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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28

travelled with them. Gracious, but
don't we remember the tlain-load OF
recruits that left Madison in the
spring of 1862. The first soldier that
got in the car kicked out two win
dows, stuck his head out the hole,
and called the captain Of his company
bald-headed old guthoogen. The
captain sent the second lieutenant in
the car to snatch the recruit bald
headed, and the officer was seized by
the back of the neck and The .pants
and showed through the window onto
the depot platform so quick he didn't
know what his salary was, and the
broken glass tore his new coat off,
The cars were loaded, and so were
the soldiers. The most of them were
full of beer and cheese, and they
raised merry hades, ripped up seats,
kicked over the stove and pulled the
bell-rope after the train got started,
and scared the conductor so he had
fits, by firing revolvers with blank
cartridges at the roof Of the car. O.,
it was a picnic. No dicipline, no
nothing. but beer. The boys would
sing and dance, and if an officer
showed up some one would hit him
on the neck with a haversack full OF
hard tack, and if lie got mad they
would lay him down in the aisle and
sit on him. No officer would come
in car with the boys unless he
could do as they did, and howl. Co
ing through Chicago il took four
guards to watch each soldier, to keep
him from slraying away and taking
in the town, and getting left. After
leaving Chicago anybody who tried
to camp down in a seat and sleep
was court-martialed and shot in the
neck with the cork f.om a bottle. 1t
was wild. Three days later those
boys who were so kitteny went iniO q
fight, and how they did fight! There
was discipline enough then. The
officers that had been treated so dis
respectfully on starting from home
were looked up TO as though they
were cmperors, every order was
kew work from ihot Lonr The fol.
law who kioked out tho ear window
led a ,haroa on hroostwsrk and
hroinrd with his musket coufederat,
who was roing to shoot the cantai,
he had called n baldheaded yuthooUe,
rnur davs brfnre The fellows VIII,
left Wisconsin, So full of beer tha
their back teeth were afloat had 90,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
Big Words.
[ENCllnnge.l

1t is never well to use big words
when small ones will express the same
meaning. A lady who was making
a call on some acquaintance observed
that the furniture had been changed,
and remarked to the lady:
"You have been metanorphosed
haven't you?'
"Y-e-s," said the other, hesitaiing-
ly. "You mean re-papered, | suppose
it looks much better, doesn't tr'
Another lady was showing visitor
round her grounds, which were undtl
the care of a landscape gardener, anc
she inquired of her friend how she
liked the work.
"Why, l think she said, "tha
you like symmetry"
"Why," said the other, "we don
intend to bury any one here. Their
is a good cemetery quite near"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
InAammatory rheumatism.

have been afflicted for nearly four
teen years with the severest form OF
inhammatory rheumatism. For a
large portion of the time was confin-
ed to bed, and suffered the most ex-
cruciating pain, my legs badly swol-
len. My case was thought incurable
by the physicians, and have often
hoped that death would ensue and
relieve me of pain. Last month |
secured, at the suggestion of a friend,
one dozen bottles of Swift's Specific
and after using about six bottles ]
am entirely free from pain, the first
time in nearly fourteen years. My
Joints are becoming more supple and
The swelling gone. l am ready tt
answer any inquiries as 10 the fac,
in the case.
Cabot, Ark, April 10, 'S4.
&. w. ST. CLAIR.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3
Atlanta Ga.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
FA1RvIEW FLASHES.
For THE South KENTUCKIAN.

