Daviess County, Kentucky - Owensboro, Continued, 1883

Owensboro, Continued

Young Melt's Christian Association. - The first meeting looking toward the organization of tlie Young Men's Christian Association in Owensboro, was called at the instance of Mr. J. F. Huber, of Louisville, State Secretary of the society. It was held in the Cumberland Presbyterian church, Nov. 1, 1877. At this meeting a committee was appointed to solicit funds, and to report at a meeting held the following evening in the same place. At this meeting a permanent organisation was effected. The following officers were elected: Benj. Bransford, President, and E. G. Buckner, Secretary. The members enrolled at this meeting were : Benj. Bransford, J. F. Ilendy, E. G. Buckner, A. M. C. Simmons, G. W. Towner, J. C. Molloy, O. C. Hawkins, James F. Huber, Robert Brodie and Walter A. Nichols. Meetings were held in the different churches until the society could procure suitable rooms. Their first permanent location was in a room over Higgins's drug store, where they remained one year, removing to Masonic Temple, over the National Bank.

Here they met regularly for two years, after which they rented and fitted up their present spacious and pleasant rooms on Frederica street, between Third and Fourth streets. The reading-room and library is situated on the first or ground floor, is nicely fitted up for the comfort and convenience of members and visitors, and is open all day and until nine o'clock every evening. The library comprises about 700 volumes, with the addition ot leading daily and weekly journals which are kept on file. The room for devotional exercises, lectures, etc., is situated in the rear of the reading-room. It is furnished with an organ and comfortable chairs. The second floor is used for a ladies' parlor, gymnasium and bath-room. All the conveniencies of the association arc I'ree for the use ot tlie public.

from subscriptions. The people of Owens boro have been liberal in their support of the association, $1,600 having been raised in 1S81, and ahont $!)00 in 1882. In 1881 Dr. Tyler was engaged as ScL-retary on a salary of $700 a year, devoting his entire time to the linties of the office. During tKe first three months of 1882 the secretary was paid a salary, since whicli time the office has been an honorary one. The funds raised liave been applied toward paying these salaries, fitting and furnishing the hall, purchasing fxjoks for the library, and in furnishing relief to the needy. Regular business meetings are held monthly devotional exercises every Sunday evening. Besides these the association holds gospel meetings in the jail, and at different places in the suburbs of the ei ty.

There are now connected with the organization forty active and fifty-six associate members. Active members must be members in good standing of some evangelical church. The following are the officers for 1883: Jas. H. Parrish, President; E. G. Buckner, Vice-President; J. N. Courtney, Treasurer; W. A. Hester, Eecordiiig Secretary. Board of Directors - Kobert Brodie, .Prof. A. C. Goodwin, J. D. Kennady, W. F. Reinhardt, Prof. "W. A. Hester, W. B. Arraendt.

Nov. 7-10, 1878, the first State Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association was held in the Third Street Presbyterian Church in this city. Addresses of welcome were delivered by Rev. .1 . C. Molloj', James Weir and Rev. J. F. Hendy. It was the occasion of great interest to the people of this vicinity.

St. Vincent de Paul Society is a benevolent institution, cont'tucted under the auspices of the Catholic churcli It was organized in 1880. Its objects are to furnisli provisions, fuel, etc., to the j.oor. It is in active operation during the winter months only, r'\gular meetings being held every Sunday. The place of meeting is St. Stephen's Churcli. The society was started with about forty iiicnihers. M. V Monarch was the first President; Chag. C. Thixt'.n, Secretary, and R. W. Slack, Treasurer. The offices are per- ];etual, or are relinquished only on the removal or death of the incumbent. The funds expended for relief are raised by private M)bscri]ition among the members, and by the contributors through a j)iite bo.\' in the chnrch vestibule. Only gentlemen are admitted t'l membership It is not a secret organization.

©lie society, being connected with St. Joseph's Church in Owensboro. Francis Kotnnf and Henry Rose were most active in starting the society, whose purposes are benevolence and care of the sick. The first officers were as follows: Henry Rose, President; Anthony Eger, "Vice-President; Michael Dittman, Secretary; Paul Tennes, Treasurer; F. Komuf, J. Gilles, N. Michel, J. Vollman, William Emler, A. Rose and M. Breitenbach, Trustees. The society was duly incorporated under the laws of Kentucky, Feb. 17, 1875.

The membership has increased steadily since the organization, and in spite of numerous losses by death and removal, is now fortyfive. The present officers, chosen Oct. 12, 1882, are as follows: Mat. Meyer, President; Jacob Meise, Vice-President; Michael Dittman, Secretary; Michael Schaefer, Corresponding Secretary; Conrad Baumgartner, Treasurer; Henry Meise, Marshal; Sebastian Weikel, Flag-bearer; Frank Komuf, William Emler, Michael Dittman, Henry Ross and George Schaefer, Trustees.

The regular meetings are held the second Sunday of each month, at St. Joseph's school-house. The society celebrates its anniversary usually by a picnic or some other entertainment. It has been prosperous since its organization and has bright prospects. Connected with the society is an insurance scheme, divided into two classes - first class, $500; second class, $1,000. The fees are varied according to the age of the applicant, being $2.50 for a person of twenty-five years, and rising to $10.00 for one between fifty and sixty. There have been no assessments under this plan, as it was only adopted Oct. .12, 1882, since which time there have been no deaths. This life insurance is entirely controlled by the Benevolent Society and is managed by the same officers, who are elected yearly.

Branch No. 18, Catholic Knights of America.., was organized Aug. 21, 1878, with sixteen charter members, as follows: Rev. D. F. Crane, Patrick Owen, John D. Scott, Luther F. Cox, Michael Dittman, William Emler, William Pottinger, James S. Pottinger, Jacob BoUman, J. T. Higgins, P. E. Payne, Rev. Peter J. Haisley, C. Baumgartner, Joseph Rose, R. B. Pottingey, and R. W. Slack. The first officers of the branch were as follows: John B. Scott, President; Joseph Rose, Vice-President; William Pottinger, Recording Secretary; J. T. Higgins. Financial Secretary; James S. Pottinger, Treasurer; P. E. Payne, S. F. Cox, and Wm. Emler, Trustees; Patrick Owen, Sergeant-at-Arms. The object of the order is insurance, the amount of endowment being $1,000 or $2,000. Tlie office of President has been held successively by John B. Scott. R. W. Slack, and John B. Scott. The present officers are as follows: John B. Scott, President; A. Basehart, Vice- President; R. W. Slack. Recording Secretary; J. T. Higgins, Financial SecretHry; A. Eger, Treasurer; Joseph Rose, Sergeantat-Anns Patrick Owen, Sentinel; George Schaeler, A. Eger, and J. C. Rudd, Trustees. The present membership of the branch is about seventy, and the or^ranization i.s in a prosperous condition, financially and otherwise. Ono endowment of $-2,000 has been paid to John W. Higgins. The branch meets the first and third Sundays of each mo;ith, at their hall on the nortii side I'f Court Squiire.

