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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
LAFAYETTE, Ky.
July 30, 1884.


Ed. SOUTH KENTUCKIAN:
On the 22d inst, little Jesse lIud-
son, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Hudson, died with cholera infantum,
after a very brief illness. Little Jes-
sc was the first born Of his parents,
who almost idolizcd him, and his
death has left them almost incon-
solable.
''The farest bud that ilowery nature knows,
Oft ne'er nfolds, but withers ere it blows"
To Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson Camille
tenders his hcarticst sympathy in
their sore bereavement.
There is a good deal of sickness
in this vicinity at present and our
physicians are busily engaged, how
ever the general character of sick
ness prevailing is not serious. 3.
On last Friday night an enjoyable
dance was given by DR.. and Mrs. J..
N. Metcalfe, in honor of Miss Lula
Metcalfe who is visiting them. Good
music was provided, the night was
pleasant, a nice crowd attended and
indeed there was nothing lacking to
render the evening one of rare ell
ioyment. All who attended arc in
debted to the kind host and hostess
for courteous entertainment and un-
bounded hospitality. May DR.. and
Mrs. Mctcalfe soon delight the young
people of Lafayette with another
charming entertainment.
Miss Mary Burnett, of Cadiz, has
for two weeks been in Lafayette for
the purpose of securing the school at
Lafayette Academy during the next
term. Miss Burnett is thoroughly
educated and highly accomplished
and has the reputation of being Il
most proficient ilistructress. The
patrons of the school would do well
to secure the services of Miss Bur
uett.
Miss Mary Cooper, of Frankfort
Ky, recently visited her cousin, Mrs
A. j. Fuqua, Of this place.
Miss Salic Wootton, an accom-
plished young iady, who has been
visiting Miss Sallie Tuck, left for hcl
home in Russellvillc last week. Miss
Wootton made many friends during
her stay here, who will ever gladl!
welcome her back into their midst
Misses Zcula Davidson and Salli
Cheatham, two of Lafayette's mos
popular young ladies, are now visit
ing friends near Auburn, Ky.
Mrs. Annie Cowan, mach to the
delight of many admirers, recently
returned from a protracted stay il
Fayetteville, Tenn.
Mr.. E. Kaiser, a dashing widowe
! from Rutherford, Tenn, recent.
spent few days at the Lafayett
Hotel lie says the Lafayette HotC
offers more inducements to the tray
cling public than any other hotel i
the country.
Mr.. A. A. Fuqua, is spending
few weeks for the benefit of hi
health at some springs near Nash
Vile.
j. &. Cheatham, Esq, left on las
Monday to try the curative proper
tics of Grayson' water. May Nj
Cheatham be soon fully restored I
health. .rI
Recent rainshave given new i'm
petus to growing crops and III
prospect for corn and tobacco
quite favorable in this vicinlt,
Nearly all the wheat has bee
threshed around here, but it con
/, mands so low a price that but littl
of it has get been sold.
CAMILLE.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
IS IESs M y
The Late John Hill.
DEATH OF THE "FATHER OF CHEAP
POSTAGE" AT BooNToN, N. j.,
July 24TH, 1884.

