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Mt Vernon Signal

Mt V RaN Kv MAR 14 1902

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TIME TABLEfy north 1105 a m26 north 7 112 ami23 saudh h 200 p na 5 South w 148 a m

JAS LANDItTTM Agent

Iwterc1at ecJudc1uaKASOIIICI

1Ion1GJlOMT VERNON K A CHAPTEIL > O

J4VMEETS every FOURTH MONDAYsl Y pZea

CHURCHESChniiian Holds services lit k 3r 1 Snndajat 11 L m and nt CSO p in

iVyttrianIIoldi aerrtoes OB the 2ndand 4th Sunday morning and eveningBaptiat Ckureli SerricM OH the SecondSetarday night and Sunday Gu day3ekeolat 9 a ra every Sunday Prayermetim oa Tuesday wght-

oPERSONALS

J G Cummins0was reported very I

ill Tuesday

Judge McClure was able to be on

the streets Tuesday

Mr and Mrs J It Houk spentthis week in the cityj

Marshal Egbert Wallen was upfrom Brodhead Tuesday

Millard Bethurum was able to bemoved to his fathers Tuesday

Mrs John W Brown is visitingMrs J Thos Cherry at Brodhead

Tom Stewart is at home fromCentral University for a few days

Mr and Mrs J J Lawrence arevisiting Dr and Mrs G B Law¬

renceJonasMcKenzie went to the city

Monday to buy his new springstock

W C Mullins ftnd Shannon Mc-

Kinney¬

were up from Livingstonv afMawo

MondayMrs Elizabeth Whitehead was

very sick Monday and Tuesday butIbetter today

Mrs W L Richards went to j

Cincinnati Sunday to take lessonsin dress making

Attorney C C Williams andRev T D Mullins went to Frank-fort

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WednesdayMiss Jannie Sparks has been out

of school for several days on ac ¬

count of sicknessMrs J R Cass of Brodhead

spent Tuesday with her grand ¬

parents Mr and Mrs James HoukMr W T Merimee and family

of Livingston passed through toStanford yesterday to visit rela¬

tives and friendsMisses Emma and Minnie Riddle

of Cove arc visiting their auntMiss Fannie Laugford of CrabOrchard this week

Miss Clara Flood stenographerfrom Louisville was here Tuesdaywith a view of taking a position inBethurum and Bethurums law

officeMrsPrice Sexton left Monday

for Bartlersville 1 7where shewill join her husband who leftthis county some time ago to hunt I

a location in the west>

Drs M Pennin ton P Bentonand E J Brown left Monday forBaltimoie and Philadelphia to begone about thirty days and to takea special course of lectures

Mrs J B Fish and children leftSunday and the Judge Tuesdaynight for WilHamsburg to maketheir home They will take chargeof the Belmont Hotel pt that placeMay success join them is the sincerewish of the Signal

L W Bethurum has rented MC Williams residence next to Riy Thompsons land will move to itMonday W J Sparks will moveto the house vacated by Mr Bethu ¬

rum and in a short time XI Cz

Williams will move to the Eousewhere Mr Sparks lives and whichlie recently purchased from hisbrother R G Williams

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Mr L T Honk arrive Here

yesterday morning from AshvilleN C where he took his son Johnsome six weeks ago for his healthand says he is improving slowlyMr Houk is now on his way backto

IndianaMrH Ireland of Danville

arrived Tuesday afternoon to takeI Prof Ewers place in the Collegefor the remainder of the teimMr Ireland is one of the in ¬

structors in the Central UniversityPreparatory arid a member of thegraduating class this year Thetrustees of the Mt Vernon schoolare fortunate to be able to securethe services of sucha splendidteacher to take Prof Ewers placewhich on account of serious illnesshe has been unable to I fill for thepast two months but we are glad tosay is now slowly improving

i LOCALS

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E S Albright Notary PublicSIGNAL offie

JWrThe SIGNAL and TwiceaWeek Courier Journal one year for

1 50Mrs Ella Baker is having the

room used for her millinerynicelyrepapered

DEPUTY CLERKFred Hahnhas been appointed deputy countycourt clerk-

CONTESTThere will be an oldfiddlers contest at Brodhead Satur¬

day night March 29th

Mr A E Herrin isdoing somework ana cistern for Jonas McKenzie and building a chimney forJ Fish

REFUSED Rural mail deliverywas refused Madison count be¬

cause the proposed route passesover a creek which has no bridge

TELEPHONE LtNEThe Easttfork Telephone Co will build aline from Mt Vernon down ScaggsCreek Work will commence right

awayRItPAIRINGMrU G Baker

is having repaired the dwelling re ¬

VIGentrynear future

NOTICE TJie jurors who servedat the last term of the CircuitCourt are hereby notified that themoney is now in my hands to pay-off the claims

W F McCLARY T T J F

INSURANCE Mr Phil T Allenagent for the Massachusetts Life In ¬

surance Co went to Benge ClayCo Tuesday to pay off the policyof 1000 carried by the late R L

