The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

VIM. Start, Il well-to-do farmer of Fleming
county, KY, committed suicide by taking
,hloroform, ON the 18th inst.
"Castle Thunder" the old soldier prison
Turing the war, at Richmond, Va, was de- /
StrOyed by fire on the 18th.
Genl Grant il at Yokohama, Japan, and /
will sail for home some time in August. IL |
has been aSccrtained that he will not become |
a candidate for IA third term
sam. IL. Pemberton and William Roberts,
while returning from Gallatin, Illinois, to |
their home near WalpOle, We're waylaid and |
The estimate of the spring wheat crop In |
Illinois, ;sS counties, Is lO,6659ij against 9,jli-
539 last year. Estimate yield lH, H,sS,OOO
bushels.
ID. G. Allison, of New Albany, Indiana, at |
tempted suicide by cutting his throat one day
last week, at Louisville KY.
The worlsingmen of san francisco, Cal, are
much excited, and mob law is feared, over
the attempted assassination of their nominee
for Mayor, Rev. kallock.
During the rain storm last week in Louis
willie quite number of snakes IL Is said, fell
on Seventh street.
= =. Ricl<ley's bank, at Columbs, Ohio, was
robbed of 5000 on the b.
Weston, the champion pedestrian, arrived
in this country ON the 18th inst.
W; II. Bell receiving clerk for the Ameri-
can Express Co., at st. Louis, abscOndcd with
Sj,JO of the cOmpany's money.
The celebrated trotting horse, Rarus, was
sold during the week to Whitehead, of New
York. Price paid s6,OOo.
negro woman eighty-ive years old is
going to school at Carsonville, Ga.
The late. storm struck the Government
frigate in eight feet of mud OFF the coast of
Virginia.
\ little nine-year-old daughter of Henry
Haldcman, of san Antonia, Texas, recently
died under strange circumstances. she hav-
ing Utterly starved to death. The child, when
only year old, accidently drank some con-
dcnSed lye, which burned her throat in such
II manner that she was unable To partake of
any solid food, and was Kept alive eight years
ON soups.
The Hon. John sherman paid the Lexing-
ton Fair flying visit ON Friday last week.
The great race at Brighton Beach, between
Bramble, Fortuna and MOllie Mccarthy, was
won by Fortuna, Mollie not starting.
At Pine Bluff, Ark, on the 18th inst, IA Mrs.
Young was overpOwered and her per-
son violated by an unknown negro.
Stewart and Elliott were hung at Fort
Smith, Ark, ON the 18th. Both men were
game To the last.
In Fayette, "A colored woman chased by "A
herd of cattle while crossing II field, and was
81 badly scared that she dropped dead.
Gen. j. Il. Hood died at his residence in
New Orleans on the Goth inst, from yellow
fever.
Two trains collidcd on the Little Miami II.
X. one day last week, causing the death of
one person.
Conrad Biller, II German musician Of Louis
' a,ite' ued Oh he''rt uiseaSe on the hiSht oil the
Ticket 10; 's;cS drew me Prize at the
.,n on,nnpany, saturday. IL was held in Louis
Niiie' "i c"urSe'
J3,ih T. rfacey, depot agent oi the T. r.
~, ~ ht IihCStoh, ,f Oh, coIhilt'eu suicide by
,,,S'1 Co. ti' ..,,t ai,g ner, On sun
""'S' "''"He i'i 'iie "0' "S hh""h'
shnt aud GiiI:J 1n,na % ny,is no,h 'a I'r.H /" 'iH
br,nuse The latter would not occonnnny hi mn
To n beer saloon. ''''''
\ young man from ConnersviIIe named
Carroll was shot and killed in a house of Ill
fame at Cambridge City, Ind by Lee Morgan.
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At BOohville, Ma, on the 3lst, a body OF
men went To the cabin of negro named
insulting ladies.
,uehTy CHRISTIAN, saloon Keeper AT Potts
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John Urich Mindisch, noted brewer OF
Cincinnati, died in that city, August ath.
AtIouisviIIe. Ky Sunday ofternoon. Levi
/ H. DlIlos "A weII-fo,do vonng man cut his
throat ana died instantly.
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denly sunday morning Apoplexy.
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/ en- is dead
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$1,000 fire Sunday.
| Lightning struck a stable in Mt. Streling
sane 3nd hnrnina ssSoao worth 81 nronertY nv
/ M insnrance
Gov. James ID. Williams blue Jeans wac
! LouisyiIIe Exposition.
| Geo S,muels (coIoredN of Trenton XIV
shot ms wiie ana then Killed himself. HIS
"ile II s'hu 10 De recovering.
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on the railroad track near Trenton KY, and
was run over by the Henderson bound train
High school was attacked Sunday by a vi.
cious New Jersey bull and received faarfu
/ injuries. The bull was Immediately killed
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S,ato Rnhnrt Mos.ly Tousn NarShai III,
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The oyster season opened ON the lst of Sen.
] temher
| S,mr Ham n fnrmer Een,uckion y,os
murdered one day this weak in Rosco.. No
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| David Cantrill, aged eighteen, shot and
killed Frank Mcconnell, aged ten neal
| cident " "' ~ W.
Leavenworth, Kansas, is bankrupt
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7 IL. stevenson, u. :. Depuly Marsiiai, was
Kansas.
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| The Cumberland Md coal-miners are on ,
| stril,a Tho>, jann,nd H. "A ~, cents ,,ar -,