EN-COnSrcsSlllan JOnll lllIl, VINO
will be remembered as the Father Of
the Cheap Postage bill, died at his
home in Boonton, Morris county, N.
j., July 24th at the age Of G4. He
was born in Catskill, N. Y, in 1921,
and in about 1874 he settled In Boom
ton, and was elected from there to the
State Assembly in 1861 -'G2, and again
in 1866. During the latter term he
served as Speaker of the House. lie
was elected to the Forticth, Forty
first, aud Forty-second Congress, lis
last term ending 1883. lie was fire.
qucntly mentioned in connection with
the Republican Gubcrnatorial nomin-
alton in New Jersey, and was consid-
cred the foremost Republican in the
State. Mr.. Hill was interested III
postal reform and the question of re-
ducing postage for many years, and
about sixteen years ago, when ht
first entered Congress- he introduced
a bill TO abolish the franking privilege
and after two years more of hard
work it was accomplished. About
the same time he introduced the one.
cent postal card bill, and after two
years or more it was passed, against
much opposition. In his remarks on
those bills at that time, in April, 1872
he advocated reduction in letter pos
tagc, considering the abolition Of the
franking privilege and adopting th'
one-ccnt postal card the steppin;
stone to reduction IN letter postage
After the organization of the House
in December, 1881, he introduce
his two-cent postage bill which wa'
referred to the Post Office and Pos
Road Committee, who delayed report
ing ii TO the House during the frs
session. lie called the attention o
the House 10 the bill, made severa
speeches on the subject, and mad,
every effort TO get it before the lIous
for consideration. In November, 1882
he went TO Washington to see Post
master General Howe and brough
the matter before him. lie also callct
on The President in regard to tn
matter, and found him favorably dis
posed toward the measure. and in hi
message to Congress few weeks
later he recommended The reduction
of the letter postage. Shortly afte
the meeting of Congress in Decembe
Mr.. Hill saw the chairman of the sub
committee of the Appropriate
Committee on the Post Office Apprc
priation bill. On Wednesday morn
ing after the third day, the latte
offered a resolution asking permi'
sion Of the house TO place the two
cent postage stamp measure in tn
Post Office Appropriation Bill, whic
was granted, and on the next da
. the Post Office Appropriation Bi
was reported from the Committee j
the sc,printcd and brought befol
the House in few days for consider
alton. A great many amendment
to it were offered, but after Ion
and tedious fight over this clause,
passed, and finally the whole bi
passed, and, after long and bitt'
opposition in the Senate, passed TIL
body on Friday, the day after I'll
report of the Post Office Appropri
ton Bill to the House containing Il
two-cent postage clause. Mr.. Iii
received many letters thanking hi
for his interest in the matter, al
also from associations aud public bo
les with resolution of thanks.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05

ces. TO prevent himself from get
ting threshing the object Of charity
forked over the amount, but left
town on the next train, swearing
that he would get out of the God for
saken State of Kentucky as Soon as
possible. e.-Madisonville Times.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-05
The Bad Boy.
BY GEORGE W. PECK.

TIcllo, bub,' said the groccryman
to the bad boy, as he came in the
store with a high standing collar on,
pair of toothpick shoes and cane
with an ivory head, and cuff buttons
as big as individual butter plates
"what you got on that dude rig forF
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
NEWS OF The WEEK
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
EROM WASHINGTON.


DIRECTOR BURcHARD, Of the Mint at
Washington, estimates that the amount Of
gold and silver coin in the United States
October / was $815, 100000, an increase as
compared with October l, 1883, OF $35, 0O0,-
oo0. The gold and silver bullion in the
mints and assay offices amounts to
S5s,0OO,O0O.
TIE agricultural reports for October
show that the condition of the corn crop
throughout tae United States is better
than it has been for five years.
THE sales, entries and selections of pub-
lie lands, during the year ended July 80,
1884, aggregated 26,531,170 acres, an in
crease over the previous year of S,101,137
acres. The total receipts from the disposal
of the public and Indian lands last year
were 12,779, 1870, an increase Of s., 1892, $50 as
compared with 1928.
THERE were 2l3 business failures in the
United States during the seven days end
ed on the 10th against 1873 the previous
seven days, and 1865 in the corresponding
period of 1883.
THE exchanges at twenty six leading
clearinghouse in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 18th aggregated
S75o,757,352, against $SO5, OO1, l55 the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the CORE.
spondingperiod Of 1888, the clearings indi-
Gated decrease of 1872 per cent.
THE Supreme Court of the United States
met on the 18Th. The number of cases on
the docket was 1925, or 54less than at the
corresponding time last year.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17

On the 18th Thomas M. Scroggy, an old
stationer at philadelphia, was sentenced
to two years. imprisonment and fined
1000, for selling obscene pictures and
books.
For conspiracy in wrecking the Penn
Bank President Riddle, Cashier Reiber,
and 7. ]. Watson, an oil broker, were in
dicted on the 18th at Pittsburgh, and the
two former were also indicted for embez-
zling 81, 100000.
The marriage Of Adam Forepaugh, the
millionaire Snowman, aged ffty-four, took
place on the 18th in Philadelphia to girl
Of twenty years, named Mary G. TaIlman.
LAWRENCE L. CAULEY, aged fifteen,
shot Mamie Benson, fourteen years old, at
Lancaster, Pa, the other evening, while
in a fit Of jealousy, and then shot himself.
The girl was painfully but not seriously
wounded.
ON the 18th the largest oil-well ever
struck was found at Oil City, Pa, the oil
flowing at a rate Of 250 barrels per hour.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
A DESPERATE FIGHT.

