The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
TH&COMMONwEALTH.

TnEf blowing fourth-class postmasters
we're npointed ON TIC 1lth Cor Ken
lucky: f3ames NJ. Ricketts,, Camargo,
County, vice w. T. Norton,
remov J. McTomey. Dixie. Hender-
son CIEhty, vice Geo. w. Dixon, re-
moved John X. Smith, Centertown,
Ohio county, vice Alvin Rome, re-
move&
THf Board OF Surgeons to examine
pensf61s at Marion, consist Of j. c.
E,,ss.1 X, - p. Clark and J. T. Clark. -
TIM Kentucky and Tennessee Rain |
road company, whose charter author |
ICES 1e building of a railroad from the
Ten 3see Line through NopkinsYtus
10 m xphio river, has made contract
xVis,v wealthy construction company
$50 &r-svse4sssss ss--ss-s- -~s,~--az zfrosn.
HopldnsNlle to q point on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad, some twenty
five miles from Hopkinsyille, condition
ed upon the subscription OF 100000,
payable when the Standard Gauge rail-
road shall have been built from Hop
kinsville to the C. and o. railroad.
JosEPH WooLFoLK sold his farm OF
$50 acres, on the Munday's Ferry pike,
near Versailles, to Mr.. Risk, Of Scott
County few days ago, at $40 per acre.
MARK J. LIsLE, of Muhlenberg County,
had one of his legs amputated. the other
day the operation being necessitated by
blood-poisoning. which was caused by
Mr.. Lisle having removed corn from
one of his toes. He lies in a very crit
ical condition.
COLLECTOR BURNAM, Of the Eighth
District, has appointed as Deputy Col
lector w. G. Dunlap, Of Lancaster.
FLEM REYNOLDS. a colored man. was
shot and dangerously wounded during a
quarrel at Hopkinsville.
GLEN NUTTER was run over by q
mower. near Lexington, and seriously
injured
WM. BANKS was arrested at Lexlng-
ton, on charge OF murder.
PENSIONS for Kentucky: Original In
valid-Wm. o. Hall, James Salmon,
John T. ellis, Lewis 7. Tomerlin, Bar
nett Williams, deceased. Increase, Old
War-Richard w. Wallace, Levi Rober.
Reissue-Samuel Black, Eli Hacker.
Originall Widows, etc.--Nancy o., wild
ow of Barnett Williams; Lizzie H.,
widow of William b. Leach. Reissue
Robert Brock, alias Dickson.
Mr.. JAMES BRIDeEFoBD, one of the
Oldest wealthiest and most valuable of
Louisvilles citizens, died at his home
on Broadway few days ago.
The organization of the board OF cx-
amining surgeons at Hopkinsville has
been ordered. T. w. Blakey has been
retained, and Drs. Young and Nesbitt
have been commissioned.
THE contracts for building the fist
ten miles of the Big Stone Gap exteision
of the l.. & N. were awarded the other
morning. Twenty-three miles OF the
road are to be built, but 1t sas deemed
advisable 10 lea out at firsthut ten miles.
|. Eor the 1firsS two miles. Including tun
| mel LEO. feet in length, the bid o.
MessrS Mason, Hoge & King, OF Frank
fort, was accepted. The remaining eight
miles went 90 Mr. r. j. McCrann, OF
Lancaster, Pa, who has done great
deal OF work in tho section through
which the road will pass.
THE following fourth-class postmas-
ters were appointed on the 18th: T. G..
Austin, Hurry, Lawrence County, vice
Robt. Dixon, removed. Ira ID. Willet,
Graneeburg, Mason County, vice j. B.
Howard, resigned.
The following Kentuckians were
granted pensions on the l2th' Original
lnvalid-George +. Sturgess, John {.
Frakes. Sion Messer Edward Il. Bishop,
Samuel A. McSheery, Wesley Embry,
VIM. Green. Increase-llenry Pfsterer.
Old War-Nelson Mcintosh. Reissue
Richard A. Bernard, Archibald Gibson,
Napoleon B. Devary (deceased), Wash
ington NJ. Conner. Reissue and In
crease-Israel b. Penrod. Original
Widows, etc. jeremiah, father Of Thos.
Z. Shy; John 5, father of Christopher c.
Foster.
The work OF construction on the Ow-
ensboro and FordSyille railroad is pro-
crossing in manner most encouraging
10 the directors, who desire to complete
the line as soon as possible. Several
hundred men were recently put 10 work
on the line, and it is predicted that work
will be completed long before the con-
tracted time. The whole route between
Owensboro and Fordsville has been sur
veyed and ties are being placed on the
grading by the carload. Track-laying
machines are placing the STEEL and one
mile day Is being made with ease In
a few days laborers will begin laying
rails at Fordsyille, and by September,
it is thought, the entire line VIII be
ready for operation. All the bridges
and trestles have already been finished,
and the approaches have long been ready
for the track-layers.
GOVERNOR BUCKNER has appointed h.
NJ. Flack commissioners for the Western
Lunatic Asylum At Hopkinsviiie, vice
Geo. O. Thompson, resigned.
w = RAPrOw was arrested at Lexing-
ton Tor horse stealing.
THE following pensions are for Ken
lucky: Original lnvalid-Wm. r. Hale,
/ deceased Adam Dodd, Samuel +. Skeen
VIM. W. Evans, Wm. Buckner and She
miah Watson. Increase Charles G.
Case. Reissue-Wm. Decker, VIM. r
sullivan. James Il. Thompson, Edwin
Forbes and James f. Moore. Origina
Widows. etc.--Martha d., widow o
VIM. r. Hale; Mary, mother of Thomas
j. Peter; Kate McCloskey, former widow
OF Lawrence Heidenrick. Mexican sur
yiyors-Phiip w. Zilliart.
THERE is probability that the Ken
tucky Midland railroad, Capital Route,
will he extended TO Mt. Sterling. Tn,
peoplo Of that town promise to subscrib,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
TIM death watch has been set upoi
Dilger and smart, who will be hange,
in Louisville July 81.
FRANK MCGEE confined in the Louis
willie Jail on charge of petit larcen.
was killed by fall from a balcony.
W.J. IloPSoN, under a ten years sen
tencc for murder, escaped from tn
Princeton Jail, and is still as large.
PRoF JoHN PATTERSON, OF Lexington
has been elected principal of the publi
schools at Versailles.
.ionN 7, BoDT declines his nomina
tion for the Legislature by the Demo
Gratis Of Christian County, because IL
acceptance would require an extraordi
nary sacrifice of his large business in
terests.
DIR. 4. WHITNEY WITHEY, Of Louis
willie. has been absent from his hom
! ainco last ApWl. lie was last heard o