Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-03-25
CREAM OF NEWS.
A Narrow Escape,

~ IoooBNs
The second floor of Metcalles
foundry, with five tons of castings on
it, fell with loud crash Wednesday,
narrowly missing four worlSmen.
Dropped Dead.
George b. Hughes, a son of Hon.
Dan II. Hughes, of Morganfield, KY
dropped dead Of heart disease in a
drug store in that town on the 10th
inst. He was q years old and leaves
u wife and two children. Deceased
was a brother of Miss Willie Hughes,
who recently took part in an enter
tainment in this city.
ATwo Per Cent Raise.
Judge Winfree has been notified
that the State Board of Equalization
has added two per cent. TO the valua-
ton of property in Christian county
as reported by the Assessor and equal
lied by the county Supervisors OF
taxes. The board will give audience
to u committee limited to five, includ-
ing the Assessor, on March n to 20,
and hear them in behalf OF the county.
Such committee should be sent to
Frankfort to protest against this in
crease.
Elder Lucas Work.
Thirty-seven professions OF faith
are reported since Elder Lucas began
his work at the Christian Church in
this city. The services will continue
through this week, and probably next.
Tonight the subject Of his discourse
will be 1.-THE Divinity of Jesus Christ"
This is a subject that non-professors
and skeptics should not fail to hear
discussed by this eminent divine. 1t
il not necessary to say that all who
want seats should be early in their at
tendance, us the house is crowded to
its utmost capacity every night. Sub
ject this morning THE Devil"
Fell From Scaffold.
Mr.. Levi Moore, who was working
on the porch Of Mr.. Geo. L. Randle's
residence ON Virginia street, last Mon
day morning, fell through an opening
in the scaffold, a distance of a little
over five feet. 1t was reported ON the
streets that Mr.. Moore had been
killed by the fall. A representative
Of this paper visited the residence of
his brother and found the injured
man lying on his bed suffering con-
siderable pain, but not in anything
like a dangerous condition. Mr..
Mr.. Moore does not know how he
came TO fall, but says it was caused
by a sudden rushing of blood to his
head. When he fell the back OF his
head struck mitre box that was lying
on the porch floor, which made bad
wound. He also received an ugly cut
above his right eye. He will proba-
bly, be able to resume work in few
days.
New Free Delivery Law,
Last years business at the Hop
kinsville postoffice amounted to $780,
900. Under the present law regulat-
ing the free delivery of mails, had
there been 1000 worth of stamps and
postal cards sold we would be entitled
10 free delivery if our population had
reached 5000 by the last census.
to the census of 1890 Hop
INinsville only had 4,229 population.
A census taken by authority of the
Council in 1886 gave us $3.50. IL
would probably prove an impossibility
20 get more unsatisfactory count of
noses than this last named census.
The contract was let out to the low
sst bidder and he received the
enormous sum Of $40 for his services
We do not remember the length of
lime taken up in this laborious under
taking, but it was three weeks, or
.hereabouts. 1t was simply $40
thrown away. No one can correctly
AXE the census Of the city in less than
ywo months. When the next U. S.
,onsus is taken, which will be done
his year, we have no doubt that Hop
kinsville's population will exceed
1000 This would give us the
rec delivery, as we will only be re-
luired under the new law pending in
Congress to sell $1,000 worth of
stamps, The new bill it is believed
by persons who are well posted at the
National Capitol, will become law.
The Decision at Last.
AS semi-authoritatively foretold by
.he KEsTucKIAN some weeks ago, there
mas been a second decision by the
Court of Appeals on the Ohio Valley
Railroad case from this county, re-
Affirming Judge Grace's decision and
killing the proposition voted on. The
facts are too familiar to our readers to
need discussion at this time. Both
he o. V. and the G. & I. roads were
voted aid in the sum of 100000 each,
On the same day, Nov. 10, 1888, and it
that the law does not per-
nit two propositions of the kind to be