Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-08-14
NEIaHsoRHooD NOTES.


Beadle dogs, which are a pedigreed
English rabbit dog.
ProfJ. p. Downer, late principal
of the EIkton Graded Schools, has
accepted the principalship ola school
in Georgia for this year.-Elkton
Progress.
A Democratic Club was organized
here last Saturday night. An en-
thusiastic meeting was held last Mon
day night, and another is set for next
Monday night. Let everybody and
his neighbOr attend, and help to rati-
fly, jollify and glorify the good old
cause of Democracy.-Cadiz Tele-
phone.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
met last night and repealed the old
Sunday ordinances. The only Sun
day law in force now is that which
closes saloons. This is as it should
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be. In this christian age we need nc
Puritanical Sunday laws other than
law regulating saloons. -Clarks'
vile Democrat.
Walter Martin, the fifteen-year-old
son of II. N. Martin, the Greenville
tobacco manufactures, has run away
lie was clerking in the store of e.
E. Fades Il Co. Picking out a new
suit of clothes from the stock, he
charged them to his father on Mr.
Fades books and skipped, This is
the third time he has run away. He
ia a bright, but hayward boy.
A prominent distiller says the com
ing season will produce as much
whisky in this county as has been
made in any year since 1882. Mr.. Nj.
V. Monarch bought $500 new barrels
yesterday, and he has 1000 old bar
rels in stock. Mr.. j. w. M. Field
has bought 1900 new barrels as a
starter, and it understood that other
distillers are correspondingly active
l-Owensboro Messenger.
II is said that prohibition doesn t
prohibit and judging from the re-
turns the rumor is not altogether
false. We have it upon good author
ity that II gallons Of liquor were UNI
loaded at our depot one night last
week. The jug trade in Todd is get
ting to be rather profitable business,
If the ear marks mean anything
Trenton Correspondent of Elkton
Progress.
w. g. McGehee made ~ 35 BUSH
els of wheat to the acre. lie made
I'll bushels on four acres. Thomas
Wadlington made 23I2 bushels to the
acre; Tandy Wellington 32l4 BUSH
els TO the acre; James Pendleton
made 40 bushels to the acre on 4 acres,
not so much on the balance of his
land E. L. Wash made 1874 bushels
to the acre; ALI Thomas made, on the
Greenwade place, 49, bushels to the
acre and on the Wilson place IA bush
els TO the acre Henry Bryant made
23ta bushels 10 the acre Robert Ma
son made 81 bushels TO the acre
Clarence Blakemorc made 81 bushels
to the acre; p. G.. Jones made Il
bushels TO the acre; G. III. Mitchell
made IL bushels to the acre.-Cadi
Telephone.
| A gentleman from the country in
forms us that on last Sunday the col
ored people of his section met at
barbecue in what is known as Free
town, a colored settlement on IN
jacksonville road, fer the purpose o
protesting against the recent mobbini
of negro murderers and rapists in th
county, and of forming protectiy
league. Hot speeches were made b.
a number of those present, and a.
organization was formed. A petitio
; was drawn up asking Governo
Buckner to protect the colored cit
zens of Henderson. If the Governo
does not interfere, the members {
this league have sworn to take redrei
into their own hands, and to follo'
their leader into carnage, if need b.
The organization of the league wa
intended to be kept quiet, but the 81
cret leaked out.-Henderson Journa