Asher Lodge, No. 227, /. 0. B. B., is a Hebrew benevolent institution, connected with which is aii endoa'ment plan, paying, on the death of any memiier in good standing. $1,000 to lis beneficiaries. They also pay sick benefits, and an assessment toward the maintenance of a district urpjian asylum. Lodge No. 227 was organized Oct. 25, 1874, with twenty members. The first officers were: Jos. Rothchild. Sr., President; M. Moise, Vice-President; Ernest Weill. Secretary; B. Baer. Treasure)-; Sol. Wile, Monitor; A. Rosenfeld, Assistant Monit ir; L. Lesser, Guardian; M. Levy, Warden. Regular meetings are held the second and fourth Suu days in each month, intlie room over the Jevfish Temple. The lodge is in a flourishing condition, having over $500 in the treasury and a memb Tship of twenty-eight. Its officers are: S. Moise, President; J. M. Oppcnheinur, Secretary; B. Baer, Treasurer. An annual assessment of $15 is made upon each member, to pay runnin>; expenses, sick benefits, endo>vments. etc. They are within the jurisdiction of District No. 2, comprising the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kc tucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. The hea Iquaiter.s of the district is at Cincinnati. Tiiey have a sul-}>llJ^ fii"(l oT .^112,000, wliieii is drawn upon to pay benefits or eiidcwnients for any lodge in the district whose per capita assessment "f ^15 docs not cover tiie amount required. The order origi:;afeil in lS4t5 or IS47, and has become one of the .stroni^cst ami \i\ o.t ])oiiiiiar benevolent institutions in the country.

and forty- five are eligible to inembersliip. Tlie organization has prospered steadily in its membership, gradually increasing from twenty-five to nearly 400. The present officers are as follows: Mr. Pickrum, President; Robert Crump, Secretary; Thomas Crump, Treasurer. The society meets at the public school-house in Owensboro, the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Occasional entertainments have been gi\'en by the society since its organization.

The Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society in Owensboro was established in 1869. It was oru;anized by the ladies of the Jewish church. Its mission is to furnish relief to the poor of their church, and others. The fund for this purpose is obtained by an assessment of annual dues upon the members of the society. Mrs. A. flosenfeld was the first President; Mrs. J. A. Godshaw (now deceased), the first Secretary, and Mrs. T. Moise, Treasurer. The officers for 1882 were Mrs. B. Baer, President; Mrs. A. Eosenfeld, Secretary; Mrs. T. Moise, Treasurer. Regular meetings are held quarterly. The present membership is twenty-one. None but ladies are admitted to membership. The society, though not a chartered one, is one of the fixtures of the place, and has done a great deal to alleviate suff'ering among the needy, and its influence for good has been felt in man}' ways by the members of their congregation.

Stephen F. Ogden Lodge, No. 356, A. F. i& A. M., was chartered Oct. 13, 1858, by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky. The charter is signed by Philip Swigert, Grand Master; Robert Morris, Deputy Grand Master; 11. F. "Wilson, Senior Grand* Warden, and J. M. S. McCorkle, Grand Secretary, and the instrument is dated at Lexington. The lodge was named after Stephen F. Ogden, a prominent Mason, father of Dr. John D. Ogden. He had filled all the offices in the lodge and chapter (there was then no commandery in this section of the country), at the time of his death. The charter members of Ogden Lodge numbered fourteen. The first Master of the lodge was William Bell, and the first Senior Warden WHS Henry Hart. The membership rapidly increased, and numbered about thirty at tlie opening of the war. At this time many of the members went into the army, and by 1866 there were but eight or ten members left. During that year the lodge was dissolved by the Grand Lodge, and all tlie books and papers were surrendered. No steps were taken toward reorganization until Oct. 24, 1872, when, under an order from the Grand Lodge, their charter was returned, the old number returned, and the members instructed to meet for reorganization. According to these instructions a meeting vras held Dec. 30, 1872, and, as recommended by the Grand Lodge, John D. Ogden was elected W. M. ; Wm. Sharpe, S. W., and Abraham F. Berryman, J. W. Their first regular meeting after reorganization wiis held Jan. 11 , 1873. The lodge meets the fourth Monday in each month, in Masonic Temple. The present officers are: John D. Ogden, W. M.; James A. Willhite, S. W. ; and Frank T. Gunther, J. W. It numbers thirty members, and is in a healthy condition.

Owensboro Lodge, No. 130. A. F. <& A. M., is the oldest existing lod^e in the countv, and the second one established within ita limits. When organized there had been no lodge in the county for a period of nine years, its only predecessor, Woodson Lodge, No. 92, having forfeited its charter in 1834. A number of those who were instrumental in starting this institution had been members ot the old Woodson Lodge. They first commenced under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge, April 10, 1843, in the court-house in Owensboro. They were not chartered until Aug. 29 of the same year. Their first officers under the charter were as follows: Hiram A. Hunter, W. M.; William C. Norris, S. "W.; Adam Simpson, J. W. ; James L. Johnson, Secretary; S. S. Heath, Treasurer. The charter is signed by L. M. Cox, G. M^ ; B. R. Young, D. G. M.; T. Halloway, S.G. W.; M. B. Allen, J. G. W. The lodge met in the court-house until the erection, in about 1850, of a hall at the corner ol Fourth and St. Elizabeth streets, which was subsequently sold and is now used as a private residence. Their next place of meeting was in Court Hall, now used by the Odd Fellows. They remained in this building until the formation of a stockcompany for building a Masonic Temple, of which they became members, and in which they now hold their meetings on the fourth Monday in each month. This temple was built in 1872, in conjunction witli the First National Bank. It comprises the third story of the building situated on the corner of Third and Frederica streets. Tlie several Masonic organizations of the city united in forming the stock-company. The rooms are commodious and nicelv furnished. The present membership of this lodge is. fifty-one. The officers for 1882 were: B. E. W. Stout, W.M.; N. O. Ford, S. W.; D. R. Gash, J. W.; R. W. Littell, Secretary; John Wandling, Treasurer.

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Owensboro Commandery, No. 15, K. T., was organized April 15, 1872, with nine charter members, as follows : J. PI. Branham, Eminent Commander; M. B. Swain, Generalissimo; R. M. Hathaway, Captain-General; Rev. C. 0. Cliaplin, Prelate; Jolui Wandling, Senior Warden; J. Q. A. Stewart, Junior Warden ; Rev. John W. Pugh, Recorder; Salem H. Ford, Warder; Henry Megill, Gap tain of the Guard. The offices after the several names are those to which the members were respectively elected at the organization. The office of Eminent Commander has been held by J. H. Branham, April, 1872, to August, 1873; R. M. llatliaway, August, 1873, to August, 1874; Salem H. Ford, August, 1874, to April. 1875; John Wandling, April, 1875, to April, 1876; J. Q. A. Stewart, April, 1876, to April, 1878; John D. Ogden, April. 187s, to April, 1882; E. G. Buckner, April, 1882 (present incumbeiiti. The present officers of the commandery are as follows : E. (I. Bnckner, Eminent Commander; John Wandling, Generalissimo; J.J. Sweeney, Captain-General; L. W. Marble, Prelate; K. -i. Clarke, Senior Warden; F. D. Gunther, Junior Warden; P. T. Watkins, Treasurer; J. C. Wandling, Recorder; Henry Megill, Standard-Bearer; J. S. Bottenweiser, Sword-Boarer: N. Mclntyre,

AVarden; W. jST. Mason. Guard. The present membership of the Owensboro Comiuandery is thirty-four. The stated conclaves occur reg'ilarly the third Monday of each month.

Guiding Star Lodge, JVo. 14, A. I* . d; A. M. (colored), was organized in 1S79, witli about ten members and the following officers: Thomas Tyler, W M. ; O. K. Barrett, S. W. ; Alfred Buckuer, J. W; George Alexander, S. D.; Charles Jones, J. D.; Nestor McFarlaiid, Chaplain; Phocion Fields, Secretary; William McFarland, Treasurer; Lewis R. Saulsbury, Tyler. There are now thirty-two members, with the following officers: Alfred Biickner, W. M. ; George Alexander, S. AV.; Elder McFarland. J. W.; PliMcian Fields, S. D.; Lewis Saulsbury, J. D. ; Wm. Jackson, Secretary; Wm. Bailey, Treasurer. Place of meeting, over the Deposit Bank.

