The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1892-10-28

Mr.. J. w. Rodgers has been elected
nightwatchman by the board of aldermen
in place of F. E. Smith, resigned, and
went on duty Saturday night. Mr.. Rod
gers has held this position before and
made an efficient and faithful officer, and
| we are sure he will maintain his reputa-
ton.
The cotton market, we are highly
pleased to state, is still fairly good and the
staple was going yesterday at 7.75 to 7.8O
cents. The number of bales received up
until Yesterday was l7O4. Cotton reached
the highest point of tho season Tuesd ay
and was sold at 7:95. 1t has since declined
several points.
Kings Comedy Company, which will
occupy the boards of Paine's Opera House
next week, beginning Monday night, is
highly commended by the Paducah pa
pers, in which city they recently appeared,
for the general excellence of their per
Torrance and the high character of their
entertainment.
Go to the big barbecue at Burleson
next Wednesday and hear Taylor, Car
mack and Patterson preach the only true
and undefiled Democracy, and if you
have ever gone wrong or thought of going,
confess your sins, get forgiveness and
come back amoug your friends-the white
people of the South.
DR. F. L. Ewing held ordination and
installation services at Tabernacle Sunday
evening for the purpose of ordainIng and
installing elders and deacons for the Pres
byterian church at that place. The fol-
lowing persons were set aside for that
work: Elders, w. H. Strange and Jesse
Howard: deacons, William Bell and John
Elan.
The following marriage licenses have
been issued since our last report: White
G. r. CarnelI and NJ. V. Scott; NJ. III. Har-
ris and Lou Ella Guthrie. Colored-
George Small and Ann Wells; John Lee
Lille Townsend; Beverly johnson and
Mary Taylor; Dave Flowers and Sallie
Somerville.
The Third party man who is afraid
to hear Democrats speak for fear of being
changed in his convictions, certainly has
very little faith in the principles of his
party, and this fear is of itself an ad-
mission that he is Populite from preju-
dice and not from principle, and that he
knows that he is doing wrong in being a
member OF that party.
"A good many of our townsmen went
to Memp Monday on important ~
business, they said, but as we saw several
of them marching in the street parade in
in the forenoon and attending the circus
in the afternoon, we will not give their
names for fear their wives may ask why
they did not let them know about the ex
cursion rates and circus.
We understand that the Sorghum
crop of the county is unusually good, the
quality and quantity both being very sat
isfactory. We were shown the other day
a sample of sorghum made by the mill of
Messrs. J. w. and s. A. Wright in the
Eighth District, which was clear in color,
had splendid flavor and was superior in
every respect to that usually produced.
Mr.. Dabney Sheriff., who lives in the
Eighth District about a mile and half
from old Bloomington, had his gin burned
Tuesday evening. It is supposed the fire /
originated from match in the cotton. In /
addition to the house, gin and press, there |
we're couple of bales of cotton burned. |
Mr.. Sheriff. had $500 insurance on the
but this will not near cover
he loss.
The Brighton Dramatic Club, under
he management of Mr.. L. G. Bollck, Is
.ehearsing for a concert on Thursday
right. November Sd. The play is entitled
Rock Allen, the Orphan" The program,
which we have just printed for the Ciub'
S interspersed with music ana recltatlOns
md promises to be one Of the best enter
ailments of the many good ones that the
.oung people of the Brighton communlty
ave given
We are sorry that uewsy and inter-
sting communication from one OF our
rood friends at Mason reached us too late
or publication yesterday. We are deep
v grateful to all our friends throughout
he county for furnishing us with news
rom their sections, but we hope they will
ee to it that their letters reach US by
Wednesday noon each week, at the latest,
n order that they may appear the same
feek they are written.
Byron Hastings, aged five years and ;
half, adopted son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. s
hastings, died at their home in the Thir- 6
zenith District last Saturday night, after /
II illness of two weeks with bronchial '
and was buried at Sharp's a
rayeyard Sunday Byron was a very '
right and promising child, dutiful and {
wing to his parents and it is a sad blow i
, them. He had strong belief in fu- a
ire reward for one of his years and ex- {
ressed himself as being ready and babe c
le family an affectionale farewell just I
efore be died.