The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1895-05-15
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A. NJ. IIarrell and crew are stopping
at the Dowell house.
Quite a crowd has been attending the
meeting across the river the past week.
Regular Magistrates Cou,t will be held
at stephensport on the 18th day Of June.
NJ. NJ Blaine left on the morning Of
the 18th on business trip 10 Louisville.
There was only a small attendance
from here to attend Circuit Cont this
week.
This is Circuit Court week and Clerk
Skillman says the docket is very light
indeed.
Mrs. Lee Dowcll and Mrs Kirby Blaine
attended the Dowell-Dowell wedding
Tuesday afternoon.
Regular services will be held at the
Methodist church at this place the 4th
Sunday in this month.
II you want fire, life or accident pol
icy write to r. w. Vaughan, agent, head
quarters Stephensport, KY.
Mrs. Sam Reynolds left for Gas City
Wednesday morning to spend several
months with her brother, James II. Lay.
Mrs G. @. Lewis returned Wednesday
evening from Nashville, Tenn, where
she has been visiting her parents for
sometime.
They say that l.. b. Helm is not the
same lover of dogs he was ten days ago
and especially of the pug variety and
why is il?
\Nr. r A. Shellman, our popular drug
gist has been under the weather for
some days, but we trust he may be all
o. X. in a few days.
Mr.. John S. Hawkins, of Oregon, for
merly of this place, has been spending
the past week or ten days here with
friends and relatives.
Doctor David White looked out Of
sight until the other night, when he
played the act Of Davy-get your hair
cut-short. Alas poor Dock.
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock Mr..
Kirby Blaine will teach cousin "Jeif"
how to fall and break his neck on bicy-
Gle without hurtin' hisself, see2
Messrs. Stiles and Vittoe loaded sew
eral barges Of rock here last week to be
used by the Government in the con-
struction of the dixie at Flint Island.
Mrs. NJ. Blaine returned from Louis
vile Monday night where she had been
making some purchases OF summer stock
for Messrs. X. b. Blain & Bro, her sons.
A. NJ. Harrell, the popular bridge car
penter OF the "Texas," with his hand
some crew OF assistants, arrived here on
the evening OF the 10th instant and will
remain for sometime.
County Clerk, j. Owen Cunningham,
purchased a nice home in the county
seat the past week. Owen can now
spend his leisure hours in the garden
working-if he only will.
Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitchcock, OF Bos-
ton, Mass, was here Saturday obtaining
information relative to the Hanks family,
their ancestry, pedigree &c. She is writ
ing complete history of the Hanks
family.
Bro. r. M. Phillips, former pastor of
the Christian church at this place, has
been carrying-on protracted Evangeli-
cal meeting at the Methodist church in
Rome Ind, and up to this writing has
had several conversions.
Any gardener desiring to know how
to raise beans would do well to consult
Roland A. Wellington, our only bean
raiser. Roland says the people here in
town don't know how to grow beans, but
] you can bet your boots he does.
The marriage OF Miss Catherine Dowell
to Mr.. Lorenzo Dowell was quietly SOL
emnized at the home OF the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dowell, of near
Sample, on the afternoon OF the 9TH
instant, Rev. Sneed, of Sample, ofIic-
iating.