Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-25
HERE AND THERE,


ton July Bird.
Rev, W. B. Walker, wife aud two
daughters joined the Baptist church
by letter last Sunday.
The coal dealers advertise that they
will after July LIST adhere strictly 10
the cash system in all cases.
FOR RENT-A cottage on corner
Bird and Virginia streets. Apply to
b. f. SIMMONS.
Eugene Wood has 30 acres of good
clover and grass pasture with water
convenient. Apply early.
Rev. W. b. Powell, of Mexico, will
preach at the Baptist church next
Friday, the 2Sth inst, at 8 o'clock p.
NJ.
A match game of base ball will be
played between two mines from the
city at the Church Hill Grange Sale
Friday.
The fine season yesterday will
enable the farmers to set out q large
portion of the tobacco crop. Plants
are very plentiful.
Rev. j. w. Bigham has closed his
meeting at Shiloh Methodist church.
There were Is additions to the men,
bership.
Bob Glass, COL, was arraigned yes
terday charged with breach of the
the peace and cruelty 10 his child,
and his case continued till to NOR
row, in the police court.
The Church Hill Grange sale next
Friday will afford another grand OPP
portunity for the candidates and So
liciIors to get in their work. There
is always big crowd at these sales.
Last week quite number of the
people Of this county went to Hop
kinsville and sold their tobacco. d.
w. Williams, of the Hanson country,
sold four hogsheads as follows: One
good, IS Is; one good, $50; one me-
dium, $3.50; one Tugs, 1925. We
heard of ether good salcs.-Madison.
vile Times.
Henry Billiard, who was released
from Jail Oh the 18th inst, stayed out
just one week. Saturday he got on q
rip-roaring drunk and after smashing
Il number of windows and doors was
arrested for house breaking. Bul,
lard il a bad citizen and county
work-house is needed for just sucl
fellows as lie is.
Mr. Jno. w. Cooper has beer
brought home from Trigg county il
a very bad fix. lie is totally paralyz'
ed from his waist down aud tho
chances are that he will never fully
recover his health, even if his diseas,
does not prove fatal. lie was sicR
for several days at the home of hii
father-in-law, near Cadiz, before he
was considered well enough TO b.
brought home.
The Summit House, Dawson, rur
by w. Handy, narrowly escaped
burning to the ground Tuesday abou
dusk. There was a fire left in a graf,
and must have fallen TO the floor set
ting on fire the carpet. The fire wa
discovered bya negro woman VIII,
CHANGED TO pass the door and b!
prompt action was extinguished o
else in few moments the entir
building must have been in flames.-
Princeton Argus.
The reunion of tho Metcalfe, Rad
ford, Fort and other families at Cas-
Ky Saturday was complete success
In all respects. The day was pleas
ant as could be desired, the atten
dance was just large enough to b
pleasant and agreeable without tn
disadvantages of big crowd an,
the edibles were supplied in tn
, greatest abundance and of The YER
best kinds of barbecued meats, etc
Several speeches were made in tn
afternoon and aster dinner dancin
was INDUCED in under an arbo
erected for the purpose. The must
was furnished by a string band fror
Nashville.
Metz & Timothy caused war o
! prices last Friday by putting tn
: price Of lawns down TO 5 cents. JonC
} & Co., accepted the banter and droI
! ped to 4. All the morning the Gu
ting continued and at noon Jones
: Co., had out a card, "2 cents and
. chrome" In the afternoon Metz
Timothy dropped to | cent and JONI
) Il Co., to z OF a cent per yard an
such rush was made for both stor'
5 that they sold out in few minute
On Saturday Pye II Co. buckle
against the new firm on shirts all
run them down to 20 cents. Yeste
day morning all was quiet on Mort
Main and hostilities had not been r.
sumed up 10 the hour of going
press.
Barnum's show was last here c
Nov. IA, 1872, and those who atten,
ed it will perhaps never forget Il
day. The morning was pleasaI
enough for fall day and humble
of people came to the city withol
wraps, but along towards noon the
came one of those sudden changes Il