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11 i I vt a VOL jfti i aj XVII Ull a SiiiiiM idne Sili of Spring Novelties in HipAF THDW have just been Received Mb the new Spring Shapes in DERBY AND TOURIST HATS The latest colorings in NECKWEAR And the prettiest line of CnloreA Liflii Sits youuevei beheld Dxop in and See Hieaaa Anderson I Oo yrWk tf rVe continue to sell all winter goods at 0ULt xies STAGNATION Prices at the RACKET CttJ See A Yost Gos Big Ad i On Eighth Page ni is increasing ev ry day and the reason of it is we give SATISFACTION Our aim is to please our customers and we are succeeding in doing it because we understand how to REPAIR any watchclock or piece of jewelry in a proper manner and we do it promptly Bring TTs YOUR REPAIRING Graves Condy JEWELERS MainStopp Opera House Edwards of the California Rambler Racing Team on February 9th rode a mile on a Copper Rim Rambler in the remarkable time of l8Jjl 5 iTe was paced by a Rambler Quadruplet Ramblers are the fastest bicycles built Ride the winning Wheel THOMPSON MEADOR Agents Are your eyes perfect eo If not Why not You will got correct inf irmation free of chargo from Kolly a graduate in Optithaluiology No optician is better prepared or can do hotter for you HAVE TOUR EYE8 EXAMINED Tho repairing of broken spectacles and adjusting properly to tho face by Kelly ie not equaled in this part of the country 3 I HOPKINSVILLE KY FRIDAY MAKCH 1 189ft CREAM OF NEWS IF IT IS NEW AND TRUETHIS COLUMN I HAS IT Safe Hlowers at bturglg Sent Up For 15 jgVcars Uniforms for Lufujctto Hand jjlMnby Accidentally Killed Wages to Ho Restored The Lafayntto Silver Band Although the above named band has only been organized a few months the players are well up in their parts and make excellent music They have progressed so nicely that it was decided at a recent meeting to procure uniforms and accord ingly last week Bent to a Philadelphia house for suits for the seventeen members and they are to be made and delivered by March 1 The outfit will consist of tan fatigue coats made of pale green cloth with silver trimmings tan pants and Gilmore style caps with the signmcant letters a on the band The drum majors suit will be Prince Albert stylo with head gear to match including plume etc The members of the band now have two regularly employed teachers and there is no reason why in a short while Lafayette should not boast of one among the best bauds in the State Their new uniforms will cost about 225 one hundred of which has been donated by the town for that purpose Lafayette although an old town is progressive still and is keeping right in the Bwim with other towns of its size more favorably located Their Wages will bo Restored The receivers of the 0 road will re3tore the amount due on the salaries of the roads employes for last October on account of the 10 per cent cut when the salaries of the employes were cut 10 per cent- About a year agban agreement was -made wiih the menu that as soonab the earn- 4 brings of the road for any month should equal or exceed those of the corres ponding month or the previous year the 10 per cent would be restored The 10 per cent waB restored on the November salaries and as the earn ings of October 1894 were greater than those of the corresponding month in 1893 the receivers agreed that the employes were entitled to the 10 per cent for that month as well and all of them will get their excess money in a few days Revival in Jail Smith Young who is confined in the Louisville jail and who has the death sentence hanging over him for an outrage committed upon a child some months ago is doing some telling religious work among his fellow prisoners He is holding prayer meetings regularly every afternoon and is making converts rapidly As a result of his efforts nearly a dozen prisoners have professed religion and will he baptized in the jail this week Ho is said to bo very much in earnest about his work and seemingly has no thought of getting a commutation of his sentence He thinks he will certainly be hanged and Bays he wants to do all the good he can before he is taken away by the command