The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-02-22
STATE NEWS.


Greensboro is TO have q steam laun-
dry. t''' = ''''i /. F.
There is talk Of Allensvillo having
a newspaper. -et"oi -'.i
Mrs, Jennie Carncs was found dead
in bed at Paducah. ~ b.o
Miss Lilly Durrett was found dead
in bed at Louisville. q
The Paris Citizen has been shown
a tax receipt 81 years old. a
+ Knox county rs tho fourth county
to settle with the auditor. 4
J Ashland has 1865 regular Sunday
school scholars. 47l,a-a,A,at 3
The Covington = Commonwealth
wants to know il coal dealers give
seycnty-six pounds to the bushcl. "
The Echo says less than two dozen
valentines were sent in Greenyille.
The Echo says there is rumor that
Greenville is to have bank, which
she greatly needs. @ <.
Dan O'Sullivan insists upon
i"hyphenating" the name Of this pa
per. ro1 I
The Caseyville Courier mentions a
dog that was rescued while floating
down tho Ohio on cake Of ice.
Miss Fetter, the actress, is one Of
the alumnas Of the Louisville High
School.
Mr.. Mckenzie has secured an APP
preparation of $4,000 to improve the
Tradewater River. Good.v
The paducah Enterprise is still i'm
proving. May it continue to grow
and prosper. 1t deserves success.
j. j. Chandler, of Campbellsville,
Adair county, committed suicide by
taking morphine. Reason tired Of
living. @1s
The Columbia Spectator reports
the marriage Of Cyrus " heat to Miss
Ellen Coifey. Now let the poet Of
the Frankfort Ycoman try his hand.
A tobacco barn of Richard Hatcher
burned down in Adair county, con-
suming 1000 lbs. OF tobacco. g
The Bardstown Local Item will be
moved this week to Bloomfield and
the name changed to the Nelson En-
terprise, and the paper enlarged TO an
eight column sheet. .e
Counterfeiters struck Paducah again
last week and Jno. Gaines says those
who were vIctimized were men who
did not take his paper and had not
read his notice Of their presence in the
city. 'i',m pi ~ II aao
The Times says that Jno. Ossen-
bough stabbed THAI Woodruff in
Hopkins county, inhicting wounds
from which he bled to death. XXI +.
The little town of Mickey. jackson
county, was the scene of a terrible
shooting affair last week, in which
two men were killed. f, 6i.
The Governor has declined to com
mute the sentence Of Vonderheide and
he will hang next Friday at Shelby
vile.
The nomination Of Mr.. w. s. Will
son as Collector of Revenue at Louis
vile, to succeed Col. Buckner, has at
last been confirmed by the Senate.
The Governor will 60 to New Or
leans 10 the Mardi Gras celebration
and 1t. Gov. Cantrill win discharge
the onerous duties Of the office during
his absence. '''' ~
DR.. II. q. Alexander, prominent
physician, died at WOODBURY., very
suddenly last week. IA. n
The Stuart Qnisenbcrry controver-
sy in Clark will probably result in the
defeat of both Of them and the return
OF Boone to the Legislature.
A primary election will be held in
Clark county next Saturday for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
the Legislature. Stuart and Quisen.
berry then can quit quarreling and
settle down to business again. aa0
The Hartford Herald requests OK.
changes to pass N, D. Thompson d |
Co., st. Louis, Mo-, as frauds and
dead beats, who will not pay for ad.
vertising if credited.
Martin Sames was put in Jail at
Lawrenceburg for conspiring to burn
Thos. Agee was serving
,ut a six months sentence for shooting |
sames last year, They were put into
The same cell and Agee stabbed
Sames In the neck with a knife killing
him almost instantly. SO 4lal 4
The Bowling Green Democrat says
4 barrel Of picked beef was found in
hat city lastweek, where it had been
hidden away BY the rebel troops nine