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The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
TIM VARIOUS.
His Previous Letter Causes Hfm
to Lose His IIome-Iais Advent
ures at Cromwell, ROekPOrt, and
Beaver Dam.

Coon HoLLER, Ohio County, KY,
March %, 1875
Now, Mr. Editur, you've dun it; you've
dun it all fur yore putin that letter in the
paper. line got to leve here, and thus is
the way it cum: The next week arter |
rit you that letter. Uncle Charly cum
over to our house, and / sede he lookt
nifty glum, and ses he, Tim, what in -
you bin up to? Ses /, nuthin but out cune
huntin. He ses. you haint, hsyf With
that he pulled out the Hartford HERALD,
and, ses he. look thar! ard sure enut
thar was my letter just as rit it, name
and all, and ses he, if you're agoin to
kepe up this kind adoin the suner you
git ava frum here the better, i've support
you long enuf, and then to go and rite to
that editur,-and he haint got haf sence.
or he wudent put sich thing as that in
his paper-and he jist KEEP on that way
I'll red the letter clene thru. Then ses
|, Uncle Charly, don't Sc enything rong
but sum of the spellin, and | think the
editur mout a ixt that up, if he wanted
to put it in his paper. Then be broke
in agin: Yore editur kont no eny more en-
you, and eff had mi mummy back that /
pade him when ! was down at the cort
of clames,he mite go to - with his pa
per! Yu see l don't want to put the bad
words in; tho Uncle Chsrly jined church
ne Gums nifty mere cussiD when he is
mad; and | tel you he was mad fur sure
Wei, before he left he told me he wanted
the house fur anuther man, and Ide bet
ter look up nuther. Wei, ses I, youlC
pa me fur mi work, wont you? he ses, ]
don't owe you enything: you are in del
to me, yet. Wei, next mornin / getherC
up mi cune skins and struck out to Sc
EN-. Tha bein good price, / got mummy
enuf fur that sheriff, and a little more
l then went home and told Peggy and ole
Alick (he lives with US, old Alick dus; h,
calls me his ruf dimon) that l was goir
to look round fur q plase. Ses Peggy
whar ar you a-goin? ] sed, l cant tel
mabe to Indianny eff don't find a plas
before. So next mornin, ses i, Uncle Al
lick, I'll cut wood an 60 to mil fur yu; al
off l put. / got out in the rode, an
didn't no which ende to take, but direetl,
| struck out on the Cromwell ende, an
wus thar putty sune. axt sum of tn
fellers eff tina wanted me tu work fur EN-
an tha sed tha didn't, but tha wanted jes
sich man as me at Rockpoart. Ses |
which way is that? Then one sed, IL
sho yu; and he pinted out the rode, al
told me how tu CO. an lit out, an tn;
stude round the dore latin. Wei, / 90
along purity vel while, an cum up tu
man along of wagun, an he axt me Il
rise, an l got in an we had guide tim
torkin and laffin til we cum tu his house
an he axt me tu stop an hav sum diner
l ses al rite, an out l jumt an hept TAX
out the hosses, an when we got EN- tende,
tu we went in tu diner, an l never sen
as much an as menny good thinSs tu et
in my life, and tina wus-al offul good, al
KEEP putin more on mi plate til told en-
to doe quit. l got the man to tel me ho,
tu go. all of l went. When l got +
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

The case of the Commonwealth
against Capt. THos. c. JONES, charged
with usurping the Office of Appellate
Court Clerk, came up before the Court
Of Appeals yesterday. Hon. M. C.
JOHNSON, of Lexington, represents the
State, and Hon. ISAAC CALDWELL, of
Louisville, appears for the defendant.
The arguments will probably consume
today and tomorrow. The decision
will be looked for with interest, as by
it will be determined the question
whether the provisions of our State con-
stitution are "'hOoks of steel" for Radi-
Gals and "wisps of straw" for Demo,
Gratis.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

