Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1888-09-25
HERE AND THERE.
Mrs. 7. W. Moore is quite sick.

u ror particular apply 10 MN.
Pye, Dicken & Wall will open out
" in their new store room, next 10 Bank
: of Hopkinsville to-day.
: Don't forget that Hon. w. Il. Ellis
N will speak at tho court house next
Thursday night.
= "The Child's Bible" will be dcliy-
:. cred In this city by Mrs. McMartin
about the last of this months
IS The l.. n N. pay car passed through
: the city yesterday, gladdening the
hearts of its employees along the line.
On the fourth page of to-day's pa
J, per will be found call for the or
ganization of a tobacco congress.
The tobacco growers should all read
Circuit Court is dragging its slow
, length along, and is about over. The
Juries were discharged last week and
but little has been done for several
days.
There were about three hundred
of our colored people at the depot
Sunday evening, TO bid tho delegates
to the colored Baptist Association fare
: well.
The race at the Driving Park Sat-
urday afternoon, between Senator
! Updergraif and Cleveland, was won
easily by the Senator in three straight
heats.
| Miss Alice Hayes has just returned
from the eastern cities with large
and carefully selected stock of milli-
merry goods and will compete with
any one in both price and quality OF
goods. Same location, Jones build
ing, corner 7th and Mains
| Rev. j. N. Prestridge has been as
sisting at a protracted meeting at
Guthrie for several days. The meet
ing has been grand one and consid-
cradle interest is manifested. Thus
far there have been between twenty
and thirty conversions.
| An educational convention will be
held at Frankfort this week. Judge
w. NJ. Deckner will speak on We'd
nesday night, and Thursday night the
lpeetoss, Miss Elvira Sydney Miller
| will read an original poem, after
which Mr.. John o. Rust will deliver
an address on education.
| The Republicans are making ar
rangements for big demonstration
at Darlington next Saturday. They
will have several Of their best speak
ers on hand as well as brass band,
will spread big dinner, and do all
they can TO hold their own in this
part ofthe district.
Ike Lipstine has moved his stock
of dry goods, clothing and notions in
to the Gish building, corner of Main
aud Ninth streets. lie has an unu-
sually large stock and is now ready to
show his goods TO the public. The mil
linery department will be kept at |
the old stand in III c Hold Block.
Hiram Sisk, an old m an OF color,
was found dead in his bed yesterday |
morning. We learn that he had been
complaining for several days of not
feeling well. We did not learn what
was the cause of his death. He has
been driving an express wagon for
several years and was known by al
most everybody.
A gentleman from Trigg county
informs us that the people of that
county and the town of Cadiz who
want 4 railroad at all are practically
solid for Col. Neale's road. In the
coming contest If the county is can
vassed well and judiciously there is
hardly question but that the tax
will carry.
We are certainly publishing news
paper that deserves the support ofour
people, and at price that is low
enough for all who do not want a pa
per for nothing. Compared with the
large number of other papers that
come TO this office, we furnish more
news to the square inch than any of
them. We are going to keep 1t up,
too, "and don't you forget it."
The Baptist church at Crofton will
be.dedicated the second Sunday in Oc-
tober. Rev. j. G. Bow, of Russellville
will preach the dedicatory sermon
Rev. j. N. Prestridge and Prof J
w. Rust have been invited, and are
expected to be present and assist in
the services. This will be an inter.
esting occasion in which a large
crowd will no doubt participate.
Some days since on the farm Of
Mr.. M. b. Henderson, in the Pilot
Rock neighborhood, a dog was seen
among his hogs. Mr.. Henderson's
wife attempted to frighten the dog
away which she finally succeeded in
doing, and nothing more was thought
OF It until few days afterward two
OF his hogs died with hydrophobia, /
which settled the fact that the dog
was mad. Several moro Of his hogs
have gone mad, but only two deaths
have occurred, The mad dog is sup
posed to still be somewhere in the
neighborhood as he has not been seen