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ALL THE THROUGH SLEE VANS | PING & BUFFET CARS FROM Fecal NCH ORLEANS <u Poverrnesana On MILUMAN,G.S.A and Paducah every Fr 4 Fran Taeaving Oty = ‘entral Rallr« @ EVANSVILLE INO FORN IA Tn connedtion with the Southern Pactt Through Weekly Tourist Sleeping Car New Orleans Lain EVERY THURSDAY lay morning, NASHVILLE, TENN, ilinois Cenival R.A. (aul VIA NEW ORLEANS Sunset ‘Limited Annex wretal Agent. Paducah icy Att on Wine 4G Bae Lowtvl {LLINO a NEW RICHMOND HOUSE BAR! Finsat of Wines, elit be elves Koterestin st No No No ’ . bran i Jackson r sw ™ Chit ui ni gar ave $4. Loin #0 8 Ka 1 Vin: vil V IF YOU ORINK, ORINK THE BEST sYOUICAN FIND IT AT THE Mitchell Bozeo, Prop always on har ‘onic q BE BE LL TOILET ¢ co. No. 78 Fitts Avonue, Now ¥i Heme Liquors and Cigars TLES ae ‘eecceccececeece | Awean tick wes played on a young rarried couple who left Padu- |cah uot very long ago on their honey ™oon, They weve married in time to catch an excursion train to their ces. Unation, and preferred taking this }rain is not over, and that the mete- orological prospects are for unset- longer. Weather prophets sances, any way, are nai + ' to waiting until the regular train de- arted. ‘They accordingly left their} Work will shortly begin on the eh eat the Union depot tobe! new summer theater at La Belle ed on the next train, patk, which is to be opened in Hitle After they had gone, some friend] over a month went down and attached a baby shoe} Mr. Clias, Taylor, the new niau- to their trunk by a strenmer of white} ager, is expected in a short time to jribbon. The unusual appendage to Complete arr ments and secure a the trunk was noticed by a good|local manager, as he eannot remain many people, and provoked many a{bere and personally supervise the smile from them, When the bride} theater, on account of his interests and groom received their trank the] in Memph situation was no doubt quite embar ron ‘S8sing, for the infant footgear was doubtless still cllaping to it This is how he caine to swear, says train men appreciaied the joke far too] #2 exchange well to spoil it, and even the baggage} It Was 4am. when he got home. man handted gently the traok with], He dida’t fumble around the lateh the sugges ive souvenir. for an hour, stutier ia his talk, or rae awaken every one in the neighbor- hood with unseeming noises, He The followi of telegram will prob. ig was sober interest, It was copied hadn't drank a drop bly be Instead he struck the keyhole at from the or nal, which isin the POST the first att t and enterec All session of James KF. Clark, of Eddy-fwas quiet. He put his coat hat ville, The telegram ho Ton the ball ra k and was about to bot Mr, Clark says it was rec take off his shoes before going up by the Padueah and Nashville Tele-stairs when an old, familiar voic« graph company, about the year] souuded on his ear 1829. It was found in the gerret] «Js that you Jack?” of the building where the present Ed Yes, Nell dyville postofiice now stands, and in] Then he begaa: “It’s three min which the telegraph company bs utes after 4. Idid not let the eat offices. Lt reads follow me in. I've just returned «ton, Ky, t from one of our 4 Grand Master of is turned down low The gas doors are To Robert Morris, Kentucky: all locked ; the windows fastened. 1 Send us a dispensation to lay cor-} paid the taxes this afternoon, Mary her stone of Princeton college, to be] baby's got the sles. ‘That isn’t ya Monday next. Come if you can.| gur dog a barkin: Wii H. Minter, And when he tumbled into bed W. M. of Clinton lodge No. 82.] Nell looked at him out of sleepy eyes a, em and said: “Jack, you've been drink- Weather prophets insist that the] ing. PPPSOSTOD: nooen, FEL SEEEE * committee met at the }employers generally manifested such building this forenoon} an interest in the Welfare of their em rrangements for the| ployes, we should probably hear of and business men's ban-| less strife between labor apd capital t and conference next Friday me The committee has become} Hon, Irving *i1, Seott, vice presi hstrenger recently, several in-|dent of ‘ Font Works. ake terested ladies of the city aecepting ite Goh she pra lise and builder of many of nvitations to become