For THE SOUTH kENTUCKIAN.
But little gardening done so far in
our town aud every thing seems back
ward in that particular.
Rev. Thomas Penick, of Louisville,
formerly of this place, preached to
good audience at Goshen, last Sunday.
Rev. Frank Perry preached at the
M. f. church at night.
Miss Bertha Danforth is spending
the week with Mr.. William Jesup in
the grove.
Miss Matte Lawson left last Mon
day for Elkton, where she will re-
main for time with relatives and
friends.
Miss Lillian I.eavell, our music
teacher, was visiting the family OF
Dr. Hopson last week. She returned
Sunday.
Miss Ida Cowardin, from Idaho
Springs, near ClarksviIle, Tenn, is
circulating among her many friends
in the neighborhood,
Hollie f. Brown, piano tuner and
ropairer for K. DOrman u Cos
music emporium, Nashville, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his par.
ents and friends here.
Many ladies from the country arc
seen on the streets about every day
looking after spring goods and visit.
ing friends.
Mr.. Calvin LaynP, another visitor OF
.I | LnnriIa untur,,nI hama n ia la
ago after an absence ofseveral months
lie seems much improved in health
Itis thought by many that although
| winter remained with us so long ant
the fieecy clouds that indicate the ap
proach of Spring are so late in max
ing their appearance and the phases
of the moon seem so unreal that OF
or about Monday the 4 Of May th,
little finny tribe will begin to bite
owing TO the convening Of the GraEt
Jury in Todd county on that day.
Mrs. Ada Smith, one of our neares
neighbors, is still quite sick with feve
but thought to be little better il
the last few day.
1t is reported that the Pastor of tn
old Bethel church. near Pembroke
and the members living in the neigh
bOrhoOd will arrange for protracte'
meeting TO be held soon at Cav
Spring, about one mile from Fair
view instead ofat Bethel as heretofore
1t seems to me it would be goo,
plan to remove the old church to thi
place as the membership is now di
vided and have new church at Penn
, broke.
: Rev. Mr.. Shaw on last Sunda,
organized Sabbath School at CASH
Store, three miles from here towarC
/ Elkton, with ID. G. Mcclellan a
Superintendent, no doubt much goo,
Q will result by this move.
5 There is an old gentleman by th
Eame Of llenry Blankenship livin
5 about one and half miles from her
t who is said to be l04 years old. ii
: is still able to work a little. 1t
thought he has done more hark wor
G than any man in county.
Hon. William Henry. prominel
Q young lawyer Of the lIopkinsvill
bar, was in our town last Friday
+ He was in company with a youn
t lady, one ofthe favorites of the Grow
Mr.. Oscar Layne, manipulation {
the yard stick Of your city, was visit
\ ing his fathers family Sunday las
1 Mrs. Terry left for her home i
!, Adairville few days ago.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
Going to War in a Pullman,

Peck's Sun.
"Rccruits for the Canadian war in
the north west are being sent TO the
front in Pullman cars" says dis
patch in one of the papers. Soldiers
in Pullman cars! Truly, war is
robbed of much of its glory when
soldiers start to the seat Of war in
such luxury. 1t must be an interes-
Ting sight to see a carload of soldiers
disrobe for the night in Pullman
car, and roll into the clean sheets of
the berths, and sleep all night, have
their boots blacked by the porter,
get up in the morning and wash in a
toilet room, and go to dining-car
for their breakfast. A soldier would
be spoiled for active service who
started out that way. 1t was diff
ferent during our war. Is there any
gentleman within the sound of oul
voice who was ever on train with a
load of recruits on the way TO the
front, any time after 1862? If so he
remembers that the boys did moi
retire ON downy beds the night he
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
The Blue, the Gray and Grant.
ny T. Q. lIARBAUGII.

by G. HARBAuGH.
They sat together side by side.
In the shade of an orange tree;
One had followed the flag of Grant,
The other had fought with Lee.
The boy in blue had an empty sleeve,
A crutcll had the boy in gray;
They talked of the long and dreary marcl
They talked of the bloody fray.
"'My chief is dead The Johnny said,
A leader brave was he;
And sheathed forever at Lexington,
Doth hang the sword OF Lee"
"My leader lives"-the boy in blue
Spoke low and with a sigh
"But all the country waits in fear
That he TO day may die.
"God bless our Grantw the veteran said.
And dropped II tear and then
In heartfelt tones the answer came,
For the rebel said-"Amenw
iasstown, Ohio.
Commercial Gazette.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28

The man who keeps an OK or cow
until it pines with old age is a double
loser by so doing. 1t invariably costs
more in food and care to maintain an
old animal than a young one. AS the
vigor of life fails, digestion is less per-
feet and assimilation slower and more
difficult, and the waste is greater As
the decline goes on, more and more
food is required to produce milk or
meat. Old animals can be seldom fat
tened at profit where it requires so
much more time and food to do it. But
their flesh is not equal to animals in
their prime, so there is loss, both in
quality and cost Of producing. Chi
cago Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
Men Think

they know all about Mustang Lin.
iment. Few do. Not to know is
not to have.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
The Brain and the Bottle.