Magnolia Encampment, No. 20, I. O. O. F., was organized about 1851, at the time Daveiss Lodge was flourishing. It kept up with a membership of ten to fifteen until December, 1866, when its charter was surrendered, from lack of interest in the work.

Daveiss Lodge, No. 61, /. 0. 0. E., was organized Aug. 29, 1849, with a membership of iifteen or twenty. The first Noble Grand was O. S. Wilson; ATice-Grand, R. A. Bell; Treasurer, George W. Triplett; Secretary, F. W. Watkins. The lodge was prosperous for a time, and was in existence over seven years. In December, 1856, its charter, as well as that of the encampment, was surrendered, being taken to the Grand Lodge at Louisville by James Littell. Lack of interest is the only reason that can be assigned for the death of the lodge, as there were twenty-live or thirty members.

Grand United Lodge, No. 1M%1- 0. C>. i''. (colored), was organized in September, 1878, with about eighty members Richard Vairian, Noble -F'ather; John Swain, Noble Grand; Charles Jackson. Permanent Secretary. The place of meeting has been uniformiv at their lodge room over the Deposit Bank. The present membership numbers 100 or more, and the lodge in every respect is in a very flourishing condition. They have a $30 banner, and their regalia cost $300. Present oflScers: John Swain, Noble Father; Alfred Woods, Noble Grand; Samuel Curd, Vice Grand; Charles Henderson, Permanent Secretary; Robert Crump, E. S.

Section, No. 188, Endow7nent Rank, Knights of Pythias, was organized by virtue of a charter, dated May 16. 18'78, with a membership of about thirty. The first officers were: J. AV. Carter, President; J. A. Brown, Secretai-y and Treasurer. The ]>resent officers are: W. H. Owen. President; C. K. Lehrbcrg, Secretary and Treasurer. This organization pays endowments of $1,000, $2,000 or $3,000, as the member prefers.

Owensbo-ro Council, No. 34, was chartered Nov. 14, 1860. The applicants for a charter were J. G. Griffin, Henry Megill, H. P. Hart, J. J. Daveiss, J. Delahnnt, Lonis Weber, C. N. S. Taylor, W.

W. Chambers and others. The first officers as appointed by the Grand Council were as follows: J. G. Griffin, T. I. G. M. ; C.N. S. Taylor, D. T. I. G. M.; H. P. Hart, P. C. W. The charter was signed by Phillip Sweigart, G. P., and A. G. Hodges, G. li., and was executed at Frankfort, Ky. Some few years ago all the councils were suspended by enactment of the Grand Lodge, the intention being to dispense with that branch of the Masonic order. The council in Owensboro was sustained until abolished by this enactment.

Order of Foresters. - A society of this order was organized in this city Dec. 25, 1877, with about sixty members, which number increased to eighty. Object, mutual insurance, etc., similar to the A. O. U. W. Dr. C. C. Lewis was the instigator of the movement here. Henry P. Tompkins was Chief Kanger. The society paid one assessment, and in about eighteen months died.

Sons of Temperance. - A lodge of ibis order was organized in Owensboro in the fall of 1846. A. G. Munn, Grand Worthy Patriarch, of Louisville, was the instituting officer. There were but ten or twelve charter members, of which the following is a partial list: Geo. Scarborough, S. M. Moorman, Geo. N. McKay, Richard McKay, Frank L. Hall, Wm. B. Wall, Finley W. Wall, Joseph Mills, Kidgley Griffith. The society convened in the second story of an old frame building that stood on the ground now occupied by McCuUough's Hotel. The lodge was short-lived. During the first year of its existence it flourished finely, and swelled its membership to over 150. They had numerous street parades and other public demonstrations in 1847 and 1848. After the last named year, owing to the withdrawal of some of the leading pirits and a general absence of interest by those who had grown tired of the routine of lodge business, the attendance diminished and it was finally voted to surrender the charter, having been in exist ence but little over three years. As near as we can learn, the first Worthy Patriarch was Geo. Scarborough, followed by S. M. Moorman. The first Conductor was Eidgley Moorman, who was succeeded by Frank L. Hall.

Temple of Honor. - This is a secret temperance society of a very @ high grade, which grew out of the order of Sons of Temperance many years ago, dating its independent existence in 1846. Very shortly after that date a lodge was organized in Owensboro, which flourished until the war, having a membership at one time of as many as fifty. Their ritual was beautiful and their discipline

Strict. They hail regalia, and indulged in public demonstrations occasionally. The members were called -' Templars of Honor." We appu-nd here a list of the members we tind on the record ot

Good Tem.plars. - The first lodge in Owensboro was organized about the first of March, 1868, as " Purity Lodge, No. 43," with R. W. McFarland as W. C. T.; Miss Kate McLean, W. V. T.; Rev. W. C. Settle, Lodge Deputy; Philander Read, Treasurer. The membership at first was thirty to thirty-five, wliicli rose to seventy-five or eighty at the height of their prosperity. Meetings were held weekly, but zeal in attendance diminished considerably, until the following re-organization was effected.

Spartan Lodge, I. O. G. T., was organized, in 1872, with about forty members, which increased in a short time to about sixty-five or seventy ; but the attendance finally dwindled so low that some years ago its charter was surrendered.

Ths Younger Brothers of Temperance was a society of youth, originally under the auspices of the Sons of Temperance, andkey>t in working order for several years. It accomplished a magnificent work. Nearly all who were members are now men forty to fortyfive years of age. During the days of "their greatest prosperity, L P. Washburne published and C. B. Mitchell edited a weekly temperance paper called the Fountain Journal, and devoted to temperance principles generally. It was a folio of five or six eighteen-incli columns to the page.

Women Temperance Workers. - This society was organized in February, 1882. It was instigated by a call published in the city papers, signed by Mrs. James "Weir, Mrs. Bailey Todd, and Mrs. Baker Boyd, asking the ladies of the town to meet and organize for temperance work. The object of this society was to promote the interest of temperance generally, and especially to enforce Sunday liquor laws. The first meeting was held at the rooms ot the Y. M. C. A. ; thirty members were present. Mrs. Dr. E. H. Luckett was elected President; Mrs. Bailey Todd, Vice-President; Mrs. Baker Boyd, Secretary, and Miss Hettie Hughes, Treasurer. The enforcement of Sunday laws was not to incite the antipathy of any non-Puritan sect, but to secure to the working-man's family the result of his labors, by removing the possibility of his spending his week's wages at an open saloon or rendezvous on Sunday. In March, 1882, they presented a largely signed petition to the Council, who, by vote, decided to enforce the " Sunday Law," and the Mayor issued a proclamation accordingly. One saloon remained open for a test case. This society took thef matter up, employed counsel, prosecuted under the State law, and fined saloons outside of city limits.

Regular meetings of the society are held at the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. The interest in the work is constantly increasing. Funds are raised by entertainments and subscriptions, and used as the society may direct - principally for attorneys' fees in prosecuting cases where the Sunday law has been violated. Meetings are held for prayer and reading of Scriptures.

Owensboro Fountain, No. 13, Younger Brothers of Temperance, was organized in 1847. The order was a State institution, conducted under the auspices of the Sons of Temperance. It admitted to membership boys and youths from twelve to eighteen years of age. ^he society in this city lived but a few years, but during its existence did much good in molding the habits of the youth of this community. The first officers were: George Scarborough, Elder Brother; George Sebastian, Presiding Brother; John J. McFarland, Secretary.

