Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-11-14
HERE AND THERE.

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II. NJ. Woodbridge, livery, feed & sale
stable, Fritz stand. Telephone l44.+
S An infant OF Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Cook is very sick with bronchial
pneumonia.
| Tho day of bossism is past. The
people are now capable of ruling
themselves.
air. j. NJ. Hipkins is having an
elegant office cut off and arranged in
the east end OF his livery stable.
Tho KENTucKIAx has no slate fixed
up for the city election aud will cheer
fully support any good men placed ON
the ticket.
Meetings have been held in several
of the wards this week to agree upon
certain names to be submitted to the
primaries on the 25th.
II is understood that there are two
gentlemen willing TO make the race
for City Attorney on the Democratic
ticket, viz: G. NJ. Bell aad W. A. Me
Cormick.
The primary election on the 25th
will enable the voters to familiarize
themselves with their voting places
by the regular election day in De-
cember.
The Neic Era has kindly consent
cd to let the Democrats of the Seventh
ward hold primary. Perhaps upon
second thought it will be Us consider
ate towards the other wards.
The Sixth ward has l40 Democratic
voters and 80 Republicans. Citizens
meetings in that ward will cause
very little uneasiness among the Dem
ocrats.
NJ. @. Forbes in the Second and f.
W. Dabney in the Fourth may be
set down as two of the certain win
ners on the 25th. II is doubtful il
they will have any opposition.
The ladies of Grace Episcopal
church will give a candy pulling at
Ragsdale's warehouse this evening to
raise money to pay for the church
organ. Admission 10 cents. Every
body invited.
Al. G. Fields minstrels, one of the
most popular companies on the road,
will make their annual visit TO this
city on the 25th. The mere announce
ment is sufficient TO fill the house. AL.
always draws like porous plaster.
= Mr.. W. D. Radford, prominent ,
farmer of the Longview vicinity, made |
an assignment this week, for the ,
benefit of his creditors. The liabil- d
tiles are $4,000; assets estimated at
consisting OF farm lands and
personal property.
Pension Attorney T. f. Lawson has
secured pension for Thos. W.
Fletcher, son of the late Terrell
Fletcher, Of Crofton, amounting to
sl,4i3. 1t was back pension, which {
ceased when young Fletcher became
l6 years OF age.
So far as we have been able to learn
there are not ten Democrats in the
city opposed to the primaries ordered
for the 25th. The action of the Aux
iliary Committee has met with gen :
eral approval. The primaries will :,
be held as ordered, the objections of
disorganizers to the contrary notwith-
Mr.. Ben Thompson has resigned r
the position Of Opera House manager,
owing to other business that takes all i
his time. Mr.. John b. Galbreath I
succeeds him and will make very Ia
capable and efficient manager. He [
has had considerable experience in c
this kind Of work and is thoroughly t
for the place.
The most important case tried this
term in tho Common Pleas court was !.
the civil suit OF Wheeler, Mills & Co.
VS.. Ragsdale h Co, for $l6l.9S on u ,
warehouse settlement running through
several years. The case was tried by
, jury and argued by Mr.. W. W.
Clarke for the plaintiffs and Mr.. c. II. :
Bush for the defen 'ants. The jury !,
gave the plaintiffs judgment for S20.9s.
The gentlemen named in the var G
,us wards Tues lay as eligible for 4
,3uncilmen are not all the available
timber by any means. The following c
additional list of citizens are eligible @
Or could sasily make themselves so If
In the first ward, M. d. v
Kelly, Joe McCarroll; Second, W. M. +
Hill, John Moayon; Third, j. o. /
Jas. Holeman Fourth, Geo.
o. Thompson, r. NJ. Anderson; Fifth,
f. E. Bhimenstiel, B. S. Wood; Sixth,
r. H. DeTreville, W. p. Winfree;
Seventh, j, p. Braden, II. NJ. Hurt.
The City Council met in called ses- :,
sion last night to take steps to formal !
lv accept the $1,000 bequeathed by
the late Mrs. M. N. Roach for the pur- !
pose of erecting public fountain in
the city Of Hopkinsville. The time
for accepting the bequest expires in