upon us. We Investigated the matter
for ourscli, and discovered that there
WAS not solitary syllable of truth in
what General WILLIAMS had told us.
This settled his case forever with us.
And this is one of the reasons why we
oppose his nomination now, and will
oppose him at the polls should the
Democrats of Kentucky be unmitiga-
ted fools enough to permit him to ma.
nipulate their county conventions so as
to secure the nomination.
His assertions, wherever he goes,
that we entertain a private quarrel with
him because he thwarted our efforts to
get a pet measure through the Legisla.
ture; and voted US from reporters
seat in the House, are unmitigated
falsehoods. We never, in our life,
had a pet measure before the Legisla,
ture, and instead OF being a reporter in
the House, as Grand Worthy Chiei
Templar of the Order of Good Tenn.
plars, We werespeaking throughout the
State in behalf of that organization
We did not 60 near the last Legisla
ture, had no measure of any kind be
fore it, and gave him no opportunity
to thwart us in any manner, form OF
shape.
This is the true (and all of it) story
and secret of our opposition to General
WILLIAMS. Knowing him as we do
We are setisfed that he would degrade
the position of Governor if elected to it
and disgrace the party which elevated
him. We do not propose to bear {
hand in bringing either about.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
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The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

"a FARMER lives on the average six
ty-fve years; a printer thirty-three.-
The former should pay the latter
promptly" This is the calculation and
conclusion of the editor of the Vance.
burg Rentuckia',, and incontestably es.
tablishes his title to the designation Of
"Our Later FRANKLIN"
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

'DUMB jewels often, in their silent
kind, more than quick words, do move
a woman's mind" Ahem! How about
her neighbor appearing at church in a
new spring bonnet while she has to put
up with that hateful old winter thing?
Many poor husband has grown bald
headed over this conundrum.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

A HTGH-roNED Memphis gentleman
whose name the papers of that city
suppress because of his wealth-treated
his wife with such brutality as to cause
her death few days ago. 1t was for
the handling of such gentry that the
Ku>Klux were invented, but somehow
they seem to have a blind-side to turn
towards rich scoundrels.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
THE Todd county Ku-Klux have at

IHE looo county hu-hluX nave al
last come to grief. WIN. STOKES, JNo.
STOKES, Tom GRIFFIN and Bob JAMI
SON are their names. They were ar.
rested by the Sheriff and a posse, and
bad an examining trial last Thursday
The evidence against them was conclu'
sive. In default of SO, 600 bail each,
they were remanded to jail. General
TRAuESIcHT with a detachment of State
troops have been dispatched to Todd
by Governor LESLIE, and will see that
these night-birds remain in the cage un.
ill the circuit cour: has whack At them.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

The Owenton Neaus is astonished that
the "hero of a hundred battles" and q
million bottles has the audacity to deny
that he was drunk in its town, and say:
II can produce proof, world without
end, that he was not only drunk, but
beastly drunk, at that.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

A WHITE man, with a big, greasy
negro wench hanging on his arm, ap-
piled for entrance into the ladies' car IN
a Georgia railroad last Wednesday eve.
ming. The next day his funeral pro.
cession applied for entrance at the gate
of a cemetery. He had fallen from the
train and broken his neck.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

THE concoctors of the civil rights
bill forgot to insert clause prohibiting
the smallpox from interfering with the
eoIored citizens, and, per consequence,
that disloyal disease is playing the very
devil with the nations wards in Tennes-
see, Virginia, Alabama and Georgia.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
HARPERS MAGAZINE
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The ever increasing circulation Of this sx-
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tion to popular desires and needs. Indeed,
when we think into how many homes it pens-
tratss every month, We must consider il as en-
tertainers, Of the public mind for its vast popa-
larity has been won no by appeal to stupid pre-
ju-dices or deprayed tastes.-Bosioa Gio6s.
The character which thir Magazine possesses
for variety, enterprise, artistic wealth, and
literary culture that has kept pace with, il il
has not led the times, should cause its con-
ductors to regard it with jus,ifabls compla-
cency. II also entities them to a great claim
upon the public gratitude. The Magazine has
done good, and not evil, all the days Of its
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The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

TrrToN was hard student, but,
raptursd he quit each DOING sage, 0
woman, for thy lovelier pagel Or that
Lowell landlord swore to a deuced story
about him and Miss LoyEJoY the other
day in the BEECHER trial.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

"THE intellectof the wise is like glass:
it admits the light of heaven and reflects
it" Then the intellect of our precious
President is not that of the wise The
glass it affects only admits whisky, and
reflects nothing but his nose.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

LOOK here, colored people! The CIV
Il rights bill is now the law, and under
its provisions you have the right to be
particularly civil; in fact, particularly
id civil; so, look out how you violate
the lavf
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

