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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-10-29


accompanied by delirium trOmens, which was
probably the main cause of self.destruction.
This is the seventh suicide in Westminster
during the last twenty years.
Charles Bradley of Brattleboro, was con.
siderably injured last Monday, and had his
carriage smashed by his horse running away,
near West Brattleboro. He claimed that
the damage resulted from q defect in the
highway whereupon S. N. Herrick, FIRST
SelectmaD, took his own spirited steod, and
went with Mr. Bradley to show him that the
highway was not to be blamed Herrick 5
horse also took fright at the same place, and
both were thrown from the carriage, aud too
much injured to regard the matter as much
of a joke. Bradley still believes there is
something the matter with that highway.
A good story is related of Col w of Brat,
tleboro. During the trial of case at the
last term of the Windham county court
Judge Ross presiding) the colonel was the
principal witness for the defense in the suit
While the colonel was being subjected to Z
rigid cross-examinAtion by the plaintiff
attorney, the following questions were asked
him D-COl W, you told the plaintiff to
get out of the bank aud 60 to HI, didn't
yOuH Coil did. Did he got COL
believe he did, as the last saw Of him he
was entering your Office. Tableau.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Hattie Doubleday, sixteen years old. an,
the married son Of a clergyman, elOped fror
South ROyaltOn, the other day, aud registere,
as man and wife at Montpelier, where he
father found aud separated them.
The late Gen Lyman Mower, of Wood
, stock, left $4,000 to St James church.
A Frenohman, living at Ludlow, has cor
fessed to q Catholic priest that he is tn
| murderer Of the ltalian organ grinder, who's
remains were found near that place, = fe'
years ago,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03

States. Mr.. Hill had carefully pasted
over the "l' in a number Of one dollar
notes, the figures rs" no. and "20'-|
thus initiating the apparent value of the
respective bills Eve, ten and twenty fold.
Quite number OF these "raised" bills had
been passed upon ignorant and unsuspect-
ing colored people, and the party was in
q fair way of speedily initiating their car
pet-bags, when they were speedily brought
to halt, as stated above.
Old man Dickinson, who was tried at
the recent term of the Terrell (rexas) dis
trict court for the murder of Mr.. Waren>
skiold twenty years ago, was sentenced to
ten years imprisonment in the penitentia-
ry. Being an old man now, and his health
having been greatly impaired by exposure
in the county Jail this winter, he will hard
ly live through the term. After killing
WarenskIold, who, by the way, was an
influential Norwegian, Dickinson imme>
distely left the country and went up into
the mountains of Northern Arkansas,
where he remained in security up to the
beginning of last winter. Being preach
er, he was eventually placed on a circuit
and it was through this means that his
whereabout was discovered by Christian
Rierson, a friend of Warenskijold, who
seeing his name in some paper, immedi.
ately procured warrant and went after
him.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
A SAD FINS

Thursday evening, in the city Of
Louisville, there died a young man,
who, had he not squandered his oppor-
tunities, would have made himself
name and fame that would have been
so long as humanity
adores sweetmusic. Of a good family,
handsome in appearance, captivating
in manners, possessing a disposition
peculiarly sweet in a man, of an ex>
tremely sociable nature, and gifted as
APoLLo with musical skill. poor
CHARLIE WARD, the pet of society,
the chief figure at social gatherings,
the life and soul of parties and festive
occasions, loved by the men and adored
by the women, found in himself his
own worst enemy. We knew him
long and intimately, and we loved him
passing well. Of the few songs we
have written, they were at his request
and for his benefit, he setting them to
music.
Poor fellow like many another gift
ted creature, whose bones bleach ON
the sands of the dark and remorseless
gulf of dissipation, as a warning to
those who follow after them, in court.
ing society and yielding to its PERM
cious Establishments, he completely
shipwrecked his young and promising
life, and to-day sleeps in a grave dug
for him by the appetite for strong
drink. 1t saddens us to think Of hi
hard fate. We weep as we cast q
backward glance, and see him radiant
and aspiring, his blue eye beaming
with hope like a May sky kissed BY
the sunshine; hear the sweet sons
gushing from his lips, enchanting the
ear like the fairy voice of the air-playeC
harp hid among the branches Of tn
mountain pine; listen to the delicious
melodies evoked by the touch of hi
tender and skillful fingers; and ther
think of him as we last saw him, q
few brief months ago, ragged, unsha
ven, dirty, Keeling through the street!
of Louisville. His face had lost it
beauty, his voice its sweetness. and hi
fingers their skill. Stunned by thos,
who once delighted in his society,
wreck in body and health, with moth
ing about him to remind one of tn
CHARLIE WARD of the olden ant
golden days, it is best, perhaps, that h
is dead.
But then his fate is none the less
sad one.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
Thursday, February 20.

