The Hartford herald., 1885-06-03
STATE NEWS.

The residence of Cen Frank Wolford
burned Tuesday at Columbia.
A telephone line from Princeton to
Evansville has been completed.
A disastrous fire took place at Har-
rodsburg, Ky. on Tuesday night of
last week.
BANDS Hotel, at Sacramento, burned
on Tuesday night Of last week. Cow
cred by insurance.
VIM. Greenwell was run over and
killed by train of cars ia Nelson
county one night last week.
Mrs Haldeman, wife Of John A.
Haldeman, of the Courier. Joun nal,
died Monday morning Of last week at
Louisville.
An attempt was made Monday of
last week to assassinate Jas B. Sears,
editor of the Jesssmine journal, at
Nicholasville.
Suit is to bee brought against Robert
j. Breckinridge for the recovery of his
alleged shortage as treasurer of the
Knights of Honor.
A lump Of coal from CloverpOrt, KY,
known a. Brecinridge camel coal,
weighing $500 pounds was shipped to
London, England, recently.
Two juries have failed to find Lon
Howard, the murderer of Cal Smith,
insane. Ii is supposed the next tribu-
nal before which he figures will be the
grand jury of Daviess county.
Jack Swoope, who was hit in the
head with hatchet at Curdsville by
Bob Layson, recently, an account of
which appeared in the HERALD at the
time, is reported rs being barely alive.
Rev. James +. Stone, of Hawesville,
died on the 2lst ult. He WAS Clerk of
the Circuit and County Court of that
county for over 35 years. He was the
father of Mrs. DIR. Taylor, of Owens
boro.
Habery's tobacco factory at Bremen,
was burned last Wednesday morning.
The house contained about 10000
pounds OF tobacco. No insurance. The
fire is supposed to be the work of an
incendiary.
James Dearmand, young man
about Is years old, while working on a
raft of saw logs in. in Mud river, one
day last week, fell into the river and
being unable to swim was drowped be-
fore he could he gotten out.
Sheriff Duncan, of Hardin county,
took the following prisoners to the
penitentiary Tuesday: H. Y Holds
worth, forgery. years; David Thur.
man, grand larceny. l year; Isham
Standiford,grand larceny, year; VIM.
Crody, housebreaking, 3 years.
w. S. Gilbert, alias w. G. Howard,
who stole two horses, wagon and
other property belonging to Mr.. VIM.
Gregory, of Daviess county, was cap
tured at Russellville on Monday of last
week and brought back to Owensboro
and lodged i'm Jail. Howard is formerly
from Logan county.
Harry Holdsworth has been sent to
the penitentiary for seven years from
Elizabethtown for forgery. Holds
worth was of the firm of Hotopp K
Holdsworth, bankers, and forged
cheeks on his partner to the extent of
several thousand dollars. He ran away
and was captured in New Orleans.
The Echo says, during the past week
more tobacco has been brought to town
than We ever remember to haye no.
ticed in the same length of time. Not
less than one fourth of million
pounds have been. delivered since last
Saturday. On Saturday it Is estimated
that $50 wagons We're unloaded at the
different factories.
Col. VIM. H. Rowan, County Clerk
of Nelson, had a narrow escape from
death last Sunday morning. He was
handling shot gun when the charge
exploded. The shot struck him just
b. hind the ear and tore the skin of
several inches of the scalp. The wound
is severe. A DETECTION of the muzzle
of the gun one half inch would have
caused his death. Record.
The RusseIlville Herald. Enterprise
says: "Alex Grinter, for hog stealing
Ed Bunch, for shooting and wOunding;
FL, Ell Galloway for cutting and
wounding; Joe Beauchsmp, for per-
jury; Jerry Evans, for fornication
Jim Tully, for the same Offense, and
George Beauchamp as a nuisance, all
colored, and all indicted at the last
term of the Circuit Court, have been
caught and jailed in the last week.
Jordan Taylor, who is to be hanged
June Goth, in Hopkinsville, KY. has
professed religion and expressed de-
sire to be immersed i'm the river, but rs
this proceeding cannot be allowed, a
baptistry will be arranged in the Jail If
he insists upon being immersed. Jor-
dan has recently been shaved and his
health has been considerably improved
and he is now fat and healthy. He
has taken up an idea that by some
means he will escape the gallOws.
A steam mill, near Richlieu blew
up on last Monday, killing instant.
ly, three men and boy and injuring
others. The engineer, we understand,
was badly but probably not fatally
scalded. The accident is said to have
been caused by boy tinkering with a
tap or bolt after he had been warned
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