Owingsville outlook., 1921-05-26

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Hazard. -Nr-gmen, believed To be
professionals. blew the safe Of Wells
& Frank, clothing merchants. ana took
$l,0GO.
Mt. Nernon.-ROhert RohHts, who is
alleged to have shot and killed his IA
ther Tenor Roberts, near Hazel Patch.
was captured at Livingston. near here,
by Jailer LiveSay and brought here To
Jail. The trouble came up over the
division of moonshine liquor, ii is re
ported.
Henderson. - Goldie johnson. II,
white was sentenced 10 three years in
the state reform school by acting
County Judge John l.. Dorsey, Jr., on
an incorrigihility charge The girl,
after sentence. asked the court to make
1t five instead of three years. because
she wanted Ia be her own boss" when
she was released.
nEShurE-Following suicide in
Dayton. Ohio, where he had been re-
siding, the body Of Ernest Plummer. Il,
formerly Of FlcminS>burS, arrived here
for burial. Plummer drank Carholic
acid. No rcaSnn is known for the act.
He is said To have been in good health
and spirits less than week before the
deed.
Paducah.-Thc commissioners ap-
proved plans for a $4,000 addition To
the Riverside City Hospital, including
provision for a modern laboratory and
additional operating room. Contract
for a new white way system downtown.
and for approximately two miles of
new street surfacing and sidewalks
were let.
BarbOurvillc.-Ben L. Parker, trav-
cling man and owner of two businesses
I'm this city, was accidentally killed
when struck by an automobile driven
by Mrs. w. Il. Lay. Mr.. Parker was
talking 10 occupants of car which
was slowly moving and did not hear
the approach of the Lay machine, step
ping directly in its path. lie died in a
few minutes.
BarbOurville.-COncu of the
brain, a broken arm and broken an
kle constitute the injuries received by
Mrs. Florence Chadwcll when she step
ped off an l.. * n train at Icidrick.
Her condition is reported critical. 1t
is reported she had some difficulty in
getting of the train and was found
some distance beyond where She should
have alighted.
ouiSville.-ENcellent use of the
public school buildings during summer
vacation will be made by the city
health department. For the first time
in the history of the department. clin-
les will be held at the various buildings
by the school physicians with a special
view TO examining and treating chill
dren who expect TO enter school next
September.
FrankfOrt.-Tax assessments of nine
teen railroads doing business In KEN
tucky were certified TO the state au-
ditOr by the state tax commission. The
largest was that of the Cincinnati, New
Orleans and Texas Pacific Railroad
Company, the total assessment of
ThiCn Was sci at Sl6997, go, of which
S10,519, ,030 was assessed on the plant,
or tangible property, and S6,4lS,GI0 as
the value of the franchise.
Newcastle.-More than half of the
business section of the town of South
PleaSureville was destroyed by fire.
Six years ago the business district Vir-
tually was wiped out by fire. The
buildings destroyed were those of the
Smith x James grocery, the Bernhardt
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the Lew Church grocery, the Malin
drugstore and the Home telephone ex-
change. The flames were halted at the
Hudson hardware store.
FrankfOrt-Reports filed with the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
tiOns show that on April l there were
1853 persons confined in the seven in
stitutiOns Of the state. OF the number
1,4Ol are in the Eastern State Hos
pital, 1884 in the Central State Hos
pital, 474 in the Western State Hos
pital, Az in the Predetermined Insti-
tute, 422 in the Houses of Reform at
Greendale, 1.091 in the State Reform
atOry and ADD at Eddyville.
LeXingtOn.-A decrease of So an acre
In the assessment of Fayette county
farm lands, n addition to a previous
cut in the original assessment, figures
which amounted to S2,294.S92 was an
nOunced by the Board of Equalization,
which adjourned after a thirty-four
days session. Assessment of town lots
also was reduced approximately ST.
600 600 Tho aSSeSSmant on farm lands