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fe Mat frtt.
Dr.
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H-, M. Marsh bas returned te Dan
Charles L. McCarthey left last evening
for Cincinnati.
G. C. McDonald has
visit te Georgetown, O.
returned from a
, a Miss Anna Daruall is the guest of Miss
'Anna Scuddcr at Carlisle.
ATlaa T.tltln T?fTr1nt te rfafttnr
Mrs.
William Turnipseed at Ashland.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ncsbltt returned
last night from their bridal tour.
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Mrs Lulu Rickctts of Cincinnati is
visiting the family of W. A. Telle et the
Fifth Werd.
Charles Stew rt of Ashland has re
turned home after spending a few days
in Mnysville.
, Mrs. Dr. J. A. Reed. Miss Hattie For Fer
man and Master Stanley Reed have gene
te the mountains.
Reginald Stewart has returned te Ash
laud after a pleasant visit te his sister,
Mrs. Mary Nichelson.
Wilbur Means of Concord was visiting
his ceusius, Misses Anna aud Nellie
Means of the Fifth "Ward.
Mrs. Anna Themas of Manchester Is
.spending a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. McMullcu.
Miss Kathcrlne Cellins Ress and Miss
Mamie Wermald have returned from a
visit te Miss Kathcrine Ress Cellins of
Covington.
T. W. Housh. a citizen of Aberdeen in
the long age, but new living at Salem,
111., is visiting friends and relatives at
his old home.
, Tayler Thompson, an esteemed citizen,
died in Fleming at the age of 82.
' The contract has been let for the new
Baptist Church at Augusta. The cost
will be 5,595 55.
Curtis Burnam Hume and Miss Rella
Frank Harber were married in Richmond
-Wednesday night.
Edwahd B. GAititAitD was found dead
in..bed at the home of his uncle, Edwin
G. Bedford, uear Paris.
At Catlcttsburg twent persons were
poisoned by eating ice cream. Prompt
medical aid saved them.
N. O. Biioeks, a former Covington
merchant, is reported nt death's deer at
his home in Winchester.
Titii Senate has voted te ndd 3700,000
annually te the pension list by Increasing
the pensions of these who lest limbs by
service in the Union nruiy.
" James P. Hahhesen of Flemiug is
formally announced ns a candidate for
Circuit Judge lu this District.
. The towboat sere sank in
of water uear Hickman. Ne
lest. Can't say new I see her,
fifteen feet
lives were
The Senate has added te the sundry
civil appropriation bill 25,000 for the
Federal building at Cincinnati.
The Missouri river is higher new than
it has been since the spring of 1831, and
higher than nny Junerise for mauy years.
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Albert Klund, the 3eung fellow who
stele a herse In Augusta and sold it in
Cincinnati, wlllboseutback te Kcutucky.
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The members of St. Patrick's Bcucve-
lent Society are requested te meet ut
their hall en Sunday the 0th inst. at 2
o'clock. Business of special importance.
Timethy McAuliffe, President.
A pair of colored butchers were nr
rtsstcd nt Cummlnsvllle, Cincinnati,
while in the act of carving steaks from
the putrid carcass of n horse. This is ene
time when the police get en thu "scent"
of their gome.
Remember, TnE Ledger prints "Help
Wanted." " Lest." " Found," aud similar
notices net of n business character, free
of charge. The only thing we rcquire is
that the copy be sent In before 9 o'clock
en day of publication.
"TirrECANOE" Evans of North Ferk
has sent TnE Ledger a variegated ear of
corn, of last year's crop, grown en his
El ace. Mr. Evans has the misfortune te
e a Democrat, although his proper front
name is William Henry Harrison Evans.
All persons indebtcd te the cstate of
James D. Gunn arc requested te scttle at
once. Persons having claims against
said cstate arc hereby notified te present
same without delay.
Frank P. O'Donnell,
Assignce of James D. Gunn.
' At Cincinnati Mary K. Pcrham sued
for divorce from William II. Pcrham.
Drunkenness, cruelty nnd fnllure te
provlde Is alleged. Mrs. Pcrham was
' formerly Mrs. Charles Shockley, and
both parties nre former residents of this
city.
, A small mistake nppears in the en
rolled Election bill. It was the Intention
of the frnmers of the bill te say that If n
mnn wanted te vete for seme ene whose
. name is net en the printed ballet, he
might write, it en with n black pencil.
Instead the bill reads: "A black ink
stencil."
