Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-02
IN old KENTUCKY

The only bid for $4,000 for
IGeorgetown's municipal light and
water bonds was rejected because
a two per cent rebate for legal
fee and printing made the
Georgetown National Banks par
bid in reality 60 cents.
The Bethel school district in
Bath county is on the eve Of an
other election to settle the pre-
Iposal of issuing bonds to bry
Iburying grounds and to erect a
new school house, the opposition
having wonaa former election.
A daughter born to Mrs. Alon-
10 Cunt, of Woodferd county,
being christered Louise, was
weighed the first time. when ten
days old. With Clothes Oh She
weighed three and a hall pounds.
Testimony at. the coroner's ia
quest showed that Chas. Powell
OF Pendelton county: who had
worried much over the death Of
la fine horse, stopped in Alvin
Kings tobacco barn on the way
to visit neighbor and hanged
himself.
Aznote written by Uncle Jack
PRYOR, IS Of Graves county. who
hanged himself with a plow1ine,
has been found. Loss OF his
speech recently, he wrote, caused
him TO want to not live longer.
A new, method of stealing coal
WHOLESALE lis credited to Legrand
Lee, LINK Scruggs and Randall
Young, OF Woodford county. who.
were held to the grand jury3
Boarding a c6a1l train, they arc
alleged tosi1a}e thrown it off be-
tween Stations thee collection
following with q! wagon. ~
The Glasgow school trustees
have voted to sell the Normal
college property there Witch has
been the SITE of d school Tor a
century, and apply proceeds to re-
mlo ,d9elli pP9g5a,5tIl]ee Ii e5tY > C9llegc
building for the GRADED selibol.
Five hui19fed cars Of steel,
being unloaded in yards at Fulton,
will be used in double tracking
the Illinois Central railroad to
Paducah.
A victrola furnished the music
at the funeral Of Edward Peinber-
ton at the home OF his cousin, T.
II. Williams, at Ashland. Rev.
Paal Powell conducting TIE SER
vice.
The presence OF Z son at home zav-
ed the life Of D. c. Stamp, helpless
from age, when his residence in Har-
din county was destroyed By fire origi-
mating from detective fue, with :
loss CT $4,000. Mrs. Stamp is &c
years cid ard feeble.
Dr. Daniel V. Bentl5, Of Neon.
Letcher county the report Of whose
death twice caused friends and reia.
tives 70 mourn, has a chance for re-
covery from spinal meningitis after
a months illness, physicians say.
In a letter to constituents, DE-: "
L. Gossett Of Simpson county writes
that one reason he voted agains the
prohibition bill in the legislature was
that under it housewives viii have. K
secure prescription every time they
buy favoring extracts for deser1
Much excitement attended the frs
of series of CREASED pig tournament.
at the Maysville skating rink, Porter
Blythe succeeding in holding the pork
er after long contest Of many spills.
DR.. w. J. Shacklette of Hardin
county reports that of 125 cases O
influenza treated by him this wintel
not one had it before, and 100 chill
dren at the Baptist Orphans Home
who had it last year have furthe1
proved that immunity follows.
Six cases of smallpox among boy
at the Greendale Reform school hav'
been traces to freshcomer from Har
Ian county.
Eagerness to bear arms in the re
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