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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
Our Special Features.

Now that the long and trying dull
season is soon to be succeeded by the
business activity of spring, we desire
TO call attention to Il few of the spec
ial inducements the South KENTuCK.
IAN offers TO those who desire The
news. A year aud half ago we
began the publication of our semi
weekly, and though it was at first an
experiment, we have become con-
vinced that there is growing de-
mand for such paper in this section.
1t iStrue that we lost few subscri-
bers among those who wanted a
cheaper paper, but our list has steadi-
" gained from that day to this, our
patrons being the real reading and
intelligent public. In order to mer-
1t the patronage of the public, we
have added a number of special fea-
lures during the last few months and
will add others from time to time.
We have at considerable expense
given portrait once a week, with a
sketch, of soma-rrominent character
before the country. This feature
will be kept up in the future.
We have tried TO present the news
In an attractive and reliable manner,
suppressing nothing of interest to the
public. We have made our paper
one of the neatest geographically in
the State and have carefully elm
mated everything from its columns
calculated to shock the sensibilities of
the most modest or censorious critic.
We take pleasure in announcing to
our patrons that we have perfected
arrangements to add religious col
umn, and will in the future publish
a sermon in every Fridays issue.
We will begin this next week. The
sermons will be contributed by the
local pastors of all denominations
and we trust this will prove not the
least interesting feature of oui
paper. We hope to meet with fur
Their substantial encouragement from
thepublic and we shall strive earnest
" to merit its favors. Our sub
scription list since January l shows
an increase of twenty per cent ovel
the corresponding months last yeal
and this in the face of the fact thai
we have offered no extra inducements
in the way of drawing, but hav'
let the South KE2TUcKIAN stant
alone upon its merits as newspaper
and this too in an exceptionally dull
season.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
DEATHS.

MEANS AT the residence of her
parents, near this city, Saturday,
Feb. 81, Ladie, infant daughter of l..
W. and Myra Means, aged one
month.
May the stricken parents derive
consolation from the words of Script
ure: "Sufler little children to come
unto me, and forbid them not, for of
such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
CHEATHAM AT his home in
Lafayette, KY, last Sunday, after a
lingering Illness, Mr.. j. G. Cheat
ham, aged about Is years. The de-
ceased was well known citizen
and business man who enjoyed the
confidence Of his neighbors and the
respect of all. His death was super
induced by an attack of the measles,
which settled on his lungs. He had
been married about two years and
leaves a wife and one child.
STOCKTON AT the residence OF
his brother, Mr. w. G. Stockton,
Tuesday, Feb. oath, Mr.. E. r. Stock
ton, late OF Cincinnati, Ohio. lie
had been in bad health for some
time. lie was buried in the City
Cemetery last Wednesday.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

Neither mental nor physical labor
can be accomplished satisfactorily
unless the system is in order. When
you feel tired, languid. woaried with
out exertion, the mind slow to act,
and requiring great mental effort,
you can rest assured that your Liver is
not acting properly, and that nature
requires assistance to help throw off
impurities. There is no remedy that
will accomplish this so mildly and
yet effectually as Prickly Ash Bitters.
A trial will satisfy you of its merits.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
socIALITIEs.

Mr.. Thos. w. Duckner, of Hender-
son, is in the city.
Miss Mollie Huff is visiting friends
In Paducah.
Mr.. NJ. Lipstine returned this week
from visit to Louisville.
Capt. c. B. Bostwick, Quartermas-
ter's agent is in the city.
Messrs. +. w. Dabney and John O..
Rust are taking in the N. o. EXPOSE
ton this week.
Judge Jno. II. Grace and Hon. Jas.
b. Garnett are spending this week in
the city.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Gus. Robinson and
their daughter, Miss Minnie, of Fruit
Hill, were in the city Monday.
Mr.. Thos. NJ. Lanier, late of Croft
ton, has accepted position in tie
confectionery of II. Z. Stevens.
Mrs. II. Il. Burbridge left Yesterday
TO spend two months with her sister
who lives in Florida.
Mcssrs. q. NJ. Latham and Bailey
Waller left yesterday for New York
and Washington City.
Mr.. Calvin 6. Layue will leave for
Washington to-day to attend the in
auguration next week.
Miss Nora Garth, of Trenton, spent
several days in the city this week,
the guest of Mr.. John Bells family.
Miss Blanche Rothchild, Of Owens
boro, is visiting the family of Mrs.
Kate Bambcrger,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Grissam, after
visit of several weeks to the New
Orleans Exposition, returned home
last Tuesday.
Miss Flora Trlce returned from
New Orleans Wednesday. Mr.. Jno.
b. Trice and wife are expected back
to-day.
DR.. J. ID. Clardy aud several other
eXcursionists from the Newstead
neighborhood returned Wednesday
from visit TO New Orleans.
Revs. A. G. Biddle and II. +. Perry
left yesterday to attend the Moody
meetings in Evansville. There will
be no preaching to Mr.. Biddle's con-
gregaticn Sunday.
Major Robinctte, of Louisville, was
in the city this week looking after
be proposed survey of the Terry
Coal and Railroad route in the inter-
est of The company which has the
matter in hand.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
Assignee's Notice..

