Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1894-12-28

Thos. G, LEIGH, Paducah banker,
kdied Christmas day
In Louisville 95 persons were ar
rested on Christmas day.
q George Royce, Madison county
primer, was killed by train.
They are talking about building a
Zee track over at GAINESVILLE.
There is considerable sickness re-
orted in the Kennedy neighborhood.
# The McCreary Guards is the name
Ia new miljlary company at Frank
ort.
q The general store of o. p. Skillman
in Daviess county, was robbed of
300 worth of goods.
In Rowan county, James Whitaker
KILLED Henry Tyree with an ak and
BADLY wounded VIM. Cole.
Il An unknown tramp suicided in
Graves county. He was about 30
years old and used pistol.
n Mrs. John A. Cox, who Drained
n her husband with an ak, is in Jail at
Barbourville, and her case may end
with hanging.
81 A number of extra policemen were
B!put on Monday to handle the very
barge crowd in the city. There were
comparatively few arrests.
A The city authorities refused to per-
Unit fire. works to be exploded on the
sstreets Christmas, liberties Of the sort
A having been abused in the past.
\ Harry Stone fifteen years of age,
was run over and killed by Chesa-
peake, Ohio and Southwestern train
Saturday afternoon near Princeton.
McHenry Sandefur and George
Morning are in Jail at Henderson
charged with safe blowing. Morning
has confessed that he blew open a
safe at Zion.
John Spann, Claude bearing, Bob
Bird and Spann's fifteen-year-old
son were killed and John Sparks
probably fatally injured in saw
mill expfosion in Barren county.
Edward Harrigan was killed by
Edward SINISTER in prize fight at
Baltimore Tuesday. His skull was
fractured in a knock-down and he
died soon after. This makes three
this month.
Chas. A. Dye, jewelry auctioneer,
z has sued the Paducah Standard for
$4,000 and James l.. Wahl for S1O,-
600 damages. Mr.. VAIL had him ar
rested and put in Jail and the Stand
ard wrote up the affair.
Bob Tinsley, COL, escaped from the
Montgomery county, Tenn, chain
gang Monday, while working on
public road near GAINESVILLE, and is
still at large, his whereabouts being
unknown to the authorities.
Eugene t. Casey, clerk in the
Covington postotfce, is under arrest.
charged with robbing the mails. He
has been in the Office three years and
is believed to have stolen between two
and three thousand dollars. Being
unable to give bond he went to Jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Long celebra-
ted the 10th anniversary of their mar
rage with a "China wedding" re-
ception st their home on Walnut
street on the evening of the oath.
The attendance was large and the
affair a brilliant one. The host and
hostess received many valuable pres
ents.
Christmas presents were thrown
from the windows of the Racket store
Monday evening, and for while the
street was blockaded with the mass
of people attracted. Few of the arti-
Giles thrown out-mostly toys-escap-
ed being torn to pieces in the general
scramble for them.
The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph company has completed
Is Inc to Henderson, and long dis
ance messages are now in order. The
lime has been erected via, this city
and extends as, far south as
SAthens, Ala. GAINESVILLE, Pulaski, Co
slumbia and Galiatio, have connec-
ton, The service offered by the
company is superior.