The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-12-17
THE COMMONWEALTH.

THE Tobacco-Growers' Association Of
Kentucky will meet at Louisville again
January 6.
AT Soldier, Rowan County, drunken
crowd tried to take the town a few
nights ago 1t broke the windows out
and then went to the church, where
services were being held, and drove
the worshipers away with clubs and
rocks.
THE following fourth-class postmasters
were appointed the other day fer Ken
lucky: w. U. Billingsley, Passington,
McCraclIen County; E H. Hughes, Ora
dyville, Adair County; w. J. jackson,
Shawhan, Bourbon County.
THE q. S. Court concluded its winter
session at Covington, the other even
ing.
JOHN WooDs, on trial in the U. s.
Court at Covington for mail robbery,
was convicted, and sentenced to prison
for ten years.
MAYOR BERRY, of Newport, will hunt
bear and deer in Arkansas during the
holidays.
A DEED has Just been recorded at Say
lersville showing that A. A. Olney &
Co., Of New York, who purchased through
their agents at that place the minerals,
gases and oils on and under 1wenty-four
thousand acres Of land situated in Nor
gan and MagofFin Counties, at three dol
lars per acre, has sold the same to the
Capitol Mine Lumber and Oil Company
at price not stipulated
THE Odd Follows of Midway will
erect handsome new hall
GEORGE LAKE, Of Paducah, was found
dead near Marion, in Livingston County.
The cause of his death is enwrapt in
mystery.
WHILE John and Mack Jackson, farm
ers residing near Hoplinsville, were out
hunting, two masked men entered their
house, drove every body out at the point
Of pistol, and, having secured 5000,
hidden away, made their escape.
JUDGE JACKSON, of the q. S Court
has made an order restraining Typo
graphical Union No. 8, from boycotting
the COvington Commonwealth.
PENSIONERS for Kentucky: A. H. Bus
ter, Somerset; John II. Downward, Sun
rise; Bartlett Walker, Maysville; Jos.
Willis, Leitchfeld; Thomas F. Conklin,
Louisville; John A. KEGS, Charlotte;
| VIM. Bendel, COvington; c. II. Milda-
brand, Lewisburgh; Milton A. Little
field, Hopkinsville; John Keith, Savage;
Little Horn, Irvine; VIM. H. Conover,
Montpelier. Rcissue-Wm. C. Adkins,
! Greenville; Bridget, widow of Patrick
Shelly, Louisville; Mary J., widow of
VIM. Ruhle, Speedville; Lucinda, widow
of Adam Parent, Louisville; Lucy,
widow Of Benedict A. Simms, Spring
field.
An greensboro policeman discovered a
pair Of sharpers in the act of working
the shell game on a verdant country
man. Hecaptured one but the other es-
capped.
ONLY one Kentucky Public Building
Bill is pending in Congress.
CONSIDERABLE damage was done in
Graves County by the late overflow.
AT Lexington, James 3. Riley was
acquitted of the killing of the colored
man, Ben Slaughter.
OVER 100 convicts were removed a few
| days ago, from the Frankfort peniten-
tiary to the branch penitentiary at Ed
dyville, Lyon County.
Otis PARKER, the eight-year-old son
! Of George w. Parker, living near Croft
ton, Christian County, while riding with
his father on top of a wagon loaded with
corn, fell under the wheels and was
crushed to death.
WHITE Caps visited the house of Thos.
Burgess, a farmer, living in Meade
County, to whip him. He shot and
killed one and badly wounded twoothers
A PORTABLE saw-mill exploded near
/ greensboro and one man was killed out
right and another badly injured.
! THE Governor granted a pardon to a
young man in the penitentiary who is
nearly dead of consumption. His name
is Robert Stratton, and he was sent
from Logan County in 1885 for six and
One-half years for arson. He had served
/ all but three months of his term, and on
account of his condition, and to allow
him to die among his family, who are
well connected in the western part of
/ the State, he was given his liberty.
! MAYFIELD wooden mills are operated
on capital of $500, 900 and employ 500
men and women.
BENZ. YOUNG, an aged resident of the
Highlands, suffering from liberation of
the bowels, committed suicide by dis
emboweling himself with a razor.
THE Kentucky Court of Appeals has
decided the tax for the support Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Lexington to be constitutional.
A. ]. GATEwOoD, of Henderson. insti-
tuted suit against the Louisville, st.
Louis and Texas Railroad Company for
SO, goo damages sustained by being
elected from freight train by the con-
ductOr.
TIE asphaltum beds in Logan County,
near Homer, will be developed by COM
pany of capitalists who have bought up
5000 acres.
JAMES VICE, a prominent farmer in
Nicholas County, died at the breakfast
table of heart disease.
EXTENSIVE beds of brown hematite
are located on the north side of Pine
mountain two miles of Pineville.
THE Democrats of Bowling Green the
other day elected the mayor and nine of
the ten councilmen.
AT Frankfort, Alice Phillips, color
ed girl, burned to death. Her dress
caught while she was standing in front
of the fire.
AT Gum Lick White Caps visited the
residence of Samuel Lowe, and shot him
and his aged wife. Lowe will die. but
his wife may recover.
INCLUDING the park bonds, the debt
o. Louisville is 9,soO, 600. There are
some available assets to be counted, and
some not yet available, but in round
numbers the debt is ten millions.
SENATOR BLACKBURN introduced a
bill authorizing the Bowling Green and
Northern Railway Company to build
bridges over Green and Barren rivers,
near tho mouth of Bear creek and near
tiraham's Landing. or at such other
,oints as may be selected by the com
ny.
Deaths Announcement Fatal
Mrs. w. J. Durbin, a prominent lad ?
OF Greenvilie, Ind, fell dead at hel