The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-08-05
STATE NEWS.

The App, Hate Court candidates are
quiet.
Kentucky has Sl3 miles Of river
frontage.
There il an organic ii band of robbers
In Mclean county.
Bowling Green is in notion of es-
tablishing street ear line.
Simon Bolivar Buckner is grooming
for Gubernatorial honors m 1857.
Fifty per cent of our grand old Cons
monwealth'- area is covered with wood.
Louisville il happy. Her base ball
club beat the Cincinnsttis three success.
sive games.
sam Jones. the Georgia evangelical
cursosity, is conducting meeting at
High Bridge. Sans phenomenal and
eccentric course will be run ere long.
\ punctual fee payer was presented
n fine watch by the officers of the
Warren county court, for the great
amount of litigation he had been
engaged in.
Col. Thomas l.. Jones is strongly IN.
dorsed for the Madrid or other paying
mission. IL he fails To get "A foreign
post, he expects to. run
for the Governorship, and thinks the
party ought to recognize him.
The announcement Of Hartford Col
lege aud Business Institute, of Hart
ford, Ky, appears in this issue. There
l. thoruughness that j. commendable
in the educational institutions of
Western Kentucky, and Hartford Col.
lege is among the most progressive
Nelson Record.
The Kentucky Press Association has
been called To meet in Henderson to.
morrow. All the editors have been in
vited To attend and participate i'm the
festi sitie.. The new railroad bridge
will he formally opened, and a grand
pyrotechnic display will occur al night.
The city will be Illuminated, and have
on its Sunday clothes generally.
Mr.. John Kirby, who lives near
attempted suicide, We'd
nesday, 10y taking chloroform. He was
al deaths door when discovered, but
ia l .l..l In. ss.s.
him after hard work. III health is As
signed as the cause for his rash pur-
pose To take his life. He made his will
several days ago.-Messenger.
Everything is running smoothly i'm
The collectors Office, and Collector
Wood seems as much at home with the
duties Of the Office as though he had
filed the position for years instead of a
few short weeks. There have been no
new changes since our last report, and
probably will Toe done before, the first
IF September next, at which time there
will doubtless be wholesale turning
,ut and ushering in. A good time is
coming boys; wait a little longer
The residence Of Mr.. Chas. Stuart, at |
Lewis Station, about twelve miles |
rom the city, was totally destroyed by
Ire, with all its contents, early Tues
lay morning, the 2Sth. The fire caught
rom a defective tiue and spread with
'uch rapidity that the inmates of the
mousse, especially the children. narrow
Y escaped with their lives. The loss
Vas about 1900; insurance, $3.50 on
he house and $50 on the furniture in
he Phoenix, represented ly J. c. Rudd
K Son, of this city.-Messen0er.
The Central City 1rguS says: "Fri.
lay deaf man was knocked from the
rack of the o. & n. railroad at the cut
lear Penrod, by the accommo dation
rain from the South. He had mar
ow escape, as he was along I'm front of
he train, when he was struck by the
ngine and knocked clear up on the
\
ut He was not injured to any very
,reat extent He was walking along
for the train from the North
instead of the South, and did not hear
he whistle of that train.r
The case against Jack WEIGH, the o.
n. engineer who was arrested for
murder at the instance OF DIR. James, of
'enrod, was dismissed at Central City,
tuesday, the 2Sth, Oh motion of the
ttorney for the prosecution. The
License demanded the grounds for this
tep, and disputed the right of the pros
cution TO dismiss the case without Civ
ny sufficient reason. The presiding
Judge thought differently. however, and
discharged the defendant without trial.
The Central City argus says it is not
'nown why the prosecution took this
tep.