The Hartford herald., 1875-02-10

iton 4Hls9OtIlj ulbTIIeu uduShter OF
VIM. Mann, Of Mercer county.
Messrs Hilton and Campbell have sold
the Interior journal to Mr.. W. P. Walton,
who will henceforth.be the editor.
The Danville Advocate showed a de-
cidedly hum..rous turn when it published
last week under ihe head of advertise
ments the following. "For sale--Henry
Ward Beecher, fine young jack, four
years old and broke for service. For.par
ticulars inquire of'-Tilton.
There is a relic of Daniel Boone in the
vicinity of Danville. 1t is one of his old
trusty rifles, and one with which he often
drew bead upon many a red man of the
forest, and by his deadly aim caused him
to bite the dust. There is a scar or chop
upon the barrel, which was made by an
Indian in a fight with them by Daniel
Boone and party some where in the will
derness beyond Crab Orchard or Whitley's
Station. This old rifle is in very good
preservation, and the party in whose
hands it now is proposes donating it to
some public historical collection or mu>
scum.
John Wyatt, Deputy United States
Marshal, one day last week wantonly as
saulted Taylor Campbell, at Montgomery,
Owen county, by presenting his pistol
close to his (Campbelrs) head, and
threatening to shoot him. The couu-
ty attorney of Owen, has been in
formed of the facts of the case, and the
names of the witnesses by whom the
charge may be proven; and as yet we
have heard of no report by the grand ju-
ry in the premises. Wonder if said as
sault was committed in discharge of his
official duties? Ifso, wonder what sort of
duty to or by virtue of his office he was
attempting to discharged
DR.. Pratt, president of Central Univer-
sity,in his recent delivery against dancing,
was sustained by the session of the Pres
byterian church, in Richmond. The fol-
lowing paper was presented to the con-
gregation by the session, and was unani.
mously adopted: The session of the Pres
byterian church, in Richmond, regarding
dancing as tending to dssipate religious
interests and affections, and to that extent
subversive of piety, and in view OF the
fact that it has been condemned by all
evangelical churches, and is griet and
ofense to large majority of Christian
people, and further, it is line of distinc-
ton in external conduct between the
church and the world, accepted oy both
the world and the church, hereby give
their public testimony against the prac-
tice To this the session join card-play-
ing, dealing in lotteries, and all other
forms of betting. They affectionately
and earnestly exhort the members of this
church to abstain from these practices
nj 20 1.aoanaNoaonaa on1 ,hit fho,,,
in their homes
The Danville Advocate heard a beauti-
full incident related few days ago, which
is illustrative of child's faith, and is a
strong confirmation of Especial Provi-
dence." An interesting little daughter of
Prof c., of this city, last summer, in eat
ing watermelon. got one of the seed
4 lodged in her windpipe The effort was
made to dislodge it, but proved ineffectu-
al, and it was thought that the child
would have to be taken to one ofthe large
cities to have an operation performed by
slilliul surgeon. To this she was deci-
dedly opposed, and pleaded with her
mamma 10 tell her if there was no other
way OF relief Finally, in order to quiet
her childish fears, her Christian mother
told her ito eek God to help-her. The
little one went into an adjoining room,
aud shortly thereafter came running to
her mamma with the seed in her hand,
and her beautiful and intelligent face
lighted up with joy. In response to the
eager inquiry of her mother, the little one
said she had asked God to help her, and
while she was praying she was taken with
a severe cou, gh, in which she threw up
the seed
One of the M,rrcer jurors in the Lan-
caster trials says that the difficulties will
not cease there unless less liquor is drank
and the savage habit o. carrying con-
cealed weapons is disco. .ntinued. he saw
weapons drop from the ptrsons of two
people during the trial-olne a lawyer and
the other deputy sheriff. 1on speak
ing to an officer Of the court about 1t, he
frankly owned that he (the ohicert hlm-
self was armed, deeming it measure OF
self-defense, and assured the jurors that
probably every man in the court. room
was provided with weapons. v hen
young Rochester was killed, the juror was
seated at the supper-table. When the IA
tai shot was heard, many sprang from
the table, drawing their weapons as they
rose. The shooting was followed by the
swift assemblage of a crowd. whose CLAN
cling pistol barrels showed death in the
hands if not murder in the heart. When
a few reckless men go about like walking
arsenals, they compel peaceable men to
do the same. The law-abiding citizens
in every county can stop this if they will,
for in every county they are in an over
whelming majority.
There Is more trouble in Breathitt The
following account of recent murder and
the after excitement is from the Mt. Ster-
ling Sentinel, ofthe 5th. There are three
brothers living in Breathitt named Puck
ett-John, Green and Meredith. These
brothers are not on friendly terms, and
have been at law among themselves for
some time past. Green, short time ago,
was indicted for stealing cattle, and was
mr., secuted by John and Meredith. One
of thu. principal witnesses against him
was a m an named Simon Holland. Green
threatened TO kill Holland, and Holland
in turn had Puckett bound over to keep
the peace. Holland owns a small float
mill in the river a short distance below
the mouth CT Holly creek. On Saturday,
23d ult., he was sitting on his hoat. with
a friend on either side, no. dreaming of
danger, when rifle cracked rom the op-
posite side of the river, and Holland
jumped to his feet, and, running about
forty yards, fell dead A man naraed
Cooper, who was chopplng wood on the
side from which the shot was fred, saw
Green Puckett with his rifle in the direc>
ton from whence the shot came. When
the facts of the killing became known,
about forty citizens formed themselves