The climax. [volume] (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1887-1897, 1891-01-07
THE C0lIlIONWEALTH.


COLONEL J. SOULE SMITH, Of Lexing-
ton, better known as Falcon TO news
paper readers, has started for a two
months sOjOurn in Hamilton, Bermuda,
in quest of health.
The block at Hopl1insville, occupied
4 by Driver e Perkins as grocery and sa-
loon, was burned the other night.
BILL HALL MILLER, a Knox County
desperate, while fourishing his pistol
! in the faces of John Stoner and his
brother, was shot and killed by Stoner
/ at Hindman.
| c. b. GILMAN, of Lexine ton, has sued
the Western Union Telegraph Company
/ for $500 damages, because the delay of
a message made him miss the purchase
of horse.
/ WILLIAM HIGGINS, prominent whole
/ sale liquor merchant of Louisville, was
\ killed at an early hour the other morn
| ing under peculiar circumstances. He
was attempting to dismount from the
/ front platform of street car while the
/ latter was in motion, when his foot
/ slipped, spinning his body around and
throwing his head under the wheels.
! The latter passed over his neck, break
I ing it. He died almost instantly.
! THE Frankfort city council has passed
another anti-cigarette ordinance and
! Mayor Taylor has vetoed it, the veto be-
| ing sustained. An ordinance similar in
/ purpose was passed last January over
I the mayors veto, but has been a dead
letter ever since.
THE retiring jailer of Campbell Coun-
| ty, Mr.. w. Il. Turner, viii shortly insti-
tute suit against the city of Newport for
! IS, 600 for services performed in taking
care of the worll-hOuse and station
house. A city ordinance was passed
August %, 1856, the seventh section of
which provides that the city jailer shall
be allowed a compensation for services
rendered as Overseer of the worlz-house
and station-hOuse. This ordinance has
never been repealed, and is in effect the
! present day.
DANvILLE has had fire lately and in
! consequence is organizing a volunteer
fire department.
THE opening of the new $50, 900 opera
house was a great event at Paris the
other night.
AARON BURR vas once a civil engi-
neer, and, of course, owned transit in
strument. The identical transit owned
by Mr.. Burr is still in existence Squire
J. W. Stewart, who lives near Dexter
Station, on the P, 7. and A. railroad,
in Galloway County, who in his younger
/ days followed the profession of sur
veyOr, is the proud possessOr of this an
cient instrument.
a GRAY eagle measuring seven feet
and half from tip to tip was killed at
+ Mr.. NOrvin Harris place on the Shelby
vile pike, near Louisville, the other
morning. Two stable boys did the kill
! ing with 22-eaLber rifles.
THE examining trial of James Ellis
! Brown for the killing of D. T. Farmer,
I during a difficulty at Scates' Mills,
Christian County, recently, has closed,
| and resulted in a verdict of acquittal on
the grounds that the deed was done in
| self-defense. Brown was at once re-
leased from jail
Hon. REUBEN A MILLER, formerly
State Inspector and Examiner, and who
has been dangerously i'll at his home in
Owensboro, Is rapidly recovering.
AT MOOre's school-hOuse, in Allen
County, couple of rufians, who IN
dertook to break up Christmas frolic,
were baf1ed by the pluck of the young
lady teacher. She planted herself in
the doorway where the ruffians were
firing off their pistols and about to en-
ter the house, and defantly informed
them that if they entered the house It
would be over her dead body. They
didn't enter.
THE Lexington electric street cars
carry school children at half fare.
DANIEL BONNER, a stoczman of Lex
ington, was found dead in his room at
the Stock Yards Hotel, Wichita, Kan,
the other day. Morphine was the agent
of destruction.
J. &. Frai's store in Birdsville, Liv-
ingstOn County, was burned, with its
contents. Loss $1,000, with small in
surance. The fire was inccndiary.
7. L. HooN, aged 80 years, died very
suddenly at his home in Bethel, Bath
County. His death is a mystery, but
some suppose that it resulted from NOR
phine.
THOMAS FARMER and Ellis Brown,
citizens residing near Scales Mills,
Christian County, became involved in a
quarrel over family affairs, when the
former was killed with a fence rail by
Brown. Both men became very angry,
when Farmer Brown drew knife upon
his opponent, who seized rail and struck
Farmer to the ground with IT, Farmer
arose and followed Brown, who struck
him a second blow, knocking him down
and infiicting fatal internal injuries,
from which he died almost instantly
Brown made his escape and is still at
large.
THE Fulton gormand who undertook
to eat three quails day for thirty days
stumbled at his twenty-ninth bird on
the tenth day.
THE man who is mean enough to rob
his grandmother has been found at Pa
ducah, and is in Jail for the offense.
Mrs. BRANNAN, of Marion, is work
ing for the erection of a home and
school for INDECENT and helpless chill
dren.
THE Burnside and Cumberland River
railroad opened up for business, a few
days ago. 1t connects with the c., N.
o. and T. P. railway at Burnside, and
the Burnside and BHrksville Transpor-
tation Company at Burnside Landing.
THE Kentucky Democratic Club at
COvington will give a reception and
banquet on Jackson Day, January 8.
Lieutenant Governor J. W. Bryan win
make the opening speech and Hon.
William ]. Iien6ric.l, of Flemingsburg,
viii deliver an address on General
Jackson"
TRNARs STAssAFD shot and killed
Lew Wallace at Louisville the other
afternoon. Both coiOrcd.
A Case Of Aggravated Sang Froid.
She-He is a person Of perfect ease