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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-02-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CIRCUIT COURT.
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dsrwood Clerk. Hopklnsvillc, ny. Court
fnovts arst Monday IN February aud August,
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March, Jpnc, september, December.
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kceta nrst Monday In every month.
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coUsTY oFFIcRs. ~,
John W. Breathitt. ciert; c. N, Brown,
Sheriff; A. D. Long. Jaller.
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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-02-22

The sales OF Seed Leaf Tobacco In
New York during January were
1900 cases--for consumption, 1000
cases; for export. 500 cafes.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-02-22

"We must get you into Parlia-
ment," she said; "Bushwick has
called for a division, and tho Dnke
can not refuse him. This means dis
solution, and tho salvation Of the
country, Leave it TO me-"
He left il to her. She saw four or
FIVE other women. lie was elected
10 Parliament. Never mind the de-
tails. Details are low. This story is
rich.
But there is nothing rich about
Gladstone. He is q sopliistical rhelo-
rician, inetriated with the exuber-
auce of his own'verbosity. ar5
CHAPTER vi.
Lord Rochampton died, suddenly,
in tho 10th year OF his age, OF too
much gorgeousness. Lady Roe
hampton married the first convenient
rrinco.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
4 Railroad Wreck.

LANCASTER, Pa, Nov. IA land
slide from the hills covered the Co
lumbia and Por. Deposit railroad
at Turkey Hill, one mile from Safe
Harbor, last evening, and caused u
terrible accident A freight train
ran into it, and the engine and sew
enteen cars were wrecked, the en-
gine and six cars being hurled into
the Susquehanna river, which is so
deep at that point that all of them
we're covered by the water The en-
gineer, Elias Ault, of Columbia, was
cut to pieces, and only one leg has
been found so far
Turkey Hill, the scene OF this ac-
cident, is in Lancaster county, on
the banks Of the Susquehanna river,
five miles below Columbia. The
river at this point is fully a mile
wide, and contains many islands,
some of which are covered with %
dense growth of timber, The hills
on the banks of the stream rise high
above the level, and afford a mag
nifcent view of the broad and
sweeping river.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Curious Accident at Detroit.

DETROIT, November about s
o'clock this morning a remarkable
accident happened at the foot of
Bates street, the victim being Ed
ward Dutton, a colored man seventy
two years old, who lived in Windsor
and was employed with a gang of
laborers unloading coal from ves-
sci at Viger's coal yard. Dutton
was in the hold and had just filled a
coal bucket when the horse started
up without giving him time to hook
the bucket in the hoist rope. Dut-
ton seized the hook and held it to
keep it down, but the boy on the
dock misunderstood the order given
him, and whipped up the horse.
The horse drawing Dutton suddenly
out Of the hold, when Dutton reach
ed the staging his hands were jam
med so that he had to let 60, and
falling back into the boat he receiv-
ed injuries which resulted in his
death twenty minutes afterward.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Strange Story from Lancaster.

LANCASTER. Nov. 2.-Intelligence
has just been received through pri.
vate sources of the murder of a
worthless character at Hahnstown,
a notorious village in Ephrata
township, Lancas ter county. to pro-
cure 5000 of an inriIrancc on his life.
1t occurred five or tx weeks ago,
but just come to ligh. through a boy
who saw the affair and was offered
81 to keep the matter quiet. The
parties interested in the policy made
the man drunk, took him to a hay
loft, arranged a trap, and then after
he lad slept for a time, called
him. He staggered upon the trap,
fell through and died from his in
juries withing twenty-four hours.
Suspicion of foul play was excited
and the graveyard insurance men
were afraid to collect the policy, and
they put the boy off with the pay
ment of his two dollars on the plea
that they had not yet received their
money. The boy, disappointed and
angry, told what he knew, and the
affair is now being investigated by
the authorities.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09

