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IE BODBBON HEWSSe cateenih Year Established 1881

Emei at the Post office at Paris Ky asseco iss mail matter

TELEPHONE NO 124

SUBSCRIPTION PH1CE8Payable in Advance

One year 2 00 Six mouths 00

news costs you cant EVEN GET A Kh- -PORT FROM A GUN FREE OF CHARGE

Make all CJiecks Money Orders Eldpayable to the order of Champ Miilkr

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office

--A knife Call at The News

Monday will be George Washingtonsbirthday a legal holiday

-- -Chas James sacured the table cover

raffled by Mrs W H Cox-- -

At the county infirmary to the wifeof Cecil Eldrigea daughter third born

Conductor Ramp of the L Nwill build a cottage on Convent Heights

A daughter was born to Cecil Eldridge and wife this week at theCounty Infirmary Third born

In another column appears the ad ofthe Paris Ice Manufacturing CompanyRead it it is of interest to ice consum-ers

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Blacker by Sndduth at Center villewill be sold at auction beginning atten oclock Feb 25th

Miss Bettie Ingels moved yesterdayinto thb brick residence on corner ofEighth and Main street lately vacatedby W L Collins and family

The L N has been doing a bigfreight business lately at this pointLarge shipments of hemp tobacco bluegrass seed and merchandise are beingsent out every day

Grand piano opening February 28th1897 full orchestra each evening Freeto all R M Sutherlin Mgr

97 East Main Street2t Lexington Ky

Attention is directed to the an-

nouncement¬

on fourth page of Mr BenjF Bedford Jr as a candidate forre election as Surveyor of Bourboncounty subject to the action of theDemocratic party

-A large number of walnut logs are

now being shipped from this city overthe L N and Kentucky Midland toNorfolk to be exported to GermanyThe average price of the logs is abouttwelv6 dollars John Bedford of nearMillersburg sold some the other day at

21 each-- -

The M H Current farm near Hooktown was sold yesterday by the assigneeto Jas Arthur and Dr Chas Mathersfor 45 per acre The M H Currenthome place was sold to Wm Payne for

1500 the house and lot adjoining col-

lege¬

was bought by C Arnsparger astrustee for the Edwards heirs price

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Messrs G B Alexander and F RArmstrong of this city attended afarewell banquet given Wednesdaynight to Mr D wight Kinney of Cincin ¬

nati at the Queen City Club in thatcity Mr Kinney leaves in few daysfor Philadelphia to take charge of abranch of the Matthew Addy Co ironconcern There were about forty gen-

tleman¬

present at the banquet

Secretary Gratz Hanly of theQueen City Jockey Club said Wednes-day

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that the new stalls being built atNewport by J M Thomas Son ofthis city would increase the stablingcapacity of the track to about 600 stallsStill there was not enough room to ac-

commodate¬

horsemen who desire tobring their horses to the track Thereare over 1000 applications on file forstable room now

Mrs Thos Henry Clay and MissEmma Scott will leave to morrow for

rWnRhirjfrrnn D C to represent thewJ Jemima Johnson Chapter D A R of

H r this city in the Continental Congresswhich convenes Monday in WashingtonThey will be accompanied by Mr TH Clay Jr and will remain untilafter the inauguration and will visit

t MissNannine Clay at National Parkj

- Seminary near Washington before re¬

turning to Paris

Mr Owens Bill Passed

By unanimous consent Congress Wed-

nesday¬

passed Representative W C

Owens bill removing the political dis-

abilities

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from the war record of ColonelW E Simms of this city Col Simmswas a member of the Confederate Congress

A Kimball Procession

A unique advertising feature seen inLexington last week was the streetparade of the W W Kimball Company

Three car loads of pianos were unload-

ed

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and transferred to the warerooms at97 East Main street in a procession ofwagons headed by Saxtons band Aspecial sale of Kimball pianos will be ¬

gin at once at that place by Mr R M

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THE iBOOTJBON NEWS FRIDAYSFEBRUARY 19 1897-

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Telephone vWires CatXagfc IMght

At 1010 last night a telegrairt to TheNews states that the wires of the-- EastTennessee Telephone Co and the Paris

Cynthiana Telephone Co were eachcut near Lair and it was rumored thattoll gate raiders were at work in Harri¬

sonTelephone messages from Lair Rud ¬

dles Mills and Cynthiana to The Newsat a late hour said thatthe wires were cut by twodark complexioned white men Theraiders were mounted on good horsesand each had a big pistol buckled at hiswaist and appeared to be otherwiseheavily armed They inquired-- par-ticularly

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of persons in the neighborhoodas to the various telephone connectionsThe raiders climbed tall trees in orderto reach the wires at each of the placeswhere they were cut and did their workof destruction about dusk and the dam-aged

