The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-04
March ,. 1885.

March >, 1885.
"Wednesday morning as the west
bound freight pulled out from the
Echols switch a man was observed
walking leisurely up the road. Just as
the engine approached he suddenly
threw himself across the track with the
evident intention of being crushed by
the passing train, but the pilot threw
him clear off the road, infiicting SCI
rious injury about the lumbar region,
bedsides confused wound on the left
shoulder and bruises on the left hip
and elbow. The train was at once stop
ped, the man put in the cabOose and
brought to RockpOrt. The assistant
surgeon, DIR. Layton, was called and
every thing done that was necessary.
He gave his name as ;. b. Watkins,
said his father lived at Upton, KY,
where dispatch was at once sent. His
obstinate reticeDce, which clearly indi-
Gated an alteration of mind, foiled all
CilOtt1 W SCl Ut ItiClS tildu
his name, where his father lived, and
that he was Singer sewing machine
agent at Leitchfield, Ky. Had he
turned off trimming draught from
the fatal Lethe itself. he could not have
seemed more obliviOus to the last few
days of his existence; and ] have no
doubt, whatever the cause, that in fit
of dementia he wandered away, he
cared not, he knew not, where, and to
end a wretched life sought the horrible
death ne came so near finding. On the
following day his father came. They
suicide, but that he missed his footing
i'm an effort to ge; off the road, also that
the cause of his added condition was a
powerful shock from galvanic battery
at Leitchfield. | suspect, however, il
was a ga'lvanic shock from some prime
old "bust- head," that muddled his
brain. They left for Urton Friday.
The old gentleman impressed me a.
a staunch. Old>fashiOned Kentucky
farmer, of some means aud respectable
ity.
Henry Cummins has sold his fine
young jack to Nessrs. Scroggin, Hud
son x Co, of Louisville, for $500, just
half his real value, Such an animal
and such sale are creditatle to Mr..
Cummins and the county As well. This
young animal, bred and raised by Mr.
Cummins. is 8 years old, al hands
high, hasa splendid form. fine style and
action, is a beautiful black, and weighs
nearly 500 pounds. Mr.. Cummins was
offered the same price for his old jack,
but declined it.
The postal caldron is simmering here
and threatens soon to "bile" Many
want Miss Duke to get the appoint
ment, some j. l. Benton and few
Reid, Haden & Co. merely for certain
to the public. AS for my
part think 1t should be given Miss
Duke. But | have an idea that these
little two-for ii nickel offices will not |
be so revolutionary and all fired volcae
ic as some seem to suppose.
5. A. Jackson and the James Bros. |
are receivint tobacco at a rate which |
seems to resuscitate the old corpse of
trade, but the brute has a far away,
Rip Van Wrinkle aspect, as it were.
Messrs. Brown, Taylor and Balds
have returned from the y. o. Exposi-
ton. They were delighted with the
gigantic show
Born, to the wife of Mr.. Greenwood,
on the lst inst, boy.
Mr.. Sam Naples has moved to town.
Mr.. Beck's little child did not die as
but is getting well. The re-
port grew out of the fact that the ply
stefan and parents mad despaired of its
recovery.
Mrs. Yarbrough, of Lewisburg, Lo-
gan county, daughter of Robt. Duncan,
and her little sou, accompanied by Mr..
r. G.. Duncan and wife, visited Mr.. aud
Mrs. Robt Duncan last week.
Soulfully,
SUGGS.