A daring robbery was committed at
Lynnville, Tenn, on Thursday night by
four boys, who entered the store of man
named Kellim, and stole $500 out of
drawer They were arrested next morn
ing, when one Of them turned States evi.
dence against his accomplices. A MUNGER
of keys were found on their persons, with
which, according to the confession of one
of them, they broke into a saloon, some
time ago, and stole some money. The
Oldest Of the youthful robbers Is about
nineteen, and the youngest fifteen years
old They were taken to Pulaski for trial
next day, their departure being witnessed
by large crowd. As the train moved
off one Of them turned TO his aged father,
who was standing near crying, and said.
go home, you id old rascal; if you had
brought me up right. I'd be an honest boy
now"
Mr.. c. C. Cunningham, living on Reel
foot Lake, 0bion county, Tenn, killed a
man named Wright last Friday morning.
The difficulty originated about a ferry
that Cunningham had rented to Wright,
but had reserved the right of using the
boat when he wanted it free of charge
1t seems that Mr.. Cunningham had taken
the boat on Thursday and gone across the
lake, remaining away all day, and the
next morning he came down to the land
ing with his rife, hunting, when Mr..
Wright commenced abusing him for keep
ing his boat away all the day before, and
finally drew his pistol to shoot Mr.. C.
raised his rife and told him to come on,
but Wright turned away and started to-
ward the house, but did not 90 far before
he turned about and started back, with his
pistol in his hand, exclaiming, you are
TOO id big coward to shoot, anyhow"
Mr.. Cunningham threw up his gun and
fired, the ball passing through the body of
Mr.. Wright, who died in a short time.
A female dentist has been making Bry.
an, Texas, howl.
At Kansas City, No, an old man named
DoDahue, seventy years of age, got into an
alteration with his son yesterday about
some corn, and cut his heart out with a
knife.
The dead body of a child about eight
months old was found on Mound street,
Columbus Ohio, last night, wrapped in
a coffee sack. The body had evidently
been upon the street some time, as one
foot was frozen of.
VIM. and Geo Young were arrested at
Plainville, Mass yesterday, charged with
uttering counterfeit u. s. currency.
AT the house Of George were found plates
and dies or the manufacture of frac-
tional currency, and also plate for print
ing ffty-dollar national bank notes.
A special from Sedalia, Mo. says a tor
nado passed over the town of Houston,
Pettis county, yesterday morning, and
blew down and destroyed nineteen build
ings, including the railroad depot No
one was killed, but sheriff w. II. Porter
was mortally wounded and five other per-
sons were badly injured
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
A STA TUE OF HART


We like the suggestion Of Mrs. An.
GELNE HENRY, of Princeton, to raise
a fund for a marble statue of JoEL. T.
HART, Kentucky's gifted son, and the
greatest sculptor Of the present age;
but we find in her proposition two OBJ
jectionable features-6rst, the confn-
ing the contributions for the purpose
to the ladies of the State; and, second,
the proposed ultimate destination Of
the statue. We will not insist upon
our first objection, however, although
we would like for the men to have a
chance in doing this honor to our dis
tinguished fellow-citizen. But to the
second objection we hold with tenacity.
The Public Library of Kentucky will,
before some Of US now alive pass into
the grave, be a thing of the past
1t cannot be kept up without a large
endowment fund, and well venture the
prediction that when the results of the
several lotteries In its behalf are
summed up, the Managers will be
found to have appropriated, in the way
of salaries, expenses, ETC., the lions
share of the proceeds. But there is
public building in the State that be-
longs to all ofits people; that will ex-
list as long as the State itself shall ex-
ist, and which, in our opinion, is the
most appropriate receptacle for the
statues of her great SONS. We alIude
to the capitol building at Frankfort.
Let's have the statue, by all means.
but let it be placed in the rotunda of
our Statehouse.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
THE ExPLolTOFA DEMAGOGUL

