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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-19
NUMBER 1O2
NO. 4, wHI1E-CoNTINUED.

Tax & Costs.
field eighty-one 5 so
McLane, Anthony lot Hays
old field Sl-2 IL 70
mclaughlin, Matilda LOT Can
ton road 'Sl-3-4 $50
Moore, Henry lot Jackson st
eighty-two to eighty-four 13 so
McCaughan, Jas lot eighty-two Z 50
Medley, Henry lot Jackson st
eighty-two 4 70
O'Rrien, 10 for wife lot Hays
old field 1874 $50
Payne, Francis, l lot eighty
one 185
Phelps, Sue lot eighty-one 185
Price, Frank l lot Grecnville
st eighty-two 3 60
Palmer, Lucy lot Hays field
1884 80
Poindexter, Sophia | lot Hays
field eighty-two 200
Phelps, Agnes lot Railroad st
1874 IL GO
Quarles, Peter for children lot
mr. College eighty-one s.
Redd, Wash lotJacks'n StS2-34 13 90
Roy, Robt lot eighty-two 3 65
Shackelford, VIM a acre eighty
one 6 AZ
Rose, Turner lot Hays field
eighty-three 3 80
fuffin, Chas for wife lot Butter
st eighty-three 3 As
Smith, Jacob lot Hays field
. 1923 II IA
Smith, Hiram lot Hays field 'S3 A 05
Skinner, johnson l acre Hub
bardsville 1924 675
Sites, Jemima | acre Hays
field 1884 3 45
Thompson, Kate lot Mechanic
ST 8l-3 5 80
Thomas, Minor lot Hays field
1924 Ia 30
Torian, Nathan lot Hays field
1874 8 S5
Taylor, Martha lot Hays field
eighty three 9 45
Woodbridge, Bragg a acre mr.
Ware Stemmery Sl-2 5 rs
Wilson, Major lot Hays street
1913 6 90
Woodbridge, Lewis lot Loviev
st 1873 4 70
Williams, Marshall, lot Hays
field eighty-three 10
Warfeld. Orange lot Hickory
st eighty-thrce 5 20
Western,Jno lotHays field 1874 6 95
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-19
TOWN LOTS AND
LANDS FOR SALE
FOR TAKES.

IN MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1885,
" Gt being County Court day., /
VIII offer for Sale, at the Courthouse
door, in Hopkinsville, Ky, the fol-
lowing Town Lots and Tracts of
Land for State and County Taxes for
the years of 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884.
Such Land and LOIS as are not sold
on January 5, 1885, will be sold in
February and March, 1885. We are
compelled to close our Tax business.
If not paid promptly, we have to sell
properly, personal and real. G.
&. NJ. BROWN. S. G..
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26

General William T. Sherman with
two OF his daughters and a party Of
ladies AMI gentlemen were at Barnum's
circus ON Friday night.
The general went into ecstacies over
the tumblers; but the clowns took his
breath away. Every time they raised
a laugh he hech-heched with the crowd
and remarked. "Ther's where the fun
comes in.n When the clown in the fat
suit was struck across the stomach with
d club the general fairly roared, and
every time a couple OF men in molly
attempted anything funny he called to
his party to Look therl p and "See
thati' No feature Of the performance
escaped Tecumseh's attention or failedto
arouse the enthusiasm. He fairly reveled
| in the show and q barefooted lad who
had come in IN q pass could not have
gotten az mnch eHt of il for his money
as the general did.
During the performance Mi. Thomas
took the party into the dressing tent
and the general was introduced to Miss
Matte jackson, the hurdle rider.
az deem it a great honor, general, to
take your hand" said the lady.
ooh, nonsense" he replied then re-
garding her for a moment, with his
straw hat under one arm he patted
both cheeks with his hands and tipped
her chin as if he we're going to admins
ter n of his remarkable kisses, but he
didn't, he merely remarked, You're q
nice little girl. DO you ever get hnrt?"
ssOh some time, = answered the rider
with q naive twist of her head.
"That's too badW the general said,
You should be very careful"
In the menagerie he felt Of the white
elephants ear ard petted the white
| monkey, but steadsastly refused to walk
under Jumbo. although his daughter
courageousiy braved the test.-St Lou
Is Globe Democrat.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26

the little landlady held many q whis-
pered consultation in the hall about the
turn which affairs had taken.
AT last death was conquered. But it
was not for many weeks-not until Ar
thur was strong enough to ride out by
the sparkling blue sea-did the two
speak of the past. Then, when they
had put it away forever, Arthur drew
his wife to him very tenderly and said:
"Our love was born so long ago that it
almost had no beginning, and now,
thank God, it will never know an end
ing"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26

A newly-married New York lady re-
buked her husband in the following
terms:
"Before we were married, George
you used to call and wee me every even
ing. Now you 60 off to your club ana
get drunk. You have entirely . differ
emit mode of life now from what You had
then"
aNo, Emiline, my mode Of life is not
changed, only / have reversed things;
Before | was married I used to cail
around in the evening to see you ano
then ! went to the club-room and got
tight, but now / go to the club-room
first, and get tight, and then 4 come 20
see you"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26
The Mignonette Cannibals.

