Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-03
HERE AND THERE.

II. =. Stevens.
A new pavement is being put dow
in front of the European Hotel.
Born, TO the wife of Mr.. A. w. Pyle
May 9th, a twelve-polnd girl.
There will be an immense plcni,
and bran-dance at Crofton on the 4tl
of July.
Imported Rhine Wine, Apollinari
and Kaiser water OH ice at Tandy'.
Phoenix Hotel bar.
Honey will be scarce this year
many Of the bees were killed by thu
intensely cold weather last winter.
Mctcalfe, Graham & Co., have OF
hand a limited amount of first-clas,
Binder Irvine bought at very low
price.
A young man named Bud Adams
fell from a barn near CrOflon con,
day last week, and was severely hur
about the spine and his recovery i,
regarded as doubtful.
The south bound passenger train
has again changed and now comes al
IL :2S instead of IL :3J. Connections
are now made at Nortonville as be.
fore the change some weeks ago.
A horse belonging to Mr.. G. L
West, which had been turned into 8
lot back Of tho High School building
to Craze, cut his wind-pipc on q
barbed wire fence Saturday evening,
and died Immediately.
The writer, accompanied by Mr.
II. w. Henry, took u little fishing
jaunt TO the middle fork of Pond
River, near White Plains, last week
aud had the good luck to return with
about fifty fine fish.
1t is a mistaken idea that there will
be no blackberries this year. The
vines are covered with blossoms and
young berries and the crop will be II
tremendous one In the sections of the
county we have recently visited.
Miss Nora Mahon, of Pleasant
Ridge, who was sent TO the luna.ic
asylum at IIopkinsvillc, about nine
months ago, and returned four weeks
ago pronounced cured, has been ia
ken back, evidences of insanity in her
conduct having again appeared
Owcnsboro Messenger.
Two fine blooded cows, belonging
to Mr.. w. Il. Embry, OF Garrettsburg,
were taken to the Casky Grange sale
and were temporarily turned into the
clover field of Mr. Winston Henry at
night, and died from eating too much
clover wet with dew. We under
stand Mr.. Embry had rejected an Of
fer of $50 each for them.
We stepped into Mr.. NJ. d. Kelly's
Jewelry emporium last Saturday just
as he was opening a wee bit of a
package which contained only few
sets of ladies earrings worth $l.l7O.
We were disappointed when told
that part of them were already en-
gagged and were not for sale as we
were struck with the idea of buying
the whole lot, they were so beautiful.
W. w. Bills, the white man who
shot at Ed. Mcintyre on the 9th ult.,
had his examining trial SATURDAY.
and was held over on the two charges
of shooting in sudden heat and pas.
sion and carrying concealed deadly
weapons. lie will have his final trial
before County Judge Winfree to-day
as his oflenses are only punishable
with fines and imprisonment in the
county jail.
Friday evening June 9th the Band
of 'Harvesters will in the office and
yard Of the Christian church, give a
sociable. There will be served ices
and Strawberries at l0cts. saucer
each cake cts. The public is in
vited to attend. They will have mu-
sic furnished during the evening by
both the cornet band and the string
band and a piano will be in the room
and vocal and instrumental selections
will be given by lady performers
from.time to time during. the evening.
Mrs. Lizzie Giants carriage house
and corn-crib was burned last Friday
evening about 7 o'clock. The alarm
was given and the new engine turned
out and did its first work. The
house was soon burned down but a
large pile of corn was put out and
saved from destruction by the timely
arrival of the fire company. 1t is not
known how the fire started unless
the man who fed was smoking and
dropped fire in the corn-crib. The
building was entirely destroyed but
the carriage was gotten out unin-
jured. The damages will probably
amount to SIS or 500, without insur-
ance.
School Exercises.