Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-11
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| Sld ulClUlS VII ltc,
p. c. G. cures chills. Sold by j. r.
Armstcad and Hopper & Son.
Evergreen Lodge No. 50. X. of p,
installed new officers last night.
The Sunday School Conventions
set for July 18th at Vaughn's Chapel
has been indefinitely postponed.
=. J.. G. cures sick headache and
dyspepsia. Sold by j. II. Armstead
aud Hopper e Son.
w. W. Radford received yesterday
the finest car load Of Georgia melons
ever brought to this market.
The moonlight picnic given by the
ladies of the Baptist church last Tues
day night was largely attended and
nice sum realized.
Lieut.. W. II. Ii. Switzerland, of
the U. S. Navy, is visiting his family
at DR.. Rodman's. lie will remain
several weeks.
See the statements of the Planters
Bank and the City Bank for the half
year ending July LIST, elsewhere in
this paper.
Mr.. Robt. M. Woodbridge is now
connected with the business depart
ment of The South Kentuckian, in the
capacity of soliciting and collecting
agent.
The wife of Mr.. Ben. Humphrey,
Of the Fairvicw ncighborhool, died
Wednesday, July 9th. She was taken
with spasms and died before her hus-
band could be summoned from the
field. She was Il daughter Of Sam'I
Mcclellan, deceased.
The true sun time adopted last
week as the city standard by Mr..
Jas. NJ. Howe, our widc-awakc and
leading icwclcr, has met with uni
verSal approval. Everybody now
clrries "Ilbwe'S sun time" AMI the
mill whistles all blow strictly by il.
The new time is certainly the far
merand laboring mans friend.
G.. G. Noble, the ahsconding agent
of the South Kcntuckian, was ar
rested in Louisville Tuesday and
sheriff c. NJ. Brown left Wednesday
with the warrant for his arrest. lIr
was expected TO return last night
with the prisoner.
Catherine PurkS, an old col0red wo-
man who has figured in several cases
in the courts, was arrested and tried
Wednesday for stealing flowers from
Mrs, Tandy, May DIST. Judge Win
free, before whom the case was tried.
regarded the evidence sufficient to
hold her over till the grand jury
meets. lie fixed her bail bond at $50
which she gave and was released.
A small negro boy, about 10 or Il
years old, claiming to be from This
city, was caught in the act of stealing
some triiling articles at Farview
Dave Moore followed him and as he
came up the boy turned and shot at
his pursucr twice. Subsequently a
warrant was gotten out and he was
arrested and tried and held over to
circuit court. lie was taken to the
Elkton Jail.
The store and dwelling house Of
Jno. w. Wicks was burned at Fruit
Hill, some twelve miles yorth of the
city, yesterday morning at O'Clock
1t was undoubtedly the work of in
cendiaries who crawled in at a WIN
dow and set il on the inside. Three
suspicious characters who were seen
in the vicinity are suspected. We
understand that there was some in
surancc on the goods, but Mr. Wicks'
loss will be very heavy as he was
burnt out less than two years ago.
A Dewsboy delivering papers dis
covered fire burning in one of the
halls on the second floor of the new
Hopper block last Tuesday night,
about 8 o'clock. The fire alarm was
sounded and a crowd quickly put out
the flames before the engine was
needed. The fire was in lot of paper
boxes and other rubbish piled up in
the corner and the flames were reach,
ing up TO the ceiling when discovered.
1t is not known whether the fire was
of inccndiary origin or caused by
some ones throwing cigar stump
into the coal box.
Mr.. i. Il. German, late of Louis
vile, has returned to this city and
opened trst-cass merchant tailor
ing establishment in the rooms over
lIowe's Jewelry store. Mr.. German
was i'll the same business here for
several years, and he comes with a
full corps of taiors and thoroughly
prepared to serve his old friends
whose renewed patronage he solicits.
lie will keep full assortment of
suitings and guarantee fits IN every
case. Don't place your orders else
where until You give him trial. Re-
member the place, upstairs in the
Howe building, Main street.
10 those who have the cash, now
is your chance to get a bargain. Me-