PorterAR3tyBenChildress R David¬

son Mat Hamm Hiram Ash andCharley Dawson are the Rockcastleboys who have enlisted in theservice of the Regular army Theyleft Wednesday for Louisville KypasIMonday caused by a headendcollision of two freight trains nearShepherdsville One engineer andfireman were hurt but not fatally

DISMISSEDJudge Morrow dis-

missed¬

the contest cases in Waynefor the county offices We are gladto know that our old friend W RCress who was elected county judgeon the Democrat ticket will holdhis office without further trouble

BIG DEAL Though Mr John-S Vanwinkle of Danville as therepresentative of the Villiamsburg-and Jellico Coal Co 6200 acres ofcoal and timber land lying prin ¬

cipally in Whitley county was soldto a Philadelphia syndicate for 70

000MrJ W Brown has received a

brief prepared by E B fr H M

Chestnut two rising young attor¬

neys of the City of Joplin Missouriin a suit of theirs pending on appealin the Missouri Court of AppealsThese young men are sons o

Saml D and Celia Wilson Chest¬

nut they were both in this countybut while quite yotirig emigratedwith their parents to the westWe are glad to learn that they aremeeting with the rich reward ofsuccess their energies and abilitientitle them and that they are

I ranking well up among the leadingI attorneys in their section of tfieState

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A supplement will be issued onceevery month

i The Collegiate InstitfitPivill closesix weeks from to day

We understand that there is sometalk of Mt Vernon having a whole-sale

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groceiy houseI

j 1 M Cress bought a combinedsaddle horse for 6500 A J

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Thompson sold 100 bbls of cornlast week for 3 per barrelJ JThompson bought a bunch of hogsat J cts Preachers ville cor Lan ¬

caster Rocdrd

CHANGED The time for themeeting of the Masonic Lodge hasbeen changed from the secondSaturday until the Fourth Mondayin each month at 10 oclodk a mand the R A Chapter at 2 oclockp m same day

The Knoxville division of the-NL has since January 1st

beIforeonly been able to handle about 75per 6ent of he business offered

MIUJNHY I have jut ret irned from the city with a full line ofSpring and Summer hats styles andprices to suit every body Comeand examine my stock before pur¬

rha in elsewhere Come and lookwhether you want to buy or not

MRS SAILIE WILLIAMS

T ISM LrEnThe firm of FrithDunn Brodhead Tidying dis-

solved¬

Fart fship M5r Frith sell ¬

ing his iuf mast to Mr R Hl1nrequesls an parties ii-

degted to the Brm < 6 please hllIat once and settle accounts as allbusiness of the old firm must toe

settled up at once

WANTEDReliable man for Manager of a

Branch Office we wish to open inthis vicinity Here is a good open¬

ling for the right man Kindly givereference when writingTHE A T MORRIS

WHOLESALE HOUSE

Cincinnati OhioIllustrated catalogue 4cts stamps

Pupis who received the highestgrades at the College for the monthof February

COLL DEPTLee Chestnut 98Ernest Ewers 97

INTERVIEW ATEJennie Davis i r ° 94Eva Fish t 94Mae Magee 94

PRIMARY

Lek May Lovell 96Robert H M i lertg6Anna May Mlller 97

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PARsoN=ELfER = tilts AnnieElder and Mr If EL Parsons ofCrawfordsville Iud but formerlyof this county were married yester-day

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afternoonPARSONSBROWNAt the resi ¬

dence of Rev Martin Owens whoofficiated Miss Mattie Browndaughter of Mr and Mrs J GBrown and Mr G W Parsonswere united in the holy bonds ofmatrimony last Sunday afternoonMr Parsons will leave in about twoweeks for Indiana to hunt out alocation

eDEATHS

ExGov ohnP Altgeld diedalmost suddenly at Joliet 111

Wednesday morning-

A Cincinnati policeman whosewife has instituted divorce proceed-ings burned his house the title towhich is in her name

Henry Schraalandt an agedcitizen of Covington committedsuicide by taking poison Whenhe informed his wife that he con¬

templated suicide she coolly re-plied Go ahead and kill yourself

thenSAtrrrITomSmith age about

50 was killed yesterday morningin the Dick Owens cut two miles

west of Mere by No 28 a local

freight train which passes here at7 oclock in the iflornffirg Thiscut is very deep and though it isdownfitbis impossible to see anything on

lthe track very far ahead Smithwas nearly deaf and could not hearhe train although they whistled at

