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Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01
A KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
An Aged Farmer and His Wife FOully Mur
dered and Their Home Robbed Near
Hickman, Kentucky A Short Shrift
Awaiting the Assassin il Found.

Awaiting the Assassin il Found.
HICKMAN, KY, Nov. %.
This community was Mortified this morn
ing by the most fearful tragedy-a horrible
double murder and robbery-ever chrOn-
icled in the history of the county. Old man
Hillsman King and wife, Amanda King,
two old respectable citizens of this county,
aged respectively about eighty and sixty
years, living about three miles from Hick-
man, were discovered this morning by their
son, Arthur King, butchered in most ter
rible manner. Both were dead. King and
his wife resided alone on their farm and it
seems no one has seen him alive since last
Tuesday week. He had very large family
of children and grandchildren living around
Hickman, and this morning Arthur King
called at the house. No one answering hlr
call he went in, and in the center of the
| family room was Mortified to see his mother
stretched out dead in a pool of clotted
| blood, with chairs and everything strewn
around the room and a gun with broken
terrific struggle between Mrs. King and the
murderous fiend. King then looked for his
! father and was unable to find him. He i'm
mediatelv alarmed the neighbors and citi
zens Of the town. Mrs. Kings throat was
| cut from ear to ear, showing frlghtful
| gaping wound, and her head showed three
| heavy strokes. The floor was all clotted
| with blood.
! Mr. King was subsequently found out at
the stable under pile of shucks with a
| frightful cash above his right eye and his
| left temple badly beaten in. Rats had eat
| en- his entire left eye out, and great por'
ton Of his face was also eaten by rats
presenting a most sickenlng anu revolving
| sight. =.
There was nothing in the house to indi
| cate a stranger as the perpetrator. The
| trunk in which King kept his money was
| chopped open with a Ratchet, but no draw
ers were touched. It is known that KING
| had about 81 800 in currency and from S7o,
| to 500 in gold at his home, which he usual
| ly kept in this trunk, and none OF which car
| be found. The murderer left about $500 be
hind.
No one knows when the foul deed wa
| committed. and many theories are ad
vanced. Some think they have been muir
dered since last Thursday week, while 9th
ers think the murder was done YESTERDAY
morning. The spare bed had been occu
pied by one person, and there were tnre
| knives and forks on the table, showing
there had been visitors there just prior t
the killing.
No clew to the fiend can be had yet
| though circumstances point very strongI-
to a peddler or clock-mender that has beel
in the neighborhood for ten days or more
| He was last seen near Kings late Wednes
day night last, and the general pupllG pe
lieve him the guilty party. He IS Prus
sian, and gave his name AS Frank Miller
| Intense excitement prevails here over th
crime. and it is reported that Sl,0oO re
| ward is to be offered by the heirs OF Kin
for the apprehension of the criminal, an
his conviction will certainly follow p
Judge lynch.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

