Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-02-09
HERE AND THERE,

N. The regular tobacco sales were su
N pended last week on account of Il
4. inclemency of the weather.
Leaking roofs are the order of Il
day since the. SHOWS and freezes
the last few weeks.
Every member of the Democrat
Committee is urged to be on hand {
the meeting next Monday.
Mr.. E. ID. Jones has bought M. /
Torian's farm of 100 acres in Sout
Christian, paying therefor $1,000 i
cash.
A German, of Mansfield, o., want
d to rent on shares a farm of from A
l. to 100 acres. Apply to Rev. F. L
n Braun.
The eminent Comedian, Dick Cor
Q man, In "Conrad" or the hand of
. friend, at the Opera House, to-mor
row night.
The entertainment Friday evening
, was indefinitely postponed, owing t
the illness Of one of the ladies who
was to take part in the play.
A shed near Wheeler Il Mills
warehouse fell down from the weight
of snow one day last week and killed
a fine COW belonging TO Judge j. C.
.Brasher.
Mrs. Carroll Kelly, a sister of Mr.
j. &. Hord, of this city, died at her
home about two miles from Kelly
Station last Friday, of consumption.
She was in her 10th year.
We are turning out job work in
large quantities, which goes to prove
that our prices and work give entire
satisfaction. Call In and see us when
you need anything in this line.
We learn that a shed at or near
Bennettstown fell one day last week
from the weight Of snow and
Killed five or six cows that were un-
der it. We did not learn whose cat
tie they were.
Don't let your subscription expire
but either come in and renew or send
us " for another year. We will still
continue to give you a large eight
column paper, twice a week for less
than two cents copy postage paid.
A new post-offlce regulation re-
qures all letters to be stamped with
the exact date, day and hour, of their
reception at the distributing office.
1t entails good deal of additional
work upon the post-ma sters.
The Council will meet this after
noon at 3 o'clock TO elect a special as
SCISSOR to take census of the city and
to open bids for posting the street
names. A number of bids have been
handed in and both jobs will proba-
bly, be let at such low figures that
even the most censorious taxpayer
cannot find cause to object.
We want to double our already |
large list of subscribers this year, and |
we want the friends Of the KENTUcK-
IAN TO assist us. Make it a point to
get your neighbors to take it, and by
so doing help us to place copy of
the cheapest paper in the State In
the homes Of all the families in this
and adjoining counties.
A colored woman named Martha
Gardner, living near the depot, was
seriously burned by her clothes TAX
ing fire while she was standing with
her back to the fire Friday morning.
Nearly all Of her clothes were burn
ed off before the flames could be ex-
DIR. Bell is tho attend
ing physician.
Mr.. Nat Gather, while trying to
cross between the coaches of a pas
senger train one day last week, was
thrown off the. steps by a sudden jerk
Of the train as 1t started and came
very near being run over by the
wheels of the rear coach. His hip
was struck and considerably bruised.
Ills escape was very narrow one.
Mr.. j. M. Howe's spirit thermome.
er recorded "a degrees below zero
Friday morning at 6 o'clock and his
g.
mercury instrument indicated 20 de-
yrees. According to this, Friday
vas 2 degrees colder than Jan. II,
when the lowest point reached was
8 degrees by the latter and % by the
ormer.
No firm of young lawyers in wes- c
ern Kentucky is coming 10 the front Q
more rapidly or doing more extern I
i've practice than Messrs. Henry & Z
Payne. Both of them are young men q
# the highest character, with plenty
# brains, energy and popularity and d
t is only aquestion of time when S
hey will stand at the head of the I,
1opkinsville bar.
Jos. Beazley's blacksmith shop at
iarrettsburg was burned last Friday, !
ogether with mill adjoining. The
oss was about $500. A negro named
Ienry Garrett was caught stealing 4
foods while the fire was burning, and
'rought to Jail. Trice johnson was y
lso arrested on suspicion and put .
nder bond of 500. =
Two little negro children, aged Il