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The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
In Honor CT IryingtOn People.

In honor of Miss Estell Dowell and
Miss lille Mccoy and Mr.. Alonzo
Dowell of Irvington, house party
was given Thursday and Friday at the
home of MI. John Jamersor, in the
country. The place Is quite delight
ful one for house party and all spent
hne time. Those in the party were
DR.. and MIS- H E. Becker, Misses
Anegenia AImendt, Ella Ashley, Ethel
Murphy, Fannie Mitchell, Edith
Miller, May Howard; Messrs. Ed.
Holbrook, Arthur Burks, Isaac
Yelser, Carney Story, Robert Wilson,
Henry Gsbbert, Tyler Murphy, f. H,
Hughes. Saturday Owensboro Mes
senger.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
TOBACCO NEWS.

. One Of the most important meetings
of the tobacco growers that has been
held in Owensbor) since the meeting
of the National Tobacco Growers as
socIatIon will be the one held here
Wednesday, December 90, by the dis
trIct committee of the Green river sec
tion, says Sundays Owensooro Mes
senger. This committee is made up or
the members of the finance committees
of the different counties in this dis
trict These counties are Davless, Han
cock, Mclean, Ohio and Breckenridge.
The meeting Will be held at the court
house and important business will be
transacted. J. w. Dunn, president of
the Daviess county Society of Equity,
Is chairman of the district committee.
Mr.. Dunn was in the city Saturday
and talked very tavorably of the to-
bacco situation in Daviess and other
counties of this district. The Turpln
& Wood Equlty house is now open for
the reception of tobacco. The Equity
house at Whitesville will open on Men
day. The tobacco growers of Mclean
county have formed a company and
are erecting a large warehouse for the
purpose of pooling this years crop.
Warehouses have been leased Ohio,
Hancock and Breckenridge counties
and Mr. Dunn believes that twelve
million pounds Of tobacco will be pool
ed LID these FIVE counties this season.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Miller --VenabIe Wedding.

Last Wednesdays Owensboro Mes
senger contained the following account
of the wedding of ID. Stewart Miller,
Jr manager of the Miller Brick and
Tile company, of this city, to Miss
Tillie Venable, of Owensboro
lone of the pretty home weddings
of the fall season was that of Mr.. ID.
Stewart Miller, Jr., and Miss Tillie
Venable, which was solemnized at 3
O'Clock Tuesday evening at the hcme
of the brides parents on Anthony
street. Rev. L. n. Hudson, of the
First Presbyterian church, performed
the ceremony. assisted by Rev. Irvine
Goddard, of Trinity Episcopal churcn.
The decorations of the home were
made of smilax and chrysanthemums
A color scheme OF white and green
was carried out in the decorations. The
double parlors, where the wedding
took place, were tastefully decorated
with white and green ribbon and
bunches of chrysant hemums. The
marriage took place under bon of
white chrysanthemums, with back
ground of smilax.
"Mendelssohn wedding march,
PLAYED by Mrs. Virginia Duncan,
announced the approach OF the bridal
party.
The BRIDE is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. s. Vepatie and is quite
popular. Mr.. Miller is a son OF Mr.
and Mrs. d. Stewart Miller, and is a
we'll known young business man.
"Mr. Miller and his bride left on
the midnight train for a Western
bridal tour.
"In the welding party were Miss
Edith Stewart Miller, Miss Sue Harris
Anderson, Miss Elizabeth Little; Mr..
Hewitt Stewart Miller, MIR. jamie
Venable, of Detroit; Mr. Will Jacob,
of Louisville, and Mr.. William Hurt.
"The bride wore a gown of white
SATIN. She carried bride roses. The
maid of honor was gowned in yellow
crepe de chine and carried white
cnrysanthemums.
THE bridesmaids gowns were of
brocaded satin. They carried bouqets
of yellow chrvsa nthemums.
"a reception was given after the
ceremony
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Indicates Bull ding of Railroad.

