Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-03-13

fall before the more deadly cigar.
Strange that a man who has so often
been under fire should succumb to
smOke.-Louisville Times.
Gen. Ben. Butterworth, commits
sioner of patents, resigned early
Tuesday morning. This is the first
case recorded of an Ohio Republican
dropping anything but red-hot
stove.-St. Louis Republican.
Glass on social economy: Profess
Or Mr.. Meninges, what would you
suggest as the first step necessary to
the Encouragement of divorces !?
Meninges-Fcwer marriages.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Cleveland's Inauguration will be
celebrated by Mexicans and Ameri-
cans on the summit of Mount Popo-
catepetl. In other words, those
taking part propose to have "a high
old mc."-St. Louis Republican.
HO IA lhuuSuo ScHdtO phhoSh 'hS
bill to change the name of Dorsey
county in that state to Cleveland.
Steve W., the ex-senator from that
state, after whom it was named, new
er was in high favor in Arkansas
st. Louis Republican.
The "course of true love" traced by
letters in breach of promise suit re-
Gently, read in this manner: "Dear
Mr. Smith," any dear john" "My
darling John" "My own darling
Jack" "My darling john" "Dear
john" "Dear Sir" Sir and all
was over.-Chicago Tribune.
The critics are after John w. Dan
iel Tor using the expression SOLITARY
and alone" in his Washington ora
ton. Cattle of that class will pass
unhecded the beauties Of that splen-
did effort while they gloat over what
may not be an error after ALL
Louisville Times.
IIazen, of the Signal Service, is to
be court-martialed. We are not
clear as to what he has done, but
suppose the charges against him re-
fer in some way to the the bitter
cold weather he has supplied tho
country with during the past winter
Louisville Times.
Mr.. j. G.. Givens, of this State,
read very able and lengthy paper
before the Chautauqua Literary So
ciety recently ON Kentucky. lie mem
toned all the natural productions of
the State but, unfortunately, one
that of Colonels, which as all should
know. is indigenous TO the soil
State Journal.
Florida was boasting of green peas
and Strawberries in January. Flori-
da is doubtless pleasant place to
live, but it must be very discourage
ing to hcrpeople not TO have green
peas and Strawberries until six
months after Kentucky has feasted
upon, and forgotten them.-Capital.
ain your sermon this morning |
heard something that l never heard
in any sermon before" said deacon's
widow to clergyman, who had
tried the patience of his congrega-
ton TO the utmost. "And pray what
was that. my dear madam" Inquir-
ed the minister highly flattered. II
heard the clock strike the hour
twice" c."-Yorick
Cleveland, Manning, Whitney and
Endicott have their faces decorated
with mustachcs only. Villas is total
stranger to the razor. Lamar shaves
his cheeks only, while Bayard and
and Garland are clean-shaven. Barr
ing the little bare spot on the Presi-
dents crown, there isn't bald head
among the heads of the Government.
Louisville Times.
The lightning rod men are begin
ming to buzz around their headquar-
ters, for the purpose of trying their
wings The short time that will
elapse before the spring campaign
opens and they will scour the coun-
try districts, admonishes the farmer
to get a horse-rasp and sharpens him.
self up, and to put fresh caps on his
gun,-Capital.
"'What will become of the Repub.
lican party after the 4th of March ?
asks an esteemed contemporary
The question which strikes home tC
the heart of patriotic Americans is
What will become of the country p
philadelphia Press. o. the coun'
try's safe. The Republicans have
been pretty free with the movables
but they can't make off with The rea
eslate.-Courier-Journal.
Denver Opinion wantonly goes ou
of its way and travels backward
twenty years to heartlessly SANDER |
dead soldier who had made the nam
of John II. Morgan illustrious as |
cavalry leader when Opinions edi
tor was a child. The son of gallau
revolutionist should be slow to writ
unfeelingly of those who in othe
fields followed the same path hi
honored father took in the land o
his birth Louisville Times.
A London. KY, woman sneeze,
while she had pin in her moutl
and it disappeared down her throat
and she is now frightenen almost t
death with the thought that it viii
kill her. With as many places +
stick pins about her as a woman has
it is strange that she should use he
mouth az a receptacle for them am
strange still that more accidents 0
the sort do not happen,-Interio
journal.
During the recent session of th
Grand Jury. a minister of the Cos
pei was called before that angus
! hodv and asked if he knew of an