Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-03
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.

Two cOnVlcts uleu Ill camp al Au-
gusta, of typhoid fever.
Fayette county has just sent three
recruits TO the penitentiary.
G. w. Gaines is candidate for
from Lee and Estill
counties.
Mrs. Roemer, German lady who
died at Bowling Green Sunday, was
the mother of 10 children.
Cassius NJ, Clay has announced
himself as a Republican candidate
for Governor.
The Lexington Transcript says 100
miles of railroad have been built in
this state since last January.
Two prisoners escaped from the
Pineville Jail by means of key of
their own manufacture.
Geo. Mcclellan was instantly killed
in Barren county while saving lum-
Der at Chism & Batorfs mill.
A. d. McCampbell has bought 500
acres of land from the Shaker Col
ony of Mercer county for $4,000.
Rev. w. G. Young, d. D. has been
elected President of Center College,
vice DR.. Ormond Beatty, resigned.
Jos. r. Garnett, of Glasgow, the
last Kentucky survivor Of the Florida
Indian war, died last Sunday, aged
60 years.
Nicholas and Robertson counties
propose to nominate their Democrat
ic candidate for the Legislature on
the 18th inst.
A little son of Mrs. Emma John
sou, Lexington, was burned to-death
while his mother was absent from
the house.
Granville Brown, aged IA, was
burned to-death in a barn destroyed
at Mt Vernon. There are suspicious
of foul play.
Pete Kirk and two men named Ia
lum, have been arrested at Paducah,
charged with numbering Henry Sim
gleton, in Galloway Co., last summer.
Sheriff j. NJ. Boles, who was re-
elected in Barren county, is tired of
the Office and will not qualify for a
second term next month.
In difficulty in Casey county a
few days ago, David Hundley, struck
Jas. Cody above the nipple with an
ak, cutting through the victims ribs
and splitting his heart in two.
Jas. F. Bradford, postmaster at
Woodbine, was shot and killed Mon
day by his brother-in-law, Lewis
Smith, because he interfered to keep
Smith from abusing his (Smith's)
wife. ..
Jesse e. Thomas and Ella Hunt
and Joe II. Thomas and Sallie Hunt,
all of Polkville, Warren county, ran
Off and got married Tuesday. The
grooms are both under 81 and the
brides are II and IA respectively.
Mrs. e. Porter's time as postmaster
at Russellville expires Dec. 18th, but
there has been no new appointment
made. The commissions of the post
masters in nine other large towns in
the state will run out by Mar. l.
A stylish widow, who gave hel
name as Mrs. Lucy A. Davis, has
been playing the Harrodsburg people
for suckers. The Democrat says she
set up store there and after getting
in debt 10 everybody who woult
trust her, made fraudulent assign
ment and skipped with male &C
complete.
The commission authorized by al
act Of the last Legislature TO adjus
the long standing claim of Newtol
Craig, of Georgetown, formerly keep
er of the penitentiary, of $1,000
against the State, is in session a
Frankfort. 1t consists of w. B. Han
rison, Lexington, W. l. Kelly, George
town, and L. d. Husbands, Paducal
: The award of this commission is fint
and mandatory on the Auditor.
In speaking of Mr.. Chas. w. Gel
man, who is at the head of the Fal
City Lithograph Company, IL
, Southern Trade Gazette pays lii
! this handsome compliment: &c
course great business like this hi
not grown up in any haphazard fasl
: ion. 1t is due 10 the energy, popl
Y larity and skill of the manager, M
: Chas. w. German, who is Il
; founder of the business, who brougl
+ it up from its inception, who hi
a tirelessly tuned every nerve to i
Q benefit, showing Ills skill and perfe
J. control in every detail never sati
fed with any but the best he hi
o drawn TO him and trained up arts
!, in every branch of the business VII
;, feel that they are as much a part
the business, as if they were pa
owners of it," .
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