Jeseph Beyrr, who was arrested by
Captain E. W, Fitzgerald last March and
dentenced te two years for breaking into
rnllrerta cars nt Fester, and who subse
quently broke Jail at Broeksvillo, is in
hoc at Portsmouth, where he is held In
$000 for stealing n herse. Yesterday Cap-'
tain Fitzgerald saw him there nnd he
wanted te be brought here te serve his
ttme lu the Kentuckv Penitentlarv. ex-
.r-pectlngil n lighter scntonce than he will
in unie.
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PUBLIC
FIRST YEAR.
KENTUCKY WEATHER REPORT.
What We May Expect Between This Time
and Te-morrow Evening.
THE LEDOEll'S WEATHER SIQKALS.
K7i He streamer fair; Illuc rain or snows
Wltli Ulack AiieVK 'twill warmer grew.
If Black' nr.NEATii colder 'twill he;
Uuk'Bs UlatH's shown no chnnge we'll eee.
E2TThe nbove forecasts nre mnde for a
period efthlrty-slx hours, ending nt b o'clock
te-morrow evening.
that's what's the matter.
Some peeple think it rather strnnge
That Democrats should make n fuss,
And say the country wunts a change,
When It Is new se prosperous.
It Isn't strnnge at nil. This shout
Is only Democratic gnll;
They want thQolHccheIdcrs out
Te get their plnces, that Is all.
A NEW 00.000 hotel is te be erected at
Huntington, W. Va.
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Nkahi.y all of the old schoolteachers at
Louisville were retained.
James N. Boyd of Dever was a recent
visitor en 'Change in Cincinnati.
The State Democratic Central Commit
tee will meet at Louisville July 13th.
Del Barrett, a thirteen-year-old boy
of Covington, was drowned while bath
ing. Aleis Calvert, n Louisville teamster.
was thrown from his cart by a train and
killed.
The first brick in the Russell building
was laid at precisely 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
Every Southern state except Kentucky
hns passed pension laws for its ex-Confederate
6oldiers.
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The Chesapeake nnd Ohie comes te the
front for the month of June with 753,
211 07, an increase of 72,305 01.
James U. Sallee is announced as a
candidate for re-election as Common
wealth's Attorney for this District.
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W. H. Reiirdack, Postmaster at Sul
phur Springs, Ind., had both eyes blown
out by a roman candle en the Fourth.
All the star route mail carriers for this
section have been sworn in by Postmaster
Davis. The new contracts began July
1st.
Near Vicksburg 700 persons helped
string up Smith Toelev and Jehn Adams,
members of a band of robbers and mur
derers. Fer the year ending June 30th the
earnings of the Chesapeake and Ohie
were 9,002.421 CO, an increase of 875,
310 51.
Jehn Fentress, a noted moenshiner
and outlaw, was Jailed at Owensboro
nfter a desperate light with Deputy
Sheriffs.
The Cincinnati police are te be equipped
with guns of a different make from the
present peps. A Celt 83 cnliber has becu
agreed upon.
Sunday-school at 9:30 n. in. and Chris
tian Endeavor at 7 p. in. at the Control
Presbyterian Church next Sunday. Other
services emitted.
Nipper, n herse from Charleston. WtJ
va., in a iree-ier-an run at tue rark
races at Catlcttsburg fell down, breaking
her leg and injuring the jockey.
According te Mr. Dana of Ihe New
Yerk Sun it costs an nvernge of $4,000 n
dny te run n leading morning daily paper
in New Yerk.
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Pilots report a big leg In the middle
of the river oppeslto the coal landing
Just nbove Fester. Beats should run te
the Kentucky side of it.
Nearly 30,000 delegates will participate
in the National Convention of the Yeung
Poeplo's Society of Christian Endeavor
in New Yerk this week.
Durinci the first half of this year 1,150
mucs ei new raureau was constructed in
the United States; about 500 less than last
year for the same period.
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Seener thau linve his wife taken te an
insane asylum, Antheny Krelg of Du Du
buque killed her, and then suicided by
putting n bullet through his own body.
A duel with clubs botween Jnmcs nnd
Chris. Sutten nt Grnndview, Ind., re
sulted in the latter being, killed while
James escaped Inte Keutucky. A
woman.
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Mrs. A. C, Perkins, n widow of Giny Giny
sen, wns assaulted by a naked mnn wLe
was foiled in his purpose by thb arrival
of the lady's son, lhe brute has been
arrested.
