The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-03-20
OVER THE WORLD IN A WEEK.

Lucas COrust, aged 81 and very de-
crepit, was married TO Mary Fregor, aged
AZ, at Columbus, Ind, last week. The
groom has been three times married aud
raised family of eight children, while
the bride has been married four times
besides this, and four times divorced.
All of hel husbands are yet alive, except
one who was drowned. She has family
of three children.
---Celestine Kaltenbach, the oldest
postmaster in the Northwest, died Tues
day night at his home in Potosi, Wis,
aged 50. He was appointed postmaster
at Potosi in 1888, and, with the excep-
ton of two years, held the position until
his death.
Thomas Massey, a prominent mer-
chant of Milwaukee, Wis, while leaning
out of his attic window to dslodge some
icicles, lost his balance and fell to the
sidewalk below. His skull was fractured
and his neck broken, causing instant
death.
The Tennessee legislature last week
passed bill requiring all railroads, whe
ther run by steam or electricity, 10 pro-
vide separate cars for white and colored
passengers, and to see that the latter
rode in the cars provided for them.
While Mrs. Ferguson, wife of Col
ID. p. Ferguson, of Minor, Ga, was
dressing her three-month-old baby in
front of the fireplace, the child bounced
from its mothers lap into the fire and
burned to death.
Half of the regular police force, for.
ty mai carriers, fifty postal clerks, and
hundreds of Others at Chicago, ILL.,, are
suffering with la grippe. As pneumonia
follows in many cases, the mortality is
great.
John Pinnell, travelling for Monroe
Bros. g CO., Philadelphia, died suddenly
at Clarksburg, w. Va, from nervous
prostration and insomnia, resulting from
alcoholism.
Miss Ida Burkey, young lady re-
siding at Petersburg, Ohio while stand
ing in front Of a CRATE, had her clothing
ignited, causing injuries that resulted in
her death.
John Loughman, a saloon keeper at
Lima, Ohio, took dose of sugar of lead
instead of salts, the two being in similar
packages be lind the bar. His life is des
paired of.
A south.bound train on the Chesa.
peake and Nashville railroad jumped the
track recently at Beethpage, Tenn. The
mail car and contents were burned.
The special train carrying the re-
mains of Senator Hearst arrived in San
Francisco on Friday fast, and the fune
raj took place Sunday afternoon.
Francis Murphy the great temper
ance orator. concluded a ten days meet
ing at Warsaw, Ind, by holding mon
ster farewell last Wednesday.
-Levees on the Lower Mississippi are
breaking On account of high water and
all the lowIands are flooded, causing Sc
rious dam rage TO plantations.
Corporal Tanner of pension fame
has been appointed member of the State
Railroad and Warehouse commission by
Gov. Fifar of Illinois.
Eight miners descending a coal
shaft at I.aSalle, H., fell a distance of
400 feet. All were badly bruised, but
none fatally injured.
Judge Colbert, of the Creek Nation,
las sentenced Sam Logan to be shot to
leath a Checkotah, l. T., for the muir
Ter of oe Mcintosh.
During the past four months 10000
pounds of prepared opium, valued ut
81 500 100, have been legally imported
It San Francisco.
"A lion tanner at Paris, France, was
ORR e pieces by one Of his lions as he
vas driving them to their cages after a
lays raining. Y
Perry II. Hill, advance agent fc
Iran, tic company, was fined 81 and
i Lua. Ohio, for throwing
N the street,
L Charley Scarlet, Of Ca
ohio was instantly killed las