The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-02-25

Mr.. w. s. Tinsley returned Tues
day, after a business trip to owens
boro and Louisville.
Mr.. w. ID. May, Of Memphis, Tenn,
was the guest of his sister, Mrs. A..
M. Barnett, last weekend.
DR.. ]. B. Tappan yesterday bought
the Jasper property on Washington
street, just below the Baptist church.
AS a result of a wager yesterday
Argon Bratcher drank ten bottles of
strawberry pop at Petty's Restaurant
in two and one-half minutes. This
is thought to be worlds record both
for time and quantity.
A new supply OF Kodaks and Sup
plies Just in. Orders received by
mail or telephone given prompt at
tention. J. B. TAPPAN,
Jeweler and Optician,
34t2 Hartford, Ky.
The case OF Mrs. !. s. Mason vs..
Board of Trustees Beaver Dam
Graded Common School District, ct
al, will probably come to trial this
morning. The case Of Mrs. Wilbur
Mitchell VS.. same, will also be called
to-day.
Il is reported by Superintendent
Shuts, that attendance of pupils in
the common schools, during the past
/, month, decreased one hundred per
cent. The decrease is said to be
due to prevalence Of grippe and sog-
! gy roads.
Mr.. Will Allen, of Hardinsburg,
arrived last night to be at the bed
side of his mother at the home Of
his sister, Mrs. John B. Wilson. Mrs.
I fisgry Hostetter and Miss Allabel
Allen, of ....cago, and Mr.. Stanley
4 Allen, of Texas, will arrive to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. p. Taylor enter
tanned at dinner Sunday in honor OF
Judge J. F. Gordon, Of Madisonville.
Besides Judge Gordon the following
guests were present: Mr.. and Mrs
A. w. Logan, Miss Florence Logan,
Miss Jenanette Logan and Heber
Matthews, an old friend of Judge
Gordon.
Drs. ]. r. Taylor and E. w. Ford,
assisted by Miss Susie May, perform
ed a minor operation on Marshal
Mckinney in the operating room Of
Taylor & Tichenor Tuesday. Mar
shall is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. p.
Mckinney, of Beaver Dam. who were
here during the operation, which was
successful.
Sheriff S. 0. keOwn went to Me-
tropolis, ILL.,, Sunday and took in Gus
] tody Dick Raymer and Jim Austin,
: wanted in Daviess county to answer
, a charge of cattle stealing. Sheriff
!. Keown returned the same day with
his prisoners. who were kept in jail
here until yesterday when they were
delivered to authorities in Ovens
boro.
The steel for the construction of a
/, bridge across Muddy Creek on the
. new pike being built between Hart
ford and Centertown arrived on the
l.. & N. Monday night and has been
hauled to the creek. The material
is of fine quality and this bridge will
be one of the best in the country. 1t
will be completed within few
weeks.
Miss Bessie McCuen, after an ex-
tended visit with her aunts, Mrs. w.
e. Newbolt and Mrs. j. r. Pirtle,
left Monday for Fordsville, where
she made a short visit before re-
r turning to Tulsa, Okla. She was ac-
a companied to Fordsville by Miss Luz
). cile Pirtle. who returned to Dundee
where she will be the guest of Mrs,
: James Harrison until Saturday.
e Judge Slack yesterday announced
t the appointments of Otto G. Martin
as Master Commissioner and Cal p
|, Keown trustee of the jury fund. Both
I Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Keown were
candidates for the Republican nomi-
nation for Circuit Clerk last year
They are both well known In the
: county, Mr.. Keown having been sher-
/. III for two terms. and. will no doubt
make good officers.
Postmaster r. b. Martin has caus-
ed a much needed change in the
schedule of local mails to be brought
! about by calling the attention of the
postoffice department to the mail ser.
vice between Hartford and Beaver
Dam. The louisville papers now
reach us at IL O'Clock. noon, instead
Of Q p. m. as heretofore. and there
Ia another mail at O'Clock besides