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The Frankfort Roundabout from Frankfort, Kentucky • Page 2

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Frankfort, Kentucky
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WEEKLY ROUNDABOUT Entered at tho pp9toflico ntlrankfortkcnucky sccona asatnniianip raaiier OLAUDti nUOKfKY 4w fc5iwftiWli GEO A LEWIS BUCKLEY LEWIS IEaItor3 ZF uTolislaers FRANKFORT JULY 17 1880 TERMS The Wkkklv IlouanAnoUT is published every Saturday at ono dollar per annum invariably in advance Six months 50 contsj three months 25 cents Money may bo sent by post ofiico money order or registered letter at our risk Notices of Marriages Births and Deaths inserted frco or charge utmuary nonces win be charged for nt our regular advertising rates The correspondent of the Courier Journal at this plnce got somewhat mixed in his Notes and Gossip In Tuesdays issue of the we find the following in reference to congregations leaving tho churches Sunday night Last night to thesurpiseof every one coming out of the churches there was no gas and as the streams of people were groping their way toward home the Presbyterians ran suddenly against the Methodists the Methodists knocked the Episcopalians over and in turn got bruised up bv the Cold water congregation who perhaps had just gotten their eyes punched out by the Christians This was indeed a terrible state of affairs but tin fortunatelv for the correctness of it there was no service at any of the churches that night except the Presbyterian and Episcopalian and the congregation at the former was dismissed some time before the latter That there was no gas on the streets is true we are sorry to say and if the and its correspondent can convince our city dads of the necessity for it when the moon ought to shine but doesnt they will accomplish a work for which our people will rise up and call them blessed Maj McDowells celebrated trotter Trinket in charge of her trainer Mr Wiley Brassfield left for Chicago Tuesday afternoon where she will trot next Saturday the 24th inst against Maud for a purse of 1000 600 to the first and 400 to the second horse Maud has trotted a private trial in 117 but her best public time is 226 while Trinket has a public record as a four-year-old in a fourth heat of 219 and it is expected that the race between these two cracks will be close and exciting After the meeting at Chicago Trinket will enter in the 210 class through the central circuit which extends from Chicago to Hartford Connecticut and she will do some fast traveling before she comes home again She is a beautiful blood bay with no white about her except the left hind heel and is but fifteen hands three inches high The city owns the bridge now and can send the fire engine over it when it is i ceded in South Frankfort Let cisterns be dug on that side of the river so that the engine can be of service in case of fire The price of admission to the fair was reduced at a meeting of the directors of Kentucky Industrial Association Tuesday afternoon from 50 cents for adults to 35 cents nd for children from 25 cents to 20 cuits A wise reduction During the rain Thursdnjafternoon the fesm at the corner of Broadway mid Ann Streets liecatiienstoppid tip and the water Vos rapidlfy iliitilthe mWsidc rjf Broadway from the railroad to the doors of the business houses was a sheet of water In the gutters it was waist deep and several inebriated individuals tumbled in and were completely submerged Personal Miss Daisy Fitzhugh is visiting friends in Virginia Dr Price hns gone to New York on business Miss Jennie Mnrkham is visiting friends in Paris Miss Sue Price is visiting friends in Woodford county Mr John Jurey of Georgetown is in the city on business Miss Susie Barr of Louisville is visiting relatives in this city Mr Ramsey of Shelbyville waB in the city Thursday Eld Jefferson of Covington lias been in the city this wpek Dr John Phythian of Newport has been in the city this week Dr Abell of Ilarrodsburg was in the city the first of the week Office Jack Long left Thursday afternoon for Snratoga New York Hon John White of Clay county has been in the city this week Miss Johnson of St Louis is visiting Miss Marv Belle Cox this countv Col Craddock of the Paris Ken tuckian was in the city Thursday Miss Emma Morris of this county is spending the summer in Owensboro Miss Mamie Rinker of Louisville is vis iting her cousin Miss Sallie Norwood Mr Wirgman and family of Louisville are visiting relatives in this city Miss Fannie Jewel of Owensboro is visiting Miss Mattie McKee near Alton Miss Pearl Scofield of Shelby county is visiting Miss Sallie Robinson South Side Miss Jennie Merchant of Louisville is visiting her aunt Mrs Smith South Side Dr Win Payne of Galveston Texas has been visiting relatives in this city this week Miss Lucy Hanlie returned from a visit to friends in Covington the first of the week Mr Geo A Robertson has been very ill for some time at his residence in Belle Point Hon Wells and wife are attending the temperance camp meeting in Nicholas county Mrs A WSmith and children of Louisville are visiting Mrs Dr Morris this county Miss Nannie Browder returned the first of the week from a visit to relatives in Louisville Miss Pattie Roberts returned last week from a visit of several weeks to friends in Louisville Prof Pickett is attending the National Teachers