THE ELIZABETHTOWN NEWS ELIZABETHTOWN, KENTUCKY MARCH 8, 1889 Part 2 Typed as published and submitted By Laura Frost Wright A DOUBLE WEDDING FOUR HEARTS At Mrs. REBECCA NALLS, in Nalls Valley, Wednesday, a double wedding was celebrated, which was largely attended by many relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The ceremony was performed at three O'clock by Rev. B.F. HAGAN, of Vine Grove. The couples united in the holy bonds were ABRAHAM LEWIS and Miss FANNIE NALL, daughter of Mrs. REBECCA NALL and Mr. ROB"T BROWN and Miss MATTIE HOBBS , daughter of HENRY HOBBS. The brides are first cousins and are two of the loveliest girls of the valley, while the grooms are both young gentlemen who stand very high in the county. Instead of the usual bridal tour, the happy couples are spending the first days of their honeymoon delightfully at big parties and dinings given in their honor by many relatives. PERSONEL AND SOCIETY Mr. WM. HESSE has gone to Glasgow to locate. Mr. S.H. BUSH is in Frankfort this week on business. Miss MARIETTA WILSON is visiting relatives in Lebanon. Mr. J.P. HOBSON is in Frankfort this week on legal business. Mr. H.M. MATTHIS of -missing--Ala. was in town this week. Rev. JOSEPH HOPPER, of Boyle county was in town this week. Miss MARY NEWCOMB, of Henderson is visiting Miss NORA ARNOLD. Mr. CHAS. MOORE spent several days in Breckenridge County. Miss KATE NOURSE has returned from Louisville after a protracted abscence. Mr. G.W. WOOTEN, of Florence Ala. is visiting Mr. R.L. WINTER SMITH JR. Mr. SAMUEL HOWELL and family left here, Tuesday for Kansas where they will locate. Mrs. EMILY MARRIOTT has returned from Louisville where she has been spending the winter. Dr.G.W. SIMMONS is in Cincinnati attending the annual reunion of the Pulte Medical College. Miss LOTTIE REED, of Mattoon, Ill who has been visiting Mrs. LOTTIE REED here returned home Tuesday. Miss FLORENCE HALL has returned from Louisville where she has been spending the winter with relatives. Mr. D.C. STAMP, one of the best business men of the county, paid the News office a pleasant visit recently Hon. A.B. MONTGOMERY has returned from washington. The air of the national capitol seems to agree with him. Miss EFFIE SMITH has returned home from Georgetown, Ga. where she has been spending the winter with relatives. Mr. JAMES IRWIN who has been spending the past four months here with relatives, returned to his home at Bauner, Idaho, Monday. Mr. ANDREW J. NALL of Rineyville vicinity, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the county is seriously ill with pneumonia. Miss. SALLA CLARKSON and her twin daughters, Misses RENE and BETTIE, of brandenburg, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.D. McCANN returned home Thursday. Mrs. FRANK GAULT left here Monday for her home in Dakota on account of the continuous illness of her son FRANK. We are glad to hear that FRANK is some better, although he is still critically ill. TURNED LOOSE T.J. FLETCHER, who has been in jail here for over a year for selling liquor in violation of the prohibition law was released last monday. He was serving his fines out at the rate of one dollar a day under the judgement of the court, when discussion of the court of appeals was found by his attorney H.T. WILSON which requires that all violaters of local option and prohibition laws when fines are served out in jail shall be at the rate of $2 a day. As soon as Judge GARDENER was shown the decision FLETCHER was immediately released as under the ruling of the highest court he had more than served out his time. Our readers will remember that FLETCHER cmae here as an employ of the H. & E. contractors and that he killed W. HENRY MORIA, colored in an Illegal saloon here for which he was aquitted. FLETCHER is said to be among the best family's in West Virginia, highly educated and intelligent, and that he was brought to his degraded condition by drink. As soon as he was released from jail he left the county. FARMERS FREE COLUMN Mr. JOHN RICHARDS of nelson desires the person who borrowed his scales and -missing--to return the same. A large heavy mare to trade for a colt. Apply at THOS. DUNSON county farm. BIG CLIFTY Big Clifty- Feb. 6th-- Our little town has enjoyed peace and quiet for several months until last Monday when several fellows got to imbibing a little to freely and mixing Owensboro whiskey with Big Clifty whiskey and engaged in an altercation in which one poor fellow, HARDIN HATFIELD received three severe stabs with a knife, one in the breast, below the heart, one in the side, one in the back. Have not heard all