"The suit against A. C. Rice by the Gratz Deposit Bank of which he was the cashier, has been settled.  Rice was short in his accounts $9,000, money spent on diamonds, flowers, and fancy driving horses.  The American Bonding Company of New York was his surety.  His morals were not bad but he had a fool habit of buying diamonds and flowers for his lady friends, while he kept a stable of fine horses equal to a nabob. It is said a rich uncle from Bergie, Mercer County, where Rice formerly resided put up $6,000 of the shortage, the surety company paid $1,000, and the bank took care of the balance.  Rice is said to be traveling for a hardware house in Eastern Kentucky."  from the Warsaw Independent, January 6, 1906

“A party composed of Misses Edith Ireland and Ida Lillard, Prof. W. H. Cord and R. C. Ford attended the dedication of the Baptist church at Gratz Sunday, and after the services were over and a bountiful dinner had been spread and partaken of, they, with their team, boarded the steamer Hibernia, and went to Monterey, then returned home.  The trip was greatly enjoyed, and everything passed off quietly – save that, as they boarded the boat at Gratz, one of their horses passed overboard with a lunge into the river and almost frowned.  Reasons many and ludicrous were given for the horses demeanor; one being that he had absorbed religious proclivity and was determined upon baptizing himself; another, that Owenton was very dry.”     From the Owenton Democrat, November 11, 1886.