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lines were not repaired for severalhours

Nothing more definite had been learn-ed

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at the hour of going to press furtherthan is stated above The wire cuttingmay have been the work of horse thievesor some other brand of criminals al-

though¬

it was most likely the work oft jll gate raiders

Turnpike News

The Fiscal Court in Nicholas countyat its called meeting last Saturday foundthemselves confronted with so manydifficulties in the way of declaring thepikes to be free of toll that thev adjourned until April The Mercury saysthat the matter of free turnpikes isbound to come slow but it is comingsurely We are satisfied that by AprilCourt several roads will be ready toturn over to the county and that asthere is no provision now to keep theroads in repair it is necessary to collecttoll tor several months to come at least

The President and principal owner ofone of the turnpikes in Franklin countysays that if the county can not protectthe property of the company then everybridge aloDg the road will be takendown and the road made impassable

Turnpike raiders have been at work inOwen county destroying two culyertsand throwing trees across the road be-

sides¬

compelling the removal of a tollgate

The Fiscal Court of Woodford countyhas decided to condemn all turnpikesnot surrendered to the county by March1st

An Indignation Turnpike Meeting InProspect

Squire Jett of the Ruddles Millsprecinct has been notified that an indig¬

nation meeting will be held at RuddlesMills this afternoon at two oclock toprotest against paying toll between thatplace aud the city of Paris and to protestagainst paying taxes to maintain andoperate free pikes in other parts of thecounty from which they derived nobenefit Squire Jett was informed thatsome of the most substantial men ofthat precinct would participate in themeeting

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Bourbon Land Sales

At public sale Tuesday Auctioneer AT Forsyth sold for Perry Jeffersonassignee of A C Ball two hundredacres lying near Millersburg to MrsFrances E Ball at forty nine dollars peracre Also one hundred and one halfacres to same pui chaser at 36 75 peracres

Also sold yesterday for Master ComMissioner Dickson to Mrs Susie LCurrent 22 acres at 6250 per acre and14 acres at 40 per acre The propertybelonged to Mrs Current and othersand was sold for a division

Mason Forsyth auctioneer reports agood crowd yesterday at J E Garnettssale near North Middletown Workhorses brought from 75 to 80 calve3

1350 each milch cows 25 to 45 farmimplements sold at good prices

Frank Co are receivingdaily the very latest styles inSpring Dress Goods

Judge Cantrills Narrow Escape

Tuesday night Circuit Judge J ECantrill narrowly escaped being runover by a Q C train at GeorgetownHe was assisting his wife on the Bluegrass vestibule when the engine startedthrowing him under the cars Just asthe wheels were about to pass over himthe Judge was pulled from the track byJames Pnllen the transfer man andBob Hawkins a colored driver whowere standing near Judge Cantrillwas not injured

Held Over To Circuit Court

Speck Helvey and John Carterthe negro men charged with holding upa young farmer and robbing him ofeighty cents several nights age in Claysville had their examining trial Tuesdayin Judge Webbs court They were heldover in 200 bail for trial by the CircuitCourt They were unable to give bondand were taken to jail

Was The Boy Shot

Harry Gunn a five-year-o- ld boy wholives with his grandmother on Vinestreet is nursing a disabled hand Theboy says he was shot by a playmate butit is thought that Harry either mashedhis finger or was injured while pound-ing

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on a cartridge with a rock

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PJERSONAL MENTION

COMERS AND GOERS OBSERVED BY

i THE NEWS MAN

Notes Hastily Jotted On The Streets AtThe Depots In The Hotel Hobbies AndElsewhere

Mrs G B Alexander was in Lex¬

ington yesterdayMiss Nannie Clav is vtsiting rela

tives in CovingtonMiss Lake Kern is at home from

New York on a visitMr Ira Taylor of Cincinnati was

in the city yesterdayMiss Mary Holleran is visiting Mrs

Cora Kelley in Lexington i

Mrs Grafton Thrasher of Coving-ton

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is visiting relatives in the cityMiss Mabel Russell is viBiting

friends in Covington and CincinnatiMr Louie Wolford of Cynthiana

was a visitor in the city Wednesday

Mrs John D Harris of Madison isvisiting her daughter Mrs C M Clay

Mrs Maggie Waller has returnedfrom a visit to Mrs Edw Gross in Lex-

ington¬

Mr L Frank of this city is regis- -j tered at the Broadway Central HotelNew York

Prof A M Gutzeit has been con-

fined¬

to his home for several days withrheumatism

Mrs Nannie Howe of Carlisle ar-

rived¬

yesterday to visit Mrs W AJohnson on Third street

Miss Bessie Armstrong returnedWednesday from a visit to Miss LulaSmiser in Cynthiana

The Educational Club will meetwith Mrs OsBian Edwards to morrowafternoon at two oclock