AOuarrel Between Two Intoxicated Broth
ers Ends in Fratricide--One Man Liter
ally Cut to Pieces-His Slayer Arrested.
NORWICH, Conn.,, Oct. A mile north
west of the pleasant country village Of
West Ashford, in Windham County, at a
lovely crossroads, is a big, old-fashioned
farm house that was the scene last Wednes-
day of terrible fight between brothers that
ended in a murder. George Squires owns
and lives OH the farm, and his father,
Bradley Squires, lived with him. A
brother, Joseph, has been visiting at
the homestead for several weeks. On
Wednesday there was buckwheat thrash
ing bee in the old barn, and Andrew
Squires, another brother, was present To
make the fails swing easier three quarts Of
whisky had been provided for the party,
and in the afternoon all were under its in
1luence. Noisily the brothers talked over
wagon trades. AT first in good humor but
finally Andrew and Joseph qrarreled,
and the latter knocked his brother
down with his fist. Andrew
at once spfang to his feet and, drawing
! his big jack-knife, a popular weapon
] among Connecticut farmers sayagely at
tackled Joseph, cutting and slashing at his
head. In an instant Joseph's knife was
out and regular duel ensued that lasted
for several minutes and sprinkled the barn
floor, the buckwheat straw and the doors
and walls with blood Both men were
skilled in handling the stout bone-handled
curve-pointed blades, and backward and
forward the men pressed each other, deity
Before the fight ended Joseph,
who was oyermatched, received three gap
ing wounds in the breast one in the Shout
der, another across the arm, several in the
back of the head, and a long, fatal cut that
extended from the back of the ear across the
jugular vein. In his death agony he strug-
gIed out of the barn door in an effort to get
away from the murderer but Andrew, with
one arm around the victims,
body, repeatedly plunged the knife
into his brothers head as he was
dragged along. It was not until
George Squires pulled Andrew off his
brothers body by main strength that An
drew ceased his blows. Joseph died about
nine o'clock the same evening, Andrew and
his father escaped with the farm team,
irving rapidly away. No attention was
given to the wounded man until SeIectman
Alfred Walker called. at the house and then
he was dying. He was about forty-ive
years of age. Next day Andrew SQuires
was arrested at his farm, a few miles away.
He was taken before a Justice of the Peace
and the case adjourned to Saturday at ten
o'clock A Coroners inquest was held
then at Squires' barn, where the murder
was perpetrated and Andrew was commit
ted for trial before the Superior Court on
the charge of murder.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
SUMMARY VENGEANCE.


The Headless Body Found in a Cistern at
Troy, Ind, Identified as That of Mrs.
Hendershot-Her Husband and Two
Sons.Arrested on Suspicion-The Elder
of the Boys Taken from Jail and Lynched.
TROY, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE headless body
found in cistern Thursday has been iden-
tilted as that of Mrs. StillweH Henderson,,
who resided on a farm fourteen miles back
of Troy A neighbor of Henderson,, while
in Tell City yesterday, saw the murdered
woman's husband, and also noticed
yalise marked F. M. Henderson,, while the
steamer Droillard was at Troy the same
night A search-warrant was procured,
and the valise opened 1t was found to
contain the clothing of the victim covered
with blood. Warrants were issued immedi-
ately for StillWell Henderson,, the husband,
and F. M. and William Henderson,, sons.
The old man and his son William were ar
rested and brought to Troy. The oldest
son refused to come and defed arrest. An
increased posse was sent after him, and he
was brought to Troy yesterday morning and
placed in Jail. He acknowledges commit
ting the crime himself, and says his father
and brother had nothing to do with it.
The murder of Mrs. Henderson, arose
from her refusal to sign away a farm to
which she had deed in fee simple. This
farm the father and son wanted to dispose of.
The result of the preliminary trial released
William, but the other brother and father
were remanded to jail.
Stillwell Henderson,, the old man, made
a full confession of the affair to the officers,
which was about as follows: My wife,
myself and two sons were on our way to
Troy Wednesday morning to make ac-
acknowledgement of deed to piece of land
had sold When within about a mile Of
Troy she said the would notsign the deed and
row at once ensued, and resulted in my
son Sam knocking her on the head with a
large stick of wood and killing her. The
boys then carried her to barn near by, cut
off her head, and threw it into brush pile.
They then stripped the body of all the cloth
ing and threw it into cistern. had moth
ing to do with the killing; the boys did it
all. y
AT eight o'clock last night masked mob
of one hundred men made demand on the
jailer for f. M. Henderson,. the oldest
son of the murdered woman. On their de-
nand being refused they battered down the
doors and, seizing the culprit, dragged him
from the Jail and hung him to a tree.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
LATER.

