Tangents, 1890 - 1899

I have tried to categorize the clippings in my 'miscellaneous' drafts into posts sorted by decade, and then by topic.  For some topics, the clippings are mainly editorials or other more general articles that do not currently fit into other posts. Also, these topics are not comprehensively covered by the clippings here. Several of these clippings are not fully transcribed.

The topics within this particular tangent post are as follows:

DESCRIPTIONS OF LOCALITIES - ROADS, RAILROADS, BUILDINGS, ETC
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS / PENALTIES & SENTENCING
CRIME STATISTICS / UBIQUITY OF CRIME
REGULATORS / MOB VIOLENCE
FEUDING
ALCOHOL AND CRIME
SOMERSET MUNICIPAL USURPATION OF OFFICE
NEWSPAPER META
MISCELLANEOUS

(if you Ctrl+F search for an equal sign "=" then you can skip down through each topic heading)

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DESCRIPTIONS OF LOCALITIES - ROADS, RAILROADS, BUILDINGS, ETC
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[] Excerpt from "Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 7, 1890. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1890-03-07/ed-1/seq-2/

[March 7, 1890] -

Mr. J. W. Miller informs us that he has been appointed by the court to run out the line between Rockcastle and Pulaski. This is to determine where the line should really be as there has been some dispute regarding the matter for some years. Mr. Miller says from late surveys and maps by the Geological Survey he believes from 30,000 to 20,000 acres will be thrown into Rockcastle that are now listed in Pulaski. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 1, 1890. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1890-04-01/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 1, 1890] -

Before adjourning the jury handed the following report to his honor, Judge Morrow:

We find that the wall of the Courthouse facing on Lancaster street, to be considerably sprung, and in our opinion unsafe, the cornice in bad condition and the plastering in circuit and county court-rooms badly in need of repair. We find the back door to hall of Court-House broken down and lock to county court room useless. We find the wood work of the jailer's residence in need of paint and sash to windows in bad condition and fencing around said residence out of repair.  J. T. Rose, Foreman. []

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[] Excerpt from "Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. May 13, 1890. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1890-05-13/ed-1/seq-1/

[May 13, 1890] -

James W. Miller, civil engineer and deputy county clerk of this place [Mt. Vernon], dropped near Level Green Friday evening. Mr. Miller had been appointed a special commissioner by the court to survey the disputed line between Rockcastle and Pulaski counties. He had been at the work about three weeks and had run one line and was returning with the second when death overtook him. Apoplexy is supposed to have caused his untimely taking off. Mr. Miller was an expert engineer and a talented young man, a good newspaper writer and had filled several responsible positions. His remains were brought here [Mt. Vernon] Saturday and interred in the cemetery. []

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[] "Boundary of Voting Precincts." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 23, 1892. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1892-09-23/ed-1/seq-1/

[September 23, 1892] -

detailed legal description boundaries of Lincoln county voting precincts, two and half columns long


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[] Excerpt from "The General Assembly." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 10, 1892. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1892-06-10/ed-1/seq-2/

[June 10, 1892] -

It is to be hoped that the petition presented by Hon. John S. May, from the citizens of Pulaski, Wayne and Whitley counties, asking for the establishment of a new county to be known as Coal county, and to be composed of portions of Pulaski, Wayne and Whitley, will be set down on with a dull thud. There are too many pauper counties now. []

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[] Excerpts from "Pulaski's Capital, Politics, &c." The Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 26, 1897. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1897-10-26/ed-1/seq-1/

[October 26, 1897] -

The [Somerset] Opera House is indeed an elegant play house and its name -- The Gem -- is a most appropriate one. It has a seating capacity of 800, not including the boxes, which are very popular. Messrs. Hail, Claunch & Ogden pay $60 per month for it and will make money if their patronage is as good in the future as it has been in the past. 

Somerset hardly looks like herself without saloons. The anti-prohibitionists claim that a great deal of whisky is still sold there, but I saw no evidence of it. A big crowd was in town Saturday and if there was a single drunken man I didn't see him.

