The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-06-26
KENTUCKY cuLLINes.

vile.
Mr. Sam b. Pell, of Lcwisport, has
bought an interest in the Owcnsboro
Post.
The hub and spoke factories of
Owensboro give employment to 10
men.
Judge j. W. Jones has retired from
the editorial staff of the Park City
Daily Times.
Miss Jessie Buckner. the woman in
the Thompson-Davis case, will short
ly take trip to Europe.
The body of an unknown German
was found drowned in the Kentucky
river at Frankfort, Wednesday.
VIM. Davie & Co., of Paris, whole
sale manufacturers of Bourbon whis-
Ky, failed last week.
Sheriff Joe p. Wallup. of Mclean
county, committed suicide at Calhoon
last week, by taking morphine.
Jno. P. Wells is the Democratic
nominee for the Legislature in Floyd
county.
Charles Rochester. COL, fell dead
from sun-stroke while working in
the harvest field in Davicss county.
Mrs. Catherine Wipf,o of Owensboro,
willed $1,000, one fifth of her estate,
to the Public Schools of that city.
The Hartford Herald says mink
visited the coops of c. L. Haynes and
killed 80 chickens In half an hour.
Several cases of smallpox have APP
peared at Bardstown and the citizens
are leaving the town.
The Democratic nominee for the
Legislature in Mclean county is in
favor Of the whipping post for
thieves.
A strawberry patch In Hart county
yielded Is bushels per acre, which, at
so cents per gallon, brought $500 per
acre.
Elzie Logan was killed by the cars
near Lebanon. lie was aged % years
and recently married.
The Anderson News has discovered
n gobblcr that drives the turkey hen
Off the nest and sits on the oggs him
self.
Jno, 7. Hughes, Of Lexington, paid
John Keefe, of rayne's depot, 81, 800
for pair of matched bay coach
horses. lG4 hands high,
Conner Jones and Sam Robertson,
two negroes. were caught in the act
of burglarizing j. a. Cregor's store
at Adairville.
| DIR. W. W. Barnes, of Louisville,
who killed his brothcr-in-la Clar-
ence Boyd, the artist, was acquitted
at the examining trial.
Seven men were sent to The penI.
Tertiary for life, from Montgomery
county, for the murder of Vaughn
HcltOn.
Geo. Freeman. marshal of Versailles,
was shot dead in the street by Pres
ton and Ollie Brown, while trying to
make them keep the peace.
The Prcstonburg Banner complains
that ''yahoos' disturb the peace by
firing pistols on the streets at night.
Don't fret, maybe Gals cause it.
Laben Bailey shot his brother Finn
Bailey at AIlensvillc, Ky. lilo fired
upon him with shot gun, which
took effect In tho arm, but not
f wounding him seriously, They dis.
agreed about Slcbt.
VIM. Direlv, the negro arrested at
Ashland, charged, with the murders
for which Neal and Craft are to hang
was acquitted at the examining trial.
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Judge r. Y Bush, editor of the
, IIawesville Democrat, has surren-
dercd his position on that paper and
become an Independent candidate for
Representative from Hancock cOun-
ty.
Charlie Ross was arrested at Har-
rodsburg last week for DEMONSTRATING.
The question"where is Charlie Ross ?"
can hereafter be answered by refer
ence to the roll-call of the Kentucky
Penitentiary.
In row at u school exhibition in
Metcalfc county, Henry Beauchamp,
acting policeman, and John McFar-
land, an outsider, were shot and
, killed by Joe Price and Joe Buck
Winfrey, both of whom escaped.
Greensboro Messenger The wife
of Armstcad Vance, of the Oakford
precinct, has gwen birth to three chill
dren, all of whom arc living, in nine
months and twelve days-one on the
first occasion and two on the last.
/, Owensboro Messenger Since Wal
ter Evans has been Commissioner o.
the Internal Revenue, Collector Crun
=, baugh, of this district, has succeeded
: in having all the salaries of his effici
ent office force, and his eight deputie
, throughout the district, raised iron
A fifteen totwenty per cent. This look
p as if Crumbaugh was solid with tn,
naw Nntnmi so;nnay