Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-03
What's in a Names"
Peck's Sun,


Mary Wonder was knocked down
and badly hurt by runaway horse
in Chicago lately, IT was a wonder
she was not killed.
George Careless had $3.50 stolen
from his bedroom in Salt Lake City
by burglars. The infer 'ce is that.
as the seedsmen say, he Was "trne to-
NAME"
The commissioner of the bureau OF
labor statistics in Missouri is named
Oscar Koshnitzeky. People who IT.!
to address him by name always think
they are taking cold at the time. Try
it yourself.
Nathaniel link is farmer near
Paris, Illinois. This name is rec
commended 10 ruller-rink rhymes
tiers zink-rink- think-wink etc.
Henry Heart, of Waterford, New
York, and Miss Minnie Hoffman, of
Chicago, his niece, skipped out late.
ly for a little tour together. Sh4 ev-
ilently thinks hearts is trump, but
IS liIble to be euchred.
Mr.. p. Cheek, Dr., lives in in Dtra
boo. lie is an exemplary citizen, not
cheeky at all.
OWN L. Coffin has been surrogate
of Il county i'll New York Tor four
teen years, and Odle Close, a lawyer
was appointed by the supreme court
to examine his accounts. At the
close of his labors, Close reported
that over $l25, 900 had passed through
Mr.. Collins hands, and lie wasn't
OWN anybody cent. Everything
fitted to a I. Mr.. Skinner was his
clerk. and skun nothing out of his
opportunities. They were in sight
of Sing Sing, however, which may
account for their exemplary conduct.
John A. Seraphim, Philadelphia
policeman, can converse fluently in
seven different languages, and is stu
dying on five others during his
"Deats." When excited, however,
he uses his native brogue with neat
ness and dispatch; "Move along,
now. vi tell ye; att gives me ony
more of your lip Oil be after roonin'
ycz in. Yez hear me advice noww
There is firm in Minnesota by
the name of b. Shure & Co. If they
have been doing the right thing all
these years, they ought to be well
ahead now.
Emma Seventeen lives in Pennsyl-
vania, and hasn't spoken to anybody
but her mother and sisters since she
could talk. 1t is strange that no
young man has caught her before
now.
Zero Marx is a sign painter in
Chicago. lie is made unhappy every
winter by friends inquiripg how
much above or below zero his ther-
momeler marks this morning.
Mr.. Shirtz married Miss Casteel in
Illinois, short time ago. He has
since been accused of marrying for
money, or as the gossips turn 1t
"soap;" but that is undoubtedly
false. They should start a laundry.
A man named Cain is accused by
a Dakota paper of hurting the town
of Huron by his political course.
That shows, at least, that he is an
Able man.
Martin G. Short is editor of the
Brandon (Wisconsin) Times. lie
has long head on him.
Il. ID. Dollar offers his farm for
sale near Berlin, Wisconsin. lie is
evidently a trade dollar.
There is a justice of the peace
named Pancake in Bloomington, Hi
nois, and he is said to be as good an
all around justice as there is in the
sucker state.
Mr.. Shanks teaches dancing in
Philadelphia; Mr.. Drinkwater keeps
liquor saloon; Mr.. Black is a coal
dealer; Mr. Sailor is a mariner; Mr..
Painter Is an artist; Mr.. Birch teach
es school, and Mr. Lamb is butcher.
Eight men, all of whose names
ended with the same letter, are said
by the Jacksonville, Florida, Times
Union to have met in restaurant in
the place recently, and without pre-
vious arrangement. Their names
were Wilt, Ketz, Fritz, Dirtz, Puelz
and Schmidt.