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It HP IA lb rr i i Opportunisms Si 0Q S- wrawiflm ANDSPibb MCOMEANPGO i a ibjii THe Wonderful BAJRGAXEFS We are Now Offering InOXTE Sail ARE GOING GOING NDSHORTLY WILL BE GONE lit 5 60 eS9oo6 loooooQfSS DID HE SALE on Bolton 5 Shoes at 1 will continue one week from this date owing to the factthat some of oury custo mers and friends have not had the opportunity to Ijl Get the Goods 50 CENT PANTS ALL WOOL THOSE all wool Boys Pants worth 125 that we sell at 50c are going like hot cakes but the shipment was stupendous and we can Supply You for a Few Days -v BOYS SUITS ALL go at a sacrifice Any S3 suit at 2 250 suits go for 165 I and 5 suits go for We guarantee tnese goods to be fast colors and all wool Such bargains are rare If you need clothes for the boys this is an opportunity you cannot afford to miss QIIIWIMirD IIMnPRWFAR I VI I VI Ui I I 1 bl I WE want to close all Summer Underwear At actual cost Bhe goes Neckwear ALL this line must be closed 7-4- WE will sell you an unlandried shirt The Stronghold at 50c made for us in case lots Regardless of price it is the best garment on he market No one dollar Bhirt is as good ALL LADIES OXFORDS WILL BE CUT DOWN FOR THIS SALE tfv A1 A nice selection at closing out prices PETREE CO OTHlNG td a mmtmnrntmntnnmrntmttnm Grreat OfTfer ins Our Summer Clearance Sale is still going on and we are selling at a Great Sacrifice our handsome line AS CHEAP AS Well just come and see how cheap they are HAENESS SADDLES BRIDLES just to suit you -V An elegant iine of Summer Lap RobeB opened now Every thing you can need we have Dres oods Frencli Ghinghams Summer oods Novelty Wool Patterns These goods are going at cost and you will never have such another opportunity to buy If you want Carpets Mattings or Rusts Remember we have the best stock in town and offer bargains impossible to duplicate RIOHARDS CO duuuiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu JL Yost Go FURNISHING GOODS 1 Jf1r km fit- lREAM OF -NEWS IF ITvlS NEW AND TRUE THIS COLUMN HAS IT 1 VknlMmnM 17M1t lthala A 1 rnntnlrlrlo In Trlnn lloilW ltn Mill fcfc Sold Many Parties Around Oracey Many Itcmi of Interest iU it Gay Tlmecat Gracey Gkacet Kt July 24 Six young ladies from Hopkinsville have been spending a week or ten days at Mr Gaines as the guests of Mrs Clarence Blakemore and they have been given a ceaseless round of gayety auu vujujmeui nimusb every nigni there have been receptions tendered them at the hospitable homes of the neighbors Entertainments have been given iin their honor at Mr Roachs jMr Jno Williams Mr Washs Mr Bryants Mr Lee Hills Mr Jno Gaines and at fRevA Meachams The latter tbok place on last evening and was one of the pleasantest of the series Las well as one of the most largely attended Following is a list of youn ladies present Misses Nettie Edmunds Flor Gunn Bessie Russell Cammie Russell Mary Herndon Annie Gaines Belle Edmunds and Lucy Edmunds of Hopkinsville Ethel Allen and Bobbie Baynham of Cadiz Ethel Wadlington and Lillie Watsou of Montgomerv Pearl Brvant Daisv Stanfield Willie Cullom and Mollie Campbell of Gracey Annie May Reynolds and Fannie Lou Reynolds of near Hopkinsville Katie Crumes of Wichita Kan and Cornelia Blake ly of Earlington Young gentlemen were present from Hopkinsville Cadiz Montgomery Gracey and other points and the evening was greatly enjoyed in spite of the inclemency of the weather which made it necessary for the guests to abandon the brilliantly lighted lawn to escape a shower of rain Refreshments were served about 11 oclock The leave taking occurred shortly before midnight On Thursday night the visit orBin the neighborhood will be lu tertained at Mrs Jno A Steeles on Friday nieht at Mr Jno Gaines anjionSaturday night the weeka festivities will close with a reception at Mr John Clurdys It is unnecessary to add that each of these entertainments will be a delightful affair The Hopkinsville young ladies will return home the first of next week Ilrikeniau Killed Courtney Slack an brake man on this division fell under the cars at Guthrie about 2 oclock a Wednesday and was instantly killed Slack had just made a coupling and in attempting to get aboard slipped and fell under the cars The wheels passed over his head crushing it in to an unrecognizable mass breaking One arm and frightfully mangling one of his legs He was dragged two car lengths before the train could be stopped and when found was lying in a heap under the tracks quite dead Slack had been railroading for several years and had been in the employ of the i tor about a year He had the reputation of being a good railroad man The unfortunate man was 23 years old and lived with a married sister in Madi sonville He formerly lived in the west and his mother now lives near Kansas City Mo The remains were prepared for burial soon after