Nobody can stand protracted indu'.
gence in strong drink. The topers
who seek continued stimulus in what
they call their "bitters," have mud
died brains, blood shot eyes, unsteady
gait, and ruined digestion. just re-
member that the stuff they call "bit'
lers," is not Browns Iron Bittcrs
No topper wants it. 1t contains moth
ing that suits him for stimulus. 1t il
u pure tonic, and tie best prepara
ton of iron in existence. Cures in
digestion, malaria, kidney and live
diseases.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28

Col. w. E. Hopson, postmaster at
Bowling Green, has resigned. His
term would have expired May B. II
is believed that Elvis Ii. Porter will
be his successor,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
Dahlgren I'LL special

The good people of this town are consid-
erably worked up over horrible double
tragedy and suicide committed in their
midst. Mrs. James Williams was the
daughter of Squire Atchison, well-to- do
resident of Dahlgren. and one of the leading
men of Hamilton County. Several years
ago she married, against her fathers wishes.
poor farmer named James Williams.
They rented small farm and tined to make
good living but somehow the crops didn't
turn out well. and they had hard work
keeping the wolf from the door. Then
Squire Atchison died, and, as he was well off,
Mrs Williams thought now they could pay
for their farm and make some much needed
improvements; but unfortunately the old
gentleman had cut her off with pittance.
leaving his property to her more fortunately
situated brothers and sisters. This preyed
on her mind, and she finally determined to
end her sorrows and save her children from
miserable future. While her husband
was off at work last Friday she threw her
oldest child, little girl, into the WELL and,
fastening her baby to her dress, jumped in
herself, dragging the baby after her. She
left no note behind to tell where she and
the children had gone, and it was not
until the next day that their bodies were
found ut the bottom of the well, with
sheet of ice above them, the water having
frozen during the night.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

Ex-Speaker Samuel j. Randall was
well received ut Louisville, Ky. He was ten
dared q warm welcome by the Board OF
Trade was dined by the leading local club,
and delivered speech to an audience mod
crate I'm numbers, attacking the method in
which public AFFAIRS have been administered
by the Republicans.
The car-driver strikers ut New Or
leans threw cars of the tracks, and maltreat-
ed the drivers, and number of arrests were
made. An agreement was made, and the
strike ends with the men receiving an ad-
vance of 90 per month.
A dispatch from Little Rock says
that "throughout Arkansas the bayous and
rivers are over their banks, flooding the
country for miles. Railway tracks are un-
der water, and bridges have been weakened,
thus retarding travel In the White River
Valley plantations are submerged, and stock
have been drowned"
Hopkinsville, KY, has been laid
wasts by fire for the second time within two
years The loss Is estimated at SIS, 900.
Ex-Speaker Randall journeyed from
Louisville to Nashville, where he was accord
cd cordial reception. He made a speech,
visited the venerable widow of ex-President
Polk, and inspected the largest cotton mill In
the city.
The Houston and Texas Central Rail-
way and the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio system have been consolidated. &.
p. Huntington will be General Manager of
the consolidated lines
Robbers entered Widow Rooney's
house at Wilmington. Del, believing that she
had $4,000 concealed; and upon denials that
she had any such sum, beat her brutally and
departed with $50. 1t is believed that the
woman's injuries will prove fatal.
Cotton-mill proprietors at Baltimore
feel buoyant over future prospects, aud all
factories will soon be in full operation.
Encke's comet, on its return trip, was
discovered, on the I'd of January, at Nash
vile, by E. L. Barnard. of the Vanderbilt
University Observatory.
A Baltimore dispatch reports that q
train which left that city over the Baltimore
Central Railroad for Oxford, Pa, was board
ed at Rising Sum- Cecil County, Nd, by two
men, who, by threats of violence, compelled
the passengers TO surrender their money,
watches, and other valuables. The men then
jumped from the train, which was running
at full speed.
The Norwegian bark Lena was
wrecked Off Hog Island, Va, eight persons
losing their lives In n fierce storm and
freezing weather the crew chung to the
doomed craft for twenty-four hours, but
finally dropped of one by one. The two sur
vivors hoated ashore by the aid of some
planks
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