SrNoNIDEs said: "a man cannot pos
sess anything worse than bad woman.
Our shoemaking friend, CONNER, is
willing to go bail that the old Greek
never luxuriated in hopes ultimately
blasted) founded on forty-fve chances
in the last Public Library lottery.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

PApucAH boasts of a lad named
CRrrcmow, who is bound to break in
to the penitentiary or break his neck,
and the people down there don't care
which he does, so he is quick about it.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

A MEDDLEsoME, tattling woman in
a community is worse than visitation
Of smallpox. The latter only scars fa-
ces; the former scars hearts and reputa-
tions.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

A Texas lover, while endeavoring
10 kiss his sweetheart when she didn't
want to be kissed, managed to break her
nose. The court made him pay $500
damages, and now her father and two
brothers are hunting him high and low
to make target of him for pistol prac'
tice.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

"FEw disputes exist, said JUvENAL,
(which have not their origin in wo-
man." How about-but we forget.
JUvESAL died before the Beaver Dam
lottery-prize dispute came up
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

TIE impertinent female busybody is
natures ola podridd, and compounded
of the red ant, the cockroach, the flea,
the bedbug, the tick, and the louise,
and her tongue drops the poison of ad,
ders
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

Coon old BURTON says: "Worfdly
wealth Is the devils bait" Then Satan
has no use for a seine. He can catch
a soul every time he filings his hook.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

"HE that would have fine guests
must have a fine wife, said rare old
BEN JoNsoN. Yes, and some fine morn
inc be would have a fine Sheriffs sale.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

ITO purchase Heaven has gold the
powerg" asks inquisitive DR.. JOHNSON.
A great many people Of our acquain-
tance seem TO think it has.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

''SHE negiects her heart who studies
her glass" And he neglects his health
who elevates his glass.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

"OPPoRTUNrTY makes the thief, says
the Latin proverb. Then Radicalism
must be one vast opportunity.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

GEORGE RABKR calls his pig Maude,
because it will "come into the garden
20.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
NOTICE.
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE
SPECIAL TAXES.
May 1, 1875, TO April 30, 1870.

The Revised Statutes Of the United States,
Sections 1892, 3237, 32ss, and 3239, require ev
cry person engaged in any business, avOcatiOn
or employment which renders him liable to a
SPECIAL TAX, to procure and place
cOnspicuOusly in his establish
ment or place Of business a STAMP
denoting the payment of said SPECIAL TAX
for the Special Tax Year beginning May 1,
1875, before commencing or continuing business
after April 30, 1875.
The Taxes embraced within the Pro-
visions of the Law above quoted are the
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

Un7aestionD5ly he 5esf Sustained Work Of
he Kind u, the World
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

Any person, SO liable, who shall fail to CON-
ply with the foregoing requirements will be sub
ject to severe penalties.
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the
Special Taxes named above must apply to W.
I. KING, Deputy Collector Of Internal Reve-
nue. at Hartford, and pay for and procure the
Special Tax Stamp or Stamps they need, prior
to May I, 1875, and WITHOUT FURTHER
NOTICE. j. w. DOUGLASS,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., February l, 1875.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
"MG!s UsseJfsh Friend

will be welcome to every home Everybody
loves sasA dog, and the portrait h executed
true to the life, that it seems the vsritable
presence Of the anizal itself The Rev. 7. De
Witt TaImage tells that his own Newfoundland
dog 1.-THE finest in BrOoklyn) bsrks at il. Al
though 50 natural, one who sees this pre-
MUM chrome will have the sli zhtest fear Of
being bitten.
Besides the chrome every advance subscriber
70 The AldiDe for lSsS is constituted Q member
aud entitled to the privileges Of
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

WEDNESDAY, MARCH "a, 1875.
The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
PREMIUM FOR 1875.