The creditors of the firm of John
Orr Il Co., are hereby notified toprc-
sent their claims to me properly
proven on or before the LIST day of
April, 1885.
+. J, BRowNELL,
Assignee of John Orr " Co.
February 20, 1885.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
SHOT HIS WIFE.
Bad Result Of Carrying a Pistol

Last Wednesday night about 10
O'Clock, Mrs. James Ricketts, was
seriously wounded by pistol shot
from a weapon in the hands of her
husband. From the best information
we can get, the shooting was acci-
dental. Ricketts, had been out in
town and returned home at 10
o'clock. AS he came in, his wife saw
a pistol exposed in his hip pocket and
spoke TO him about it, adding that it
was dangerous and he oughtnot carry
it. Ricketts, pulled the weapon from
his pocket and attempted to lay 1t on
the mantel-piece but in so doing the
pistol was discharged. Mrs. Ricketts,
was sitting by the fire and immedi-
ately complained of being shot. Her
arm was paralyzed audit was thought
the shot had taken effect in her arm,
but. an examination failed to locate
the wound. d.. Woosley, who lives
next door, was called III and discov-
| cred that the ball had entered the
lady's right breast and passed through
the upper part Of the lung. The
ball dropped out when her
clothing was removed, having passed
through her body.
DR.. Woosley pronounces the wound
a dangerous one, but it will require
time to decide whether it will prove
fatal. Mrs, Ricketts, is daughter Of
Mr.. Z. j. Blaine and has been married
only few weeks. She is but little
more than a child in appearance,
Ricketts, himself being barely grown,
They live at Mr., J. I. Ricketts, OIL
Princeton street.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
! LARGE AND FINE

Of Perfumery.
Toilet Soaps. Combs
and Brushes, Cosmi-
tique and toilet arti-
cles generally, also a
fine stock Of station
cry j u S t received at
J. r. .Armistead's.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

Go to j. A. B. john
son and have your
harness repaired and
oiled and made as
good as new. IF you
wanta new set Of any
kind Of harness he is
prepared to furnish
you with them at re-
markedly low prices.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
NEW HOME.

anyone esirins to
purchase q NeuO Home
Sewing Machine at a
BARGAIN will call at
this office.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

We were not burnt
out in the recent fire
but will meet the mar
ket on all goods. Try
us and we will con-
vince you. You can
buy Domestics and
Dry Goods Of all
kinds, as cheap from
us as a n y W h g r e.
JUS t received new
Hambergs, Torchons,
Check Muslins, Linen
Collars, Handker-
chiefs. Gosamers
for Ladies, nj S S rs
and Chill dr. Q n very
cheap.
Very Respectfully,
JONES & co.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
SHELBY DUKE.

My thoroughbred bull, Shelby
Duke, will make the season at my
farm on the Steger's Mill road, at
P..oWsLEY.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

Blumensteil's Re-
pair Shop is the place
to have your buggies
painted and trimmed
in the best style. Old
Poindexter Carriage
Shop, over Andrew
Halls marble works.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
SPECIAL LOCALS.

