The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-12-26
THE t0AloNwEALTH.

PINoRnK BnAssRR. was thrown from
his buggy by raaa way horse and prob
ab1v fatally initirod NJ lIonkinsville
Mn. UESRyt ,F.y4,orr. Of Paris. was
found dead upon his knees al the side of
his bed.
FARMEn's hlllance VIII oman A genor.
al store at Shehyville during the fore.
mart of January.
NJ l. Kfxo. ono Of No,.nores r.o,,t.
mont and wealthy citIzens and bus,ness
men. died A few pigbts AFRO after a
short illness. IN his sixtv.f,ftb wear Mr..
King was largely Interested IN tho
whisky business. and widely known
throuchout the state.
MAYOR iiknnY. OF Nowport has an
no,nted nav. police force Tor tho CITY
with col{ml Thomas Cottingham az
chief, SUCCEEDING CAPTAIN Betz. Tho
force inck,dos several Of tho nombers
w tho sersos under the pre,ious asninis.
tration.
Mns JuLrA Hlanrr is in iail atLouis.
Vile charred,with having murdered he,
four chilasbn. She poisoned them all.
coyIsa1 * A netitlopiny the United
States @ o. a,ent 70 turn over TO 81
the pre WI ,shich a has heretofore
lhoks - -ss1ss "a ana IN anth. of .thn
| Tickipg liver. and which II is now about
70 abandon. The city wants to use part
OF Il for Grand Army and state Guard
quarters and tho rest for a park
AT Stamping Ground, Lollie, small
| daughter OF Claude Ewing, met with a
painful accident. She was sitting in a
chair with pair of scissors in BIER hand,
when she fell from tho chair to the
| floor, running tho scissors into her eye
and destroying the sight of IL.
LirTLE Gro. HARDfN ard the baby OF
Convict Mile Keel have been taken
out OF the Kentucky penitentiary by the
State Humane Society.
THE handsome new tobacco exchange
Of Hopkinsville was opened a few days
ago M
TnERE Win be twelve days racing a,
the Lexington spring race meeting,
which begins April rs next
| ELvIRA and Charity Hilton, OF Louis.
Vile, have been sued in behalf OF their
iorphan nephew, Jos. L. Hilton, to re.
cover Sisp. 900. The specification is that
they fraudulently took from tho child's
\ father, their brother, that amount in
| bonds Just before HIS death.
JAMES Rorfrr and Clifton Searcv. OF
Lawrencoburv. took rooms al tho Enter.
prise Hotel. Louisville. the other night
and upon retiring blew out the gas
When found Routt was dead and Searcy
can not recover.
J. w. cursrSrrr a Co merchants \,
! Iron ION. have made an assignmert ,r
7. N Arnola for -tha banast y, ,hoi,
creditors. Up. Russell. the coponanv ii
| tho firm. and Mr.. Chestnut botb mad
! individual assicnnents
f.,Nns.y and Jobn T.c,vcii coto-of
] brotbers baear,o ipvoIyoJ :, , ,,,--,r
about women near IJonkinsvil1o ~,
other evening whom tho former v,,,
| stabbed In the necl, and bacl, raceivinq
wounds n Is tbought that will resuI,
| fatally.
Tur h,pe,al ~ Hon Henry n McTtnr
| nv was hold Mt Hartford tho otber flor
| noon in the presenco of a bost Of sor
rowing friends md relatives.
A TrS.yEAR-oID daugbtor Of Job,
| Grigrs. living throe miles east ~ Cav
rollton, was burned TO death tho otbei
day. Her clothing caught at tho fire
place b the absence of her parents from
the room She lived three hours.
TINY have q way of malting-pin money
out OF their system Of water.works at
Richmond. The fishing privileges OF
the reservoir have boon rented for stOO
per annum to Mr.. Charles S. Powell,
who nill stock the lake with fish of the
most approved varioties -
Hon THOMAS S. BRoNsToN died sud
denly at his home in Richmond few
DAYS nro He was Secretary OF State
during Governor McCreary's term and
Collector Of Internal Revenue for the
Eighth District under President Glove
land.
AT Haddock's School-house, Christian
Comfy, Frank Stinson, killed man
named Agoe Ho knocked Agee down
with rock, and then Drained him with
an axe.
TnE Census Bureau has completed tho
population OF all the cities. The popu-
| IaflNn OF GlkltS over ten lUOuNhnu IN IDls
STATE are given as follows:
Covlnrton. 1898
Lexington. Observation-Disclosures. sq,s5s
louisville. ................ .16L OO5it
Newport. 249ss
paducah. ....................I 1904
Tur remainder OF the great chain
stretched across the Mississippi river al
Columbus, by tho Confederate forces be.
fore the retreat from Kentucky after the
iall Of Forts Henry and Donaldson has
been uncarthed by fisherman. A por.
tion of the chain was recovered some
time ago. The remaining part nov
found, is ninety feet in length. Each
Ilink weighs fully ten pounds, and is tor
inches long and heavily braced. 1t wa:
dug up at point opposite Fort Hallacls
and has been bought by a river man FOL
A whariboat anchor at Belmont
| PANS declines 70 DO walked over b,
It's gas company and threatens to annu
Its five years contract II the company
does not live up 10 its agreement.
Mrs. BRIDGET BERKLE, Of Bromley
was burned To death. Her clothing
caught from the fire.
Ar Lexington, Lewis johnson, con