Captain Dudley, of the Mignonette,
has freely discussed the terrible adyen-
ture which befell him at sea. After de-
scribing the wreck and the manner in
which the crew put off in a boat, he
| says: 1.-THE sea was raging round us,
and we managed to make a sea anchor
with the pinnacle and some boards,
The boat was leaking, but l cut of
the bottom of my trousers and drawers
and stopped up the hole. About ii
o'clock a shark came alongside, but we
beat him off with the oars. Our
situation was a truly terrible one,
and it seems now a miracle how
the dingy kept aioat in such a sea. On
the fourth day we succeeded in catch
ing a fair-siZed turtle, which seemed to
swim to the boat and almost turn him
self up for us. We drank his blood
out of the chronometer box, and after
ward cut up the whole of the flesh into
strips and hung it round the boat. So
overjoyed were we at this find that we
ate our second tin of turnip. Day after
day passed, and on the eleventh day
we had finished the turtle, and had
nothing left except the two fins, but
we ate every portion, even the bones.
THE fat of the turtle proved very
nutritious, and we got water a few times
when there were showers by catching the
rain in our oilskins, though sometimes
when we had a little drop a sea broke
into It and spoiled it so that we had to
throw it away. We went on from the
fifteenth to the twentieth day without
any food at all or drink, and by that
time we had begun to look each other in
the face very black. The boy who had
drank some sea water at night, had
said, eve shall all die and. re-
marked, eve shall have to draw lots,
bows This was ignored by all,
and they said, w had better
die together to which / replied,
so let it be, but it is hard for four to
die, when perhaps one might save the
rest A day or two before l suggested
that we should try and make some kind
of sail, which we did with our shirts
rugged on an oar for a mast, and a strand
of the painter for shrouds and stays.
Things now looked as bad as they
could. On either the nineteenth or
twentieth day the boy was lying in the
bottom Of the boat, where he had been
for two days, gasping for breath and
nearly dead. At about 3 o'clock in the
morning / SAID to the mate, What is to
be done? / believe that boy is dying.
You have a wife and three children l
said that human flesh had
been eaten before. Stephens re-
piled, See what daylight brings
forth Brooks took his watch at 5 o.
clock and we made motions to each 9th.
er. Brooks said he could not do it, and
Stephens said he could not do it. /
told Brooks to go forward, which he
did. l then took hold of the shrouds
and had q last look round to see If any
thing was in sight, but there was moth
ing. ] offered up a prayer most fervent-
ly that God above might forgive us for
such an act, and then I knelt down by
the boy and said, Now, Dick, my boy,
your time has come He murmured,
What, me STRIP / put the penknife in
his throat. and he was dead instantly"
From q London Letter.
, 1884-05-21
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IPT is hereby made known that the
30 Government of the Danish West
India Islands has under this date,
on account of having granted Judge
I. S.R. PETERSEN leave ofabscnce,
constituted Royal Clerk NJ, r.
NYSSUM as Judge, Recorder and
Policcmaster in Frederiksted's Juris-
di2tion from the 10th inst.
Government Secretary's Office, St. Croix
the 10th May 1884.
VAN BRAKIE'
, 1884-05-21
TRANSLATION.

T is hereby made known that the
Ii Government of the Danish West
India Islands has appointed Royal
~Bookkeeper 2. NJ. LESCHLY to
discharge, on and from the 18th
inst, the duties Of the Treasurer's
Office in st. Croix, in connection
with his Office as Bookkeeper.
Government Secretary's Office, st.
Croix 18th May 1884.
VAN BRAKLE.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
CABINET RESOLUTIONS EXPLAINED.

