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WRIT by AT RAP "4 ; the : ¢ THEY WANTE P TOSCRAP, e characteristic thrift of their nation.so aeente . « they did not prosper well at Smith- cin th reet Occasions Ab indertakers and embalmers, » land. ‘no account’ fellow af- a atlases 1 ry poss ™ ie. M E N T. © ‘e) w one 120 \ 0 $ Thira Maj fey authorities have | terwards moved to Paducah, bat the Amusing Incident, 88 SMC T another spasmgiijc attack ¢f morality, | other one remained in Smithlandg He] Last night in a back en route fre sa wiskiass mmmenem |S juferred @from the fellowiog | had for several years made ving | the union depot to the Palmer House | [ivecuib’” tn. tly Mi sror stealigg. 116 Youk om [two drummers came tozetier ant| SOHNSON Brother: G. R. DAMIS, "the patie hive determined to lite pitts on tho af @ ihe tin hate si acai bloodae i bee TAILORS ake © few ! {rive out the bliqt tigers, and asked| roof on the church, but somehow] the impending catastrophe eonld be Jeach charch to apyoint a committee | they never could catch up with him, | averted 7 ’ | y ping i 1 of about half a dozen to eceoperate| “At length he accumulated enough | ‘The two men wore strangers, and|antiterdinge re 4) Washington ; Front Rank and assist in the movewent, One of| to opea up a little store there, He|sat opposite each other. Wea the) Ladics and Genttemen There is more clear money to those who the offivers said yesterday there are| kept up lus stealing, shipping goods|hack struck a hole in the street it See Furniture or House Furnishings to call on . Jsixty-seven places where liquor is}to Paducah, Cairo, Memphis, and} bouncet them upwards and threw) . fontt, and Trium peste ind around town, The tigers/cven to New Orleans. One day,{them against. each other. When|, 4! commanications and mat- Co., who handle a full line of have been doin business, and | however—or rather vue night—he| their heads bumped each thought the | fer of mews pertaining to this | it will Likely increase during the holi-| stole a man's cow. ‘They caught other was imposing on i jcolumn should be aldressed tol Furniture, Carpets, Mattin 's, Stoves Furnaces. | days unl chureh committees | him (his ime, and he was sentenced} + What in the h—I do you mean!’ |C. W. Merriweather, 221 South lon hin na ot esti fe officere- succeed ts dialodgiag |o the penitentiary, 1 | Seventh street Trunks, Lamps, Lace Curt ‘ . . od the otber, “I aint no punch. Mrs, Laura Patrick, of the north s Tin, Slate and Iron Roofer, : \ Sodge OMIM Gras a hat hakoll AP DOES coer ale, ee BERSAL: MAGE: wlio ta Rugs, Chenille and Der} 4 To.those who live at a distance, the 129 S. Thid St 1} " . r anc ne je prisoner was ier am I, and if vou go to| been on the sick list for some is ann | oer Pari fous tn Belinnd spaa- OS SOL Sete semis wnikentiog ac tat ike en COMPOTENDIe, Goede cote ate make your house 53 ; -epesah comfortable. Goods sold on whtins payments. ty may be regarded as a very Cl D ll m | monplace affair, but to the print tence, made the usual inquiry, Is] more, 1’ll tell you right now there'll] ‘1he Kentucky oyster suppor at the arence valid hemeclves there likely is naught there any reaton why sentence should] be the — liveliest time in this ack |residence of Mesdames G ve | , Formerly ot {life-tong suspense, misery and tor. | NOt be passed tipon you? you ever heard of—that's me | Mathews. will be on tomorrow BURNETT & DALLAM, Paducah, Ky | Cure : «Yezzir,’ promptly replied the} jonas ib vile you bully!” | A mite supper will be held at Mrs F bi | ‘To stop for a moment and serious. | priso: ‘I tinks dere iz.’ shouted the other, Ann Jones’, between Seventh Attorney at-Law Hie ciate vine: Dhitae tanta heer neers a By this time the backman haa