The total amount allowed by the Inte
Court of Claims of Estill county was
nearly $0,000, nnd as the estimated rove reve rove
nue Is only 14.400 the officers are ruzzlcd
new je meet tue uunciency.
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MAYSVILLE, ICY,
As an unanswerable argument
overripe egg Is a great success. .
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A r.uii of Bath county mules fell into
a mine twenty-three feet deep and get up
smiling.
Mns. Nancy Cassidy, ene of the old eld
est residents of Kenten county died yes
terday morning, nged 87.
Woodsen Peiuiy has been fully exon
erated for killing Tebe Crouch in 0 wings
ville, as it was purely accidental.
The number of exhibitors te the
World's Fair is estimated te be 175,000.
Their mail will be delivered every hour.
The Heuse Insurance Committee will
report against the Pcttit resolution look
ing te abolishing the Insurance Bureau.
Professer II. W. Voeel. n Berlin
chemist, claims te have discovered a
system of reproducing natural colors lu
photography. '
A company with 1.000.000 capital has
been charteicd at Tienten, N. J., te
propel street and ether cars by means of
compressed air.
Captain M. C. Hutchins has received
notice that a pension has been granted te
Elzy F. Boyd of Minerva at $12 a month
from August leth. 1891.
Miss Katie Merrill, uged about 80,
is very ill with pneumonia at the resi
dence of Jeseph A. Richardson near the
city, nnu it is thought sue caunet recover,
The night ynrdmeu of the Southern
Reed employed at Ludlow quit work and
declare they will net resume until a mere
congenial yardmaster is appointed ever
them.
New Orleans hns just succeeded in
floating 4,000.000 in four per cent, bends
at par." But in a season like this New
Orleans ought te be able te float any
thing. The Trumpit flour mills at Covington
were put up at auction, but there being
but one bid nnd that for 811,000, the com
pany refused te sacrifice the plant at that
figure.
About sixty excursionists went te Cin
cinnati this morning te spcud the day at
the Zoe. The exclusion was given under
the auspices of the Christian Church
Sunday-school.
The Turner-Parten feud in Eastern
Kentucky will new probably end. Bill,
the last of the Parlous, has been killed by
a son of Joel Smith, whom Parton had
shot some time age.
J. B. Clay and wife have moved te
their six-thousand-acre farm In Nicholas
aud Flemiug counties. Mr. Clay will
farm en a large scale, having 750 head of
cattle, 2,500 sheep and' 1.800 lambs.
At
Midway
Skidmeur Bleemer was
nttneked at
: his home by Hiram Riggs and
Rebert Woodruff. Bleemer was shot by
woeuruu in tue icit arm. lietii men
mndc their escape. Ne cause for shoot sheet
ing. i
Our neighbor of The Augusta Vindi
cator takes occasion te say: "The Fourth-of-July
edition of The M.vysville Pub
lic Ledoer was a nice affair. The Led
ger is always at the head of the pro pre
cession." Thanks.
Among the few Kentucky publishers
with fat bank accounts are these of The
Otcingsville Opinion. They have been
issuing the paper for eighteen months,
and have just new made n call ou their
delinquent patrons.
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Samuel C. Graham, nn American citi
zen condemned te twenty years' imprison
ment for the murder of "n Mexican In the
state of Jalisco, has, upon the recom
mendation of Congressman Springer and
ether prominent citizens, been pardoned
ey the Mexican Government.
.
The Fiuance Minister announced in
the Dominion Parliament that in view of
the heavy duty the United States had
Imposed upon eggs imported from Canada,
the Dominion Government had decided
te impose n duty of five cents per dozen
upon eggs imported Inte Canada from the
UIIUl.ll OIUIUS.
The sensational Lula Laughlin stories
published for the last few days In the
Cincinnati papers are all bosh, as The
Ledoer stated a few days age. The tale
emanates from a wilful mind, the
possessor of which is vividly described in
j'csterdav's Enquirer, A clese observer
of men can make a mighty geed guess.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brand celebrated
the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage
at Urbana, O., en the Fourth, lu the
prcsonce of three generations of their de
scendants. Mr. Brand is nearly 83 years
old, and n native of Bourbon county, Ky.
Mrs. Braud is ever 79 years of age, and a
native of Newtown, Va.
The Item Inserted In the District appro
priation bill by the Senate appropriating
fclOO.000 for the entertainment of the G.
