Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-04-23
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A Condensed Accounts of the Latest Hap
penings, Tersely Told for Busy Readers

CnaS. kuOX, the famous new 1Ork
hat man, is dead.
Henry Watterson will lecture in
jacksonville May 2.
The Tennessee Press Association
will meet in Chattanooga June 4.
Jas. M. Fishes was shot and killed
by Lee Foster, at Scottville, Ky.
The third district railroad conven-
ton will be held at Winchester June q
Leslie johnson was arrested at
Hend kson for passing counterfeit
dollars.
A special term OF circuit court is in
session at Morganfield. Only civil
causes will be tried.
Anderson and Woodford counties
will vote on the question OF free
turnpikes in November.
Gale Vinson shot and MORALLY
wounded Jas. Stephens, near Fulton,
KY, in row over a girl
1t is estimated that the income tax
collections will reach Sic, 100000. Of
this Kentucky will pay 100000.
The revival at Lexington, conduct
ed by Rev. B. Fay Mills, has closed.
About 600 people were converted.
Smith Cook, the Kentucky giant, of
Shelbyville, has smade up" with his
wife from whom he separated some
weeks ago.
Luther Foster, Republican county
attorney of Green county, was shot
and killed by Clarence Vaughan,
Republican politician.
James Roach and Richard Froe-
man, tried at Mt, Sterling charged
with being members of the mob that
lynched Tom Blair, were acquitted.
Geo. w. Carlisle, brother of Secre-
tary Carlisle, died at independence,
Kenton county, last week, after long
illness. He was farmer and 81 years
of age.
Mr.. Barton Crutchfield and Miss
Sammie Bell Nisbet, oldest daughter
of Mr.. w. W. Nisbet, were married at
Madisonville Wednesday. They will
live at st. Charles.
Misc Ollie Gibson has fled seduc-
ton st against Ben Gibson, in Web
ster County, charging him with the
paternity of child born Mar. s. The
parties are not related.
Mat Galloway, negro murderer,
was hanged at Columbia, Tenn,
Saturday. He confessed the crime
on the scaffold. His neck was bro
ken.
Joe klrriss, bareback rider with
.cssn r y 5rcus had his leg broken at
AL, ~ y5ro, and the next day Miss
Florence Roach, lady rider, was
thrown and seriously hurt at Hender-
son.
1t is reported that five negroes
were lynched at Greenville, Ala, Sat
urday night for the murder of white
man named Watts Murphy, whose
body was burned 10 a brush heap by
the tends.
Three negroes accused of compiled
ty in the murder of David Doty at
Richmond, for which Bill Taylor was
hanged last January, have been in
dicted, although Taylor's statement |
exonerated them.
A base ball bat mandatory is soon
to begin work at Sturgis. 1t has a
contract to furnish Chicago house
with 10000 bats and will furnish as
many more as can be gotten out.
They are to be made of Union county
white ash.
The steamer, "City of Savannah"
struck pier of the railroad bridge
at GAINESVILLE day night. No
one was hurt the accident, but
three horses were knocked overheard.
Two of them were recovered and the
other one was drowned. The dam
age done by the collision is estimated
at $500.
An Illinois man claims to have re-
Gently received a letter from John
Wilkes Booth, who is alive and en-
gagged in mining project in South
America. There has always been
doubts as to the identification of the
man slain as the assassin of Lincoln,
and for whose body the government
paid reward of $4,000. Every
once in awhile somebody revives the
story that Booth escaped.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the st. Bernard coal compa-
ny held at darlington last week, the
directors were elected: II.
B. Hanson, New York; Thos. Rutter,
New York; John III. Moss, New York; |
B. N. Fanen, Philadelphia; F. p.
Gracey, GAINESVILLE, Tenn; w. III.
Howe, Nashville, Tenn; E. G. Sebree,
jr., Henderson; Geo. G. Atkinson,
Darlington; John B. Atkinson, Earl