A Madisonville dispatch says: Muir
ply & Thompson, real estate agents,
who held the option of several thous-
ands OF acres of coal rights in Mullen
berg county, on the line Of the proposed
Cloverport railroad, have closed a dea
for the sale of their option to a syndi-
cate headed by 1. Bailey, secretary and
general manager of the Reinecke Coal
Co., of this place. Murphy & Thomson
realized a profit of several thousand
dollars on the deal. As Mr.. Bailey is in
close touch with the people behind the
proposed railroad, the closing of this
deal is taken to indicate the sire build
ing of the railroad.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Meetings at Baptist Church Close

The series of meetings In progress
for two weeks at the Baptist church
came to a close Sunday evening, result
ing in seventeen professions OF faith.
There were two additions to the
church by letter and there are eleven
approved candidates for baptism. The
baptising Will take place at the church
next Sunday evening. Rev. ]. T.
Lewis, the pastor, will give Bible
reading on baptism, which Will be
followed by the baptising. There are
several others who will unite with the
church.
Rev. j. R. Johnson, OF Coxs Creek.
Ky, who assisted in the meetings,
left monday.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
DAMAGE IN COUNTY IMMENSE.
Farmers Loss S5O,OOO-Repairs on
Roads and Bridges Will Cost $4,000
to S5,O00-Fiscai Court Called.

Hsrdinsburg, Ky, Dec 5.-(Spe-
cial 1.-The rain storm which passed
over the county last Tuesday, was the
worst In the memory of the "oldest
inhabitant. 1t is thought that six
inches of rain fell The damage done
to the county is immense. 1t is es
timsted that it will cost from 50, 900 to
So, 900 to repair the bridges and roads,
and $50, 600 is not too high a tignre to
place on the damages to the farmers.
About mile of track on the Fords-
Vile branch, below jolly Station, was
washed out and the train never reach
ed Fordsville until Friday evening.
The partly completed new bridge
across Clover creek, all the culverts
between this place and Stephensport,
the Hites Run bridge and many cul-
verts on the PIKE. were all carried
away The Dent bridge was moved of
it's abutments. Miles upon miles OF
fencing were destroyed. In some ms
tances even rhe fence posts were wash
ed mp and swept away.
1t was the mcst disastrous storm In
the history of the county. The damage
was SO great that 1t has been thought
advisable to call the fiscal court
together, and Judge Miller made the
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
OPERATION FATAL
TO HUSTON MILLER.
One of COunty'S Best Farmers and
Business Men Dies al Age
of Seyenty-FOur in Louisville.

Hardinsburg, Ky., Dec. Especial. }
Huston Miller aged seventy four
years, died at Norton's Infrmary,
Louisville last Wednesday as the result
of an operation. His brother, Judge
Matthias Miller, was with him at the
time. His remains were brought here,
and Inferred In the Miller family bury
ing ground. The funeral services We're
held Friday at the NJ. f. church,
South, the Rev. g. 5. King, pastor
of the church, conducting the services.
Notwithstanding the inclement wealth
er the church was hlled with relatives
and friends, who wished to pay the
last ribute of respect to the deceased
Mr. Miller was born near Hardins-
burg December 6, 1929, and resided.in
this county all his life. He was one of
the best farmers and business men of
the county and was always public
spirited citizen. Politically he was a
Democrat aud supported the candidates
of that party, yet he was never often
sive in his advocacy of their election.
Religiously, he was a MethodIts,
though he never united with that
church.
MI. Miller was never married. He
is survived by brother and a sister,
Judge Miller, OF tins place, and Mrs.
Samuel Baker. OF PatesvlIle.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Damage Amounting to Thousands
Of Dollars Done By Worst Rain
Storm in the COunty's History.

What is said by old citizens to have
ever known in Breckenridge county,
fell on Tuesday night of last. week.
The rainfall was as excessive in Han
cock and Dsviess counties, and the
damage done in the three counties
amounts to thousands of dollars.
Farmers especially have suffered as a
result of the rain, corn In the shock
snd miles of fencing being washed
Way and STOCK drowned. Dozens of
bridges were swept from their founda-
tions, many small streams being out OF
their banks. Great damage resulted
to dirt roads. The headwater ON some
OF the lowlands on Clover creek is re-
ported to have been higher after the
rain than the backwater was at the
time of the great flood of 1884. Peo-
pie living in some of the towns of the
county we've disposed last Wednesday
to believe that the accounts of the
severity of the rainstorm and the dam
age therefrom were exaggerated, but
reports coming in during the week
showed that only the half had been
told.
The rain fell steadily in a downpour
for hours, accompanied by a violent
wind. Streets and roads soon ran with
water to a depth, in some places, sof
several feet, and travel was almost
impossible. Small streams were full in
a few hours and overhowed towards
morning. Cattle. horses, sheep,
bridges, fences. water gaps, chicken
coops, small outbuildings, and other
things, movable but seemingly able to
withstand such force. were caught
and carried away in the swift and
rising waters, which eucroached to the
very doors of the homes of farmers In
the low sections.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
No Contest Particulars Yet.
Detroit, Mich, Nov. 25, l9O'

Detroit Mich, Nov. 25, 1905.
Mr.. John d. Baboage, Cloverport,
KY, Dear Sir We are in receipt of
your favor of the 23rd. and in reply
Will say that litigation In connection
with our contest has not yet been de-
termined In fact, the. matter has not
yet been taken up by the Court, but it
must now soon come to hearing Just
as soon as matters are determined full
particulars will be furnished to every
certificate holder.
Yours very truly,
Press Publishing Ass n.
+. NJ. Cathro, Sec'y
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Bad Washouts on Railroad.

