Friday, July 16, 1909 Because his wife would not go visiting with him, Charles McGill, a Negro living between Cecilian and Long Grove, shot his wife yester- day with a revolver. She is in serious condition but not fatally wound- ed. After the shooting, McGill took 5 grains of morphine and died yesterday. He was shot in an altercation with another Negro about 2 years ago. Clarence Masters, a young farmer of near Muldraugh, committed suicide in a woods near his home Tuesday. A shotgun was lying beside him. He was 33 years old and unmarried. He was the son of Jewell Masters. Burial in Watts Cemetery. Mrs. Wm. Ryan died at her home near Elizabethtown on Wednes- day by taking an overdose of headache powders. Survived by hus- band and 7 children. Tuesday, July 20, 1909 Mrs. Rosa Woodring, widow of Tom S. Woodring, died at Lakeland Asylum after a brief illness. She had lived in Glendale all her life and went to Lakeland about 2 months ago due to a complication of dis- eases. Member of Christian Church. Burial at Glendale in church cemetery. Survived by 3 sisters, Mrs. J. F. Rogers, Mrs. John Allen and Mrs. Bailey Kendall. Friday, July 23, 1909 Squire Quince Johnson told the following story: He says he had a kitten at his home which is allowed to go where it pleases. For 3 or 4 days in succession, his daughters have bought brick ice cream from the boy who peddles it on the streets. Every time they bought it they gave a little to the kitten which seemed to develop a great taste for ice cream. The boy in question, who peddles it, has a big horn which he blows on the streets to let his customers know that he is approaching. The kitten associated the blowing of the horn with the ice cream and now every day when the boy toots that horn, the kitten makes a run for the front gate and then back to the room where he has been fed the frozen stuff. If shoes great disappointment if there is no brick ice cream but is promptly at the gate the next day as the horn toots. Tuesday, July 27, 1909 Mrs. Sudie Blandford was badly shocked by lightning during a storm last Thursday. The lightning struck a tree to which a telephone line was attached in the yard of her father-in-law, Thomas Blandford. Fred G. Jenkins of Cynthiana committed suicide at his home on Friday. He purchased the cartridges from his brother, Will Jenkins, that morning. No reason is known for the tragedy. His wife and two children were in Millersburg at the time. He was the son of W. Colmore and Ruth Gwynn Jenkins and was born in Elizabethtown 35 years ago. Left Hardin Co. 10 years ago, moving to Georgetown where he went into the hardware busi- ness and later moving to Cynthiana. Survived by wife, 2 children, parents, 4 brothers, Will Jenkins of Cynthiana, Leslie, Rodney and Hubert Jenkins at home and 5 sisters, Mrs. Sam Jenkins, Mrs. Will Bethel and Misses Bess and Mary Jenkins. Tom Monin of near Nolin Station has a large spring branch which runs into Nolin. Near the mouth of this branch is a favorite place for his cows to stand during the hot days, where the water is about a foot deep. Wed- nesday they were at their accustomed place. There had been a very heavy rain at Hodgenville and Nolin got suddenly very muddy and began to rise rapidly. As is always the case when this happens, the fish seek clear water and a great many of them ran into the mouth of Mr. Monin's spring branch. The water was alive with fish but they did not seem to frighten the cows the least bit. Mr. Monin happened to be on the bank about this time and noticed a great commotion in the water. He soon saw that the branch was full of large fish. As he stood there he witness- es a most remarkable occurrence. As the water rose on the cows, he saw fish grab the udders and milk them. He watched the performance for some time fascinated by the novel sight. When the cows came out, they had been stripped dry by the fish. Mr. Monin is a perfectly reliable man and entirely truthful and he tells the story himself. He could not tell what kind of fish they were but we are satisfied they were suckers. The examing trial of Collie HOUSTON who killed James TALBOTT be- cause he found the latter coming from a cornfield with his wife, will be held Tuesday before Judge VEIRS. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday on a farm belonging to John H. HART on the Bardstown Road, about 6 1/2 miles from Elizabethtown. Houston, so he claims, was returning from a ground hog hunt and found his wife and Talbott talking in a corn- field several hundred yards from the house and near an old saw mill. Talbott questioned Houston as to what he carried his gun for and re- marked that if he (Houston) wanted to shoot anybody, he had better do it pretty quickly. With that Houston says he raised him muzzle loader and fired the fatal shot, most of the squirrel shot entering Talbott's body just above the heart and the rest of the shot going into the woman who was just behind Talbott. Houston claims that when Talbott said that if he wanted to shoot, he had better do it quick, that he (Talbott) reached his hand into his pocket as if to get a gun. No weapon of any kind ex- cept a pocketknife was found on Talbott. Talbott died instantly and Mrs. Houston was carried to the home of PERKINS, her father, on Talbott's farm and medical aid was summon- ed. The shot entered her face and it is thought that one of her eyes was put out. Houston is a man of about 35 years old, is a tie hack and has lived in the county about a year. He has three children. Talbott was about 50 years old and the son of Jesse L. Talbott. Survived by wife, 7 children, 2 brothers, J. A. and Dave Talbott and 2 sisters, Mrs. J. F. BERGER and Mrs. Stella STITH. Burial in Elizabethtown City Ce- metery on Wednesday. Tuesday, August 3, 1909 Mrs. Catherine Farris, wife of Arthur P. Farris, formerly of Elizabethtown, was seriously if not fatally hurt in Louisville Friday when run over by an L & N train. Her husband is the son of Mrs. Sallie Farris, now deceased, who lived in Elizabethtown and is a cousin of Mayor Park. Mrs. Farris is still alive. Fred G. Jenkins was born in Hardin Co. near Elizabethtown on April 16, 1874. He died at his home in Cynthiana on July 23, 1909. He was the son of W. C. and R. G. Jenkins of Hardin Co. and the oldest of 11 child- ren, 9 whom survive him. Lived with his parents until he was 22 years old. He was associated with his uncle, Rev. W. B. GWYNN at Lynnland College. He moved to Georgetown and entered into the hardware busi- ness. He later became bookkeeper of the Farmers National Bank of Cynthiana. Later became the assistant cashier or teller, which he held at the time of his death. Married Miss Dixie SPARKS of Cynthiana on June 20, 1901. They had 2 children, George Fenton and Ruth Gwynn. Member of Baptist Church. He came from an ancestry of Baptist mini- sters. His great grandfather BAINBRIDGE and his grandfather Jenkins, both were Baptist ministers. He also has 2 uncles, Rev. W. B. Gwynn and Rev. J. P. Jenkins, who are prominent Baptist ministers in Ky. He was a gifted public speaker. Friday, August 13, 1909 George A. "Tex" Carpenter [picture] of Elizabethtown died at the home of Dan PATTERSON, where he was boarding, yesterday of heart dis- ease. Born in Lincoln Co. and a member of a pioneer family of that part of the state. He was a man of education and culture, devoted to music and floriculture. He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the last year of the Civil War when a boy. Was 62 years old. He was a railroad agent for the L & N for many years. Also serviced in the revenue service under President Cleveland's first administration. He later worked in the Bank of Elizabethtown. Was twice a member of the City Council. Married Miss Lizzie WINTERSMITH, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Wintersmith of Elizabethtown, about 10 years ago. They had 2 children to survive him, Shelby Carpenter of Savannah, Ga. & Mrs. Leslie Patterson of Louisville. Member of Presbyterian Church. Burial in Elizabethtown City Cemetery tomorrow.