the fatal accident and were taken to Madisonville on the morning train Another Killing In Trigg Cadiz Kt JuIt 22 Wilber Clark and George Harold had a difficulty on the 21st at Joiners chapel in the southern part of the county and Harold was shot twice by Clark from which shots he died this morning at 8 oclock The difficulty grew out of the seduction of Clarks sister Clark came to town last night ana gave himself up and Judge Bingham fixed his bond at 750 which he gave The Rhodes trial which was set for to day did not come up on account of the absence of witnesses tflno Market this Week Our tobacco market this week was active on all grades the fact being especially noticeable on the finer kinds Offerings amounted to about 800 hogsheads and sales ran up nearly to that amount Receipts are still very heavy and will likely continue along the same line for some weeks yet Elsewhere in this issue we publish the sales by some of the warehouses and in our next issue the balance of the sales made for the week will appear Snooting Near Guthrie A shooting affray which will likely result in the death of one of the participants occurred near Guthrie Sun day Joe Davidson and Will Upshire both colored quarreled and fought over a woman resulting in Upshire shooting Davidson The wound is thought to be fatal Upshire bas not been captured but is in hiding near the State line i hj rftr HOPKINSVILLE KY FRIDAY JULY 26 1895 THE PRESS CONVENTION Preparations Startec For the September Meeting The newspaper men of the city held a meeting this week and organ ized for the work of arranging for the coming press meeting Sept 234 The following local executive com mittee was chosen which will have the authority to appoint other committees and make all necessary arrangements Chas Meacham of the Kuntbckian Walker Wood of the New Era Metcalfe of the Independent and Edmundson of the Joanner The local program will be something like this The editors will be expected to ar rive on the Monday trains arriving at 5 a 952 a and 11 a and 2 508 a 10 in and 1025 The first feature of the meeting will be thfl citizens reception and opening ball at Hotel Latham Monday night Sept 23 This will be in progress when the late trains arrive On the following morning Tuesday Sept 24 at 930 a the association will be formally welcomed to the city in appropriate addresses responded to by President Nail and other representatives oi tne association Following these exercises there will be a business session till 12 oclock In the afternoon there will be sight seeing excursions over the city to points of interest including a visit to the Asylum At night the press banquet will be given probably at Moayons hall which is the ouly room in the city capable of seating all the crowd of say 300 people at one time The details of the banquet have of course not yet been arranged The executive committee will hold a meeting at the city court room at 8 oclock this evening and the following gentlemen representing the business interests of the city are invited and requested to attend and lend their co operation in formulating the various committees and beginning the active preparations for this important event which will do more to advertise our prosperous city than any gathering ever held in the city Latham Jones Bas sett Wall Anderson Kugler Bailey Richards Forbes Abernathy Geo Gary Ellis Dabney Sam Frankel Harry Hopper Jno Galbreatb A Wilgus Tibbs Hardwick Alex Cox A Cosby Jno Kitchen Cooper Bailey Waller Thos Long Taliaferro Wyly Elgin Tandy Russell Jno Owsley Dr Blakey John Moayon Flack A Anderson Holland Dr James Rodman and such other citizens and business men as feel an interest in the success of the coming meeting The association will perhaps bring 150 to 200 newspaper men and ladies of their families to the city They will be here from Monday until Wednesday The association will leave in a body on the morning of the 25th for Atlanta to visit the expo sition Hopkinsville will be expected to entertain them in a proper manner The editors stop at the hotels and pay their own bills and whatever the citizens do to entertain them will be entirely voluntary Our people we are sure will sustain Hopkinsvilles reputation for hospitality and every effort will be made to make the ball and banquet brilliant affairs Big Mill sale The large flouring mill of Mr Nance at Pee Dee has been sold to Binns Bros for 515000 New machinery has recently been put in and the property has been otnerwise improved and is a valuable plant One of the present owners of the mill was at one time a partner of Mr Nance Binns Bros will take possession Aug 15 lollce Court Matters The following cases were disposed of in the police court by City Judge 8 anbery since our last report Jane Fox col using obscene language fined S5 ahd costs Catharine Pendle ton col breach of peace fined 10 and costs