Stewart Lodge, No. 50, A. 0. U. W., was organized March 23, 1877, by J. F. Pearson, of Louisville, D. D. G. M. "W., with a charter membership of sixty-three. The first officers were as fol-

The United Brothers of Friendship, No. 7, was organized in the winter of 1866 '7, with a charter membership of about twenty-five. It is a secret order confined to colored men. Among the first members were William Moreton, Sandy Alexander, Albert Jackson and Wesley Troutman. The object of the order was at first benevolence, but now insurance is combined with the working 0 the lodge. The limit of insurance is $3,000. The society has prospered, owning now $4,000 worth of property, and its membership now amounts to eight}', in good standing. The present officers: H. C. Helm, Master; Terry Howard, Deputy Master; Wm. Griffith, Secretary; Currier Valentine, Assistant Secretary; Albert Jackson, Treasurer; John Garnet, John ISTepp, George Al. exander, Robert Daws and Pat Taylor. The society meets the first and third Mondays of each month, at their hall.

The Little United Brothers of Friendship was organized about 1872, with about fifteen members. It is a society composed of colored boys, and is under the control of the United Brothers of Friendship. It has now about sixty members in good standing.

Si. Johnson is the President; Levi Bartlett, Vice President; Robert Sherman, Secretary; John Nepp, Treasurer. The society meets twice a month, the second and fourth Mondays.

The Little United Sisters of Friendship is immediately under the direction of the United Sisters. It was organized in August, 1881, and at the present time has over fifty members. It meets twice a month, at the hall of the United Brothers.

The United Siiters of Friendship is a secret order among the colored ladies of Owensboro. U. B. F. Temple, No. 8, was or. ganized about 1868, with a membership of fifteen or twenty. It is under the direction of the United Brothers of Friendship, but holds separate meetings. Its objects are benevolence and sociability, and life insurance, limited to $1,500. The present membership is over 300, and the prospects of the society are very bright. The presiding officer is denominated Princess, and is at present Mrs. Lizzie Daws; the Secretary is Mrs. Annie Yerrin. The society meets at the U. B. F. Hall, the first and third Tuesday night of each month.

Yost Lodge, No. 2,525, k. of H., was instituted June 23, 1881, by Colonel "W. H. Yost, of Greenville, Ky., District Deputy Grand Dictator, in honor of whom the lodge was named. Nineteen persons composed the first membership, although about thirty-five had signed the application for a charter, several of whom were subsequently admitted as charter members, by virtue of a dispensation having been granted for that purpose. The first officers were: Lawson Reno, Past Dictator; Malcolm Mclntyre, Dictator; M. H. Webber, Yice- Dictator; R. D. Bailey, Assistant Dictator; H. L. Cambridge, Reporter; N. S. Roark, Financial Reporter; A. B. Miller, Treasurer; 0. F. Smith, Chaplain; Silas McClung, Guide; T. D. Gibson, Guardian; G. W. Hildebrant, Sentinel; J. D. Powers, E. G. Buckner, William H. Murphy, Trustees; Dr. A. C. Haynes, Medical Examiner. Yost Lodge was organized in the hall of the Masonic Temple, and for a few weeks held its stated meetings in that hall; but since then has occupied Odd Fellows Hall, corner of St. Ann and Third streets. The lodge had a steady growth, and at the end of six months numbered forty-three members, showing the largest increase during the time of any lodge in the State, according to the official report of J. A. Demaree, Grand Reporter. The principal officers were re-elected for the second term, and under their administration the society continued to prosper, until at the close of one year it numbered sixty-three members in good standing, again showing the largest increase in membership of any lodge in the State. Since that time the lodge has hardly maintained its hitherto enviable reputation as the "Banner Lodge," and at the close of December, 1882, her roll-book contained only sixty members in good standing. The January term, 1883, commences under favorable auspices, on a solid financial footing, with money in the treasury, and an efficient corps of officers, chief of whom are A. E. Reese, Dictator; J. M. Oppenheimer, Vice-Dictator; W. N. Oatlen, Reporter; B. Rosenthal, Financial Reporter; Dr. C. H. Todd, Medical Examiner. During a period of more than nineteen months there has been no depletion of membership by death, and only four have been on the sick list. The lodge pays a sick benefit of ,$5 per week during the illness of members in good standing, and during its organization has paid out in weekly benefits about 1150.

General James S. Jackson Post, No . 3, Grand Army of the Republic, was mustered Feb. 6, 1882, at Odd Fellows' Hall, Owensboro, with a membership of thirty-seven. The post was mustered by PostCommander Colonel W. H. Keller, of Evansville. The officers chosen at that time, and who are still acting at this writing, are as follows : J. H. Fisher, Commander; E. B. Allen, Senior Yice-Commander; B. F. Meredith, Junior Vice-Coinmander; Dr. J. F. Kimbley, Surgeon; J. D. Wilson, Officer of the Day; W. C. Moreton, Adjutant; J. A. Brown, Quartermaster; J. M. Wliitehead. Chaplain. The post lias rapidly increased in membership, liaving now over eighty comrades, from all parts of Daviess County. It meets every Monday niglit, at Odd Fellows Hall.

C. II- Todd Conclave, No. 8, of Heptasophs, or Seven Wise Men, was organized in Owensboro, in March, 1878. It was a secret order, having its origin in New Orleans, and growing up as suddenly as a mushroom in the niglit. Its numbers in Owensboro, in the course of eight weeks, grew to 200, comprising many of the best men of the place. The chief object of the association was

Social And Miscellaneous Oeganizations

Bachelors' Club. - A society by this name was organized in Owensboro several years ago, with constitution, by-laws and officers; but, although social entertainments are still occasionally given in their name, the club as a definite organization is probably more mythical than real. The young men of the city, as a bachelors' club, give annual hops during the agricultural fair; and the annual business meetings which the old organization is supposed still to hold, are very spicily written up by the Post.

The«pian Society. - This dramatic company flourished about 1856-'8. The star actor was Henry E. Smith, who played as Claude Melnotte in " Lady of Lyons," Oct. 5, 1857, which was the first play of the company. Other actors were Dr. James Conway, John O'Brien, Dora Shaw and Mrs. Libby - ail professionals. About these times Sallie St. Clair, who has since married Lawrence Barrett, fulfilled engagements here as Lucretia, Camille, etc.

M. H. Q. - This was a society of a dozen lads, organized about two years ago, for social enjoyments. The signification of the initials of their name is not public. Robert Pottinger, Jr., was President; Eugene Pattinger, Vice-President; Wm. Lancaster, Secretary, and Charles Elder, Treasurer. They had dances and a* great deal of sport, but the organization, as such, is now practically abandoned.

The Monarch Rifles, a military company formed under the State laws of Kentucky, was organized Oct. 16, 1879, with upward of forty members. The first officers were S. H. Ford, Captain ; Austin Berry, First Lieutenant; G. Y. Triplett, Second Lieutenant. The non-commissioned officers comprised four Corporals and four Sergeants. Their first meetings were held in the City Hall and subsequently in the court-house, under the provisions of a law requiring counties to permit the use of such buildings for the accommodation of State military companies. Soon, however, they felt the need of more spacioas and exclusive quarters, and removed to their present location, known as Armory Hall, on the river, between Frederlca and St. Ann streets. The room is 80x160 feet, and is considered one of the finest and largest in the State, being second only to the quarters of the Lonisville company. Regular business meetings of the company are held the first Tuesday in every month, and meetings for regular drill on Friday evening of each week. They have dress and fatigue uniforms. Their arms are the United States improved Springfield breech-loaders. Their camp equipments are very complete, from tents to utensils. This company holds the bannergiven by the Adjutant-General for the highest average dress inspection of any company in the State. They went into camp in the summer of 1881, at the fair grounds in Owensboro, and in the fall of the same year attended the centennial celebration of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. Following is a list of the. names of members in attendance at the celebration:

In the summer of 1882, Captain Ford, who was instrumental in organizing the company, and to whose efforts is largely due its present prosperous condition, resigned. Its present commissioned officers are: Austin Berry, Captain ; W. B. Armendt, First Lieutenant; C. F. Kelley, Second Lieutenant. There are now between forty and fifty members.