Scientific experiments pursued at
Wheeling, Baltimore and Washington have
shown the hog-cholera germ is a bacillus,
capable of reproducing its kind, and that cat
tie can be inoculated for pleuro-pneumonia
and Texas fever.
Etzel, Hutchinson & Co., st. Louis
toy and notion dealers, have failed, with
Sl00,00 liabilities and Sol, 900 assets. II. w.
Stehr & Co., of New York. dealers I'm cloths,
have assigned, giving preferences to the
amount of $4,000.
President Arthur's reception at the
White House on New Years was a brilliant
affair. The President was assisted In receiv-
ing the guests by Mrs. McElroy. Mrs. McCul-
loch, Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. Brewster, and Mrs.
Teller. The toilets of the ladies were very
elaborate ard together with the uniforms of
the military officers and foreign legations
made a fine display. The diplomatic corps
was first presented, and then the Judges
of the Supreme Court and members
of both houses Of Congress. The
army came next and the navy, followed by
the survivors of the Mexican War and by the
Grand Army of the Republic. The Executive
Mansion was beautifully decorated. AT Al
bany, President-elect Cleveland stood at his
desk in the Executive Chamber for two hours
and shook hands with vast multitude of
people presented by his military staff.
The South American Trade Commits
sion has sailed from New Orleans for Ha-
vana, whence they viii go to Venezuela, Co
lombia, and the Central American States.
There will be no reduction in postage
and Mexico The proposed postal treaty has
failed in the Mexican Senate.
There were $3.50 business failures in
the United States last week, an increase of
lightweight over the previous week.
The appearance of an infectious dis
ease among sheep in the Province of Quebec
was met by an order of the Government to
slaughter all suffering animals on an allow
ance Of two-thirds their value.
The Phoenix Manufacturing Com
pany's building, at Erie, Pa, and three resi-
dences were burned, causing loss of $780,
600. The Hon. Foratio Seymour residence,
at Marquette, Mich, was burned, the JAM
tor, who slept in the basement, being suffo-
Gated. Two stores worth $4,000, at Mexico,
Mo-, and a residence valued at $50, 900 in
Syracuse, N. Y, were destroyed by fire. The
Glen Wooden Mill at North Adams, Mass,
was also burned, causing loss of 500, 900.
powder-mill near Xenia, Ohio, was demol-
isbed by an explosion, an cmploye being
blown to pieces.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08

pie. and TO formulate , plan fer bester organ
ixation IN the 6tate.
Democrats who have lately visited
Gov. Cleveland agree in confessins that they
could elicit no information from him con-
corning his purposes, and express doubt AS
to whether he has chosen single member of
his Cabinet as yet. They pronounce him
good listener. but cautious In making
promises.
The National Civil-Service Reform
League recently wrote to Gov. Cleveland
commenting its purposes to his patriotic
care. The Presdentelect replied that he re-
garded himself as pledged to practical reform,
but that he almost doubted whether friends
of the cause would stand firmly by It when 1t
INSTRUCTED their way to patronage. He call
ed attention TO the fact that many Office
holders have disregarded their duty to the
people and become offensive partisans, and
should be taught lesson.
In the construction which they place
upon Gov. Cleveland's letter to the Civil
Service Reform Association, says the Wash.
ington correspondent OF the Chicago Times.
Democrats and Republicans are about equally
divided, and they are pleased or dissatisfied
accordingly. The general tenor OF the proc
lamation is commended by a large portion Of
both parties, but many ofiiceholders and the
Democratic spoilsmen are puzzledto measure
the length and breadth of Cleveland's mean
ing in the paragraph which declares that
there are many persons holding Office who
have forfeited all just claim TO retention be-
cause they have used their places for party
purposes, and proved themselves offensive
pariisans and INSCRIPTIONS manipulators
of local party management. 1t is
claimed that this paragraph opens
wide door through which he may drive
out nine-tenths OF the employees of
the Government and that he would not have
been so careful to insert IL unless IL had been
his psrpose to take advantage of that easy
method of displacing Republicans to make
room for Democrats. Another class of Dem
ocrats approve of the theory of the letter
that merit rather than mere party service
should be the test of fitness for Office, but
they question the judgment OF Cleveland in
committing himself on the subject OF civil
service reform in anticipation of his inaug-
ural deliverances upon public questions, and
without sufficient reason for discussing the
subject at this time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
NEARLY 1000 LIVES LOST.
Frightful Results OF the Recent Earth
quake in Spain.
[Cable dispatch from Madrid. ]

