Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-06
HERE AND THERE,
Howe's time is the city standard.

Rev. Mr.. Nourse will preach at the
Southern Presbyterian church next
Sunday.
Holland & Rodgers have the new
and novel EASEL Valentines. Call
and see them.
A slip of the pencil made us say in
our last issue that lent would begin
tomorrow instead of Wednesday.
The Phoenix Hotel Saloon was
closed several days last week un-
dergoing repairs, but is now open for
business.
Fred Warde will give three per-
fJrmances here next week-two
nights and matinee-the 18th and
Nth insis. The programme will be
arranged in time for us to give full
er particulars in our next issue.
Mr.. Will p. Acker, of Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, who arrived in the
city last week, is an accomplished
musician and is temporarily playing
the clarionet with the ii. c. Band.
Mr.. Acker will locate here if he can
secure employment.
Not long ago the j. /. Case Plow
Co. made an assignment, but Mr..
Case, the head Of the firm, has ar
ranged the matters of the late com
pany and will himself continue to
manufacture the celebrated j. l.
Case pillow, at Racine, Wis.
While doing some fancy skating
on Forbes pond Thursday night, Mr..
II. p. Wisdom went backwards
through hole, where the ice had
been cut, into water eight feet deep.
Fortunately he came TO the surface at
the point where he fell in, and man
aged to crawl out without injury, but
very wet.-Tobacco Leaf
There will be a grand masquer-
ade ball at the College hall in Croft
ton on Friday evening the 18th inst.
The committee on invitation consists
of DIR. j. u. johnson, Mr.. w. II.
Wilkerson and Mr.. w. ii. Martin.
Mr.. Ed Higgins is to be the floor
manager. Good music is promised
and a good time is in store for all
who may attend.
The young ladies of Bethel Female
College were treated to serenade by
the uopkinsville Cornet Band Tues
day evening. On the same even
ing Mr.. Nat r. Wright and bride
were also serenaded. Mr.. Wright is
member of the band and his fellow
members complimented him in a
very handsome manner. Mr., j. w.
Cross, leader and originator of the
banl, rendered his resignation at the
last meeting, as he has determined 10
remove from the city. lie has done
much to make the band attain its
present high standard of excellency
and his place will be hard TO fill.
Mr.. j. W. Cross and family left
Wednesday for Mt. Vernon, i'll. Mr..
Cross has been offered position in
railroad Office there. 1t is with re-
greet that we chronicle the departure
of SO useful citizen from Hopkins
vile. For u number of years he was
a member of the carriage manufac-
turing firm of Gross, Quicker " Dry
er. lie is young gentleman of cor
rect BUSINESS habits and great moral
worth to any community. Actively
identified with several benevolent or
dcrs and enjoying the confidence and
respect of all, he leaves the city carry
ing with him the best wishes Of our
citizens. The SOUTH KENTuCKIAN
wishes him much success and pros
perity in whatever he may undertake.
Rev. i. II. Coulter, pastor of the
Northern Presbyterian church, has
rendered his resignation and will
leave next Monday with his family
TO accept a pastoral call at Gallipolis
Ohio. Mr.. Coulter graduated from
the Danville, Ky, Seminary five
years ago and was called to the churcl
here. He entered upon his duties il
1880 and from the first his efforts be-
gan to meet with success and the
then feeble church was greatly re-
vived and strengthened. The con
gregation is now three times as large
as il was when Mr.. Coulter began hi
labors. Though yet young IN year.
he is speaker Of much force, a cleaI
and logical reasoner and in socia
life is sociable, aflable gentleman
We regret to have him leave us, bu
he is called to larger and stronger
church, the largestin that Presbytery
A special session of the Louisville
Presbytery will meet in Louisville il
a few days to dissolve his relation
with the church here and he will as
sumo the duties of his new charg
the third Sunday in this month. Ill
will preach his farewell sermon t.
his congregation here next Sunday a
IL o'clock.
"Peck's Bad Boy" drew a crowde,
house Wednesday evening at tn
Opera House. The play is medic.
of pranks with no plot at all. 1t i
one laugh from beginning to end
The characters were Maj. Isaac Peck
. Mrs. Hannah Peck, and Henry Pecl
their son, Policeman Duffy and hi