The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-07-28
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

Ucdlh ny nYe Negro railway employees
at PaduCah. Gray suatched sum OF
money from one of the men and at
tempted TO run away. lie was over.
taken and LITERAL beaten and butch.
cred to death in rayine near the city
limits
Ar finckard John Renick cut his
throat, while laboring under temporary
insanity, and will hardly recover
FIRE, the other morning, destroyed
the commissary and other buildings at.
tached to the 81. Vincent Orphan asy.
lum, Louisville. None OF the orphans
or inmates were injured The loss will
amount to o., 900 or $1,000, and is GOV.
cred by insurance
j. n. NEBLETT, the oldest citizen of
Christian county, II not of southern
Kentucky, died at his home near Lafay.
cite, the other day, OF general debility,
| aged % years. lie was one Of the
pioneers Of that section. and was for
three quarters of n century timer by
trade and a prominent member OF the
Baptist church.
An English syndicate has purchased
the falls Of the Cum berland in Whitley
county, and will erect near them an i'm.
mense electric plant for the purpose of
furnishing light and power to corpora.
tionS, cities and coal mines They are
prepared to operate on an immense
scale.
LEWIS MINCK. who has for several
years been confined TO his room with
rheumatism and paralysis, died from
the effects of an overdose Of morphine,
at llopllinsville. He was never con
scious after being found. II is believed
he took the drug with suicidal intent,
as he often expressed himself as tired
OF life.
JonN WELSH, twcnty-one, a lunatic,
lcaped from fast running train near
Louisville, but escaped injury.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTOR JoHN.
SONS patronage has been materially in.
creased by his appointment as custodian
of the courthouse, at Louisville, posi-.
tion heretofore held by the surveyor OF
the port This will give the collector
nearly thirty additional appointments
IT is currently reported in Lexington
that the Louisville & Nashville rail.
road is negotiating for the purchase of
the Kentucky Midland.
IT Is announced by State Superin.
tendcnt of Public Instruction Ihomp-
son that the per capita for school chill
dten for the year ending JuDo 30, 1894,
would be- e.. ~. In some counties this
will vary slightly, where less than
forty-fve children compose a school dis
lrfpt Tho .,Ia,I Il
given in the census returns Of this year
is nearly IL, 800
AT Brentsville. a small Negro settle
ment three miles from Paris the other
night Ben Grant, colorcd attempted
to get en- q mule. lie had tin bucket
in his hand, which scared the animal.
and Grant was thrown on his head.
breaking his neck
JoE lKE BNRNE, the siStccn.vcar-old
murderer OF Tom Band, was held over
to tae circuit court at Qwensbo.GSfsa
bonl Of $500. " liz
WM u. TARvIN, the oldest queens.
ware merchant in Covington, has as
signed
i H. TAYLOR, JR., Il Sons of Frank |
tort. one of the oldest and most ex- !
tenSivC whisky diStilling firms in this
state made an assignment few days
ago. They are manufacturers Of the
celebrated "Old Taylor, Newmarket"
md -. : Taylor" brands Of whisky.
md, besides operating the "Old Tay-
or diStillery at Frankfort were
ar,cly interested in the j. II. Me-
irayer distillcry at Mt Sterling,
which it is thought, is not affected by
he failure. The members Of the firm
ne Hon. +, II. Taylor, Jr., md his two
onS, J. Swigcrt and kenner all of
whom made personal assignments
following that of the firm Several
Il the banks of this city are caught FOR
mall sums, hut the largest creditors
re said To DE whisky dealers in
hicago, ~. Louis, Milwaukee and
ther large cities, but whose names and
What amounts will not yet be given
mt There is a belief. however, that
he liabilities of the firm are not far
hort Of 100000, which they were
imply able TO meet had they been able
o realize upon good paper which they
lad in their possession.
A BRANCH Of the Schweinfurth heaven
las been esta hliShed in the heart OF
lexington.
THE state and county assessment,
at Lexington the other day,
howS Mrs. ID. d. Bell to be the largest ,
property holder, she listing sSji, O55 ,
oe Clark leads the men with $50, 900.
while the third on the list is also a
Mrs +. b, Woodward, paying {
Ak on sl4G, 47G worth of property
A rosr OFFICE has been established {
t Vera, Graves county, and J.W. Jack
on appointed postmaster,
PROF H. II, WHITE, for twenty years !
teacher OF mathematics in the Ken
uclly university, has resigned that pc. {
ition. Prof. Luke Elliott will fill his {
lace.
Ar Paducah County Judge Beth
harcs heard the arguments of the pc :
tioncrs in the local option fight the
Their day. After a great deal Of wrang- ,
ng on both sides the judge decided
ne law unconstitutional, and the [,
hole thing was brought to an end.
he prohibitionists will await the ac-
on by the court OF appeals in Septcm- /,
er and IL il declares the law invalid
ney will then proceed under the old
w.
As Monroe Rawlins was crossing the
Iilroad trestle in the northern suburbs
llopkinsville, a train OF cars came a.
lddenly upon him. In trying to es- f,
Ipe he fell from the trcstlc upon pile ,
rocks forty feet below. His skull
AS crushed and a leg and arm broken
, the fall. lie has since died.
THE scvcn-year-old daughter of The
pre- Schump walked out of a second
DRY window in her sleep at south =
sustaining injuries that :
e regarded fatal.
SOME days ago fourteen-year-oldE Ella
rown stepped upon u rusty axe at y;
rinccton. Five days later locked jaw ;
issued and she died in awful agony. :,
THE following fourth-class post.mas- /
RS were appointed a few days ago: I
ISIS O. w Hin, New Castle, Henry n
'unty, vice j, W. East, removed, and I
roma Murphy, -. Charles, Hopkins I
unity, vice j. V, McEwey, removed. 5
MIR W. II. SHARrLEY has been elect. n
second lieutenant of company l. Ken h
Cky State Guards, The place was