members The be \ ; . ape pi rest that ;4/0%" naval: battleships, has co ‘ iS] uted to the association library, a re : by tbs eetat eos ity in] cently publisied and handsomely e t ¢ association | hound volume of the ‘Geneology of snes aaah ¢ more business} the Hord nily,’? by Rev abel . yar Hord, of Philedelpbia book = will ve of much interest Among the periodicals recently | to many of the older citizens of Padu- uided to the reading room are *+Pho-| cab, as the Hord family formerly re- tographic Light," a httle journa’ of | sided in this vicinity Dpecial interest ty the waver of the} ‘rhe popularity of the library is amera. | “Good Health” and **Suc-| ocident by the fact that 196 vol e oe a active a srl j we draw at for bor readin, and helpful monthiies pecial ate] ey raged ng pom piion is called to “Success,” whicu seven full of inspiration to young men! who are atu jous to make the t whether young or Any man of themselve ‘d ¢ Mr, a siness ence next Friday even A base ball team is being talked of ence next Friday eve gor ths saetose Onin, RO we OT rouble th bears ite: MoPbodters tb letically-inclined members will ge M together soon and sce if one cannot | Re of St. Louis’ leading business be organized men, and is slso president of the L Young Men's Christian Association of that city. For sixteen consecutive years the mee Wells Fargo Express company has} One member said the other day ade the € loves of its home olf that he could be counted on for ter members of ancisco Young|new members during the present ciation, the as-| membership campaign. Many other or $1,-{members will determine to do a men| much, of half a3 much, or a tenth ges of] much, to secure 200 new members by annum. If| May 17 pees secenonsonnseronocsoss ee i ig 1 PP ip7ee oy in < > Beuibh'o | The Rivers sua pace e CEE OE RE CORE CHEE CECE CCE E EEK RIVER BULLETIN ence, Ala.. tomorroy Chatt The gauge showed this mort Cincinns 7 o'clock 34.4, there be Evansville, Jnine tenths since last Florence, 4 o'clock, Johnsonville River men are great prog Louisville, 2 and are either t or high water, dull or busy season, just anything to keep the unsophisti- cated class believing they know it all and their predictions are verified, of Paducah, course, one way or the other. Each ba “asd individual has a different idea frow here was no Evansville packet] the other and it is quite amusing to today. hear them discussing the present sit Business was very good down about | ation of the river. Only a few days the wharf this morning, there being they were saying there we be ome freight bandled, “Jno freshet this spring, but at the The Dick Fowler was out for| Present they seem to think that tie rise of last’ spring will be insignitl. ‘airo this morning doing good busi- vio thie mere) BB Good Oust eant to the while oth- one coming, oad ; fers express tl ief that the rise of The Sunshine, from Memphis, | 1481 will be duplicated. ‘There will passed up for Cincinnati last night. |e big water here no doubt, and in The towboat Smoky City, from] fact it is higher now than usual, bat New Orleans, passed up this morn-/as neither the Cumberlant or Ten- for Pittsburg with a hig tow of! nessee rivers are rising it is hardly mpties. The Maytlower from St. rived here this morning and likely that the water will excel ths last year of Louis are left for From all indications this morning Lenuessee river points, after it looks as if the big ‘‘overtlow’’ that here several hours transacting was expected on short notice will ness, She was doing nice freight]only be a miniture one, after all, com- business, The City of Sheffield is due from St. Louis tomorrow en route up the ‘Tennessee river to Florence, paring it to the enormous floods that some people have got stored a their ‘*memorabili the shoulders. I falling, the Mises at St. Louis The R. Dunbar is due tomorrow} i iatst from Evansville bound up the Cum. |is also receding, while the Camber- herland river for Nashville, She is|!and and ‘Tennessee are both low aud xpected late in the afternoon, The | *till falling snd frou the present out- Tennessee is also dup bound in the} look it is more then likely that the same direction from the Hoosier! tiver will be hack to its normal stage ity in