Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-03-05
HERE AND THERE.
Minnie Madden, March 9Th.

W. Graham agent for the Nation
al Fertilizers, Office at Wrights store.
We will pay 5 cents copy for 25
copies. of the South KENTUcKIAN OF
February %, 1886.
The Oil troupe has been giving
free concerts at the court house eve-
ry evening this week.
The old wooden stemmery back OF
Hancock, Frazer & Ragsdale's ware
house is being torn down.
Ifyou have job work that you
want executed in the best manner
and at low prices bring 1t around to
Nos. Is and 20, E. 9th st.
The street names have been paint.
ed on the lamps, instead of being
posted on the corners, as was at first
ordered by the Council.
There is nothing new in regard to
the strike at the Hecla and 81. Ber-
nard mines. The mines are still be.
ing operated with reduced force Of
miners.
Our stock of wedding goods is
large aud varied, and prices low.
Those in need of anything In this
line would do well to examine our
stock.
Among the Breakers tonight for
the benefit of the poor. Reserved
seats so and IS cents, Gallery 25 cents.
Seats on sale at Holland & Rodgers.
Secure your seats before it is too
late. The house will be crowded.
Our circulation Ia increasing every
day, and merchants who want to
keep themselves before the people of
this and adjoining counties would
make II TO their interest to use our
columns.
DR.. Darwin Bell has been appoint
cd coroner of Christian county for
the unexpired term of Beverly Kelly,
deceased. DIR. Bell is the Democrat
ic nominee for the Office and is one
of the rising young physicians of this
city.
Mrs. Lucy S. cambridge will lee
ture at the First Presbyterian church
this evening and also on Sunday af-
ternoon and evening. She is here in
the interest of missions, the subject
of one of her lectures being "a Tour
Around the World" The lectures
will be free.
If any persons have been missed in
the census now being taken they will
please report their names to the Chief
Of Police. This census has nothing
to do with taxes and those who may
have been overlooked need not hest.
tate 10 report their names.
A young gentleman Of this city
was asked by young lady the 9TH
er day "Why is locomotive called
she3" After sitting up several nights
trying to solve the conundrum he has
concluded that 1t is because the To-
connective wears a bonnet and petit,
coat.
Our list OF subscribers for Febru
airy doubled our list for the sam,
month for 1885, which goes TO prov,
the KENTUCKIAN is growing in favol
with the reading public every day
We are making our paper better than
ever before, by giving our reader
more reading matter Of q varie(
character than ever before. Dom
let your subscription expire, bu
come forward and renew promptly
and place your money where you
| will derive the most benefit.
The old cottage on West Mint
street, which was torn down thi
week, was probably the Oldest hous,
in the city. 1t was built about l79O
and was considered an old lant
mark when Billy Patton lived in i
30 years later. 1t has been occupied
by great many families during tn,
SO years 1t has been standing. Fo
several years 1t has been owned b.
DR.. Gish, who had 1t torn down
The frame timbers were sawed ant
many of them. were still in goot
state representation.
The horse attached TO Schmitt'
: bread wagon ran away from the de
pot about 2 o'clock Wednesday AM
came down 9th street at break necI
speed. All efforts to stop or chez
him were fruitless and he turned tn
! corner at Main breaking the axle G
the wagon and throwing the WACO
e over, when he was seized and hel
until he could be unhitched. Th
wagon was almost a total wreck, ,bu
fortunately no one was hurt. TIL
driver was not in the wagon whe
y the horse started. Several person
) narrowly escaped being run over.
t Senator Robt. Walker, of the Bow
ling Green district, was in the cit
L this week having been appointe
v with Senator Feland as committt
d to inspect the Western Asylum
Judge Walker visited the AsyluJ
d Wednesday and made thorough il
|. spection of all its departments. 4
d returned to Frankfort Thursday.
h Senator Walker, in an intervie