Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1894-11-27

James Burbanks, Of Guthrie, KY,
has been granted pension.
At Greenup, KY, James Creamens
ran of with his brother Johns wife.
The "King's Daughters" met in
annual convention at Greensboro Sat
urday.
If the druggists are forced 10 pay
State liquor license. under the recent
decision, it will add $4,000 to the
State revenues.
Rev. Daniel Gum, of the Nashville
Bible School, preached at lilies
Chapel Saturday night, also Sum
day morning and night.
The coroner's jury decided that
Con Riordan, who was killed by Bob
Fitzsimmons in sparring match,
came to his death from accident.
At Falmouth Mr. A. T. Mckee and
Miss Murtilla Hendricks laughed at
superstition and were married on
Friday. The date selected was the
brides birthday.
Lewis G. Gabbert, of Dearborn,
Mo-, won the Centre College gold
metal in the annual declamatory con-
test Friday night at Danville. There
were seven contestants.
The protracted meeting at the
Crofton Christian church, conducted
by Rev. W. B. Wright, of Princeton,
closed Friday night. The meeting
was great success and there were
several conversions.
Sheriff-elect Pflanz, of Louisville,
has been indicted for violating the
election law. His offense was eject
ing from a voting place Republi-
can who claimed to be there as Pro-
hibtionist challenger.
DR.. j. N. Mccormack, of the
Health Board, denies that the cattle
shipped to England infected with
pleuro-pneumonia came from Ken
lucky as reported. He says there is
no cattle disease in this State.
Mrs. John Schmidt, who went down
into coal mine at Belleville, ILL.,, to
carry her husband his dinner, gave
birth to twin boys while 100 feet be-
low the surface of the earth. The
mother and babies were brought out
safe and sound.
Miss Mollie Mingus, of Brecken-
ridge county, was burned to death
last Tuesday. She caught her cloth
ing on fire from the cooking stove
while alone in the room. Every yes
tige of clothing was burned from her
body.
The birthplace of Abraham Lin
coin, near Rodgensville, in Larue
county, will probably be turned into
a park, party of gentlemen having
secured an option on the farm,
which is now owned by Mr.. Creal, for
that purpose.
Friday morning about 5 o'clock
fire was discovered in one of Mr.. M.
Cohen's show windows of his South
Main store. Mr.. Joseph L, Brasher
was the first to see the flames and
breaking in the door soon extin-
guish the flames. Mr.. Cohen's loss
is small
Mr.. j. X. Cant will take some of
his fine Buff Leghorn and Light
Brahma chickens to Bowling Green
next week to exhibit them at the War
rem Poultry Show, although he cannot
contend for prizes. The entries for
premiums are confined to the Third |
congressman ulStrlct.
The assessment of Kentucky rail-
roads has been completed by the Rail
road Commissioners. The total val
uation is $52,357, $40, decrease from
last year of S2,94l, 755, or a trihe over
per cent, due TO the panic Net
of railroads in Kentucky |
we're $780, 400, a decrease of $685.
SIS. The number of miles operated |
ia 1850, an increase Of nine.
Now that there is nothing for cat
lie to eat on the commons, the city |
stock law ought to be amended SO as
o keep cows off the streets, at least