The state capital., 1891-07-18
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Small talk which may read well on
warm day.
Mr.. Richard Taylor reports doing fair !
business in his Ice Cream Palace MIR |
" athan Dyer, Chief cook at the Planters
House is the right man in the right
place The excursion to Paducah on The
steamer Crown Point proved to be very
successful affair; under the management
w. L. ScOtt.-The members of Ionic
Lodge has leased hall on Ohio Levee |
for lodge purposes which they are bav-
ing put into shape for their next meet |
ing which will be one of the most COM |
modious hall rooms in the city. Drs
Holly and Fields report enjoying good
practice and we are glad to see the race
end encouragement to the enterprising
young men.-Some one ole Mr. Wood
r ttenhouse bicycle, Thursday evening
and went up the country road with it to
Mound City.-Upon dispatch from Pa
ducah, Marshall Mahoney arrested m%n
| and woman at the Union Depot in this
| city. The woman proved to be Mrs. X, e..
Magill and the man, w. L. Bayington.
| A year old daughte~ of the woman was
with them. The charge against them was
that they were running away from the
woman's husband. The marshall took
the paIties to the police station and i'm
mediatelv noJitied the Paducah author
itles of the arrest-Mrs. Arennie Wilson.
of Cedar st. presented her husband with
a 10 Id. boy. 1t is nice to be father -
A dispatch from Mayor Halliday stated
thet the wedding ofThos. w. Halliday
Jr.. to Miss Smith was duly celebrated
at GAINESVILLE, O and the young couple
will be at home to their friends The
Baptist congregation was presided over
by Rev. HI. Allison who preached an ell
oquent sermon. The Sabbath School was
we attended by all -Rev. Sheen contin-
ues poorly but was able to adorn the al
} tar of the church.-Rev. Cooper came
down from Mound City on a fly tripi
Rev. Allison taken up temporary quar-
ters i'm the country M. Rzers new
buildeng will present verv handsome
appearance, when finished.-The Electric
r. R. has permission to pass west on 9Th
st. The road leaves very small margin
but there is com for all
; Mrs. Warren Winens, Of this city
but visiting in Natchez, Miss. is re-
! ported sick
! The immense fy-wheel for the new
engine which has been put in place at
the Electric Light and Power Company
! Engine Room to furnish power for the
electric cars is in place. Mr.. Stephen
5 Bradley had the contract for removing
. it from the |. G. R. r. on Ohio levee
which proved to be no small task, but
he was equal to the emergency.
: Capt. w. p. Halliday is i'll.
$ Mr.. A. w. Staten, late head waiter
!, at the Halliday has accepted aposition
as steward of the steamer Luella
Browd. Mr.. Staten is quite an acqui-
D silon to the Brown, as he is natural
, born caterer.
The A. M. & e. Church II tribes sent
i, out to raise money for the purpose OF
f paying off the debt of the church, did a
grand work from the reports OF last
Sunday, which proved them to be faith
full workers for the cause, They de-
} serve great credit for their work. Very
sorry to say that space will not allow
us to make special mention of these
different tribes, though the Tribe of
God proved the champion of the twelve,
which reports 1888. This is quite
commendable for the A. M. & E. con-
gregation. May the good work go on.
A total of $149. So for one month labor.
Mr.. E. L. Taylor, of Hodge Park, LII.
: spent Friday in the city purchasing
supplies for his farm.
The gamblers must suffer. Profes-
. sional sports were run down by Chief
Mahoney and officers l.. L. Finney and
, Sullivan a few days ago. They had
, been ou the Paducah excursion Sunday
, and mad done a big business. There
were four in the pot, all well dressed
and we'll out-titted for their business.
/ After feecing the boys on the boat they
, wanted to know the time, and nipped
another mans ticker. Magistrate Fo-
10y said Boys, this is full hand and
[ hold four aces. 50 those who game
must 60"
The First Missionary Baptist Church
, opened service at O'Clock p. m. Bro.
James Higgins, of Helena, Ark. was
introduced. He also sang his custom
airy hymn. At the conclusion of his
sermon Brother Madison Thomas offer
ed up blessing. Song by choir. The
doors Of the church were open for re-
ception to membership. Several were
received for baptism.
Rev. III. Allison left on the &c. r. r.
for Duquoin. H., to attend the funeral
service of Rev. Nathan Kicks, July Is,
1891.
A. A. MARTIN.