shih, ona ISK Tole ean. s s AGENT FOR ler the Witter hatred that} ‘ ‘I dole you, shudge, how id vaz. | cae ; lams street, even: et ranklo in the bosoms of the res-| You see I hat my pasiness to attend | opped and climbed down to the | jy Tele [pective men, forcibly impresses one [do. #1 vill pe ruint, ruint, yore hon-|*00r. He suon quieted them, and! ‘Atey, W, D, Mortis, of 807. ‘Tene phone 396, 203-205 SOUTH THIRD | with the undaunted intrepidity they|ner! Lbat pusines py and pus-| the remainder of the ride was made | Trust am « yubUless possess 8s py nigh a jo! crmind , * Rquitabie t eet V. Co, | doubtless possess, iness py nighd, an’ dot sot ‘x The funeral of Mrs, Lucy Kilis{ Christmas certainly ought to furnish Measra, Hampbrey & Davie | There must bo Something terrible} in sbail hat alreaty peen agread| oo. 7 " re touk place thi¢ anges! ‘ me . ple Messrs, Mult & Maly in the knowledge that when they hartship bon me. Kft L haf to go to| Neighboring Postmasters Ap! Wan Head be bathe n a Mg ie von ‘ for ‘ the 8 i ler. The : tKatiway Col leave the bosom of their family it} dot ‘pen,’ my store vill pe ruint—| pointed, re speed Sial pithy rae Make di la nelle Mens at : om iil r ; : |Rev. J. W. Hawkins preached the|crowded for severa! “ays past with may be paves to tetera; UAE to eater | ing pustnees cone Among Kentucky postmasters ap-| ter 4" My ) sermot ve auditorium was filled rticles of comfort c family circle a free, healthy man} ‘Idole you de trof, Shudge, 1] pointed yesterday are: | tg , lur , 1 i ‘ | ~ by ven ce Oak Gro ceme' . € ation; and happ: re pw Fat nt when they fall asleep at night it|identiary; 1 vish you vould please| Mollie K. ‘Taylor; Viola, Graves jpla ee ere | means aa Deey Ae We lio FIRE rapte Burtorxe | nessce st eet. is on the sick list in silence. 5 exootinaully regrettable, | been provident enough to pack eg alk | 8 prudde ober dere!" ’} county, P M. Drew: B | wi vel Dy RN Be POEM el Beetle Pettarig eect bart totale hy at rad ent 1} thick ys Derty Me Drews Beulah | leased with a promising and only|in October. Af we could ouly have . ; the paths around their home may be] “That is 9 story,”’ concluded | Hickman county, 4 903], se was eat off inthe fe oe tele eoeke LAR PURE od Repairing Guns, Umbreliae® ie ie poate ‘tas t bul he fired ne acc eee | Ki may Ladi Grove, Walla way oe fe noon of her womanliool that was a] ame time ont Cnstuias mould come| an Teas Ble Oe eee ee pived hos cares R. W. Stokes, |beuediction and a beniga ix Quence cheaper, But Curistmas and wed-| jocks, Etc, y an unseen hand, may pierce its] me }upon all her family; a ne will! dings keep us cheerful whe 1 | TORNADO 7 into the heart et these are obar 0 wn | , Corner Ninth and Trimble, next ‘door | ¥"Y t | = Glaen aaentiy| Se Your Late Aweye / sympathy go out more freely than to|are otherwise dull, 7 se 4 to Breeden’s Drug Store the possibilities that daily confront] It is said that the opera recently) 5 quit t 1 little Jesse Bell Office over Citizen’s Saving Bank. | Mort Shelby an lor faction, | produced here for the benefit of the | st > canot1 F Note | Extensive preparations are being | 1 Taylor facti | ‘Mycal n neo! Mrs. Martha Givens, of 500 South|made for a great celebration 1 | ‘They never go without their trusty | Home for the Friendless tong. All dregs nd 2 paler i u » |W inchesters and pistols, and while | the Greek Sorceress,’ will be pre ed. Boo ‘ te ighth street, died last evening at the | Emancipation Day, and in all proba- Ni riinar y they live peacefully to- | sented at Cairo shortly after Chri werling Komedy Co, Chicaco or New | ge of 57 bility will be the grandest ever held | f 8. \ here. The colored will al- = rether in the same neighborhood, one} mas. Take the Nashville, Chattanooga| 