the particulars as to how the fracas was brought about, but it seems that JOE COOK , SAM KEYSINGER and ---FULKERSON were arrested by Sheriff WOOLDRIDGE, the others making their escape. They have had no trial yet as HATFIELD is in a very dangerous condition and the authorities are waiting to see what the result will be of the cutting. News has just reached us that TOBY PENCE, of meeting creek, and miss CLARA HATFIELD of this vicinity eloped to jeffersonville,last sunday to be united in bonds which only death and the divorce courts can sever. So mote it he. The telegraph school at this place opened last monday with a good attendence. there will no doubt be several full fledged operators here in a few months ready for an office. Messrs ALEX HAMPTON and GEORGE --missing-- will start to the Lone Star State in a few days where they will expect to make their future home. They are both excellent young gentlemen and the people of this vicinity are lost to give them up. but our loss will be Texas "s gain. Miss SADIE LONG, one of Leitchfield"s charming young ladies is spending a few days with her uncle J.R. LESLIE Miss VERA ALVEY, of Elizabethtown is the guest of Mrs. S.T. PEARL HARDIN ALLISON and Miss MOLLIE NESFUS, of howes valley were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.W. S last saturday and sunday. JAMES PENCE and his sister Miss AMANDA , were visiting at Mr. JOHN VICKS here last Sunday. It is said that Mr. A. KEFAUVER is the most generous young gentleman in Big Clifty. What about that one hundred dollar gold watch A. ? The following marriage licenses were issued in February, FREDERICK J. WISEMAN, and Mrs. SARAH E. WISEMAN, FRANK KELLUM and Miss BETTE MILLER, JOSEPH WALKER and Miss EMMA J. JORES, CHAS. HECKERSOU and Miss MARY L. DAUGHERTY, EVAN SETZER and Miss LISSIE K. DUNCAN, JACOB RET -M and Miss ELIZABETH DALEY, STEPHEN KINGLESMITH and Miss MINNIE J. BEWLEY, JAMES M. WISE and Miss BETTIE POTTER,CHARLES H. PAYNE and Miss EARL H. SULLIVAN, JOHN C. HOSKINSON and Miss. HATTIE W. PALMER, THOS. BUNNELL and Miss. CLARA HAWKINS, WM. J. BATES and Miss. KATE MONTGOMERY. WM. M. SCOTT and Miss. ROSIE JANE CHALNER, HOWARD FORD and Miss. MARY DUTHAM, SIMON P. PERK and Miss. CECILLA C. WISEMAN MARVELOUS Little ROBERT HAYES DILLARD, the eleven -year-old son of mr. JOHN W. DILLARD , who lives four miles west of Elizabethtown, who has been in bad health for several years, complaining much of his head, on last thursday morning, after an unusual spell with his head, emitted from his nostrils an immense egg-shaped globule, bound by a thin membrane, fully the size of an egg and containing a strange object, almost like a young rat, with four legs, yet having a head more like a water dog. this object seemed to have had its birth and grown to the size of a large bean, in this egg like mass. --Welcome Tidings A QUIET WEDDING At the residence of the bride"s father near vine grove, Ky Feb. 28th at 8 O"clock, Miss HATTIE PALMER was married to Mr. JOHN HOSKINSON, son of Rev. J.W. HOSKINSON this county. Promptly to the strains of the melodious wedding march rendered by Miss IRENE PALMER , the attendents Miss CARRIE HAYNES, of Bloomington, Ky, and Mr. GEORGE CROOM, of Howes valley, followed by the bride and groom, were ushered into the parlor where about forty invited guests were assembled. and the high contracting parties were united by a most beautiful and imposing ceremony by Rev. G.F. CUNDIFF. The bridesmaid wore a beautiful black silk with ornaments , the bride wore a beautiful creame nunaveiling white ribbon and natural flowers.The groom was dressed in a conventional suit of black. The bride is the daughter of Mr. A.B. PALMER of this county and one of our charming young ladies possessing most amiable traits of character. After the ceremony was over the guests were served with refreshments and all partook of the good things that were so bountifully spread before them, so nicely and tastefully arranged by the bride's mother. May their cares and sorrows through life be forgotten on the eve of each day. May all their years in life be blessed and each prove happier than the last is the sincere wish of the writer . The appreciation of the contracting parties by their friends was fairly tested by the following presents. Large preserve stand-Miss CARRIE HAYNES Glass set-- ELLA TARPLEY Hand painted lambrequin-SALLIE SELBY Comb. and brush-Mrs. LUCY McCARTY Glass water set--LULA SMITH Linen table cloth-A.B. PALMER Large fruit stand-Miss ELIZA ROGERS Pair of linen towels- L. SHIVELEY Silver butter knife-MINNIE TARPLEY Glass lamp-Miss NORA PALMER Water set- IRENE