Every subssiber for 1875 will receive bsau-
tiful portrait, in oil coiors, Of the same noble
dog whose picture in . former issue sttrastsd 10
nffa
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-17
ALI

Yesterday afternoon at 3:45, says the
Enterprise of the l4th, an alarm of fire
was sounded, first by the whistles of
locomotives on the railroad and after
wards by the whistles OF the hosting
works. Instantly there was a grand
excitement throughout the town-that
is, wherever there is n own left.
Many women and children poured
forth into the wind and rain, all ask
ing: "Where is il? Where is the
tire?" AT first the universal repiy
was: "At the Julia mine. The works
of the Julia are burning" Aud it did
look 40 TO persons in the central and
northern parts of the city. "Weil,
that is bad, but thank the Lord! moth
ing else can burn" was the remark
made by many. Since our lac whole
sale experience we do not much mind
he burning of single building-prob-
ably should not make much fuss over
the destruction of a half dozen. Upon
The sounding of the alarm the yard IN
CINE OF tho Virginia and Truckee Rail
road Company, which carries a fire APP
paratus equal in power 10 a steamer, al
once started down the road toward
where a column OF smoke was seen ris-
ing. A large crowd of men piled upon
the engine and tender and were rapidly
whirled to the scene OF action. This fire
proved to be in "a small frame house
lately erected near the junction OF the
side-track OF the Combination shaft
with the main road. 1t was a hiirsy
structure and was burned down before
il could be reached by fire apparatus
of any kind. A stovepipe caused the
nre. Men who came up the road on "a
train hat arrived some twenty min
utes before the fire, observed that the
stovepipe had been blown off ON a
level with the roof md was hanging by
its supporting wires. They spoke at
the time Of the dangerous situation OF
the house, and when the fire was seen
were ready to bet that it was this house
that WAS burning, and not the Julia
works.
1t has been understood by the War
den and guards Of ths penitentiary for
some time, says the Salt Lake Tribune
of the 18th inst, that there was a plot
among the prisoners to make their es-
cape, but when the attempt WAS to he
made. was not known. BY a word,
no uever, which II OF the prisoners
dropped in the hearing of a guard,
they had reason to believe that the at
tempt would be made on Friday night,
and the guards were, therefores in
structed 10 increase their vigilance,
and shoot down the first prisoner who
made a break. The prisoners had
sawed q hole through the northeast
corner Of the block house in which
they are confined, and at an early hour
yesterday morning the exodus vas
commenced, headed by the notorious
Charley Williamson. One Of the
guards stood op the outside of the
block house near the place where they
were to come out into the yard, ready
to receive them, but as soon as the
work OF removing the lose blocks was
commenced, the guard pushed the
whole OF them In upon the prisoners,
who thus rec. ived their first intima-
ton Of detection. Williamson was
then searched, aud was found TO have
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provide lar her snnnort and that ofhA.

provide for her support and that of hsr
family. lie agreed to do so.
On Friday morning last, about four
O'Clock, DeKay entered the bedroom,
OF his wife, whom he found sound
asleep with her baby in her arms, (his
little daughter says he had a lighted
candle in one hand) cautiously an.
preaching the bed he placed a revolver
against her temple and fred, the bul.
let crashing clear through her brai
Death was, of course, instantaneous
He then dragged the body off the bod
and placed a knife under it, to give the
impression that he had killed how
while she was in the act of a~ssaultiny
him. The daughter, who is about lS
years old. says he then fired two shots
~ her, but. happily, without effect.
After committing the deed DeKav
made an unsuccessful attempt at self
destruction by shooting himself. I'm,
the skillful manner i'm which the mis-,
tol was pointed, warrants the belief
that this was only to excite
as the wound is but skin deep.
Great excitement prevails over this
INDUSTRIOUS crime, and had il moi bean
that the Court vas in session he wo,Id
assuredly have been lynched.
The citizens have taken charge of tho
family and have contributed liberallv
Tor their permanent comfort.
j. X. MEGARRIGLE,
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in his possession a key which would
unlock the inner gate OF the prison
yard. This key had been manulac-
lured by Shaf1er from an iron hoop
taken from a bucket which had been
used by them in the work of digging a
we'll within the Enclosure, and as a
specimen of workmanship is com
plete, considering that it vas chewed
into shape.
Among the most liberal givers OF
whom we have yet heard, are the men
employed at the Merrimac mill, Carson
river. They on Saturday last sent to
the Treasurer of the Relief Committee,
by Frank Mccullough, Superintend
ent of the Merrinac. $172 30. This
sum was contributed by twelve men,
and amounts to nearly SIS per man.
| When it is % idered that these men
earn every dollar OF their money by
laboring with their hands, one capnot
| but feel that they are all men whose
hearts are in the right place.
A young lady heroine of Silver City.
SAYS the Times, distinguished herself
al last Tuesday evenings fire by being
the first on the ground. with AK and
pick for the use of the fire ladies in
tearing down the building, She left a
"spark a t her W house to put out
a flame at another's, and assisted ma
terially in doing so. Good girl.
The Virginia Miners Union Hall is
to shortly be rel ullt On the old site.
The hall will be the m size as the
old one 26x94-and will eos in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
The Rover murder case is to come
up before the Supreme Court at Carson
some time this month.
The 'busses between Gold Hill and
Virginia City have stopped running on
account of the epizootic.
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A WASHINGTON paper has stated that
certain Boston ladies were so enthusi-
astic over Longfellow's poem, excel
sior," when 1t FIRST appeared, that they
had the word put on their carriers as a
motto. The idea was probably bor-
rowed from certain English ladies at
the Court ball given in honor of Mel.
son, after one Of his naval victories;
his celebrated order, "England expects
every man TO do his duty" was pa
raded everywhere, and even inscribed
on the garters Of the ladies'. The spirit
Of the poem, Excelsior" is certainly
an exalted one, and doubtless it has en-
couraged many young men to higher
aspirations.
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PACIFIC COAST DISPATCHES
FROM
Heavy Bains weather Items.

