Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-02-18
Livingston

was here between trains Tuesday.
The L. & N. r. R. company is
moving the water tank from Kufa
aud will put it up here. This will
give them double supply of water
but the number of engines taking
water here it is noue too much. -
There will be series of meetings
at the Christian church, in the
near future, but as we have not
learned the date we will give that
later.-Miss Mae Evans is attend
ing school at Mt. Vernon. T. ].
Niceley was in our town Wednes.
day on business.-Cupid has been
In our town again and here is
some more of his work. At 800
Tuesday morning. Ben Griffin and
Miss Nettie Rice walked to the
depot and purchased tickets for
Louisville. and when No. "a ar.
rived they boarded the train which
soon carried them out of the reach
|of parental objections. On ar.
irving at Louisville conveyance
was soon procured and they land
ed in Jacksonville where they
were soon made man and wife.
Mr.. Griffin is the Son of G.. S.
Griffin and partner with his
father in the general dry goods and
grocery store of G. S. Griffin &
Son. Mrs. Griffin is the attrac.
tive daughter of M. and Mrs. c.
81. Rice. We extend congratul,.
tons and best)wishes for happy
life together. - Miss Ella Mae
Blanford, after a two-week's visit
with relatives in Louisville has
returned home.-Some folks are
claiming that yesterday, February
I4th, was Ground Hog Day, and
we thought that February end
was. Now, Mr.. Ed, not that it
makes any difference which day
the ground hog celebrates, but We
would very much like to have this
matter settled. Let Jim Maret
settle the question. We failed to
have a letter from this point last
week, bur the reason was the
writer and better half were in
Cincinnati and did not get back
in time to write one. We will
atone for this by telling all we
know this week. - Old Uncle
Johnnie McDaniels, living near
Livingston, died Monday. He
was an old soldier of the war of
rs6I.-Died, February 10th, Mrs.
Susie Patterson, and was laid to
rest Friday, February 18th, in the
Ward cemetery to await the rese.
rection and ascension home, to be
with her master. The bereaved
have the sympathy of the com.
munity.- Mrs. G.. S. Griffin ard
children are spending the week
with relatives at or near Mt. Yer
non.-Mrs. w. R. Ward is visiting
relatives at Lebanon Junction and
Louisville. Mrs. J. H. Brown
ing, of haywood, visited relatives
here latter part of last week..
A. Ovens is On the sick list.-C.
E. Rice visited relatives in Leba-
non Junction latter part OF las,
week. "A. w. Bourne will move
his family to Sinks. He is frs,
trick operator there and lives in
Livingston. He is making the
change, so he will not have to
make the trip to and from his
work.-Mrs. w. G. Niceley has
returned from Berea, where she
has been visiting relatives =
Thomas Jones has taken charge Of
the restaurant and seems to be
getting along O. H. Frank Dee.
will soon have his business house
completed.
| L. H. Davis. the mill man, wa.
in Berea latter part of last week
l-Mr. and Mrs. Luther Mullins
of Mt. Vernon were visiting rela
tives here during the week. -OuI
town is surely ON boom. as W.
have gasoline lamps on the stree
now, and it Is a great, improve
4 Ement over the past for before w
4 did not have any kind of lights
and when the moon refused +
!. give her light it was so daak yo
had to always carry a lantern
We understand the Jr. q. U. A
NJ. will give a supper here at thei
hall February 22nd. We hav
not learned what the admissio
) Twill be yet. but we judge reason
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