During the three days discus
sion of the Finance Committees
Report, no hint of any reason or
excuse for cabinet Resolutions"
was heard; but now, week after,
our morning contemporary discovers
that "These Cabinet resolutions
were passed on the information of
the Minister of Finance. He re-
ported $500, 900 to the credit of the
Loan Fund. The Minister was in
error, but it was upon this state
ment that these resolutions were
adopted. There was no such sum
to the credit of the Loan Fund at
that time, and we are unable to
comprehend how Minister Kapena,
after an examination of the books
of his department, should have
fallen into this extraordinary error"
This explanation is probably in
spired And what an explanation
it is.
The Minister of Finance thought
he had credit of $560,000 on
account of the Loan Fund, when in
reality the Loan Fund has been
OUerdrdlvn more than S3O0,OO0.
A little difference in accounts of
$500, 900.
This is financiering with ven
geance.
The Cabinet are undoubtedly en-
tirely relieved from blame by this
explanation. The whole thing was a
mistake-simply an error in book
keeping. We would suggest that
the Finance Committee publicly
apologize for the course they have
pursued, and that each of the Min
listers be presented with silver mug,
inscribed, "A present for a good
bow
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
p. C. A. AND THE BANK CHARTER.

"Some of the worst nonsense that
ever spoilt paper has been written
upon this subject in this city during
the last few days and great deal
more has been talked.
We have the strongest possible OBJ
lection to many of the provisions of
the bill, but we have no sympathy
whatever with those who, to suit
party or personal purpose, have en-
ployed their ingenuity in distorting
it and misrepresenting the motives of
its promoters. The gentlemen whose
names are before the public i'm this
bill are as much entitled to fair con-
sideration as any of their fellow bus
mess men in this city. In
conclusion we cannot but commend
the provisions as to the liability of
shareholders for the debts of the
corporation. This is to be practi-
cally unlimited. In the present day
so many banks are taking shelter
under the principle of limited liza
bility that we are glad to see this one
boldly stand up and provide for
answering for its debts. "-Aduer-
tiser, June 3rd, 1884.
"The Bank Charter Bill sustained
an ignominious defeat in the House
yesterday afternoon. Only the gen.
tleman responsible for its introduce
ton, together with a few retainers,
voted for this obnoxious document.
1t had but few friends, and we hon
estly believe that those were ashamed
of it. 1t was of so sweeping ma
ture, so thoroughly monopolistic
that no one with spark of indie
pendence could have supported it,
And its suppression was such fore
gone conclusion that the public had
lost interest in it."-AdVertL'ser,
Ja'ae 9th, 1884.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28

fore had to pay the tax as assessed.
In other cases he assessed less
amounts than the parties themselves
returned. His arbitrary and unrea-
sonable conduct caused large num-
ber of appeals, all of which were de-
cided against the assessor. Even
after the Board of Appeals had
ordered a reduction of taxes, he did
not alter his books, in consequence
of which much trouble was given to
both the collector and the tax payers.
Innumerable instances could be
cited; the above is but n sample
of what this man is capable of.
The Government knows that he is
universally detested by both natives
and foreigners, and that he is utterly
unfit for the position. One of the
Representatives from Hilo went to
the Minister of Finance yesterday
and Indignantly protested against
the appointment, but the only answer
he received was shrug of the
shoulders and "its too late now.'
Minister Kapcna is degenerating
from simple incompetency to mali
cious disregard for the welfare of the
country, and the wished of the peo
| pie.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE OF HILo.

The notorious E. Kekoa has again
been appointed as Tax Assessor of
Hilo. Kekoa is renegade ex-min-
ister, who abandoned the practice of
the gospel long before he did its
preaching, and who now makes
profession of fleeing the unwary as
a pettifogging shyster.
He has twice before held the Office
of Assessor in Hilo, and both times
has aroused the indignation of the
whole community, eliminating in a
public meeting, which denounced
him and protested against such a
man being intrusted with this i'm
portant Office.
Last year, although the new tax
law was in force, which places much
more assessable property in the
plantation districts, he failed to as
sess as much property as there was
the year before. He assessed large
numbers of persons who had been
dead for years, and others who had
left the district two and three years
before, and omitted many who were
in the district. He omitted to assess
real estate, which the collector after
wards discovered, the taxes on which
amounted to several hundred dol
lars. He tok the returns made by
planters, expressing himself as salts
fed Herewith, and thereafter made
assessments of the same property at
much higher figures, without giving
notice to the owner. In several
cases which came to light before the
tax appeal board, he had taken
sworn returns, signed by the tax
payer, and erased and raised the
figures, so that the return, apparently
made and sworn to, was higher than
was in fact the case. He at first de-
MED and afterwards acknowledged
it, and claimed that he had a right
to do so. In many cases he assisted
natives to make their returns, tell
ing them that it was all right, and
afterwards changed the figures with
out saying anything to them; they,
supposing that the assessment was
correct, made no appeal, and there
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
TAXATION.

