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

worried oy DOG, ne got out oil his wagon /
to reconnoitre. Approaching the spot,
he'saw one lamb, and near it the carcase
OF another, which an enormous bald ca
gle had Just struck down, and upon which |
il was then seated. Mr. Chisholm hur,
ried back to his wagon, seized his gun,
and killed the eagle, which measured sew |
en- feet from tip to tip.
Last. week, at Palestine, Texas, lone |
female, of Amazonian frame and intellect,
became DESTROYS Of uniting herself in the
bonds Of matrimony to a timid and pen
nyless species OF the sterper sex. 1t was
discovered that neither had the requisite
dollar to satisfy the demand of the Dis
trict Clerk. After moments hesitation
the Amazonian female approached WE'LL
to do merchant and asked the loan of the
great needed sum: and we have only to
add that the papers were gotten and duly
paid for, and that the sacred bonds were
at once solemnized.
Some months since large poster, bear
ing the startling caption, "a man found
dead" was seen posted in a conspicuous
place in San Patricio county, Texas, the
heading having been adopted by Mr..
Phelps, the owner of small country
store in the Bowles neighborhood in that
county, in order 10 attract special atten-
ton to an advertisement Of his merchant
disc But, alasi how terrible true it has
proved, and how little did he know, when
thoughtlessly penning that brief sentence,
that its fearful truth was on the eve of
being verified, and that his own dead body,
bathed in blood, was so soon to be exhib-
tied upon his own threshold, before an
astonished community 1t appears that
on one evening last week, after he had
eaten his supper and returned to his store,
he was shot in the head by some unknown
person, infiicting mortal wound, OF
which he died on the following day.
Saturday, February "a.
General Jos. R. Hawley has been re.
} nominated for congress by the Republic
, cans Of the First Connecticut district.
{ Wintermute, the murderer of General
McCook, at Yankton, D. T.. year or two
} ago, has secured the $40, 900 bail required
I by the supreme court, and is discharged
] from jail.
A special from Lacrosse, the home o.
; Angus Cameron, the Senator elect from
3 Wisconsin, says that the understanding
s prevails there that he will not go into Re
! pendent.
8 Yesterday morning bale of cotton wa
thrown from the third story of one o
y Norfolk, Va, commission houses anc
:. striking first a bale of cotton lying on tn,
I ground, rolled off and fell upon it'll
: colored boy about twelve years old. Sew
eral bystanders raised it from his body full
d ly expecting to find him dead but he re.
J. vived in few seconds, and when DR.
!, Harris, who had been sent for, arrived
|. he found that no bones were broken
h The boy soon walked away as though
e nothing had happened.
e Lieutenant Governor Davis, of Missis
: sippi, and colored Senator named Cald
;, well had personal misunderstanding
e few evenings since, which resulted il
e blows being given ami received. Tn
difficulty occurred in the Senate chamber
d but Of its origin we have no information
t. A similar scene was about to be enacte
l. in the House on the same day, but wa
y prevented by the Intervention OF friends
1t II is dangerous thing to be Missit
lie sippi Senator or legislator unless he is wei
d, supplied with nerve and muscle.
d At Shreveport, La, some time Thurs
N day afternoon, colored boy named job
Daily, was accidentally shot by anothe
colored boy named William Walker.
party of boys were out hunting in the vi
1t entity of Outfits brick-yard, a short dis
" lance from town, when the decease
n and Walker commenced playing; in tn
q scuffle gun in the hands of Walker wa
l. accidentally discharged, the contents eau,
i, ing q frightful wound, the bowels of th
IT injured boy being entirely shot to pieces
b VIM. Walker is about fifteen years Of ag,
Ie and is in the hands of the authorize
Ie awaiting the result of the coroner's in
lie quest.
1t A most difficult surgical operation wa
rs performed Monday at Corpus Christ
al Texas, on Mrs. Cesario Falcon, by DR.. A
d E Spohn, of this city, in the removal c
d tumor weighing forty pounds from he
T, abdomen. DR.. Spohn was assisted b
4. Drs. Turpin, Mott, DeCamara, Atlee, an
ID Lawrence. The doctor had to make a
" incision in the abdomen fourteen inche
long, exposing the liver, stomach, intei
J. tines, womb and all the vital organs {
a which the tumor was attached. Mrs. Fa
g con was for one hour and a half under tn
y influence of chloroform, and last night sh
{, was doing remarkably well.
lie Later accounts of the tornado whic
- passed over Pettis county. Mo-, day befor
n yesterday soy several dwellings and othe
lie buildings in the county were destroyed
lie but the principal damage done was i
l. Housatonia.' The storm was only Is
r. years wide, but terrific in power, and di
D. its work in Housatonia in thirty seconds
d A train Of freight cars was blown fror
3. the track, and some cars carried dis
D, lance of one hundred yards. Besides "
D 81. Porter, who was mortally wounded
re DR.. Williams had several ribs broken, an
is his lungs seriously injured. He wi
re probably die. Several other persons ha
;" limbs fractured, or were otherwise badl,
ID hurt. The loss will be about $40, 00j
Of Several of the buildings destroyed wer
stores, and they, with the goods in then
y. were total loss.
d Monday, March I.
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