Allen County News.

Everyone is looking forward to the coming festivities of Christmas.
Mr. H. Rice, Special Examiner for Pensions, has been in Scottville for several weeks.
Our town is on quite a building boom at present. There have been over a dozen new houses erected within the past few months.
Mr. B. F. Johnson is now assisting the Circuit Court Clerk in his office and is making himself very useful in keeping up with the records of the office.
A successful revival has been in progress for se3veral days at Durham Springs, in this county, which was conducted by Revs. Harlan and Durham.
S.M. white has given the required bond for the payment of the sum of $500, to satisfy a judgement rendered against him in the slander case at the last term of Circuit Court.
A number of movers passed through our village recently, en route for Florida. It will be no surprise to see them return to their old Kentucky home again before many months.
Our farmers have been laying by their bacon for the winter, and the usual hog-killing season has resulted in the slaughtering of a good many hogs during the recent cold spell.
Will Read, our popular County Clerk has a walk over for that position, having no opposition. The fact of the business is, Will is such a formidable candidate he is sure to be re-elected, hence no one is willing to make the race against him.
I regret to have to inform you that Miss Mary Porter, of this place, a niece of Dr. Porter, of your city, is seriously ill at present with erysipelas, but she was somewhat better at last accounts. It has not been long since she had a long spell of typhoid fever, while visiting relatives in Bowling Green.
A serious cutting affair took place one night recently, near a church, a few miles from Scottville. A boy named Gloss, and a man named Kinchlow, had a quarrel, during which the latter was severely cut in the hip with a knife in the hands of the former. The wound is a necessarily fatal.

Green Castle Squibs.

'Possum hunters are plentiful.
Magistrate's Court on the 19th inst.
Master Archer Alexander was sick last week.
We are glad to note that Mrs. L. B. Sandige is convalescent.
Several sportsmen have been in our burg for the past few days.
Mad dogs are reported as making the rounds in the Smithsville vicinity.
Hoop-pole dealers are as plentiful as tobacco merchants were a short time since.
What has become of the Y.M.C.A. Come to time boys, Xmas is near at hand.
Our farmers are having a hog-killing time making sassingers and stewing down the greasy fat.
Messrs. C.C. Saunders and B. J. Whitney returned on the 12th inst., from a short visit to friends in Franklin, Ky.
Some of our boys are waiting patiently for Lewis Speck to come down and set up the electric lights again. Come, Lewis, every Saturday.
Mr. W. D. Alexander received last week nearly 40,000 pounds of leaf tobacco in bulk.
Mr. James Pace, one of our good farmers, had his barn burned last Friday, together with all his tobacco, wheat, etc. Loss, $2,000. No insurance.
Mr. Louis Dodd has gone on his annual trip to Allen where he will grind axes and chop wood for that widow this winter, to the satisfaction of your Scottville correspondent.
Samuel Cox, of Edmonson County, was here last week wanting to buy fine horses. he attended the sale of some horses at this place Friday, but did not buy, as T.W. Settle bought them all.
We are pained to report the death of Mrs. E. Williams at the residence of her husband, December 7th, of abscess of the lungs. She leaves six children, an aged husband and many friends to mourn their loss.
Death has again been among us. We are called on to report the death of Mr. Dock Duvall, who died at the residence of his brother, Joe Duvall, December 6th, of consumption. He leaves two children and many friends to mourn their loss.
A certain pedagogue, not a thousand miles from here, possessing no wiskers, applied to one of our M.D.'s for a preparation to make them grow. The M.D. fixed it up and sent it to him. The consequence was his face was black for a week.

Richardsville.

Master Johnny Wright of Austin, Texas, is visiting is uncle, Squire Speck.
Some half-dozen persons were fined last court day for failure to work the roads.
Judge Wand, of Butler, and Attorney Sims attended Squire Speck's court Friday last.
Your correspondent was informed that Miss Phelps and Mr. Taylor, of Butler County, were married last week.
Miss Roxa Dugger closes her school at district No. 27, near this place, on Saturday, Jan. 2nd, and proposes to have on that day an examination, general feasting and enjoyment.
Prof. J. M. Scott, now a resident of this place, has purchased the farm of Mrs. Betsy Ann Young, some distance in the country, and will move to his new home about Jan. 1.
The suit of Reeves, administrator, vs. Phelps was tried last Friday resulting in a verdict for the plaintiff, Attorney Pat Edwards was counsel for plaintiff and Judge Wand for defendant.
Wm. D. Dunn, who lives on Green River, near Rone's Ferry, has purchased one of the cottages on lower Main from G.E. Speck and will move into the same about New Year's. Welcome to our town, Dolphin.
Misses Maggie and Ella Davenport and Nettie Johnson, of your city, returned home Sunday after a protracted visit to friends in this community. All the life and vivacity seems to have gone out of the neighborhood since their departure, and we trust they will come again.
A large majority of our schools are out before Christmas, and where they are not the teachers have wisely concluded to suspend for the holidays. Christmas comes but once a year and the small boy must burn the usual amount of powder, black his eyes and enjoy Christmas, school or no school.