The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-12-21
THE COMMONWEALTH

many vicious freaks. She would strike her |
nose against any available object until the
skin and fesh were torn away. Alarmed
OF the Danger Of doing harm, Mr.. SWEET
nam dispatched the animal and made an
examination, when, on cutting her head
open, . copperheed snake was found In
her nose which had orawled up the left
nostrilr over the bridge OF the nose, and
down Tie right nostril, where It's fangs
were firmly imbedded. complete hiding II
from view
AT The meeting OF the State Grange at
Louisviie 1t was resolved that Pomona
or county Grange may be formed in any
county where there are three OF more
Granges and that each Pomona Grange
may regulate its voting members and its
own retenue.
ON Tie morning OF tie i4th, near small
town .calicA santa Fe, on the FsismonntS
and 81 frst p'ks, VAL Jsif killed h'pss
self Nv q pistol.shot, upon the porch OF
his residence, but whether accidentally or
intentionally Is not known. lie was
yonns man, and but lately married. His
sister .n law, Mrs. Clark, who was married
at thesame time, committed suicide about
a we'd before by drowning.
Via c. SMITH, son OF farmer residing
in Muklenberg County, fell into a cistern
Of dekD water the other afternoon, and
wouldbsve drowned but Cor the timely as
sistank Of three ladies. Seeing his condi-
tion ofe of them consented to being low
cred ito the cistern by rope and grasped
the by just as he was sinking the last
time. Both were then drawn up by the
other fvo ladies.
THok MCNAMARA. who cut and Killed
Conductor John &. Bane, was indicted for
murd$ by the grand jury at Lexington.
McNabara is still at large.
AT late hour the other evening a ter
rifle Explosion of blasting powder took
place p the Reinecke coal mines. in Hop
hns county, killing three miners named
Ed R@r, Titus Nerritt and Alex. Ashby,
ind dk troying $4,000 worth Of property.
II is Said the accident resulted from the
carelessness Of Ashby, who was drinking.
Rear and Merritt were evidently suffo.
ceteJ hut Ashby's body was terribly
bruissi ami burned Tine elevator VAS
blown from the mine, so no one could go
downto where the dead were until next
morning One of the cages in the cell was
blown five hundred feet
CAPrAIN SAM LEAvY, state Senator Il ON
the woodford district, will accept the
Yankton Indian Agency, to which he was
recently appointed by the President Hon.
W. C.Owens, of Scott, and Mr.. John II.
Welch- OF Jesssmine. are named 20 succeed
Captain Leavy In the Senate.
SorSsr unknnkxp lisaaaa IL nlavin0 hayor
with the hogs in the Hutchinson neigh
lew weeks more than a thousand have
died.
REv. JAMES T. BoYCE, president of the
Southern Baptist Theological School at
Louisville, who has been residing in
France some time for his health, was re-
ported dangerously i'll in Paris on the nth.
HARRY SMART, charged with the murder
Of Mcisner Green and Belle Ward, WHO
wepe fopud floating in the river at Louis
WIN -fst summer, WIS vi ruc rom sss.-~A
guilty, and the sentence fixed was death
Smart, Tn another count of the same
charge was convicted several weeks ago
and sentenced 10 the pc nitentary for life.
A Two-HoRsE team belonging TO VIM.
Carneal was demolished by train at GU
thrie. Mr. Carneal is badly injured.
TIM post-ofiice at St Johns Asylum,
Kenton County, has been abolished.
Isaac A. MORGAN has been appointed
postmaster at Eversole, Owsley County,
vice John s. Reynolds, resigned.
r. o. FoRNAN Is now postmaster at Har-
risburgh, Owen County, vice Z. =. Thomp-
son. resigned.
THE Kentucky horticulturists declare
that the English sparrow should be exter-
minated
On Uncle" Mat Anderson, Of color,
died in Hart County recently of old age,
aged ninety wears In the time OF slavery
'Uncle" Mat belonged to Major A. Ander-
son, bur when he was freed he refused To
leave his old master, and lived with him
up 70 the time of his death.
JIM JACKSON was struck on the head
with a claw hammer by James Connolly,
at Paris, and probably fatally injured.
IHE jury in the celebrated book maker
Riley box case at Lexington, after being
out six hours returned verdict of not
guilty, and Robert Thurman is now a free
man.
THE little mining town OF Mercer, Ia
Muhlenberg County, Is greatly stirred up
over the arrest of Green Cobb and Gran
willie Foster, charged with robbing trains
and other thefts During the past year
thousands OF dollars worth Of goods have
been stolen from trains ON the Newport
News railroad. A detective traced the
matter 10 Mercer. and arrested Cobb aud
Foster the other day. Barrels of whisky
and boxes of goods were found hidden in
a shaft AT the coal mines Foster confssses
his guilt, but refused 90 imp.icato his
partner An officer from Brming ham,
Ala, bearing requisition for Fosters
arrest on a charge OF arson, reached Mer-
Ger. 1t is stated that Foster will be tried
in this State first.
rHE following Kentucky pensions were
granted on the 10th: Geo. L. Davis. Maui
din; Levi W. Cline, Limestone; Jos. Payn-
ter, Mt. Olivet; Walter Florida. Frankfort;
Robert Haywood, Gugersville; David
Dawson, New Haven; VIM. McArmes,
Shrewsbury; Daniel Gilliland, Richard
sons Landing; Com h. Green, Beachville
Jas. r. Nichols, Randolph; Jno. I. Nicely,
Sturgeon; T. isha w. Gabbard, Drip Rock
John Waltrip, Beach Grove; Barrel J.
Smith, Rochester; Alex Hall, Myers; VIM.
q. Gray, Louisville; Anguish T.. Hurt,
Edmont; Jos. Green (deceased), Marshon's
Cross Roads; minors of Chss. +. Taylor,
Litchheld.
WIN HINES, young man working as a
saddler with Mr.. Hotties, Lexington, at
tempted to commit suicide the other even
ing by shooting himself in the head with a
pistol. He was suffering from an incura