a few weeks, anl things will be The City of Paducah is due here} ™el!iflucus once mor, tomorrow out of the Tennessee river ireat damage is reported from for St. Louis, foods aud washouts in Ohio and Clyde was still due out of the; Indiana, R essee river at a late hour today. {ed on many Jines, Less mischief has » is expected to report before darkjbheen dove “in Kentucky and the tonight, and leaves on her retura to South, The Ohio is rising rapidly. ‘road traflic is demoraliz- ritten at Random, | cecenence? tled weather for about thirty days ACETYLENE G4S The Light of the Future. Why not be independent and own your own gas plant which will give four times more light than ordinary gas or electric lights a e half the cost? Applicable for use in church stores, factories, hotels, recitences and votinizy homes; safer than oré'- nary gas-or kerosene lamps. Ap- proved by slithe Boards of Under- writers throughout the United States, A wrecking train on the Pennsyl yanin road was wrecked near Colum- ing house numbers, and attempting to influence orders by claiming they were sent out by the city authorities ; L hereby give notice that none are empowered to make sugh claims, and citizens are warned against being in-| fluenced by them, Very respectfully Jas. M. Lane 23m2 VICTILOF A HOTEL CLERK | Tho Profoasor a Ruined Man Owing to One Shiner. Qu will be held at Burk’s Chapel A, M chureh | - ng it 7:30 o'clock. All mem- | Gapital and su, “$120 000,00 | bers : cially requested to be f niin | prese prepared to report in = \ Tk Y fall, It is our purpose to do all in}Open from 9a, m, to3 p.m. On Sat- “5 Sie ORs our er to help the protracted urday nights from 7 to 8. ‘ ze~ | meet progress | ee | ac x | L. B. Svs, PLE. | f fel N | | id anT | nthe init be ce Ae -.|Interest Paid on Time Deposits | a | Thef t late BL OK |Bruce was hicld in Washington, D. \ 1 Once 21st, at the Metropolitan V hed telat : fFICERS, JA. M. E church, which was crowe ri atcha i | with entalives of our race 4 Cashier M 1 well a the white race, The ust “Ase’t Cashier t I = | were f cllicers of the colored SES hi Ny ». | bigh sel corps. The pa DIRECTORS. Na if | bearers were Jas. A.Repy, Jas. R. Sura, } | x- Representative John R. Lynch, |, M. Fisner, Gro. C. WALLACE, 1 P in phreniol- | of ssippi; ex-Governor PS B.|F. Kamuriter, — W. I. Paxton, _aud Tmade my |Pinebback and James Lewis, of |@#0.0. ant. | E. FARLEY, New Yc 1 «| Louisianas M. M. Holland, of Ohio: | ee 1 didn't know w | Ropceeaeati George H. White, of eee t ngthe | North Carolina; Lewis H. Douglas When in Metropolis ' » We lot New York; W. A. Pledge, of] stop at the Tnebigs ‘ + | Georgia; Jolin P, Green,of Ohio; H Tam pretty strong in |B. Chemham, of North Carolina; STATE HOTEL, | : iy ated it | Recorder of deeds for the District of oN i he i go mang |Oblienbla, Revs W.-M. Waring, of| te © Ai! SpeGn Eats Oy | : ee i Ohio; H, L, Chew, deputy register D. A, Bartey, Propr. Sarit dia { the treasury; Robert H. Terrell,} p.iween 4th and sth on Ferry st Th wie - wn. [ot M 2 of | ee . f and | ree rat iat Teor ii S| J. 8. GANSTER ane tr Wright, D1 Hi; Rishardeoo | Notary u IC : aa ot L.. C. Bailey, (Charles R. Douglas eae \ Prof, William H. Hart, of this| AND SOLICITOR OF ihe fenton ‘ James T. Bradford, of Mary-| PENSION CLAIMS t t would , | Prompt and thorough attention given + " 1 mak e nong the floral tributes was to. all cases. | m of x mune wreath from the white | vouchers for quarterly payment of , ‘ may gett by |hon-e with the card of President Me- |" “on sions carefully attended abana pve —— |OMice, 714 South Third street, 1 red tor I ie condition of the weather for] very I ast week has caused considera: | fl i t kness | The preside : H Is ynch register of the treasury Ma t the unexpired time of Hon, B \ K. Bruce, deceased My ' fie time for t I I ' t ed from 1 M I J ' drawing near 1 } » y | and the sprou 3, t : : es and the label i y fides r with the cl of the little . iI es all tell u that | te ii | cannot be mistake er time ’ \¢ The div hat shaped W ta i | the 1 the Hu ; | 1 i rates the resurection of our Lord and Master by resurrecting itself. | ~ | G ‘ t| Frank Jones left yesterday $ 1 ' Mrs. ( jfor Hickory Grove in answer to al 38 yv ‘yt ram to atteud