There were numerous washouts on
Route, the damage caused being the
worst since the road was built One
entire trestle, 140 feet in length, be-
tween Jolly Station and Glendeane,
was carried by the flood some distance
below the place where it crossed the
stream. Five trestles between Rockvale
and Fordsville were badly damaged
and one mile OF track, In three sec
tions, was washed out. koadmsster
Hudson was out on the branch early
Wednesday morning with the railroad
crews and soon had all the damages
repaired.
GIendeane Mans Narrow Escape.
''Bezel' EsKridge, who lives at
Glendeane, and his eighteen. months
ola child had a narrow escape from
being drowned. Mr.. kskridge's s
house is built on the bank of Daniels
creek and on low land. During the
rain Tuesday night the stream over
flowed and moved the house from Its
foundation and for distance of
ABOUT fifty or sixty feet. Mrs Esk-
ridge ascended TO the second story,
where she was rescued later, but Mr..
q Eskridge left the house, holding the
Fbsby in his arms, thinking it a better
way to escape the danger of the
flood. When he stepped out of his
front door he expected to find the
water about waist deep, out the posi-
tion of the house had been changed
and instead he plunged in over his
head Clinging to his child, ne was
carried down the stream, lodging
against sycamore tree, which he
gripped with one arm, holding his pre-
on in this manner for an hour, il is
said, calling Justify for help. Neigh
bors heard his cries and one young
man. Volunteering, swan out into
the turbulent stream, with a rope
ABOUT HIM and rescued the man and
child from their perilous position.
Both were in their underclothing,
which was nearly torn from their
bodies. The child was 80 badly chilled
that its life was only saved after hard
work
Daily Papers Exag ggerated Stories.
Two Louisville. papers contained
exaggerated stories last week of the
narrowing experience of Mrs. John
J. McHenry and son, of Louisville,
and her guest, Miss Mamie Hunt. Of
Richmond, Va, who were en- route to
Falls of Rough to spend Thanksgiving
with Col. Lsfe Green and daughter,
Miss Jennie Green, .and who spent the
night of the rain in train on the
Fordsville branch between jolly
Station and Glendeane. The story as
, .tpld by one OF the Louisville papers is.
(in part, as follows;
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
following order, Monday
My Workshop, Cloverport, Ky,

OiuVlf
Whereas. bv reason OF the recent
great foods and the great damages In
Cured to county property thereby,
many of the bridges and culverts
having been washed away and roads
inundated to such an extent as to i'm
pede travel, the Fiscal Court of
breckenridge county, Kentucky, Is
hereby ordered to meet in the court
house in Hardinsburg, KY, on Friday,
the 18th day of December, 1905, TO take
such steps as will be nect ssary tor
the construction of said bridges and
culverts and the necessary repairing of
the roads and any other business that
may properly come before the court,
at that time.
Witness my hand, as Judge of the
Breckenridge county court. this, the
4th day of December 1905.
NJ. Miller. judge.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Doing Successful Work.

Miss Lillian McGlothlan, of Irvington,
gave a free lecture for ladies at the
House Hotel psrlor Tuesday afternoon.
Subject, Health" She has recently
entered the lecture field and is doing
efficient, successful work and is bene-
factor to mankind. 80 Clarksou cor.
Leitchfield Gazette.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Gas Company Elects Officers.

At a meeting of stockholders of the
Gold Fortune Gas a. Mineral company,
at the Breckenridge Bank, Monday
afternoon at o'clock, officers for the
ensuing year were elected as follows
Fl. A. Oelze, president; G. W. Moor
man, vice president c. B. Skillman,
secretary and treasurer 81. A. Oelze,
W. b Oelze, W. H. Bowmer, c. b.
SkIllman, j. G. Nolte, o. I. Skill.
man, G. W. Moorman.
Mrs. Pike Conn, of Stephensport, was
in the city Wednesday.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
DR.. Walkers Appointments.

DR.. Walker will be in Custer Dec. 5,
6, : Bewleyville. Dec ~, 20, 2l to
do dental work.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
CLovERPORT, KENTUCKY. WEDNESDAY, DECEnBER 6, 1905.

