Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-13

John N. Mills, of this city has beef
reelected to Congress from his dis
trict by nearly 1000. You can't dowI
a Kentuckian.
A hunting and fishing party from
this city are now in Trigg county.
Messrs. II. W. Tibbs, Alex Hender.
son, DIR. d. S. Wood and DR.. Will
liam are of the number.
Two negroes got into a fight Satur'
day night, and while ono of them
made several attempts to carve hi
opponent, neither one received any
serious injury.
Mr.. N. b. Edmuuds has been con.
fined to his bed by sickness for sew
eral days, but he summoned strength
enough to be carried to the polls and
voted for the railroads.
Fred Wards Gladiator belongs al
together to another play from that OF
Mr.. Downing's. There is no similar
ity in the characters. Wards Gladi-
ator belongs TO the play of Galba, and
Downing's to Spartacus.
John Boyd burned his own hat and
several Others belonging TO colored
men last Thursday night, at the bon
fire near the Cleve-- well, we mean
near the court house. John was sew
eral hundreds, probably, ahead on the
result of the election, and felt able to
give away several new hats.
Mr.. George W. jolly, of Greensboro,
was the original Harrison man in the
Kentucky delegation. Just step over
to Hunter Woods Collectors office,
Mr.. Jolly, and take charge -Louis-
vile Commercial. Major Breathitt,
of Hopkinsville, is named for the
place, and will probably get it.
The Greensboro Messenger says the
citizens of that town were too de-
pressed and "dead broke" 10 patron
ize minstrel company that played
there last Thursday night. We had
a railroad election on hand that got
away with everything. The Presi-
Dental defeat was almost forgotten.
The Christian county hunting club
left last night for Arkansas. The
club numbered Sam White, Dick
Caudle, Bill Craven, Bill West, Posey
Glass, Tom and Ben Wellington.
They had car load of horses and
dogs. They we're Joined here by
Lyman McComb, Philander Pendle-
ton and Col. Jas. Parrish.-Clarks-
vile Progress.
A series of meetings will COM
mence tonight at the Ninth Street
Presbyterian church. Services eve
ry night and prayer meeting at $3.50
p. m. during the week. There were
three additions to the church last
Sunday. She sacrament of the
Lords supper will be administered
next Sunday morning. /
Rufus Legate, a white man was
lodged in Jail last Saturday on the
charge of robbing the Empire Coal
Company's store at Empire last Sep
TENDER. Marshal Ed Higgins of
Crofton came up ard swore out a
search warrant before Squire Tins
ley and went down and executed the
warrant, and having good reasons
for believing Legate was guilty, ar
rested him and brought him to this
place for trial His case will come
up before Squire Tinsley next Thurs
day.
Col. Will S. Hays, who is known all
over the world as song writer and
newspaper man, has thrown away
his pencil and taken the general agen-
cy for the, piano house of Smith q
Nixon, of Louisville, Cincinnati and
Indianapolis. He is now in our city
and has on exhibition at the fur
niture rooms of Thompson 81 Mercy
nolds several very fine pianos and
asks the public to call and examine
them. Col. Hayes has established a
branch house here, which will be in
CHI arge of Mr.. G. J. Peake who has al
ready arrived and who has been at
the head of wholesale department Of
kentucky for a number of years,
The tax and anti-tax men had a
big fight at Belleview last Saturday.
From the information we have been
able to gain It seems that Harry
Clark got into trouble with some coll
ored men who we're opposed to the
railroad tax, when Parish Moacham
ran to Clark's assistance, who was
followed by a young man by the
name of Cox. Several others then
look hand and the fight became
general. Sam McGehee ran into his
store aud some one fired a shot at
him, which struck him OH the breast
but did not injure him. In the fracas
Parrish was considerably bruised up
md Clark got his hand cut by the
,losing Of his knife. Order was fin
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