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.V r 7 &. 1 Mini ierjnrn i i VOLUME XI. MT. VERNON, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1897. : NUMBER 52. CURRENT TOPICS. A HON in a junylo will Jump 25 or 80 feet from a standing start. AusmAtiA harbors one species of kangaroo no larger than a rat ' It is claimed that there are 85 dogs An the United Kingdom to every 1,000 .inhabitants. A Wholesale Merchant' and Manufacturers' association has been organized at Atlanta, Uo. An inventor in Madrid has succeeded in superior quality of soap out of grasshoppers. .Iohn N. "Hnowtr, Rhode Island's richest bachelor is shortly to marry Miss Nathalie, Dreiser, of New York. Polk;k statistics of tho present summer Apparently prove that humidity biw a good deal to do with crime. I "Jackson, MUs., has a chain gang 'composed of eight Negro women. Thej clean streets for ton hours a day. Tiik sea rouniV nny desert island rarely visited by man and far distant from nny mainland always teems, with fish. Kunoi'ic has 105,284 miles pf rallwny. Tho United States has 181.7W. Wo ttlll inarch tit tho head of the procession. Tiik tluUn of Westminster has more rlilldrcn than nny other member of tho ltiitisli peciagc. He has been twico mar lied. I I.adv I VEiqii cntortaineil 0,000 pcoplo from tho poorest quarter of Loudon a few days ago, Ucallnj; all to a repast. Tiik Iluchcss d'Uzes lias soiuo bottles of cliunipaguo in her cellars in Purls, nnd as many inoro in herwlr.o vaults at K holms. Anna IIki.u lias blgucd with tho La 1'oupcp Co in London nt n salary of Won per week, with her earriago and uwildtilso paid for. Vihiknt exports of the United States foi tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1897, Vhow an lueronso of 100 per cent aS ompart'd with 1SS7. Iris believed at Loudon that tho formidable uprising of uatlvct along the frontier of Itrltlsji India has been effectually checked." i .Iuwie Wellhouse Is called tho apple Idngofthu world. Ills orchards in Kansas consist of 1,030 acres, containing 100,000 apple trees. Ciiaunckv M. is intensely fond of the Scotch us a race, and thinks that tho only state in the uulon which resembles Scotland is Vermont, -- " Hoston papers say t1mt men have now gone out of survico as telephone operators in that city and thereby one occupation is claimed exclusively by women. Mabv Barkis, of Craig county, Va., rclebrated her 97th birthday by going into tho wheat field and binding enough sheaves to furnish souvenirs to her relatives. Sistkii Mahy Alotsius, who recently received a red cross from Queen la for her fnmous nursing on many battlefields, has just published a book, "Mpmoiieb of tho Oilmen." M Anquis be Quince v, a French sportsman who has lost one leg and walks about on crutches, has gouo to West 'Africa to shoot big game in tho Footah Jalu country nnd on the Upper Niger. Tun. Gerintu) government is said to bo negotiating with other countries injured by tho United States tariff for tho purpose of effecting- an agreement to submit disputed points to arbitration. A newly patented clothes pounder is formed of a series of cones set in a Hanged basin, tho points of the cones ending in a socket in the wooden handle, tlie whole device being light in uoifrht (Ihabbiioi'I'EUS in Jackson county, Mich., havo undcrgono u change of appetite, and havo been eating1 the binding twino from tho bundles of wheat, causing farm hands tho extra labor of rcbinding. In future tho Frencli government wlll piohlhit tho Importation of foreign born pigeons, even when merely destined for pio purposes. Their reason is to prevent a system whereby foreign spies would hitvo the upper hand in the event of war. Mahmovai.ano natives, who are now fighting tho liritish, beeni to bo provided with rifles. They aro pulling down tho Afilcan transcontinental telegraph wires nnd cutting them up into bullets. Mns. Sandkii.s, of Melbourne, Australia, has decided to devote her life to woiklng for tho mission. She is to take tho place of her two daughters, who wcro massacred some littlo timo ago in China. A fifth wheel for carriages has a double ball race attached to the axle, with two grooved metal rings fastened to the wngon box to rest on tho balls, tins bearings being oiled through a slot in the rings. Automatic brakes for railroad earn nro designed to take tho place of a sliding head being set in each corner of the car, to which levers aro conneoted to throw tho brake against, tho wheels when tho engine slows up. The countess of