The rain fell IN such torrents that
before going many miles water he
gan to flow over the tracks, and rose
so high that the engineer refused to
proceed further with the train. After
coming to a stop the water rose to
the floor OF the coaches and to depth
of several inches in the train.
The occupants of the car were
forced to draw their feet onto the
seats, and many perched themselves
on the backs of seats In this condI-
tion they remained for hours until the
water began tU recede.
About O'Clock in the morning
the RAIN ceased, and an hour after =
ward the train started forward, only
to be stopped again short distance
ahead by high trestle being washed
out The train then backed into Irv-
ington, after stopping every few
hundred yards to clear away logs and
debris which had washed upon the
track.
u. J. Tiltord, the conductor, walk.
ed through four miles of mud and
water to Glendeane, the nearest tele-
graph station, only to find the wires
down.
The truth of the narrowing expert
ence" is this: The engineer came to
washout, where the water was over
the track, and promptly backed to an
elevated part of the road bed until
the water had receded. The only water
that ever got in the coach where Mrs
McHenry and Miss Hunt were, blew
under the door. Conductor Tilford
offered to conduct Miss Hunt and Mrs.
McHenry tos private boarding house
near the railroad, but they preferred
remaining aboard the train all night
to going out In the rain.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06

The Eisenbarth- Henderson floating
theatre passed up Thursday.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Glover Creek Unusual Sight.

Clover creek, especially near and at
the mouth, presented a sight Wetnes-
day morning such as is seldom WIT
messed on inland waters. The volume
of the water emptied into it by its
tributaries was so great that it could
not begin to discharge it and it fairly
seethed, throwing up spray tc height
of perhaps seven and eight feet, and
cutting a much deeper and wider
channel. The current had the swift
ness of a mountain stream and the
effect PRESENTED was that of a minia
ture Niagara, many persons who saw
the thrilling sight declaring that they
had never seen its equal in stream
with a slight natural fall.
The Breckenridge news., 1905-12-06
Worst Ever Known In City.

The rain storm was the worst ever
known In this CITY. Cellars were flood
ed and the water rose to depth of
several inches in a number of houses
and surrounded many others. A road
wagon in the West End was moved
some distance by the water washing
against the wheels.
The river rose several feet shortly
following the rain and is still rising,
though it is reported from above that
cold weather will prevent a flood.
The heavy rain was expected,
owing to the unusually high tempera.
ture preceding it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30

away and never spoke to me again
But | was revenged. -
y number of years ago Jefferson PLAYED
a one-night engagement in a small In
diana town, appearing in his favorite
character. In the hotel at which he
stopped was an Irishman recently Land
ed, who acted as porter and general
assistant. Judged by the deep and seri-
Gus interest which he took in the house.
he might have been clerk, lessee and pro-
prietOr, combined into one At about
SIX o clock In the morning Jefferson was
startled by violent humping on his
door When he struggled into conscious
ness and realized that he had left no
" call order at the office, he was indig-
nant. But his sleep was spoiled for
that morning. so he rose, and soon after
appeared before the clerk.
See here, he demanded of that indi-
vidual, why was l called at this un-
earthly hour?"
Il don't know, sir" answered the
clerk. III ask Mike"
The Irishman was summoned. Said
the clerk: Mike, there was no call for
Mr.. Jefferson. Why did you disturb
him."
Taking the clerk by the lapel of the
coat, the Hibernian led him to one side,
and said in mysterious whisper He
was snoring like a horse, sor, and Old
heard the boys say as how he were onct
afther shaping for twenty years, so Oh
sez to meself, SEE |: Mike, it's coming
onto him again, and it's yer duty to get
the craythur out of your house at once
Jefferson once had in his employment
a plausible sort of man, half valet, half
factotum, grossly incompetent and unsat-
isfactory, whom he desired to get rid Of
1t was a certainty that the man drank
Wine from the cellar would mysteriously
disappear, and gradually go down in the
decanter; but there never was any ocular
proof
And" said Jefferson, in telling the
story to a friend, there l was. What
could l do? However, one day as l was
sitting in my library, whom should | see
but William come reeling up the walk
drunk as a lord. There was no doubt
of it. My opportunity had come after
many years. | waited for him. | would
tell him how drunk he was He would
deny it, of course. He would insist that
he was perfectly sober, and that | was
the one who was drunk. But | should
have the calm consciousness of right on
my side, and my excuse for sending him
away would be sufficient. So when Will
lam appeared in my room | gazed at him
with all the severity that l could sum
mon, and said:
William, you are drunk
He returned my look with perfect
imperturbability. Mr. Jefferson, said
he, 4 am more than that am very
drunk, sir
And, continued Jefferson, will you
tell me what l could do: He took the
wind out of my sails. He proved himself
a perfectly truthful man and couldn't
discharge a man for telling the truth,
could l."
Peter F. Dailey's leading support when
he starred in " Hodge, Podge & Co. was
Christie Macdonald, now the wife of
William Winter Jefferson, a son of the
famous comedian While DALEY and
his company were playing in Washington,
jefferson dropped into town to see his
a., tho a,-a,,Ir,cr no occ,,-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-05