THE EXPLOlTOFA DEMAGOGUE.
The people are beginning to see that
we did not causelessly or without foun-
dation denounce General j. SORGHUM
WILLIAMS as a demagogue. His con-
duct at Owenton, on the occasion of the
recent county convention of the Dem
ocrats of Owen county, was enough
to disgust every decent man
in Kentucky with the egotistical,
office-mad old buffer. The regular
convention declined to instruction Gov
ernor. This angered Old SORGHUM,
who called his few personal retainers
about him, haranged them in an inAam>
matory manner, organized a conven-
ton of boilers, drew upa string of res
olutiOns-the chief one being devoted
to his own glorifcation.-and made
them appoint a set of delegates to the
State convention pledged to support his
aspirations in that body. Of course
bis delegates will be denied admission
to the convention, but that does not
relieve the man of the condemnation
his little, mean, and dirty action will
inspire in the breast of every gentleman
in the Democratic party. We have
known General WILLIAMS all our life,
and know him to be a person who
will not hesitate to employ any and
every means, however disreputable, to
advance his own aims, but this last ex-
plot is about the meanest and lowest
and dirtiest we have ever known the
man to be guilty of. The Office OF
Governor Of the proud old common
wealth of Kentucky will be degraded,
indeed, should the people of the State
select man capable of such an action
as the above to fill it.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
KENTUCKY NEWS.

The Owen county Democratic conven-
ton met at Owenton on the 22nd, ap-
pointed delegates to the State convention,
instructed them to vote for Jere Lillard
for Attorney General, Col. D. Howard
Smith, for Auditor. and declined to in.
struct for Governor. Subsequently Old
Sorghum rallied a few of his friends,
made speech any decent man would be
ashamed Of and had them to appoint a
set ofspurious delegates to the May con-
vention, instructed for him.
A meeting at Winchester, Clark coun-
ty, instructed for Old Sorghum for Gov
ernor, and McCreary as second choice.
Simpson county instructed for Stod-
dard Johnston for Governor.
Henderson county instructed for Will
liams for Governor, Underwood for Lieu
tenant Governor, Hewitt for Auditor, and
Henderson for Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Bell county instructed for McCreary.
DR.. Luke P. Blackburn is hopeful of
the condition of Gen. John q. Brecken-
ridge.
Charles Drake, a carpenter over so
years of age, bad his right hand severed
off in Woods planning mill at Lexington
last Monday.
Nearly three-quarters of a million of
dollars whisky tax was paid in at Lex
ington during the last month.
In Rowan county corn is worth SO
cents per bushel; oats 60 cents; wheat ST..
A salute Of twenty-seven guns was fred
from Arsenal Hill, Frankfort, in honor OF
Washinpton' a birthday
In Laurel county, the other day, Tom.
Norriel killed Levi Moore. Norriel is
deputy sheriff, and attempted to arrest
Moore for some cause, when Moore resist
ed. Norriel surrendered himself
The Republicans of Bell county in
structed for John G. Eve, of Knox, as a
candidate for Governor.
w. II. Il. Thompson, of Laurel county,
announces himself a candidate for Regis
ter of the Land Office, subject to the &C.
ton of the Democratic convention.
A terrapin turtle, weighing 1853 lbs, was
brought to Greensboro by party Of hun
tiers from Arkansas the other day. 1t was
taken in a net and excited great attention.
A farmer of Union county obtained bis
marriage license at the clerks Office last
week, who had been married twice and
has 81 children living-he is only 81 years
old. The bride has embraced her fourth
husband and is only 80 years of age.
Grady q Miller, at Nelson Furnace,
send to the Spencer Journal the follow
ing: A gentleman living in Nelson coun-
ty has family Of children who bear
these names: London Judge" ever
New Belle" "Hebrew Fashion" "Chinee
Figure" Southern SOIL" and "Hell>in-
the Kitchen"
Reliable information is received at Lex
ington that Dougberty White, q promi-
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03

