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C O V I N G T O N J O U R N A L
New Series--Vol. VII, No. 8
COVINGTON, KY., MARCH 21, 1874
Whole No. 319
[Correspondence Covington Journal]
PENDLETON
COUNTY
BUTLER, Ky.,
March 16, 1874.
Editor Journal
The Primary
election excitement having been allayed, the
familiar shrieks of “Colin,” “Chowning,” “Wandelohr,”
“Roberts.” &c., has given place to a gentle
murmur of “Menzies,” “Hallam,” “Pryor,”
“Dudley,” “O’Hara,” et al. All the above named
gentlemen have warm friends in these parts, but
the name of “Charley Duncan” is uttered by all
with an expression at once so familiar and
significant as to leave little doubt of the
“Colonel’s” unanimous support by his fellow
citizens of Pendleton.
Mrs.
Rebecca Moore was burned to death on last Monday
at Catawba, in this county. She has been burning
some brush in preparation to make a tobacco bed,
when her clothing caught fire and before succor
could arrive, she was burned so badly that she
died almost immediately. Mrs. Moore was one of
the Hitch family, who are descendants of the
oldest settlers, and among the most respectable
families in the county. Her son, Edgar Moore,
had, on the Saturday previous, received the
Democratic nomination for assessor of Pendleton
county.
J. B.
Applegate, Clerk of the County Court, has
received the nomination for the third
consecutive term of that position, getting the
largest vote cast. His opponent was Squire
Minturn, of Morgan, a very worthy and popular
man, and John’s decided majority over the Squire
is an evidence of the appreciation of our people
for a good officer, and cannot be considered in
the light of a humiliating defeat for Mr.
Minturn.
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