Bosroy. November AT 23O
0 clock the German visitors, accom-
panied by the reception committee,
took carriages for drive in the SUI
burbs. The university at Cam
bridge was first visited, and the dill
ferent buildings and departments
connected with the college were IN
spected with interest. Theguests then
proceeded to Charlestown, and view
ed the Bunker Hill Monument. At
4 o'clock the visitors were received
ut the state house by Governor
Long and staff in the same informal
manner that characterized the re-
eeption of the French visitors. AT
ter being shown through the legisla-
tive halls and other departments OF
the state house, the party went to
dinner at the Hotel Vendome, with
the exception of Colonel Arndt Won
Steuben, who dined with DIR. De
Gersdorf. Early in the even
ing the visitors repaired to Turn
Halle, where grand reception
was rendered them by the Turnve-
rein. Prof. Kraus formally welcom-
ed them in an eloquent speech,
which WIS replied to by Col. Arndt
Won Stcuben. The reception was
large.y attended, and was a very
pleasant affair. At its close the
guests were driven to the rooms of
the Orpheus Club, and were heartily
greeted by President Weisbein.
An hour was spent in listening 10
German national songs and in con-
versation, after which the guests re-
turned to their hotel. They will
leave for New York at IL a. m, to-
morrow by the Boston and Albany
Railroad.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09

DETROIT, November J.-An awful
tragedy occurred two miles south Of
the village Of Capac, st. Clair eoun-
ty, this morning, on the farm Of
Charles Hebden. He is a wealthy
farmer, and has been partially in
sane for some time past, but the
case WIS not considered dangerous.
Yesterday he made 1t will, and this
morning attacked and killed a little
son, cutting his throat with a razor,
nearly severiag the head from tho
body. The victim wa mere baby,
being but three years old. Later
the mailman finished hisawfHl work
by cutting his own throat, dying a
few moments after the commission
of the deed. The fact OF Hebden
having made will only the day be-
fore ,ommitting the awful double
crime is taken by many as evidence
that the act was premeditated. He
was an old resident, and wildly
known throughout the region.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Stealing His Brothers Wife.

WILKEsBARRE, November L.
About six months ago Thomas Far
row, a blacksmith, employed in the
mines here, sent TO Wales for his
brother William, paying his passage
to this country. Upon his arrival
he was taken to live in his brothers
family, and went to work with him
in the mines On Saturday last
William told his brother that he
was going to take his sister-in-
law and the two children on
an excursion to Plymouth, few
miles below this city. Thomas
made no objection. None of them
have since returned. The deserted
husband at last ascertained that the
brother had bought tickets for st.
Louis for the whole party and they
had departed on the late train. To-
day Thomas left with detective to
overhaul the elopers and recover the
Children
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Lycoming Insurance Company.

WILLIAMsPoRT, November 5.-Thc
report of J. A. Beeber, Esq, receiver
of the Lycoming fire insurance COM
pany, of Muncy, was filed IN the
court of common pleas of this cOun-
ty yesterday. 1T showed the gross
liabilities of the company to be
$500 81, the assets s1S5,570 76.
The premium notes amount to
sS75,019 IS; cash in hands of treas
urer at the time of appointment of
receiver, s12,3S2 50, cash since re-
ceived, s1,642 %. The deficit is
SIG, 472 %, making al assessment
of from q to y per cent. necessary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
A Terrible Affair at Iowa City.

Iowa Cry, Iowa, Nov. 5.-This
city was thrown into great excite
ment this morning by terrible trag-
edy. A. Stein, prominent figure
in police circles for several months,
cut his wife's throat, chopped up
his mother-in-law and killed him
self by poison, Stein and wife are
dead and the mother in-law may re-
cover. jealousy, INSANITY and liquor
are the causes. Stein has had troub
le with his wife for several months.
She left him last summer and began
suit tor divoace. He subsequently
attempted to abduct her and crra-
ted great excitement by drag.iAs
her to carriage. This morning he
went to the home OF his wife, who
resides with her father and mother,
and found only his wife and mother
in-law at home. He was far gone
with poison and brutally hacked his
wife and mother-in-law, until the for
ner died and he himself fell dead.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
A Large Cuban Sugar Cop.

