Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-10-28
HERE AND THERE.
Mrs. w. G. West is quite sick.


Call at Wyly & Burnett's Drug
Store Wednesday, and sell your fat
hogs to Moscley ~ Tribblc.*
Downey & J,rnigan, Pembroke,
still have two wheat drills and four
Tenncssce wagons for sale at cost"
jas. Ii. Bradshaw has bought
Forbes d Bros premium Deering
binder that bore off the blue ribbon
at the recent fair.
The bird law for Christian county
expires Friday and the slaughter OF
quail will begin. They arc said to be
unusually plentiful.
G. w. Rca & Co. do all kinds OF
roofing, guttering, etc, cheaper than
any house in town, and all work
guaranteed first GLASS;
JAS b. White, of Company A, Third
Kentucky Cavalry, has secured
through t. +. Lawson a monthly pen
sion of 81, from June 7, 1899.
Rev. A. W. Meacham, pastor of
Little River church, baptized DIR. p.
G. Wootton, a recent accession to the
church, at the last regular meeting.
Mr.. j. II. Pierce, son of Mr.. &. II.
Pierce, of this county, who has been
living in Texas for several years. was
recently married to Miss Mollie
Northern, of Anson, Tex.
Investigation showed that the court
Of claims had no authority to offer re-
wards in criminal cases, and nothing
was done towards securing the cap
ture and conviction of o. S. Brown.
Circuit Clerk c. NJ. Brown has vol
unfairly rendered to the court new
official bond, which has upon it the
names of G. II. Bush. w. NJ. West, j.
Z. Prowse, \. Ii. Anderson, +. W.
Biggerstalf, c. A. Brasher and others.
Messrs. Reed & McCarty will offer
for sale at public auction on the prem
ises, near Gracey, on Friday, the 9TH
of November, a lot of fine stock and
full outfit Of farming implements.
The sale will take place in the morn
Ing, commencing at 10 o'clock.
Mr.. j. c. Cant, Of Slater, Mo-, writes
TO n friend here that the corn crop of
Saline county this year will average
20 barrels to the acre and that the ap-
pie crop will yield an amount sulii-
cicnt TO paw 8 Der cent interest on the
total valuation of lands in the county.
The Court of Claims adjourned
Friday afternoon. One OF the appro-
priations made was an allowance OF
50 day TO Messrs. Davidson and
Mcdaniel, the committee to investi-
gate the raising of tax lists. The
work will be carried ON to com
pletion at the same price.
Clara Louise Kellogg's engagement
tonight is the leading event of the
theatrical season. The entire lower
floor of the Opera House, Ala seats,
had been sold as early as Saturday
This is something unparalleled in the
history OF operate attractions in this
city.
Matters in tho City Court arc re-
markably quiet at this time, only
three cases having appeared before
the Court since the 22nd inst The
efficiency of the present police force,
coupled with the speedy justice dealt
out to offenders by Judge Brown, is
well calculated to call halt among
evil-doers.
The members of the Methodist
church gave their new pastor, Rev. G.
W. Lyon, donation party on last
Friday evening. The gifts embraced
large number Of valuable and ac-
ceptable articles. Mr. Lyon desires
us to express his sincere thanks to the
thoughtful donors, one and all, for
their generous contributions.
Tho case of H. H. Bryant against
White & Street, of Cadiz, for the re-
covery of about SIPS for wheat sacks
alleged to have been lost, occupied
two days in Judge Morrow's court
last week. 1t was argued by Col. II.
A. Burnett for White a. Street and by
Messrs. Bell and Payne for the plain
tiff. The defendants gained the case.
Mr.. Tom Herndon, of Clarksville,
will offer for sale on Saturday, the 9Th
prox., near HerndoD, KY, valuable
farm containing $50 acres, a large lot
of stock, farming implements, one
livery stable, tobacco factory and 25
town lots in the town Of Herndon.
For full particulars concerning this
big sale see advertisement which APP
pears elsewhere in this issue.
Judge Brown continues to demon
strate to the people of Hopkinsville
that they made no mistake in electing
him City Judge. He is giving just
such an administration as the office
needed and making himself a terror
to breakers and evil-doers. The
police are stimulated to cooperate
with him in this work and the result
is better state of affairs in tho city