The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-03-10
KENTUCKY NEWS.

On the ODD ult., Mr.. Jas B. Crooksey
living on Peters creek, Barren county
lost five hogs from lightning, five Others
injured, and one young man knocked
down.
Fearing trouble from the civil rights
bill, the hotel keepers of Bardstown are
contemplating giving up their hotel Ii
cense and keep private boarding houses
Judson Morton killed gray eagle in
Woodiord county last week, measuring
seven feet from tip to tip. and during the
same week, Mr. james Bennick killed a
mate to it in the lower part of the county
1t is thought they were driven here by a
storm from the mountains.
One of the indictments for selling IL
quor, under the local option law, was
taken up at the close of the late term Of
the Criminal Court at Falmouth, and q
decision was rendered against the Com
morwealth. The Commonwealth At
torney appealed the case to the Appellate
Court, where decision for or against the
law will settle no little confusion in va
rious localities of the State
Austin Hurley, colored, at the remark.
able old age ofone hundred and six years,
died at Bethel, Bath county, on Friday
last
From a correspondent at Temple Hill,
Barren county, we learn that lady, per.
haps the eldest in the county, died at the
residence of Mr.. Calvin Jones, her som
inslaw, last week. She did not know her
age precisely, but from the best evidence
attainable, she was supposed to be about
one hundred and seven years old. North
Carolina was her native State, from
whence she removed to East Tennessee,
and from there to Kentucky She had
only resided in Barren county five years,
having lived a number of years in Wayne
county.
Last Sunday evening Joel B. Hamilton,
who keeps drinking saloon in Claysville,
Harrison county, received visit from
George Williams, of that precinct. From
some cause, Williams began throwing
stones at the Hamilton House, and kept
it up until he had demolished all its wins
dows, when Hamilton went out and shot
Williams with a pistol, the ball taking
effect in the forehead, and penetrating
about an inch, and then turning down in
to his mouth. Williams is said to be in
precarious condition. Hamilton was
arrested and had an examining trial be-
fore the magistrates, and was held in $500
to answer before the Criminal Court now
in session at that place.
Willie Wright, stepson Of E. Ryalle,
of Boyle county, met with sad death
last Friday morning. lie went out with
Mr.. Ryalls to iced some cattle. Mr.. R.
went to neighbours house, and left Will
lie with the cattle. He returned in a
short time and found the little fellow in
the field in which a vicious Attorney bull
was confined, lying on the ground, terri
bly, bruised, and his clothes torn from his
body. He was taken home, and a physi-
clan sent for. but he only survived his in
juries few hours The presumption is
that the bull threw him down and stamped
him. He was a bright and intelligent
lad, and his sad death is greatly lamen-
ted. On the way to the burial the team
of mules that were drawing the wagon ran
off and threw the coffin to the ground,
and on the return they ran away the Sec
ond time and threw out brother of the
deceased lad, bruising him considerably
about the face
A COW was killed in Paducah the other
day under the belief that she had hydro
phobia, but afler having been skinned, it