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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.


5000 Democrats ratified at Har-
rodsburg Tuesday.
Jas. Duff killed Carter Spurlock
in Powell county.
There are % prisoners in the LIN
coin county Jail.
The Breckenridge News has made
gallant fight for local option in its
county.
AL Price shot and killed Will Col
Inns, in Grant county. Price is in
Jail.
Sam' Ayres, a Frankfort watch
maker, dropped dead ofheart disease,
Friday.
Jas. Nicely, prominent citizen,
dropped dead of heart disease, at
Paris, Friday.
The slaughter house of the Anchor
age Asylum was burned last week.
Loss 81, 200.
The Survivors Of the first Kentucky
Confederate brigade will hold a reun-
ion at Elizabethtown, Sept. 10.
The Democrat says fatal hog dis
ease is carrying Off the swine of Han
cock county.
The pastuagc in the city Is said to
be excellent. A few more cows can
be grazed.-IIawcsvillc Democrat.
Mr.. Jno. b. Bangs, ofthe firm of
Jno. p. Morton Il Co., Louisville,
died Saturday.
The Mckee Guards, of Anderson
county were mustered out of service
at Lawrenceburg Thursday.
AT Jackson, Dreathitt county, Jack
Campbell shot and fatally wounded
Sylvester Tharp. Both were drinking
Ex-Congressman (3Sth and 39th
Congresses) w. IL. Randall died al
his house in London, Laurel county,
last Friday.
Hon. .Jno. E. Cooper, of Morgan,
has been nominated for Circuit Judge
of the 18th district to succeed Judge
Robt. Riddcll.
Two young men at BoOnsbOrO
have bet $25 each that they will mar
ry certain young lady within
twelve months. AT least one OF
them will lose his bet
Stephen Massie and Tcllie Wallace
eloped to Aberdeen from Harrison
county and were married Saturday.
They returned to Maysville and Mas
sic got drunk and rode through the
streets tlourishing a pistol and shot
lobe Hawkins through the stomach,
killing him.
A Jefferson county farmer named
Kellar opened fire on young man
named Dick Phillips whom he found
walking with his daughter contrary
to his orders. The shot took effect
in Philips arm making an ugly
wound. lie was knocked down but
recovered himself and returned fire
but without effect. All the parties
are highly respectable.
Some months ago Chas. Poole run
away with and married Miss Alex
andcr, in Breckenridge county. Her
brothers, Elisha and John, told Poole
never to put his foot on their land.
Last week they saw Pool and his
wife and brother John crossing their
field on horseback and they started
to intercept them, not armed. The
POoles opened fire on them, killed
Elisha and badly wounding John and
also severely wounded Mrs. Poo.e
with a stray bullet. The Pooles had
not been arrested at last accounts.
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Forty leading Republican news
papers are now supporting Cleveland
and Hendricks.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Mr.. Jno. b. Bangs, ofthe firm of
Jno. p. Morton Il Co., Louisville,
died Saturday.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Ex-Speakcr Keifcr failed to secure
a denomination for Congress, being
beaten in his own county.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Ex-Congressman (3Sth and 39th
Congresses) w. IL. Randall died al
his house in London, Laurel county,
last Friday.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Hon. .Jno. E. Cooper, of Morgan,
has been nominated for Circuit Judge
of the 18th district TO succeed Judge
RObt. Riddcll.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

The Mckee Guards, of Anderson
county were mustered out of service
at Lawrenceburg Thursday.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

Two young men at DoOnsbOrO
have bet $25 each that they will mar
ry certain young lady within
twelve months. AT least one OF
them will lose his bet.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

AT Jackson, Dreathitt county, Jack
Campbell shot and fatally wounded
Sylvester Tharp. Both were drinking
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

The pasturagc in the city Is said to
be excellent. A few more cows can
be grazed.-IIawcsvillc Democrat.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

The Democrat says fatal hog dis
ease is carrying Off the swine Of Ham
cock county.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31