The telephone fever has struck Somerset and there are few towns which have better service in that line. There are 100 or more instruments in town while the whole county is traversed by the lines. The price per instrument is only $1.50 per month, which is a fourth less than the Stanford company charges. [] 

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[] Excerpts from "Somerset, Politics, Big Court and Other Matters." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 28, 1898. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1898-10-28/ed-1/seq-1/

[October 28, 1898] -

As is the case about 99 times out of 100, the fire Somerset suffered the first of the year was of benefit to her. In the place of the old-fashioned structures that went up in smoke splendid business houses are now completed and the proud little city is wonderfully improved in appearance. Another handsome brick building is being finished up, which further aids to the looks of public square. There only remain a few frame buildings on the square and if fire does not remove them soon, it is hoped that the owners will and put modern houses in their stead. 

At last Somerset has adopted standard time -- something she should have done years ago. The day of two times in a single town is rapidly dying out. []

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS / PENALTIES & SENTENCING
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[] Excerpt from "." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 29, 1892. Page 4. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1892-04-29/ed-1/seq-4/

[April 29, 1892] -

advantages of murderers in the courts, left col

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CRIME STATISTICS / UBIQUITY OF CRIME
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[] Excerpt from "." Richmond Climax, Richmond, KY. August 13, 1890. Page 2.

[August 13, 1890] -

There is too much killing in Kentucky. Human life is cheaper than beef or pork. Is there no remedy for the crying disgrace which murderers are daily heaping upon proud old Kentucky's reputation? Are we to be regarded as a people who turn our attention to homicide or to the peaceful pursuits of life? -- Danville Advocate. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 3. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. December 25, 1891. Page 4. LOC.

[December 25, 1891] -

Early in the present year the Chicago Tribune made an investigation for the purpose of informing itself in regard to the matter and among the points brought out were these: The number of murders and homicides in the United States, reported in newspapers during the year 1800, was 4,200, classified as follows: Quarrels, 2,184; jealousy 396; liquor 486; by highwaymen, 216; highwaymen killed, 74; insanity, 59; infanticide, 167; resisting arrest, 149; strikes, 1; self defence, 67; outrage 25; duels 1; unknown 464. The number of legal executions reported was 102. Of these 43 were white persons, 59 colored and six Indians. All of the executions were for murder except four, of which one was for rape, one for incest and two for arson. The number of lynchings reported was 126, of which one was a woman, 31 were whites, 90 were blacks, four were Indians and one was a Mexican. []



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[] Excerpt from Column 1. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 5, 1892. Page 2. LOC.

[January 5, 1892] -

The Chicago Tribune, which has used every effort to procure correct information, says that there were 5,906 murders in the United States in 1891, and yet there were but 123 legal executions, Kentucky furnishing two. The lynchings number 195, six of the victims being females. Of the lynchings 11 occurred in Kentucky and nearly half of all of them were for outrages committed on women. Of the murders 2,820 were caused by quarrels and 877 were directly due to liquor, while we suppose nine-tenths of all of them were more or less due to the latter cause. The record, is a terrible one and it grows more so with each year. About 6,000 murders and only 318 hangings for all causes! With such odds in their favor is it any wonder that red-handed murderers stalk abroad at noon day and pursue their occupation of carnage? The old Mosaic law, which demanded a life for a life and which is on most of the law books of the present day, ought to be enforced to the letter. Human life is too cheap and the courts and juries seem to combine in making it even cheaper. []




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[] Excerpt from Column 2. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 29, 1892. Page 2. LOC.

[January 29, 1892] -

The dark and bloody ground has one redeeming county at least -- Johnson -- and its name should be written in letters of gold and pictures of silver. She has not had a murder in 40 years. In that time our own fair county of Lincoln has had over 100, murders nearly all, but they have generally been given as simple homicides. []

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[] Excerpt from "City and Vicinity." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 23, 1896. Page 5. LOC.