FOR SALE-
B room cottage, in good repair, corr
ner Virginia and Jackson streets.
Apply to j. W. Hayes at Jones &
Co. no.l6-lm
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
Licensed to Wed This Week.

w. W. Lewis to Miss Georgia L. Dickinson.
C0LORED.
johnson Tucker to Mary Moss.
+. P. Baker to Mary Barker.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
SPECIAL LOCALS

Soaps, Combs and
Brushes, Toilet Arti-
cles, Perfumes, and in
fact the incest line of
goods ever kept in a
Drug Store can be
found at Gathers.
He would like to have
his friends call and
examine before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
DISSOLUTION.

The firm Of Gish &
Garner, having been
dissolved by mutual
consent, all pc r.
sons owing them by
note or account will
come forward at once
and settle. Their bus
must be wound up.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

Inspectors weekly report of the
Hopkinsville Tobacco Market, for the
week ending, Feb. %, 1885.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

A young counter-hopper of this
city lost his revolver while out
sparkling his girl last night. This is
the first time The Times knew that it
was customary for Bowling Green
beaux TO arm themselves when they
called ON their sweethearts.-Times.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

When you come to
town don't forget the
place to buy Y GU r
groceries is at G.. U.
Vests grocery near
the depot.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

M. Lipstine has just
returned from Louis
vile with a nice line
of Silks and Satins.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

Take your prescrip-
lions to G.. E. Gath
er's Drug Store, where
they will receive
prompt and careful
attention.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
TO HORSE OWNERS.

The best and cheap
est place in the c i t Y
to get your h o r S o S
.shod is at Stanield &
Davis S h o p. Salts
faction g uaran n Q d,
next door to A. H. An
derson's grocery, Vir-
GINA st.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
The Best Hogshead
in the Market.

If you want good hogsheads, 1 am
prepared to furnish you with them
made by the celebrated hogshead
maker, j. W. Tucker, who has no
equal in this business. My prices
are very reasonable, and 1 can make
it to your interest to call on me. All
l ask is trial to convince you that
my hogsheads are the best in the
market. Give me a call, Virginia
street, Mitchell & Winfree's old stand.
HENRY Il. BARD.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27
FARMERS,

3
When you come to
town court day don't
fail to call on Met
calfe, Graham & Co.,
and see for yourself
that they have the
best stock of Agricul-
tural I m pl e m @ n t s,
Hardware, Seeds and
Fertilizers In the city.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

D. +. SMITHsoN.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-27

MHl6h1.
Nelson County Bourbon $50 GAL; Anderson
County Bourbon 800; Monarch Daviess 22j;
Tcnnessee-W oodson's make, Sour Mash l.6O
$50: Browns Robertson County 1,5O to $50.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
How "Mister" Originated.

At a time when men were generally
called by their Christian names and
surnames only, the word mister" was
probably applied as q sort of title to
those who had learned q mystery or
trade, and who would perhaps be
looked upon as Of higher rank or posi-
ton than mere laborers or husband
men. The question SO often met with
in old writers: ':What mister wight is
that?' meaning, what is that mans
employment and consequent condition
in life? seems to favor this view.
Smart, however, seems to think that
Mister was adopted, or, at least pro-
NOTED, for the sake of analogy with
''mistress;' ''for mistress, among old
English writer's" says Smart, GOTTEN
had the form of mistress in order to
suit with master, which was then used
where we now find mister" Walker
says. likewise. that 1.-The same process
of change which has corrupted master
into mister, has, when it is a title of
ciyility only. contracted mistress into
missus. Toledo Blade.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
Cattle Lice.

All kinds Of .sarm animals are more
liable to attacks of lice in winter than
in summer, because during the cold
weather they are usually crowded in
stables or yards that are not kept as
clean and well ventilated as they should
be. Colonel F. ID. Curtis recommends
the following for killing lice on cattle,
and it is probably as good as any of the
oiatments made especially for this pur-
pose. Melt hogs lard. and in it dis
solve salt one-third of the bulk of the
grease; take as much of this grease as
will be required to smear the animal all
over, and into the mixture pour kero-
sene oil and stir it up. Two gills of
the kerosene would be sufficient for a
COW of ordinary size: One application
will be sufficient to destroy the lice and
leave the skin smooth and soft.-N.
Y. SIN,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
iron Telegraph Poles.

