Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-02-28
AROUND AND ABOUT.

Several new cases and four deaths
are reported from the spotted fever
district near Brownsville, Ky.
Three hundred negroes left Birm.
ingham last monday for Savannah,
whence they will sail for Liberia.
Louisville business man offers te
bet any sum from 5000 to $1,000
that Fitzsimmons can whip Corbett.
The bill to prevent the sale Of cigar,
cites in Kentucky was passed by the
Kentucky House.
Hawesville has an Anauias Club, the
minutes of which are published in the
Clarion,
Auditor Stone has appointed A. B
Dixon, of Hyden, to $l,50O clerk
ship
James HI. Mulligan, of Lexington,
has been appointed United States
Consul at Capetown, South Africa.
A ten year-old son of Matt Chisem
was fatally hurt by train at Frank
fort.
JAS. Rodgers shot and MORALLY
wounded negro named Hutchinson
at Lancaster.
Judges w. S. Bishop, j. w. Bloom
field and |. NJ. Quigley are all prob
able Democratic candidates to sue
coed Judge Jno. Il. Grace.
Prof. J. G.. Patty has resigned the
presidency of Boscobel College, Nash
vile, which he has filed for four
years.
Miss Hope Timer, president of the
Paw Paw, Mich, Girl Bachelors
club, has married, to the surprise and
disgust of the Club members.
A burglar entered Mai. Thos. E,
Moss, house at Paducah and got a
fine gold watch and box of valuable
jewellery.
f. R. Campbell, Jr., who slew his
father in Nashville Feb. q, has been
insane and cent to the
asylum.
The Central Hotel and several stores
1t Morehead were destroyed by fire.
The loss is $4,000. Editor Gallon, of
The. Leader, was overcome by heat
and is in serious condition.
Foster Crawford and "The Kid
alias Younger Lewis, the murderers
Of Dorsey, were captured and lynch
ed by mob at Wichita Falls, Tex,
Wednesday. #&
The thirtieth joint session ballot for
United States Senator Tuesday, re-
suited as follows: Hunter go Black |
burn SO, scattering 7, Judge Denny
getting the votes of the boiling Re
publicans. ......
Samuel Clary, aged SS, died at
Flemingsburg, KY, Saturday. His
lying request was that his hat, worn
in the presidential campaign of 1910,
should be sent to Mrs. Dimmick as a
present when she marries
Gen. Harrison. |
V. A. Harris, of Erin, Tenn, a real
estate dealer. has lately made sale
TO the Standard Oil Company of Sl2,-
DO worth of timber, on the stump,
for tight barrel slaves, which will be
there, and will cause to
be paid out for labor nearly $780,
300.
NJ. D. Harter, of Fostoria, o., who
suicide last week carried |
100000 life insurance, which $4,000 |
was in the Equitable, $4,000 in the
,orthwestern, $4,000 in the Pennsyl- |
vania, S2b,0C0 in the Mutual Benefit,
of New Jersey, and the balance in the
Mutual Life, of New York, and in
other companies. ...#
The Pearl Bryan murder case at
Cincinnati is still filling the local pa
pers with sensational matter. The
head has not been found and propa-
bly, never will be. VIM. Wool has been
released on $1,000 bond and will be
tried April Is. Jackson and Walling
will fight against being brought to
Kentucky for trial, which will cause
considerable delay.
A shrewd boy in a down town of
flee in New York invested two cents
in a postage stamp, and made $4,000
on that magnificent capital. He sent
in bid for $l50,0O0 of the govern
ment bonds at price which insured
his getting them, and then sold his
right to receive them for $4,000, lust
SIS, 999.98 better than his investment.
A return of Sc, 900 on an investment of
two cents is the record breaker.--Ex.
In none of his papers upon "This
Country of Ours" has president