Mr. J.C. Spiller has opened a commission and auction house on Frozen Row, next door above Sheppard's China Hall.
Prof. B. J. Ellis has been employed by the school board to take the census of Bowling Green's school population in 1883.
Mr. J.M. Jones lost near Friendship {???????????}, a pocket book containing about $85. A reward for its reco?? is offered in another column.
Mr. Geo. A. Collet has taken away the gable end of his livery stable for the purpose of replacing it with a more convenient and sightly structure.
A certain young lady of High Street has named her red bird for Prof. W. B. Wylie. Quite a distinguished compliment to the auburn-haired gentleman.
Presiding Elder H. M. Ford will go to Barren county next week to preside at the quarterly meeting of the Glasgow circuit, to be held at Dover church Saturday and Sunday of next week.
Luke Bennett, a colored hand at the axe handle factory had his hand badly mutilated by a saw, Monday. Dr. McCormack, assisted by Drs. Wright and Carson, attended the man and found it necessary to remove the index finger, but hope to save the hand.
Mr. Loving W. Gaines, with this issue, severs his connection with the GAZETTE. For two months past he has rendered valuable assistance as associate editor, and his services have given entire satisfaction. He is a young gentleman of exemplary habits and fine promise, and retiring, carries with him the best wishes of the GAZETTE, in both its old and new management.

Mrs. Lawrence A. Graham
A Noble Woman and a Sincere
Christian Gone to Rest.

The death of this most excellent and universally esteemed Christian lady, at her home in this city of Thursday evening last, though not a surprise to the community, yet found it unprepared for the realization of so sad an event. Hope, strengthened by unwillingness to receive the unwelcome reports which grew discouraging as the days of her illness passed away, stood out against all painful whisperings of probable fatality, carrying its deluded but willing victims almost down to the hour of dissolution.
Mrs. Graham was the daughter of Major Chasteen Dunavan, deceased, one of the most popular and useful men in his day; whose widow yet lives to enjoy the love and sympathy of all who know her and to mourn the distressing loss of a daughter whom she almost idolized. In all the varied relations of life, as daughter, mother, wife or neighbor, her actions were living exemplifications of all that was pure and good and true. She was a sincere Christian, whose daily walk modestly, but honestly reflected the solemn obligations she had willingly and gladly self-imposed. As a neighbor, she was kind and sympathetic, and knit to her friends in the indissoluble bonds of strong affection. In the circle of her family home, she was the essence of love and contentment. She had no care for higher earthly happiness than came to her around her fireside, when surrounded by her loved ones of her own household. There her love knew no bounds. The pleasure of her family was her delight, and their contentment the measure of her happiness.
Her passing away before her steps had trodden the golden summit of life, or had seen all of her children safely in the busy years of majority, and when her counsel and association was so prized by her faithful and affectionate husband was indeed a bereavement, the extent of which none can estimate except those who have passed through this dark and dreadful valley of bitterness and desolation. But the dispensations of Providence are not to be fathomed by the short arm of man nor penetrated by the dim vision of speculation. Her friends only know that her body sleeps calmly out in the lovely vale which stretches out in beauty from the door of her childhood home, and upon which her have so often gazed with delight, while her spirit has received loving welcome to the Fathers arms in the home of that eternal rest that remains for the children of God.

Smallpox Adjourns Court

Small-pox has appeared in Butler County and occasioned the adjournment of {??????} at Morgantown last Friday. {?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????} by the lawyers, officers and jurors, was presented to Judge Dulaney requesting an immediate adjournment of Court. The request was of course complied with, and the Judge and Commonwealth's Attorney Porter came home Saturday. The civil docket was disposed of, and the criminal cases were postponed till next term.