of Minnesota; Frank W. Murdough of Pennsyl-
vania; A.. A. Hill of Illinois, and a. ?. Camp
bell of Missouri
Frederick Ward, of Grant l. Ward, was al
rested in New York by a deputy sheriff in a
suit brought against him by Nelson ]. Tappan,
city chamberlain. Ward is hell in S30O, 900
bail, the amount fixed in the order of arrest.
He has not yet been lodged in Jail, but Is in the
custody osth sheriff. Bail has not yet been
furnished by Ward.
Eugene Field, the alleged funny man Of the
Chicago News, recently announced the mar
riage of J. G. Harris (Uncle Remus) of the At
lanta Constitution. The father of the lady is
much incensed at the free use of the name of
his daughter. and threatens to take q trip to
Chicago for the purpose of seeking satisfaction
according to the code.
Dispatches from the northwest territories
state that Indian bands have sent out runners
to the various reserves to rouse the redskins to
action. A grand reunion of all the tribes has
been arranged to take place at Pasquah's re-
serve, and trouble is feared. The mounted po-
lice have arrived at Fort Qu'Appclle with can
non Every precaution is being taken.
r. N. McLaren, secretary of tho national re-
publican convention, received a letter from
Hon. A. Barto of Sank Center, Mimi, delegate
elect to the national convention, with a copy of
q letteE<,from Hon. George A. Johnson of De-
troit, who was ono of the delegates from the
Kindred convention, in the Fifth Minnesota
district. He disclaims any intention of prose-
cutting the contest for a seat i'll the national
convention. and says he will go before the
national convention in Chicago and make a
statement. He proposes to act in good faith,
and will prevent a contest. Mr.. Kindredis re-
ported as saying that he is satisfied, and does
not favor a contest.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
Personal News Notes.

Rev. Watkins, ousted from q Stratford, Ct,
church for believing in faith cure, will have a
church of his own in New York.
The jewels of Grace Garland, the (Which of
Wall street" were sold by a constable in Bloom
ington, Ill, she having pawned them for $500.
Earnest HoeAer of st. Louis is missing in
New York. He had a large amount of money,
and had recently returned from Germany with
his wife.
Rev. Mr.. Mennard, rector Of the Protestant
Episcopal church at Cedartown, Ca, has been
put in an insane asylum. He paid unsuccess-
full court to a popular young lady, and his re-
lection resulted in insanity.
Ferdinand Ward, the banker failing to obtain
100000 bail, was taken to the Ludlow street
jail, and lodged in a cell there. He refused to
see any person. Gen. U. s. Grant stated that
the rumor that his ron U. S. Grant Jr., had fled
to Canada to escape arrest was wholly without
foundation. His son had gone to Morristown,
N. j., where he lives, and would be back the
next morning. Both his sons, the general said
were intown and intended to remain here.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
B. F.BuTLER.
Prompt Justice in Old England.

Tho trial and prompt conviction of Lord St
Leonards for q criminal assault upon Miss En-
ma Cole has been the principal sensation in
London. The trial took place at the Middlesex
sessions in Clerkenwell, and was presided over
by Sir Thomas Chambers, NJ. p. fran Maryle-
bone and recorder of the city of London. The
court room was crowded with fashionable spec
tators, and q dozen young noblemen were
seated ON the bench beside the recorder. Many
ladies of high rank beseiged the doors of the
mission.
Lord 81. Leonards was. attendedby his broth
er, Mr.. Walter Suyden, and was ably defended
by Edward George Clarke, g. c., member Of
parliament for plymouth, who has perhaps no
superior at the criminal bar of Louder He
made o powerfulspeech for the defense, dwell-
ing especially on the admission by the pretty
complainant that she had once had a lover with
whom she was undulyintimate. He also allnd-
cd eloque ntly to the defendants distinguished
ancestry, and spoke of his honored name, but
laughter from many of those present, who
were acquainted with the young reprobate's
record. AS u counter demonstration, the
friends of ST. Leonards vigorously applauded
the fine peroratiol of Mr.. Clark's address, and
order was restored only when the recorder
threatened to clear the court of all spectators.
Tho jury was out but a few minutes, and re.
turned averdict of guilty as indicted, and with
no recommendation to the mercy of the court.
regarded as inevitable from the conclusivcness
of the evidence; but a genuine surprise was
caused when Recorder Chambers remanded tho
prisoner and announced that sentence
would not be pronounced until the
June session of the court.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31

One Of the prominent causes of the
great decline in stocks and swapping
of large operators, is the decadence Of
speculations among the people at large.
The operators were heavily loaded.
They expected to once more sell out
the stocks on a subsequent "bulgea
counted up as certain, but were sadly
mistaken. The frequently shorn lamb
refused to enter the market, and the
big fellows have had to bear the burden
Of shrinkage as best they could. Many
of them counted as safe against financial
disaster have gone to the wall, while
others have been compelled repeatedly
to scale down their fortunes, and are
not nearly SO rich as they used to be.
As they made their money, so they have
lost it. There is no special call, there
fore, for the expenditure Of sympathy
in their cases. With the outside public
letting the market alone, they have
been compelled to feed upon each other,
and the diet has been neither whole.
some o satisfactory. If it continues
in this shape until the whole brood are
bankrupted and re1egated to deserved
obscurity, the country at large will be
the gamer.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
Casualties of the Week.