Musical. - A brass band was organized in the city in 1858, and led by Prof Buck, for a year or two. The " Combination Sitver Cornet Band" of 1872 was under the leadership of Prof Frauk Brewer. O. D. Read was President and Wm. Reinhardt Secretary of this band. The "Frohsinn Singing Society," German, gave entertainments in the winter of 1874:-'5.

Besides the foregoing, there have been numerous smaller or transient associations, as singing societies, music bauds, debating clubs, base-ball clubs, guilds, etc., etc.

The first burying ground for Owensboro was on Fourth street, south of the public square, and in the vicinity of tlie old " Masonic Lodge" building. It extended west to St. Elizabeth street. Most of the dead who were buried there still remain. In 1840 the place of burial was changed to a point on the Henderson road, just beyond the city limits. Most of the remains buried here have been removed. Paupers, however, are still bur.ed in this ground. In 1852 the cemetery was moved to the southeastern portion of the city, comprising the ground between Triplett and Center streets, and Fourtli and Sixth. All the dead buried here have been removed. These grounds were owned by a company of stockholders, and controlled by a directory. The first two spoken of above were owned and controlled by the city.

Eimwood Cemetery. - In the year 1856. seeing the necessity for a cemetery, a company of the citizens of Owensboro was formed, composed of William Bell, James Weir, R. M. Hathaway, George Scarborough, D. ' M. Gritfith, F. M. Pearl, J. B. Anderson, Robert Craig, John H. McHenry, Sr., S. M. Wing and E. A. Hathaway, who purchased of R. M. Hathawav and F. M. Pearl nine acres and a fraction of ground in what is known as Hathaway's addition to Owensboro, aiuu xiamed same "Rural Cemetery.

The use of said grounds was continued until 1868, Wuen, owing to their smallness and the growth of the city around them, it became necessary to seek a more spacious and suitable place for a cemetery. After due consideration, forty acres of ground^ -r^lu-.i.^d about one mile southeast of Owensboro, (.;i the Hartford road, were selected and purchased of John G. Bfi.i'kJp^ by the following persons : S. M. Wing, James Weir, R. iJ. Hathaway, 1). M. Griftith, J. F. Kimbley, C. Griflith, T, ' Venable, W. B. Tyler, W. N". Sweeney, B. Bransford, T. S. Anaerson, l>avid Hamilton, J. H. McHenry, Jr., Charles Werner, John G. Barkley, W. T. Courtney, S. H. Ford and W. H. Perkins. G. R. Milne, in May, 1875, was admitted into tiie company, on the same footing with the above-named stockholders, and each one received a certificate of the company's indebted ness to him for $200, to bear twelve per cent, interest, annually. The name given to the grounds was " Rural Hill Cemetery " - changed in April, 1869, to Eimwood, its present name.

to the new at the expense of the company, and each lot-owner in tlie old cemetery received a lot in the new one instead. Improve ments were immediately begun on the new grounds - a good brick house erected for the sexton, grounds fenced in, surveyed, divided into lots, roads and some substantial brick drains made. This was done under the supervision of Mr. R. M. Hathaway, the first J^residont of the Elmwood Cemetery Company, and to his close attention, good taste and judgment is due much that is beautiful and substantial on the premises. In order to do all tliis, much money was expended by the company in anticipation of receipts, which, meantime, came in slowly, while expenses continued and interest accrued. In short, the indebtedness of the company increased constantly, the stockholders became weary waiting for returns and many of them sold their stock, the majority of which came into the hands of T. S. Anderson.

The debt had now (1878) accumulated to such a size that the aimnal interest on it, to say nothing of the necessary running expenses of the cemetery, amounted to more than the entire yearly receipts from all sources; and, the affairs of the company being in such a condition that each year's business increased the debt a^d decreased the assets (as the lots were sold), it became evident to the creditors that some change must be made in the finances.

The directors were urged to make ai'rangements to pay ott' the debt, if possible, but they seemed unable to do so. T. S. Anderson, being the largest creditor, then proposed to give the company one year's time, without interest, on his claim, if they would secure it, but this was declined. He then proposed to pay the entire debt oi the cemetery, himself, if tlie company would transfer its property to him. It was generally conceded at the time that the entire T>roperty of tlie cemetery would not pay its debts at a forced sale, a d, as before saiil, the debt was increasing yearly. The directors said the proposition was liberal, more so than they would be willing to make, and on the 25th of June, 187S, the cemetery and assets WL're conveyed by deed to T. S. Anderson, on condition tliat lie should pay all debts of the cemetery, and that the grounds should bo forever us.'d as a burial ground and kept in good order.

Upon taking charge of the cemetery, and after consulting the best authorities (Spring Grrove Cemetery, Cincinnati; Cave Hill, Louisville, and (^ak Hill, Evansville), he decided to divide some of the lots, heretofore entirely too large, into sizes to suit the wants oi every famil}'; and as the past experience of the company had shown that the old price of lots was not enough to keep the cemetery out of debt, the price of lots per square foot has been increased ; but even now the prices of the best ground is onlj^ one fourth of that of the same in Cave Hill, and not more than one third of that in Oak Hill, Evansville.

The entire debt of tlie old company has been paid off and the cemetery is now on a firm footing. Some improvements liave been made already, as can readily be seen, and others will be made. It is intended that Elmwood shall be a first-class cemetery in every respect, and much more labor and care will be given it than ever before.

The Catholic Cemetery is located about a half mile below town, on the Henderson road. It comprises about nine'acres. It was laid out in October, 1861.

Public Benevolence

March 8, 1867, a general relief committee, ^ith auxiliary committees throughout the county, was organized for the relief of the suffering poor in the South. This organization did something considerable; but during the spring another organization was effected, which, it seems, did much more.

Owensboro Postmasters

In the days of President Polk, Jesse Br i stow was Postmaster. The office was on the river, in one of the old Morton houses, where Ben Bransford's stemmery has since been. Mr. B. was consumptive, and therefore irritable; but was a good Postmaster. His successors "in office have been George Holmes, Solomon Howard, Thomas Higdon, James Watkins, Dr. Stephen F. Ogden, the MegiU Bros., Jesse Moore, S. C. Wing (son of S. M. Wmg), and Lawson Keno. Dr. Ogden was a jolly, faithful, patient official. Mr. Reno and his assistants seem to be as accommodating as anybody could wish. Mr. Reno and his deputy, 0. B. Mit" chell, have had tlie office since Feb. 2, 1880, and thej are the best men for the place that could be found. Indeed, they are the most accommodating postmasters we ever saw.

Brief Mention

Most of the items given under this head are taken from that remarkable diary of Mr. Joseph Thomas, described at the beginning of Chapter XIII. Some of the events here referred to did not transpire in Owensboro, but in the vicinity; and as only a brief meniion is made of them, we find it more convenient to collate them all together in a sort of chronological table.

March 12, at five p. m., the steamers Sultana and Alex. Scott left New Orleans, and arrived at 0>vensboro the 17th at eleven o'clock, a. m., being out from New Orleans four days, seventeen hours and forty minutes, - tlie quickest trip ever made to this place. The Scott beat the Sultana to the mouth of the Ohio by one hour. Average speed, eleven miles per hour. The Sultana broke her cam-rod, and ran an hour and a half with one wheel.

