Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-22
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.

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Catlettsburg is now local option
town.
Newport has been made free de-
livery post-officc.
There are l,l24 idiots supported by
the State at cost of $62,0S6,65.
The Oldham Era has been sold and
W. W. Rowlett is no longer its edi-
tor.
Gray Linsey shot and killed Lum
Shannon, at Fulton. Both were ne
gros.
Napoleon McCurdy, COL, killed
himself at Bowling Green, with an
overdose of whisky.
j. T. Stevens, young man of Nc
Cracker county, has been arrested at
Paducah for forgery.
Miss Ermine Martin, of Hanging
Fork, was fatally burned by her
clothes igniting at the fireplace.
L. j. Frazee, Jr., of Louisville, has
been appointed Special Agent Of the
Land Office at a salary of $2,700.
A creamery with capacity for
turning out 1900 pounds of butter
per week has been established at
Guthrie.
Dayid Boyle, COL, aged 9, while
playing with a pistol at Danville, &C.
cidentally shot and killed leila Welch,
aged 4 years.
Henry Parrish was killed and sew
eral other workmen injured by the
explosion of boiler in Ballew's saw
mill, in Davies county, Friday.
An old farmer named John Jones
II years old, hung himself in hi;
barn because his children objected to
his marrying buxom widow, who
captured his affections.
The tobacco barn of William
Thompson, three miles north OF
Bardstown, was destroyed by fire
Friday night. 1t was filled with to-
bacco. Loss, $4,000; insurance, ST.
400. The origin of the fire is not
known.
The body of Bob Posey, colored,
was found floating in the river near
Turner's Landing, Ballard county,
with the pockets of his trousers
turned inside out. An examination
disclosed no marks of foul play on
the corpse.
Will Rodes, colored, who shot and
killed Sam Lewis, also of color, at
Payne's Depot, after lodging arrest
for more than a week, went into
Georgetown and surrendered to the
authorities. lie was promptly jailed
without bail.
AT a social gathering at Martin
Jeffries' house, near Bedford, George
McDold incurred the displeasure of
Charles and Dude Mount, who at
tackled him, cutting and beating him
seriously. McDold received stab in
the lung which will cause his death.
The Court of Appeals Thursday
made record against woman's rights
in rendering decision adversely to
ii woman holding Constitutional or
elective office in the State of Ken
lucky. They decide that Mrs. W.
j. Lucas can not hold the position of
Jailer of Davies county.
Chas. Shreve, Wash Davis and Jes-
Sc McComb, who were implicated in
the assault upon Jos. Altsheler, in
Louisville, Nov. 26, have been tried
and held over for assault and battery.
Howard Davis, who stabbed the re-
porter,jumped his bail bond and Thos.
Sehon, the fifth man arrested, was
acquitted.
A married lady of this city has
written a letter to the Clerk of the
Council praying that he have that
body pass an ordinance prohibiting
married men from remaining absent
from their homes after 9o'clock al
night. With few exceptions as to
morning newspaper men, there can
be no doubt as to HE eminent pro-
priety ofthis wholesale measure. AS
the holidays rapidly approach, the
Council should lose no time in at
tending to Acknowledgement.
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