Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-07
CURRENT EVENTS.

CURKENI EVENI0.
A baby at Madison, Ind, was kill
ed by a parrot. The infants skull
was cut through by the birds beak'
The official vote on the head of the
state ticket in Missouri shows DEM
ocratic plurality of 50,655.
Mrs. Ann Pope, widow of Gen.
John Pope, who died in Nashville
left nearly all of her estate of $4,000
to Presbyterian churches.
Charles Herrick, who built the first
city water-works Chicago ever had,
died at Racine, Wis, where he has
resided since 1912, age Y.
1t is announced that Sir Robert
Hamilton will resign as under secre-
tary for ireland at the end OF tins
month. The resignation is not vol
untary.
The retirement of Gen. Kaulbars
from Bulgaria is spoken ofin all Eu-
ropean capitals as the retreat OF Rus
STA before the combined forces of Eu-
rope.
The board of managers of the Ohio
Penitentiary has discharged fifteen
guards, the number Of prisoners be-
ing two hundred less than six months
ago.
According to official returns of the
election in Pennsylvania, Beaver
leads Black 1850 votes, and has a
clear majority of $685. over all other
candidates.
The fact that the Russians in Bull
garia have been placed under French
protection is regarded in European
capitals as signifying that the triple
alliance is dead.
The nail manufacturers ofthe West
held meeting at Pittsburg and de-
cided 10 advance nails to the ~ 20
card, which is an advance of 5 cents
per key on the old card.
A dispatch from Mandalay says
that the Shan country is the scene OF
much fighting and anarchy, and that
friendly natives are appealing to the
British for assistance.
Edgar Lombard, of the firm of A.
, C. Lombard & Sons, Boston commits
, sion merchants, committed suicide
: by inhaling gas through a rubber
r tube. Ill-health.
| At Lowell, Mass, the jury brought
t in verdict in favorof Moen, defend
: ant, for $96,522, being the amount OF
: Wilson's notes forS70,0 OOheld by Mo-
I en-, with interest.
The will of Juan Petro Terry, q
Cuban, who died in Paris, was filed
D in New York, leaving the bulk OF
100000 estate to an unborn child
and the remainder to his widow.
i 1t is officially declared that Rosari
in the Argentine Republic, is infested
with cholera. Several points in thu
country along the Rio De La Plat'
. are suspected to he also infected.
q The Civil Service commission ha
I decided by vote of two to one t.
[ investigate the charges against Post
: master Harrity, of Philadelphia, am
Philadelphia board of examiners.
II John It. Moncrief, of Greenfield
e Ind. has just been allowed pensio
/ of $72 per month, the back pensio
h amounting to $l2,244.14. This is til
+ largest pension ever granted by I'll
United States.
ct A total of $l3 ,4i4,7 1888 was disburse
s. to the United States army dHrir
* tho fiscal year. OF this amount, 81
d. 275, 449 was disbursed in the field, I
II, quiring the pay officers 10 travel 20
ns 040 miles.
"a The total. expenditure during t
y; fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, up
IN IN new public buildings in the Unit
n ad States aggregated $2,OS2,447, and t
GU expense of repairs, etc, upon
i ne buildings was $l47754.
ar, John Mcintosh Kell, who was oh
1o executive of the Confederate crHi'
rsl Alabama, has been appointed ad!
tant general by Gov. Gordon, of &c,
il gia. Mr.. Kell has been living in
ily tirement in Georgia since the war
nd Second Comptroller Maynard
ro- decided that soldier who. after III
lie ing served two years, deserted so
all months after the close of the W
sly but who subsequently, received
yes honorable discharge, is entitled I
i'm, bounty of 500.
at Thousands of claims Lhave b.
his staked out in the Indian Territ
is below Caldwell, Kan, where +
lss, silver deposits arc supposed to ex
md A company of soldiers have been
a dered TO Caldwell to keep prospect
no out of the territory.
NY A feature of ex President Arthl
ao' funeral was the presence there of
=. most prominent opponents in polit
&c both within his party and in the
oe- mocracy. 1t was the subject of &C
le,' nent in the throngs that gathered
eu' the hotel corridors after the servi
o o at the church.
,ee A report of the Ontario Bureau
M Industries shows that the wheat vi
,ro of the Province of Ontario for
mo past season was 100000 bushels
nee than the average of the past
iS years. Barley. $4,000 bushels Il
On oats, 3,j00,000 more; peas, 5000,
AZ. bushels more, and corn, 1000,
Lie bushels less.
.ely The following was the visible S
less ply of grain on November 20, as CT
ten piled by the New York Exchan
Wheat, 59,55l ,3jl bushels; iucre
l,22S,S03 bushels. Corn, l2,lS9
bushels decrease, S07305. Oats
$50. TAG bushels; increase. l,l46 bl