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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
HOpkinsvilIe Retail Market
oorreotsd weekly by MCKEE q co.
TRAVELLER.

Corrected weekly by MCKEE d co.
FLouR-Patent process, $3.50; choice xxx
best family $3.50;
CORN MEAL-Unbolted,, SOC; Pearl, or bolted
sl.lO
BRAN-75c per cwt;
Forks to l0c net; sc gross.
Bacon--Clear sides, II to 1870; hams, 10 tollc.
Sugar cured, l5c; shoulders, 10 to lie.
Lard-Country, 10 to lie; snowflake, l911c.
GROCERIES.
Coaee-Choice, Is to 1880; prime, la1z to lie.
Sugar-Standard granulated, ~ to $50; pow
dered, III to l2Xc; coffee A, N to Sc; rural G.
az to Sc; extra G, 9 to nc; New Orleans,
8lzc.
Molasses-35 to 75c.
syrups-i5 to soc; kegs, LIS to $500.
salt-7-bushel barrels, $40; 5-bushel, $l.O5.
soap-Per box, White Russian, $5.7S; Blue In
dia, 1875; Irish, $3.50; s. B. $500.
sl.OO; BIB, lightweight, $3.50.
| Oysters-Per dozen, lib cans, full weight
a. X: a-ib, full weight, $2.lO; LIB, light weight,
Sardines--h boxes, Csc; French, S5c; q boxes,
loo; French, Csc; 1zboxes, Mustard, 1873 to zoe
Nails-ss.OO lOd. Csc additional smaller sizes
Soda to 10;
Candles-lS to 20 G.
Oils-Lard oil 10
Coal oil Is to zoe; Turpentine SOC.
CANNED GOODS.
Corn, doz. $l.25 to l.JO; Tomatoes 100 to Is
Pine Apples 900 to $50; Pears l.SO; strawber
ries 80; Blackberries l.5O Peaches 200 to $50
Pickle, per gal. 90.
Cheese-Factory l2lS to Is; Young American
IS to 20; N. Y. Chedda l71zto zoe.
Rice-716 to $50
, Lemons Csc per doz.
, Oranges 80 per doc.
Teas.Choice to Fancy Csc to LOO; Mixed !
good 80 to75c.
Chewing Tobacco--Greenville 81 to bOC
Gravely 80 to zoe; stonewall 40 to SOc. Havann
Clippings for smoking So TO lOc per package.
s COUNTRY PRODUCE.
!, Blackeyed Peas $2.OOto 2.2S ="
, Potatoes-Irish 15c;N. Y. State Early Roi
:, l.5O bbl.- l.2o bu.
Eggs 25c.
: WHISKY.
Nelson County Bourbon $50 GAL; Anderso
y County Bourbon 500: Monarch Daviess 80
!, Tennessee woodson's make, Sour Mash J..
la,bo; Browns Robertson 90 univ l.5o to 9.aS
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
A Pertinent Question.

Ed. SOUTH KENTUcKIAN
Is there any state law in Kentucky
expressing in what condition a turn
pike shall be kept to entitle its gates
to collect toll? If so, we think that
the toll-gates would be suspended
from collecting on the Clarksville
and Hopkinsville pike upon proper
official investigation. At all events
the road is now in a miserable con-
dition, and has been all winter. We
know of no other pike so badly kept
No wonder farmers prefer hauling
to GAINESVILLE.
Feb. A, 1885. TRAVELLER.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Speaking of State finances, the
Louisville Commercial says:
"The fact that the cost of prosecu-
tons in criminal cases jumped from
$4,000 in 1865 to $202, 900 in 1866 and
grew larger every year for fifteen
years is convincing that it was moth
ing but sheer robbery. The repeal
of obnoxious laws in 1880 reduced
the average cost of these prosecutions
about 100000, but the fact that they
still run up to about 100000 shows
that the county rings have learned a
new way to steal, and are still plum
dering the treasury under cover of
law. Nothing but change of the
system or the appointment of agents
to fill the penitentiary with the
thieves will prevent this robbery,
A study of the books shows that in
the department of criminal prosecu'
lions the steal has reached at least Q
million in fifteen years. In the cost
of keeping idiots during the same
time there has been steal of $500,
600, while In other expenditures
which l have had no time to exam
inc closely, there are indications o
other crookcdness, which may ad,
$4,000 more to the robbery. TIL
Legislatures have aided and abetteC
these thieves by refusing to ereC
safeguards when the opportunitie
10 steal were pointed out. The mem
bcrs were afraid of their county off
GERS and politicians who were at tn
head of rings generally, and thi
chain ofrings throughout the Stat
has pursued its way Of plunderin
and stealing with the connivance
the Legislature. Ifan investigate
were ordered, as in the case of Je
ferson county, committee was al
pointed that belonged body and SO,
to the ring, and anything like fac
was suppressed"
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
lIT / T