Mr and Mrs James W Withers ofCynthiana have gone to Florida on ac-

count¬

of the formers healthMiss Cora Robertson arrived last

evening to make make a short visit toMrs Cornay Watson on High street

Miss Florence Hudson a much ad-

mired¬

visitor from Lexington who hasbeen visiting in this city returned homeTuesday

The handsomest line of lacecurtains in the city at FrankCos

SCINTILLATIONS

An Interesting Jumble OfComment

News And

There are forty cases of mumps in theFrankfort penitentiary

Henry Scales was sandbagged Tuesday

nightat Lexington -v

Mrs Polly Cloud Graves of -- Lexington

celebrated the 100th anniversary ofher birth

Morphine and cigarettes caused JackWoods the son of Mississippis ChiefJustice to cut his throat

Satnrday March 20 has been fixed asthe date for the execution of ScottJackson and Alonzo Walling

Thirty one persons have joined theCentral Christian Church at Lexingtonduring Eld Geo Darsies meeting

Official reports show that in Bombayduring the week ending February 12

there were 1885 deaths from the plagueA Woodford county man bought

horses at 1 a head at Georgetown forthe purpose of feeding the flesh to hogs

The Baroness Von Horn formerlyMiss Rose Wimar of Cincinnatis swellset has applied for a divorce on theground of non support

The Convention of distillers at Cincin-nati

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adopted resolutions urging a reduc-tion

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of the Internal revenue tax from110 to 70 cents a gallon

Dr Arthur Deustrow the St Louismillionaire who shot and killed his wifeand child in February 1894 was hangedat Union Mo Wednesday

Jackson and Walling were playingcheckers when their death warrantsreached Covington They heard thenews with stolidity and proceeded withfaeir game

Owney a caninj protege of thepostal clerks which has made a triparound the world is again in KentuckyThis is rushing the growler to an alarm-ing

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degreeThe Lane murdor trial comes up nex

Tuesday at Versailles The casesagainst Cashier W M Shipp and bookkeaper C W Stone of the Midwaybank also come up at the coming term

The remarkable run of the Mayhamspecial train from Chicago to Denvereasily beats the record for this countryThe 1026 miles were covered in 1132minutes and only three minutes noticeof the need of a special was received

The following persons have subscrib ¬

ed says the Midway Clipper to thefund to build a monument to May LCollins at her grave in the Lexingtoncemetery Dr C C Burns Greensburg Ind 20 C C Moore Lexington

10 Josephine K Henry Versailles25 Hon Moses Kaufman Lexington20 J A Jackson Culler N C 2

David Clark Springfield Mass 3 AB Bennett Norwalk Conn 1 S SBryan New Orleans La 10 L BSilver Cleveland Ohio 25

Watch for the newgoods at Frank Gos

Spring

Tirt

Sfetel Arrivals Ysterilajv

Fordham J T Carson C E Wasson Geo Crosley Cincinnati E CMyall Maysville A W WilliamsDeKalb Ills Geo Bolster MaysvilleJW Hunter Jr ifashville J DCarey WH Pickens Chicago J FGrant Middles boro

Windsor Sam Joseph J F AhrenJ C Brown C C Sink J O Fee LH SteedeGJncinnati - Leslie H PeterPittsburg Frank L Norton M SMartin Georg tow J S ThomasonM S Redfield Chicago H C KehoeFlemingsburg Wm Green LexingtonJ M Simpson Philadelphia

i OBITUARY

Respectfully Dedicated To The MemoryOf The Bead

Miss Jennie Moore aged 19 seconddaughter of W M Moore ex Speakerof the House of Representatives diednear Cynthiana Wednesday afternoonof bronchitis Her mother died fromthe same disease last Thursday

Saxtons full brass band led the Kim-ball

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piano street parade in LexingtonFeb 11 1897 Three carloads now onsale Save from 100 to 150 by buyingat the special sale now Write to

R M Sutherlin Manager97 E Main St

Lexington Ky4h

Ready made sheets bolster andpillow cases at Frank Cos

Advertised Letter List

List of letters remaining unclaimedn Paris Ky postoffice Feb 19 1897

Bramock W M Lynn AordBreckinridge Wm Marsh Annie BelleBougers Nutin McGuird A MCarlos Miss MaggieMurray Mrs AnnieCurtis Mrs Maiia Parish HenryDrake Jean Penn Mrs AmyDavis Mrs Lizzie Penn Mrs ChasEvans Pauline Pumpelly Mary EFrench R B Rairden NathanFlower John Stevenson Mrs RetHall H T Smoots CharlieHoward Miss AnnieTrower J THoward Bettie L Truinbo Mrs Mary

