Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-16
HERE AND THERE.
No marriage licenses issued since
Friday.

The "Pig4 Ia Clover" puzzle has
reached IIopkinsville.
Go to A. G. Bush for boots and
shoes and save moneys
Wiley & Parker want 10000 lbs
wool. Farmers see them before sell
ing
Read the call for a Democratic
mass convention Mt the Court house
April 9Th.
Ladies', If you want TO see the lat
est In spring millinery, call on Mrs.
Carrie llart.*
The rain OF the fret Of the week
was badly needed. Vegetation will
now grow rapidly.
There are thirty-two fire insurance
c)mpenie, represented by the Hop
! kinsville agencies.
a new line of pattern hats aud bon
uets received ready for Easter, at
Mrs. Carrie llart's.t
L. L. Buckner is prepared to break
young horses, aud also train horses
for the turf, on his tracks
l.. Barnes, of Providence, has
rented the Sabree Hotel for this sea-
son and has taken charge of It,
All the ladies admire the new mil
inery to be found at Mrs Harris, and
they are surprised at the low prices
There was hardly a day last week
that some fishing party did not leave
the city in high spirit.. As a rule
they returned empty handed.
j Clay johnson, The forger, in jail
at Clarksvlile, attempted suicide with
morphine last week. The drug had
been given'him for neuralgia.
Forbes & Bro. have Just finished
for the IIopkinsville Coal and Coke
Co., a new aud improved truck wag-
on, the only one of the Lind In The
city.
! The Baptist church will have
/ hard task TO fill the place Of the re-
firing psstor, Rev. j. N Prestridge.
In many respects his place cannot be
filled.
On our first page to-day will be
found a striking and instructive II.
lustration of the comparative worth
of the various kinds Of baking pow
ders now in the market.
Mr.. Frank Il. Richardson, of Penn.
broke, is to day announced as a Dem
ocratlc candidate for the Legislature,
election August next So far he is
the only announced candidate Of
either party.
As usual, Miss Alice Hays selec-
ton OF Millinery Goods is of the
latest styles. She has just oyened
her stock and the ladies are invited
to call and examine. A more choice
selection cannot he found any where
Tbs trial Of Champ Gist for killing
Sam WHIST adj at Ntbo several years
ago was sci for yesterday IN the Hop
sins Circuit Court. There have been
one or two mislrials and the case has
rome to be Chestnut on the
docket
Mr. j b. Pollard, the life insur-
ance agent, is now at Dixon. Mr.
Pollard is quite well known through
out our county, and has made many
warm friends since be has been cir
culating among our peoplc.-Webster
Sentinel.
j. Lieber, proprietor ofthe shaving
pRrlor over llooser & Billiards., has
engaged Mike Patton, an experienced
artist from Delaware, Ohio, who can
now be found assisting him. He
viii be pleased to have those needing
work ia his line call upon him. His
card appears in another column OF
to.dSy's issue.
The County Court OF Claims met
yesterday for the consideration OF
important matters of business. II
will be in session for several day.
There are no questions this time call
ing for any very great amount of log
rolling outside or oratory inside, as
was the case last October. Ouly rou-
tine business will be transacted. One
question will DO to decide whether
the bond surplus shall be loanel out,
or used to temporarily stop county
taxes.
The lecture Of DIR. Willitts last
Thursday evening was attended by .
rather small crowd considering the
extraordinary efforts that had been
made to fill the Opera House. The
subject OF "Moonshine" proper was
briefly touched upon in the begin.
ming, but the lecturer devoted him
self chiefly to pictufing the bright
side of life, throwing in an anecdote
now and then to add spice to the ad-
dress, which occupied an hour and a
quarter. 1t was entertaining and
Instructive throughout aud deserved
a larger hearing.
Milton Mobiles powerful new dra-
ma, "From Sire to Son." Is drawing
large and fashionable audiences at
the Grand Opera House. The play |
is most skillfully constructed, and the
interest Is maintained to the end. Mr..
MOBILES does some superb acting
when temporarily stricken with
speechlessness in the first act, and
wins a spontaneous curtain call night
ly by his splendid work at the end of
the second act, when he RECEIVERS the
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