HAVANA, October 29.-A splendid
and extraordinarily abundant sugar
crop is predicted everywhere. Ac-
counts from Cienfuegos give the as
surance that the crop will exceed
more than 80 per cent. The crop OF
years of good product, and that it
will exceed more than 90 per cent.
last years crop. In the Jurisdictions
of Cardenas, Matanzas and Colon,
the probable proportion of excess is
given by some accounts as amount
ing to % per cent. and 40 per cent.
A commercial paper at Sagua re-
CARDS these estimates as exaggera-
tons. 1t thinks the excess will
reach higher than Is per cent. The
prospects of next years tobacco crop
are also very encouraging. Sowing
has become general in the Vuelto
Abajo region.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Americans Arrested by Mcalcans.

HAVANA, Oct. 29.-Captain Peter
son, of the Norwegian bark Walkur-
ed has arrived here. 1ne vessel
sailed from Tonalo, Mexico, on the
23d of September with mahogany for
Queenstown, and on the 18th was
lost on coral reef about two miles
northeast of Key Arenas. The crew
escaped in the boats, and reached
the Island of Key Arenas, where
where they found party of Ameri-
cans, nine in number, engaged in
digging and collecting guano. Two
of the party, A. S. Foulk and o. III.
Vaughan, acted as superintendent.
The crew remained on the island
until the 18th of October, receiving
assistance from the Americans. and
two days later arrived at Tampico,
Mexico. The Mexican authorities
learning of the Americans being on
the island sent gunboat there and
arrested the whole party, bringing
them to Campeachy, where they ar
rived on October %. Next day the
Americans deposited with Captain
Peterson various letters to friends,
with instructions to mail them in
New York. The captain, however,
delivered the letters to the American
Cousul here, and the latter will for
ward them to the State Department
at Washington.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Frightful Accident.

READING, Pa, November Hen
ry Funck aged 10 years, employed
in the hat factory of John r. Miller
& Co., was to-day caught by the
picking machine and drawn in head
first. His face was torn to atoms
and his right arm was torn off and
found fifteen feet from his body.
This occurred on the second floor,
and the workmen on the first floor
were only made aware of the acci-
dent by the belts of the machinery
being thrown off, and Immediately
a search was made and the lifeless
body found. The machine into
which Funck was drawn was max
ing 500 revolutions minute at the
time
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Death Rattle Insurance.

READING, Pa, November 3.-The
death-rattlc insurance business is
still being pushed vigorously
throughout Berks county. An old
lady, whose age considerably ex-
ceeds four-score years, residing in
upper Bern, is said to be insured
for s125,000. Nearly all the aged
and decrepit people have been con-
suited regarding the nefarious bus
mess and scores of them allow them
selves to be come insured for the
sake of a small pittance. Two
members of the State Legislature
from Berks county are officers Of
mutual life insurance companies.
In some sections the insurance traf-
fic is having a visible effect upon the
regular course of commercial busi-
ness, as the frequent and heavy as
sessments require large sums of
money to sustain the validity of the
policies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
A Bridge Builders Death.

PITTSBURGH. November 4.-John
Vail, an employe of the keystone
Bridge Company, was instantly kill
ed about five o'clock last evening.
He was employed on the Panhandle
railroad bridge across the Mononga-
hela river, and by some means lost
his footing and fell into the river, a
distance of sixty feet below the
bridge. In his fall his head struck
an iron girder below the bridge. 1t
is supposed this stunned him and
he was drowned. His body was
fished out in about twenty minutes,
He was q single man and boarded
on Penn avenue, near Sixteenth
street. The corcner's jury returned
a verdict of accidental death.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09

THE Democratic Senators did not
gain much from their successful op-
position to the nomination of Stat
ham as postmaster at Lynchburg
Mr.. Statham has received his COM
mission and is ready to enter upon
his duties. 1t is to be hoped that
he will discharge them with more
fidelity than his predecessor, who
owed his removal to irregularities in
his accounts which did not admit Of
satisfactory explanation. That the
first ex-Union soldier whom the
Democrats have officially eulogized
should be a defaulter is a little un-
fortunate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
4 Rich Find in Colorado.