JACKSON, Cal, Nov. IL.
The rain continues heavily without
signs OF aba,ing. Heavy rains in Co
lusa and Tuolumne counties.
SANTA BARBARA. Cal, Nov. IA.
Rain commenced early this morn
ing and continued until daybreak; at.
terward raining Mt intervals until about
3 O'Clock r. NJ, when it ceased. To-
night is clear.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, Nov. IA.
1t rained considerable last night with
showers during the day. 1t is raining
hard this evening.
GILROY, Cal, Nov. Is.
The storm commenced Saturday
morning before daylight and sill son
tinues. Vegetation coming forward with
remarkable rapidity.
Los ANGELES, Nov. Is.
There was a light rain fell Saturday
night and Yesterday. The grass il
growing finely and farming prospects
are good.
SAN BERNARDINO. Nov. Is.
Rain commenced on saturday. IL Ii
>tili IullilS WIN Nv PiO>Prcto Vi Cicui
ing up.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. Is.
1t has been raining all the orenoon
with no prospects OF letting mp.
GIIRoY, Nov. Is.
The storm which lulled during the
afternoon has again set in With every
Indication of continuing through the
night. The fall since ) O'Clock A. ".
has been l6 100 OF an inch.
The Sacramento River Rising.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. Is.
The weather is unsettled. There
was a succession OF warm showers
during the day. The river has risen
sufficiently TO permit the steamer Anna
dor to come up to the landing at the
city front. 1t is her first appearance
there for one hundred and fifty five
days.
Earthquake s at San Diego, Ana
helm. Los Angeles ana Othen
Places
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Nov. is.
A Severe shock of earthquake was
felt here at 2:32 O'Clock r. NJ, shaking
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BURIED ALIVE.

At about noon to-day, says the Gold
Hill News of the 18th, as Joseph Lukey
and Tim Harrington, both well-known
residents of Virginia, were digging in
a trench for the foundation of Schoen-
feldt's building in the burnt district,
the ground neal them, which was
about sixteen feet in hight, caved upon
and completely buried them. The
bystanders made every effort to save
the lives of the unfortunate men, and
their efforts were crowned with sue
cess. The first thing done was to
make an air hole down to them and
preven them from s~utfocating, after
which the dirt was shoveled off them
with a will. When extricated, which
was fully hall an hour after the ground
caved on them, they were SC bruised
and feeble as to be scarcely able to
stand. Singular as it may seem, Har-
rington escaped almost nninjured.
Lukev was not so fortunate, and sew
eral ugly cuts and bruises, which he
carries on his person, will remind him
for a good many days of his narrow es-
cape.
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ARRESTED FOR ARsoN.-The follow
ing dispatch from San Francisco ap-
pears in Mondays Gold Hill News:
"Rose Hacker was arrested in this city
yesterday, or a requisiiion issued by
the Governor of Nevada. She is ac-
cused of setting fire to a house, and
stealing a quantity Of valuables, in
Carson, a few weeks ago."