Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-01-15
THIS AND THAT.

Mr.. Frazier Owen, Jr, is quite sick
at his home at Kelly.
Go to A. G.. Bush for boots and
shoes and save moneys.
The January daft of common
school money has come.
Look ont for the eclipse of the moon
at 10 80 tomorrow night.
Mr.. s. IL. Claggett has four fresh
milk cows for sale, low down.
W. b Brewer, the Fairvlew grocer,
has sold out to II d. Humphrey.
Mr. j. p. Glass has again been
stricken with paralysis at Owensbo.
ro.
Miss Cora Petre, entertained a
number of young people one evening
last week.
Lard has declined from S772 per
hundred to 1892, In Chicago, since
Saturday.
May wheat dropped TO 81 OOl9 Sat
urday but was quoted in Chicago
yesterday at sl.0lia.
Not single arrest was made in
Clarksville last week. This often
happens in small places.
Nose West and Dave Wiley, late
rival candidates for sheriff, attended
church together Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman McComb, of
Pembroke, celebrated the 18th ami
versary of their wedding on the 18th
inst.
In our last issue the types made us
say that Wilson Bros, Gracey, had
failed for $500 1t should have
been $1,000
Messrs. Garnett & McComb. Of
Pembroke, are delivering, 10000
bushels OF wheat sold TO the Crescent
Nil of this city.
A school entertainment was given
at Kelly's Station Saturday evening
Tne schools of Profs. Holt aud R1g-
ers both participated.
Mr.. j. w. Downer delivered lee
ture on ''Nathauiel lIaw thOrne' be-
fore the Roberts Burns Wilson club,
OF ElktoD, last Tuesday night.
Drs. Jackson and Hendricks, Of
Crofton, are both quite i'll aud DR.
Rowe, the other local doctor, has his
hands full attending TO the sick,
Miss Susie Reynolds, Of Pembroke.
while riding on load of straw with
a little baby brother in her arms, was
thrown of and had her arm broken
near the elbow. The baby was not
hurt.
The l. g. N. road will this week
discontinue the regular passenger
trains on the Clarksyile a. Princeton
branch aud attach caboose TO the
freight trains, which win run daily
each way.
Rev J. W, Bigham leaves this week
Tor Moberlty, Mo, 10 engage in a
protracted meeting. lie will be gone
three weeks and during his absence
Rev. 4. II. Shaw will iilIhis appoint
ments for him at Hebron and
vaughan's Chapel.
L. VI. Cox Lodge, + A. NJ. at Croft
ton, has installed the following
corps of new officers: J. NJ. Clark
w. NJ Geo. w. Davis, S. w. (; l.. j.
Brown. j. W; e. i Gray, Treas.
V. C. Clark, Sec Il. L. Melton, 5
D.; b. +. Fuller. j. D.; W. IL. See
more, S. n. I.
Evergreen Lodge, No. 3S, X of p
is just now on boom. Five appli-
cants have been voted worthy and
are now on the road to Knighthood.
A celebration is contemplated on
Feb. 10, the anniversary of the order,
when a number OF neighboring
lodges will be invited and the third
rank conferred on the candidates
whose petitions have lately been
acted upon. No lodge in the State
can DO lnsr work in the knights
rank than Evergreen. An effort will
also be made to have Knight j. G
Joseph, of Clarksville, come over on
that occasion and confer his beanti-
| full and impressive fourth degree
upon those who have never taken II
Some of the accounts sent to the
daily papers in regard TO the unfor'
tunate tragedy which cost Young
Dick Gary his life, were shameless
misrepresentation. One Of these
not only made i'll ease of suicide
but went farther and assigned disap
pointment In love and quarrels VIII
his father as probable causes. A lit
tie more of truth and little less o
the sensational, as well as a little
more care in collecting facts, woul'
result in more reliable news bein;
sent out and greater justice done f
parties concerned. Young Gary
} death was purely accidental and 1t ]
hard enough for his parents to beal
without having the matter given t
the public in false light by rockies
, and irresponsible reporters.
Henry J. Sites has received the
appointment of attorney for the L. 4
N. Railroad at this place. The l.. 4
N. Company always employs tn,
highest order of legal ability to man
age its affairs and this selection is
great compliment TO Mr.. Sites. wh'
is yet under thirty years OF age. HI
has been practicing law for sever
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