TUE st Louis city council is COM
posed of the loveliest of the race. The
other night Mr.. MORRIS endeavored to
get ''fat take" for a friend. Mr..
RoBEKTs objected, on the ground that
Mr.. Ms friend was a drunken sot-
Mr.. M. quietly remarked that any re-
mark impugning the sobriesy Of his
friend was ga lie." Mr.. r. mildly
and mterrogatively wanted to know if
Mr.. NJ. had any reference to illusions,
so to speak. Mr.. NJ. admitted that he
did. Whereupon Mr.. R grew COM
plimentary, and began to insinuate
that Mr.. NJ. was "a dirty'-the Lord
knows what, for at that interesting
iuncture Mr.. M. caressed Mr.. R. upon
the mouth, and that interesting city
father sank to ecstatic repose on the
floor, not taking the trouble to hunt q
soft plank for his use. And tits with
such pleasant pastimes as this the legis-
lators for the future capital Of all crea-
ton while the happy hours away.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
Ar Burlington, at Fleningsburg, I

AT Burlington, at Fleningsburg, at
Maysville, at Glasgow, at Owenton,
wherever and whenever he has spoken,
General WILLIAMS has reiterated his
ISLANDERS upon the editorial guild Of the
State. He denounces US, one and all,
as being yenL and corrupt men, He
proclaims that certain of US, particular
ly in the Purchase, proposed to sell our
influence and columns to him for mon
ey. He has been called upon, repeat
edly, to name the men who thus APP
preached him. He declines to do so.
He cannot do so. No such men exist.
His charge is false. He knows it to be
false. He coined and uttered It with
generalization, with deliberation, for a
specific purpose. He hopes to creates
sympathy for himself by making the
people believe that he is a prosecuted
man. But he overdoes the thing. An
honest man, a truthful man, gentle
man, when called upon by the entire
press of the State to name the corrupt
brethren, and thus relieve the innocent
from the effects of his charge of venali-
| ty, would not hesitate an instant to ac-
cede to their just and reasonable do
mand.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
Tuesday. March 2.

Last night, shortly after seven o'clock,
a wall of a burned building was blown
over by high wind, and crushed through
the roof Of St Andrews church, in Duane
street, New York. The church, at the
time, was occupied by large congrega-
ton. consisting principally of women and
children, attending vesper service. The
debris almost entirely demolished the east
gallery, which was crowded with people,
killing six persons, and seriously injured
twenty-five others.
Savan Benoit, colored man, was ar
rested and lodged in prison at New Iberia,
La, on the 18th instant, charged with
having, on the l4th instant, committed an
assault on a white man named Thomas
II. George, who afterward died of his in
juries The colored man. Benoit, was ar
raigned before the parish court, and after
a preliminary examination, the case was
sent to the district court, and the accused
remanded to Jail Pending the examiDa-
ton, a mob, composed mainly OF boys Of
the village, attempted to take the accused
out Of the courtroom, but the judge firm
" resisted the attempt to violate the sane.
tity Of the court, and the mob withdrew
A short time afterward, while the sheriff
was on the way to Jail with his prisoner
the mob, whose numbers had been great.
ly augmented, and most of whom had be-
come intoxicated, intercepted the officer
and threw lasso over the head of thu
unfortunate prisoner. He was dragged
to the nearest tree in the village, anC
hanged The fact is, there was no neet
of hanging the victim, for he had beer
choked to death with the lariet before tn,
tree was reached.
A Nueces county, Texas, hunter killed
l20 deer in six weeks.
The river at Knoxville, Tenn, is forty
feet above low water mark, and rising
rapidly. Mills and bridges are swep
away in all directions, and more damag,
is apprehended.
In fight yesterday morning in New
York city, between Joseph Jordan ant
George Huffer. Jordan stabbed Huffer il
the head, killing him instantly.
| Angus Cameron, United States Sena
tor elect, left Milwaukee on Saturday 70
Washington. He denies the report re-
Gently published that he will unite will
the Independents.
Waynesville, Haywood county, N. c
had big shooting affair on Monday o
last week. Ayoung man by the name O
j. c. Smathers shot ten times at W. P
WEIGH, late senator from that county
neither of the shots taking effect. Tn
parties were arrested and bound over.
resulted from an affair concerning O
a woman
Julius c. Robideaux, third son of Jos
eph Robideaux, founder of the city of 81
Joseph No, died Saturday morning. II
was born in St. Louis in 1906. When b
went to St. Joseph, thirty>nine years age
it was but an Indian trading post. II
opened the first store the re to trade wit
the whites, and was justice of the peace Q
Buchanan county for ten years.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
Friday, February 26.

