The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-06-20
Tho census report shows AS willie

Inc census report SHOWS hi WINE
children OF the school age In this city,
This Is all increase OF 81 since last
year.
The State Sunday School Aasocia-
ton OF the Christian church will meet
In this city to-day aud continue IN
session three days. There will be
probably two hundred delegates,
somc OF whom have already arrived.
We would lave issued daily during
its session II we had known the mag
niiuic and importance Of the meeting
in time to make necessary arrange.
monts.
The question "Whcrc shall Bridges
be hanged2' Is now agiIaiing the
Cadiz people. One gentleman with
M eye 10 buslncss,is yerv anxious for
bin TO be hanged in mis- barn. lie
says II this were done, he could leave
hi. doors unlocked with impuniiy
and tho murdercr's ghost ~ would
forever prevent the nocturnal depre-
daliuns Of his sable counirymen.
II has also been suggested that the
condemned man be started TO Heaven
from a spot in the suburbs OF the
town near the colored church., in or.
der TO break M a boistcrous pro.
lrncted meeting that has been in
progress ever since 1861. The qncs.
lion is still undecided, though. The
Telephone expresses the opinion that
a limb OF ,rcc will be used for u
galows.
The trustees Of the Public School
met Friday night aud elected eleven
| teachers Tor the next session --one
more than heretofore. The follow
Ing are their names.
Mrs. f. W. Mckenzie, Iiopkinsville.
Rosa liralnhnln, F"
Miss Leila Mills, {"
Agnes Dryden, f"
Susie y. Rutherford, "
Alberta Pcndergast, Nashville.
" Gertrude King,
" Anuie e. Kennedy. Evansville.
I" Minnie Lauder, Hopkinsville,
4" Katie Mcdaniel,
I" Mary II. Duncan, "
All except the thrcc last named
were teachers during the last session.
They will not lie assigned 10 their
respective grades until tho schools
open.
The lcvec given by the students OF
tho Lafayette college was q marked
social success Owing TO the fact
tliai Willoughby Rca,le gave ono OF
his inimiiablc entertainments that
evening, many of the guests did not
reach the college grounds until The
fun was hall over, but no Time was
lost from that time till the signal loi
dispensing. Miss Pauline Elliott as
sisie,l by Miss May Sherrel and
others OF her sehoolrnaies, played the
role OF hostess admirably. A large
gathering Of the elite Of that wealthy
and cultivated section was present
aud oil were greatly incensed at ihs
oil ''cullud pusson' thai rang ihs
bell Tor breaking up. Clarksville
| Csdiz aud this civ were well repre-
scn,ed. II was II happy evening am
recollection will turn To il after man!
year as one of the occasional brigb
links la inemory's leadcn chain.
We understand an effort is on foo
TO connect IIopkinsville aud Clarks
vile By telephone. Mr.. IL. ii. Tal
mage writes that it two thousan,
. dollars are raised by the two places
to be taken OIL, in messages, he wi
ut onco construct the lines.
Il AT tho same tinc the Cumberlan
Telephone Company arc engaged !
constructing telephone liucs bctwec
all the towns OF Tennessee, connec
Ing them with Nashville. A hoa
load or poles, about 1000 IN number
was brought to this city Wcdnesda,
10 DO used in this work. Among VI
towns TO no thus connected wit
ishville, arc Clarksville, Ashlan
J City. Charlotte. Cumberland Furnac
Erin. Paris, aud Springfield, while
line viii be constructed throug
fromGuihrio 10 Eyansvillo, and il
tcrmediate towns. We may hay
p,nr.. fn saw az fhia lima In our No,