Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-04
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of Clay and Tenth streets and will
keep a boarding house next year.
The Lotus Literary Society will
give an entertainment at Bethel Fe
male College this evening. An ad
mission of Is cents will be charged
Small crowds have been in attend
ance at Circuit Court this week
None but unimportant civil caseI
have come Oh for trial.
Mr.. G. NJ. Latham has moved into
his new store room, west side Mali
St, opposite his former stand and in
vltes his friends to call on him.
Since the pavement on Ninth stree
has been raised the small trees neal
the corner of Main need trimming
up to keep the limbs from knocking
Off hats and tearing umbrellas.
There is some talk Of establishing
hut Of the Oriental Order Of IIu'
millty in the city. Those who are
interested can call on Park Heator
as he has all the works.
We went to press before the enter.
tainment given by the ladies of the
Ninth st. Presbyterian church came
off last night. They were expect.
Ing to have big house.
There is no longer a Clarksville
street In this city and now that we
have nothing TO remind us of ouI
neighbor across the line we are APT
to forget that there is such village
in existence.
Since tho first of the month four
couples have beer granted license to
wed, viz:
J. r. Rogers to NJ. j. Rogers.
Willis Pldcock TO Julia Henderson,
Edward Wolf TO Orrie Buckley.
BENZ. N. Morris to Emily Thaxton.
The council has ordered that all the
trees OH Main street between Eleventh
and Central Avenue (thc street south
OF the court house heretofore known
as Short street) shall be cut down.
There are but four. One is at the
corner of Central Avenue, one at
Seventh, one at Eighth and one at
Eleventh. The trees in front Of the
Court square will not be molested.
The Y. NJ. G. A. has rented the
rooms now occupied by Mrs. Martin,
up stairs on the southwest corner of
Main and Eighth streets, for its use
next year. The location is a very de-
sirable one. The Association is in
a very ilourishing condition. An
other mass meeting will be held at
the Methodist church next Sunday al
3 o'clock p. NJ, to which the public is
invited.
Messrs. Jas, Pye \ Co., have moved
their clothing store from the Opera
House building TO the new Latham
building, two doors from the corner
ofSeventh street, on west side of
Main. They are extensive dealers in
clothing and gents furnishing goods,
and merchant tailoring Is special
feature of their business. They will
be glad to see their friends at their
new stand. n
Mr.. Irwin Foster, son of Mr.. b.
G. Foster, was married last Saturday
to Mrs. Sallie Durham, who lived
near Haddock's school house. Mr..
Foster is five years younger than his
BRIDE, being only 20 years of age.
Mrs. Durham is a daughter of Jas.
Putty, Esq. The ceremony was pro-
nounced by Judge w. P. Winfree.
The groom is nephew of Chief of
Police Biggerstaff. ti.-fs ~
The Clarksville Board OF Trade has
elected the following four tobacco
inspectors: nrf
r. j. Ellis and c. I. Rudolph,
Montgomery county, Tenn. T. L.
Porter, Todd county and Austin Peay,
Christian county, Ky. There were
about % candidates for the places.
Each position is worth about $1,000
a year, sum large enough to be
worth scrambling for. This is the
first season Clarksville has ever had
a bonded inspection.
There has been a good deal of COM
plant of late about the failure of the
gas company to light the street lamps
according to contract. On Wednes-
day night of last week, very dark
night, the lamps were not lighted
and the same has been the case one
or two nights since. We understand
that the trouble arose from the fact
thata new man has been employed
to make the gas who failed to make
enough to meet the demands of both
the city and private consumers.
The largest tobacco ever raised in
south Ballard, KY, was grown on the
land of r. b. Neville, one mile east Of
Arlington, by L.. A. Ramsey and Sam.
uel P. Page. Ten plants when cut,
of Ramsey's crop, weighed IS pounds
and when well cured and stripped
weighed TX pounds. OF Samuel r
Pages crop ten plants when cut
weighed 46 pounds, and when cured
and stripped weighed 10 pounds
These two crops were of about eleven
acrea and II Ia all cut and houspd in