The funeral services of Mrs. Lawrence A. Graham, on Sunday afternoon at the family residence, were conducted by Rev. J. L. Caldwell, in a very feeling and appropriate manner in the presence of a large assemblage of friends of the family. After the services the burial took place at the cemetery, a very large concourse of people testifying in actions stronger than words the profound esteem in which the deceased was held.
Col. W. E. Hobson, of this city, is prominently mentioned in connection with the Lieutenant Governorship of Kentucky on the Republican ticket. If Kentucky should be compelled to submit to a Republican administration there is no gentleman in the ranks of that party which we would prefer to see occupying the high position mentioned to Col. Hobson.
One hundred and twenty-five matrons and lovely maidens, of Horse Cave, have written their protestations against illicit sale of Whisky in the precincts of their lovely little town. Whenever such a protest engages the militant powers of the women of the country the dram seller may as well capitulate.

Personal

Miss Porter Mercer, of Old Union, was in town Friday.
Mr. George Durkee, of Rochester, was here last Saturday.
Mr. Jno. S. Gilbert, of Adairville, was in the city Monday.
Mr. Moses Wall, of Logan county, was in the city Saturday.
Miss Nettie DeNeal returned Saturday from a visit to friends in Gallatin.
Mr. James H. Brooks, of Oakland, paid the GAZETTE a pleasant visit Monday.
Mr. N. B. Bettison returned from a visit to friends in Louisville Saturday.
Miss Anna Cooke returned last week from a visit to friends in Gallatin, Tenn.
Miss Bessie Smith, of Franklin, is visiting the family of Maj. James Tyler.
Mr. W. R. Emerson, of Barren county, came down to subscribe for the GAZETTE this week.
Prof. B. F. Cabell, of Cedar Bluff College, was in the city on business last Saturday.
Mrs. Emmett G. Logan, of Cincinnati, is visiting the family of her father, Dr. A. R. Covington.
Hon. John Feland, of Hopkinsville passed through the city yesterday on his way to Louisville.
Mrs. C.L. Stancliff, of Louisville, is visiting the family of Mr. G. P. Williams in the "Bend".
Mr. J. O. Burge was in Nashville this week and Mr. L.A. Ho??man was dispensing drugs in his place.
Dr. T. J. Townsend and Mr. Moses Potter attended the drill of the Russellville Broom Brigade last Friday night.
Mr. J. Nahm, of Hiseville, Barren County, has been in the city for a day or two. He will leave to-day for Louisville.
Mr. C. J. Adams, leaves to-morrow night to make his home in Dakota. Bowling Green will be sorry to see him go.
Mr. W. O. Jones, of Atlanta, one of the livest young men {??} the South, was in the city this week buying horses of a high grade.
Mr. James E. Squires, of Barren county, was in the city yesterday on his way to Texas where he proposes to make his home in future.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Winston, of Auburn were in the city Friday a tow hours. They were on a visit to Mrs. Winston's relatives in Franklin.
Mr. W. K. Palmer has given up the idea of going to Texas. He has purchased a farm of Mrs. Howard in Butler county and has taken possession.
Mr. Henry L. Underwood, of New York city, is visiting relatives in Bowling Green and mingling with his old friends who remember him very kindly.
Messrs. J. Morgan, Brents and Jo. B. Ellis, of Vanderbilt University, passed through the city yesterday, enroute to their homes in Glasgow, to spend a few weeks in recreation.
Mr. Lucien Graham arrived from San Antonio, Texas, Saturday night upon the sorrowful mission of attending the funeral rites of his mother, the late Mrs. Lawrence A. Graham.
Mrs. N. A. Norris, of Georgetown, is on a visit to the family of her father, Mr. John Edley, near the city. Mrs. Norris will leave tomorrow for Mt. Sterling where she will in future reside.
Mr. C. P. Rone has accepted a position as traveling salesman for Thomas, {???}yer & Slocomb, hardware dealers, Evansville, Ind., and will start out on the road Saturday. We wish him all the luck possible.
We regret to learn that our good old friend, Elder James Brooks, of Oakland, has been quite seriously ill for the past week. It is pleasing to know that he is now improving and bids fair to speedily recover.
Col. Thomas L. Jones, candidate for the Gubernatorial nomination, stopped over in Bowling Green a few hours Sunday afternoon en route to meet his appointment to speak at Russellville Monday. The colonel was deceived with the idea that it was County Court day in Logan, and learning his mistake, returned Monday morning without filling his appointment.