Personscalling for aboye letters willplease say advertised

W la Davis P M

Store Room For RentDESIRABLE store room locatedA at Hutchison Station Ky is for

rent Possession given March 1st Ap ¬

ply or address GEORGE CLAYTONHutchison Ky

Cottage For SaleHAVE a desirable 1 story 3 roomI framft cottage on Eighth street

neartheGeorgetownpike bridge Thelot is feetr lront Tunning f back 165feet has big never failing spring rentseasy for 6 00 per month Will sell forcashorVOa 6 and 12 months withoutinterest Apply to or address

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LENIHENParis Ky

ICE ICETHE PATRONS OF THE PARISTO ICE MFG CO

We appreciate your past patronageWe are now ready to quote prices fornext season and will not be undersoldby anybody

Remember our ice is of pure distilledwater

PARIS ICE MFG COj PHIL NIPPERT

19feb - Manager

ADMINISTRATORS SALE

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By virtue of an order of the BourbonCounty Court made and entered Feb171897 as Administrator with the willannexed of John Shea I will expose atpublic sale to the highest bidder atMillersburg Kj

Saturday March 6 1897

the following described property

A tract of 15 acres of land lying in theCounty of Bourbon state of Kentuckyon the waters of Hinkston Creek andbounded on the S and W by lands ofAlex McCliutock now Caldwells onthe N by the land of Jas Wallace nowJas Thorne and on the E by the Mays-ville

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and Lexington R R with a rightof passway 15 feet wide from said landto the Millersburg Ruddells Millsturnpike and is the same land conveyedto John Shay by Jos Wallace and wifebv deed recorded in Bourbon CountyClerks office in deed book 58 page 201

Said sale will be made for cashy orupon a credit of 6 and 12 months forequal parts of the purchase money forwhich purchaser will be required to ex-

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bonds with good and approvedsecurity payable to undersigned Admin-istrator

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with will annexed and bearinginterest at 6 per cent per annum fromday bf sale until paid

Sale to be made at 2 oclock p m

DENIS DUNDONAdmr with will annexed of John

Shea

him in 1 1 in i ii iimm u ni mil 1 1 1 ir rii nil mil inil

There Are OthersWho have larger stores who pay

larger rents and have larger expensesbut none of them will sell you shoes atas small a profit as

RION CLATZV

Look Before You BuyAndemember we guarantee more for your moiteytbaii ytigag buy elsewhere or your money refund- -ed and you to be the judge of it

Buy your shoes of us and get one of the beautifulmedallion pictures FREE See them on exhibition atour store

DAVISTHOMS0NIISGRIG

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SPRING

HAMBURGS LACESWASH DRESS GOODSPERCALESWHITE GOODS ETC

All new fresh goods Call and see them

529 Main St Paris Ky

CONDONSIn order to close out our stock we will sac-

rifice everything in our tore at unheard ofpricesStrictly all wool Dress Goods in

novelty and plain styles always 50cfor this sale at 25c a yard

Choice of our finest Dress patternsformerly 800 for this sale at 400

All our Underwear Blankets andOomforts will be closed out at 25c onthe dollar

New and full line of Table LinensTowels and Napkins marked down 50per cent for this sale

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SeamlessHosiery always

Cottonsings

CalicoesBleached

We still enlarge Portraits free of charge

Apply

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Wl HAVE EE0EIVED SPLENDID STOCK

IMPORTED SUITIM AND TROUSERINGS

FOR FALL AND WINTEROur Prices are lower than any house in Central Kentucky wheD

quality and style are considered We ask you call

FJLNJEl MERCHANT XITOIiSTIPTON Cutter

also agents the celebrated Chas Shirt Full line samples

FOR RENTBRICK cottage 5 rooms 10 per

First class repair Apply to BaINGELS

f Or O EDWARDS

A DESIRABLE 60 ACRE FARM

FOR SALEa well situated 60 acre Bour-

bonI County farm which I desire tosell It iB well improved For any

particulars addressJ E PLTJMMER

8jan tf Millersburg Ky

Notice To The Public

I have arranged with Dr John Adairto take charge of my office until Iable to resume practice Dr Adairwill attend to unfinished work andsuch other work as patroLS maysir

Very respectfully9feb 2t Dr Sprake

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Ladies and Childrens full10 and 15c sold at

Our Domestics the very bestbrands in Calicoes and Sheet--

3 and 5cCotton good oc

Best Cotton made 8c10 4 Peperell Sheeting 18c

Notions of all kinds one half price

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M H DAILEY602 MAIN ST - - - - PARIS KY

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Office hours 8 to 12 a m 1 to 6 p m

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up stairsOffice hours 8 to 12 a m 1 to 6 p m

JOHN CONNELLY

PARIS KENTUCKY

Work guaranteed satisfactory Callspromptly answered Your work issolicited Prices reasonable

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