Miss Title Fear was struck by lightning at
Toledo.
The Clarendon hotel at Portland, Or,
burned Loss, $4,000. Insurance, $4,000
Miss Marugg took Chicago arsenic to remove
freckles, with much success She was buried
recently. ~
At sharbot Lake, Ont, George Peters, his
little daughter and Miss Bridger were burned
to death, the house being set on fire by Peters
dropping a lighted lamp while drunk.
Ex-Judge W. r. Bcebe, senior member of tho
firm of Beebe, Wilcox & Hobb, lawyers in New
York city, was struck by a Central railroad
train at Plaintield N. j., recently and instant
ly killed.
A Mixed Train on the Panhandle railway
collided with Freight at Wheeling Junctio,
Wednesday morning. D.. Bartholomew, a trav
cling salesman for q Cincinnati firm, with resi-
dence at East Dubuque, ILL.,, was killed in
stantly.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WASHINGTON News.


Senator Palmer of Michigan will build $780,
00 residence in Washington.
The president has approved the bill granting
2 loan Of u, 600, 600 to the New Orleans exposi-
ton.
PostofRcers established: Minnssota-Ulen,
Clay county. Postmasters Commissioned
-Humer Folger, Jamison, Iowa;P. Clark, Coe,
Green, Iowa; George A. Thomas, Thomas,
Ringgold county, Iowa; D.. F. Horn, Durham,
stutsman county, Oak.
A sensational story has been circulated a,
Washington to the effect that the Pacific Mail
Steamship company is seeking to have adopted
an amendment to the shipping bill which would
enable that corporation to collect q subsidy OF
$75O,OW annually from the nation.
William Hunter, assistant secretary of state,
has entered upon the fifty fifth year of his Ser.
vice in the state department, and the event was
appropriately celebrated by secretary Freling.
huysen and Mr.. Hunters associates. He is no
only the Oldest employe Of the government il
lcngth OF service, but no one ever served long.
er than he.
Washington Special: Gen. futile, who accom-.
panies the %governorof lowe here on his recro-
Ation tour, is interesting himself in the establish.
ing of the proposed National Soldiers home il
Iowa. Senators Plumba and Logan have the bill
in charge, and have had Kansas in view as the
place oflocation. Gov. Sherman stated that the
Iowa legislature had already appropriated $50,
900 towards its construction.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
Lloyd Q. Majors, Hx-Prsachsr and N.
Lawyer, HANGED in California.

4AA0y0 y. 1aJox0, 8x.3roAcheH and H.
Lawyer, Hanged in cal1fornia.
Ioyda. Majors, was hanged at Oakland, Cal,
near San Francisco, on Friday last On the
Monday previous, the condemned man made
. desperate effort to escape. He possessed
immense strength, and he overpowcred
pened at the moment to be in his celfs.
IWrenching the keys from the j%ailer's grasp,
he dashed through the door across the Jail
yard, outinto the street. But just as he thought
be had succeeded, he was encountered by two
6remen who had been attracted by the noise.
They recognized Majors and another struggle
ensued, 80 fierce that Majors, arm was broken
and he was rendered helpless. He was conduct
ed back to his cell, and from that moment he
abandoned i hope. In conversation with ]. b.
Renowder, brother OF one of the murdered men,
he said: "Youmay draw the life blood from my
arm. and with this pen I will write myinnocence
As As he en0 spo sss'ni he N appealed %E 0T To H H1oUa; l.
Majors mounted tho scaffold without assis-
lance, and took up his position on the drop,
firmly erect He refused to say a word, main
tanning. throughout a stolid silence. At 1919
the bolt was pulled, Majors fell, and his neck
was clearly broken. Majors was forty-six
years old: born near the home Of Garfield in
Ohio, %graduateda at Ann Arbor college in 1870,
and began the practice of law. But afterward
Joined the Methodist ministry. After preach
ing several years he, went to the Pacific coast
and settled in Los Gatos, where he became the
owner of a hotel. The double murder for
which he was executed was committed a year
ago. He planned it, leaving the execution,
however, totwo tools, named Jewell and Show
ers. They were both tried and convicted, but
before this all the facts in the case became
known, and the agencyof Majors was revealed.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
Calamity at Dubuque, iowa.

