The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-01-17
HARDlNSBURG.

Judge Mercer was at the Falls of
Rough last Friday, taking dispositions.
Rev. F. NJ. Petty preached for brother
Davies at the NJ. + church last Sunday
night.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Dowell, OF Garfield, died last Sun
day evening.
Warnie Macy closed his school at Lost
Run last Saturday night with a delight
full school exhibition.
Miss Nell Miller, of Steph snsport, was
the guest of Miss Mary Lewis Smith
Saturday and Sunday.
John Harrison and Misses Marion
Bowmer and Nell Gregory, of Clover
port, were in town Monday.
Sidney Owen closed his school at
West View last Wednesday night, with
delightful entertainment.
Cy Payne, of Allen, Texas, who has
been here sometime on visit, has re-
turned to his home in Texas.
G. r. Macy, of Mckinney, Texas, has
been here the past two weeks visiting
his fathers family near Garfield.
Mrs. Mary A. Richardson, OF Branden-
burg, is here visiting her son, Thomas
Richardson, at Roscoe Eskridges.
Rev. A. II. Davies, who has been i'll
for some time, is improving. He thinks
he will be able to be out in few days.
Rev. ]. A. Bozarth still holds his work
at Freedom and Pleasant Grove. He
did not go to Nashville as he anticipated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Reed, of Louis.
vile, came down last Saturday night to
visit their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q. w.
Beard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Brewington, who
make their home in Sedgwick, Kansas,
have been here the past week visiting
relatives.
Martin 4 Anderson have bought the
timber on Mr.. Bright's place near town.
They will move their mill over there in
few weeks.
There was large delegation here last
Monday from Cloverport to attend the
local option contest. There were num-
Der of ladies in the party.
Mrs. James Bruner, who lived near
Garfield, died at her home last Wednes-
day of typhoid fever. She leaves
young child about year old.
Miss Irene Board opened a school for
primary pupils in one OF the rooms at
the public school building last Monday.
She had about twenty pupils in attend
ance.
James Kincheloe who lives at South
Carrolton, KY. was here last week visit
ing his fathers family. This is his first
visit here in three years. He is doing
we'll in the jewelry business at South
Carrolton.
Young Mr.. Baker, nephew of DR.. ].
7. Baker, was here last Friday, from
Greensboro. Mr.. Baker and Robert
Pennington have opened a wholesale
commission house in Greensboro, and be
was here soliciting for his house.
The new board OF trustees at their last
meeting were debating the subject Of
taxing the Ohio Valley telephone COM
pany on its poles and boxes recently
erected here. The board thought the
company ought to pay some taxes to the
town for what business they are doing
here, but what amount they could not
determine. The matter will come up
again in February.
The local option contest from the
Cloverport district was called here last
Monday before the Commissioners for
trial at 10 a. m. Judge Mercer filed an
answer for the local option people and
asked that the case be continued on &C
count Of the absence OF Mr.. Workman,
the senior counsel in the case. Mr..
Murray demurred to the answer and in
sisted that the case be heard on the de-
murrer. The matter was then submitted
and the Commissioners decided to con-
tinue the case until next Monday. Mr..
Workman will probably reach here
by that time and the case will then be
heard fully.
One Of the hottest debates that has