August 17, 1899… The editor passes along the following mortuary inscriptions found in New England: “Here lies the body of Obadiah Wilkinon and Ruth, his wife. Their warfare is accomplished.” Another from Vermont says, “She lived with her husband 50 years, and died in the confidant hope of a better life.” Another says, “My wife lies her. All my tears cannot bring her back, therefore I weep.” Another says, “I was somebody… who, is no business of yours.” A final one says, “A bird, a man, a loaded gun; No bird… dead man… thy will be done.” Word from Galveston, Texas, is that the British government has contracted with Texas parties to furnish 500,000,000 feet of yellow pine, presumably for the new government railroad planned from the Nile to Capetown in Africa. Should the contract be signed, it would be the largest order in history. It would take all the mills in southeast Texas a year to turn out that much lumber, and it would require about 500 steamships to carry that amount of lumber across the ocean. Col. Charles E. Jones, the Georgia historian, has compiled a list of the surviving Confederate generals, which shows that out of the original 19 lieutenant generals, seven survive; of the 81 major generals, 16 are living; and of the 365 brigadier generals, 92 survive. The living lieutenant generals are James Longstreet, Alexander P. Stewart, Stephen D. Lee, Simon B. Buckner, Wade Hampton, John B. Gordon and Joseph Wheeler. The map of the United States may be radically changed in a few years. After all the natural gas has been taken from the bowels of the earth, there is a probability that the crust of the earth above the space once occupied by the gas will cave in to the depth of thousands of feet in some places. In that event, the Great Lakes would drain into this immense abyss and the bottom of the present lakes would become dry land. What is now known as the gas belt in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania would then be a desert of water. Sen. Joe Blackburn took to the stump Tuesday and hotly defended gubernatorial nominee William Goebel from slanderous attacks by the big corporations and big newspapers. It was also made public this week that former Governor John Y. Brown, when a congressman, had a bill passed which allowed him back salary for a certain period of time. There was considerable criticism and Brown went to Sen. Jo Blackburn and asked him to sign a statement to the effect that he would have done the same thing. Blackburn refused to sign, and Brown has thus refused to speak to him for the past 14 years. A.H. Weisenberger died at his home near Paynes Depot at noon on Aug. 12 after a long illness of consumption. He leaves a wife and five children. His remains were carried to Louisville for interment. Mr. Weisenberger had spent some time in Denver, and other western points, in a vain effort to improve his health. The state board of health, announcing 12 cases of smallpox in Casey County, appealed to all citizens to arrange for vaccination. William E. Railey has accepted a position with O.T. Trent. T. Walter Thornton has accepted a position at Campbell’s Saloon. Harry Gilmore Jr., 23, son of Harry Gilmore, who owned Bosque Bonita Farm, near Versailles, was arrested at Versailles last week and taken to Cedartown, Ga., where his family resides now. He had apparently taken some of his mother’s jewelry and sold them and his father had demanded the return of the jewels from a Mr. Young, who had re-sold them, and he was then arrested. Mr. Young, in turn, swore out a warrant for young Gilmore. C.W. Marks last week sold his great pacer, Joe Patchen, to H.C. Howes, of Johnstown, Pa. A Midway boy went to church for the first time. Watching very closely while the collection was being taken up, he turned to his father and whispered, “Half of them got in for nothing.” August 18, 1921… Towns and Bishop joined the Midway baseball team as they defeated Millville this week, 11-7. Mrs. Ed Taylor died in Kansas City at age 89. She had been a resident of Midway years ago and with her family had occupied the farm near town now owned by Henry L. Martin Jr. Good prices prevailed at the annual McKee Brothers August sale of Duroc Jersey sows, held at their Forest Home Farm, near Versailles. More than 225 Woodford tobacco men had signed the cooperative grower’s contract before Aug. 15. R.S. Walker is the county chairman and J.C. Stone of Lexington has been the leading force in getting the “pool” set up. Col. Asa K. Martin, widely known weather prophet, says that this winter will be one of the most severe since the cold winter of 1888-89. He predicts 29 snows, from Oct. 13 to May 2, 17 zero days, and three ice spells with ice harvested from three to 12 inches thick. He also predicts the first frost on Sept. 10 and three sleet storms. C.W. Parrish offers for private sale his farm of 150 acres, 2-1/2 miles from Midway. Every field in the farm is on the turnpike. He has 30 acres now in tobacco. Losing more than 10,000 members in the last year, the Grand Army of the Republic now numbers 93,155 members. The residence of Albert Ledridge, near Young’s High Bridge, was destroyed by fire Monday with loss about $7,000. James W. Hawkins sold to Mrs. Clinton B. Hawkins a house and lot on the corner of Green and Locust streets in Versailles for $5,000. County schools will open Monday, Aug. 29.