The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-24
SOUTHERN NEWS
KENTUCKY


crazy because she lost her husband.
Covington Commonwealth: The tobacco
crop of Boone, it is estimated, will bring
more money 10 the county than all other
crops combined.
The Transcript does not think Colonel w,
G. T. Breckenridge will consent to enter a
political career
The friends of a free bridge over the
Ohio at Covington propose to make the Ques-
ton test in the election of members of the
legislature next August.
A few days ago Andrew Il. Haynes, ma.
tive of Kentucky, aged sixty-tive, went to a
North Beach bathing establishment in San
Francisco and committed suicide while in the
bath tub.
A monstrostv is exciting considerable
attention ut L. Van Hook IL Co.. distilery
at Oyuthsna. IL is bull, which has q
bunch of hair growing out of each Of its
eyes near the sight as large and long MS Il
little finger,
A terrible wind storm that passed over
Somerset Sunday blewup houses and horses
and killed Il lot Of cattle A man on Indian
creek was killed by falling tree, and Miss
Ramsey had her shoulder dislocated.
A controversy on religion has lust been
finished in the Glasgow Times. The clergy
man who had the last shot virtually calls hi5
opponent liar, charges him with all sorts of
i'll faith, and winds up by hoping "the sun
shine Of peace may shine upon all"
Mrs Parish, aged ninety one years, was
buried at Ruckersvile, Clark county, last
Friday. She was the mother of about eleven
children, and had about seventy grand
children, about 100 great.grsndchllrea and
two or three create reat-grandchildren
Nelson County Record; Tho trial of Ed.
Berry, colored, for the murmor of Charles
Rawls, by striking him on the head with
brick ended Tuesday night. The scene
which attended the announcement of Berry's
acquittal was very disordery and disgrace
full.
A difficulty occurred a. Dixon last Thurs
4 day between w. }. Grace and Owen Var
brough which nearly terminated in tragedy.
Grace tried 70 cut Ysrborough's jugular, but
missed his hin and only succeeded in giving
him CASH on each cheek two or three
inches long.
Bowling Green Gszatte: In Simpson
county there lives an old gentleman who
predicts weather by dreams, Every time he
dreams of his dead father storm is sure to
follow within the next few days. If be
dreamed last Tuesday night about his daddy,
we are sorry he ever had one to dream about
A Cincinnati shoe drummer few days
ago walked into the room where three Ken
iuckians were playing game of poker, in
Maysville, snd drawing pistol made all of
them shake hands with him, and then he
marched them out of the room. He was
tinally arrested just as he was on the point of
Shooting "a darkey.s
Union Local: Mr.. Benjamin Yeager,
whose age is variously estimated at from
ninety-sx to Ill, died on Friday night of
3 last week, ard was buried at Uniontown
cemetery on Sunday last. He was no doubt
over lO0-from the most reliable dates and
was active in body and clear in mind up to
afew days Of his death.
While attending county court at Will
Jamestown Monday, Ed Strand and Dick
Frauks became engaged in quarrel, when
q Strand knocked Franks down and COM
menced beating him, whereupon Franks
drew alarge knife ard stabbed him in the
neck, indictlng dangerous if not fatal
wounds. Franks was arrested and placed
under bonds.
MISSOURI.
LamNr hotels are crowded. 1t is almost
impossible for tourist to get lodging at any
hotel or clearinghouse.
Work on the Drury college chapel, at
Springfield, will be begun as soon rs the
weather opens. Funds to the amount of
100000 are now 10 the bank to meet the ex-
pense of erection.
On Thursday night, the 10Th, the building
OF Mrs Pike, IA mile or 30 west of Darling
TIM irnutrV tpCly fac a,,l =
the ground. The total loss will be between
$500 and 500, with no insurance.
According to report of Mexico apers, tho
weekly lana sales for the last six months in
Audrain county have averaged from fifteen
70 twenty tracts. Lately eighteen tracts.
mostly wild, unimproved land, sold from $40
70 SIG per acre.
81 have lived in Phelps county near forty
years and in that time have not wituesssd
such q storm as that Of last Saturday." said
an old residenter ON last Monday. The
Streets, sidewalks and in some cases the fences
were obhtersled by great drifts piled up waist
deep.
Professor Louis Heberle, inspector (presi
DENT Of the Warren county German Evan
gelical seminary, near Femme Usage, WIS in
81. Charles on the 10Th, consulting with
several leading citizens ms to tho feasibility of
moving the college TO st. Charles. The in
stitution was established in 1880 and is under
the control OF tho Evangelical synod oil
NORTH America, II numbers on lis rolls
about seventy students.
On Monday, tho 7tb, $50 acres oftha John
w. Harris "Mod2l Farm sltuat a twolve
miles west OF Columbia, and bel5uc ~ 10 the
heirs OF the estate, was sold puOiIcly In Co
lnmbia, and WIS bought bv X. B. Price for
his soB, Edwin NJ. Price, ldr $50 10 per acre.
or for l1055. Mr.. srce bought 5G6 acres
\ oftho same farm aSear ago for SIS per acre, |
making 1916 24res that no now owns NJ |
total outlay stS25,205. Its one of the most
I. yaluabISF Handed estates in Missouri. ma
les}so'd on Monday was bid in by the heirs
year ago at SIS per acre. The remainder
OF The model farm, embracing the residence
and 400 acres, was bought year ago by A. |
II. Conley for $50 10 por acre.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Eufala (Ala) Times and News On.
nounces the discontinuauce of its tri.weekly
edition.
q The departure of twenty-six colored
immigrants for Arkansas is noted bv tho
Z Pul Ask (Tenn.) Citizens "Depot dots.'
Seventy buildings were erected in Raleigh.
N. O., in 1880, of which one was a church,
and sixty three were dwelling. houses.