three plain drunks fined S5 and costs in each case Crushed by the Cara Mitchell Jackson a colored brakeman was caught between bumpers while coupling cars near Hen derson Tuesday and badly injured Several ribs were broken and he was otherwise hurt internally and the chances are that he will die Some members of the North Main street Baptist church at Lawrence burg threatened to withdraw because the church waB given over to colored Baptists for all three 3eryices Sunday Mrs WS Dauley ayoungOwens boro mother was badly injured by her baby While playing with the little one it stuck its finger in its mothers eye and she may lose- her vision mrr nrti mTfiTir fBI -Hi Imtturiuim MX 50 WATERW0HES AT LAST THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE A DEAD SURE THING- The Contract will Carry With It al9SftO Forfeit 81000 Already Up ThoDeai to Be Closed Ang Samnel BuHockiOC New York the Man 1 After six weeks of earnest endbavoj thecity council has at last settled the waterworks question by accepting the proposition of Samuel Bullock of New York Profiting by its experience with JoneB and Bailey and Martin andc Starr who one after the other have figured and flunked the council 6ome weeks ago passed an ordinances requiring a forfeit of 1000 to accompany every bid and an additional forfeit of 4000 to be put up when a contract wbb signed For sometime there have been two partiea negotiar ting for the franchise Samuel Bullock of New York and Wilkerson Smallhouser ofJ Bowling Green have been pushing their claims for a contract Tuesday- night the council met and opened their bids Bullock wanted 4200 for 80 hydrants and 8f miles of pipe and Wilkerson wanted 4000 for the same The council considered both propositions too high and so both men withdrew their bids and Wilkersoat left for home Bullock stayed a day longer and Wednesday night submitted an amended proposition which waB unanimously accepted Its terms are briefly as follows The franchise is for twenty years but the contiact is for one yar only to conform to the constitution Iifi understood however that it will be renewed annually for at least fixe years The city is to get one hundred fij drants and nine and a half miles of pipe 6 8 10 and 12 inches foe 4000 payable semi annually It will be built on the standnfrjR system ami me water will be from Little River a mile above the citv The plant will be two one milPon gallon taken or mores supplied witls pumps oPthe ll iw iuujbi lmprovea patterns xne piping will have gate attachments fosr closing any or all of the mains The franchise will be advertised afc once for ten days and the contract signed Aug 6 The first forfeit sK 1000 whB put up with the bid audi 4000 more will go up wien theccn tract is signed Bullock has tmiilfc the 29th inst to take exceptions to the contract but this is not likely to be- done as he was present and entered into a verbal contract He proposes- to begin work by Aug 10 and finislia as early as possible The limit is six months whicri would require the terms of the proposed contract to be complied with by Feb 6 or the 5000 would belong to the city Mr Jno Crawley chief engineer who has been with ftlr Bullock foe twelve years is in the city and has already taken charge of the work The pipe has been ordered and there will be no delay Mr Bullock hasj put in twenty three waterworks planter including those at Paducah Ky andi Jeffersonville aud Vincennes Ind The prospects for waterworks row 6eem bright for once and the business basis upon which the proposed contract will be made ought to insure- a bona fide effort to carry it out It is estimated that the plant will cost from 560000 to 75000 RussellYllle Sinn Mlcsing Columbus special to the Cincinnati Enquirer says Mack LeeB oS Ru6sellville Ky who has been the guest here some days of Dr Ty lor at 244 East Rich street is missing from the latter place under peculiax circumstances and the police have been notified to look him up Lee suffered a sunstroke last Wednesday which has unbalanced his mind It was Saturday when he disappeared and a note was found to have been left in the doctors office by Lee stating that he was going to his old Kentucky home It was also ascertained that just before leaving he took ten grains of morphine and it is feared that he intended suicide The police have been notified to look him up He is a young man well known in his section of the country Alt Trains Delayed For several days all South boun trains from Louisville have been run ning from four to five hours late The cause is that the tunnel onj the Cincinnati short line at bellsburg Ky is burning and all trains have to come 6011th from Ciatr cinSiati via Lexington It is thoughts that trains will run on schedule tune after thin wekt Rose Garden killed Mary Sullivan and Lizzie Brown at Corbin od by a mob she gave herself up jj th authorities.