The time for the annual assess
ment of taxes is approaching. All
property is taxed as of the first OF
July, and the time is near at hand.
The manner of assessing property
in this Kingdom is very unsatis-
factory in many respects. The ap-
pointment of the assessors has of
late years been made in many cases
with little regard to the qualifica-
tions of the appointee. We recent
ly spoke of the evil, and of the
tendency of the present Ministry to
use the appointing power for politi-
cal ends.
The Auditor General makes the
following forcible statement, in his
report published with the report of
the Minister of Finance:
"The Assessors outside of Homo
lulu, with q few exceptions, were
men entirely deficient of knowl-
edge of their duties; they were not
skilled as valuators of property on q
large scale, and therefore wanting
in knowledge and force of character
to make them efficient public officers,
and thereby not only was there no
increase in personal property here
tofore deducted, but the general
increase falls short of former years.
"The Importance of selecting men
qualified to fill the office of Assessor
is one of more than ordinary import
ance; nothing will irritate the public
more than. unequal taxation, which
is certain to be the case with i'm
competent persons in Office. A
competent man should be retained
in the same district if possible it is
for the best interest of the public
generally, as well as that OF the
government, that efficient Assessors
should be retained. 1t Is a place
that but few men can fill in salts
factory manner, and it is likewise 6
duty to be learned as well as per-
formed; and the education in this
respect has been at the cost Of the
government. There are not few
it is true, that are benefited by the
acts of an incompetent man; those
who take an advantage of such, ant
the tendency of such acts, are no
in favor of good government.
Notwithstanding this, we see the
Offices of Tax Assessor distributed
as rewards to Assemblymen wht
support the Ministry, without regard
to fitness for office.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
the DUTY OF THE MOBILES,

The Assembly is now engaged in
the consideration of the Appropria-
ton Bill, and there is marked dis
position on the part of the Govern
ment and its following, to increase
salaries all along the line.
The country has gone behind
during the last two years $S1S, 900,
and an increase of salaries is the
last thing that the financial pros
poets will warrant. 1t is q serious
question whether the necessary
expenses and improvements can be
met without an increase in the rate
of taxation; and yet the increasing
of the Appropriation Bill goes on,
and the Mobiles do not attend and
try to cut down expenses. Yester-
day, there were only two Mobiles
present, at one time, during the
consideration of the Appropriation
Bill.
This is not right. 1t is the duty
of every Noble, so long as he occu-
pies the position, to attend the
House, and see that public funds are
not squandered, nor salaries in
creased in manner which the finan-
cial condition of the country will not
warrant.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
The Petition OF
1869 SORE-HEADS
AND
Office Seekers F!

In the District Of Honolulu, praying
His Majesty to dismiss the present
Cabinet, was this morning presented
to His Majesty in person, by the
Citizens Committee,
The King received the Committee
in gracious manner and promised
to reply in the course of few days.
Beyond all possibility of doubt
this is the universal desire of the
community outside of the immediate
circle of those who get their living
at the hand of the Ministry, and
their few personal friends.
If Honolulu had Representatives
instead of misrepresentation in the
Assembly, her citizens would not be
compelled to adopt this method of
making known their wishes.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
The Resolution Of Want Of
Confidence in the Ministry

Is still under discussion in the
Assembly. So far Mr.. Dole, w. O.
Smith and II. A. Widemam have
spoken in favor of the resolution and
Mr.. Gibson and Paiohau against it.
Kaunamano announced that he
was still on the fence; that he should
hold his mind open to conviction
until The last moment, and then vote
as his conscience told him. A five
cent piece would lap over Mr.. Kau.
namano's conscience on all sides.
The probable result, if the Minis
try do not vote, will be tie of 21 to
21, leaving the casting vote
with the President. If the Ministry
vote it will probably result in 81 in
favor of the Resolution and 25
against it.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28
T0-MORROW's D0INGs.

Casino at the Park, open all day.
Bethel Sunday School, at 9:45.
Fort st. Church S. S. at 9:45.
st. Andrews Cathedral S. S. TO-
Exercises, Kaumakadili, 10.
Bethel, Service, at IL.
st. Andrews Cathedral, service,
morning and evening.
Fort st. Church, service, morning
and evening.
Prayer Meeting Y. NJ. G. A.,
$3.50 pm.
Bible Glass at Fort St. Church
Vestry. at 6:15
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-06-28

Referring to the above we beg to in.
form the business public that we are
prepared to make loans, discount approx
cd notes, and purchase exchange at the
best current rates. Our arrangements
for selling exchange on the principal
points in the United Estates, Europe,
China, Japan and Australia are being
made, and when perfected, sdue notice
will be given. We shall also be prepared
to receive deposits ON open account,
make collections, and conduct a general
banking and exchange business.
610 3mb (signed) SPRECKELS e Co,