Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-12-29
HERE AND THERE.

| COMEDY Co., Ill anOlher column.
The Lewis House has been re
painted and improved in appearance
A Christmas service was held a
the Episcopal church Friday morn
Ing at l, O'Clock.
Even the chronic grumblers canno
find fault with the weather thus fal
during the holidays.
MAKE up your mind to get you
noighbor to take the Souri, KENTuCK
IAN, thereby doing him favor ant
helping us TO increase our list.
"Christmas GIFT! Como and brinl
IL at 8 p. NJ" was the notice posted
on the closed door of the post oflic,
Friday.
Mr.. w. II. Fyke has purchased o
II. II. Littell, Admir- OF Mr.. Wolfe
a cottage on Campbell street, paying
therelor 81, 500.
We want active agents IN this and
adjoining counties TO work for thu
l+KENTUcKIAS, 10 whom liberal com
mission will be paid.
Rev. A. c. Biddlc, pastor of thu
Cumberland Presbyterian church o.
this city will be married to-day L
Miss Belle Cooper, of Bennettstown
When you get ready to turn over 4
new leaf next Friday let one of your
good resolutions be 10 take the Souri,
KENTucKIAN for 1886.
We have the largest line of wed
ding goods ever brought TO this city
which VIC would like to show to al
who are In need of anything in tins
line.
FOR RENT--The store-rooms late
lY occupied by NJ. w. Grissam, de-
ceased. Apply to W. 4. Cooper
PhGnix Hotel, or ]. S. Summers
Longview.
Christmas was q very dull, quiei
day in and about the city. The banks
aud public Offices were closed and
consequently but little business was
done.
If You know anyone to whom you
would like to have a sample copy oil
the SouTH KENTUcKlAS sent, just
send us his name and he will receive
the paper promptly.
Mr.. G. f. jarrett sold last week O
fine fat COW to G. w. Wiley & Co
for S5.05 per hundred. 1t weighed
about 1856 pounds and made choice
Christmas beef.
Carter Pike and Jas. Pike shot and
wounded A. j. Weaver in an alter
cation few days since. They wer,
tried before the local magistrates
Thursday and acquitted on tb'
ground Of self defense.
Tie young gentlemen Of the cit!
will give their annual "Christmal
Hop" tomorrow evening at Howe
Hall. The hop is in the hands of III,
leading young gentlemen of the cit!
aud promises to be an unusually
brilliant and successful affair.
There will be a Sunday school ell
tertainment at the Lecture room o
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
on Seventh street, Oh Thursday even
ing at seven o'clock. The school cor
daily invites all the members ant
friends of the church.
Messrs. Barry, Fox & Stout, tn
nursery men, will be here some tim
yet. They make their delivery head
quarters at Stith & Pools stable
They represent the "chain of nurser
ies,' located at Tadmor, O., Carmi
ILL.,, Sparta, Wis, and Burlington
Kan,
Messrs. A. p. Jackson, and ]. +
Gossett, of GAINESVILLE, and Esq. L
II. Majo,, of Beverly, have gone int
the mercantile business at llerndon
(the point where the l., A. q t. rail
road crosses the Dover road,) unde
the firm name of Jackson, Gossett 4
Major.
Nothing that the City Council di,
during the year now drawing to
close gave more universal satisfaction
than the passage of the ordinanc
numbering tho streets. Now lie
them begin the new year by order
ing the houses numbered and author
izing a census and they will meri
anew the plaudits OF the people.
On Thursday evening the city au
thorities granted permission for fir
works to be exploded on Main stree
This was done in a kind and oblig
ing spirit but the privilege was wO
fully abused. A fusilade was inaugu
rated Immediately after dark an
by seven O'Clock a boisterous crow
had succeeded in driving all shoI
pers Off the streets and killing tb
trade for the evening. For an hou
or two the roman candles, rocket
etc. were fired into the air, but flna
ly, as the night wore on, the crowd be
gan to grow disorderly and began
shoot them at each other and at pas
ers-by. This soon developed into
disgraceful and dangerous carousa