Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-07
HERE AND THERE,

q. play at the Opera House tonight.
. There are no announced candidate
i for City Attorney, so far as we hav
heard.
. When you want pure and reliabl
WHISTLES, wines or brandies, call a
the Phoenix Hotel saloon.
Miss Matte Hickman gave so
cial party Thursday evening III hon
or of her guest, Miss Lizzie Cox.
Messrs ]. S. IIanbery and Driscol
MCGOWAN have moved into Maj
Breathitt's cottage ON 10Th street.
Judge Winfree has appealed hi
contest to the Circuit Court, which
convenes the first Monday in January
DR.. Garner has had the ceiling O
the City Pharmacy papered in thu
handsomest style. Collins & Price
did the work.
Messrs. 4. A. McGehee, of Virginia
and r. S. McGehee, of Belleyiew
have opened general merchandise
store at Longview.
The nurbridge House will change
hands on Jan. LIST, 1887. Mrs. Robt
Burke, of the Rabbeth House, will
take charge and run It as heretofore
Little Miss Halle Switzerland en-.
tertained a number of her friends Al
the residence of her grandfather, DR.
Jas. Rodman, last Saturday after.
noon.
Cbas, Crutchfeld, COL, has been
sent to jail on charge of robbery, in
default of a 5000 bond. He robbed
Geo. Martin of $40 and a bottle Of
whisky.
Mr.. Il. p. Owsley has moved to
town from the Beverley neighbor-
hood and is occupying his residence
on South Main, lately vacated by Mr..
s. r. Fox.
Mr.. George D. Bush, of Roaring
Springs, KY, an uncle of Mr.. G. II.
Bush, Of this city, and a good and
worthy citizen, died last Friday, aged
70 years.
Assessor LittleGeld now has sever
al deputies assisting him and is work.
ing hard to get the property all listed
by the 10Th. The books have to be
returned by that date.
The regular city elestion will come
of next Saturday. Seven Council
men and a City Attorney are to be
elected. The election will be held in
the City Court room.
The last assessors books show GIG
white and 5Gy colored voters IN the
city. These figures will doubtless
be considerably increased by the new
returns to be completed the 18th.
The first snow to fall In this lati-
tude came upon us Friday night, rid
Ing on the cold wave that tickled the
coal dealers so much last week. The
snow was about two inches deep and
is still on the frozen ground.
The information has come to us
that night meetings are being held
aud the colored people organized TO
vote as unit for a new board of
City Councllmen. Only one of the
old board is to be spared.
The synopsis Of the testimony of
the two principal witnesses in the
noted SANDER suit at Elkton, given
to-day, is taken from our enterprise
ing contemporary, the Elkton Pro-
gress. 1t gave six-column report
Of the trial.
A protracted meeting in which the
pastor was assisted by Rev. Chas.
Diggs, closed at the Virginia st, Col
ored Baptist church Sunday. There
were a number of additions to the
church and twelve of the converts
were baptized in the river Sunday
morning. The meeting lasted for
two or three weeks.
Special attention is called to the
advertisement Of Mr.. Jno. L. Wright,
which appears in this issue, In which
he sets forth facts concerning his very
large stock Of mems youths and boys
suits, and his immense line of such
other articles as are usually kept in a
gents furnishing store. Those de-
string nicely fitting suits would do
well to give him call and hear low
nrjcea nunted
Mr. Berry and Miss Minnie
Robinson, Of this county, eloped to
Clarksville and were married one
day this week.-New Era.
The young lady named is not mar
ricd, but is teaching school in North
Christian. Her sister, Miss Matte
Robinson, and Mr.. VIM. Berry eloped
to Clarksville and were married about
the middle of October, but as a news
Item that piece of information is old
enough to be rusty.
Some enemy of Calvin Layne went
to his house one night last week aud
poisoned his pack of hounds. Eleven
of the twelve in the pack were found
dead the next morning. Mr.. Layne
was very much attached to them and
is much worried at the loss of