him several times just before heeswas struck One rejojt sips Se

was coming facing the rlinThe I

body was picked up by the sectionI

inn nnl brow t hete arid an in-

quest¬

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LIVINGSTON0

Dr Cooper is betterWillie Preston is back home

Dad Rice isimprovingslowlyEgbert Fish is in town this Ne k

R L McFerron was in town

MondayJowas in Mt Vernon

SaturdayWFields returned home

WednesdayTherea hop at S F Sams

Tuesday night

Joe Oliver sold his house and lotto G W Purkey-

J W Davis is visiting his daughter Mrs Purkey

Miss Liu Maddux is visiting rsAndes at Pitt bur-

glB J Bethurum was here Wednes ¬

on legal businessBilly Baker made a trip to Jack-

son

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county this week

John Meadows moved to PineRill Wednesday

Lewis and Harry Dillion made aI

TuesdayIhis daughter Mfs George Griffin-

J F Cooper got overheat at thedance the other iirghVaCiid is very

sickWmMeetdotvs ft birilcHng zfn

addition to his house opposite the

depotRevCombs is conducting a pro ¬

tracted meeting at the Christian

churchDMcKinney W C Mullins

and J C Hocker were in Pittsburg SundayoflEhere this week

Charley Redd of Crab Orchardwas visiting his sister Mr DrCooper Monday

Mrs L C Smith and Mrs RusDillon were visiting in Pittsburgthe first of the week

Ral Pike has moved to Louisville-F L Thompson was down from

Mt Vernon WednesdayMiss pollie Jarrett and Luther

Jarre tt of Brodhead were at theRiver Mansion Thursday night

Miss Mattie McFerrou is visitingher sister Mrs Dr Childress whileher sister Miss Georgia is withhomefolks

Capt Ramp is working in CaptMatlocks place for a month whilethe latter gentlenfkn will visitfriends in Florida

Mesdames Roller and Davis arein the city buying hats for theirmillinery store Miss Lida Cookis running the postoffice in the ab-

sence¬

of Mrs Roller

Jim Hilton of Rowland diedMonday Mr Hilton was a memberof the K O T M and at onetime t resident of Livingston Thefollowing Sir Knights of the Tentof this place attended the burialD S McKinney Lige ElcnoreJohn Magee George Cook JakeSambrook Red Farley W OBurnes and wife James Barnesand wife Hugh Hagan Grant Hil¬

ton and wife and Dr Childressr =

PINE HILL0

MrG VV Doan was in Mt Ver-non

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TuesdayMiss Georgia McFerron 1sat

home for a few daysMr J J Ping paid our little vil¬

lage a flying call TuesdayMiss Judith Symson spent Satur ¬

day and Sunday with homefolksMiss Rosa McFerron was home

from Berea a few days this weekMr R L Collier of Brodhead

is again at our place loading polesMr and Mrs Albert Wolf have

come home from an extended soj urn with the formers brother inLaurel county

Miss Evalyn Hall and brotherWalter have returned froth apleasant visit to relatives andfriends at PittsburgA

Pine Hill weathered the blast ofWedneaday evenings storm and

came off unharmed except for thewear and tear of a real bad scare

CASTORIAIgor Infants and Children

The Kind You Have Always Bought

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prices and quality

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osiery Notions Tiesats gents furnishingsuting cloth Oil clothilly too cheapno erwear not to benderestimatedncbhy and stylishinds of hoods

we cant be under-sold

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11 goods guaranteedand11 prices reasonableo not miss theseally opportunities

II people shouldvail themselves of

ens suits to suitan or boy

o come andelect and get bargains

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LAM PS in hiihetrt Icy

andwill be sold at almostcost

GROCERIES Hard-ware and Queensware

Saddles Bridles Harnesscollars and humes

We are constantly lrecciiv

ing new arrivals of goods

And will supply you Verypromptly call and tarn

fflcCOAl CORTM dnU

Hay Agcuts for BeitBrand Fertilizers ttlsoall kinds farm tools

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Goods del vcr Cllin diiy Partof town poifeltty

What Do You Want to Bcry1LIrtldnr>yxu should need in our line are well wdrth your noticeand shouldarrest your attention if you arelobking for Bar¬

gains Bring us your country produce and get the higheitmarket price v

Phone 753 rings HOUKBig brie1

CHAS C e1

SUCCESSOR TO THRO WESW

The Place to Obtain

FreshALSO

Patent Medicines 1 fall KindsPerfumery Stationery

Toiilll ArticlesCARS AND TOBATO

Paints and Oils v

QP ESCR I PTIONS carefully Compounded afthours day or night

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CAPITAL STOCK l J1SOOC C WILLIAMS PRtS J AS T ADAMSl VICKPRESW L RICHARDS CASHIER A B FURNISH ASST CASH

DIRECTORSJonas McKeuzie Geo Lv say A TFisbFiitz Krueger Rod Perry Vincent 5Boreiir jrE Houk

We solicit accounts ofprinsdtidHSSiTiaiiiais Careful attda ition is given collections ntrust to us M

Our MeiiSs and patrofis are invited to caHrwhen in town

DAJNNIE OWENSUNDERTAKER

Caskets Coffins Robes tcKept in Stock Orders by Mail Telegraph or Telephone

Promptly filled

BRODHEAD KENTUCKY

WiLLIS GRIFFiNPractical Undertlcer

and DIRECTORMt V

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FINE HEARSE Attached Canfurnish Metalic Gaskets and have

Embalming done on short noticeCome and see me anything I have not got can get for you bfl first

train that leave the cit-yORDERS by zucPromptly Filled

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