The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1890-10-15

cent G459; Greensboro, ISIS, increase
S,5ST, per cent 81 81; Paducah, Is, O24
increase 4,9SS, per cent 62.O7.
FoURTH-CLAss postmasters were APP
pointed the other day, as follows: Buck
her, Oldham County. w. S. Leet; Kelly,
Christian County, J. f. Rogers; Kings
Creek, Letcher County, J. Il. Fields
WHILE the cOlOred mon in the railroad
camp at Foster wero at supper the other
evening w. S. Parker and Josh Terrell
got into an alteration over a cup Of cof-
fee, when Terrell drew his gun and shot
Parker dead. Terrell has been lodged
in jail. Parker was cook for the camp
and was of a peaceable disposition.
The Republicans of the Fifth louis
ville) District the other night nominated
st. John Boyle for Congress.
JERRY ARNOLD was cut in two by a
freight train on the Kentucky Central
near LatOnia.
AT Mt Sterling, Mrs. Noah Prince
was gored to death by COW the other
evening.
MEADE COUNTY is recognized by fruit
men as one of the finest fruit regions in
Kentucky, and for some fruits particL-
larly apples, the most prolific in tho
United States. 1t is only in the last
few years that the farmers living in
what is known as THE Barrens" in
Meado County, began to realize that
they had fortunes in the peculiar loamy
soil of that region with its sub-soil of
stiff, sticky yellow clay at a depth of
three to five feet. One farmer, Hon.
Gus w. Richards, has over four hundred
acres planted in young apple trees and
Is putting out more, while there are
others who are following his example In
o few years the apple crop of the Meade
County "Barrens" will be something i'm
mense.
In Christian County in a quarrel over
some clothes George Rutledge was shot
and killed by Geo. Griffin, both colored.
The latter escaped.
THE Court of Appeals has decided the
suit of Sheriff Clark, Of Jeffcr son COun-
ty, against the Louisville Water Com
pany for back taxes. The Water Com
pany holds that it comes under the ex-
emption clause of the Bill of Rights, in
that it does public service by furnishing
the fire system and public institutions
of the city of Louisville with free water.
The lower court decided in the com.
pany's favor on these grounds. The
Court Of Appeals, however. reverses this
decision.
JUDGE NJ. l. ROBERTS, a prominent
/ lawyer and excellent citizen of Coving.
ton, fell from the porch of one of his
| tenement houses, few mornings since,
a distance of thirty feet. His head and
shoulders were terribly bruised, and it
is feared he will die. lie had been cOun-
ty judge and city attorney for eight
years.
| CAPTAIN R. s. TRIPLETr has leased
the greensboro, Falls Of Rough and
Green River railroad. He has been gen
eral manager of the company since its
organization, experimenting the build
ing of the road, and has had charge of it
| ever since.
THE distilleries all through the Sixth
/ District are all preparing TO start into
business with the beginning of next
month, and the revenue men, who have
had a rather protracted vacation, arc
/ preparing for heavy rush Of business
FRANK COWARD was struck by train,
the other night at Milldale, on the Ken
lucky Central railroad, and was serious
ly injured. His arm was crushed, and it
is feared that he will die from the result
of internal injuries. lie was taken to
the hospital at Covington for treat
ment.
A YOUNG man named George Scott,
claiming to DO assistant auditor Of the
! Louisville g. Nashville railroad in
Louisville, has victimized the Deposit
Bank at Walton, of Sll5. He deposit
ed a check for S195 with the bank and
subsequently, had another one for s1l5
cashed. Both were bogus.
THE Gallatin Democrat notices that
according to the census, few, if any, of
the river towns along the Ohio have in
creased in population, unless they wero
also reached by railroad. Some of them
show a decrease.
Two pouches filed with registered
mail matter were stolen from one Of the
post-ofIice wagons at Louisville at three
o'clock the other morning. The pouches
were In the wagon when it left the post
office, but we're missing when it reached
the depot. They were subsequently
found in a los ripped open and the con-
tents gone The mail was very large
ard doubtless very valuable one, as it
contained registered matter from all
over the South. 1t was destined for Gin
cinnati and tho East. There is no clue
to tho thieves. The doors of the wagon
were locked when it lett the office
They were open when 1t reached the
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