Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-07-30
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penings Tersely Told for Busy Readers

Senator J. G. S. Blackburn, Dem
ocratic candidate for United States
senator from Kentucky, will address.
the people of the first congressional
district upon the following dates and
at the following named places, speak
ing to begin at o'clock on each days
Paducah, Aug. Z, Mayfeld, Aug. 8,
Fulton, Aug. 9, Clinton, Aug. 10,
Bardwell, Aug. IL, Wickliffe, Aug
Is, Benton, Aug. Is, Murray, Aug. Is,
Smithland, Aug. II, Eddyville, Aug
19, Princeton, Aug 20, Marion, Aug
Fl and Cadiz, Aug. u.
Mrs. James Williams, wife Of the
proprietor of the Sebree House, has
brought suit against j, B. Yonts, a.
saloonist of this place, for the sum of
SIS 900. The petition claims that 2Ias
has notified said Yonts not to sell
her husband whisky, and that he has
continued to do so, and the petition
claims also that Williams family has
been damaged and prays the court
to grant judgment in the sum of
$5,0O0.-Sebree Herald.
Treasurer Hale has received and
disbursed so far this month 100000,
and expects to receive at least $780,
600 more. The half million dollar de-
felt which accumulated during the
total suspension of payment by the
treasury has been practically over
come, and the treasurer expects to be
able to resume the payment of all Oh
legations early in October.
Arrangements have been made for
Joint debate between Rev. r. W.
Christian, the colored Democrat who
spoke here Tuesday night, and DR.. j..
NJ. Peters, of this city. The speaking
will take place at the courthouse on
Tuesday, August l, at 7 o'clock N ,rr.
Much interest attaches to t,IpSs egent
among the colored Peosls.-0weng..
boro Messenger
| DR., VIM. Rose, who was sent to7thes
penitentiary for grand larceny from.
Lexington, was pardoned by Gov.
Brown year ago on condition that;
he forever leave the state. Last wee&:
| he ventured back TO Frankfort and.
the-governor had him arrested and
returned to the pen to serve out his.
term.
Oil has been discovered in a we'll
being bored on the lot of Mr.. Claude
Mimms, at the end of Ewing street,
One can smell the oil when within
five hundred yards of the place and
Mr.. Mimms is pushing the work as,
rapidly as possible and thinks he has
quite bonanza.-Guthrie V&ettes.
Chief of police Gus Singleton, Of
Paducah, was fined IS for exceeding
his authority and kicking Ike Baer.
out of his Office when he protested,
against the arrest of a guest of the,
New Richmond hotel, of which Baer.
is proprietor.
W. G. Leech has withdrawn from.
the race for representative, leaving l.,
Harper, the Blackburn candidate. as
the only Democrat on the track, in
McCracken county.
VIM. Stage, a young man whose
home is at Bonneville, Ky, was so
badly crushed in an accident at the
Bloomington, Ind carries that it was,
necessary to amputate both legs.
Judge Edwards refused to permit,
the removal of the Howard children
from Kentucky. They may be taken
to any point in the State that the in
terested parties may agree upon.
Geo. Robinson, keeper of the Meade
county poor house, was shot and killed.
by Blake Shacklett, a commissioners.
of the institution. They fell out over
horse trade.
1t develops that Mrs. Emily T.
Helm, of Elizabethtown, is not can
didate for State librarian, as dis
patch from Frankfort announced q
few days ago.
Cuss words on the streets of Ian,
caster now cost 81 apiece. Judge
Totten has started out to rigidly en-
force the ordninace against profanity.
As result of lucent drop in the
price of oil the last few days wild
eating" has been stopped and the oil
boom is considered ended.
A desperate named Gaines shot
and dangerously wounded Constable
Sid FraiI, who was trying to arrest
him at Marion.
Gov. Brown has offered reward of
500 each for the arrest and convic-
ton of the men guilty of the Howton
tragedy in Caldwell county.
Failures for the week were POP in
the United States, against 249 last
year, and p in Canada against 80
last year.
S. Loftin, a negro rapist, was lynch
ed at Lexington, Tex, on the 24th.
His victim was white woman.
Old farmers say the corn cro,,, thsa