear of a meat market. Au-
thorities believe the bones were at
some time the possession Of a local
doctor.
Falmouth.-.Fred and John frost, of
Four Oaks. have received word that
J. G.. McBain, convicted of having muir
dered their two brothers in Oregon in
1905 and who escaped from the peni-
Tertiary, has been recaptured at ed
monitor, Alberta.
Nichoiasville.-J Bowman was
given two years in the penitentiary on
conviction OF stealing hog from Will
liam Tremere. and George Lee VIII
liams, also negro, received double
Hester Bowman.
Hazard.-The Distinguished Service
Cross has been awarded pOsthumOusly
10 Captain Hanon Fields Combs VI
Type, this county killed by German
sniper several weeks before the sign
ing of the armistice, while serving in
the Thirty-elghth Infantry.
Whitesburg.-Sam Rose, past 50, Of
the headwaters of the Kentucky river
section OF this county, has just been
tried In the United States Court at
Richmond and given two years in the
Federal penitentiary, charged with the
manufacture of moonshine whisky in
this county. He will likely be sent to
Atlanta.
LexingtOn.-Miss Louise Connell, OF
Paris, member OF the junior'class, Uni
versity Of Kentucky, was severely in
jured here when taxicab in which
she was going to a. fraternity dance
at the Phoenix Hotel, in company with
James Trutt, a sophomore at the uni
versity, was struck by an l.. x N. train
at the Limestone and Water streets
crossing. She is at local hospital.
Maysville. - Thomas Jackson, Of
Fleming county, has an egg one side
of which is fiattened, on which there
is a picture. Some say it is Il true
likeness of william ]. Bryan; others
say the picture resembles Gen. Leon
| ard Wood, and others say the picture
is Il perfect likeness of Hoover. All
imagine they see forecast of the sue
cess of their favorire in the coming
presidential election.
PrincetOn.-Pursuan to call by
w. Y. Dillingham;, a farmer of this
county, a meeting was held here look
| ing to the organization Of the farmers
of the county. Another meeting will
will be perfected. Considerable dis
satisfaction and encouragement pre-
vail among the farmers throughout
this section over the slump in price
of tobacco, and this years acreage
will likely be greatly reduced.
CovingtOn.-A cleanup" of gam
/
+. DOnnelly. This was announced by
the mayor on assuming temporary
charge of the police department in
place of Safety Commissioner l.. l..
Bullock. who was granted leave of alb
sence pending trial on indictment fOc
alleged removal OF whisky from a