[October 23, 1896] -

For the first time for many moons there is no murder case on the docket of the circuit court. This tribunal convenes next Monday with only 49 Commonwealth cases, most of them for misdemeanors, 27 ordinary appearances, 33 equity appearances, 40 old ordinary and 141 old equity. There are seven petitions for divorce. []





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[] Excerpt from Column 1. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 5, 1897. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1897-03-05/ed-1/seq-2/

[March 5, 1897] -

God save the Commonwealth. Her record of unprovoked murders is a blot on her name and a disgrace to a civilized age. []

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REGULATORS / MOB VIOLENCE

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. June 11, 1897. Page 4. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1897-06-11/ed-1/seq-4/

[June 11, 1897] -

anti-mob law? guards at toll gates? (2nd half of col 2)

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FEUDING

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[] "Feud and Vendetta." The Breckenridge News, Cloverport, KY. November 16 1892. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069309/1892-11-16/ed-1/seq-1/

[November 16, 1892] -

FEUD AND VENDETTA.

FAMILY WARS THAT HAVE CONTINUED FOR GENERATIONS.

Conflicts in Kentucky Which Involved Whole Counties--They Are Rapidly Dying Out Before Civilization's Advance. Records of Some Families.

Relics of antiquity are always highly prized, and it is doubtless for that reason that we cherish an interest in the few family feuds that linger on in civilization's track as reminders of the barbarism of our distant forefathers.  They are unique now and worthy of the newspaper reader's especial attention, because of their rarity, though there was a time when they were so common that except where the station of the participants was high, as in the case of the Marmion-Douglas row, or where there was some frill of romance attached, as in the Montague-Capulet quarrel, the gossiping chroniclers of the day made no more mentio of them than a newspaper nowadays does of a plain murder.  That time was in the good days of old when knights were bold, and a baron differed from a bandit only in the extent of his stealings of the people.  So far as they have existed in the United States they have been most prevalent in the mountains of Kentucky.

The lurid glory of the Kentucky feud has departed.  The last echoes of the old quarrels are dying away in the haunts of the survivors, and a new order of things has come in eastern Kentucky, so long scourged by these bloody and brutal vendettas.  The crack of the Winchester is still heard, and fights continue more numerous than prayer meetings.  There may be occasional outbreaks for years to come, but the day of the full grown feud has vanished.

The unsympathetic law and the uncongenial touch of civilization, with its railroads, and its land syndicates, and its town builders have dispelled the old conditions that nurtured the feud.  The old leaders are dead, or in prison, or living in peace.  Craig Tolliver is dead.  Boone Logan and the Youngs are practicing law.  Andy Johnson is a capitalist.  The Yellow Creekers have become land speculators or gone west.  Wils Jennings and the Hatfields are in the penitentiary.  Joe Eversole has been killed.  A saw log dispatched Jerry Little.  "General" Sowders is a quiet citizen, and his old enemy, Alvis Turner, is slain.

Ten years ago Governor Knott treated the feudsmen of Rowan county as belligerent nations, and invited the leaders down to Louisville to make a treaty of peace under his benign auspices.  Today the most powerful leader in any mountain quarrel is held to answer before the Clark county circuit court for his crimes, like any other ordinary law breaker.  The contrast represents the changed attitude of the people toward the feud.

There have been almost innumerable feuds in Kentucky, but those which has lasted longest, involved the greatest number of people and claimed most victims becoming remarkable as anomalous outbreaks of crime of this period of civilization, were eight in number. They were the Turner-Sizemore feud, in Knox county; the Strong and Little feuds in Breathitt county; the Martin-Tolliver war, in Rowan county; the Turner-Sowders feud, in Bell county; the Turner-Howard quarrel, in Hardin county; the Hatfield-McCoy feud, on the West Virginia border, in Pike county, and the French-Eversole war, in Perry county.

There was no foolishness about any of these affairs. They were not the simple primitive forays of Bitter Creek terrors. They were regular wars involving altogether many hundreds of men, and with a death roll counting well up into the hundreds. They terrorized entire counties, put a stop to all business but that of killing, drove scores of people permanently from their homes, held the civil power at bay and required frequent calls upon the military strength of the state in order that courts might be held at all. They have cost the state several hundred thousands of dollars, and have put an almost ineffaceable blot upon its reputation.