4t- Washingtoa, now an employe! Here. The colored ill al | ol the Pollan Ful ec r Company, | 4¥5 commemorate the day of their and St. Louis Railway, for . would precipitae a tragedy, | LB bggy sds | wah teed onis. telle emancipation, so long as theie brains pos, th mething! The Mayfell newsps Memphis, Pine Bluff, Texarkana, | we Cesdanarter Louie, toile con Unio arid: Ubele: hearts cpo have AND BICYCLE SUNDRIES. in the life of old Mort Shelby, | lot some rich porters in ‘ibe employ of A hope; but at no time in the past jye| Dondents are trying to make capital Tyler, Corsicana, Waco and all prin« |the company, who are worth thou- after a eke of inst thd the reports that the I. C. will! cipal points in Arkansas and ‘Texas. | sands, yet work for $25 per month © they celebrated it more becom-| Agent for the highest grades of Bicycles made. We are prepared to offer , eolalescs, tive auloat laa suild that C: alvert Ci ity : cut-off.’") “Parties contemplating trips to Ar- 8. A. Lee has been railroading for '9% 204 grandly so than they will on 1896 Stearns for $66.60 Don’t fail to see our $45.00 Overlands and Rugbys zainst time it, | ee Wdeneed by the Tollowing dlp kansas and ‘Texas points can leave| thirty years and is worth $100,000, tle afternoon of January Ist, 1898. | —best on the market, prettiest wheel made. Don’t fail to see our line of y estab) his | at wits Eacaage i pa Paducah by the Nast Chatta-| qe Owns a bouze at the corner of A committer has been ppeinted toy wheels before buying. We are the only exclusive Bicycle house in the city. submed to his old I ‘Re flelc Ky., Deo = a 7 ob 'Y; 20 8:50/ Thirty.sixth and State stre surt house and the two! Complete repair shop. Free riding school to those buying wheels from us. people who] * scheme on foot now to build a)p, m.. carrying through sleepers | 935.00, and one at the corner of Prats bands for the occasion, and | Don't fail to call—remember the place, s blood. Most|Dranch road from Calyert City to} from Hollow Ik Forty-seventh and Armour avenue have present on that day rave gone elsewhere; but] Mayfeld on thet. C. railroad, to) Arriving at Mem, in Chicago; one at 2338 Jefferson| Grand Masters R adison- Paducah Cycle Works, | make a shorter route from Louisville| ‘ Pine Bluff Sasi, ot Gesteaioen td FY " { , " t at 7 v New Machipsry i y isn’t built that way. Hest, stompt (1 New Orleans. By| “ ‘ Texa Tandy, of Lexington. Let every pa- | 126 and ‘orth Fifth street, near Palmer Hone¢ old home to live down secure the avenue, worth $10,000, 1 one at . 4102 Walnut street, St, Louis, schange they will have “Tyler I ‘ ad at § De ie den kaa at colored man, wor F = Good Work |" R MAPACIET, 7A POROS The shor test route going south from «© Corricana, ag Bauer ae, Loot boy in MeCracken county be present faving spent a fone) Louisville. ‘This plan would cut Pa-| «ss Waco, we be Hier ae age it ; ie Ta palabra vee Mor e Gro ceries * | Jucah from the main line, but would Making direct connections for all! sank secount. Gillis Scott ® ‘the memory of that great day. Be Satisfaction Guaranteed be 4 his freedom, Since 4 | be of great adva to Mayfield. rincip: voints kansas i emem bere r ill be no cor six years ago, his | UC Of great advantage to Mayfl principal points in Arkansa ler of Dr. I. B. Scott, who fs it remembered that it will be no] J, W. YOUNG & SON, |Mincveer bar hon” cna Texas "fore baying tikes eel prr and ante Team aang at oteh-maio aheme,_T wimp For Less Money and to ny th less 000, owning a very fine house 3 ; he a constant} A ftiend writes F. B, Teacuovt, City r Agt. |Los Avg lone in Chiea,| less of creeds or conditions, should would 8 constant In reading last night's edition of melee, Cals and one tc come together annually in commem- or, for he knows death is| the sux, I saw a piece about a fami- : _ ‘}go. Goodrich, of St. Louis. is worth 3 A — y to oyertake him at any instant. |Iy having four Johns, I think I can} — /adueal. Ky. ; ans maton 919,009.) 