The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-03-08
THE ADVOCATE.


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The Coldwater Bank at Coldwater,
Mich. was robbed Of $20, 600 by burg
lars who blew open the vault Thurs
day night.
Bounty on sugar to the amount Of
s2,952, O20 has been paid for the past
., sons crop. or this sum citizens of
Louisiana receive $2,530,9l7.
The Rhode Island Democratic con-
vention Wednesday selected delegates
to the National convention and in
structed them for Mr.. Cleveland.
Near Townsville, ILL.,, Joseph
jackson killed John Crouch for re-
fusing to marry his (Jackson'sl daugh-
ter, whom he was accused of running.
During the week ended Friday
night there were go commercial fall
ures throughout the United States.
The week before there were 27O, and
the corresponding week last year there
were 265.
j. w. Collins, President of the de-
funct California National Rank, COM
mitted suicide at the Hotel Brewster,
San Francisco, Thursday. He was
under arrest, charged with the en-
bezzlement of 100000 of the banks
money.
The weekly review of trade of r.
G.. Dun s. Co., shows more encour-
aging state of affairs than has been
noted for some time. AT the South,
where there has been dizziness and
depression, commerce is Frightening
on ali sides and the outlook is most
promising.
The verdict of the jury at Columbus
Ind, sentencing L. N. Goldsmith to
the penitentiary for five years for the
killing of Robert T. Skillman, has
been declared null and void, and
new trial ordered. The Judge setting
aside the verdict and ordering new
trial because there were but eleven
jurymen who sat in the case.
AT Fayette Corner, Tenn, Tuesday
Cation Rogers, an Alliance man, and
his son Tom tried to vote at Demo-
cratic primary, but were challenged
by officer Sam Hunter. Ina quarrel
(which followed, Hunter shot both, the
6on being shot through the head and
killed instantly and the old man shot
three times through the body. He too
will die. A lynching was talked of.
Rev. John Calvin, Methodist
preacher of Green county, Ala, Thurs
day shot and killed William Herdy,
deacon in the church, and fatally
wounded David Smith, brother-in-law
of Herdy. Herdy suspected Calvin of
being intimate with his (Herdy's)
wife, and stacked him with cane,
when Calvin drew pistol and fired
five shot with the above result.
Calvin is in Jail.
The House Committee on the Eiec-
ton of President and Vice President
has authorized Representative Grain
to prepare for submission to the House
a joint resolution proposing amend
ments to the Constitution, substituting
December 81, for March 4, as the COM
mencemcHt and termination of the
official term of members of the House
of Representatives and of United
States Senators, and providing that
Congress shall hold its annual meet
ing on the second Monday in January
and substituting April 80, for March
A, as the date for the commencement
and limitation of the term of the Presi-
dent and Vice President.
Sam d. Rothwell, the sixteen-year-
Did son ofGideon Rothwell, of Preach
Kentucky, Tuesday shot and
MORALLY wounded Ross Rigsby, lad
of nineteen, who lived in the same
ncighborhood, Saturday night, ofIast
week, Rigsby, taking advantage of the
absence Of young Rothwell and his
mother, who were attending the bed
side of Mr.. Rothwell, recently injured |
in runaway, two miles from the
home place, entered the Rothwell resi-
dence and criminally assaulted a
twelve-year-old sister of Rothwel.
Young Rolhwell returned home from
his fathers bedside Tuesday, and
learning of the deed, straightway took
his gun, and while Rigsby was passing,
cody shot him twice. Rigsby fell at
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