Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-21
HERE Ard THERE.


] penny" Turner is up again after
brief illness.
Born, to tho wife Sam McGehee
Thursday night last, a fine boy.
Henry d. Wallace is slowly recover
ing from severe attack of fever.
r. NJ. Woodbridge, livery, feed & sal
stable, Fritz stand. Telephone l4i.
Nearly all the districts were repie
sented ut the Democratic COMMITTEES
meeting yesterday.
The count of claims met yesterday
with full attendance and will be ii
session several days.
Saturday was great day with al
the merchants. The biggest crowd foi
three years was in town.
Downey g. Jernigan, Pembroke
still have two wheat drills and four
Tennessee wagons for sale at costs
G. w. Tea & Co. do all kinds Of
roofing, gu,tering, etc, cheaper than
any house in town, and all work
guaranteed first class
A freigh. wreck near Pembroke
Sunday morning delayed tho morning
mail six hours. Eight cars were
ditched, but no one was hurt.
Mr.. Hugh G.. McGehee, Of Oak
Grove and Miss Annie M. Carter,
daughter of Mr.. A. l.. Carter, of Long
view, will be married Thursday even
ing next.
The Goldons played to good houses
all last week and the last two nights
the Opera House was entirely filed.
Tho company is a good one and mer-
tied tho very successful engagement
they enjoyed here.
Marriage license was issued to Mr..
II. Y. Pendlctop, Jr., TO wed Miss
Lizzie p. Morrison, yesterday. Both
parties live near Pembroke and are
prominent figures in society. They
have the KENruoKIAN's well wishes.
A piece of coal popped out of the
crate at Mr.. f. w. Dabney's Sunday
morning and caught the mosquito bar
over tho bed on fire. The bedding
was quickly ignited aud Mr.. Dabney
had some trouble in putting out the
flame. In doing so his hands were
considerably burned.
Tho Commissioners OF the Asylum
have at last made an arrangement for
,oIl, closing contract with the llecla
at 81 cents for the run OF
he mines. This is much higher
has been paid for several
ears, but il was the best the Board
'ould do after trying all summer to
get better figures.
The residence OF Mr.. W. w. El,lins.
# Fairview, came very near being
,urncd one dag last week. The roof
vas discovered TO DO in flames, but
some hands were working |
rear tho house and succeeded by |
prompt action in putting the fire out,
flor considerable damage had been !
lone.
Sci McNicholls and Mat Hilton,
10Th colorcd. wore arrested near Elmo
asst Thursday night, by Constable
rice, OF Pembroke, charged with
rand larceny. They were brought
0 This city and locked up. 1t is UNI
erstood that they will plead guilty to
etit larceny in stealing several bush
Is of wheat from Pleas CARROT, and
I course will get term in tho coun-
7 work house.
Prof. Frogge has within the last six
eeks visited so OF the l42 schools in
ie county and expects to visit the
Their G2 within the next few weeks.
he law requires all of the schools to
0 visited once year by the Superin-
,ndent aud Prof. Frogge has started
ut TO perform his entire duty in the
latter. He has finished the northern
oriion of the county with three ex-
options, making most OF the trips on
orseback.
The watermelon which Bowles &
ayden, the Ninth street photograph
$, put on exhibition with the request
lat the number of seeds be guessed S
for premium. was cut Saturday s
I'd found TO contain 79l seeds. Mrs.
della Underwood guessed that num- 7
'r and got the first prize; Miss Violet {
leeman, Of GAINESVILLE, guessed 7S9, |
hich number secured the second, :
I'd Miss Corrie Phelps number, 7sS, 1
1t the third. There were about T
300 guesscs ranging from, 80 to G
$50.