DENVER, Col. Nov. 2.-Considera-
bic excitement has been created in
mining circles here by the publica-
ton of the results obtained from
working the recently discovered
gold-bearing lode in the Summit
district in this state. Mining ex-
perts and capitalists interest in the
find" claim that it will prove the
largest and most valuable gold mine
in the United States. 1t is claimed
that the result of actual working for
one month, with fft,en-stamp
mill. is 100000, and that the tail
ings are worth $500 per ton. The
assays. it is said, run as high as
$4,000 per ton.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Getting the White House in Order
for President Arthur.

WASHINGTON, November 4.-The
repairs upon the White House are
being hurried to completion, and
the mansion will probably be ready
for occupancy by the time President
Arthur returns from New York, the
latter part of next week. The furni-
ture in the room occupied by the
late President Garfield has been re-
moved and viii be sold with other
condemned articles at public sale at
some future day. Although Con-
gress appropriated thirty thous I'd
dollars for repairs and refurnishi ig,
the building will continue to look
old and dilapidated and Congress
must sooner or later take steps 10
erect a new residence for the Presi-
dent
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
A Sad Accident.

CHESTNUT HILL, Pa. November 2.
A party of five or six young men
left this place yesterday morning on
a cunning expedition and had pro-
ceeded as far as Montgomeryville,
when one of the party, named Har-
ry Lightcap, twenty-five years Of
age, while in the act of picking up
a rabbit which he had shot, was ac-
cidently shot by q companion nam
ed Harry Tyres, who was but a
short distance from him, the full
contents of the gun entering his leg
Just below the thigh, making a
ghastly wound, from which he died
last evening. Tyres was carrying
his gun full cooked, and it was sup
posed the trigger caught in his
coat. Both parties are well known
here, Tyres being a member of the
Chestnut Hill cricket club.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
A Bloody Vendetta in Arkansas.

= In the past two or three months
several persons have been murdered
in Polk county, Arkansas, the result
of bloody vendetta, the origin of
which is hardly known. The last
victim was a young man, Sheton
Hutchinson, by name, who was shot
down while riding hurriedly through
the woods to procure doctor for
his father. The old man died soon
after without suspecting the horrible
fate that had overtaken his son.
The assassins took his dead body,
and, placing it on a heap of logs, set
fire to the latter in order to destroy
all traces of the crime. The victims
charred remains were afterwards
found by party of his friends who
were searching the surrounding
country for him. The men, Edward
Standbridge and Ben Brotherson,
were arrested on the charge of hav-
ing murdered Hutchinson; but,
though the evidence against them
was very strong, the justice before
whom they were tried turned them
loose. There is considerable feeling
in the neighborhood, and it may be
Judge Lynch will try not only the
accused, but Others upon whom
suspicion rests. Within the past
year Polk county has been the thea
tire of score of ghastly murders.
At one time the Governor seriously
thought of sending the militia into
the county to protect life, but an
exodus of leading desperadoes to
Texas and the indian Nation SEEM
ed to render the presence of troops
unnecessary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. about
three years ago Mrs. Anna Rodgers,
a handsome and wealthy widow,
living in Forty-sixth street. between
Eighth and Ninth avenues, New
York, formed the acquaintance of a
young man named Henry Marston,
who became infatuated with her.
They were engage 10 oe married,
when Mrs. Rodgers iDu.ld that Mars
ton already had a wife. She then
refused to have anything l.iore to do
with him, but he continued to visit
her, treat her familiarly, and even
to insult and abuse her. To escape
his prosecutions she sold her house
and moved to West Philadelphia,
but he soon found her out and fol-
lowed her. Last Saturday she NOV
ed again, taking q house on Thirty
third street and Powelton avenue,
but Marston found the carman who
had moved her furniture, and, fol-
lowing her to her new home on
Monday morning. made an unccre-
monious entrance through window
opening on the veranda. Mrs. Rodg-
ers wss in the sitting room on the
second floor with Il servant, when
Marston ran in, and, snatching a
self-cocking pistol lying on the
mantle, thrust the muzzle in Mrs.
Rodgers face, and was fumbling for
the trigger, when the servant scream
ed and threw up his arms. He then
left the house, the women being too
much frightened to stop him. He
soon returned and made such a dis
turbance that a policeman was call
ed in and he was arrested. He was
given hearing yesterday morning
and committed for trial. 1t is said
that Marston has been black-mail-
ing Mrs. Rodgers for years, and that
he has in his possession a number of
diamonds belonging to her.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
"A shocking Tragedy at Pittsburg.