A SECTION of artillery has been sent
to the Sheriff of Matthews County, Va, to
be used in protecting the Rappahannock
oyster-beds against dredgers.
LEsH & Co.'s rim and Bending
Works at Warsaw, Ind, burned the night
OF the oath. Loss, $4,000. Seventy-five
men are thrown out of employment.
TWENTY persons drowned on Lake
Geneva, Switzerland, i'll consequence OF the
sinking of a steamer by collision.
IT is reported that the murderer of
been arrested.
THE Proteus inquiry has been ad-
journed to December l9.
The fire in the Sumner Mine in Cali
fornia was still burning on the 26bh.
The Limerick election on the 26th re-
suited in favor of the Parnellites.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad earn
ings for the past year were $40, $4,000.
IVAN VALERA is the new Spanish
Minister to the United States.
The Clearing House statements for
the week are again untavorable.
A FIRE the night of the 25th at Port
Perry, Canada, destroyed Sl50,000 worth Of
property.
In riot between employees of rival
gas wells at Murraysville, Pa, on the 26th,
one man was killed and four were badly
wounded.
A BRITISH gun-boat has been ordered
from Singapore to relieve a stranded ves-
sePs crew who are threatened with murder
by Sumatra pirates.
FRANK REED, of Pittsburgh, died on
the 26th of stab received at the hands Of
Andrew Wilbert, playmate. Neither was
more than eleven years old.
EX-SENATOR SPENCER was arraigned
trict Court at Washington, D. G. His
counsel raised the question of jurisdiction.
THE Spanish War Department has
decided to disband ten regiments Of infan.
try and substitute regiment of artillery.
THE Constantinople Chief of Police
and six detectives are on trial for levying
blackmail and procuring the conviction of
innocent persons on charges of counterfeit
ing.
SAMoN, the fellow who recently
butchered three or four persons at Laconia,
N. H., sleeps soundly all night while the
officers have to keep wide awake to keep
the people from lynching him.
THE conspiracy trial against Messrs.
Lutz, Caruth, McEntire and Butler at st.
Louis, Mo-, began on the 26th A jury was
secured and the opening argument made.
CHAs, Fl. SMITH, alias VIM. w. Good
rich, was arrested in Boston on the Goth for
passing a worthless check on the Exchange
National Bank. He claims to be San
Francisco architect.
THOMAS O'NEIL and Duke Sullivan,
confined in the Henrico County (Va.) Jail,
on charge of blowing open and robbing a
Post-Office safe at Culpepper, made their
escape the night of the Goth.
w. S. KIRKER, late cashier Of the
Second National Bank at Ironton, o., was
indicted by the Grand Jury on the 2Gth for
grand larceny and embezzlement.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

THE adoption of the new time stand
,rd is only preliminary to the adoption of
amiform code of signals among the rail-
r,alc
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

kvA1L PAsHA, ex-Khedive of Egypt,
s,rs tbe calamity in the Soudan is due to
;refHciency of the central government at
FARM
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

The San Francisco Grand Jury have
Indicted Miss Hill and her attorney for
perjury and conspiracy in connection with
lie Sharon suit.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

TuRTY-FIvE Black Sea steamers laden
with wheat were reported on the 26th ice
boupd on the river Don.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

THE production Of steel rails in Aus
tria will reach $4,000 tons this year, an
Increase OF $1,000 tons.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

ELECTRIC light wires are being placed
underground on one of the principal ave-
IN philadelphia, Pa.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

SECRETARY FRELINGHUYSEN has sent
Instructions to the Asiatic squadron with a
view to protect American interests in event
Of war.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

MINISTER WALLACE has made fresh
complaint to the Porte because of delay in
bringing to justice the assailants of Ameri-
can missionaries.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

TEE Lfe-Saving Service rendered as
,;.sa,e in three hundred cases of disaster
5n5g the last fiscal year.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

The Pope has made editor Dawson,
Of the Charleston Is. c. Neacs and Courier,
aKnight of St. George for the stand he has
taken against dueling.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

THE United States Supreme Court has
decided that the Brooklyn bridge, as con-
structed, eau not be declared a nuisance or
unlawful structure.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

TESTS Of American and English steel
rails, laid side by side for thirteen years in
Pennsylvania, show that the former are
be more durable.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

The fftieth anniversary of the run
lng of the first locomotive on the Philadel-
Thia & Columbia Railroad is to be cele-
brated early next year.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

The Archbishop of Namur has been
rpointed Cardinal, and it is expected this
TL settle the difficulties between Belgium
md the Vatican.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

CHINA has sent circular letter to the
gvers setting forth that if the French in
ale Northern Anam they will be opposed
Ity Chinese troops.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
Summary of Important Events.

