The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-07-17

| icPuoiiC"h canuluate Tor Governor
is the father of twins.
The services of the Cerro Gordc
guards during the Barnett trial, al
Mt. Sterling, cost the State $3.50.
A man named Whitaker killed q
tenant named Scllards, in Magof.
fin county.
Mrs. J. Harvey Morgan committed
suicide with a revolver. near Fal.
mouth, on account of domestic
troubles.
John Maxwell, a farmer, was as.
saulted in the road and seriously cui
by two tramps, near Auburn, for no
apparent cause.
Mr.. Amos L. Hicks and Miss L. z.
Brown were married while sitting in
a buggy in front of a Hartford drug
store, last week.
The members Of the Christian
church are making an effort to build
UNCONVENTIONAL College at May
field.
John c. Wood, associate editor OF
the Mt. Sterling Sentinel, eloped with
Miss Jessie Parker, a l7-year-old girl
of Frankfort, and was married al
Cincinnati.
Rev. II. Ii. Kavanaugh, of the
Methodist church, has been elected
chaplain of the penitentiary in place
Of Mr.. Tharp. Mr.. Kavanaugh is
from Owen county.
A fire at Brandenburg DESTROYED
5000 worth of property last week,
including the Meade County News
office and outfit. Insurance small.
Miss Bette Conway, one of Owens
boro's most estiinablc young ladies,
died last week from the effects of in
jnrics received by fall from a ham
mock.
The Owensboro Messenger is
authority for the statement that b. E.
5. Pearl, Of Greenville, has turned up
crooked in his accounts and left for
Mexico owing 5000, and taking with
him $1,000 in cash.
Jane Blackwell, a 3.year-old girl
of Holley Grave, Ala, who will be on
exhibition at the Louisville exposi=
ton, has three separate and distinct
tongues. Great Heavings!
There are eight Republican papers
published in Kentpcky-two in Bow
ling Green, one at Maysville, one at
Lexington, one at Danvillc, one at
Catlettsburg, one at London and one
at Somerset.
50 head of Jersey cattle were sold
in Frankfort last week for $36.7IO
Mr.. Geo. Green, of this city bought
one cow, paying 1910. One bull sold
for $2,l75. and several mich cows
brought from 81, 1900 to $1,000 each.
VIM, Direly, the negro arrested at
Ashland, by Burnett the detective, |
charged with the murders for which |
Neal and Craft were convicted, has
sued Burnett for false imprisonment
and will bring suit against the Cincin.
natl Enquirer for libel.
Marshal Hcnsley, of Grcensburg,
vas killed and Ben Bagby MORALLY
Wounded while trying to arrest Jas.
owen, a desperate character, on a
ebony warrant. Owen had friends
With him and the posse Of officers
vas repulsed. They attacked his
rouse at midnight,
AT u picnic in Logan county on the
It'll, Charles Schemellzffpinner and
James Haskins got into a shooting
'firay and the former was killed and
he latter mortally wounded, Two
'y-standers were slightly wounded
~ some of the half dozen shots fired.
Tom Cannon, editor of the State
was robbed of his watch
md some silver change, last week, by
thief who entered his sleeping
apartments, while Thomas was
wrapped in the arms of Morpheus and |
lreaming of his girl.
A four-inch globe bottle filled with
bills was the subject of much guess
ng in Frankfort last week. The
estimates were all the way from 200
o 1900. When counted there were
ound to be l.572 In tho bottle and
The prize, bottle of cologne, was
won by Mrs. Jno. W. johnson.
Nimrod Long and Nimrod Briggs,
cousins aged IA and 10 years. respect
vely, were playing soldiers" in
iussellville, when one of the unload
ID ~ guns went of and Long killed
Briggs, putting nine bnckshot into
lis temple. Long didn't "know it
vas loaded They belong to one of
he most .nrominent families I'll nonp J
,cy Al. LIQUID or DRY, SOLD ~ pnueeisn.l
Al Dry can be sent by mail, M nrhi
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