Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-20
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE
The Somerset Republican appeared
in octave form last week.

The Somerset Republican appeared
in octave form last week.
Ex-Gov. Jno. P. st. John lectured
on Prohibition in Louisville, Monday
night.
Jas. Murray, col, aged l6, fatally
cut Henry Murrell, another boy, in
Warren county.
Chas. Mannel was shot to death by
Eli Lucas at a negro dance at Louis
will. Both colored.
The dead body of Richard Mullins
was found in the woods in Kenton
county, frozen stiff.
Judge NJ. T. Carpenter, one of the
editors of the Shelby Sentinel, died
last Sunday, aged As years.
At Vanceburg Henry Redden,
while crazed with fever, blew out
his brains with a shotgun.
Geo. Harris, col, second cook on
the Henderson transfer Iron Cliff,
was drowned Tuesday, by falling
overheard.
Sam Handley shot and killed Nc
Donald Ward with a shotgun, at
Millersburg, near Lcitchfell. There
was no provocation.
Henry Patterson, first mate of the
steamer Granite State, was killed by
falling shaft at the wharf at Louis
vile last Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bouy, aged SO, a
widower of a soldier of 1872 and U.
S. pensioner, was burned to death,
while alone in her house, near Fall
mouth.
In shooting melee at a negro
dance, near Maysville, the wife of
John Small was accidentally killed
by Oscar Bennett, who was shooting
at Ben Robinson.
The grand jury of Franklin county
has indicted the county Judge and
Magistrates for failing to provide a
Jail with sufficient accommodations
wherein TO confine prisoners.
The tobacco barn of j. Q. A. King,
near Flemingsburg, was burned Sun
day by an incendlary. A fine stallion,
all his farming implements and large
crop of tobacco were burned ;loss ST.
900, wholly uninsured.
AT Shelbyville last Sunday VIM
Adams, painter, murdered Miss
TIME Wilmoth because she would
not marry him and then committed
suicide by shooting. They were
found dead together where they had
been walking on the railroad.
MEADE Co. News: We learn that
on Wednesday of last week, Mr.. Jno.
Devore, who was living on the john
SON Bennett farm, was found dead in
the road near the head of Wolf Creek.
We were unable to get any of the
particulars.
At Whitesburg, Letcher county, a
ku-Klux gang attempted to arrest
Wash Craft last week and Craft shot
and killed VIM. Cook the leader and
put the others to fight. The entire
county is rejoicing over Cooks fate.
On the same day, near the same place
one Banks, murderer out on bond,
shot and killed Ambrose Amburgy
in an alteration, and defcs arrest.
On the next day McClelland
Adams, another member of the law
less gang, shot and killed Robt. Elem
ing on account of a little misunder-
standing, making his second murder
in thirty days. The outlaws defy the
law and things are in a desperate
strait.
Commercial: William Adams,
who killed his sweetheart and COM
mitted suicide near Shelbyville Sum
day, was buried near that city yes
terday. A strange story was related
to a Commercial reporter last night
by relative ofthe decea sed. Adams
owned pet dog which was an insep-
arabic companion in his moody
wanderings. After his remains had
been taken to his home the dog
stationed himself close beside the
body of his dead master and refused
to be driven away. just before the
funeral services were performed the
dog was locked up in barn. After
the interment a brother of Adams
went to the barn TO release the dog,
but found he had burrowcd a hole
under the walls Of the building and
escaped. As the animal could not be
found anywhere about the place,
visit was made to the new-made
grave, where it was found that it
had dug shallow hole beside the
grave and laid down. An effort was
made to arouse the brute, but with
out avail, as it was stone dead.