The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-01-01
STATE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.


robbed of $500 in goods.
Fire at Princeton destroyed several
stores. Total loss about $4,000.
Miss Mahoney, living near Newcastle,
committed suicide by shooting herself.
Joseph Common was shot and killed by
two brothers named Carl, at Stepstone,
Montgomery county.
Robert Griffin, a barkeeper of Lexing-
ton, shot and killed negro named Albert
Harris in self.defense.
Paducah is infested with a gang OF
sneak thieves. and they manage to elude
the vigilence of the police,
Citizens of Paris are trying to organ
ize creamery at chat place for the man
ufacture of butter and cheese.
In trying to escape the kick of COW
she was milking, Mr.. Gibson Of Hartford
so twisted her own foot that she broke
her leg.
II. w. Barker, ex.deputy sheriff of
Bell county, has been arrested for EN-.
bezzling 81, 200 of sheriff's funds, and is
now in Jail
Joseph Echstine, of Newport, attempt.
ed to walk 81 miles In ii hours ON a
wager of 800, and he will probably die
from overexertion.
The nine months-old child of w. T.
Rudolph, of New Hope, pulled kettle
of boiling water over on itself, scalding
it in q horrible manner.
Lee Balm, young man of Barbour
vile, fell from a loaded wagon while
going down hill, and was run over. He
is expected to die of his injuries.
A cloud-burst at Paducah swelled
Island creek so that the freshet swept
away several RATS of saw logs and created
CONSERVATION among shanty-boat citizens.
J. w! Dawson, a Christian county
farmer, claims to have found nest Of
500 reptiles, including come IL varieties.
He had been drinking moonshine, maybe.
kilograms from Flat Lick have been
received at Barbourville asking for a
posse, reporting that the Smith-Slusher
feud has broken out again and two men
have been shot.
Taylor Davis, a policeman, shot and
wounded negro named Lane in row
in Wayne Damran's saloon at CatIetts-
burg. His recovery is doubtful, but no
arrests had been made up to last accounts.
The trial of Ben F. Davis for the kill
!. ing of Ben Dunn, in Trigg county, Dec
9, last week resulted in the conviction OF
the defendant for murder, and he was
held to answer at the February term OF
the Trigg circuit court without bail.
The postofiice at Catlettsburg was en-
tered by burglars, who secured 5000 in
stamps and currency. and a number OF
registered letters. Powder was used to
blow open the safe. The next day $l4j
worth of the goods was found in school
house near by.
The grounds of the Lexington racing
association were last week sold to syn.
!. dictate for $4,000, and the racing inau'
gurated there in 1926 will be continued,
y liberal purses to be offered for the spring
meeting. The grounds sold embrace
about 81 acres.
James Thompson, manager OF the
Nickel Plate coal company, shot and
!, killed William Logston, a miner, at East
Bernstadt, last Thursday. The trouble
arose over money matters, and Logstor
and two friends attempted 10 intimidatt
[. Thompson. The shooting was done In
3 self-defense.
Z A farmer named McAnnich, living al
Liberty, in Casey county, paid $500 In
. cash for a bar of brass, il being repre-
rented to him as gold brick. He nevel
D read the papers and didn't know any
better. The amount of 81 spent in sub
scription for his county paper would
have saved him several hundred.
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