Aberdeen, president of the International Council of Women and of tho Natlonnl Council of Canadian Women, is now in England, and Is endeavoring to organize a national council of women for Great Ilrltajn and Ireland. The ""horror social" is thojatest function, nt which every oue is expected ta bring that which ho has tho most hoiror of. At ono of thero 'functionj held recently some of the ladles took men, others mice, castor oil, spiders, bicycles and grammars. THE PK0BLEM OF Tolegraphlng From Railway Tralna t Has Boon Solved. Erery Train "Will He In Conitant Communication With the Next Station Ahead or When Desired With the Dlipntchcr or Any l'ubllo Telegraph Station. Chicago, Aug. 30. The most difficult problem of railroad operation how to communicate by telegraph with n moving train anywhere on tho line has been solved by a young Chicago inventor. Edison, who has been experimenting with induction currents, has beon fairly beaten on his own choson ground. George V. Trott, a former telegraph operator, has devised a system which will Bhortly bo put in operation on tho Pensylvania lino by which every train on tho lino is in constant communication with the station next ahead and, when desired, with tho train dispatcher or nny public telegraph station. Urlefly, every train on a road equipped with tho Trott system, would at all times bo on a "loop" circuit, extending to tho next telegraph station ahead, nnd to send messages farther or rccelvo them from other stations, tho operator at tho proper station would only havo to "cut in" by means of n "jack spring" on ono of tho regular telegraph wires. Mr. Trott's dovico is exclusively mechanical. It involves no new or untried principles, and will require no more power to operato it then tho ordinary duplex cell battery at tho regular telegraph station. Tho dovico which railway engineers dcclaro will revolutionize railway service is an adaptation of tho street railway trolley or third rail of the elevated railways. Two insulated metallic tracks arc laid botween and parallel to tho traction rails. They nro not connected and at intervals equal in length to tho circuit it is desired to establish aro discontinuous and separated by n non-conducting cushion. A trolley mechanism, consisting of three pairs of wheels, connected in multiple by "knucklo" joints and hinged to tho footboard of tho engine, runs under the tender on the inner rails. Tho contaot of tho raotalllo wheels with tho metallic rails closes the circuit, as tho wheels aro joined by a motallaa framowork. Insulated wires conduct tho current into tho engine cab and by means of the bell cord into any part of tho train, where thero is an instru ment "Trott is a man of frail form and poor health. lie is 81 years old. ileforo his health failed he was an operator in Chicago, in Boston, where ho was born, and in New York. He later worked for tho Santa Fo as a local train dispatcher. lie now resides in Chicago. Ho recently wrote to tho Pennsylvania railway officials and was invited to send them his plans and specifications. Thoir engineers and electricians wero delighted nnd promised to give the systom a practical trial as soon as possible PRESIDENT M'KINLEY Attend Divine Service! nt the Epworth Memorial M. E. Church, Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Aug. 80. President McKinloy attended divine service Sunday morning nt Epworth Memorial M. E. church, whoro he has a pew. Ho was accompanied by Mr. James F. Rhodes, tho historian, and Mrs. Rhodes. Tho church was orowded to its utmost capacity. Tho president entered just as tho voluntary was being played and in time to hear a solo sung by Dr. Ion A. Jackson, of the thoir of the Church of the Incarnation in New York. Ho gave close attention to tho sermon by Rev Ward Reecher Pickard, and joined in tho congregation at singing. At tho conclusion of tho services tho president shook hands with a few" ladies and gentlemen, but went to his carriage as quickly as possible and was driven to tho home of Senator Hanna. Tho afternoon was passed quietly and Sunday ovoning a dinner party was given by Senator Hanna. Those at tho tho table besides Mr. and Mrs. wcro Senator and Mrs. Hanna, Secretary Alger and Mrs. Alger, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Corning, Mr. nnd Mrs. ,T. F. Whltelaw, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Col. and Mrs. M. T. Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Everett, Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon V. Painter, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hanna and Miss nanna. AN ENGINE 4 nd Three Baggage Cars Go over nn Fatally Hurt nnd Others Sovorely Injured. St. Louis, Aug. 80. Tho passengers and train crew of tho Midnight Special on tho Chicago & Alton railroad, which arrived in tills city at 7:45 a. m. Sunday, from Chicago, narrowly escaped death in a wreck near Alton Sunday morning. Near tho outskirts of that city tho engine was derallcd,whilo proceeding at a high rate of speed, by spreading rails and thrown down an embankment Tho tender, three baggage cars containing tho scenery nnd wnrdrobes of tho Digby Bc.ll Co. nnd Hopkins Theatrical Co. and a postal car followed nnd rolled on top of tho engine, under which Peter Rafferty, of Rloomington, tho engineer, was pinned. Ho was takenout faUlly injured. Fireman Charles Johnson, of Uloomington, 111.; Mall Clerks Robert Mnltlraoro, of Jcrseyville, 111., and "AV. P. Simper and Samuel Grobbs, of Chicago, crawled out of the wreck severely hurt. GEN. BANDERAS, 1 With 18,000 Men, Marches tho Entire Length of Cuba The Second Invasion of the West Was Kffected With Little New Yoiik, Aug. 31. The. Journal and Advertiser says: Tho sensationally victorious march of tho Cubans under Maximo Gomez and Antonio Macco, the entire length of the island in Martinez Campos' time, has just beon duplicated by Qulntin Banderas. This negro war captain, than whom ) no Cuban of the colored race, excepting Macco, perhaps, has won greater honors n the present struggle for Independence, led 12,000 men from tho eastern end of the island, where the patriots in arms aro strongest, to tho western end, where, since Antonio Macco's death, through tho treachery of his body physician, Dr. Zertucha, the Cuban cause has not prospered so well. These 13,000 men represented all branches of tho Cuban army service. Thoy penetrated into tho provinces of Matanzas, Havana and Pinar del Rio, strengthening the existing forces in each of those provinces to such an extent that the coming winter campaign thero may bo expected to be even ns disastrous for tho Spanish arms as in the time of the redoubtable Macco. Tho news of tho brilliant achievement was brought to tho Journal and Advertiser by the mail from Havana in an nutograph letter from Banderas himself. In it ho requests tho publication of the proclamation that ho issued on taking charge of the department Banderas says vhnt tho second invasion of tho west was made in compliance with plans that wero completed by Maximo Gomez, in Juno last, nnd that tho march was effected with littlo or no trouble or molestation from the Spanish troops. "Wo crossed their lines ngain and again," lie says, "but there was no fight in them nnd wo had no battles. Our men behaved nobly in the faco of constantly possible nttacks by larger forces. Thero was no faltering at any time, nnd onco more I havo been ablo to admire tho heroism of our soldiers who havo fought, aro fighting and will ever fight. I am convinced, until tho independence of Cuba shall have been attained, thoy will fight" The proclamation intimates that there have boon wholesale desertions from the Spanish army in Havana province into the CwinscrvicCjSay . Jji IngJ ' 'vyTT .p "In taking command of this provinco I send greeting to all its forces, but more especially to the brave Spanish soldiers of Pizarro cavalry regiment whom I reviewed Sunday, nnd those who, filled with sympathy for an oppressed people fighting for their liberty, have como over to our files, in this way giving most direct He to thoso who say that tho Spanish soldier exists only to serve as food for tho uannon and ftfr tho purposo of affording means to their officers to get titles and decorations." Tho rest of tho proclamation is directed "to the men of my race." A SETTLEMENT Of the Great Miners Strike Is Ilellcved to lie Close at Hand. Cleveland, O., Aug. 81. A prominent coal operator in the Pittsburgh district said Monday night that tho miners' strlko would probably be settled, temporarily nt least, within tho next 48 hours. The operators havo been quietly negotiating with tho miners' officers since the adjournment of the Pittsburgh conference, and a settlement Is believed to be close at hand. The operators offered to pay tho men 04 cents a ton, pending arbitration, if tho miners would consent to such an arrangement, with the distinct understanding that the arbitrators could not fix a price below 00 cents or above 00 cents. President Ratchford made a counter proposition for