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

in the Legislature of that State that the
university is "a rich mans college"
He shows by figures that it is not so.
OF the 100 students now in the universe
ty Il are the sons of farmers. This is
only three less than one-half the num-
Der furnished from all other callings and
professions. There are 146 students in
the sub-graduate classes, and 6s Of these
are farmers sons The proportion of
sons of farmers to the whole is 4t@.
The Chicago Evening Journal claims
Chicago to abe the most solid CONNER
cial city in the United States, if not in
the world, !" whereat the Cincinn ati Com
mercial says that "as a matter of history,
Cincinnati has for forty years been re-
gaIded the soundest business city in the
country" The Boston Transcript copies
the above Gas specimens of the attempts |
to Guido each other in Dragging which |
Western papers, representing distinct
phrases of opinion in that section, con-
tinually moke for the lelectation of their
patrons"
The bureau Of the American republics |
at Washington has information that !
agents of Baron Hirsch, the famous Jew
ish philanthropist of Paris, are now Wis
iting both the Argentine Republic and
Brazil for the purpose of prospecting for
the location of colonies of Russian Jews
now leaving the Cars Nominations in
the interior of these two great South |
American republics. 1t is stated that
Baron IIirsch has agreed to pay the ex-
pense of locating thirty adults in Brazil
and thirty in Argentine Repu die, pay
ing their passage from Europe, provided
those governments will give them land
for cultivation.
A wedding Of social importance viii
occur on next New Years day at Dan
vile, says the Louisville Times. At
high noon Mr.. Samuel Gill Boyle, a
brother of st. John Boyle, Of this city,
and Miss Mary Whitthorne, a we'll
known belle of Western Tennessee, will
be united in marriage. The bride is a
daughter of Representative Whitthorne,
of Tennessee, and the groom is editor of
the Kentucky Stock Farm, at Lexington.
The marriage will occur at the residence
of Mr. c. P. Cecil. Cards announcing
the marriage have been issued, but invi-
tations to the wedding, which viii be a
quiet one, are verbal, and have been lin
tied to a few relatives.-DdRriUe AdUOcdte
On Saturday night, Noah Crook, a
negro railroad hand from from Virginia,
became involved in a quarrel with Nose
Mack, a negro of this city, and shot him
twice in the head inficting severe
wounds Crook then fled going out the
road towards Lexington. Officer Shack
leford halted him, when the negro drew
his pistol and fired, the ball striking him
in the calf of the leg, making painful
flesh wound. Shacllleford then took a
hand in the firing, and was more success
full, one bullet going through the lower
part of Crooks body. He brought his
prisoner to town and placed him in jail,
where he died the next nigh1- Winches-
chester Democrat
One famous duck hunter in Havre de
Grace, Nd, is William II. DObson, who
has a record that is unsurpassed in the
history of the river. His enthusiastic
admirers contend that as duck shot his
equal does not exist, and his reputation
is world wide. Mr.. DobsOn las a record
Of $40 ducks killed in one da,, He per
formed his feat in 1884, and it has
never been equaled. He is a native Of
Havre de Grace, and is now about fifty
years of age. Duck shooting has been
his delight since boyhood, and it is said
that he will lie in a sink for an entire
day without a murmur, with a quick eye
and ready hand for each victim that
comes within range Of his gun. He
rarely misses a shot.
An extremely handsome monument
has just been erected in the new portion
OF the cemetery in memory of the late
Col. W. F. Evans, of this county. 1t
was Col. Evans request that his body be
placed above ground, and his wish has
been gratifed. The work recently plac-
ed in the cemetery is a monument and
sarcophagus combined, is OF Vermont
granite and costly and imposing struct-
ure. 1t sits upon a foundation Six feet
under the first layer of granite. Two re-
ceptacles for tine bodies are cut out of an
immense stone, upon which the shaft
gracefully rises to a great height. Large
bronze doors, Theoretically sealed, close
the entrance to the receptacle. The
work is neatly and artistically done and
represents cost of fully s., OCO.-Danrillt
AdrOcate
A large number of practical and scien-
tifc men interested in the industrial de
velopment of Alabama met at TuscalOO-
sa Friday last and organized the Indus
trial and Scientific Society of Alabama.
The officers chosen are among the lead
ing business and scientific men of the
State. The headquarters of the society
will be in Tuscaloosa, where the per-
manent records will be kept, but its
meetings will be held quarterly at the
various industrial centres OF the State.
The next meeting will be held at Biz
mingham ON the 2Sth of January, and an
interesting and elaborate programme has
been prepared for the occasion. The
Society has been organized under the
most fattering auspices, and there is
every indication that it has a career of
great usefulness before it.
Sunday night, while meeting was in
progress at NeedsmOre church, this
county, John Taylor and Hooker Hager
became involved in a difficulty, which
resulted in the former shooting the latter,
killing him instantly. At .he time of
the shooting no one was near enough to
give full particulars, but from what we
can learn it seem that Taylor was drink
ing, and when approached by Hager and
asked for a drink, drew his pistol and
fired the fatal shot. Taylor is said to be
very desperate when drinking, and if all
the facts surrounding the killing are
true, as reported, the case is a very ugly