May following, the Duke of Orleans came up, beating the Sultana one hour. May 25, military muster in Owensboro. Colonel Butler and Judge Owsley, candidates for Governor, delivered addresses. Heavy thunder-storm to daj' also, the lightning striking the court-house and market-house.

June 1, meeting of the Clay Chib. Speeches by Devereux, Johnson, Weir and Crow. The S. J3. ]\Iontg(.)mery made the trip to Louisville in four days, twsuty-three hours and fifty minutes, - the first boat that ever made it under five days.

Aug. 5, election very exciting; a great many drank; only one or two figlits, liowever. Mucli sickness during this month. River low. Hats worse tlian usual in their depredations in town.

Oct. 2, Whigs raised a flag-pole 120 feet high; a large meeting of Whigs, with music and banners. On the 3d, a great barbecue; addresses were delivered by McHenry, Letcher, Calhoon, and Dixon. Ladies were present, who sung and shouted and waved their handkerchiefs. On the 8th, boys march with lights. Streets dusty.

Feb. 11, P. Triplett's fine barn burned; lf.th, Athy's stable burned, with horse. A fire company was immediately afterward organized, and a subscription raised for ladders, cisteros, etc. ; but the enterprise soon "fell through."

May, exciting news from the Mexican war, and a volunteer corps of ninety-three foot was formed, with G. W. Triplett for Captain; seventy volunteered in one day ; all too late for acceptance, however. McCreery raised a horse company.

On the 1 7th, three men - Harris, Fngh and Galloway - were tried before a magistrate for the murder of a store-boat keeper, Roberts, on Green River. The latter was dismissed and the other two were committed for further trial.

Oct. 9, regimental muster, and D. Province elected Colonel; 19th, the steamer Concordia makes her first trip down the river; 20th, S. D. Johnson died. Dnring the month. Prof. Honfleur tau:;ht drawing lessons. Joseph Thomas' pork-house completed.

Jan. 30, Mrs. Robert Triplett died, after a very short illness. April 1, Kerney & Thomas take possession of grist-mill and commence running it.

May 27, music in the Catholic church, - the first ever in the town; 19, S. P. Hart died, of consumption. July 1, two deaths from Asiatic cholera. Wheat crop destroyed by rust.

April 4, at 8:25 p. m., a sensible shock of gearthquake; all the citizens were alarmed; 29, ]I. Kerr & Co.'s stemmerj, tilled with tobacco, burned early in the morning; H, P. Triplett's cabin burned at night.

July 8, W. Edson, of Hartford, got off a steamer here with cholera and died; 9, old Aunt Grace died; 17, Mr. Steyfel, an old gentleman, died of cholera; 21, another death trom cholera; 2i; Mrs. fl. Stanley died also of the same epidemic, and the next day her husband died with it.

Aug. 16, J. W. Lanham died; also Ilovrard T. Taylor, one of the best farmers and citizens of the county, was accidentally killed by the discharge of a gun in the hands of Dr. Wilmot. Fifteen buckshot entered his heart, three of which went through him. The gun was so ne:ir him that the flash set fire to his shirt. He fell, exclaiming, " Lord, have mercy on me; I am killed; " and was dead before those immediately behind him could raise him up.

Jan. 8, death of Mat. Kirkpatrick; 10, of Robert Triplett, with erysiftelas; 13, of V. A. Pegram, with erysipelas; also the death of Fanny Mayo, with congestion of the brain; also of Mr. Stone, an old gentleman; 18, of Miss Allison; 19, of Dr. Hill; 23, of Miss Sarah Triplett, with erysipelas; 24, of Mrs. P. Triplett, with same, and Mrs. Hathaway and Thomas Worley; 26, Mr. Combe's slave " Louie," also with erysipelas. A month of extraordinar}' mortality.

March 24, first trip of the great steamer Eclipse; also, Marcus McDaniel's cabin and houses were burned, and two small negroes with them. The Eclipse was 360 feet long, and probably the largest that had ever been built in the "West; cost, $135,000. !« March 23, Mr. Thixton died of consumption; 24, Miss Laura Triplett died; 30, Philip Triplett died of erysipelas.

Oct. 15, Judge Caliioon died at Louisville, and remains brought home on the ISth. Joseph Thomas's steam flouring mill and carding machine were burned on the 1st of this month, by an incendiary; loss about $8,000. A store adjoining, with $12,000 worth of goods, was also consumed. No insurance.

May 13, James Jones died; 18, Eclipse passed, - only three days and twenty-one hours from New Orleans, in a race with the A. L. Shotwell, which was sixteen to twenty minutes longer reaching Louisville. The latter left New Oi-leans three days after the Eclipse. 27, four white men entered Capt. Bob McFarland's house, dragged him from his bed at his wife's side, inflicted several severe blows upon his face with an ax, and then left him dead on the floor. They fired a gun, but no bullet wound could afterward be found upon the body.

July 4, Mrs. Stirman died; 31, Pointers] Washington drowned. This month Joseph Thomas made arrangements in Philadelphia to introduce the stereoscope into Kentucky.

August and September, good crop of fruit of all kinds this season. Town improving. Old court-house removed, to give place for a new building. Wharf enlarged, etc. Dec. 28, J. Johnston died, of typhoid fever.

April 14, Mrs. Emma {nee Ilawes) Nicholas died; 29, J. Hess died of cholera; there were two or three other cases of cholera during the month.

Jan. 27, in tlie evenintc, at J. 11. Daveiss' mill, Alex. Mason, a N-ountr man, was killcjJ. Ho was putting' a belt on tlic drum attaclied to tlio ily-wliee), and slipped and fell so tliat an arm of the wheel cauglit his shoulder and liead and drew him into the wheel iiit. His liead was mashed to a jelly, and he lived but a few minutes after he was taken out.

Times harder this winter than before for many years. Provisions liigh and poor. Potatoes, $2 a busliel, and hard to get at that price. Meal, 70 to 75 cents a busliel, and flour, $8.50 a barrel. No vegetables save turnips, and these were SO cents a bushel, whereas the usual price is 12 to 15 cents. Corn, 60 cents at the crib and scarce.

May, small-pox scare; 29, a death in town from this disease; 27, G. W. Farrow died, from kicks given by Hugh B. Lea. The small-pox was introduced by a German who came to Kenney's Exchange. Several contracted the disease. Public meetings forbidden.

Jan. 13, J. H. Daveissdied. Considerable sickness this month - typhoid fever and pneumonia, and a few cases of small-pox and varioloid. In the country were some cases of scarlet fever. J. S. Dawson lost four children by this disease.

Nov. 24, Eliza W. Ilobbs died, of hemorrhage of the lungs and disease of the heart. Only twelve hours afterward her servant from childhood, Roselle, died.

Dec. 9, Larry Murphy died; 17, Deposit Bank in operation; 22, John Allen died; 24, PatEnright froze to death, while drunk; 31, a street lamp lighted at night.

Jan. 4, a day of prayer and fasting generally observed by the citizens for the sake of reconciling the North and the South. Stores all closed and churches mostly opened. Business almost suspended during the montli, on account of the pecuniary depres" sion caused by secession, etc. ; Jan. 19, Sam Hawes, died.

Feb. 2, Methodist revival; 20, Judge Stuart, on petition, determined to render no judgments for debt this term, on account of the unsettled state of the country and consequent scarcity of money. There were 603 suits for debt on the docket.

April 8, Fanny Griasom died; 16, Crockett and Teaman spoke, on the occasion of the surrender of Fort Sumter, S. 0. ; 22 speeches by J. C. Breckenridge and A. Dixon; secession gaining ground; 21, Mrs. Clements died.

