The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-09-06
HERE AND THERE.
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The puplic schools opened yesterl
day.
The trains nre running very irreg.
ularly of late.
Everybody and his cousins will
take In the show to-day.
| South Kentucky college opened
yesterday with iairprospects.
The lah-da-dah walk is fashionable
with some of the boys about town
Tom Mctcalfc has white fox with
milk white eyes. II is something Of
a curiosity.
Rev. Mr.. Pearson. Of Trenton, filed
DR.. Keen's pulpit Sunday morning
md evening.
Several Of onr commission mer-
clmnts made big money OH wheat
aud tobacco last week.
InierwoveM #irc fences arc hccom.
Ing very popular in the city. Several
new ones are noticed.
characterization Is the thief Of
time" Go TO the circus to-day; you
may not live till the next one.
There is a good deal Of late corn in
some parts Of the county which The
late rain will help wonderfully.
Only one prisoner is now in the Jail.
Dixie Pcacher, colorei. Mr.. Long is
beginning TO complain of hard times.
The farmers yet hope TO make half
n crop Of tobacco. The rains of last
week win help the crop wonderfully.
The South Kcuincklan will be sent
10 any address fromnow till the first
of January for 50 cInts cash in ad.
vance,
Mess. Frankcl & Sons will occupy
the new Reard building, corner OF
Main aud Spring streets. The room
will be ready for them by November
LIST.
We have received a copy of Poor's
Manual OF Railroads, y book con-
tanning a thousand pages OF statistic.
al Information concerning the various
railroads OF the United States.
II the schools in the city with 10
avail themselves Of the offer. we will
set apart column 10 be devoted 10
school news, or any items of interest
connected with the institutions OF
learning In the city.
The Secretary OF the Ohio County
Fair Association will accept our
thanks for conplimentarics TO the
next fai:, which begins at Hartford
Oct. llth aud continues I've days.
The cries Of a prisoner in the lock
up one night last week. begging for
water could be hoard for halfa mile.
lie was put il drunk aud sobcrcl up
enough during the, night to want
water and want Il bad.
Col. A. IIogeland, of Louisville.
delivered free lecture to boot blacks
aud newsboys Thursday night in
trout Of the Court-honse. lilo gave
them much good solid advice and
, closed his speech with brief prayer.
A snakc three fcetlong was found
coiled up In tho 1oor OF bed room
In Mrs. Ncwman's house one day
last week. II is not known how his
snakeship came to be there, but after
frightening the family considerably
he was promptly dispatched.
The O o'clock freight train was
wrecked at the coal yards Weines-
day evening by misplaced switch.
Tho engine and several of u long
traiRof cars were thrown off while
the train was going at full speed.
The ground was level, however, and
no material harm was done. II took
hard work all night to get tho train
OH the track.
Mr.. N. l.. Cavanah's grocery store
OH Court street was burglarized Of
several hundred pounds OF bacon OH
last Wednesday night. The thieves
also appropriated some bottles of
liquor. They obtained ingress by
picking out ihcbrick wall under the
rear window. No clue TO the thieves
has yet been found aud thev will
probably never DO discovered and
brought to trial.
Joe Josh, a negro, II will be rcmcm.
bercd, was sent 10 tho pcnitcntiary q
few years since, from Trigg county,
Cor ouiraging and numbering an old
lady named Maddox, near Caledonia.
Josh was sent up, II we mistake not,
for life, and narrowly escaped lynch
ing while in the jail at Cadiz. On
last Tuesday he took al AK and de-
liborately chopped off his left hand
at the wrist to keep from working.
lie left the hand lying on the block
where 1t was found and buried. A
convict who saw him, said he made
three ticks at the hand before he cut
II off.
Sunday morning, 7ih, Mr.. j. R.
Armistead with his entire family,
took leave for Hopkinsville, Ky. Our