A metallic telegraph pole has been
adopted by the Canadian Government
for its telegraph lines on the North
western praicies. The pole is con-
structed Of malleable galvanized iron
and is II inches in diameter at the top
and p inches in diameter at the bot
tom. and weighs less than fifty pounds.
The bottom of the pole is set into a claw
plate, upon which the earth is closely
packed to a height of about two feet.
Then another plate is put into place
around the pole and the earth packed
upon it to the level of the ground. The
claw-plates take q hold in the ground
at once, so that the pole becomes
solidly fixed Immediately after being
set, which desideratum is only obtained
by the ordinary wooden pole after it
has been in the ground for at least a
year. A recent test is said to have
shown the great strength of the polo,
as a heavy No. 6 government wire was
strung and the poles subjected to the
greatest possible strain, but without
moving them in the least.-N. Y. Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
WENT TO SHOOT.
How q Young African Came Near Murder
ing His Step-Father.

How q Young African Came Near Murder
ing His step-Father.
We were sitting in the office of .
hotel in a town on the Tennessee
River, and a colored man came along
with a revolver in his hand. One of
the men called him into the hotel and
asked:
"Sam, what are you doing with that
thing?"
"Gwine ober to hab a riot with Bill
Peters, de barber" was the prompt
reply.
whats he been doing?"
"Talkin' bout my mudder, sab.
Yes, sab, he's bin %slanderin' her all
ober town; He's dun got to take it
back or I'll bore him."
II guess Wen go over"
can right, sah.''
Five Oh six of US followed him into
the barber shop. Peters was shaving
a white man, and he looked up and
said:
"Boy, what you dom wild dat ole
shootin'-iroa?"
"Gwine ter bore ye!" replied Sam.
''What furr"
"Kase you has bin lynn bout de ole
WOMAN"
''Shoo! You jist waltz!
20, I'll wait! 1 amt de pusson to
put a white gem'lan out. After that
gem'lan leaves de char you want to
look out fur me-"
Mr.. Peters finished shaving the man,
who did not even turn his eyes toward
Sam, and then powdered his face and
combed his hair. Sam sat there with
the revolver on his leg, cool as ice, but
the mans throat he said:
'Boy! you go home!'
.:'Who you talking top asked Sam.
ITO you, sab! I'ze got a right to talk
to you"
"How?"
"Kase I'ze yer %step-fadder. 1 mar'd
yer mudder two hours ago. Dat makes
you my step-son, sab, an if you don't
pat up dat shooter an git out o. dis I'll
wollop ye widin two inches of yer life!"
''Hoo! You're dun mar'd map"
Eyes, sah."
can you've my step-fadder?"
"'Cose lis. Now you make tracks
fur dat wood pile behind the house, an
when dinner am ready you come down
heah an call yer PAP
Sam laid the revolver on a chair and
walked out without Another word, so
humbled that his feet dragged on the
gravel as he went off down the walk.
''Come around heah to shoot his step.
fadder!' growled Peters. ssWhy, das
boy hadn't got no sense tall. Next
Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
ABOUT CHlLD-WIvES.
A Pernicious Custom Which Must be AboI
ished at All Hazards.

A Pernicious Custom Which Must be !AboI-
ished at All Hazards.
A very young girl is certainly not
capable Of choosing a husband. She
takes it for granted that men are al
ways al she sees them in society-po-
lite, friendly and on their good bekav-
lor. If she marries early in life the
man who happens to please her fancy,
she learns to her sorrow that in nine
cases out of ten q mar at home and a
man in society are widely different be-
ings. Five years at that period of life
produces a great change in opiniond
and feelings. We frequently come to
detest at twenty-five what we admires
at sixteen. We advance from the tafpy-
candy and peanut age to the era of
g%um-drops marion glaces, and yer in
later years to lose our %yearnings fer
those dainties. Similar changes take
place in the moral and spiritual nature.
Why should we feel the same toward
persons in after life, when we have
learned to distinguish between the false
and the true, the bad and good, any
more than we should like dime novels
after we have become acquainted with
Dickens, Thackeray and Shakespeare!
How few, comparatively, of the
schoolgirl friendships extend into
later life. How few of our COM
panions in society do we love as
well after twenty years have passed.
How few even of our own brothers
and sisters in whom we do not see
faults we could wish eradicated. Con-
sidering all this, how is it possible for
II to feel surprise when a couple who
marry in their teens grow to love each
other less as years roll by? When both
grow alike, whether it be rapidly or
slowly, backward or forward, there is
some hope of their ever seeing each.
other with the same eyes, but when one
difference springs up between them,
and in time one. looks down upon the
other with a feeling of superiority,
perhaps unconfessed, but still there,
while the other, unable to perceive the
real cause of the trouble, grows at
length to dislike what was once loved.
And thus it happens that those who
loved at sixteen are Indifferent at
twenty-five, and somstimes divorced at
thirty. One great cause of early mar
riages is the pernieious habit of calling
q girl who remains unmarried until
twenty-five an cold maid" This IS
done by well-meaning but thoughtless
persons, who wonld be sorry to think
that any act OF expression Of theirs had
caused one an hour Of misery; yet this
very dread of being called an cold
maid" has driven more women into
marriage and lifelong misery than any
other thing, excepting, perhaps,
poverty. 1t is a mistake to think that
single life is any less noble than mar
riage, especially if the spirit of discord
is permitted to infict It's horrors upon
a whole household. -London ISidbns.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
ABD-uL.hAMlD.
The Busiest and Most Careworn Man in
the Ottoman Empire.

