The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1898-03-23
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MIS- agnes WOrland VIII spend some
time in Concordia.
Watch out for Hardin and Wilder Of
Irvington on their ated days.
The poets have paid high tribute TO
the new battleship Kentucky.
Mrs John Radley and daughter, Miss
Frances, are visiting relatives here.
The Meads Messenger improves eac
week The young editor pushes his work
Modern Spain is not many degrees re.
moved from ancient Spain-and Austria ?
The Maine explosion has become Sc :
oudsry consideration to Cuba's lamenta-
tiona.
The Literary last Friday night WIS
largely attended. The interest doesn't
lessen.
Mrs q Lee is better, and will visit
her father Mr., Fullenwider, in Lower
Meade.
Mrs VIM. NJ. Ditto was in Louisville
last week to B. her sister, Mrs, Prcken-
paugh.
The Rooster" in Meade Messeng r
roasted a Rooster" last week. Turn
about is fair pay.
Mrs. Newt and her little daughter. Miss
Annie, OF Woodland, visited Mrs. X ~.
hewitt last week.
Miss Irene Dowden is in Louisville to
acquaint herself with Easter novelties in
the millinery line.
Miss Ella B. Hendrick wac in town
Saturday, looking we'll and very much
improved in health
MIS-. Jane McGehee has gone to see
her little granddaughter, Miss Pecken-
psrgh, OF Louisville
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Herndon spent
Saturday and Sunday with the family Of
Mr.. and Mrs. j, W. Lewis.
Ministers meeting and Board of Mis-
sions held here this week at Baptist
church, beginning Thursday.
Mrs ID. NJ. Duncan will jim Mrs. H
V. Duncan as she returns to Cloverport
from Louisville, where she will spend
several days.
Mr.. R. H. hewitt honored st Patrick's
Day by downing an up to-date Emerald
hued tie. He couldn't find a Shamrock
for boutonniere.
1t makes the whole civilized world
tremble to contemplate a war between
Spain and the United States. 1t will be
a sea battle, the carnage will be fearful.
Otter Reeson aud his sister, Maude, of
Muldraugh, have entered Brandenburg
Normal. Miss Maude is a music pupil
as well. The school builds up constantly
Such set of Democrats as we do find
in this our own, our native State. Don't
talk about Tennessee, Ohio or any other
sister State, look at the beams before
you try to cast out the notes.
The windows OF heaven have been open
wide, and celestial tears have fallen pro-
fusely. The angels are weeping, no
doubt, for a nation in distress, aud per-
haps for the course Of a certain Legisla-
ture. Don't you reckon2
MIR. Gorbel will probably canvass Ken
lucky in behalf of his gubernatorial in
ters's 1t seems that he has hypnotic
properti' almost 'qnal to Du Maurier's
Svengali, but he may not dominate the
State like he did Senatorial caucus. A
Hunter force bill didn't 20, neither will
a Goebel one.
When the r. publicans tried to PISS
their Force Bill in Congress, the Demo
Gratis had violent commissions, but they
recovered, and the two rings represented
by Randall and Carlisle reunited. The
Goebel Bill will fully harmonic the Re-
publicans in Kentucky who were dis
cordaDt.
was much inter- sted in the short
sketch Of Archdeacon M. M. Benton in
Sundays Courier. Mr.. Benton served in
the Confederate navy during the late
war and Is now well known Episcopal
clergyman Of Louisville. Mr.. Benton has
held services here, and is highly cult
waited, elegant gentleman. He is we'll
known in the city OF Cloverport
/ am glad, SO glad, the Populists have
met and determined to keep in the mid
dle-of-the-road. They left the old par.
ties from opposition t. "cliqups," fringe"
consolidated power" etc. Then they
tried FUSION" it didn't work TO their
satisfaction, 80 very sensibly they have
determined to steer clear OF - we'll,
Goebel bills for instance.
Capt. s d. Brown, secretary OF Rail-
road CO mmissioners at Frankfort, has
written me that he had the Commission
er of Agriculture to send me a package
Of garden seeds, which arrived in due
time-every kind, every variety. Sans
letter reminded me, that the last re-
ceived from him was from Fort Donald
son just before the battle, and it remind
ed me too Of the fight of time and that
our Oldest children are now much older
than we were then. Sam wore the
"Bue" and is still doing service for the
government.
We all thought that perhaps Kentucky
might have Democratic Governor again
but the Goebel law has brought W. o
Bradley gloriously into prominence again
and no doubt he will succeed himself.
His veto message was most certainly