of the law Work of Safe Illowers Safe blowers again blew open the railroad companys safe at Sturgis last Sunday night They drilled into the door and blew it off with powder About a year and a half ago the same safe was blown open the thieves securing betw6n 300 and 400 most of which belonged to the agent Mr Blake This time they got much les the exact amount not being known The work was evidently that of professionals and no clew was left by which they could be run down Not the Right in An inquiry has been received from Mrs Mary Stars of New Albany Ind describing her husband Siars who has been absent three years and asking if his description Bints the unknown man buried here January 22 Coroner Allensworth has notified her that the man was not her husband Stars was an Irishman and the dead man was German Dr Drown Returns Dr Manning Brown who has been in New York for several months taking a post graduato course in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat returned Wednesday irght and has resumed his practice better equipped thaa ever for the successful treat ment of hin specialties Tho Knilof Romance Last June in Robertson county Ky Thos Woodward arranged to elope with Miss Emma Raukins but when he came for her Miss Emma backed out MiBS Edna her younger sister who had considerable romance in her nature proposed to take her sisters place and let the elopement proceed This was done and in the darkness Woodward did not detect the change of girls until thej had reachedCarlisle and had been married The groom concluded that One of the name was as good as the same and the young couplo went to his homo and began housekeeping All went well fortwo or three- weeks when Mrs Woodward became dis satisfied aud returned to her own home The sequel is a divorce suit just filed at Mt Olivet which Woodward will not resist The girl is only 18 years old and Woodward is 22 Fifteen Vears for Rape Last Tuesday in the criminal court at Clarksville Tom Williams col was convicted of rape and sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years He was charged with a brutal Bssault and the wonder is that he did not get a chance to test the strength of hemp It is not thought he will ask for a new trial A Sad Accident Newton Lewis started from Warren to Edmondson county on horseback last week He had his wife and baby with him on the same animal On their way through the country the horse stumbled and fell and the mother and child fell of The baby was killed and one of the womans arms was broken Some reaches left Mr Whitlow of Casky who has the largest peach orchard in Christian county says he has carefully examined his trees and to his surprise found that one variety had enough living buds to make a fair crop of fruit unless killed hereafter Mr Whitlow is the Only fruit raiser who has so far reported a single live peach in the county MATRIMONIAL Hon Posey Ball of Henderson and Miss Anna Fraze daughter of Dr Fraz9 who represented Masoo county in tne long legislature were married at Moysville Feb 25 They are touring through the south Layne Rooers The friends of Mr Chae Layne have known for some time that ho wa4 On the verge of matri mony For a year or more be has devoted a great deal of attention to a love affair that seemed to grow worse all the time Tuesday afternooD he concluded to wind up the affair and Miss Amelia Rogers the youug lady in the case accompanied him to Clarksville and they were married by Rev A Sowall at the Arlino tnn It was not an elopement but merely a sbort pleasure trip and wedding combined They returned the next day and have since been kept busy receiying the congratulations of their friends Mr Layne is a prominent and successful business man handsome popular and highJy esteemed His bride is an attractive and lovable young lady whose mauy admirable traits have made her a general favorite wherever she is knowa Tne7 are assured of the Kentdckians best wishes for their happiness and prosperity Cooper Dick Mr Will Cooper of Lafayette and Miss Besaia Dick of this city surprised their friends by driving over to Clarksville late Monday evening a