the bed by | Mrs. |her sister who is seriously ill G 1 a A | The local ta a | ned in the ITS PINCH TE 2 «oy itable pre ee: Bef | 1 MW 1 ec n'y {itt drama, ‘Cast Upon the World SION TNDICA m ae Jat the Odd Fellows’ hall nest Tnestuy | 3 TENSION INDICATOR, lal aceon ad pte ' Jevening. ‘These young people have! Q (devices for 1 and mone re ae he atm. | bored earnestly and long to perfect] 3 showing the c fon) are aah eataca | ctonok | themselves in the characters ot} $a few of the featuves that Tan 14 ;|them, and there is ever" #88 emphasize the ard o ; {that they will do thems | Qcharacter of the Pi ieiy ies we jaa] and just here we may t Send for our elegant H.T. § I a hs ked at} ¥illiam Hynes has shown | 3 catalog. yagi he P an nt oO yationce ir ay e u She bt long | MECURT Ot Dasekse 22 Write Sewing MacHINe Co., i ; Pat cae ed at it {Ment of this affair, Me nye nen pine aes 3 ’ HLL said ; Jones, either, for that matter ( a found with the patience ex * AAAAAANAAAAADAAS pin. It isa pocke Can you see ot Ee thle young man in kee} () [Chas. Preiderick, — Padueah, Ky i these young peo} together | | : ial eal 1 2 done well and dk —— | na mechanical ¥¢ Poe oe hoy itertainments, A parlor concert 18 8 the pocketbook wh gta : W new in Paducab, and it is Sroadway? “able ta” | hope ose which shall follow} © answered outs aagh path \ {will be hept at the high standard of ae n detail? Ye be wil be on " ithe one ¢ ) last eve x A poser it in detail? Io com-| ii ores grocery Monday | the one given | enin ander : ie lack pocketboc The parlor concert | z| ‘The republican house sub-commit- said, ver monog all that ec x 1. | tee on bank nd rency laid a B.”” on the back. Tt cor All whose pames on the} hill for th of f $20 bills and one §s bill. ‘That program did them Phere} ¢ full {committe “Thank you, Mrs Green,’ were two or three tions that were 1 subst tutes a passing my hand acros f exceptionally fine render no ‘ on the bank and as she gave a little start oncom-|The Willing Workers deserve all] must r h gold, for the green- ing back to her normal self I contin- Mayor. | CWLORED y DEPARTMENT. “THE TWILIGHT AND THE DAWN Merriweather Will Lecture Tonight We want a first-class agent in ev The second iu the series of eight town, Write for cataloaue and| lectures which have eae 8 anned will prices, be delivered tonight at the Husbands Tre AcetyLexe Gas Macuixe Co , |street C. M. E. church by Mr. Sek 23m6 kde || Merriweather on the subject, ‘The ao Akron, Obiotmefigit and the Dawn."’ ‘The firat We want you fur a customer, of the series was delivered last Fri- New City Steam Lavspay, tf |day night, and wes a splendid suc- - oe ress in every respect, and there is NEWS NOTES, every reason to alleys that the one for this evening will be equally as entertaining and instructive. Tk weather should not be allowed to in- bus, Ind., Wednesday evening and al terfere with these lectures, as the one umber of employes seriously burt. | you foiled to hear, whether it be the There were twevty-four on the train | first or the last be the very one| oaly four estaped entirely, you should heard, The lecture Mrs. Eratos Pa ker, of New Lon-| begins promptly at 8 o'clock, Every- dov, Ind, fatally burned her daughter | body ed sik ion eee and kille <l herse ae by pouring coal oil . H. Nenson, ity, F ae "~~ [vices must be in before 9 o'clock to- - | morrow morning To the Public, - 9 mer Being informed that parties are} Today is the anniversary of the - visiting homes in the the city solicit-| battle of Paducah, which took place thirty-four years ag e cake The fes jsnag at evening. | wise alk ran against a xington, Ky., the other It all happened in this There is a paper published in at place called the Standard he |by Hon, R. G. O. Benja | his arters in the I building. which, it seems, used by the flying set for dances r Jing for a ¢ time Hon. room kew Ben ft this bu t proceeded In the me min was very ill in a However the with their festivi- a | tthe protest of friends of himself. As a last re- re called and a doc- , and the cakewalk was no more. erly conference praise for this new departure in our; The Subject Upon Which Mr, C. W.| GREIF & CHRISTY First-class... 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