The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12
GENERAL NEWS.

Maine has II living Ex- Governors.
The Tennessee Legislature has ad-
journed. ,' pi 'hgy ~ ia9a r..,
Eennor received one vote for Mayor
Of Cincinnati. s... g2
Three horse thieves were lynchcd
in Hill. county, Texas. lob
The Evansville municipal election
come off yesterday. vas =
Measles are raging in the Tennessee
penitentiary. a taaaa s
Eugene P. Ellis was killed by the
cars at st. Louis. iiis y .-,
Hnrrison's (Dem majority for.
Mayor of Chicago is 5000. ma
A hey in Minnesota coughed up a.
lizard three inches long. ~.
Fred Kramer Dem. is the new May
OF oil Little Rock, Ark. io 4
Ewing (Rep) was elected Mayor OF
St. Louis by 1920 majority.
| Pat. Shercn, railroad man, was
murdered in Conway Co., Ark. 1900
The prohibition law has been defeat
ed in tho Massachusetts Legislature.
Lucius Cobb killed Lawson Shelton
at Memphis, in quartet about wo-
man.
W.M Sproule, a Detroit merchant
fell through ahatchway and was kill
ed. ii1p.mn. BIZ serf t-.i -.''
Jno. Williams, negro wife MUIR
derer. was hung at Waverly, Tenn,
Friday.
In hand to hand conflict with him
Montgomery Blair shot his father dead
at Cannelton, Ind. 4
A man named Brennan was found
lying dead on the street in Memphis
with his throat cut. 1861
Maj. 0, Maurice Smith, Of Rich
mond. Va, was thrown from buggy
and had his neck broken. h@a
The Monetary Commissioners.
Messrs. Eyarts Thurman and Howe,
have sailed for Paris. iga
Carter Harrison, Dem. was re-elec-
ted Mayor Of Chicago last week.
Harrison is Kentuckian. { I'd 1
Z Tennessee negroes are immigrating
to Kansas by the hundred from the
vicinity Of Huntingdon. 5eK
The ladies Of Alexandria, Va,
bouqueted Senator Hill for the tongue
lashing he gave Malone. ,
Adam Thompson has been sentenc-
ed to hang June LIST, at Galveston, for
the murder of one Schumacher. sdsbs)
The Legislature ofIndiana has de-.
cided to build a railroad bridge at
Henderson, over the Ohio. VI III
. Tho Widow Of old Jno. Brown who
was hung at Harper's Ferry, is among
the office seekers at Washington. i
!, Tue Tennessee Legislature passed
a bill to settle the debt OF Memphis at
334 cents and 4per cent interest.
Z There has been a general overflow
ofthe rivers in Dakota and, Nebraska,
and numbers Of lives nave been lost
and much property destroyed. e
r. At Leadville, Col. Lewis Boyle
shot and killed his brother-in-law; j. |
s. Ballard, for attempting to desert
his wife, Billiards. sister. d w
A terrible earthquake occurred on
the island OF Scio last Saturday which |
destroyed the lives OF 5000 people.
The city ofScio, was totally destroyed.
J.R. Muller, the youngest soldier
who served Through the late war, die d |
at Easton, Pa, aged 81. He entered
the Union Service at ID years Of age.
The Wisconsin Legislature has
a law forblddng treating to any kind
ofintoxicating drinks. The Governor
has signed it and now every fellow
will have to pay for his own drinks.
The Democrats elected only two ont
Of six Conncilmen at the Evansville
municipal election, They also elected
the Surveyor. while the Republicans
elected the Clerk, Marshal and Treas
urer. = {aan hus Yii1 if
The number killed by the earth.
quake at Chios isYariously estimated /
at from 5000 to 5000. The survi-
vors are in great distress and destitu-
ton. . lGama M aEf ~ 70 y
Astronomical Within the next
few weeks there will occur rcmarka.
HE series OF planetary conjnnrtions, the
effect of which will be to place seven
of the immense spheres Of our system.
including the sun, in an almost
straight line-Neptune, Saturn, Jupir
tor and Mercury, Being ranged on the
side OF the sun farthest from us, and
Venus and the earth being on this side
of the sun, At nine o'clock, OH the
night of April Dist, Saturn will be in]
conjunction with the sun; at seven
o'clock the next morning Saturn and
Jupiter will be in conjunction; and at,
nine o'clock Jupiter will come into
conjunction with the sun; May I'd,
Venus comes into conjunction with the
sun; and May llth, Neptune will be
in conjunction with the sun; May 14th, |
Mercury comes into conjunction with |
ha sun; and Uranus will be at right I
angles,