IlFl n for working people. Send 10 cents
postage, and we will mail you free,
HfI royal, valuable sample box OF
HILL goods that will put you In the way
OF making more money In few
days than you ever thought posi-
bic at any business. Capital not required. You
can live at home and work in spare time only,
or all the time. All Of both sexes, Of all ages,
grandly successful, 30 cents to IS easily earned
every evening. That all who want work may
test the business, we make this unparalleled of.
fer: To all who are not satisfied we will send
81 TO pay for the trouble Of writing us. Full
particulars, directions, etc., sent free. Immense
pay absolutely sure for all who start at once,
Dou't delay. Address STISsoN 8 Co.. Port
land Maine. Dec2S8m.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Those on the inside say 1t is set
tied fact that Senator Jonas, Of Louis
lana, is to be President Cleveland's
Postmaster General. No other mem
bers of the Cabinet have been def
nitely decided upon, though it is al
most certain that Dayard and Gar
land will be offered places.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

AT Chantilly, Miss, Eli Dorsey,
formerly of Elizabethtown, Ky, was
fatally shot by Judge Settles, while
clipping with the latter's daughter
Miss Matte. The Judge overlook
them and fired into the buggy with
the above result. Of course that
Settles the elopement.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
Notice Of Incorporation

The undersigned, In behalf Of themselves and
of the members the "Hubbarlsvillc Union Aid
Society,"" have associated themselves TO he in
corp0rated under chapter ~ OF the General
statute of kentucky. The name OF the cOrpOr
alton il to lie the "lfubbarlsyille Union Aid So
ciety" and its principal place OF business Is to
ba Huhbardsville, n suburb Of Hopkinsvilie
Christian county, Ky. The society Is organized
for charitable purposes, and its business lie To
establish other similar societies In Kentucky,
To issue warranty for same, to charge fees for
such warranty, TO assess and collect initiation
fees and periodical dues and fines ON its mem
hers TO provide for the Investment and care and
nroductiye benefits funds; and to appropriate
or use same and the profits thereof for the re-
lief OF its members, and the burial OF their dead
The corporation exists from February ], lSsS.
and shall continue for twenty five year,. The
affairs of the corporation to be conducted by
| quorum, its "lodge" and Its trustees, consist
| ing Of three OF its member who are TO be elect
| ed annually, the Indebtedness OF the society !
not TO exceed $780, and the private property o
lis members is not to be subject to the debts .
| the society.
CoRP0RArORs:
Joe Buckner, Gabriel Gaines,
Joseph Massey, VIM. Allen,
VIM. Lightfo0t. Ed. Buckner,
John Buckncr, Thomas FRUIT,
WIN. Buckner, Henry Young,
Wallace Bradshaw, Dock Fox.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Minnehaha, the Indian princess
and heiress, while acting as a museum
attraction at Cincinnati last week,
eloped with Robt. Rankin, a young
lawyer with whom she fell in love
while in St. Louis. She was in
Louisville before going 10 Cincinnati.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Mr.. Logan Curd has started the
Murray News at Murray, Galloway
county. The first number appeared
Thursday and it is an eight-page
paper, the inside being ready-print'
1t is gotten upin good style and is a
newsy, neatly printed local paper
NAV it grow and prosper.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

The North Carolina Legislature
has passed bill TO pension ex-Con-
federate soldiers who lost limbs or
an eve in the service of the State, or
by reasons of wounds are incapacita-
ted for manual labor.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Only one copy of our spicy little
contemporary, the Greensboro Inquir-
or, was received last week. As it is
a tri-weekly perhaps it came out once
and tried to get out the other two
times. 2. S. This is Joke.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE

