The Crittenden press., 1920-05-14

Cynthlunn-The most prosperous
tenant OF this county Is Tom Sims,
who received II check for S0,0ll as his
purt OF II crop of tobacco grown on the
Heir farm.
Paris.-Friction from wOolen gar
ments that were being cleaned caused
the exposition of vessel of gasoline
and John Asher, dry cleaner, was Sc
verely burned.
Henderson. - Dennis Rooney was
held to the grand jury under $1,000
bond for killing his brother, AlOnzO.
| The defendant claims the shot was
fired accidentally.
Maysvllle.-Two prominent citizens
who drank liquor containing wood al
| cohol, said to have come from Cincin-
natl, are under treatment and threat
ened with blindness.
Hopkinsville.-Natlnn Nall, 10, was
acquitted of connection with the theft
Of mail sacks at NUrlonVllle, and H.
A. Miller, a witness in the case. was
arrested and Will be heard.
Grayson.-Nlne gallons of whisky
carried In suit cases by G. Johnson and
WIN Sparks, WAS cmptled in the gut
ter by court order and they We're hned
800 and given fifty days in Jail.
Augusta.-The bodies of Mrs. Frank
Reynolds, 20, Point Pleasant, W. Va,
and Miss Stella Walters, II, daughters
of Jacob Walters, who died on the same
day, were buried in the same grave.
Hopkinsville.-The Sam Chestnut
farm, near TreEton, In Todd county,
was sold at public auction and brought
S.I2.T1l.l0. The farm was divided into
four tracts aud VAS hot offered as Il
whole.
Crlttenden.-Mrs Harry Menlfee,
bride of Covington attorney, who
was member of the Russian Wom-
. ems battalion of Death was in
) ternally Injured when thrown from Il
7 horse.
Sebree.-The body of the 5-months-
, old daughter of William Brown, killed
: when her mother stumbled over a
q chair, and her head struck the corner
of dresser in Evansville, was brought
here for burial.
! Georgetown.-The Gas, Electric an
+ Power Company has refused the city,
offer Of SCI 800 for It's properties, con
tending they had been appraised a
+ Sll2,jOO, but offers TO sell at pric'
a fixed by arbitration.
Parls.-Believing n man who enter
ed her home at Lyslevllle 10 be he
J, husband returning late, Nancy Hague
{ colored, beat him up with a broom AM
Il did not know until he fled that the in
truder was thief.
Jackson.--IIigglns Miller and Glen
4 vile Neace, indicted on charge o
d having used the malls to defraud, b.
buying goods from St. Louis hous
and not paying the bills, were take
Y, TO CovIngton to await trial.
II Henderson.-The Ministerial AssC
ciatlon sent committee asking mON
lng picture theater managers TO clos
n playhouSes on Sunday, receiving I'll
II reply they would not so long rs othe
10 businesses were permitted TO operat'
Honkinsville.-The Christian count
road commission, which came into b'
sS lng four or five years ngo when n bon
~ issue of 100000 was voted In tn
T. county with which TO build roads, an
X which had charge OF the eNpcnditul
nf that sum, handed In It's hEal r.
ports, and resignation Of the member
nj has been accepted By the fiscal coul
III Russcllvillc. - The First Nations
Ie Bank nj AdairvUle, in this county, WI
entered by burglars aud the satet
vault broken Into. The funds of u
"A bank, however, were In the 'sofe, M
III the burglars, after breaking the cor
M hlnntlon, were unable to gain entran'
H. To this. They succeeded In rilling son
nf the boxes In the vault, however, b,
whether anything of value was secure
ed will not he known until an Inventor
ON ls taken. The men made their ,scal
In. and there Is no clew 10 their ldontit
l.ondon.--A rodcrn hospital Is to
built ut CUrhin this year, oven SIN
ed UH Of the capital stock uf SlAOOO h
re been subscribed, and construction wo
,w will begin this spring. The three cou
Of ties of Laurel. whitley and Knox.
each of which part of Corbin II,
are taRlng an active micres! IN Z
N, work and ARE being aided by sever