Association at Lake Chatauqua Messrs Will Thomas and Dick Dunlap of Danville have been visiting Mr James Todd jr the past week Miss Katie Kahr wha has been teaching school in Owen county for some months past has returned to her home in this city wwAiKJj vr Prof WJ Plujnley returned Monday afternoon uroin vti jiBJt oeevcMi veek8in Penttoivnnik i Mr EV Jotaett returned to Louisville Monday after a weeks visit to his mother in this city Misses Alic and Jennie Bailey of Eminence have been thvc gttestaof the Misses Miles this week Mrs Bettie Jessie of Versailles is visiting the family of her uncle Mr George Huffman South Side Mr Sidney Smith of St Louis is visiting his parents Col Howard Smith and wife in this city Miss Lonlie Nuckols returned Wednesday afternoon from visit of severaj weeks tc friends in Barren county Mr James II Buckley of Earlington Hopkins countv is viaiiing relatives and Iriends in this city and couqty Messrs Finlay Busli Albert Crutcher and Will McEwan will atfend the Louisville Law School this fall Misses Jacque and Cordie Jackson two charming young ladies from Bridgeport arc visiting Miss Mattie Crockett Miss Monie Tate has gone on a trip to the lakes and White Mountains in company with friends from Louisville Master Hugh Gay who has been living in Ballard county the past three months returned home Monday alternoon Mrs Geo Jackson and her little daughter Alice Orbison left last Tuesday morning to visit relatives in Midway Miss Susie Crockett who has been visiting friends in Richmond for some time returned home Wednesday afternoon Mr Bernard and wife and Mrs Helen Johnson of Louisville are visiting the family of Prof Browder South Side Misses Ruth and Sue Robinson returned Tuesday afternoon from Shelby county where they have been visiting for several weeks past Charlie Kincaid of the Anderson News was in the city Wednesday and Thursday He has just recovered from a severe spell of sickness Mr Jns Meek of Fort Keough Montana arrived in this cilv Monday morning and will remain during the summer visiting relatives Mr Day and wife who have been visiting relatives in this city for several weeks returned to their home in Chicago Monday alternoon Mr Jaa Ernst General Ticket and Passenger Agent of the Kentucky Central Railroad was in the city Tuesday working up the Niagara excursion Mrs Dr no Desha and Miss Mary Desha ol Lexington and Miss Mamie Campbell of Virginia are visiting the tamily ol 1ror JJ Pickett Messrs Sidney French If Hyde and II Goyne have been attending the temperance camp meeting at Park Hill on the Maysville and Lexington Railroad this week Mr Geo Middleton of the Henry County Local Allison Holland of the hminencc Constitutionalist and Burton of the Anderson News were in the city Thursday Mr Frank Montgomery who has beet in Lexington for tjie past three weeks filling the place ol one flie telegraph operators who was sick is at his post again in the otlice in this city Mr Frank Wells spent a few davs i i til city the first of the week with his fathers family He returned Tuesday to Southern Kentucky where he is engaged in the interest pf the Kentucky Law Reporter Mr Horace ppckrill who has teen sfjdy ing law under Messrs 1 lord Tra hue in admitted to the bar and leaves for his home in Irviu EstiM county fljis morning to begin practicing He is a deserving sober young rnanVaud ia declined to make his mark in the world We wish him success JJORN In this city on tho 8th inst tn tho ivifo of A Norwood a dnughtcr Mary Emiv OBITUARY DiKt At Guthrie Ky Juno lfitli in theStUh year oi ins ago finnjb uiiaham son of tho lato John II Graham Esq of tuie miy Finnic was from his loved ones toiMnir to securo th6ro a home to which ho fondly hoped to taitc mom tn tho early Inn hiikc a noble soldier ho died nt his post being struck by a passing train nnd so wounded as to dio within a few hours Tho deceased leaves a wffo and two lovely children and a largo cirolo of relatives and fru nds to mourn lua untimoly death Ho was warm in his sympathies strong in his friendship noblo nnd generous to all on coil wna beloved by all who know him Tho defeota of his life being lost sight of in the many excellent traits of his character ANNOUNCEMENTS CORONER Wo aro authorized to announce ALEX Mc I5WAN a a candidate for Coroner of Franklin county at tho August election T88U CITY MARSHAL We aro authorized to announco Til 05 1 TODD as a candidnto for reelection to the office of City Marshal at tho ensuing Augmt election BAN HANCOCK nAS A GOOD Livery Stable Well located and is prepared to Board or Break Horsesjin a satisfactory manner Terms low jul It tf LOOK OUT FOR USE PAKK BMRYf Fresh Milk from grass fed cows delivered in my part of the city at popular prices DISSOLTJTIOIT Tho partnership heretofore existing under tho firm natno of LEE A DALY haa been dissolved by mutual consent James Daly retiring Tho business will bo condueed in future by JERB LEE nnd a liberal share of tho public patron -ago is solioited JERE LEE JAMES DALY A liAKGB STOCK OP LANDKETIIS GARDEN SEED3 In Bulk and in Papers AT LeComptes South Frankfort Drug Store Kvvisri tijiisr 3TOTJN JDKV 108 Vine Mraet ClnehtnnH Ohio ALLISON SMITH JOHNSON Tliu Tyjx oti which thU pain Is printed Ji from this city for Borne months past has bein tx iiaiiimilMTIMTMtaflllMWdTmllijilMllifl wHp I.

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1879-1908