Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-06

LEXINGTON, KY, Aug. 80. Although
there have been many fights over the
present Congressional campaign of
Colonel Breckenridge, the first duel To
the death upon this issue was fought
near Boonesboro late yesterday after
noon. The scene of the encounter is
about 90 miles south of here, on the
Kentucky river. A gentleman who
lives near Boonesboro, and who came
to this city to-day, gives the following
version of the AFFAIR."
John z. King is well-known farmer
of Fayette county, who lives near
Cleveland, where the Richmond and
Lexington pike crosses the Kentucky
river. George Cook was tobacco
raiser, who had the farm of Bob Will
son, neighbor of King. The two men
were riding on horseback along the
pike toward Buonesboro, late yesterday
afternoon, and when within about u
mile of that place, King overlook Cook.
Being well acquainted, they soon began
discussion of the different phases of
the Breckenridge campaign.
Cook had just read that Charles Car
roll Lcer, a Bourbon county breeder,
had said the daughters of the tobacco
Colonel Breckenridge, in order to be
sure of children with brains. Being all
along an anti Breckinridge man, this
statement angered him beyond measure,
and he blurted out that no decent
woman would go to hear breckenridge
speak.
THE INSULT CALLED FOR GORE.
King, who is strong Breckenridge
man aud whose wife and daughters
had gone with him to Athens to hear
Colonel Breckenridge, took this as a
personal insult, and lie told Cook that
he would have to apologize. This Cook
refused to do and King proposed that
they get down off their horses and settle
the matter then and there.
Accordingly, both men dismounted
and drew their knives. With these
weapons they cut and hacked each other
for several minutes, King finally stab
bling Cook in the heart Cook fell to the
ground and expired in few seconds.
King went home, dressed his wounds
and left for parts unknown, Neighbors
took the remains of the dead man to
the little home of his wife and five
children.
Last night sensational fist fight oc.
Cured IN the dining room of the Leland
Hotel between young society men of
this city, Smith Bowman and Bernard
helms. helms is Settle man and
Bowman an Owens follower, both
against Breckenridge. They got into IL
heated argument over the Congressional
campaign, and regular hammer-and-
tongs fight followed, The guests quickly
ran GU. of the dining room, many of
the ladies running in the kitchen. The
greatest excitement prevailed, and 1t
was not until the proprietor came in
that quiet was restored.
Elder j. w. McGarvey, an eminent
instructor in theological subjects in the
Bible College Of Kentucky University,
and leader in the Christian church Of
the South, has again taken up the
cudgel against Colonel breckenridge,
using Evangelist Barnes sermon of
Sunday night, in favor Of Breckenridge,
as bis text.
The caustic letter concludes with
discussion of Biblical parallels upon
which Evangelist Barnes and others
have attempted to excuse Colonel
Breckinridge's shortcomings, the closing
paragraph being as follows:
LET it be known, once and forever
that there is nothing in Gods Holy
proven against Breckenridge and
nothing to furnish an excuse to good
people for seeking to re.elect him."