The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-12-31
THE COMMONWEALTH.

A1AC OF a 4dbC AOuI LllG OLuCI ulHlls dltAs
together with his smoke house and
stable and all their contents, were en-
tirely consumed before the flames could
be gotten under control. His entire crop
of tobacco and thirty-six head of fine
sheep were burned up His family was
from home at the time, and the fire is
believed to have been the work Of in
cendiaries. His total loss is not less
than $4,000, and he only had $3.50 insur-
ance on his residence.
GABE HARRIS, who is wanted at Muir
ray to answer for burglarizing the cir
cult court clerks Office and stealing
therefrOm an Indictment against him
for perjury, was taken from Paducah, a
few days ago. He is also on bond TO
answer before the circuit court at Pa
ducah for OBTAINING a woman against
her will, which offense was committed
a few months since
JAS. SAYRE, aged twenty-three, was
instantly killed by a runaway, near
Lexington, few days ago. He, with
another young man, had started TO the
farm of Jas. Barnes, one and One-half
miles from the city, in a spring wagon,
when his horse took fright and run
away, throwing him to the road, frac-
turing his skull, and killing him in
stantly. He was a Mercer County fare
mer, and was visiting in the city.
The Kentucky Derby distance for 1898
has been shortened to 4 miles.
THE first fatal accident that ever oc-
CURED at Lexington with electricity
took place the other afternoon, when a
horse attached to a rockaway was in
stantly killed by dead wire that had
come in contact with an electric light
wire. Electricity has been used for
lighting there for more than six years.
THE river towns are complaining of
the shanty boat jewellers as a danger
Gus nuisance.
NEAR Manchester, the other morn
ing, a ffteen-year-old boy named Wood
shot and killed Robert Gregory Greg
DRY, three months before, killed the
boys father, ThOs. Wood.
HENRY WATTERsON has been chosen
to fill the vacancy in the National Dem
ocratic Committee, caused by the death
of Henry d. McHenry.
Mrs. WILSON FRANCIS, of Scottsburg,
Caldwell County, was sitting in her
room playing with her children, when
her clothing was suddenly discovered
on fire. Starting up, she ran from the
house wrapped in flames. Water was
thrown upon her, but she was so terri
bly, burned that she has since died in
great agony.
IN a drunken row at Chilesburg, Fay
cite County, tough named James Par
ton, from Jacks Creek, was killed. Two
or three others were injured during the
fusilade of over hundred shots.
CLovEBPoBT is jubilant over a prom
ised revival of its boom, the promise be-
ing conveyed by the success, after sew
eral disappOintments, of the search for
salt water.
A sXTY-FIvE thousand-dOllar furni-
ture manufacturing company has been
organized at COvington.
LEXINGTON regarded the arrival of the
first train load of coal from the mines
on the Kentucky Union railroad as a
matter of great importance, as it prom
ises cheaper fuel.
JAMES SWEENEY, a well-knowD citi-
zen of the county, was killed at Petit,
a small lumber station four miles south
of Owensboro, late the other evening,
by a neighbor named Tom Carley Both
the men were drinking and they be
came involved in a quarrel over some
trivial matter. Sweeney struck Carley
with his fist, and the latter returned
the blow with bar of iron, crushing
Sweenev's skull Carley has not beer
arrested.
THE assessor of Boyle County reports
the total assessed value of property il
that wealthy agricultural county al
| 81, 1000. 600, an increase of half a million
over last years figures. Most of this
total is furnished by the splendid coun
try places in Boyle. The highest as
sessment is S156, 600, and there are 16S
citizens who are assessed at more thar
/ $40, 900 each.
THE important question now agitat
ing the public mind in Marshall County
is thus illuminated by the Benton Tri
/ bune in the course of a whole column
of appeal: Suffering humanity is now
| bowed down at the feet of the county
court and piteously begging it to have
4 window shutters, sash and panes pu
in the jail in order that the unfortunatel
may be saved from the wintery biz
yards now coming upon them"
IN the circuit court at Liberty tn,
case Of Lawrence Brown, charged will
the killing of Bud Rife, a negro, in
courtroom at Liberty, last June, wa
concluded, and resulted in hung jury
nine of that body standing for acquitta
and the rest for some degree of punish
ment. The line of defense was that tn,
/ shooting was done while the prisone
was laboring under period of emOtiona
insanity, though he has acted in a yer,
rational manner ever since the occur
renee.
THE following postmasters were ap
| pointed few days ago for Kentucky
w. Prather, Candy, Owen County
vice o. Wood, resigned; j. E. Partin
Carriers, Bell County, vice D. K. Carter
4 resigned; w. I. Switzerland, Cora, An
derson County, vice IL. Utterback, re
signed; w. H. Roberts, Shiloh, Gallo
way County, vice II. C. Craig. resigned
THE Chief of Engineers has made al
unfavorable report upon the petition o
the citizens of Smithland, for an appro
priation to improve the harbor at tina
place.
CoNGREssBIAE DICKERsON has pre-
sented the Carrolton public schools wit,
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