E MARD1, the False Prophet, is re-
,ortod already in Khartoum.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

CHEF ENGINEER WILLIAMSON, U. S.
", who was cOurt-martialed for extrava-
gance in the matter of repairing the Gov
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

SOJoURNER Truth, the noted colored
lscturess, died at her home in Battle Creek,
men, on the 26Sh, aged 10S years. The old
''a! mas had all her faculties well pre-
served until quite recently.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

As the Egyptians are about to send
cut expedition to try and keep open a
ioad Tor retreat from Khartoum it is prob
a0e the Soudan provinces are to be aban-
oned for the present.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

PENNSYLVANIA manufacturer, who
sta'eVteo - to put up fire escape when no.
alsu, mas been mulcted for $4,000 dam
sS'S oy an employe who was crippled in
"'aplhg from his burning factory.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

HERE is report from Madagascar
that the French have bombarded a town
Without giving notice, killing five British
subjects, and destroying large amounts of
leutral property.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

1nh comptroller of the Currency ad-
,a'tS reduction Of revenue and conver-
ts,s.1 ' the longtime four per cents. into
t.oe aS measures to prevent undue con-
'0n Of the National Bank circulation.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01
EVACUATION DAY

Celebrated on an Elaborate Scale in New
York = An Enormous PI ocession, Wit
messed by a Multitude of People, Despite
the Fact that the Rain Came Down in
Torrents - dwelling of the Statue of
Washington.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

IHE elaborate Evacuation Day cere-
", -,'-'eS In New York on the Goth were seri-
r,@ ,r''y nterfered with by rain. Broadway
- d sea of umbrellas. The procession
w iOuf hours in passing a given point.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

toa rbsNhNTIoN rba of the heirs of Wald-
Governor S;,, Delavill and others, to whom
'larre tr I'm Nichols, in the year 1906, granted
ss Morris oi land, which is now known
Vas heId lana 10 "a Flats, in New York Citv.
astended h. hanstield, O., on the 23d and
.ate has b:. " about 100 persons. A syndi.
10ent that ~ -ofnied and the heirs are con-
|aad, which ey can prove their title to this
sa7a saoO I ooe embraces dao 1000 acres, and is
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

ion tr,,,. 1CoTT' after two years separa-
near Pa.S LIS wife, returned to his home
Id raa, @.on, twelve miles from Muncie,
Aye viii bVHViy' Z. and insisted that she should
Stabbed ba- i again. She refused, and he
tQed bis er % death with a knife, then
pine fr,. U"n child and took dose of NOR
- rom which he died
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

DARING thief entered the Mer-
On n'a's ~ National Bank at Des Moines, Ia,
sb.ns- -O,n during the noon hour, grabbed
n.a 'I'ui OF notes and fed. He was pur-
dronn;u ~ managed to elude capture by
purspanss portion of his booty, which his
-NeIS stopped to gather in.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-01

,on .NAzf eX-convict created a sensa-
H. i. Jackson, Mich, on the 26th by play
cprinn :. iole OF a Pinkerton detective, Sc
restin. 'Hc use OF special engine and ar
nuraan "H innocent farmer for the Crouch
lyncboa AN excited populace had nearly
discorsD' Nv 'Ie prisoner before the facts were
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
MERRITTS' LAST GAME.
THEY AGAIN YIELD TO the
QUICksTEPs.
DEFEATED BY A SCORE OF S TO Q
The Camden Clubs Disbandment-where
the Players WIN GO-Gensral Notes of
the Game.