Rev. d. L. Moody, the evangelist,
will be in Louisville, March l.
Jno. ii. Emerson was found dead
in bed at Clinton. He died in fit.
John Welsh, a tramp, had his foot
cut off by the cars, at Bowling
Green.
A Louisville policemen have been
relieved from duty by the reform
mayor.
The Argus says that 30 prisoners,
all told, were confined in the Mullen
burg Jail during 1884.
The Madisonville Cleaner has de-
clared for j. d. Powers, Of Hender-
son, in the District Collectors race.
Richard Hawkins, aged "a, shot
himself through the head, with ia
tai result, at Carrollton. Tired of
living.
The Journal says a Stanford girl
Tilted Baptist preacher after the
marriage had been announced and
the day set.
The Somerset Republican has
bought cylinder press and will ap'
pear in five-column quarto form
hereafter, discarding the patent out
side.
Ed. Cole, white "trusty" from
Henderson, with but eight months II
serve, took leg bail from the peniten
tiary Friday, while out without I
guard.
The Daily Times is the name re
tanned by the daily edition of the tw
consolidated papers at Bowling Greer
The weekly will be called the Times
Gazette.
Town Marshal Hodgins, of Unto
town, received $500 in rewards fc
the capture of Sam Holman, VIII
killed Town Marshal Taylor, of Mo-
3 garfield.
l Logan county boasts that she ha
,, no applicant for office under Presidel
1 Cleveland. Mrs. Porter will probabl
!, not be disturbed as post-mistress
Russellville.
The Gazette says a Mt Sterlir
+ man buys from sgd. Maple, of E
a till county, 800 dozen Q0,8OO egi
q every week. Are you sure you a
4 not eggs-aggerating?
l' Just this time last year the Oh
Is river was on the rampage" and Il
u great flood was doing its wori
: Happily, there will not be a repetiti'
y of the flood this month.
t. The Democrat says a Winchest
q girl sent her sweetheart fine too
10 comb, cake of soap and Turk
r towel for Christmas present. al
+. the young man quit speaking
70 her in consequence.
y. Two-thirds OF the business porti
of Hawesville in Hancock cOun
~ was burned Thursday night. Fo
% stores, two offices and one DWELL
were destroyed. Losses $1S,0
10 insurance $4,000.
Q A band of regulators, in Grays
90 county, surrounded the house OF
10 family named Forbes, but the Forl
- brothers fired on them, and succe'
20 ed in running them away, XIII
IA James Sally, one Of the regulate
:. 1t is said that the regulators hi
~ whipped helpless women, and ha
-. by threats, run persons out OF
1o county.
Ike The weather report from Fra
lct fort for January shows the foll'
he ing items: Highest temporal
Ii So degrees on the 9th ); loves
is degrees below zero on the 22nd; fl
sit 2P. M. of the 9th to 5 A. M. of
2Sth fall of45 degrees was record
clear days 8 fair days 7;cloudy d
ess Is; days on which rain or snow
UNI IA total rainfall and melted 81
ok, 6.42 inches total depth of snow
ing during the month l.30 inches; tn
owe derstorm on the 11th; frosts on
In 9Th. 9Th, 10th, and 81; lunar hi
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Richard Short, who stabbed Capt.
Phelan in Rossa's office some weeks
ago, has been held under a $1,000
bond and Phelan has been given per-
mission to carry arms. Short is a
dynamiter of the O'Donovan Rosa
etr;pa
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
Christian Circuit Court.
l.. E. Ell ELKINs Equity
UATL ETEINgN Exuartia

This day came l.. +. Elkins and Kate Elkins
and filed their eNparte petition in equity, pray
ing that the said Kate Elkns may be cmpow-
cred to use and enjoy, sell and convey for heI
own benefit any property she may now own, OF
debts OF her husband; that she may make con.
tracts, sue and be sued as n single woman, ant
that she may be empowered to trade In hel
own name and dispose Of her property by will
or deed.
IL is ordered that this order he published II
the South KRYTuCKIAH, a newspaper publish
ed in Hopkinsyille, Ky, the length OF time pre-
scribcd by law.
Witness my hand as Clerk Of said Court, THU
3rd day Of February 1885.
b. UNDERWOOD, c. q. c. Z.
AcOpy attest,
HENRY 4 PAYNE, Attorneys.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1885.

