The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-08-17
HERE AND THERE.
Dog days will soon be gone.

As Capt. Gaines would say. water
melon-colic season OF the year.
No preaching at the Baptist church
last Sunday.
ED. l.. IL Slime preached at the
Christian church Sunday, morning
and night. "a
A man from ;he country, brought a
load of watermelons into town last
week. ~~-.-
J. w. McClanahan &Co's., Is the
place to 90, for school books. A full
assortment on hand.
Mr. q. g. Goodwin and old and
prominent citizen, OF Ccrulean
Springs, died at his home last week.
Hancock club meets tonight. Let
every Democrat, white or black, who
has not already joined, 60 up aud
sign his name.
A team driven by a drunken man,
whose name we did not learn, ran
away Saturday evening and threw
the man out, breaking his leg.
Mr.. Wheeler. agent for j. II. Hunt.
leys Dramatic company ia IN the city.
Mr.. Huntley will be here the LIST and
End prox.
The interest must not be allowed
10 waue. Business of Importance
will DO transacted at the Hancock
club tonight. Come out and let the
membership be doubled.
Colored men are invited to ioin Tie
Hancock club and vote for the man
who was hgliting and bleeding for
them while Garfield was leaving the
army to go TO Congress.
Mrs. Caroline Quicker while pas
sing over street crossing Sunday
night unfortunately fell aud broke
her arm. The same arm was broken
not long since by an accident
II is estimated that not less than 100
wagon loads of watermelons were
brought TO town last week. The
market was gluited with fine large
ones, at iromtwo toteTcents.ss There
Is yet an abundance Of them in The
market.
There are several new babies in ihe
city, but we are sfraijto call names.
We were called TO taw once for an-
nounciag a birth and requested not
to do the like again, and since then
we have carefully avoided and sup
pressed such juvenile items.
A Dramatic companyhas been orr
ganised under 4 10 Auspices OF tho n
dies ofil,c Baptist church aud a series
Of entertainments will be given dur
ing the present season. The first will
probably be next Tuesday night.
The Frankfort school fund lottery
drawing takes place Sept. 4. Those
who are IN the habit Of dealing In lot.
icries had better call on s. II. Turner
or w. 7, Cooper aud secure tickets.
There are oihy J0.oOo tickets, aud
they are selling fast. $4,000 is the
capital prize. This lottery Is highly
r recommended by our best men.
The calls for county aud district
conventions are published Ia another
column. The people Of this county
are called TO meet In Mass Conven-
ton at tho Court House next Satur-
day, August 2lst to uominate aman
Tor Congress aud select delegates to
the district convention, which will
mec, at Source. Sept. End, two weeks
later A fmlIeattendance "a desired,
although II It Ia not likely any other
name than Mckenzie will be men,
toned or thoughtof In this county.
Henderson, Payne, colcred, was
arraigned before Judge McCarroll,
Thursday charged with assault upon
Cora Garrett, also colorcd. Tho
evidence proved that they were
.9ovycrs" and the trouble was mere
It's a quarrel growing out Of their
love matters which ended by Hcn-
derson shaking his tisi in Cora's face
He was fined a small amount and
turned loose after having apologizcd
to his swcetheart's ladyship.
The negroes, Jas. Bronaugh, and
Peter Durrett, who robbed the store
Of Mckee & Lowry, Casky, of $40
were apprchcnded last week. They
had seemed 10 be "ilush" for some
| time, and officers were sent to search
their premises 1855 Of thomoney was
/ found in the original paper IL which
1t was wrapped. They were arrested
and confessed the crime. They ave
been indicted by the Granl Jury and
are now in Jail and are good for scy'
cral years IN Frankfort.
| A novel case is on docket for the
| present term Of Circuit Court ]. j,
Outlaw ,he Plaintiff, elaine that he
sold to N. 4. Nixon the defendant ia
l 1853, a horse for which Nixon gave
Ibis note for $3.50 payable only when
4 Outlaw should marry. Outlaw re-
mained in single cassedness Or bless
4 edness I'LL 1878 when he married, a,
/ which time he claims the note matnr-
ed. lie demanded the money but
Nixon refused upon the ground that
4 Outlaw was 10 marry certain Miss
winnie Grady which no did not do
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