May 13, George Howard, died; 18, forty of the " Home Guards" paraded with muskets, for the first time; 28, " Dixie Guards" left for the Southern army; 31, death of Mrs. Nunn and McDaniel.

Dec. 5, James Talbot died of typhoid fever; 6, "Wm. H. Kinney's father died; 7, death of Mat. Cushing; 23, Miss Mollie Long died; 2i, Mrs. O'Callaghan. died.

May 12, R. Hughes died; 14, Mr. Dillman died; 1, Baptist Association commences; 15, Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly convened; 17, Mrs. Henry Scott died of consumption; 29, "Old" Jerry Yewell died.

March 16, Mrs. J. G. McFarland died; 20, Mrs. Wash. Jones died; 25, death of John Dugan. Solomon J. Howard's house fired twice this month by an incendiary, but the fire was extinguished both times without much damage.

Oct. 3, Wm. Phelan died; 5, Gregory Arns died from a stabbing received three days previously; 13, Silas Mason died; 15, Slaughter Newton died of typhoid fever, and Jake Lefiler also died.

Oct. 17, death of James B. Anderson. He was born in Lexington, Ky., in 1808. After living at Louisville a number of years, he came to Owensboro, about 1836 or 1837, and engaged in farming until the fall of 1849, when he was elected Cashier of the Owensboro branch of the Southern Bank, which position he retained, the bank reorganizing as the Planters' meanwhile, until his death, Oct. 17, 1864. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian church, and an exemplary Christian citizen.

April 7, the splendid steamer [Ruth made her first trip on the Ohio; 12, Emma Qneen died; 17, business suspended and crape on the doors, on account of Lincoln's death; 22, J. Bodine died.

Oct 9, Hon. G. H. Yearaan and family left for Denmark; 20, Mrs. Stewart, an old lady, died; 21; Mrs. Webb died, also John L. Goodrum; 25, death of W. B. Hall.

Jan. 30, the steamer Missouri exploded her boilers, some ten miles above Evansville. Her hull sank instantly, while lier cabin, full of water, floated oflf. Among the lost was Mr. George A. Peters, a well-known and respected citizen and merchant of Owensboro. His state-room was immediately over the boiler. The number of deck-passengers and crew that was lost was seventy or eighty. The shock of the explosion was distinctly felt in Owensboro, a distance of about thirty miles.

Feb. 3, Mrs. Noel killed by explosion of the W. A. Carter; 13, Mrs. Colonel Ewing died; 15, Mr. Johnson died, the result of wounds inflicted by a homicide; S. V. Rogers died; 25, death of Warner Crow.

May 1*, Mrs. Bell's barn burned by an incendiary, with three horses; 17, Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly convened; 21, "Tom," a negro boy, hung on the court-house square by a mob;

27, death of "Jack" Ajres; 31, William Slielby's dwelling burned; 20, a negro named "Tom" was tried before (atj Judge "Washburn for rape. On his way to the jail an unknuwn i)arty placed one end of a rope over iiis head, and threw the other end over a limb of a tree in the court-house yard, and tlie father of the injured girl drew the ]n'isoner uj), where he was kept suspended twenty or thirty minutes, and until after he was quite dead.

Jan. 11, death of J. G. Harrison; 15, Lizzie Thomas died; 17 and 18, Admiral Semmes delivered two very fine lectures in Court Hall, on the cruise of the Alabama, physical geograpliy of the sea, etc.; 31, Dr. Allen died, of cancer.

Jan. 13, Belle Lee's first trip flown; 16, ice six inches thick; 18, "Jack" Bristow died; 21, Mr. Gate, an old man, died; 28, death of Mr. Pfister, from pneumonia; 29, coldest day this month - 5°.

March 21, BarnaMay, an old man, died; 24, death of Miss Josie Evans and Mr. Naumheim; 25, Mr. Shedigger's house burned; 26, death of Mrs. E. Crook. Vegetation forward.

July 6, new court-house ready for use, and the clerk's oflBces moved in; 17, one of the hottest days ever witnessed here - 100°; a negro woman killed by lightning at the Bransford Institute; 18,

19, over fifty persons sick from drinking milk which had been poisoned with some antiraonial preparation; no clue to the origin; none died; 30, James and J ay Mason died.

Dec. 12, P. Lyddan fell off^a horse and was killed; 25, part of the River Hotel burned ; 28, some cases of small-pox, especially among the negroes.

An. 23, Mr. Crutcher's house burned; 27, a negro man, comiitted to jail for rape, was hung in the court-house yard. Feb. 2, Mrs. J. S. McFarland died, of pneumonia; 3, Mrs. Wm. Owen and B. H. Triplett died.

AIa_> 6, Miles Lancaster died; 20, Miss Betsey Burgess died; 25, three barges loaded with ice landed at Owensboro for sale. D. Monarch boiig-ht lOo tons, at §10 a ton. The blocks of ice weighing 300 to 40O pounds were c^uriosities to manj' of the citizens.

July 2, Mrs. A. B. Johnston died; 6, death of Mrs. Wm. Sharpe; 17, Mike Donahue was murdered by Link Ballard, at a small saloon a mile fi-om the city; the murderer was aided by accomplices; 19, of Mrs, '-Dink" Read; 20, one of the heaviest rains ever witneshed

Dec. 8, O. S. Warner's house burned; I'.i, Allen Yewell killed by a log at a h(»nsie-!'aising; "21, first freezing weather; 26, ice six inches thick; 28, Mrs. ''Ben'' Abell uied about this time; 31, locomotive Jo Daveiss put on the track find tried; Mrs. Donaldson died.

June 2, death of Wm. Cummins; 7, meeting of the Kentucky editors in Owensboro; 10, Catholic picnic below town to raise fun(?s for an organ: raised $400.

July 4, mechanics' celebration and procession: J. Stuart, orator; 8, James Hathaway died; 27, death of Mrs. Murray, Nannie Shipp and two children.

Aug. 7, the circuit clerk's office was entered at night by a burglar, who cut out three slats of the shutters, and stole the docket for the ensuing term of court. A similar robbery was committed at preceding term of court.

Jan. 5, an actress died oi small-pox, at River Hotel; also to-day Lally Conway died; 27, a negro died of small-pox in town; 30, Mrs. Lily E. Mitchell died of congestion of the lungs. Severe winter. On the 29th the river closed for the third time, and remained closed until Feb. 11.

Feb, 8, Ap. Spalding and Dr. J. Conway died; 2i, another negro died of small-pox; 26, J. G. Delker's furniture factory burned; loss about $15,000; cause of fire unknown, but it originated as if by an incendiary; 16, the railroad blacksmith shop was burned.

April 3, J. P. Thompson died of brain fever; 14. a fire of mysterions origin consumed the buildings on Frederica street, between Third and Fon'rtli, belonging to Ainos R. Hathaway, and the grocery stock of Alvey Brothers; total loss, $8,000 or $10,000.

Dec. - , ice eight inches thick, and very clear; much ice on the roads, almost totally preventing travel; crops good this year; some time during 1872, Mr. Kincheloe killed Mr. Throckmorton, on a road a little west of Owensboro.

March 3, E. P. Washburn died; spotted fever prevalent; 5, Mrs. L. P. Little and child died; 6, Mrs. Harlin (of spotted fever) and Mr. Johnson died; 16, death of "Jack" Jones and Mrs. Fisher; 21, boiler exploded at M. V. Monarch's distillery and flew into the river, 200 or 300 yards distant; two colored men were fatally injured; excitement in town on account of small-pox or varioloid; a backward spring; peaches not in bloom until April 6.