AT Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday afternoon, q
dire calamity occurred atCarr, Ryder & Wheel
er's planning mill. The engine room exploded
with terrible loss of life and great damage to
surrounding property. The report was heard
all over the city, and buildings surrounding the
mill were shaken by the violent conclusion.
h air for blocks around tho mill was filled
with debris, consisting of heavy rock, timbers
and portions of the boilers. At the same time,
the debris, etc, caught fire, adding manifold
terror to the situation.
After the smoke and flames had somewhat
subsidized, through the efforts uf tho fremen
the search for the missing parties began. The
first found was the body Of the engineer, Milo
NJ. Mellen, which was discovered about seven
teen feet from the boiler. His body was terri
ply mangled, almost beyond recognition. At
half-past 4 O'Clock the second fireman, Michael
Mclaughlin was found. He was horribly man
gled. Several physicians were on the ground
rendering assistance wherever needed. The
first tiremans name was Fritz %Villdanger, and
his mangled body was found inthe doorleading
from the main portion of the engine room.
His arms and legs were shattered.
The remains of all three were
ably the saddest sight of all was the discovery
OF tho bodies of two little children Of Charles
May, adjoining the engine room. Adjoining
this house was a yard in which were playing
three little children named May. They were
killed outright and terribly scalded. Several
others received slight bruises, which are not
supposed to be serious. The loss to property
is $1,000; fully insured in the Hartford Insur-
ance company. TIL firm employed 200 men.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
Crimes and Criminals.

AtRochester, n. Y, Patrick s%latterly whipped
Curley Hugesi in three rounds. Both were ar
Buford l. Dean shot his brother David, in
Savannah, GA, killing him instantly. David
seduced Buford's daughter.
State Senator Ezra Miller of Mahwah, N. j.,
who is over seventy-two years old and weighs
325 pounds, has been arrested on complaint OF
Lizzie Beatty, q servant, and held in 81, OO0
bail on o charge of rape.
J. F. Richardson, local agent of the Indian
apolis &St. Louis railroad, the Madison County
Ferry company and the Venice & Carondelet
belt railroad at Venice, Ill, suicided by shoot
ing himself through the head. The discovery
that he was 5000 short to the Indianapolis 4
st. Louis road led to the act.
An unknown person started O switch engine
standing on a sidetrack on the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad at M%echanicsville, N. Y, switched
iton the main track, jumped off and sent the
engine up the track at full speed. 1t came in
collision with u Montreal sleeper, bound south.
Both engines were wrecked. The baggage and
express man, Iicknor, seventy years old, was
dangerously wounded. Engineer Myers had a
leg broken, and others were bruised.
Lincoln, ILL.,, Special: The grand jury has
indicted John H. Hall, Belle Hall, his wife,
and William Ferris, for the murder of Charles
Mcmahon, near Mount Pulaski, Aug. ~, 1882.
Hall was arrested in January and Ferris a few
days ago for the murder of Mcmahon and his
two hired men. The indictment of Mrs. Hall
was a surprise for which neither she nor the
people were prepared She was arrested on
the street Tuesday and is now in Jail. This
will be remembered as the murder in which
the celebrated Barbour boys, lynched in Iowa
last June, were supposed to have been inn
plicated.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
General News Items.

Kaufman, Kohn g. Co., st. Louis m1lliners,
failed for $75, OK.
The Chickasaws in Indian Territory protest
against admitting negroes to citizenship with
Kaufman, Kohn & Co., wholesale millinery,
St Louis, have assigned with $75, 0c0 liabilities
and $50, COO assets.
A mortgage ON Gen. Grants farm, a few
miles south of 81. Louis, to aid in securing the
loan from w. II. Vanderbilt, was recorded.
Great preparations are in progress for the
yearly meeting of the bunker church of North
America, near Dayton, Ohio, beginning May
Gen. Rosecrans and party the other day iden-
tilted the spot where Gen. Sedgwick fell ut
Spotsylvania, and q monument will be erected
there.
Charles B. Sessing, q wcll-known real estate
and insurance agent of Vandalia, ILL.,, was
found dead in his room at the Everett house,
St Louis.
The creditors of ]. H. James, bankers at
Atlanta, Ga, have unanimously voted to ac-
cept q compromise offered, which leaves the
property in trust They will probably pay in
Elliott. Dewey & Co., Wholesale dry goods,
I Richmond, Va, have assigned. Liabilities
| 500, 600, assets not known. Dewey thinks they
/ can pay dollar for dollar. Preferred creditors
amount to SOB, O00.
Judge W. G. NJ. Golsom has been appointed
1 by United States Justice Woods, United States
marshal for the Middle and Southern districts
! of Alabama, pending the action of the United
4 States senate on the nomination Of James H.
i Speed.
The statement of the condition of the sus-
pended Union bank of Quincy, Ill, places the
assets.reale estate and perfectly good bills re-
ceivable-at 1858 4S5. The liabilities are 9256,
ss5, OF which sll7,l 6l are duo depositors and
sto,l54i In the savings department
The following candidates were admitted to the
naval academy at Annapolis: ]. L Knoerns-
child of Wisconsin; Edmund P. Nelson of Mis-.
souri,; D. W. Beswick Of Michigan; N. W. Hicks
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31