The Republicans of the Second
Rhode Island district have nominated
N. F. Dixon to fill the vacancy caused
by the election of Congressman
Chace to the Senate.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Referring to above beg to inform my friends
and the public in general that l Will continue
the business at the old stand under the style
oil Jas. Pye q Co., where you can always find
an elegant stock Of Clothing and Gents Furnish
ing Goods also fine line Of Merchant Tailoring
Goods, JAMES PYE,
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10
Dissolution Notice.

HoPKINsvILLE, KY, Jan. IA, 1855.
The firm OF james Pye 4 Co., has tins day
been dissolved by mutual cOncent: John Pye
withdrawing. JAMES PnE.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-10

Nelson County Bourbon $50 GAL; Anderson
County Bourbon 500; Monarch Daviess 2.25;
Tennessee woodson's make, Sour Mash iGO
$50; Browns Robertson % univ l.6o to $3.50.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15
Stability OF the Washington
Monument.


Colonel Casey, the engineer, says;
81 do not suppose ii is possible for
man to make anything that will
endure for ever There is no sub.
stance in nature that will with.
stand the ravges Of time, and the
marble and granite Of which that
shaft is composed are no exception
to the rule. l believe il will stand
as long as there is anything left Of
it. How many hundreds or thous.
ands of years it will take the frost
and storm and sun to wear away,
particle by particle; that great mass
ofstono, it would be idle even to
conjecture. II will 10 so far in the
future that / do not think there is
any occasion for US to feel distress.
ing apprehensions. Yet l believe
that if the world and this nation
shall endure so long, the memory
of Washington will outliVe the
monument. That cannot be for
gotten while we exist as a people;
but the people must sometime
yield to decay. The effects of time
are already discorniblc on the old
section Of the shaft, built thiry.fye
years ago. True, IL is only slight,
but you can plainly see there and
there on the external surface. 1t
only enables us to imagine what
will be the result of the beating
and scorching of the elements
through centuries Of time. OF
course no engineering skill can
provide against the contingency
Of earthquakes or other extraordin.
ary convulsions Of nature, but 1 am
absolutely in the belief that the
broad and deep foundation on
which the column stands will be
lirm and enduring, and that years
will only make more perfect 10 sta.
bility."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15
6ontentlnent.

COntentment is illustrated by q
story told Of a house in Denver.
On certain street is a stone man.
sion Of surpass elegance, which,
with lis grounds, cost nearly ST..
100000. Directly opposite, on 4
vacant lot, a tent, boarded up in.
side as far as the angle Of The raor
The back end of it is pierced with
a stove pipe, and in the front end
a door and window. In the win.
dow hangs a curtain Of costly lace
and 10 the tent is q piano Of ex.
quisi!o tone. The tent itself did
not cost over $40. The piano, up
holstery, and furniture inside are
said to have cost over $1,000. Thf
owner planted his tent hsre over
twenty-five years ago, and is one of
the moderately successful Colorado
miners, being worth about $4,000.
lie prefers his tent to any dwelling
hOuss, and says he would not OK.
change it for windsor Castle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15
Kissed by washington.

The death of Mrs. Hannah swas.
ey, who died in Alameda on Thurs.
day last, az the advanced age IL
ninetysix years and six months, is
worthy Of moro than passing notice.
She was the granddaughter Of
Lord Plaisted, who left England on
account Of religious persecutiunj
his property being confscated.-
He settled near Dover, N. H., where
Mrs. swasoy was born. General
Washington drilled his men on her
fathers farm, andin passing on one
occasion he took the little girl in
his arms and kissed her, Nrs:
swasOy was very intelligent and
attractive, and beloved by all who
knew her. She retained her men.
tai faculties unimpaircd to the
hour oI her death, and to the last
spoke cheorfully 10 those around
her. She was also remarkably uo
tive and attended to her household
duties up to ten days before her
death. She made the trip across
the cOntinen! twice after she was
eighty years Of age.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15
Colonel IYaslllnrion,s Incnlh.