April 4, B. Trible died; 5, Miss O'Neal died; 10, death of John Sharp, Thomas Kincheloe and Mrs. Wm. Collins; 16, Mr. Incal died; 18, Barna Bunch died; 26, heavy frost.

July 2, death of Athy Aud; 4, of Frank Douring; 5, of Miss Margaret Yairen; 15, Mrs. J. Mitchell died of cholera; 24, Miss Ann Hagan died of typhoid fever.

Oct. 4, Jeff. Underwood shot and killed by Bud Boris; 8, Miss Lou Davis died of typhoid fever; 17, R. G. Moorman died of typhoid pneumonia; 19, Miss Ada Thornton, and 20, John Todd; both died of typhoid fever; 28, Mrs. Thornton died of typhoid fever.

May 12, Burns's tobacco factory was burned, with 250,000 pounds of tobacco, and adjoining buildings. Sol. Wil and W. S. Brittain (of Louisville) were also losers.

Aug. 3, George W. Swoope shot and killed Perry Riley, in the court-house yard near the polls on election day. The deceased left a wife and five small children. Five days afterward Mr. Swoope was admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000, but was finally acquitted on the ground of self-defense.

Dec. 12, a block of buildings on the corner of St. Ann and Main streets was burned. Principal losers : W. N. Sweeney, D. M. Griffith, Charles Kahler and Mr. Driver.

Mr. Lavator, a " musical prodigy" as a violin-player, mysteriously appeared upon the streets of Owensboro in June, 1878, shoeless and shirtless, a wretched wanderer, gazing into vacancy and tottering along with nervous irregularity. Mr. Stone inquired into liis case, and, being asked for a violin, furnished him one. He seized it and immediately astonished the bystanders with his powers. Prominent citizens then took up his cause and presented him on the stage two or three times.

Oct. 11, Nick Neal killed Henry Gearhardt, two miles fi-din Grissom's Landing, by stabbing hiir> in the abdomen. Tliree others were wounded in the affray; it v as a drunken spree. Neal was held to bail in a sum of $2,000.

Oct. 2.5, Colin S. Throckmorton, formerly an officer in the U. S. navy, and widely known in this State, died in Owensboro, after a lout; illness.

Nov. 17, tine livery stable and warehouse of Hon. H. D. Mc- Ilenry, worth $1,500 or $2,000, were burned, alon^ with several other buildings, at or near the corner of First and St. Ann streets, aggregating a loss of about $7,000. Cause of the fire probably incendiary, or at best by the carelessness of a tramp.

Dec. 8, Dangerfield Hathaway, a colored boy sixteen years old, was stabbed and killed by Jesse Gibson, another colored lad sixteen or eighteen years old, on Fourth street, Owensboro. It was on Sunday, and Hathaway had just returned from church with a gill; 29, the frame cottage of A. G. Hawes, on Frederica street, was burned.

May 2, a $1,500 fire occurred, between Mulberry and Walnut streets, the loss falling upon John Gillis, John Thixton, A. Eosenfeld and John Walt.

June 20, another loss of $1,500 by fire was suffered by J. D. Murphy, and Hughes & Alexander. Stable, eight horses and ai mule burned. Two days afterward an incendiary burned the Southern Wheel and Handle Factory; loss, over $5,000, and throwing about fifty hands out oi employment.

Sept. 13, a ferocious hog seized a child named Lela A. Hnltse, while she was playing in the yard, and dragged the screaming sufferer a distance of fifty feet, almost killing her, before she was rescued.

d uly 10, death of Joan A. Faulds, tobacconist, and a businesB man of high order. He was a native of Perthshire, Scotland; came to this country in 1855, at the age of eighteen.

Aug. 26, about midnight, Johnson & Cottrell's tobacco factory, P. J. Miller's residence, cottagto,« belonging to Messrs. Woolfolk & Tharp, and other buildings were consumed by fire; loss, over $30,000.

Sept. 5, N. M. Lancaster & Co.'s large new distillery was destroyed by fire; loss, about $25,000; 9, J. S. Pottinger's large cooper-shop, at the west end of the city, was burned, throwing twenty-two men out of employment.

Dec. 4, on account of some excavation near it, the old Wecker Hotel building fell with a terrible crash, accompanied with cries and shrieks of men, women and children; and, although there were three men, one woman and three children in the building, not one of them was seriously injured; total loss, about |900. It was built in 1850, at the foot of Frederica street, and occupied as a hotel until recently, when it was purcliased by the People's Wharf Boat Company.

ISTov. 13, death of Thomas Monarch, one of the most prominent pioneers of Daviess County. He lived to be eighty-one years of age. A biographical sketch of him is published in the Daviess County Atlas and in the Messenger and Examiner of Nov. 16, 1881.

On the evening of Jan. 6, 1882, the building known as Hall's Opera House was discovered to be in flames. Intense excitement prevailed, which was increased by a rumor that there were people in the building who had failed to escape; this, however, was untrue, as every one had left the theater upon the first alarm of fire. The foUowing is a list of those wlio suffered losses; Robert Nunn, grocer, lost everything his establishment contained; insured for $4,000. Parish's bookstore was pretty \ -'U consumed; loss covered by insurance, il. "Washbnrne, propi .or of the Planters' House saloon, was a great loser; loss also nearly covered by insur- ance. The Planters' Hotel was almost torn to pieces; it was saved from entire destruction by a fire-proof wall that intervened between it and the fire. The job office of O. T. Kendall, the barber shop Of Elijah Hathaway and the dwelling of L. M. Ogden were badly crushed by the falling of the north wall of the Opera House. The Georgia Minstrels, who were to have played that night, sustained great losses.

The Opera House was owned by Alexander Hill, and was built in 1870, at a cost of $22,000. There was an insurance of $10,000 on the whole building. The fire appeared to have originated in the basement, under the grocery of Robert Nunn.

'.June 30, Madison Jessup shot and killed George Smith, a respectable citizen ; both were colored. Jessup got away, and Artie, the wife of the deceased, was arrested for complicity in the act, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for life; but the Court of Appeals reversed the decision, and the case now stands continued in court.

Sept. 1, 1882, C. W. Roby arose from his bed in a somnambulistic fit, precipitated himself from a second-story window, near Spberri's Hotel, and killed himself.

Oct. 16 occurred the death of Jacob Arnold, the oldest resident of Owensboro at the time, aged ninety-one years. He was a native of Alton, Switzerland, and the father of Theo, Godfrey and H. Arnold, all business men of Owensboro. Although he had been tor some years a resident in this country, he never abandoned the language and dress of his native land; and it was a familiar sight on warna, bright mornings to see him for hours in the sunshine by the river, while his little grandchildren played near by. He never acquired the English language, and in his old age he lived a quiet, uneventful life. In his death he left a wife, with whom he had lived threescore years, and who is now in her eighty-second year.

Nov. 1, death of Benedict D. Coomes, in his seventy-fourth year, after a tedious illness. He was born in Nelson County, Ky., and came to this county about 1840.

Dec. 25, a young, negro named Chai W^-Ji killed Jim Montgomery, a white man, in a beer saloon in Owensboro. Weir and two negro girls were drinking betr, when Montgomery commenced a scuffle with him; on being ordersd out of the saloon the negro

During this month an itinerant family stopped a few days in the suburbs of the city, one member of which was said to be 122 years old! Her hair was turning dark, her fingers plump and soft, and several other features of youth seemed to be returning. She is now dead.

Jan. 16, deatli of Major John H. Smith, at the age of seventythree. He built the first tobacco factory in Owensboro - probably the first west of the Allegheny Mountains; was a high-toned business man, wealthy, well-known and highly respected.