RETURNS from the Ohio election up to
2:30 o'clock on the morning of the 10Th in,
dicated the election of the Republican
ticket, headed by General James S. Rob
inson for Secretary of State, by a ma
jority ranging from IS 900 to 1000, and ii
was thought that the Republicans would
have thirteen of the twenty-one Congress
men. In large cities in the State the ex-
element was intense, and at Cincinnati
three nnen, were killed and several others
were badly injured during the day.
LIGHT snow fell at Montreal on the 14th,
the first of the season.
Two BROTHERS, Samuel B. Latham and
Silas B. Latham, with their wives, cole
DRAFTED their golden weddings at Noank,
Conn.,, few days ago. The two couples
were the parties to double wedding in
1884.
JUSTIN S. MORRILL,. was reelected to the
United States Senate on the 18th by the
Vermont Legislature. sg
| PRESIDENT ARTHUR arrived@in Wash.
ington on the 14th and appointed Frank
Hatton Postmaster General, the oath O
office being administered by James Law.
renson, who has performed the same Office
for twenty two Postmaster. Generals, be-
ginning with Postmaster.Ge General Wick
life, of Kentucky. in 1S4l.
In Arago. Township, d. T., on the 14th
eight persons had died of small pox, while
nineteen weressick with the disease.
DURING the seven days ended on the 14th
produce exports from New York reached
S5,651,oOO, against S7,110,OOO the previous
seven days.
! SAMUEL TUDOR, paying teller for s. s.
Davis tthe Cincinnati banker who failed
recently, was. on the 18th discovered to be
defaulterA for $4,000, which caused the
crash:
JAMES CAMPBELL & Sons, of Toronto,
the oldest publishing house in Canada,
suspended on the 14th, with liabilities OF
$780, 900.
| DURING the twenty-four hours ended
nine p. m. on the 18th there were 149 fresh
cases of cholera and 104 deaths reported in
Italy, including fifty seven cases and
forty-three deaths at Naples.
IT was estimated thattat the election in
West Virginia OH the Ia h the Democratic
State ticket was elected by about 5000
majority.
THE False Prophet was on the 18th re-
ported to be gathering large force to
again invest Khartounl,
/ DIsPATcHEs on the z4th from Columbus,
O., stated that all the syndicate mines in
the Hooking Valley, with the exception Of
Nos. 5 and Z, were on fire. 1t was impos :
| sible to get at theihames. Thus far there
had beenno disturbance in the valley, but
the excitement there was reported to bs
intense. Nc one doubted that the striking
lcolliers sci. fire to the mine,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
THE RAG-MARKET.


The Government Embargo Imported
Rags and Its Effect on the Paper Trade
Prices Likely to Reach High Point.
New York, Oct. 1O.-"How has the
cholera embargo on rags affected the paper
marzet?n was said to the editor of the POI
per Trade Journal yesterday. "The mar
ket is very strong. Prices were low, but
they have advanced steadily in some grades
since the embargo was laid. The lowest
price touched in paper, such as is used
by newspapers, was five and half cents
pound at which rate contract for 100000.
reams was made by.a Rose street publisher
two weeks ago. Now the price is half a
cent pound higher, although not an ounce
of rags will be used in making the paper.
The rise in the price of rag-paper will di-
vert the chemically prepared wood-pulp to
writing paper, and so even the cheapest
grades must advance. A further advance
Of from ten to twenty per cent. would not
surprise me much"
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 10.4The paper
trade il in a Tuinous condition, caused by
the. Government embargo on the importa-
ton of foreign rags. The Eastern book
paper manufacturers have called conven-
ton at Cleveland for the15th of this month,
to consider the condition of the market.
"The price Of paper" said one of the
largest manufacturers in the country yes
terday, lis bound to go up, for to embargo
rags from foreign ports is to cut down our
supply Just one-half. Before 1860 book
paper was fourteen to sixteen cents and
news paper ten to eleven cents pound.
To-day book paper is seven to eight cents
per pound and news paper five to six cents;
and these goods are better now thaA then.
Paper for year past has been SO low that
only the best plants could hold their
own, and rags have sometimes been so
low that it was cheaper to burn them than
to collect. This condition of affairs has
made the publication Of so many penny
newspapers possible. If, as seems likely,
the embargo is continued another year, it is
evident that rags must advance twenty-five
and perhaps one hundred per cent Even
before the effect is beginning to be acknewl-
edged they have advanced thirty to fifty per
cent The paper-mills in this.country have
short supply, and the domestic dealers have
none on hand.
sBy December / the 1000 mills using
1000 to 5000 tons per day will have ground
up all the rags in sight. The situation has
been fully grasped by few leading paper
makers, who have secured ali the foreign
stock, spot, and what is on the water"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
An Underground COunterfeiting Estab-
IisI1ment.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. LIN de-
molishing an old building on the top OF
East Rock, the workmen discovered several
underground passages thirty or forty feet
long, fifteen feet high and three feet wide,
which led to subterranean vault. Several
counterfeit silver pieces and a broken die
were found. Milton j. Stewart the last
occupant, disclaims any knowledge of ths
matter. The place had an unsavOry Teputar
ton. Murder and various crimes had been
committed there.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
Shot His Sweetheart and then Himself.

