The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-12-18

father exbir1t414{1s OF demcntla, auu
is regarded - RI serious condition.
wM. Hdlhr<y, clerk Of the late
forgery and ftF3Sry q fS,SsrsrtsSis
cate.
JAS. FORD has been nominated by
Scott county democrats for reelection
as sheriff.
JOHN H. EDDINGToN, a Shelby county
farmer, has disappeared. leavinga wife
and three children, but taking 5000 in
surance upon his house which burned.
WILBUR c. BENTON. Newport law
yer and pension claim agent, has been
indicted on four counts for charging IL
legal pension fees He was arrested
and released on bond
WIN FARLEY. a leading contractor OF
Lexington, is dead.
Two horses and other contents of the
barn of John Trutter burned in Fayette
county, with loss Of 50. 900.
ANDY GRIFFIN, charged with the muir
der of Abe Gates, about three weeks
since, near Conway, Rockcastle county
had his examining trial at Mt Vernon
the other afternoon, and was discharged
The bridge Of the Richmond, Mich
olasville, Irvine & Beattyville rail-
road across the Kentucky river at West
Irvine is being pushed to completion.
VICTIMS OF two attempts at murder
died at Paducah few nights ago. VIM.
Smith, shot a week since at Louisville
l.xr hu1 81 ALL In hn nil
aud Charley Hampton, stabbed by
Henry Cole in a row here last month,
died next morning The murderous
ASSISTANTS escaped
ALL the Anderson county distilleries
will lie in operation this season.
A HUGE blue racer snake, ten feet
long and ten inches through, was
found alive in the yard of Lewis Witty,
on Tenth street, Louisville. the other
evening. Several snakes of this variety
have made their appearance in the
neighborhood in recent days
BEN LASKFoRR a colored man who
lives on DIX Ner, Boyle county,
brought to Danville a magnificent spec
linen of the golden eagle, which bad
been killed In the woods near his place
by his son. Dave. The eagle was one
~ 4ha lar,,ast err- se-s.su that vicinity,
and measured seven feet between the
tips of its wings when they were out
stretched. The boy shot the bird with
an old muslet. loaded with buclSshot,
at distance of 200 yards, and was then
compelled to beat it with the weapon
before life was extinct.
A LITTLE son of Harvey j. Stokely, of
Scott county, fell in kettle of boiling
water and was sSalded TO death
UNKNOWN, foot-pads knocked down
Homer Wells, assistant cashier of the
o. Il NJ. freight Office, early the other
evening, in Louisville, and robbed him
of satchel containing nearly $500,
Many people were 'on the street at the
time.
THE turkey business Of Central Ken
lucky can no longer be denied a place
among the great industries of the coun-
try II has reached the point of devel-
oping a genuine strike at Hinton, Grant
county. The turkey pickers have risen
to the dignity OF an organized branch
of labor, and when the turkey con
tractors failed to grant all their de-
mands they promptly struck and swore
they would not remove another feather
until they got what they wanted.
There was great excitement among the
gobblers aud numerous caucuses among
the pickle until after a days struggle
the strikers obtained satisfaction, and
again tlot feathers flew. But it placed
turkey pNlSers in the ranks of organized
labor.
AUSTIN FRANKIIN, who has just been
sentenced at huntsville To life impris-
onment, knows something Of the way
the law can hesitate In furnishing a
man. Franklin killed man in cold
blood in April, 1882, nearly ten years
ago He has had five trials, and this is
the second time a jury has given him q
life sentence. But he has always found
a technically right where he wanted
il, and is still hoping for more of them
having moved for new trial If tina
is refused he will appeal The case, i
Is estimated, has cost the state $4,000
ON the Rock House Fork, about eigh
miles from Ipez. during row owe
moonshinc whisky, James Hamilton
and TahS Mills were fatally stabbed
and Seymour Morris and John Pembel
ton seriously hurt
AT a colored festival in Marksvills
sam Hays and Harvey Owsley. tw
Negroes, quarreled and the former Gu
the latter In the neck with razor
His throat was cut from ear 10 ear, bu
he walked half mile to get doctor
THE Kentucky railroad commission
ers haveW omitted their annual report
ta<a En. They report the total
numbs dies Mt 5000; gross earn
ings var, $40, $50, 1Ol; expenses,
sl2,60L net earnings, 81, SOS 0i2;
gross = Use over last years earnings,
$3.50, 81 sYtotal capital stock Sl44, 1893,
554; total valuation, $50, 24i, $50; aver
age value per mile, $50 900.
AMBROSE 7. BUTT, aged fifty years,
an ex.union soldier. died at Stanford
lie served in the Nineteenth Kentucky
infantry during the war, in which he
lost his sight He was one of the larg-
est pensioners in the state, having
drawn seventy.two dollars per month.
WHILE driving a spirited horse, Hen
dcrson Young, a prominent farmer,
and one OF the leading prohibitionist'
of Lincoln county, was thrown from
his wagon and seriously IL not fatally
injured
THE long-mooted question Of German
a, a special study in the public schools
1i Newport was put of for year the
other night when the school board
decided it had no money to provide for
,t
MruLArEp coin 10 the value OF sl6H
..3s found in an clubhouse near the
hopkins County bank blown up by
l.cveS