Fifteen hundred people assembled at
Quickstep Park, Saturday afternoon, to wit
ness the Quickstep- Merritt contest, interest
being intensified by the fact that in view OF
their projected disbandment this was the
Merritts' last game. Both teams played
well, but the home club led at the bat, Ben
ners gitting in hit for three bases and Pyl
one for two, while Fox, Smiley, Albert and
Ward made good singles. 1t was Wards
FIRST game in Wilmington, and he distin-
guished himself by taking a high fly at
centre field with one hand, after backward
run. Albert also captured very difficult
fly ball, on which he made a double play.
Fox covered third without an error and
made some splendid stops.
For the Merritts, Warner, Kienzel, Fen
nelley, Fmslie and Householder played a
splendid fielding game, Fennelley having
five put outs. COrcoraD behind the bat
caught superb game. Kienzel and Fem
nelley led at the bat. The game, all in all
was excellent. Klmber was evidently
afIaid of Fox and allowed him to take his
base on balls twice. The runs were scored
in third inning and were made by the hard
batting of the home team and errors Of the
Merritts. The following Is the score:
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
LOCAL LOCANICS.


Thomas NJ. 0gle will sell 81 fine building
lots at O'Clock next Saturday afternoon
The legislative party returned from their
rip"n Saturday last highly pleased, having
njoyed themselves.
About 800 people enjoyed the Delaware
Saengerbund's exeurs on to Sea Breeze yes
rt'rday. The excursion arrived home at 80
. III.
The silver wedding Of Nathan $ Salioxay
Vas celebrated ON aiurdlr evening by u
surprise party composed Of humber q
| friends
The funeral Of Peter 1hcmnr tuob place
| : Sttrfay aiierHt Oh ard Wa, itrselt ri.
tudcd. Delaware Tribe No. |, lap. q. K.
NJ, attended in body.
An unknown party, diving down the
C"rcnrd turnpibl' last week, ho' IN sucees.
IN the dogs oi Moses Sts"r, tiinu lal4cy,
T. McCrca and Robert Banks.
The committee in rhargr are doing their
Il st to make the joint excursion Of Indus
Try and Delaware Lodges, A o. L w, ~
OCEAN Grove and Ashury Park, August
grand success.
A temperance meeting was hei IN the NJ.
p Church, Seventh d Walnut streets yes
terday afternoon. Addresses were nude hV
Henry W. Morrow, William A. REYNOLDS
AID Rev. S. T. Gardner.
Twenty seven carloads of vegetables. ber
lies and peaches We're shipped from points
Gu the Delaware railroad Saturday, tiistri-
Lutcd as follows Philadelphia Ii, Jersey
city z, Chester 3, Wilmingto 3, Boston |.
| Daniel Brinkle, was arranged before
/ Squire Q'Neil on Saturday morning and
committed in default of s. fine and cost.
Brinkle was on of a party that tied in a
very disorderly manner on Friday night and
slowed fight when demonstrated with by
! officers Hennis and Green,
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
YOUNG LADY DROWNED.
SAD ENDING OF 4 PLEASURE
-, -- JAUtSi.
AN UPSET WITH FATAL RESULT.
A Party of Pleasure Seekers start Cut For
q Boat Ride, But Meet With an Acct
dent-One of the Party Drowned.