When the lawless spirit in the Kentucky mountains had its beginning and how would be difficult to say. Thousands of square miles of mountain region; with no settlements larger than mere hamlets; with the nearest railroad sometimes more than a hundred miles away; with almost no communication with the outside world, and with a population shut in by rugged mountains to its own devices, offered a favorable soil for the germination of petty quarrels, which soon grew into ugly feuds.

Large family connections are the rule in the mountains, where the boys and girls marry in their teens, and when  a feudsman called his clan to battle they started up, like men of Rhoderick Dlin, from every bush and stump. There were no cares of business to distract attention from the quarrels. Most of the people are farmers, who need to work but little on their hilly patches to raise the little that they require, leaving them abundant leisure for the serious business of fighting.

Feuds probably existed before the war, but we have heard little of them if they did. The familiarity with scenes of bloodshed which many thousand mountaineers acquired while serving against the rebellion--for the section was overwhelmingly Union in sentiment--doubtless had much to do with the subsequent fuller development of the feud into something unique in its line They made good soldiers, but they didn't know when to quit fighting. From sire to son the passion for tumult and bloodshed has been transmitted, and some of the most dangerous outlaws in the mountains have been boys under twenty, while most of the leaders in the greatest of the feuds have been under thirty years of age. -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat. []

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[] "Hard On the Feudal Fighters." The Hazel Green Herald, Hazel Green, KY. March 3, 1893. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063242/1893-03-03/ed-1/seq-1/

[March 3, 1893] -

Hard On the Feudal Fighters.

An Eastern Kentucky correspondent--perhaps one of these enterprising news bureaus that have undertaken to keep the feuds running riot in newspaper columns, if no where else--has again worked the Eastern press on the venerable old story about the dramatic termination of the Hatfield-McCoy feud by the marriage of Miss McCoy to a scion of the rival clan. No accurate account has been kept, but it is thought that this same marriage has terminated this same feud at least a dozen times in the last four years. As usual the marriage happened "a few days since," and this time the feud had been "raging for thirty years." The attempt to weave a romance about the Kentucky feuds is too absurd to succeed. There is nothing romantic or heroic about them. They are simply brawls between ignorant, vicious, idle, drunken vagabonds and loafers, who would usually rather shoot each other sneakingly from ambush than participate in a stand-up fight. The feud-fighter of the mountains is merely a degraded brute. There is no heroism or romance about him or his cowardly crimes, notwithstanding the vast amount of slushy fiction that has been worked up over him by enterprising space writers. -- Courier Journal. []

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[] Daily Public Ledger, Maysville, KY. August 5, 1899. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069117/1899-08-05/ed-1/seq-2/

[August 5, 1899] -

on feuds

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ALCOHOL AND CRIME
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[] Excerpt from Column 3. Mount Vernon Signal, Mt. Vernon, KY. March 25, 1898. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069561/1898-03-25/ed-1/seq-3/

[March 25, 1898] -

Last Saturday seven cases were tried in County Court and six convictions were secured -- mostly liquor cases. It is a foregone conclusion that the Court will break up the liquor business throughout the county as well as giving its attention to all manner of offenses against the laws. The Court is not vindictive in its work but treats impartially without fear or favor every case brought before it. Old Rockcastle is climbing right out of the ruts. []








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[] Excerpt from "Mt. Vernon." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. April 15, 1898. Page 6. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1898-04-15/ed-1/seq-6/

[April 15, 1898] -

All but one of the blind tigers of the town have been closed by Judge Williams. One of the chief proprietors said he would not have been put in jail but for the work of the ladies. Yes, there is a strong temperance sentiment here and the women are not afraid to work and pray for "God and Home and Native Land." The beautiful example set by Miss Christine Bradley was heartily approved by the Mt. Vernon Union. []

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SOMERSET MUNICIPAL USURPATION OF OFFICE
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[] "Old Board Holds." The Courier Journal, Louisville, Ky. January 7, 1894. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[January 7, 1894] -

OLD BOARD HOLDS.

