Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-06-16
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.

Geo. w. Cocktail, brakeman, was
killed by the cars, at Cynthiana.
The Morning Star, a temperance
paper, has just been started at Glas-
gov.
Fifty-two young ladies graduated
from the Louisville High School last
week.
Parish Arnett has been nominated
for the Legislature by the Democrats
of Morgan and Magotiin counties.
Isaac L. Lehman fatally shot him
self in the mouth with suicidal i'll
tent, at Louisville.
Jas. Whitney, an 1S-ycar-olG boy,
is in Jail at GreenviIle for horsc-steal-
ing.
l. V. Gregory is the Democratic
Legislative candidate for Monroe
and Metcalfe counties, w. NJ. Riggs
is the Republican candidate.
Michael Barrett, Louisville grocer
whose trouble was so great that he
could not bear it, ended his life with
pistol, last week.
AT Spottsvillc, Henderson county,
James Hayes cut his brother Johns
throat from ear to ear, killing him on
the spot, in an alteration Thursday
Kraft and Turner, who were tried
at Harrodsburg, charged with firing
the town, were dismissed for want
of sufficient evidence TO settle the
crime upon them.
The Union Local reports the mar.
riage at Morganfield of Thomas JEFF
ferSon Stonewall Jackson Gray TO
Miss Pearl Matte Ann Elizabeth
Quintilla Carney, on the 10th inst.
Pleas Everhart, wealthy Young
man Of Bowling Green, whose moth
er is a sister of Chief Justice Hines,
has been sent to the penitentiary for
seven years for assaulting married
woman with evil intentions.
An attempt was made one night
last week to mob Joe Gray, the MUIR
dcrer of Miss Davis, confined in the
Cloverport Jail. The jaier heard of
the mob i'll time to secrete Gray in
the woods near the town.
The State Board of Equalization
met at Frankfort on the 10th and or
ganized by electing j. IL. Northup
ninth district, Chairman; G. c..
Coulter, First District, Secretary
w. IL. POsoy and Jno. w PAYNE.
Frankfort, Assistant Secretaries
The Board adjourned till the 23rd to
await reports from some of the coun.
ties.
A novel suit was begun in the Lou
isville Chancery Court Friday morn
ing by the filing Of petition by Mat
tie Palmer against VIM. L. Mont
gomery, asking that an alleged mar
riage between them be declared void,
and that Montgomery be enjoined
from making any claim to her chill
prem. The petition says that plain
tiff was married to Montgomery in
1871, believing him to be a white
man. She claims now that he has
negro blood in his veins and prays
that the marriage be declared null.
Montgomery is musician and tray
cling lecturer for museums and
looks like Caucasian. Mrs. Palmer
is the daughter of groccryman and
is quite pretty.
a terrific shooting aflray, with
pistols and shot gun, took place at
East Barnstadt, Laurel county,
Thursday afternoon, between three
brothers, George, William and James
Thompson, and Wllkerson and Ru-
fns Lawson, cousins. Wilkerson
Lawson was instantly killed, having
received besides other wounds,
charge Of buckshot in the side of the
head and face. Rufus Lawson is Sc
riously wounded in the left side and
lower portion of the left arm by large
pistol balls. The difficulty was over
some gossip among the families of
the cOmbatants, and would probably
have been amicably settled but for
the meeting of James Thompson and
Wilke Lawson, who Immediately be-
gan firing at each other ;the others be-
ing around and expecting trouble,
soon took part, B. L. Poynter, a
spectator, was severely wounded by
pistol shot in the calf of his left
leg.