Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-06-14
AROUND AND ABOUT.
NOTHING BUT NEWS FOUND IN THIS
COLUMN.
A Condensed Account of the Latest Hap
penings, Tersely Told for Busy Readers.
Ma&Henry I. Stanton continues t.

improve.
Little Roy Forsythe died of hydro
phobia at Vanceburg.
Champion Jim Corbett's wife has
sued him for divorce.
Grand Duke George, Czarewitz, of
Russia, is dying OF consumption.
Arrests are expected in Lexington
as the result of a wicked child traffic.
The American Association OF Muir
serymen is in session at Indianapolis.
Fulton Gordon still has fits of de-
sponj dency. He has no plans for the
future.
The Republicans have nominated
Geo. Du Relic for appellate judge in
the Louisville district.
Deputy Auditor virgie Hewitt was
married last week to Miss judith
Drane, of Frankfort.
Chicago's census shows 1,995,0O0
population an increase of 10000 over
last year.
j. E. Dooley has been elected
mayor of Uniontown vice Sylvester
Pike resigned.
VIM. r. Castle has been appointed
Hawaiian Minister to the United
States.
The government of Honduras has
paid to the United States $4,000 as
indemnity for the murder of Renton.
The Populists have nominated 10.
A. Parker for representative in Nc
Cracker county and John Lynn in
Union county.
Jno. H. Harmon, of Harrodsburg
academy, won the prize of the Ken
lucky Declamatory League at Lam
caster. There were eight contestants.
Gas and oil in great quantities have
been struck at Hawesville. A stock
company has been organized to de-
velop the wells at once.
Alice Mitchell, the murderer of
Freda Ward, attempted to commit
suicide at Bolivar, Tenn, by jump
ing in tank on the asylum roof.
The Rev. DIR. John Hall has con-
tributed to the fund for home mis-
sions the 81, 900 which he expected to
pay as income tax.
TMPopulists of the Trigg district
have nominated DR.. j. III. Lackey for
the State senate. Col. Sims, of Trigg,
will almost certainly be the Demo
cratic nominee.
The first car of 1895 wheat arrived
at st. Louis yesterday from Coffey-
vile, Kan. The car was auctioned
for the call at the premium price of
ninetys6ve cents.
TbS~gar office at Madrid .announ-
ces that reinforcements of ten bat
tallions of infantry and other troops
intended for the Island of Cuba will
leave Spain Monday, June II.
The Sturgis Ledger expanded into
sixteen pages last week and its double
number was very creditable issue
booming "Union county's youngest,
most precocious and most prosper
Gus child"
A three-year old child IF Robert
Tracey, of Frankfort, was stung by
bee last week and shortly after
wards fell into commissions. Blood
poison then developed from which
the child died.
j. d. Moore postmaster, and Tip
Stern, assistant postmaster, at Heavy,
Laurel county, shot each other to
death at that place Monday. They
were brothers-in-law, and Stern was
jealous of Moore.
A half-bred Indian woman has
aroused the curiosity of the citizens
of Blackford, KY, by paying $l,50O
for an old mill lot and sett ng gang
of men to work digging it up in
search of gold.
Below is list of the number join
ing the various churches as result
of the Sam Jones revival and the
subsequent meetings: Christians, 20;
First Baptist, 81; Cumber and Pres
byterian, 6; Settle { hapel Methodist
8; Walnut street Baptist, 3; Fourth
street Presbyterian, 2; Main street
Methodist church, ]. Total, 81.
-Owensboro Messenger.
1t is now known that the expedi-
ton which left this country Wednes-
day night landed on the north coast
of Cuba in the province OF Las Villas
sRear Sagua Lachico. The expedi-
4ion is under command of Gen. Roe
loft. Immediately upon landing they
We're joined by 1000 insurgents, UNI
dor the command of Zayas and Cas-
telle. The party carried 500 pounds
of dynamite.
The statement is made that a New
York man, Hiram S. Maxim by name,
has invented machine gun which