The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-02-17
Tuesday. February 10.

Another relative of Grant has been dis
covered and his name is Tompkins, OF
West Virginia. .Tornpkins, Immediately
upon being found, was appointed United
States Marshal of Colorado. He is cous-
in to Grant, and is supposed to terminate
the long catalogue of the Presidents re-
lations. s.. ...... -
Camels and dromedaries are becoming
so plentiful in Nevada, from the stock im-
ported there by the United States Govern
ment some years ago, that bill has been
introduced into the Legislature to prohib-
it the owners of these animals from using
them on public highways, as they are
supplanting the horses, mules and oxen as
beasts of burden. They are used to car
ry silver and gold ore from remote mines.
The horse and mule dealers got up the
bill referred 10 for their abolition from
public roads. ....f. i
The Interpreter Of the American Lega-
ton, who has just returned from Syria,
where he has been investigating the out
rage on American missions, reports that
the first accounts were much exaggerated.
The ill-treatment by the soldiers is a pure
invention. The question relative to the
forcible entrance into missionary houses
remains unsettled. 1t appears that the
house was American property, but was in.
habited by Turkish subjects. TX
On Wednesday night, near Fayette,
Texas, Deputies futile and Siebreicht, as,
sisted by Constable Metzen, in tempting
to arrest colored man charged with horse
theft, and named James Sanders, met with
considerable resistance. Sanders went
for Deputy futile. Fooled in the attempt
to brain that officer, he began to retreat
shooting at the officers the while The
latter then fired volley at the fugitive
three balls taking effect and passing thro
his body. He was hit on the inside and
below both shoulders, and also in the
stomach. After which he surrendered.
What is believed to have been brutal
murder occurred at the South Carolina
penitentiary on Saturday afternoon. One
Of the convicts, Charles Barron by name
got into difficulty with Corporal Bryant
of the guard, when the latter drew'his pis.
toll and shot Barron in the right side, from
the effects of which he died in about TWEEN
ty minutes An inquest was held yester
day, and verdict rendered that deceased
came to his death by ball from pisto
in. the hands of Corporal Bryant Tn,
homicide gave himself up to the officer
of justice.
Yesterday afternoon the erring youn,
lady whose lost babe has furnished them
tor table talk at Knoxville, Tenn, thes
past few days, left for her home with tn
recovered cherub. During the morning
she gave the baby to colored woman Il
keep and nurse, but the argus-eyed polio
compelled the infants return to its unhap
Ply mother. Then the maiden mother
getting ready to leave on the train, slyl
hid the babe in a room of one o
the servants of the hotel il
which she was stopping, and was de
murely carrying in her arms to the Car
bundle supposed to be the infant, whel
the lynx-eyed ladies about detected the i'm
position, and search resulted in findin
the helpless babe. Finally mothers and chill
were safely started on the cars toward
home. The poor girl was almost franti
at the idea of meeting her mother with tn
evidence of her shame. Sobbing, she sal
it would break her mothers heart.