There is about one doctor to every
600 of population in this country, while
in Germany the proportion is one to
1900, and German doctors do not com.
plain of. overwork. There are 100 med
ical schools in the United States, at
tended by about 10, 600 young men an
nually, and the number Of diplomas is
sued averages about 5000 a year, so that
the profession is becoming more and
more crowded, but singular as it may
seem, that when DIR. Benjamin, of New
Jersey, introduced o resolution at the
session of the American Medical Asso-
citation in Washington, urging American
medical colleges to elevate the standard:
Of education, "at least so far as to re.
quire q preliminary examination, a
three years course, a register of at
tendance and q practical knowledge Of
diagnosis" it was with the utmost diff
Guilty that he secured an adoption.
The opponents evidently believe in the
Darwinian theory of "the survival of the
6ttest" in . free trade of medical knowl.
edge and experience.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
1mportant Te1egrapn pacisiou.

Des Moines, Iowa Special: An important and
interesting decision was rendered i'll the United
States circuit court in this city, involving the
liability of the telegraph companies for dam
ages for failure to deliver messages promptly.
Nov. 9, 1882, George i. Hall at Des Moines, ut
6a. M, gave the following message to the tele-
graph company:
ssCharles T. Hall, Exchange, Oil City, Pa. /:
Buy me 10000. If you think it safe wire me"
Meaning for his brother to buy 10000
barrels Of oil for him. The company ommit-
ted the address-"Charles 7. Hall"-and the
message was received at Oil City directed sim
ply to Exchange" which is the namc of the
building where the board of trade met. The
company. after carrying the message to
the building, and on the refusal of the officers
of the board of trade to rccelveit, procured the
correct address and delivered the message to
Charles T. Hall at 8 p. NJ, too late to make the
purchase directed. The price of oil at the time
the message ought to have been received II 80
q. M, and when the oil would have been pur-
chased, if received, was SLIT per barrel. The
price at the openingo Of the market, the
next day at 10 a. m. was $1.335. The plaintiff
gets a judgment for the difference on 10000
barrels, being $500, and the court certify a
division of opinion on certain legal questions
to the supreme court of the United States, in
case the defendants desire to carry the case
there.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31

One thousand passengers left New
York one. Saturday, in the fleet steam
ers for European ports. Nearly oil were
6rst class passengers, and it was esti-
mated that neaxly all would spend
abroad at least s 1000. A million Of
dollars is the lowest sum that this
crowd of well-dressed travellers carried
in gold or exchange to pay their ex-
penses in Europe. It is more than
probable that they carried twice that
sum. The travelling season must see
all the way from 2 5000 TO 40, 900 peo-
pie go abroad, whose foreign expendi-
lures, at the estimate of 81, 900 each
tourist, would amount to. from $40, OOO,-
900 to SAC, 900, 600 annually. A great
fuss is made about the expectation of a
very few millions of gold in the way of
trade, while few stop to consider the
drain occasioned by the vast number Of
people who go abroad every year for
pleasure.
The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
Gen. b. F. Butler Accepts.

Gen. Butler accepts the nomination of the
National Anti Monopoly organization for Pre-
sident of the United States. His letter of &C
ceptancc is as follows:
Lowell, Mass, May 22-Gentlcmen: I have
the honor to receive your courteous note Civ
ing me the result of the action of the conven-
ton at Chicago on the 18th inst. of representa-
designation by such a body as candidate for
presidency Of the republic cannot be to highly
appreciated. Concerning each measure of
public policy set forth in the resolutions, 1 need
trust "1 me wit, With the i,' executive '1 bowers g, of that
high Office, each Of them will be fully, justly,
and energctically used to make every measure
of relief to the people and reform in the gov
eminent pointed out by your platform, as prin-
ciplcs relating to administration. Accept for
yourselves personally my most gratefully con-
sideration.
[Signed] B. F.BuTLER.