The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-08-04

Take your country produce to Wits.
Mrs. Ferd McGhee is visiting here this
week.
Miss Lena Hensley is visiting in Lou
isville.
The old Freedom meeting begins next
Sunday.
Hiram Kelley has been in bed several
days with fever.
Misses Katie and Lizzie Eskridge are
visiting at Hartford.
Patent medicines Of all kinds and at
bottom prices at Wits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Wathen, Of Irving
ton, were here last Sunday.
VIM. H. Bell will begin his school at
Clifton Mills next Monday.
Richard Owen, candidate for Sheriff,
was in town last Wednesday.
Miss Laura Haynes, of Harmed was
here one day last week shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rosco Eskridge came
down from Ekron last Saturday.
This is strictly moral town. Send
your boy here to the B. N. College.
DR.. ]. T. Baker has fine breed Of
game chickens that he wishes to sell.
Now is good time to pay your sub
scription, all farm products are bringing
good prices.
County Attorney, r. N. Miller, and
wife were visiting at Irvington few
days last week.
Taylor aud Wallace Babbage and
Franklin Kincheloe went to Bewleyville
last Wednesday.
Frank Haswell came up from Glover
port last Saturday, put in vote for local
option and returned.
Miss Rebecca Owings, OF Woolf Creek,
has been visiting friends here since the
close Of the Teachers Institute.
Mr.. Irwin Payne and wife, and Miss
Alice Brown, of Harmed, were at Nashville
last week taking in the exposition.
Rev. S. X. Breeding began protracted
meeting out at Oakland last Sunday. He
is assisted by Rev. Felix Roberts.
B. F, Beard and Mrs. P. NJ. Beard have
returned from French Lick. Mrs. Beard
was very much improved by the trip.
Miss Fronie Jolly, daughter of John
Jolly, Cave Spring, was here one day last
week the guest OF Miss Maggie Baker.
John P. Haswell, sr., was confined to
his bed several days last week from ill |
ness. He is able now to be out again.
The candidates are staying out of town
now great deal. Both sides are search |
ing the woods pretty close. They want
votes
There were nine teachers, colored,
examined here last week for certificates |
to teach. Out Of the nine, only one OF |
them got certificate.
w. V. Norman was here one day last |
week from Glendeane. He says that
place is shortly to begin the erection of a
new Touring mill, the cost OF which will
be $1,000.
Mr.. James Kincheloe, who recently
moved to Carrolton to go into the Jew
elry business writes back that he is well
pleased with the town and his new
home.
Mrs Brandenburg makes great blus-
,er over few farm wagons going to mill
n that town. Why, bless you, cousin,
We have 'em here all the time. And as
or flour, we just ship that out to give
he railroad something to do-Fact.
Tom Macy and his wife and two child
EN- are down with typhoid fever. Mr..
Macy, himself, has been in bed three
weeks, but is now improving. His fam
ly live on the Louisville road about
hree miles from town. They all have
,ood attention.
All parties having watches or other
rticles in my shop that have been on
lands for three months and longer are
hereby given notice that il not called for
nd charges paid on same in fifteen days
rom this date they will be sold for the
harges on them for repairs.-T. @. Lew
8.
Parties in the country who are using
'aris green on their tobacco beds should
'e cautious in handling it. Ken Rhodes,
1 McDaniels, lost two fine steers last
ummer from drinking water where paris
reen had been used. We have heard
other parties losing stock by it. II
The District Conference OF the NJ. e.
hurch, colored, will meet here on the
OF August. The colored people are, !
anticipating a big time. Rev. Ham
iond, one Of the ablest preachers among
hem, will preside. There will be other
reachers OF note, OF their own race,
The local option election last Satur-
ay was OF general interest to this town
nd the country surrounding here.
When the petition waa fled six weeks =
20, by the whisky men asking a vote
n II, and that it be confined TO the cor
crate limits OF the town, the belief was
retty general that they would carry II. 1
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