The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1909-08-12
KENTUCKY KERNELS
Carefully Collated and Concisely
Chr0nicled.

by a severe hail and wind storm last:
Thursday and about 80 per cent of the;
growing tobacco was destroyed.
During a religious meeting at Duna-,
ways Chapel. in Clark county, Napoleon;
B. Devary shot and killsd Harvey Ew-:
ing. Devary claims self.defense.
Ike c. Smith, former gambler and sa-.
loon keeper of Louisville, who received
twenty-five knife wounds in his body !:
died in a hospital without diVulging the.
name of his assailant.
As result of too much curiosity in
the handling and examination of an old
revolver, George Miles, a negro boy aged
about l6 years and a resident of fine ne;
gro suburb of Paris, is dead with bullet
hole through the brain. !
Alpheus Ring, foreman of Hagemeyer'S
saw mill, at Butler, in Pendleton cOun;
ty, escaped fatal injury the other day;
He was caught by the shafting and was
nearing his death when his light summe!
clothing gave way and his life saved. 5
As the result of injuries sustained
three years ago while guarding prison;
er James Welsh; Louisville policeman
died at his home last week. The pris-
Oner in attempting to make his escape
struck Welsh heavy blow in the stom-
ach.
Governor Wilson last week refused
to pardon Il number of Lawrence and
Leslie county convicts so they could gp
home and vote a: the Republican pri-
maries. His reasons were that "cOnvicts
who happen to be Republicans are not
all good Republicans.
George SizemOre committed suicide
last week at Gulett, in Magoffin county,
by jumping into a well head foremost
and dashing out his brains. He was .
brother to Polk Sizemore who committed
suicide in Morgan county about six
months ago by shooting himself.
While digging trench at the Wash
ingtOn creamery, in Mason county, work
men unearthed an old tin can which
contained $50 in gold. The coins bear
dates preceding the civil war and it is
thought that the money was buried by
parties who lived on the premises dul-
ing the war.
A barn on the farm of Stokes High
field, in Pendleten county, was struck
| bv lightning in recent storm and burn
ed to the ground A lot of hay and pe-
tatoes in the barn were destroyed. Mrs
q. w. Ballenger, Jr., of the same neigh
bOrhOOd, had valuable horse killed by
lightning while grazing in field.
While driving a twO-year-Old mare TO
break cart, near Paris, the animal be-
came frightened at some obstruction and
made dash to get away when her dri-
yer, John Virgins, held her in check,
the mare rearing up and falling back
wards. breaking her neck. Mr.. Wiggihs
was uninjured though the horse came
near falling on him.
During an electrical storm in Rich
mOnd, last Thursday, three buildings IN
different parts of the city were fired by
lightning at nearly the Same moment.
The fire department fought all three ut
intervals, thus saving adjoining proper
ty. Stanifer x SOpher, clothing mer-
chants on Main street, big livery and
feed barn, and dwelling house in the
negro section were the losses.
Andrew COOns, a prominent farmer
of Daviess county, was instantly killed
by lightning last week. He was stand
ing near a threshing machine with: a
crowd of men in a field when a flash
caused Walter Cook, on whose farm the
men had just completed threshing aid
were preparing to pull up, to be knocked
to the ground but was uninjured, Mr..
CoOns, who was standing near by, re-
ceived the full shock and was instantly
killed.
Executive clemencv was extended to
the Rev. w. f. HOneycut, of Jackson
county, who moved from Ohio to Ken.
lucky and performed marriage ceremO-
ny without first taking out license to
do so, as required by the Kentucky stat
utes. As soon as the minister learned
that he had violated the law, he went Ito
the county judge and filed bond to an
swer to the charge, but the records do
not show that he has been tried or even
indicted.
Judge Walker Parker, in the Circuit
court at Lexington last week, handed
down decision in which it is adjudged
that the election held in that city No