arbitration, stipulating that the men be paid 00 cents a tdn, five cents of that price to be turned over to a trustee or trustees and to bo held until the arbitration is completed nnd then paid to the miners if tho rate is fixed nt 69 cents. If tho rato is fixed below that figure then a portion of "tho ainount held by "the trustees is to bo given to tho miners and the other rebated to the operators. A telegram was received here Monday from President Ratchford with respect to the operators' proposition, but it was somcwhnt blind, and tho operators wcro unable- to toll whether ho accepted tho proposition or not It is believed, however, that ho will consent to arbitration, and it is expected that work at the mines will bo resumed before tho close of tho week. The Strlko Situation nt Jelllco. Knoxville, Tcnn., Aug. 81. The strike situation at Jelllco looks more serious Monday night and Tuesday trouble is feared. Jit the conference of miners and operators Monday morning tho miners refuse'd to listen to anything lower than the rato of -last year and the conference ended abruptly. The miners are positive that the mines shall not be opened by non-union men apd the operators say they will opon them anyhow. a Afrldls Close the Kohal Pass. Pkshawuh, Aug. 31. A' strong forco of Afrldis, it Is just announced, has closed inn Kohal pass, and therefore ! tho proposed advance of a column of British troops through that pass has been countermanded. With the and Kohal passes In the hands of tho enemy, the gravity of the situation has increased. KENTUCKY STATE NEWS Countt candidates arc very bus these days. WiIoopino cough has many victims over the state. i Clover hulling is In full blast nnd is making a very good yield. ? The Thirty-fourth district tnns will hold their convention at Camp- ton September 11. Tyihoid fever Is spreading In tho astern Kentucky Insane asylum. I in ure Ice is said to have caused it. Gold nuggets have been found In tho section of La Rue V bv J. fi. Tlnrnnll U The cases against tho alleged toll- Pte raiders at Lawrenceburg navo en indefinitely postponed. Ollie Jkemb spoke at Murray and unounccd himself a candidate for con- ess in the First district. The first Lyon County Tdachers' as- tclation will miil in Kuttnwa about 'fie last Saturday In September. Hie Acme Feather Mattress Co. will move Its plant from Cynthlana to IJarrodsburg and open up for business. 4A nESCH warrant has been issued for 'Jpomas Tanner, a prosecuting witness It the Hunter bribery case, and also to of the defendants. Thb John Uannlng distillery of was sold to four Owensboro wen for 850,000. A grain olovator will Ut bfiilt on the premises. Mns. Josephine K. Hknky, of Versailles, is boomed for president of tho United States by C. C. Moore in the Blue-Grass Blade. She is the greatest htnan being in America he says. Bhown has sued the cify of Henderson for 52,000 for damages from a street excavation made on property, TA.fl. Ill, t. ittiilni. n..nit n( T.avln ....y. t.nuii in iiiii.isi uni.i.ttb coti, having confessed to tho forgery ofUio names of well known farmers. ITVliad secured several hundred IS Hon. R. Bhuck Sweeney, national democrat, has declined to accept tho nomination for county judge tendered tim.byttie republicans of Anderson iy h pun in agu. daurrhter of II. V. . s'w. - . . tAthortonvnle, coughed up a itch had been in her throat ttfd was immediately liaiKbeen supposed a bad hi 'i i ' ',!:. . .i -try, a i nincse uocior, wnu icit Ashland to ncc6pt a position in tho Chinese mnrine service, during the war between that country and Japan, has just returned. He will soon go to New Vork city to resume practice. The Princeton collegiate Institute will open Wednesday, September 1. Albeht Stewaut was run down by a train at Grayson nnd killed. It is reported that Dr. Godfrey Hunter will permanently retire from politics. A well known and highly respected citizen, but a rather quaint character, is Felix Hudson. Ho is one of tho oldest citizens of tluj Woodvillo section and for many years lias been a successful merchant there, nlthough he can neither read nor write. Ho never charged n dobt, but trusted altogether to his memory. When ho made a purchase he alwnys paid cash and nevei kept record of his business. His wonderful memory has always been looked upon bj his acquaintances with astonishment Ills acquaintance with htock for miles around Woodvillo Is another remarkable feature. When thero is a dispnto about the ownership of cattio ho is iuvariably sent for to