PITTsBuRG, Nov. 5.-A shocking
attempt, which will yet prove par
tally successful, to commit a mur-
der and suicide, was made yesterday
afternoon ON Sixteenth street. Law
renee Kennedy, a glassb,ower, who
had been dissipating for long peri
cd, shot his wife in the back while
laboring under the deluslon, super
induced by mania potu, that she
was preparing to take his life. He
then shot himself three times, one
af the balls passing through his
lungs. His recovery is out of the
question, but his wife will get well.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Shot Through n Window.

BALTIMORE, November 3.-About
s o'clock tonight, Mrs. Fanny Keef-
er was fatally shot through a win
dow from an alley adjoining the
house in which she was seated, on
Burke street, the full charge from q
shot gun entering the neck and face
just below the ear.
The assassin was not seen and es-
capped. Mrs. Keefer has been sepa-
rated from her husband for some
time and was keeping house for n
man on whose premises she. was
snot. Emanuel I>eefer, the husband
OF the wounded lady, was arrested
at a late hour on suspicion OF hav-
ing fired the shot.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Estimates for the Postal Service.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-The Off
cial estimates OF the amounts which
will be required for all the various
branches OF the postal service during
the next fiscal year have been COM
pleted ut the Post Office Department
and will be transmitted by Postmas-
ter General James 20 the Secretary
of the Treasury tomorrow. They
foot up grand to;d of s43, SCI 800;
of which amount, however, it is esti-
mated that the revenues OF the ser
vice (from the sale ofpostage stamps,
etc, will furnish S42,741,722.O5,
leaving deficiency 20 be supplied
from the general Treasury of 1920,
or
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
Arrival of the Beautiful +"

MAUcn CHUNK, Nov. 4.-There
was an inch of snow on the mount
aims this morning, with thermome-
ter twelve degrees above zero.
Lock HAVEN Nov 4.-Flakes OF
snow have been falling here at inter
walls since 2 a. m., and at present
there is slight fall on Bald Eagle
mountain.
SCRANTON. Pa, Nov Hills
around Scranton were covered with
snow this morning.
New YORK, Nov. 4.-Snow is re-
ported as failing tonight along the
Hudson river and throughout the
interior of New York.
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ASIA MINOR is threatened with a
repetition of the terrible famine of
1884. The Pal Mall Gazette says /:
Locusts, drought, depopulation,
misgovernment have wrought their
effects. This years crops have al
most universally failed. The dis
trict of Angora again appears to
have suffered the most severely, and
the unfortunate inhabitants are al
ready beginning to emigrate en-
masse in search of food, lest winter
SHOWS and swollen streams should
cut off their communication with
the outer world. and they should
again find themselves pent up in
their mountain homes, without a
chance of escape, and reduced to the
same fearful plight which seven
years ago caused fathers and moth
ers to sell their children for a hand
ful of corn"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09

DETROIT, November IA sail
boat capsized off Adams Point,
Presque Isle, Lake Huron, on Sep
tember 90. Four persons were
drowned. 1t is now alleged that a
party of hunters found the bodies of
these unfortunates in the woods
near the shore entirely stripped.
One man is said to have had $500
on his person when he started on
the voyage.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-11-09
A Fast Train Kills One Man aud Pa
tally Injuries Another.

CHESTER. Nov. 4.-William For
wood and John Qoiggly. two young
men, residents OF Brandywine Hun
dred. Del, while crossing the Phila-
Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad at Claymount were struck
by the limited express. Quiggly
was instantly killed and Forwood
was mortally injured. The wagon
they were in was torn to atoms and
their two horses instantly killed.