0 CEG ma J IBEGINNING JANUARY | 98 has been in numerous scrapes} heat ¢ 1k a widow by the ® Trayeling Public. | ; ’ DR. W. C. EUBANKS, Che has alma sbown tht waa of Mayas Ting In Pate | aire eventing wae. | those of our or any Stier, rieer|-- News KOT HOM@OPATHIST, on the defensive. To talk) She is the mother ot four girls, and the local sleeping car between Paduc | "4° peestas hve pave Pe ce im : WILL SELL GOODS ON with him, he impresses one as being) three of them married Johns and the|cah and Lc » on night trains of | Daving felt in the past the effect o 1a mannered man as you cat fourth was engaged to be married on | the Hlinois Central railroad, will be| ‘@ law's stern decree, cannot hope ‘ Mi SYSTEM (anywhere, and there is nothing} Sunday toa John and broke the | 1 for sympathy the pare \ , AT gue “ embers of the Anti-civil pvincibl racter, But when ®/ty', different name. Two grand-|the thro ° ie anni he highest price ever paid for al The Iby has been, it is nothing re-| another grand htor was keeping | gai at DonviK, 0. |for Hamburg, the great 2-yearold jence of Republican Congres kable if he develops characteris-| company mith a gentleman by th || horse,by ane Saturday are trying to draw 4 v aducah to Mempnis ViatheN, ©] yg yO. Jor Jackson | Which wn before. | name of John; the old has a son i rinse veh nent is said to be rap- | named John, aud be has a son named | & St. L. Railway. street, is on the sick list. pum The N. & St. L. Ry. is now Democrats steven, ond Rel scaa aah Weeeh oleae aeemhaane! Mais wadding belles ' y yet live to see every stigma re- ty the geen , tne at | Fuoning two sulid trains daily between} The weddin hells 18 seu | tale repeat ved from his name, and to help] grand.son by the name of Jobo, InjPaducah and Memphis, leaving Pa-| _‘‘Tobe’’ bas returned from New | modification his enemies. Hismost faithful |qi), she hax eleven Jchns in the ducal at 8:50 p. m., with Pullmap{ Orleans after having ‘spent’” the) chance of Lis his son, Alf Shelby, who} leeping car accommodations trom | Winter there. Au ld not hesitate to place himself | TELEPHONE 200 ‘ bout iim to indicate bis desperate, | vagement and ran away with | R ene 1 scene will receive the suyy famil | ! — Hollow Rock Junction at 12:40 a.| Whatever dearth of incidental so- |S) een his father and death. ; |w., arriving at Memphis at 7:00] cial news may intervene between now CHURCHES BAR REPORTERS. a.m. nd then, a bymepial and Christmg antienemth This schedule enables the energetic | background still remains, avd Lincoln Ministers’ Ass commercial tourist to spend the en-| delightful events as wedd Opens a War on News- tire day in Paducah with the trade,| get a good night’s rest nud be ready | Lincoln, Neb., Dec., 16,—Tee | tmoral sha iicemdae = otek Ministers’ Association this afternoon) ‘Pye morning train leaves Paducali | a voted tg exclude all reporters from} at 7:00 a, m., ar at Memphis | They found that Wittens servicys hereafter and to furnish] at 4:45 p.m, pod ha, kore ig ln ep alg bwn reports to the newspapers. | For further information call on: 3 tous to get back to Paducah, "They |yhig al@ion was taken because of the| oR ieee Peet Wie case of Little or ae; | Dunning Was church syésterday, and | 425 Broadway, Paducah, Ky. that it was a case of hustle of get | nico hecaumme of an incident iu t. ‘To get left meant a day and) oaist churcl iu which two of the} Deafness ight in Smithland, and aay board of trustiggs and the minister al-| Hy toout applica mas