Nearly an Accident.

Mr. E. U. Fordice, of the firm of Fishback & Co., was going down Main street a few days since with his wife, and narrowly escaped a serious accident. When near Daughtry's grocery, an unmanageable horse attached to a sulky, came up street and headed in their direction. The horse stumbled and fell on pavement, so near that the fall painfully injured Mrs. Fordice's foot. The horse was not injured.

Mr. Dan E. O'Sullivan, managing editor of the Courier-Journal, came down Friday night and remained over until Monday, enjoying that prodigal welcome that always awaits him in Bowling Green. In all tho brainy catalogue of Bowling Green's brilliant young sons abroad, none has a stronger hold upon her kindly remembrances than has Dan O'Sullivan. he has won his way to early and solid distinction, by unaided battling through a mind rarely gifted, and that in a space of time so brief as to be almost phenomenal.

Elder. J. Harding, of the Christian Church, will preach at Pleasant Hill church Sunday, morning and night, and at Robertson's school house every night during the week.

Land, Stock and Crop

Thos. H. Gaines sold last week to Ab Bailey thirteen fat sheep, 1390 pounds at 4 ¼ cents per pound.
F. Y. Patterson, Jr., bought of James A. Hurt one Waxy mare, 4 years old, 15 hands high, for $125.
J. B. Wilson, Bristow, has for sale a pair of brown geldings, five years old, 16 hands high; drive single and double, and both saddles.
Brown & Co. have shipped from Rockfield since January the first 141 hogs heads of tobacco. The crop will amount to near 500 hogsheads.
R. E. Cooksey sold last week to Ab Bailey one buck sheep, 70 pounds at 4? cents per pounds, and one fat yearling, 610 pounds, at 4 cents per pound.
C.E. Gladish, of the Knob Church neighborhood, has a fine milch cow for sale; one fourth Jersey. She has her second calf, and is a number one milker.
Will Eubank sold last week to Dick McElwain, one pair 16 hand six year old horse mules, $350, and Monday to Willie Porter, one 15 ½ hand horse, for $150.
Phillip Hay bought last week of John S. Owsley, of Lincoln county, two thoroughbred bulls and one short horn heifer, paying for them respectively $100, $75 and $87.50.
Phillips & Eubank sold Monday to J. C. Oswald, of Minneapolis, Minn., one pair chestnut geldings, five years, 16 ½ hands, for $600. Ben Eubank sold to same party a fancy saddle horse, for $150.
A.C. Blewett's "John Waxey, Jr." will make the present season at Polksville and at the Claypool, Post office near Mottley's Mill: dividing his time between the two places. "John Waxey, Jr." is a dark chestnut sorrel, 15 ½ hands high, and one of the most promising horses in this section of the State. He was formerly owned by W.B. Baker.
J. W. Wright bought at R. S. Veech's sale near Louisville last week a thoroughbred bay filly, Ferret, foaled in 1881. Pedigree: Sire, Auditor, by Rysdyks Hambltonian sire of Dexter, {???????} out of dam by Imported Trustee; 2nd dam by Abdallah (sire of Rysdyk's Hambletonian) …

Congealed Lightning.

Mr. J. A. Peake, of Auburn, was in the Gazette office a few days ago and presented us with a chemical compound that makes the oldest inhabitant knit his brow to explain. Lightning recently struck a red oak tree and tore it into smithereens. At the root of the tree this strange substance was deposited in large quantities. It is a cobalt color, has a very strong taste of gun powder and was evidently fused into its present state by some sudden and intense heat. As no name has been deduced by chemical analysis, we are undecided whether to call it ({???????????????????}.

Surgical Operation.

Dr. W. E. Hatcher, assisted by Doctors Cartwright, McElroy, Wooten and Hobbs, performed a very delicate operation on the eye of a little two year old orphan boy in the city last week. The sight was entirely lost and the eye so fatally diseased that enucleation was found necessary. The operation was entirely satisfactory, and the unfortunate little boy is doing as well as could be expected.