The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-01-06

payment Of 81 On the share. Thus control
over that number of shares was obtained.
Then the owners voted in their new board of
direct Jry and officers, and the new note was
reprssed back TO the new treasurer as cash,
without the payment Of dollar.
On Wednesday, the sd Dec, as the stage
coach from Lebanon passed 10 Shorts,
at the top of Muldrough's Hill. and while at a
stand-still to take on q number Of passengers
who, as is frequently the case. walked up the
hill. youne man named John Benningfeld,
who il the bsr-keeper at that place, stepped
from the bar-room and very deliberately fired
two shots from large ground barsled" navy
pistol at the stsge-drivsr, Mr.. Borders. For
tunatcly, the shots took effect on .. large car
pet sack, well-flied with clothing. just behind
Mr.. Borders, and in direct line with him.
I, Had not the carpet-sack intervensd, Mr.. Bor-
ders would, in al probability, have been killed.
After firing the two shots Bsnning6eld was
pulled back into the bar room by some persons
within, and the coach proceeded on its way
TO Campbellsville. The coach was full Of pas
sengsrs, and the shooting occurred while sew
eral were getting aboard.
| The report Of the Police Department of
Loui.ville, for the year ending Dec. 81, 1874,
| shows that during last year the police made
$500 arrests, near ne-hslf q, 45l coming IN
der the head Of drum kenness. No wonder that
every policeman In that city, except one, voted
against local option. The bar-rooms give
them nearly half the business they do.
Mrs. c. r. Buckner, of Clark county. has a
twclve-year did orange tree with q number Of
blossoms, and twenty-six oranges Is large rs
hen eggs.
Miss Sarah Bethards, Of Bourbon county,
has Britannia teapot known to be over 300
years old. 1t was brought from England BY
- H. Gr.k ard Il th6nshi u
DC more than SEQ years Old. - :.
Lieut.. Gov. John @. Carliss announces him
self as candidate for the Democratic noni'
nation for Governor.
For several months past, something like {
wild cat or q cstamount hes been provlinl
around Winchester, killing dogs and eats, ana
, creating quite sensation among the inhabt
tants Of Poys tersville and Kohlhassville, wher
il has chiefly been operating. Several person
, nave seen it, and describe the animal a. OF {
T grayish color, and about the size Ofan ordinsr!
dog.
Col. johnson, the Clark county jailer, ha
. been In the habit Of letting his prisoners on
in the walk for little exercise after supper
|. This he did Christmas Eve with frank Brinl
and o man named Vaughn, both OF WHOM
|, we're accused Of felony When he went 3
lock them mp the birds Ind Aouu. The
|, pulled the brick out in exactly the same place
! where the Current brothers mad
! their escape a short time ago. brin'
was charged with larceny and Waugh
: with hsrse-s'ealing- .-.
D Mrs. Z. J. Kerr. Of Stacks post Office
: Mason county, during the year 1874, sold .
the product Of three cows 487 pounds Of but
ter, and from fifty hens 49o dozen egg
: amounting to S464 81, beside supplying . fam
J. lily Of eleven persons with these articles.
4 On Tbsr.dsy afternoon. negro at Union
' town entieed little girl into . barn an
Z committed an unmentionabas ossrags epo
9 her, and escaped. At last accounts an infnri
a sted mob we're 10 search Of him, and H foun
: he will NO doubt meet the fate he deserves.
!. The Greensboro Examiner is . new eigl
d page paper, Published by L. Lumpkin. III
+ FIRST number 10 we'll made up--b:ight an
# sewsy. I.
}, Miles Greenwood, Esq, Of Cinclpnsti, wh
d suffered broken leg from q fall . few ueek
. ago, while inspecting work on the soathsr
: railroad, Is getting on well.
!; Some eight or ten gentlemen from the north
a eastern portion Of Trigg county, have forme
. a short-h0rn Importing company. Messrs
i W. H. Richardson AID Hart Boswell hay
;; been selected as agents to make the purchas
of the stock, and expect to start for Englan
in few days. They will iwport shorL-horr
. and expect to invest $4,000 to $4,000 in tn
d variety of stock.
!, The Columbus (Me.) Statesman says th,
n Kentucky papers are mistaken in Stating th'
James N. Lsgge, The noted horse thief, VI
:, killed in Lincoln county, No., some six {
Q eight weeks ago.. The telegraph. II seem,
o A.. Legge, Il was Jam&s N. league, who va
= killed y the Lincoln county people for hOrs'
- stealing.