The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-01-20
STATE NEWS.

Corn Is selling at 80 and 40 cents
per bushel in Union county.
Wool has advanced to 40 cents in
Fayyette county.
SPECTATOR: One Of the inmates of
the poor-house of this county is one
hundred and eleven years old.
3 GLASGOW TINES: Extra ability
isn't Unnecessary qualification in leg
iSlator. Just sense enough to tell his
ayes from his noes, is all that he needs.
The Burksville Courier announces
the sudden dcath of Mr.. j. N. Zim-
norman, one of the editors Of that
paper, and at one time a resident of
this city. etG as4aa
BARDsTowN LOCAL: Hon. Judge
Wickliffe has newspaper printed in
this town ~ years ago. 1t was called
the "Candid Review and published
by P. lsler. March 1903. aa1la
COLUMBIA SAEcrAToR: Three humid
red barrels Of brandy were made in
Russell county last year. 1t has all
been sold at SLIGO per gallon, and ZIG
barrels have been shipped to the pur-
oh aser.
GLASGOW TINES: Some four hund-
red thousand brick were moulded at
Mr. Jim Shirley's yard here. last year.
Mr. Shirley has, some seasons, made
as high as million and quarter
brick. n6 aif 4 ~ - ~
"A whole family in South Frankfort,
and several neighbors who had
dropped in, were poisoned on Tuesday
night by eating canned corn-beef.
No inconvenience beyond severe vom-
itiug was the result, - g 6 iss's
Bovine GREEN IsTELIIoENcER.
There lives in the Madison mill
neighborhood four Messrs. Harmons,
brothers, each Of whom, was born on
Christmas day, with an intervalof
two years between the birth of each.
Lieutenant Governor Cantill has
bought a residence and twenty three
acres of ground in Fayette. 1t is sus-
pected that "the best looking widower
in the Legislature awin soon be
wilower no longer. lii 3srs Ii
Farmers Home Journal. 1t used
to be the way in Kentucky to give all
the offices to the heroes of the Lost
Cause, but since the yellow fever
plague, there seems to be cause that
is loster than the Lost Causes ar
Bowling Green Intelligence: The
Echo says Rev.J. P. Chenoweih, re-
Gently in the Greenville jail for house
breaking, is advertising for some one
to publicly discuss the truths of christ
ianity with him, and says no scrubs
need apply. ''7 p . .ssa i-'s +.
CRlTrnSpEN Pass: The Oldest
man in the Legislature is Gov. David
Merrivether, being eighty years of
age. He has been twice speaker of
the House and was the first civil gov J
ernor of Mexico. He now represents
Jefferson county. l'-l 2 e. 2. s1s
INTELLIGEEcEB: The first man in
the Kentucky Legislature to go on a
rip-roaring New Years drunk was q
member Of the standing committee on
religion and morals. The novelty of
the thing was too much for him, and
the reeling member is no longer ON q
standing committee. : GO %
X MAYFlELpt DrNocRAT: EldWilson
fool. and John Pryor (eol). two Of
the prisoners who escaped from the
county iail last month were captured
last week near Belmont, Mo-, by Jailer
Cosby and two Missouri gentlemen
and brought back to this city and
placed in Jail. tsF,f.5 y. y =
NEWPORT JouRNALh' The members
Of the Kentucky House on Saturday
last refused to cut their salary down
from IS to @, by a vote Of 81 tof24.
A determination to not underrate in
tellect and big board bills we presdme
Is The cause. rlHss-rur-rv..--.as-asr.r
l. Courier Journal Cor ..at frankfort.
Austin Rawlins, the member from
Marion, who was thrown bylthe way
side at the'beginning Of the session,
and who has been unable to remount
his Pegasus, left for home yesterday,
chaperoned by his wife, who had been
brought hither by the news of his
troubles. His case had become chron-
ic, and there was no remedy for il
amid the manifold temptations ofthe !
Capital. Surrounded by rural quie-
tude, he may get on his legs again, and
return TO the Legislative halls astrong |
man. This sudden exaltatlon of a
man from the dead sea level ofcom-
mon every day life to the dizzy heights
of the Capitoline Olympus is enough
to turn the head Of a son of Adam, to
say nothing of his stomach. 1t is
liable to affect him as did the Wash
ington pie the boy.
CYNTHIANA News: The wrong
man was kissed again at Rochester
station, He was an old and unsus-
pecting traveller, and the girl was d
and respected resident of
The city. 1t was dark and she mis-
took him for her father. What en-
sued is described by the Democrat:
with more than the usual demons
ration displayed on such occasions
the threw both arms about his neck
md imprinted several sounding kisses !
ipon his face, The startled old gen
leman pushed her gently and said in
/ smothered tone, ."Solne mistake
'ome mistake" She sprang back like,
/ frightened fawn, "Oh, | thought you I.
we're father. You'll excuse nue. won't !
you? Certainly" said the old boy.
"but you-you nearly smoth- !
red me- She afterward found her
papa, but the previous effort had ex-
iausted her and she merely gave him
! cold sort Of a meeting house kiss
A Good Time Ahead.