One of the most distressing accidents tina {
has occurred In this city was that of last
night, by which Miss Annie Davis, young
and interes ting lady of 20, lost her life by
drowning.
Miss laws, in company with Miss Addie
Lewis and her brother Lewis Davis, procured
boat from Bareford, at Third street bridge
about O'Clock, for the purpose of taking a
boat ride. Having friends on board the
Spanish steam yacht Jacinto, Miss Davis
proposed that they row up to the vessel.
Arriving at the steamer they were invited
"n board by young Cuban, an iLti-
mate friend of the drowned lady, who
escorted them over the vessel and enter
talned the party for about one half hour.
The Cuban having accepted an invitation to
accompany the party, they started for their
boat which was anchored to a canal boat
loaded with coal. The canal boat was made
fast to the steamer and from the steamer to
the canal boat was rigged ladder.
All went well and the two ladies and the
Cuban were already in the boat and were
standing up, when Mrs. Davis united the
boat and stepped in. The boat being fat
bottomed tilted to one side as the last one
entered and the two ladies and the Cuban
were thrown backward into the water.
AS soon as possible the man in the boat
pushed toward the ladies struggling in the
water and succeeded in rescuing Miss Lewis,
who had hoated toward the wheel OF
the steamer, the tide being ebb at
the time. The Cuban succeeded in catch
ing hold of the hawser of the steamer
and pulled himself on board the canal boat.
Miss Davis was seen but once and then only
for a moment.
After waiting around for few minutes
In the hope OF finding the body they pro
ceeded to the home of the mother, on
Apple street, South Wilmington, where the
sad story was told.
About 10 o'clocd last evening the brothers
OF the drowned lady and number Of others
began dragging the creek and have kept it
up ever since, but had not succeeded in
finding the body up to 10 o'clock this morn
ing, although every portion of the creek,
from Market street bridge to the Delaware
Western bridge had been dragged.
The supposition is that the body was car
ried by tie swift running tide underneath
the vessel, which when it settled this morn
ing forced the body in the mud.
The deceased was employed for some time
at George Jacobs clothing store, 100 Market
street, but since the 25th of March has car
ried on dressmaking establishment and
trimmings store at 102 Market street, and
resided with her mother on the South side.
The untimely death of her only daughter
has almost distracted the mother, who is in
very delicate health at the present time
Her three sons are assisting the dredgers
this morning and are doing everything in
their power to obtain the body of their
sister,
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
Hnrt at the west Yard.

William Swift, brakeman, while coup
ling cars at the West Yard Saturday even
ing about $50, had his right arm badly
pinched between the bumpers. He was i'm
mediately removed to the P, w. u b. sta
tion, where DR.. Kane, who had just ar
rived in town, dressed the injured arm and
found that a deep seated artery had been
ruptured, from which the blood flowed
freely, but no bones were found broken,
however, and the injured man was removed
to his home, No. 105 Bird street, in charge
of an attache of the road.
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23


q. j. II. Beckett's New saloon at No, 1OS
West Seventh street Thrown Open to
the Public.
The new saloon Of Charles ]. H. Beckett,
at No 108 West Seventh street, was thrown
open to the public for business Saturday
evening and attracted a large crowd of Wis
itors. The building, which was recently
purchased by the proprietor, has undergone
many improvements and alterations, and is
now one of the neatest places of business of
the kind in the city. The large room on the
first floor is divided by neat walnut parti-
ton into two, the first being used to store
and sell family liquors, the other being used
as a bar room.
The rooms are handsomely papered, the
entry being laid out In a very artistic and
pleasing design. The sidewalks are papered
with fancy design and have wainscoting
of ash about three feet high, topped with
walnut covering the three sides, The shelves
are stained In imitation of walnut and are
in perfect keeping with the rest OF the fix.
lures. The bar is of ash with mahogony
trimming and forms beautiful contrast
TO the other dark wood used in the build
| ing.
Mr.. Beckett has every reason to feel.proud
of his snug little place rnd will no doubt, as
he deserves, do very large and select bust
ness, as he will keep constantly on hand 8
large and varied stock OF the finest domestic
| and foreign liquors.
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
MUNICIPAL COURT.
Drunk and DisorderIy-Larceny of "a
Hat

hAbs
Harry Sharpley, Esq, acted as Judge this
morning at the daily session of the Munich
pa Court John Banning was accused of
being drunk ana indecently exposing his
person. Banning was indignant at the
charge and claimed that he was not guilty.
The Judge fined him 81 and costs
Samuel Rock was next arraigned for being
drunk a disorderly. Rock said he was
not drunk but was with a crowd that was.
Officer Blackburn, who arrested the man on
Saturday night (and he had been kept in
the cells since) could not say whether he was
drunk and did not know whether he was
disorderly or not. The Judge dismissed
him. Martin keenan,, an old man, was
charged with drunkenness and was fined so
cents and costs.
Patrick Ford and William Moore on Sat
urday morning last entered g. S. Humph-
rey ~ Bros. hat store, 302 Market street,
and examined some hats. A few minutes
later they were seen to exit by Henry Pike,
Ford having hat under his coat. Mr.. Pike
called Mr.. Humphreys attention to the young
men and warrants were issued for their
arr est. This morning both of them pro
tested their innocence. After all the testi-
mohy had been heard they were bound over
in the sum of $500 for their appearance at
the next term of the Court of Peace and
Jail Delivery.
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Est ablishing q Grade and Remodeling
the Gutter at Eleventh and Church.

