The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-05

by the members--a pla2sing contrast to
the last political assemblage held lately
In the same place."
Esquires Franklin Kennedy and W. II.
Angels were elected Magistrates last
Saturday, and John M. Daniels was
elected Constable. is'.'4s es
Rev. Father Brandts wants the CITY
Council to repair the Catholic School
house. The Catholics of Paris, like their.
brethren In Lexington, are welLto-do
class Of people, and IL is reflection
upon their public spiritedness to allow
their humble pastor to 90 begging for
means to educate their children.
LEXINGTON, KY.-Vice- President VIII.
son held q reception at noon ON Monday.
at the residence of Hon. VIM. Cassius.
Goodloe, on East Main street. A large
number of our venerable and respected
citizens availed themselves of the op-
portunity of calling on Mr.. Wilson,
They were doubly welcomed by Colonef
| Goodloe, who omitted nothing in the way
of kind attention and refreshments to
make his distinguished guest and nu-
merOus friends as happy as could be.
MIR. Wilson left on the evening train for
Nashville, we'll pleased with his visit to
| Lexington. n
Ii. Kendall, Esq, agent for the South
ern railroad, arrived yesterday from
vi dhb COuubJ W btIUllBz w Jh0
| right OF way for the road through Fay
cite county.
| Mr.. John Il. Miller, hardware merchant
ON Main street, left yesterday morning
| Oh pleasure trip TO California. He wiH
be absent about two months. Mr.. Miller
has many warm friends in this city, who
hope to see his safe return with renewed
health. R
| Mr.. John Robb has begun the erection
of a new dlstilery on the line OF the
| Southern railroad, five miles distant
from Lexington.
In Judge Mulligan's Court ON Monday
the following cases were disposed Of:
| Geo. Phillips, Caroline Phillips, Nose
Davis and Francis Davis, held to bail TO-
answer charge of hog stealing, in de.
fault Of which they were committed to
Jail.
Archie Vanaikin and John Collins were
fined $5 and costs each tor drunk and
annoying. John p. Wright and Jonn
Clark were fined 20 and costs each ioE
lying drunk on the street; and Priscilla
Jones was fined $40 and costs Tor breach
of the peace. All the cases ON the docket
yesterday were dismissed.
The police are keeping vigilant watch
on persons suspected OF selling liquor
on Sundays, groceries as we'll as sar-
looms.
The term Of two years allotted to three
of the Commissioners of the First Luna.
tic Asylum, namely: Messrs. T. T. john
ston, Joseph Voolfolk and G. w. Vaughnx
expired May /, 1876. Tne Governor re-
appointed z. p. Johnston, Joseph Wool
folk, and substituted for Mr.. Vaughn
MIR. NJ. G. Thompson. Mr.. Vaughn made
a most excellent Commissioner, and his
removal is regretted. Mr.. Thompson is
good citizen, and will I'LL the position
and discharge his trust faithfully.
/ Wanted, another Gas Company, which
must be satisfied with moderate profits.
Apply to the merchants and store-keep-
ers OF this city, who will give the new
I company substantial aid.
/ Elder John Shackleiord is pastor of the
new Christian Church.
| A public meeting will be held this
evening at the Dispatch Office, the OBJ
| ject of which will be to consider tha
proposition of purchasing the old Tran
sylyania grounds, embracing twenty five
acres of land, situated in the center Of
Lexington, tor park purposes. This pro-
ject is tavorably received by our citi-
Zens.
Over fifty horses are training at the
race track for the opening next Monday.
Editors and correspondents are begin-
ming to arrive in time tor the races.
About eighteen months ago man
| named Jacob Weaver, who lived with
his step-daughter on his farm about one
| mile west OF Miles Point, Mo-, was
missed by his neighbors. Grave suspL
cions were INDUCED by the communIty
that the old man had been toully dealt
with; but his step-daughter, who en-
joyed unenviable reputation, and her
husband, McMeans, told plausible
story, which their little daughter seemed
clearly to corroborate. They pretended
| that they had given the old man 500 and
that he had started on foot toward Har-
din, in Ray county, to make some purs
chases, and had run off with the money.
!! This story did for a time, but the people
renewed their suspicious that the old
| man had been murdered, and, it coming
to the knowledge of McMeans that he
land his wife were gravely suspicioned,
| the family suddenly decamped last tall,
taking away all movable articles, aud
going, it was supposed, to BrunswicS,
where they now possibly still are. The
house which they occupied is aone-story
frame, with a kitchen-shed on The nortn
side. A few days since, two youths, who
were out hunting, went into the unoccu-
pied premises to escape the rain, and
with boyish curiosity commenced pry-
ing into things. One of them noticed
that part of the dirt floor Of the kitchen
was sunken down below the rest OF IL,
right under the place where doubtless
the stove had stood, and on one side
crack in the ground was found. into
which stick was inserted, and the boys
worked out the long hidden mystery.
The hole was gravel Doubtless the stray
cattle driven into the untenanted shed
by the winter blasts had pressed down
the loose earth in the grave. The boys
at once gave the alarm, and the neigp-
bors disinterred the remains of Mr..
Weaver. DR.. Barnes examined the
body, and recognized it as the missing
mans. One arm and a part OF one side
We're gone, otherwise eighteen mouths
had not rendered the body entirely un-
recognizable. 1t was found that tile
skull had been crushed in by blows frofh
an ak or some other heavy instrument.
This was doubtless the mode of the old
mans death. The most horrible part OF
this inhuman transaction is that the
step daughter could have lived so long,
perhaps year, and cooked her meals
right over the spot where her mothers
husband lay in his rude and bloody
grave. For a few hundred dollars
worth Of truck. she and her husband had
murdered him, and they had buried his
moor mn tiIatad old and xVaarv hod " n, .t