ever spent a night in Smithland| - Pi Knows the terror of suc threat. A crowd of Paducab’s most prom- lawyers furnished food tor laughter at Smithland, 1 ving one day this week papers. circuit court, accom- panied by a ye@guag lady stenographer, most came to Die : : One newspaper announced ceed apreie : ho | tat, unless its reprM@aggntatives are | writ Raa 0 att he Geral toate ante m | Dont except to board a dray that was |vices, it will print no reports fro “k ts sacl they accordingly Duet) pastors. Indications are that no no- “aed lacy Phage ele het Atty it | tices of Sunday services from the Quigley holding desperately to the] cnurches which voted to exclude the jdraymau’s tattered coat tail, Col, porters will be printed Saturday, bw | Joun G. Miller bobbing up and| Porters will be printed Saturday. »mjdown ia the stacy of trying to vig {maintain his equilibrium on the tue HOLIDAY. EXCURSION RATES, ‘seam |multuous vehicle,—while Attoraey| Gq December 22d, 23rd 24th M 1 Pelnee W he sole st ft : Arrive Pa » |W. D. Greer was the sole support of] 95th, 30th, 31st, and January Ist, afl sine Ses x me | the terrified young stenographer the Nashville, Chattanooga & St, ; 204 carry Wad buffet sleept ie boat was just backing out, | | ouis Railway will sell tickets to all rs and ) «| Jbnt they shouted “Ship ahoy!’? and ; : q | points south of the Ohio and Poto- ‘ m fate returned for them, When they | mac rivers and east of the Missssip First-class... got on the stage plank the boat! pi river at one aud ove-third fare for 7 , [backed out with the horrited crowd the round (ripe Good returning oof © OTSeshoeing OE |suspended! in mid-air, but they fhually| or tefore Janvary Ath, 1898. Blacksmithing . »,|succeeded in reaching the deck in|” “phose rates do not apply, to points afety and a hurry. om Tines south of Jacksonville, Fla. Pict’ | » Teacuout, 8, P. Ary ‘The only place in the city equipped | Mirrors se “Do you know an Dr, P, H,| 425 habe ay, ucah,’Ky, Tele- P Ay a | oi cit tile morse Beha anced |, bone Mo, iB with the necessary tools to do drst-| Picture Fran waand St. Louis|_ chair to a reporter, ‘I’m class carriage aud wagon work. |Medallions : Railway 1 ard. kin to those Shelbys down in Bailard Henle ie P Is (tective Sunday morning, Hover co T guess that’s where | got) KOROLO MATE MEL RARKEM | Belting new work a specialty Pg sve i - . my courage and prowess—that is if sovem sono [Iam not mistaken. I don't knowl] BLOOD POISON ]||3!9 COURT STREET 319) Onyx Tab for certain, but I'm contldent Mort |Fine La sas Ks coh oR mpanbdnpadenemal te | Shelby is kinJfolks of mine. A SPECIALTY % . Wh | “I'll tell you, he’s a brave man, |{ Primary, Secondary or Tertiary | Musi add <7 a Bt ‘| too! If he ever takes }neumon‘a or ee j Pa: s ae Janything else and sees he's going to CURED IN 15 TO 36 DAYS i Ly Paduead ... die, he'll send his son out for his ; |hoots, so he can die with ’em 01, Bo cou con heh AGENT p “But don’t you put anything|{ Fired, are aud hotel bill and no chiry |about this in the paper,’? continued | i [the doctor as he lit another cigarette, |]. LF YOU HAVE Caligraph ‘for if you do some fellow may take v ‘' one " Q y shot ut.me through mistake, || mouse wroa F AND AF piemphis ) ‘pm! and I’m not prepared to die yet,’’ u ‘ MEMPnis TO VAD oe Ly Memphis, a G0) pm | Md at Jeoknon . tian “Say,’’ resumed Dr, Stewart, arias “did you ever hear that story about | ’ the first Dutch settler at Smithland ¢ j1U's a peach! It was before my tine fo eR ARANT ER 20 CURE but I've heard the ol folks tell it| | cha worl for acaae Wr many a time, r “You see. two brothers, Dutch, if ) ou please, with offense meant to ‘hese worthy ople—landed © in : mithland, was too lazy to ‘york, and ther was to9 dishon+}