E. PALMER Glass lamp-LIZZIE and JENNIE PALMER THE DEADLY SHOTGUN BILL LEONARD SHOOTS DOWN HIS FATHER-IN-LAW WILLIAM GILL Early Tuesday morning WILLIAM GILL an old citizen of this county, was shot down and killed on his own farm near red Hill, this county by his son-in-law BILL LEONARD. The particulars of the killing were brought out at the coroner's inquest held by Squire B.C. HILL, a cold blooded deliberate murder. It seems that BILL LEONARD lives on the farm of his father-in-law, and that near LEONARD"S house GILL was making rails, Tuesday , he went down on his wagon to get a load and as he drove by his son-in-laws house he saw his daughter out at the wood pile chopping up a lot of his new rails. he told her to stop cutting up his rails, where upon she began to abuse him in a violent manner, he got out of the wagon and had put one of the rails into it when LEONARD came out of the door with a single barrel shot gun in his hands and told him if he loaded another one of those rails he would kill him. GILL picked up another rail when LEONARD pulled down his gun and fired , the whole load entering GILL'S left breast. After he was shot, GILL ran toward his assasin, when within a few feet of him LEONARD stepped forward and dealth the old man a severe blow to the head, knocking him down . Someone was immediately sent to vine grove for a physician, but before he arrived on the ground GILL was dead, having expired in about an hour and a half after he was shot. The murderd man was about seventy years old and had a usually good reputation. LEONARD is not generally known, although his father, B. LEONARD one of the cleverest men in the county. It is a general opinion that there had been a bad feeling between the parties, but that we have been unable to verify. LEONARD was arrested by Deputy Sheriff SCOTT BRANCH Wednesday morning and brought here and put in jail. LEONARD"S STORY A reporter of the news came in on the train with the prisoner and he gave his side of the case. He claimed that he built a house on GILL"S property with the understanding that he was to have a permanent lease on it and that Tuesday GILL and his son came to his house with axes, that he was sick in his bed and GILL told him he must vacate the property at once. When he declined to do this, both the GILLS advanced on him with axes and he shot in self defense, and that the young GILL pursued him in the woods after the shooting. LEONARD is quite sick, but it is thought that he will be well enough to stand his examining trial Saturday. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT Whereas, It has pleased the great architect of the Universe to remove from our midst our esteemed brother, E.E. MERCER, who departed this life February 8, 1889. When the summons came though rather sudden and unexpected, it did not find him unprepared. His lamp was primmed and burning and he was ready to meet the bridegroom at his coming. To him it matters little whether the Lodge of which he was a member and in which he so often met the brethern shall twine its embleme with cypress and drape its -missing -in morning, or that the gent's -missing--shall chant their requiem over his silent grave, where faternal hands have gently laid him down to rest until the resurection morn. But we owe a debt in his sacred memory therefore. RESOLVED- That in the death of brother MERCER we are again called upon by a most solemn admonition of God speaking in a language that cannot be mistaken, " be ye also ready" RESOLVED-That in his death we have lost a good citizen and member of our fraternity, his companion a good husband, his children a kind father and Masonry one of its warmest supporters. Resolved- That we deeply sympathize with the widow and orphans in their bereavement and as a token of our sympathy and respect, we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and this preamble and resolutions be spread upon our minutes and a copy sent to the widow of deceased, also to the Elizabethtown news for publication. H.A. SUTZER P. A. CUNDIFF COM LLFW -- http://www.geocities.com/mamafrost/index.html RUSSELL COUNTY KENTUCKY FRIENDS http://www.egroups.com/group/russellcountyfriends A.n.d.e.r.s.o.n-B.o.w.l.e.s-B.u.n.c.h-B.l.a.c.k C.o.l.y.e.r-D.e.S.p.a.i.n-F.e.r.r.y-F.r.o.s.t G.r.a.h.a.m-B.u.r.t.o.n-J.a.s.p.e.r-H.u.c.k.a.b.y M.c.C.u.b.b.i.n.s -N.e.a.t-P.a.i.n.t.e.r-R.i.c.h.m.o.n.d R.e.x.r.o.a.t-B.o.l.e.n-Q.u.i.n.n-W.a.r.d-W.a.l.k.e.r W.r.i.g.h.t My biggest brick wall John Frost Born Clinton County Ky-1841 d. 1910 parents were William Frost & Rachael? What was Rachael"s maiden name? mailto:lsllwright@fuse.net