The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-04-07
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The yellow fever has again made its ap-
pearance, and is rapidly spreading, at Key
West, Florida.
The whole OF the business portion of
Ticonderoga, n. Y, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday morHing The loss is es-
timated at 100000. ..
Capt S. D. Robb, prominent citizen
of Rockport, Texas, who had been out on
a camp hunt was shot and instantly killed
on Saturday morning by one of his COM
panions, who mistook him for a turkey in
the obscurity of early dawn.
Ex-State Senator Robert McKenna, q
leading Tennessee Republican politician,
has been sentenced to the penitentiary for
five years for marrying his former wife's
granddaughter, in violation of State law
On Saturday, a colored woman and
her infant were drowned in the creek near
Anderson, Texas. The woman was fish>
ing, and by some means let her child
drop from her arms into the water, and
instantly leaped after it, but, being unable
to swim, both were drowned.
The residence of a man named Sedg-
way, near Genoa, Nevada, burned Tues
day night The owners body was found
in the ruins next morning An inquest
showed that he was probably murdered
by Ind ans, and the house burned to cover
the crime.
William Bookey and James Parker.
two prisoners on the way from Toledo to
the Ohio Penitentiary, under sentence for
burglary, jumped from train while going
at the rate of thirty miles an hour, near
Orange station, fourteen miles from Co.
lumbus, Thursday, and escaped.
The tornado picked up little "nig" on
DR.. Singletary's plantation, in Marion,
S. c whirled him through the air like a
top for thirty yards, and left him laughing
at the storm He fell on his head, of
course. A COW was picked up on Col.
| Harrington's plantation, carried about the
same distance, thrown upon her head,
and hes neck was broken,
Three convicts (negroes), who belong to
the crowd of fends who murdered the
guard on Capt. Duncan's plantation, were
lodged in Jail at Houston, Texas, Satur-
day evening, having been arrested by a
Mr.. Bayne and a party Of five others,
about dusk Wednesday evening, near
Pittsville. The murderers were on the
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Houston.
Jonathan L. Jones, lately of Washing
ton City, and well known in different de-
partments there as an inventor and
brid builder, was found dead in his bed
at the Laclede Hotel, st Louis, yesterday.
He had been drinking freely since his ar
rival here. and was much depressed 10
spirits, owing to the failure of Congress
| to pass upon claim of 100000 which
he had against the Navy Department for
work done under Commodore Porter dur
ing the war. His death was probably
caused 10y congestion of the brain, the re-
suit of hard drinking
VIM. Capliener, living in Smith county
Tennessee, was robbed of | 800 pounds
of bacon few nights since. While sit
ting by his fireside. the party of robbers,
three in number, rode up and asked him
how many children he had, saying they
had come for his bacon, and were going
10 take all, save enough to feed each
member of his family. Receiving this
intelligence, they placed a guard at the
door and each window of his residence,
while others robbed his smoke house of
the above amount Of meat, leaving two