|
Col. John A. Washington, who
had inherited Mount Vernon and
sold it lolhe Ladies' Association,
was we'll known in the social cirs
cles Of The city which bore the
name Of his distinguished ancestor.
He accepted a commission in the
Confederate army early in the war
and was killed in September, 1881,
while out on a reconnaissance with
tvoother officers. socreted in a
a bush by the roadside were anum.
bet Of the Seventeenth Indiana
Regiment, and us Washington and
his companions came up the road
the Indiana boys arose from their
place Of concealment and fired,
Washington fell from his horse on
the drsI round, having received
three bullets, two Of which pissed
entirely through his body, entering
at the right breast; and one Of the
quartet was also hit, but the two
remaining unhutt managedto get
him away by supporting him on
his horse. The body Of Washing.
ton was conveyed to the quarters
of Col. Waggoner.. He lived for
the space Of half an hour, and ney.
er spoke save to utter once, @oh,
my God" The next day his boar
was sent to the rebel camp under
a flag Of truce. In the pockets Of
Washington was found 500 IN
United States gold currency and.d
splendid gold watch. His dress
was new aud Of the most elegant
make, broadcloth coat and pants
and q white satin vest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15
Why She Wanieda a Mummy.

The Shuttle family sits around
the evening fire and manages to
enjoy itself Notwithstanding the
ratlling and slamming Of the shut.
ters by the winiry wind.
"Tho English have whipped
those wild Egyptian hordOs, Isee,''
said Job, as he threw down the
paper.
"I'm glad Of it,n rejoined the
wife, Egyptian muumies will be
cheaper now"
"What itthoy aro2 Do you want
an Egyptian mummy"
81 want something that will keep
quiet when / am trying to count
the stitches on this wursted shawlo'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15

Ibid not likefto interrnpt his
scicntitic studies, bn. as soon as l
hadfnished tidying The bedrooms,
Iwatched eagerly AT The door iof
Mrs. Marcati u return. It was
nearly an hour afteIwafd when l
ran down the steps 10 take her
shawl and patasol, and told her
that the new doctor had been walt.
ing for her
%That is nonsense, child,p she
said, sharply u have just come
from bis Office, where / have had a
long interview with him
"He's here, ma'am;" saidL
"There must be some mistake,
mamma said Mrs, Maurice, and
they both went up the steps aud
in.othe parlor.
Np.one was there.
"ob, deatlD saidI. iiHo has got
tired and gone away"
Mamma cried Mrs. Maurice,
"the etegere drawers are broken
opcu and all your jewels aud mon
ey are gonel And the silver card
receiver and the thousand dollar
brOnzes, and the little Miessohier
that Julius brought you from Eu.
rOpelP
oh, dearl oh, dcarI / don't know
how ! am to tell the end of The
story. The dreamy.eyed gentle.
man was a con6dence.man Of the
most shark.like description, and !
was arrested as his acComplice and
put in jail until uncle Salon came
up from Millikin Falls to testify TO
my character and bail me out. oh,
IofIen wonder that l didn't com.
init suicide, except there wasnoth.
ing to commit it with. And the
judge looked at me, with such ter.
rible big eyes, and the lawyer ask.
ed such insolent questions. But
somehow it was provedlbat didn't
mean any harm and that | wasn't
an accouplice-only a dupe. But
of course lost my place and had to
so back to Uncle solon. Helen
Maria Fldgeby was very angry
with me, md the Scotch lauhdress
said she had forsseh all from the
very beginning.
l don't know whether Mrs. Mar
cati ever got her things back or not
and | AIN not likely to know now,
for am determined to stay at
home with Uncle soloa and churn
butter and feed little chickens and
calves, for I've had quite enough of
city life,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15

understood wailings from distant
regions and people who do not
know enough to find their way to
the sole remaining quarlor.sectior
of Paradise in all the Western
world, There no wave Of trouble
ever rolls across the peaceful breast
and the prosperous people wht
raise infallibly from twenty five tc
sevonty.five bushels Of No. / hard
wheat TO the acre of land, thai
costs them nothing and got 81 So q
bushel for it, can calmly smile at
sa'an's rage and face a frowning
because less fortunate, world
Colonel Pal Donau.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-04-15
We nre not0

We arc not Old though years hayeroilsd
Like shadSNs from our path away,
Since irst tonethoa didst untold
Thy loye-ohl happy, happy dayl
We are not oldl
Thy cheeks are iairer than therose,
Thy llns are sycoier than thedew,
Thy hand iswhiler than the shows,
Ahaasthoheaye sthnseyes are blueS
weare not sldl
As inthopast may We gideon,
Allgeutly down the stream Of lie;
And when We reach our journeys end,
May We together rest -Iny vile;
We are not oldl