The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-25
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.

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Omaha taxes property, 6pcr cent
| Iron has advanced ave per cent. /.
They have had another destructive
prairie fire in Kansas.
G There are only 26O fast days Ia The
Abbyssinisn year. r eDJ1 ~ =
The peanat.erop Of North Carollns
Is 10000 bushels short. - -
The U. S. Government sold eleven
and a quarter million acres of land
last year. 81 n n ~ N a
Pennsylvahia's cremation furnace
is TO be speedily turned into .a.pop.
corn factory.,ii -ilrsysi' 'a.5glai .ll.li5,
The prosecuting committee in the
case of Mr.. Talmage commenced work
yesterday 1G5u ,iasu3 i7go) no 3
Tennessee makes $4,000 year out
of its penitentiary,, - ---.,r,
The Southern Bank at New or
leans has suspended - ~
The Merchants g Trnders' Bank at
New Orleans has suspended. .a,,sopa
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Connecticut proposes to punish
Itramps with one year in the peniten-
ftiary, or tenlashes aud six months In
tho work house. ~ ~ "a -cgfs. -, :
Georgia cxempts from taxation for
ten years to eomc, NIL capital invested
In the manufacture Of wooden and
cotton goods. y " " A :.
Tho Chinese gorgfnment has pur-
chased machinery aud engaged expe-
rienced engineers and spinners In
Germany to establish cotton mill in
China. i3t2itE NAE SIlsGl i
The number Of hogs packed in the
West this season is fully 7,445,0O0.
There Is an increase Of ten pounds in
the average weight Of the hogs COM
pared with those of last year. y,
The Albany Argus says: There
was negro born in Kentucky some
years since whose tongue was COW
cred with a natural coat of hair. ~.
Diamonds, in large quantities, SO It
is said, and very valuable, have been
dug up RECENTLY on South Bend, In
diana, FARM W -A '' $40 VIA. - ~
The st. Louis Times Journal, with
much feeling, remarks: "We hope
Colonel Gates is Innocent, but that
doesn't give us back our s350,0O0."
The Governor Of Texas has ap.
proved the bill appropriating six hun
bred thousand dollars to the public
schools. goalsa 9nl pstJ92oG eyed
The Railway Age puts the annual
cost of working a Puiiman car, d.
Guiding the employees pay, at $4,000
one-third or Chicago's, population
is German, andla hesrIy equal pro.
portion ofihe public school teaching
is done in the German Language.
The North Carolina State Senate,
by q vote Of thirty-fve to eight, has
adopted resolution instructing a
special committee to incorporate in
the bill fer the sale OF spirituous
liquors the principle Ofthe bell punch
now in use Ia Virginia. AID" p,
The changes which have taken
place in the Senate of the United
States are Indicated by the tabl'
Ebelow: ASl 20 40, 81 &
States Hs ss.asSr L g g1sss IF
| Ark .....Jp Walker D.. !. Is W dorsey,
Cal. JAS 7 Farley, D ~ I. sassent' \
Fla l Wilkinson Cali, - !. s Conossr' h
Ohio. :. q II. Fcndleton, ID. IS Matthews, II
lOiegon Jas D slater, I'D II Mitchell, Il
5. Ca. Wade Hampton, D.. Patterson, Il
! There are many strange anomalie
in French laws and French customs
A yonlg girl who recently sho, he
beirayef because he refused TO keel
his promise of marriage has just BEEF
acquitted at Bordeaux; and we
French law takes into no accoun
breach OF promise; nor has girl W h,
has been ruined any claim on he
lover even for the support Of child
The murdered man, therefore, com
mitted no'illegal act, and the girl VIII,
look the law into. her own hands /
acquitted, to the great delight of
crowded court. ~
The excitemens over larg
amount Of money and valuable jew
els supposed 10 have been found Il
Cumberland county, has turned gu
to be myth.
Boynton, the owimmer from Pitts
burg TO New Orleans, nearly lost hi
life by the swift current In the fall
at Louisville. 81 s tjff
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