Injunction Proceedings Dismissed at Somerset For Want of Jurisdiction.

Somerset, Ky., Jan. 6. -- (Special.) -- The injunction proceedings against the old board brought by the Board of Councilmen who contend that they were elected at the last November election as City Councilmen of the city of Somerset were decided this morning by Judge T. Z. Morrow, of the Circuit Court, and the injunction was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. The case was not on the regular docket, but has taken up several night sessions of the court, and has been hard fought on both sides.

This leaves the old Board of Council in charge of the city, with the following other city officials: T. R. Griffin, Mayor; A. A. Lewis, Police Judge; J. P. Hornaday, City Attorney; R. O. Hughes, Chief of Police; J. H. Wheelock, City Clerk; A. M. Mounce, Assessor, and J. A. McGee, Treasurer. The plaintiffs were represented by O. H. Waddle and W. C. Curd. The defendants, or old Council, were represented by Hon. W. A. Morrow and J. P. Hornaday. []

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Excerpt from Column 1. Hopkinsville Kentuckian, Hopkinsville, KY. January 9, 1894. Page 2. Newspapers.com.

[January 9, 1894] -

Somerset has two Councils and two [sets?] of city officers, as a result of the [con]fusion that caused similar trouble [in] Frankfort, Hopkinsville, Lebanon [an]d other cities. The Republican Circuit Judge at Somerset has dismissed an injunction, leaving the old Board of Republicans in office. []

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Excerpt from "Newsy Notes." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 9, 1894. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1894-01-09/ed-1/seq-2/

[January 9, 1894] -

The newly elected council of Somerset failed to oust the old one, notwithstanding the fact suit was brought asking that they be enjoined from taking office. Judge Morrow dismissed the case and the old board and officers of the town will continue to hold on. []

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Excerpt from Column 3. The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, KY. April 14, 1894. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[April 14, 1894] -

Members of the City Council of Somerset and most of the other officials of the place have been indicted for usurpation of office. The Council refused to order an election last fall, and old members are trying to hold over for two years. []

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[] Excerpt from "Here and There." Hopkinsville Kentuckian, Hopkinsville, KY. April 24, 1894. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069395/1894-04-24/ed-1/seq-3/

[April 24, 1894] -

Another chapter in the history of the fourth class town charters was made by the Pulaski Circuit Court grand jury last week when it indicted the six members of the City Council and the major portion of the officers they have elected and who are now in authority, for usurpation of office. The issue will be tried at this term of court, and its results will be awaited with unusual interest, owing to the great importance it sustains to the city's welfare. []

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[] "The Old Council Will Stand." The Courier Journal, Louisville, KY. April 24, 1894. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[April 24, 1894] -

The Old Council Will Stand.

Somerset, Ky., April 23, -- (Special.) -- The indictments against J. T. Powell, Councilman, and the Board of City Council for usurpation of office were tried in the Circuit Court to-day, resulting in a verdict in favor of defendants. The present Board of Council is the old hold-over board, and was indicted at the instance of the new, but illegally elected board, which wants the place. The trial will settle the entire controversy, and leaves the old Council and their appointees in full control of the city. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 2. The Evening Bulletin, Maysville, KY. April 25, 1894. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[April 25, 1894] -

The members of the City Council of Somerset, indicted for usurpation of office some time ago, were tried this week and were acquitted. []

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[] Excerpt from "." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 21, 1898. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1898-01-21/ed-1/seq-1/

[January 21, 1898] -

It is said that Somerset's long drawn out municipal fight which has been the cause of several murders and many estrangements, is about to be amicably settled. []

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NEWSPAPER META

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[] Excerpt from Column 3. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 21, 1892. Page 6. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1892-10-21/ed-1/seq-6/

[October 21, 1892] -

ALFRED ALCORN LEWIS.