the Ottoman Empire.
His Majesty the Sultan of the Otto
man Empire is a most high and puts
saint monarch. His will is law and his
nod is death. He has many palaces;
he rules despotically over a vast en-
pire; he makes quantities of Paslas
cross their fawning hands whenever he
looks at them; he has the power to do
anything to any n of his faithful sub
jects-eScept recall him to life after he
has killed him. But social power he
has none. His life is passed in an end
less round of official drudgery. nay,
positive servitude. Each minutest de-
tail of business, from the highest Wis
ions OF diplomacy down to the opening
of a new coffee house on the shores Of
the Bosphorus, passes through his au-
gust hands; and each incident of every
transaction forms a focus of i~ntrigues
which, in their conglomeMte mass, it
would take twenty Sultan's with a hun
dred times Abd-nl-Hamid's power to
disarm and defeat: What time, there
fore, can he have to spare for society?
The commander of the Faithful may
be seen any week as he goes to his Fri
days prayer. Then, before the
gaze of an adoring p%opulace,
through lines of splendid troops,
crowds of brilliant aides-de-camp and
Pashas, fair yelled ladies, braying brass
bands and screaming dogs there passes
athin-faced, long-nosed, grizzled-beard-
ed pale man in a half-closed carriage,
nervously tluttering his hand before his
face by way of salute, and receiving the
low salaams of all in return. He hur-
ries into the mosque, scarce giving him
self time to throw a half-frightened
glance round, and so is lost to view be-
fore he can well be seen. When one
considers why that face is so worn and
pale, why those hands are so nervous,
how the heart behind that blue military
coat must be beating like a roll of
drums, n feels grateful that one is
but a private individual, and not his
Imperial Majesty, the Sultan Abdul
Hamid H., living as he does in perpet-
ual fear of assassination. The head of
the State neither caring nor daring to
assume his position in society, no other
Turk essays the role Of social leader
ship. Not only might such an attempt
cause him to be u%nfavorably regarded
by his sovereign, but the Turk has
neither by temperament nor custom
any inclination to mix in European So
ciety. tits, to say, too animated Tor
him. He is q quiet, sober, reflective
creature, who, after his days work,
likes to return to his house, put on his
old slippers and his old coat, and, after
his evening meal, devote himself to con
templatiye smoking among his women
folk and children. Or, if he is in a
more social mood, he will perhaps in.
wife some Of his intimates to smoke, and
chuckle over childish stories with them
in the outer chamber. Again, he can
not return hospitality; the harem sys-
tenn puts that out Of the question.
Finally, he likes to go to bed and to
rise early-habits incompatible with
social duties. -F'ort@ightly Reuiew.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
A Mean Bostonian.

The champion mean man has turned
up in the shape of a Bostonian. A
South Boston man recently built two
houses, side by side-one for himself
and one to sell. In the house sold he
had placed a furnace against the party
wall of the cellar, and from its hot air
chamber he had constructed f1ues 10
heat his own domicile. The owner of
the other house found it very hard to
keep his house warm, and was aston
ished at the amount of coal required to
keep his family comfortable, while the
dishonest builder kept himself warm ut
his neighoor's expense nearly q whole
winter before the trick was discovered,
.-&9:sf!ayt Nlnrs.