Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-30

The remains of a man has been
found near st. Paul, MINI, with a
buffet hole through his head, which
answer TO the description of Tascot
the Smell murderder.
The escape,ofa bear from the stage
caused quite "A panic in Louisville
theatre, and dozen or more persons
were knocked down and trampled
upon in trying 10 escape.
IF w. Rice, one of the photogra-
piers who has been swindlhg the
people of Memphis for the past two
months, has boon arrested on a
bench warrant, aud Is now In iaii.
The heavy rain storms last week,
caused terrible land slide at Kansas
City, which threatens gteat injury to
property in the vacinity. The resi-
dents were compelled to flee for their
lives.
The party of louisville gentlemen
who have been working to develop
lead mines near Georgetown KY,
have discovered an inch vein of silver
and intend shorty to begin extensive
operations in their newly discovered
bonanza.
Leo. Weltz, formerly a member of
the Board of Public Works, OF Ohio,
was for long time head gardener to
Emperor William, and possesses
valuable medal whicbhis distinguish
ed patron personally pinned upon his
breast.
Gen. Moore, Commander of the
Salvation Army in America, has ar
rived at Plymouth, Mass to superin-
tend the reformation of the new corps
of Salvationists there who rebelled
and set up as an Independent body.
The steamship Initiative, from
Gibraltar for New York, has been de-
tained at quarantine with case of
smallpox in the steerage. The dis
ease attacked thirteen other steerage |
passengers, and the vessel will prob
ably be kept in the lower bay for
several days.
A man named McGrabam, an en-
ginPer on the Nashville, Chattanooga
4 81. Louis Road, was sandbagged |
and robbed of $25 in the Cincinnati |
freight yards, Chattanooga,
after which he was laid across the |
railroad track TO be run over by a
train. He recovered consciousness
in time TO save his life.
Charles f. Stain, who gave the in
that led to the arrest of the
murderers of the cashier (Barron) of
the Dexter Bank at Augusta, Me-,
made full confession, in which he
implicated his father and Oliver
Cromwell in the Messenger murder,
at Norfolk, Mass.
There is at last some indication that
he people of the counties of West
Virginia and Kentucky lying along
he Big Sandy River will be released
from the dominion of the. band of
murderers and outlaws
which has ranged up and down thel
over an are of more than 100
square miles during the past eighteen
The preliminary trial of Jim Day
Frank Powell, Dave-R insy and Sam
Redden fof the lynohing of o negro1
FAMED ] efr Curry, has been concluded |
Pee evidence agains them was SO
itrong that theyfwere committed to
all without bail to await the action
IF the grand jury. This is the first |
ime in the history of the state that
white men were arrested and convict
ID for lynching negro.
A queer tale comes from Perry
county, Tenn. A man named Will
amson stole hog from a butcher
md made off with 1t. Before he
cached home he had to cross a fence,
md it seems he threw the hog over
before. him. lie had failed to take
,ut the gammond stick and il caught
lin by the neck, and when found
lext morning he was dead and cold,
With his prey on one side of the fence
md his body on the other.
Two shocking tragedies occurred
lear Owensville, Ky, the 25th. Lee
Rice, leading citizen of the wyom-
ng neighborhood, shot and mortally
Wounded himself, with a suicidal in
ent, when the community was again
tariled by the announcement of the
act that Judge Thomas b Hamilton,
whose home was short distance off, j
lad deliberately placed the muzzle of !,
shotgun to his forehead and blew
way the entire toR and front of his
ead, producing instant death. 9e SIS
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