The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-05-15

Nlnc young nicH Win hahiihp rcu
ncck-ties paradcd the streets last Sun
day.
An icc-cream festival was given in
the basement of the Methodist church
Friday evening.
Mr.. 5. A. Nance, Jr., made an as
signmcnt of his stock of grocerie'
last week. Mr.. c. II. Bush was the
assignee.
Mr.. Ed Price is the happy father of
bran new girl, which put in an APP
pearance ON the 9th inst.
Col. A. IIogcland, Of Louisville, the
friend of the bootblacks and news
boys, was in the city last week max
ing speeches on the streets.
Young gentlemen shouldn't fail to
carry their swccthearts to Wilson Il
Galbrcath's ice cream parlor, as it is
the incest resort of the kind in the
city. Everybody likes it.
Messrs. Wilson & Galbreath have
opened up their ice cream parlor for
the summer season. II is handsome
ly aud elegantly furnished and their
cream, shcrbet and cake is of the very
best.
The annual examination of appli-
cants for teachers positions in the
public schools was held last week.
There were four applicants, Misses
Leila Mills. Susie Rutherford, Sara
Mckee and Bette Ritter. The first
two are now teachers, their certificates
having expired.
Mr.. VI. Hanna, of the firm of Hanna
Bros. 4 Co., of this city, returned
from Dawson last week. having made
a contract 10 put up watcr-works in
that nourishing little town. The
works will cost about $1,000 and their
erection Is commendable stroke of
enterprise on the part of the citizens
of Dawson.
Mcssrs. Taylor & Rca have the
contract 10 do the tin roofing on the
immense new warehouse of Bucl,ncr
& Woodbridge. They are provided
with the latest improved machinery
for doing such work, and will be on
ly two weeks completing it, although
the building covers one whole
square. Their machine is the only
one of the kind in this section.
The gold medal given TO the best
dcclaimcr by the Dialcctic Literary
Society, of Vanderbilt University has
been awarded TO Ira l.. Smith, of
Fairview, Ky. Mr.. Smith bore of
the honors of his class last year and
won a 800 prize scholarship as the
best Latin student lie is u son of
Mr.. j. 4. Smith and is one of the
brightest and most promising young
men In Western Kentucky.
Mcssrs. Hooser Il Overshiner in
sert In this issue an advertisement of
the New American Sewing Machine
No. Z, for which they are local agents.
Its simplicity of construction, its light
running qualities, its extra finish
and superior advantages make it one
of the best machines in the market
and those desiring to purchase ma
chine would do well to examine it
before buying any other.
The wife of Mr.. Walter =. Gaines
died at her home near Montgomery
last Sunday morning. She was a
lovable and affcctionale woman. Kind
to her husband and careful to her lit
tie children, her death has produced
vacuum that no time nor circum-
stances will fill. We tender to her
bercaved husband the profoundest
sympathy of our nature.--Cadiz Tclc-
phone.
The largest sale Of machinery ever
made in this city was made by Mcssrs
10. w. Metcalfc & Bro. last week
They sold to Messrs. Lander Bros
of Bellevicw a traction engine, a saw
mill, grist mill and u wheat threshel
all manufactured byJ. /. Case, Racine
Wis, the largest machine factory il
the United States. The prices pait
aggregated - 500. The purchaser
will put up the saw mill in Trigl
county, near Ccrulean Springs.
A pleasant little dance was glvei
Friday evening at the residence o
Mr.. Jas. E. Jesup, in honor of Misses
Matte White, of Trenton and Beulal
Settle and Sallie Dunlap, Of Fairview
About a dozen couples were prosen
and the occasion was one of the mos
enjoyable that has been in the cit.
for months. There has been deartl
of gaycties in the social circles 70
J some time and the young folks there
fore enjoyed this pleasant affair oil
/ the more.
+ Mr.. Thomas ii. Grintcr, II. Wilfor
? and G. Willis Lindsay have agree
I, upon plan for new block of build
' ings in the place Of those destroyc'
by fire a month ago. The building
are to be made of brick, with iro
!. front, two stories high, l04 feet frol
:. and SO feet deep, containing on tn