getting married the ceremony was performed about 1 oclock a Tuesday by Rev A Sowell of that city Taey returned to Lafayette the followiog day where the groom is in business with his fa ther Mr Cooper is a brother of Mr it iii cooper ot tns city ana is a young merchant of fine promise aud excellent business qualifications and withal an estimable gentleman His btide is the youngest daughter of Mrs Ren Rawliue and has been regarded as one of the prettiest of the younger set of Hopkiosvilles girls Sha has frequently visited her sister Mrs Raged ile jr at Lafayette where she met Mr Cooper It now quite evident thit all of the lat ters frequent visits to this city of late were not for his brothers banefit The principal object of th elopunjnt wjs to give a ronnutio turn to their wed ding NO 18 FIRST WEEK OF COURT JUDGE LINN DISPATCHING BUSINESS LIKE A VETERAN- 11st of Petit Jurors Jinny Cases Disposed of Forty five Divorce Cases Causes Tried Dismissed and Continued Nearly 8500 in Fines Cuircuit Court has mauo a good start and the new judge is dispatching business with a rush Although the docket is a very largo one Judge Linn hopes to get through ahead of time and perhaps shorten the term a week The following petit jurors were drawn for this week and next Jae Pyle Fuller Fowloiv Gray Thos Carloss Dade Graham King McCownR Green ESivley A Rutland Carter ght Jno Brown Twy mm Shelton Columbus Gregory A Cushman A Barnett A Croft Jas Wood Sizemore Wyatt Watt col Mose Williams col charged with selling liquor without licsnse proved that ho was not the man indicted and was released from jail -Thirty-four misdemeanor casea were continued Five cases were filed away with leave to reinstate The following cases were dismissed Knott peddling without li cense Bettie Irvine col burglary- Dr Cohen peddling without license Same empiricism Bud Welch col assault and bat tery Dr A Gunn forfeited bail bond- Ous Glass col gaming Jas Henderson John Hendersorr and Will Dossett were fined 5 each for trespass In two cases of gaming the fines were fixed at 525 in each case One case of forfeited bail bond resulted in a fine of 100 Walter Merritt charged with fornication was found guilty and fined 25 In the case of Wm Lander chargp ed with shooting and wounding in sudden heat and passion the jury found defendant not guilty Becky Cravens col selling liquor -without license tried and fiued 25 Dave Smith col selling liquor without license fined S50 Two cases of concealed weapons fine of 25 in each Davis and Walter Pool charged with violating liquor law ini two cases fine of 50 in one ease against Davis the other case dis missed Both cases against Pool dismissed Davis and Bud Long furnishing liquor to minors fined 50 each Motion for new trial entered Case of Cooley breaking ia storehouse set for 19th day of the term DIVORCE CASES ON THE DOCKET John Carter vs Amanda Carter Will Radford vs Eliza Radfordl Fannie Wilkins vs A Wilkins- Moses Leavell vs Susan Leavell Fannie Bradshaw vs Silas Bradl shaw Robt Durrett vs Mary Durrett Porter West vs Agnes West Susie Parker vb Wm Parker Lula Lander vs Joe Lander Robt Welch vs Susie Welch Dock Baker vs Fannie Baker Jennie Grandison vs Gip Grandi son Sarah Johnson vs Win Johnson Malinda Washington vs Marioa vincrton Mildred Havnes vs Clara Haynee Henry Clark vs Julia Clark Zan Whitlock vs Eliza Whitlock Ida Clark vs Harvey Clark Carrie Sypert vs Aaron Sypert Pomp Braine vs Mollie Brame Nannie Girod vs GirodL Melissa Fields vh Rob Fields Russell vs Maria RuhsoIT Moses Ogg vs Rebecca Ogg Lizzie Oldham vs Tom 0 dhain Hem vs Jas Hern Tualle Giles vs JC Giles Rachel Lewi vs David Lewis Jno Travis vs Susie A Travis Amanda Barker vs James Barker Mary Thompson vs Alex Thomp son Agnes West vs Porter West Peter Johnson vs Lizzie Johnson CIihb Maloue vs Eliza Maloue Francis Dickqrson vb Louis Dick erson Ben Shipp vs Rella Shipp Sallie Garnett vs I evi Garnett Isaac Nance vs Blank Nonce John Fletcher vs Julia Rufus Ellis vs Emma Ellis Shook vs Nellie A Shook IdaB Marshall vs Geo Marsh ail Sui ah Lacy Frank Lacy Tom Clark vs Sarah Clark tieo Li Turner vs Lizzie Jiuineiv.