On another page of this edition we print a picture of a very distinguished editor and above we present that of a very remarkable one. He is one of the few republicans who has ever resigned an office, and is therefore a curiosity. Mr. Lewis was getting $5 a day from the government, but gave it up to resume the editorship of the Somerset Republican, which recently suspended.

He was born in this county of democratic parents, who raised him in the nurture and admonition of that good old doctrine, but he went astray in early life and we fear there is no helpin him. He is a dashing, fearless kind of a fellow and will make the journalistic field in Somerset lively enough. []

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[] Excerpt from "Some Notes From Somerset." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. March 31, 1893. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1893-03-31/ed-1/seq-1/

[March 31, 1893] -

The [Somerset] Reporter, John S. VanWinkle editor and proprietor, will soon move into new quarters, diagonally across the street from its present location. Mr. VanWinkle is very much pleased with the newspaper business and is quite popular with the Pulaskians. []

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[] Excerpt from Column 1. Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 16, 1894. Page 2. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1894-01-16/ed-1/seq-2/

[January 16, 1894] -

The Somerset Paragon is the latest newspaper venture in the town, which has seen the rise and fall of many newspapers. The initial number is newsy and interesting and if the succeeding issues shall be as good, there may be room for it, if any republican paper can live in that benightedly republican section. The names of the editors are not given, but it is understood that Judge James Denton is editor, with A. A. Lewis as assistant. J. K. Sewell, who worked in this office in its tenderer years, is foreman. []

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[] Excerpt from "Somerset, Politics, Big Court and Other Matters." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. October 28, 1898. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1898-10-28/ed-1/seq-1/

[October 28, 1898] -

The [Somerset] Reporter has changed hands. Mr. Barnett, who was defeated for the nomination for jailer, and Kirk Boone, a brother of Editor Sam Boone, have become owners and will run it "wide-open republican." I predict that Mr. A. A. Lewis, who has had years of experience, will start a democratic paper and do a good business. []

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MISCELLANEOUS

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[] Excerpt from "Danville and Vicinity." The Kentucky Advocate, Danville, KY. February 11, 1890. Page 3. Newspapers.com.

[February 11, 1890] -

The marriage of the season will be consummated at six o'clock (this Tuesday) evening at the Broaway Baptist church. Then will it be that Mr. Samuel J. Harlan and Miss Florence Thomas Slaughter shall be made man and wife. Madam Rumor has for a long time had this couple in the line of promotion and now their friends here and elsewhere are upon the eager tiptoe of expectancy waiting for the liquid notes of the wedding march and the music of the preacher's voice, which shall pronounce them man wife, amid hundreds of amens and congratulations. More than five hundred invitations were sent out and it is evident that the little church around the corner will not hold one-half the people who will wish to see the marriage ceremony performed. []

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[] Excerpt from "Brodhead." Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. September 1, 1893. Page 6. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1893-09-01/ed-1/seq-6/

[September 1, 1893] -

A crowd of men and women passed through town Sunday morning and about 2 P.M. a pursuing sheriff's posse passed. They were overtaken at Bee Lick, near the Pulaski line, but the ones they were hunting for were not captured. Two Wilsons were in the crowd, but both succeeded in escaping. They caught Rusty Champ and shot Henry Mullins, who were hauling the crowd. Two stolen saddles were found in the wagon. They took the men back to the Richmond jail. The two Wilsons were again attacked on Tuesday morning by a crowd of Rockcastle and Pulaski citizens and 10 or 15 shots were fired, but both got away. The crowd ran upon them again in the evening when they succeeded in arresting one of them, who gave his name as Robert Wilson. The older one got away, but the citizens of Woodstock are still looking for him. []

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[] Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. January 30, 1894. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1894-01-30/ed-1/seq-1/
obit of Col. C. O. Bradley's mother

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[] Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, Stanford, KY. August 24, 1894. Page 1. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85052020/1894-08-24/ed-1/seq-1/

james maret's brother killed in mexico?

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[] March 11, 1896. Page 3. LOC. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069161/1896-03-11/ed-1/seq-3/

lengthy interesting obituary about a madison county man named Warren Harris, spent time in kansas, early settler of kentucky

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