The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-06
NO "A.
Last Saturday was fatal for

Last Saturday was fatal for
railroads aud travellers, The most disas.
trous collision that ever occurred on the
Cincinnati Southern roed took place one
mile north of Greenwood aud seventeen
miles south Of Somerset, KY Express No,
from Chattanooga and Express No. from
Cincinnati, the former running sixty miles
an hour and the latter thirty.ive, crashed in
TO each other. Both engines were entirely
demolished all but two cars on No. tran
destroyed, mail aud express matter burned,
aud the following persons killed outright
Lee Withrow, baggage master No. /; H. Cal.
Ion, baggage master No .; NJ. ID. Powell,
Il. d o. express messenger on No. 2. BE.
sides the killed thirteen were wounded three
of whom have since died and Others are cN.
pected to. All the train men proper escaped
The cause of the catastrophe was by Conduo.
tor Shrum, of No. 2, mistaking the word
summit" for Somerset" and he is said
to be insane over the discovery, but the
railroad company Is the more 10 blame for
having two stations of similar name so close
togethcr..".Or the Chicago and Atlantic,
six miles from Koutz, Ind, two freight trains
collidcd. brakeman was killed and a car
load of cattle burned......On the N. Y, Pa.
a o., five miles from jacksonville, Pa, a
freight and passenger train came together
with crash. One passenger two engineers
and two firemen were killed outright. and
sixteen others frightfuly wounded. Three
engines aud eleven cars were destroyed.
The Anderson News, speak
ing of the birth of triplcts to the wife of Joe
Ripey, which occurred last week. says il may
be observed that Anderson has bigger if
not better record in such matters than any
county in this State or perhaps any State.
This is not the first case of triplets for the
county. Three daughters Of the wife OF
John HORNE were born at the same time,
and triplets were also born in this county 10
the wife of Frank Brown, and 20 n colorcd
woman living on the farm of the late Sala-
thiel Cole three children were also born at
the same time. AS to twins more than a
dozen living pairs may be- easily enumera.
ted-most of them being in or very near
town.--Midway Clipper,
Wonder if the above ign't a "moonshinco
advertisement Of the merits of anderson
county sour-mash?
The Kentucky papers are
full Of reports that Hon. James Il. Beck,
who is to be reelected W, thout opposition
to the United States Senate from Kentucky
by the Legislature which begins its session
today, has decided TO remove to Louisville
IA 10 al L.
a chance, and that it may not be said that
the Senators arc from the same district and
live in adjoining counties. This may or may
not be true; but it will amount to nothing
Blackburn is serving his last term, and Lc
may as well understand it now ny two years
hence. lie can make his arrangements 70
step down and out, for as surely as 1890 or.
rives there will be new face at the Senate
rial door.--Richmond Register.
Now you're shoutin'. Eastern Kentucky
will find man to ill Joes position there.
after.
a report comes from Clear
water Mich, that hoy died, was prepared
for burial placed ia his coffin, and. while
the family were at dinner he stepped down
and out of the coffin, put on his every day
clothes and played about ~ was his won't
for tive or three hours, when he went dead
again, the last time for keeps" The story
may be true, but il sounds like Mulhattar
ora Michigan lie.
AT Mt. Sterling, Sunday,the
steam laundry and two dwelling houses al.
al tyaro Ja,tro,,c1 10, Ia, fpLn Ios.
the laundry is especially severe on the town.
Rev, G. u. Williamson of the
Christian Church, has been called to the
pastoratc of church at Richmond on a
salary Of $500 year.
A law has been enacted in
Waldeck, Germany, forbidding the granting
Of q marriage license 10 person addicted
to the liquor habit.
Policeman John Off'utt acct.
dentally shot himself while playing with
pistol, Saturday night, at Lexington, ami
died on Sunday
There are nine British mis-
sionary societies now laboring in Africa,
with an aggregate annual expenditure vi
; 100000.
Sheriff Winters, of Hickman
county, was shot and MORALLY wounded,
Friday, by Sam Price, whom he was trying
to arrest.
AT st. Louis, Sunday, James
Cullen, while exhibiting new shot gun 70
his sister and wife. accidentally killed the
latter.
At the Golden Jubilee" Of