James Wilson, secretary of agri.
culture, has discovered that the wheat
fields of the northwest are sick of rails
ing wheat, and he has sent . man to
Sweden and Norway to find some le-
guminous plants to:help the soil The
farmers of Minnesota had made the
same discovery years ago, but they
also found that q certain Americ An
plant, corn, could be used to splendid
advantage for rotation of crops.
What alarmed Mr.. Wilson 80 seri-
ously was the failure of the crop last
year. The farmers of the northwest,
however, know thai the cause of that
failure was the unusually wet season.
= condition that no legumes could
remedy. The farmer who practices
rotation of such crops as can be
raised here can make wheat raising
pay when weather conditions will per.
NIT the proper maturing of the plant.
If Mr.. Wilson could End some legume
that would choke of the 'bears" in
the wheat pit and prevent them from
forcing down the price until the farm
or had sold his crop he might do some
good for the wheat farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-05
CIRCUS PERFORMERS.

To Them the Circus Ii 4 Very Sc
rious Affair.
To circus people the circus is a very
serious thing. When a bareback rider
slips to the ground after a somersault
or lofty tumbler misses the shoulder
it is his business to land on the audi
ence is all sympathy, as if feeling it.
self how it is to fall before so many
people. Very little the performer cares
for all the vast multitude His mind
is on the superintendent, his particular
superintendent, who Is watching him
at the side Of the arena, and who, when
he goes of, is sure to ask very pointed
ly how his eye happened to be mac
curate or his muscles infirm. There is
no place in the circus for performers
who fail.
Even the clowns look little bit seri-
GUS behind the scenes. But perhaps
that is only because the black lines
they paint on their whitened visages
are always so glum and solemn. And
what q wilderness of fun making peo-
pie there are in the latter day circus
the pumpkin, the Loon, the Harlequin,
the Grimacer, the Merry Andrew, the
Austrian LOBBY, the Zany, the Pierrot,
the Punch. the Motley Fool and finally
the German Broad Face, whose name
is Paddy Burke! One of the clowns
was sitting on his trunk In the dress
ing room licking stick Of black paint
and rubbing it on his cheeks so as to
make a most funereal expression. The
small boy asked him what kind of a
clown he was. He said that he was
just Funny Friskey," and he got his
visiting card out of his trunk. 1t read,
H. Friskey, Clown and Comedian -
aud it had heavy gold rim, which
made it very imposing. In the four
corners it said Europe and Asia and
Africa and America, which showed
that H. Friskey's fame had reached
the four corners Of the card. Until you
saw his merry capers In the ring you
never could believe that man with
such serious face and such an i'm
posing visiting card could be either
funny or frisky.-Metropolitan Maya
zine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-05
Bad Roads,.

There is considerable complaint
about the almost impossible condi-
ton of some Of the country roads lead
ing into Willmar and our attention
has been especially called to q strip
of road on the southwestern outskirts
OF the city. Farmers with heavy loads
to haul find it very difficult to pull in
some places, and this is quite notice.
able during the wet seasons of the
year. Would it not be we'll for the
proper authorities to look up this mat
ter and see to it that all low places
are filled and everything possible done
to remedy all existing conditions?
Let Us by all means strive to keep all
public highways in the best travelling
condition. - t..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-05

Bulletin No. of the Minnesota
Dairy and Food Commission shows
that out OF 90 samples of food prod
ucts examined 20 were found ''illegal"
but in only five cases were the sdulter-
ants Injurious to health. Four sam
pies of ''evaporated cream" proved to
be evaporated milk; three samples OF
chocolate were found adulterated with
cereals; two samples of ground pepper
were adulterated with ground cocoa.
nut shells. All other 3pices examined
we're found pure, as was also the case
with lard and New Orleans molasses.
Commissioner Slater announces that
when sufficient opportunity has be en-
given manufacturers and dealers to
get illegal goods of the market be will
begin to publish the names cf those
brands which prove adultera.ed. IS