Est ablishing q Grade and RemOdeling
the Gutter at Eleventh and Church.
An adjourned meeting of City Council
was held at Eleventh and Hesld streets,
Saturday evening, at o'clock. All the
members were present with the exception
of Messrs. johnson, Litzenburg and Presi-
dent Conrad, In whose absence Martin Far
rell was elected President pro tenn.
Mr.. Eastburn stated the object of the
meeting was to establish grade on Elev
enth street between Thatcher and Heald
streets.
On motion of Mr.. Garrett the Chief Engi-
neer of the Surveying Department was in
structed to prepare plans and recommend
to Council the proper grade to be es-
tablished on the street mentioned, aftel
which Council adjourned to Eleventh and
Church streets, where another adjourned
meeting was held, with Martin Farrell In the
chair as before.
Mr.. Moore moved that the cutters across
Eleventh street, on both sides of Churcf
street, be made deeper and wider, so tha
they would carry off the flow of water com
ing down and Church streets. Mr. Taylo
moved to amend by referring the matter Z
| the Street Committee with power to act
Mr.. Moore accepted the amendment and tn
motion as amended wrs then adopted ant
| Council adjourned,
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
another Failure

There was another swimming match fzzle
Saturday evening, when the proposed con-
test between Officer Pierson and George
Wilson failed to come OFT. At the app inted
time Wilson made his appearance in the
water and was attentively watched and adj
mired by the audience during his short
swim around the idge. For some un
known cause Pierson failed to put in an APP
pearance at all, and thereby disgusted, /,
Wilson who said, "Pierson's afraid to swim. y
1t is un lersTood that Pierson is opposed to
swimming in fresh water and that he has
decided to give-up swimming in public and
will devote himself to teaching two youI 9
pupils Of his in the aquatic art Why he
should wish totrifir with the public in the
matter is also mys cry
The daily gazette., 1883-07-23
A FLOATING PALACE.
Wiiiiam AstOr's New Yaci1 to be ISuiIt
by the Harlan Il HoIiingswOrth Co.

Wiiiiam Astor's New Yacht to be BuiIt
by the Harlan II HoiiingswOrth Co.
Thomas johnson of the Harlan Il IIOl-
liugsw rth Company left for New York on
Saturday with authority to sign contract
with William Astor for steam yacht. The
negotiations for the new yacht have be, d
between George w. Hall, agent for the
company in New York, aud Mr. Astor, aud
the preliminary plans were furnished some
time ago. Mariner Architect Hillman OF
New York, as u representative of Mr.
Astor, spent several days in this
city last week in looking over the
plans aud specifications with Thomas Jack
son and other officers ot the Harlan Il Hol-
lingsworth Company and took them all
back with him to submit to his employer,
The new yacht is to be 235 feet lsng and 80
feet beam with 20 feet depth of hold, and
will be built entirely of steel with compound
engines and steel boilers, with special re-
uuirements for ocean travel and will also
have cruising spread of IA knots an hour.
A large reception parlOr, spacious saloon
and dining hall with extra large state rooms
| for the owner and his family, and others for
his guests are to be located on the main deck.
The furniture and all other appointments of
| the parlor, state rooms and saloon will
be of the most luxurious style and the entire
cost of the yacht is estimated at $3.50, ,00',
| Work will in all probability be commenced
as soon as the contract is signed and 1t is to
be completed and ready for sea by May,
| 1884.