dccldo tho matter. Ills decisions aro never questioned. A New Yoiik syndlcnte has purchased tho old Tarr distillery property at .Lexington. The corn crop in Edmunson county is said to bo an almost complete failure on account of the drought Moiik stock has been killed by light ning this summer in Kentucky than ever beforo in tho same length of time, iiio demand for their product at present is keeping cncli section of tho ASiunnd hub and spoko factory ning steadily. The Boston nnd Ellznbcthtown Tele. pnone Co. desires to extend its lino from Boston to Uardstown, and will do so if tho people will give It proper encouragement The Pittsburgh Coal Co. at Baskctt Station hns shipped about 200 cars of coal to the north and east during the past few weeks. JAcon Fiseback, of Louisville, was elected grand protector of the grand lodge, Knights and Ladles of Honor of Kentucky. ,The following Kentucky post offices have" been discontinued: Lnsswell, Hardin eouuty, nnd Forest Springs, Knox county. Citizens of Louisvillo and other portions of the state arc writing to Gov. Bradley protesting against allowing Cherokee Indians to enter the state for their celebration nt Russellvllle. They say that thero is dnnger In thq occnsloni that the Cherokces aro untrustworthy, etc. Gov. Bradley doubts his authority, under tho constitution, to prevent sucli celebration or the entry of a peaceful body of armed citizens of another state. At Danvlllo Night Policeman John Crum early the other mornW shot and killed n t.t . George Reno, a Negro ox-convict who had been caught in ho let o stealing und had resisted arrest. A Socialists' club has been or ganized nt Piulucah. A colotsy will b( foimed. THE FARMERS' BANK and TRUST COMPANY,, OF STANFORD. KY. , Successors to tho Lincoln National Bank. By provision of its charter, depositors are ns fully protected as nn depositors in National Banks, its shareholders being held individually, liable to the extent of the amount of stbek therein at the par value thereof in addition to the amount invested in such shares: It may act as Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Receiver, as an individual, Condition of the Farmers Bank and Trust Co., Stanford, Kentucky, December 31, 1896. RESOURCES. Loans nnd Discounts .'. f 277.010.83 Overdrafts 7,07019 Other Stocks and Uonds 1,08-107 Due from National Uanks 41,60102 Honking House 5,53000 Furniture una Fixtures 80000 Oaa IB 70 C Directors. J. J. Williams, Mt. Vernon, Ky W. A. Carpenter, Miliedgeville, K John M. Hail, Stanford, Ky. Jno. S. Owsley, Stanford, Ky. J.E.Lynn " Jno. F. Cash S. J Embry, " William Gooch, W. H. Cummings, Preachersville, Ky. S. H. SHANKS, President. J, B. OWSLEY, Cashier W. M. BRIGHT, Teller. iSTWe solicit all having business in bank to call or write us, and they will receive prompt attention. J. B. OWSLEY, Cashier A: PENNINGTON -DEALER IN- GENERAL MERCHANDISE. I AM SELLING GOODS LOWER THAN THEY WERE EVER SOLD BEFORE IN MT. VERNON. ...MvStore is on the Corner of Main New Goods and Hard Time Prices Call nd See JVIe THE RILEY HOUSE B. F. RJIvBY, Proprietor, LONDON, - - KENTUCKY. I have moved to my new Hotel arc" am better prepared .than ever to accommodate tho public. Good Livery al tached and every convenience desired. Give me call The Sambrook Hotel, Convenient to railroad station. Rates reasonable. 9 Porters meet all trains. Livingston Druggists and HC.& D.N, INABILITIES. Capital Stock !Z 0,00 04 Surplus Tund 17,003 80 Individual Deposits 1 '4,1715 8! Due from National Danks 3,875 31 Due from State Iljnlts 6,308 81 I83,:&3 H9 Street. aud.Taylor, Ky 1 Pharmacists. I 8: M WILLIAMS! Jtfl Mt. Vernon, Kyt We carrV Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Patent Medicine. Fancj (Snnne Pirrnrc Arv Prprrin.'' tions carefully compounded at all hours. Give us a call ior goods usually kept in a first-class drugstore. 9 ' & I I sj n J Jvl ramBSl $ First National Bank OfStanford, Ky. Capital Stock $200,000. Surplus $23,100 -DIRECTORS- J, W. Hayden, K. L. Tanner, J. H. Collier, M. D. Elmore, F. Reid T. P. Hill, S. H. Baughman, W. A. TriBble. S. T. Harris, J. S. Ilockcr and M. J. Miller. We solicit the accounts of the citizens o! Rockcastle and adjoining counties, nsssringthem prompt and careful attention to all business' intrusted to us. Personal application and correspondence, with a view to business lelations, rspectfiiljy invitcl j, S. IIOCKEU, Pres, NO. J, AIcROHEJCTS, Cashier, 4 i - M nPaftSzMKs jrv4 Vt I 1 frd i.' 7ST f fc kv rPi -"' Jv5 I- i . "ft V H-