Something of sensation was created
yesterday at the Office of the St. Louis
and Southeastern railroad, at St. Louis,
by the discovery of the partly dissected
body Of a man in box received there
about week ago, and for which no claim.
ant appeared. The body was marked j.
Fl. Chemedt. Rolla, Saline county, Mo.
The remains were turned over to the coro.
ner.
Last Saturday. Mr.. Chisholm. of Mont
gomery county, n. C.. was coming to Fa-
yetteville; and when within fifteen miles
of town. in Cumberland, he was attracted
by the bleating of lamb on the side OF
the road. Surprising that the animal was
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03

WALLACE GRuKLLz has concluded to send No
his new paper, the Hartford Herald, at last, and
we are pleased 10 find it one of the brightest,
nswsisst papers in the State. Any one can tell
that it is gotten up by experienced hands The
people of Ohio county should be proud Of their
new paper and give it hearty suppors.-LO~-
isvills Sahrday Rsvi<s.
That the HERALD did not reach you
sooner, Bro. EwINe, was purely an
oversight. After looking over the
sparkling columns of the last Reuis,C,
we wonder how we have managed to
get along without it.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03
Monday, March I.

Chesley Townsend shot and killed Ce-
sar Consar at party near Clio, S. c., last
week.
The North Carolina House of Represen-
tatives, by a vote Of forty-two 10 thirty-one,
expelled j. William Thorne, a member
from Warren county, for expressing nom
belief in the existence of God.
At Salt Lake, u. T., Charles Williams
son and John Smith were each sentenced
yesterday to seven years in the penitenfia-
ry for stealing a note from a dead man.
Philip Shafer, for the murder Of Van VAL
kenberg, near Sandy, about a year ago,
was given the choice OF being shot, hanged,
or guillotined, as provided by law; but,
expressing no preference, was sentenced to
be hanged on the 18th of June.
The agonizing shrieks of lady stand
ing in front of house of bad repute in
Richmond, Va. Wednesday morning, coll
lected large crowd in that vicinity. 1t
appeared that she had followed her daugh-
ter along the streets, and she firmly be-
lieved had seen her enter the house. Her
pitiable condition induced some parties to
to ascertain whether the person she had
seen going into the house was in truth
her daughter. They found out that the
woman taken by the lady for her daugh-
ter was one old in crime, and not likely at
the present date 10 be injured by any as
ISOLATION with disreputable persons. The
fact being made known, the lady and the
crowd went their several ways.
A white man by the name of A Hill,
hailing from New York, and young ne,
gro companion. lately from Washington,
d. c.. were arrested at Monticello, Fla
on Friday evening of last week, charged
with swindling and cheating sundry coll
ored people. by a peculiar system for the
initiation Of the currency Of the United
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-03

THERE'S trouble over in Indiana
1t has transpired that there has not been
a legal marriage consummated in that
State lowing to a blunder committed
by an engrossing clerk of the Legisla-
ture) since 1852. So all the money
spent by the Hoosiers during the last
twenty years in procuring divorces has
been as good rs thrown away.