lCable dispatch from Madrid.l
The official reports show that 266 persons
were killed in Malaga and Granada by the
recent earthquake. The population Of
Granada is still encamped in the square,
the richer classes lodging in carriages along
the promenade. The facade of the
cathedral is seriously damaged Many
houses were destroyed in Jimena, and q
whole family killed in the village of Cajar
by falling chimney. Over half the in
habitants of Albunuchas were killed. AL
hama is mostly in ruins. Commerce is par
alyzed. Two hundred houses at Alfarnete-
10 were damaged. The panic is subsiding.
The shock was not felt in the northern and
northwestern provinces. The Government
lamity fund for the relief of the sufferers in
the province of Granada.
Later advices state that 800 lives were
lost ut Albania; $50 houses and tho church
were destroyed and thirty persons killed at
Periana; the Town Hall and many houses
were damaged at Torox. the inhabitants of
which fed panic stricken. 1t is now esti-
mated that 600 persons we're killed in the
province of Malaga, including those killed
at Albania.
Fresh shocks more violent than the first
have occurred at Torrox and Albania. The
panic in those places has revived.
Official returns from the province Of
Granada say that 526 were killed by the
earthquake there, and in Malaga 100. In
Albania over $50 bodies have already
been recovered. In Periana sixty bodies
have been recovered. Many persons died
from fright. The convicts in Seville pris-
on attempted to escape.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
CLEVER SWINDLERS.
Chips from the Washington Monument
Washington special

Chips from the Washington Monument
Washington special
A gang of sharpers have organized here
for the purpose of imposing upon the
public chips from the Washington monu-
ment with miniature representations of the
monument, Mount Vernon, and the Capitol
painted on one side. These operators
have sent to the quarries in Maryland
where the monument stone came from.
and bought carload of slabs from
the identical vein that the monument ma
terial was taken from. Those are broken
into fragments and painted. and will be
sold as chips from the monument De-
tectives are at work on case which they
suppose will reveal an extensive swindling
operation. An advertisement has appeared
in several Northern newspapers which con-
tains the names of three citizens Of the Dis
trict. and states that they have received an
appropriation which will enable them to
distribute 1000 memento's Of the Wash
ington monument, which they will do upon
receipt of 81 cents for postage. The piece
of marble to be furnished as q memento is
to have a painting upon it and to be set in q
handsome plush frame.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-08
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record of the Week.


Vice President Burden, of the Bur-
den Iron Company of Troy, N. Y, has
brought a suit against the company for the
appointment OF a receiver. charging that its
affairs are improperly conducted. The CON-
pany has a capital OF $2.0O0.0oo and om-
ploys $500 men.
All the knitting-mills at Cohoes, N.
Y. have resumed work. The resumption
gives employment to several thousand oper-
atives.
Seven locomotive engineers employed
by the Pennsylvania Company have been dis
charged for conspiracy with the time clerk
at Erie, by which they obtained $4,000 of un-
earned pay.
Without cause, John l.. Sullivan, the
pugilist, beat and kicked into insensibility in
a Boston saloon waiter girl named Rosa
Booth. Sullivan was intoxicated at the time,
and, as balm for the woman's serious in
juries. offers to pay her doctor bills.
Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburgh
millionaire, has announced himself Social
ist. He has not divided up his millions
among his employees as yet.
The Plttburgh Bessemer Steel w orks
have reduced the wages Of employees, on an
average, 81 per cent.
Last year at the Philadelphia Mint
52,27o,O0O pieces were coined, the value OF
which was sl6,947,O9o.
DR.. Carver broke quarter of a ton
of coal with his rife, ut New Haven, firing
$50 shsts In 33 minutes, and smashing the
coal piece by piece.
One hundred weavers in Johnson's
mill, at North Adams, struck against a re-
duction, and were ordered from their tene-
ments.
A prominent official at Washington
reports that five New York physicians re-
Gently examined into the condition Of Gen.
Grant, and found him completely broken
down in body and requiring absolute rest.
In boarding a moving train in Phila-
delphia, John Mccullough, the actor, slipped
from the platform, and would have been
crushed to death had not coored attendant,
who grasped Mr.. McCuloush's hand, by a
great effort pulled him on board.