Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-21
NEIGHBoRHuoD NOTES.

G cants for teachers certificates thi
| year. There have been fifteen fail
ures. Fourteen third-class certiti
| Gates. Eight second class certificates
Only one tirst-class certificate, whicl
was issued to G. d. Pittman, O
Greenville.-Greenville Echo.
Hon, John f. IIalsell, ex-Congrcss
man from the Third District of Ken
lucky, now resident of the grea
state of Kansas, was in the city Tues
day, talking to and Misunderstanding
with the voters. The Judge is in thu
county on visit to his brother- in
law, Mr.. b. G. Porter, near this city
where his wife has been spending tn,
summer.-Progress.
Reuben L. Gillehan was tried las
Tuesday in the Trigg Circuit Cour
on an indictment charging him with
unlawfully taking a letter and refus.
ing to deliver it to the owner, a young
lady that he was waiting upon. The
Jury fined him only $3.50 for the of.
fense.-Cadiz Telephone.
San Webb rode into town the other
day and left his horse tied to the
rack. When he got ready to go home
he struck out afoot, and on arriving
at his house his son asked him about
the old mare that he rode from home
that morning. Then it was that DIR.
Webb remembered that the old mare
was at Madisonville anXiously await
ing to be ridden home. lie walked
back and rode home.-Madisonyille
Hustler.
One day last week one of Bris Gir-
sons little boys accidentally set fire
to a hay stack ON William Cardwell's
farm. The boy was playing with
match, which ignited and fired the
hay. A stack of wheat was burned,
and ii was by great effort that more
of it was not consumed. After the
fire had died down, a little two-year-
old boy ran through the hot ashes
and burned his feet very badly. The
loss was about 500 -Madisonyille
Hustler.
Real estate has been changing
hands quite rapidly in the county
during the past few days and at good
prices. Gill Smith sold his residence
in this city TO Miss Mary Russell for
$500 and bought the Pat Morris farm,
of l60 acres, for $500. j. w. Noodle,
near Fairview, sold his farm of $50
acres to Maj. W. II. Jcssup at $50 per
acre. S. ii. Perkins sold Mrs. Pass
more the Stinnett house and lot on
Russellville street, for $l0OO.-Elkton
Progress.
Arrangements are being made to
hold a prohibition camp meeting in
The city, commencing about Aug. %.
A committee, appointed at Dawson
last week, now have the affair in
charge. 1t is proposed to bring some
great celebrities here at that time,
among them Sam Small and Geo. w. |
Balm, the temperance lecturer. Wood
land Park has been selected as the
place for pitching tents and holding
the meeting Next weeks Journal
will contain more elaborate notice
of the event.--IIeneerson journal.
Tho Paducah Standard says: De-
tectiye Bloomfield, of this city, on
arrested G B. James, the
acting marshal of Central City, on a
charge of stealing $40 from a woman.
Tho woman got of the train Sunday
hight in a state of intoxication. Dur
ny the night she was robbed of
.wenty-dollar gold piece. Detective
Bloomfield was in Central City on
business and took the case in hand.
It took but a short time 10 trace the
.heft to James and make out very
plain case. James waived examina-
ion and was held over to circuit
,ourt.
Tuesday afternoon about four or
i've o'clock, Willie Chisenhall and
wo sons of Thos. higgins, of New
Providence, all aged between twelve
nd fifteen years, went bathing near
he Peterson ford in West Fork. The
water was not very deep, and the
'oys had been in some time when
hey came out, but little Chisenhall
EFT his companions and returned to
he water. In few minutes they
for him but could not find
i'm. The higgins boys went home,
nd giving the alarm an older brother
{ the drowned boy went to the
reek, and wading in, found the re-
lains of the child in water not over
lree feet deep. The little fellow was
inject to fits, and 1t is supposed he |
ad fit while in the water and {
rowned. He was an orphan, a
rand-child of Mrs. Leigh, of New
Providence, with whom he lived.
Tobacco Leaf.