LANCASTER, Pa, Oct. IA. Lawrence L.
Cauley, Of Philadelphia, aged fifteen, last
evening shot Mamie Benson, aged fourteen,
of this city, and then shot himself fatally.
The shot fired at the girl made a painful
but not fatal wound. Cauley some time ago
was employed at the Lancaster Watch Fac
tory. where the girl was also employed He
fell in lovewith her. He left Lancaster early
inJune and went to Philadelphia. He per-
sisted in sending the girl prOtestations Of
affection; also letters threatening to kill her
If she refused to receive his attentions. He
returned to Lancaster ten days ago, and,
meeting the girl on the street last evening,
shot her and then himself.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
COunterfeiters Arrested.

WABASH, Ind, Oct 14.-Three men who
have been dealing extensively in counter
felt money in Lafontaine, this county, were
arrested there yesterday. All are stran-
gers, and refused to give their names
Large sums in bogus silver coin
were found on their persons, and
they confessed to passing several
counterfeit silver certificates in addition to
the coin. The certificates -one of which, it
is alleged, was accepted by the First Ma
tional Bank-are admirably executed, but
the coins are badly finished. Two other
members, one leader of the gang, will be
arrested within a day or two.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
Prescribed Chinese.

WASHINGTON, Oct. IA few days age
a party of eightv-six Cinnamon arrived at
San Francisco Some of them, who had
formerly resided in the United States, were
provided with certificates prescribed by the
act of 1882, but none Of them had the GER
certificates required by the supplementary
act of 1884. They were not permitted to
land, as the United States courts in Cali
fornia recently decided that Chinese can be
allowed to land only on production Of the
evidence required by law. The Treasury
Department was appealed to, but the Secre-
tary has decided not to interfere in the mat
tel. on the ground that it is question to be
settled by the courts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17
Mr.. Daniels Acceptance.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct 1O.-WiIliam
Daniel. the Prohibition candidate for Vice
President, has issued his formal letter Of
acceptance of the nomination. It discusses
in detail the basis Of Prohibition, reviews
the growth and extent of the Prohibitory
law, shows wherein the sentiment is not
utilized, that drink decentralization is on the
increase that officials fail to enforce the
law; it speaks Of the policy OF National and
State Governments, gives method for
changing the policy, holds the present par
ties are opposed to the reformation, and
pleads that the presence of the Prohibition
PARTY is a necessity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17

nooga was within three inches Of the lows
est point ever reached.
THOMAS JONES, while carelessly hand.
ling shotgun recently in Micklinburg
County, Va, shot and killed his brother
Henry.
The failure is announced of s. s. Davis,
banker Of Cincinnati, with liabilities Of
$4,000, considerable portion of which
was due to benevolent Organizations or
secret societies.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17

Antique clocks and old colonial
furniture are the latest craze in New
\ ork. Recently a dealer in that city
received $500 from the wife of mil
lionaire for an old Dutch clock made in
Amsterdam in 1884 An old { an Do
mingo mahogany sideboard. with inlaid
panels and mirror back, which he had
in stock, he expected to get $500 for.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-17

The Russian Government has
sought, thus far in vain, to bring about
the general use of coal in that country
instead of wood, in order to save the
forests. AS though no such thing as a
good stove or heater was known, a
prize has been offered for the best APP
paratus for utilizing coal in Government
Offices.