A. R, at its encampment next September,
came up before the Senate The Heuse
had cut down the Item te 5,000. The
Senate refused te accept the reduction,
nnd n further cenference wns ngreed te.
Ok the 45,000 stelen from the United
States Express-Cempany at Pittsburgh
June 21st by E. J. Itynu, the company
has received $41,833, Ryan having spent
nly 187 of the stelen money. A de-
tecttve took uyan te tne onie Deposit
Company building, whom he turneil the
money ever te Agent Zimmerman,
Seme years age the burial vault of the
Chaplain family at Blaukney, lu Lincoln
shire, was opencd nnd It wns ascertained
thnt a large gray bat, which had bceu
found within the place en several occa
sions when the vault was opencd was
still a living Inhabitant of the said vault.
It was calculated thnt the bat had lived
In the tomb thirty-three years.
DAILY
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LEDGER
REVVBLICAK.
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892.
OUR GOOD CITY DADS.
Monthly Meeting of Maysville's Managers
of Municipal Matters.
The regular monthly meeting of the
City Council was held last night, Presi
dent W. H Cox in the chair. Several
members were semswhat tardy, but
Anally all came in except Mr. Pecer.
The Mayer reported 4 25 dex tax, and
2 50 collected for pasture.
The following reports of city efllccrs
were presented and received.
Fines assessed by Mayer $215 00
Collections by Marshal l."9 00
Net receipts from wharfage 0163
Belew we give an abstract of the Treas
urer's repert:
, OENF.RAI. FUND.
Cash balance last month f 709 Pi
Hccelpts during month 2.753 31
Total ?3,468 25
Expenditures 1,758 98
Leaving balance $1,709 27
WHITE SCHOOL FUND.
Cash balnnce last month $ 763 78
Receipts during mouth 440 80
Total $1,204 6S
Expenditures 005 75
Leaving balance . $ 293 83
colored school fcnd.
Cash balnnce Inst month $ 526 88
Receipts during mouth 34 00
Tetnl $ 560 88
Expenditures i, 180 75
Leaving balance $ 3b0 13
Claims were presented against the city
and orders drawn as follews:
Alms and Almsheuse $ 214 55
Internal Improvements 487 ifi
Ilurylng paupers 22 50
I'ollce 363 BO
City Prison 1200
Gns Account 436 93
Miscellaneous 45 10
Total $1,697 50
Dr. C. C. Owens was allowed 17 for
services rendered prisoners.
It was ordered that 13 00 be paid as
costs in the Fowler suit.
S. B. Oldham wns nllewed 94 95 for
work done In sewer nnd nt Almshouse.
These were added te the list of claims
and ncceunts.
The snlnrics of the Fire Companies
were also allowed.
The matter of watermain for the Sixth
Wnrd was reported as progressing.
Further time.
It wns decided te commence work im
mediately en repairs en Market street fill.
W. C. Pelham made an explanation in
regard te gutter en East Fifth street be
yond Bank street. The committee re
commended that the grade offered by Mr.
Pelham be established. It was se moved
and carried.
Mr. Pelham also explained the grade of
Poplar sticet. The report of the commit
tee in this matter was received.
Cemmittee en Prepositions and Giiev
nnces was given further time in regard te
condition of Morrison's alley.
Same committee recommended that
Jehn Ballcnger be allowed te move his
sign with the understanding that it be
placed ou the pavement and net in the
gutter.
Tearing up the grade. Further time.
Progress.
Gas Committee reported that electric
light at Second street bridge had been
changed satisfactorily.
Committee ou Internal Improvements
wns allowed further time in regaid te
extension of Ferest avenue.
Cemmittee en Prepositions and Griev
ances further time te confer with Dr.
Shnckloferd in regard te error in assess
ment. Committee en Internnl Improvements
further time In regard te connection of
Chester nnd Vine streets.
Alms Committee reported that Mrs.
Harrignn was paid $1 50 per week.
The Chair stated that Postmaster Davis
had reported numerous streets and alleys
were without names aud several had iden
tical names, and that it seriously inter
fered with the free delivery system. The
matter was referred te the old committee
with power te act.
The work en Union street ns reported
by cemmittee was ordered done.
Anna E. Hunt was granted permission
te erect a two-story frame residence en
Seuth side of Second street, Fifth Wnrd
Jehu Gleasen was granted permission
te build a two story-frame heuse en Frent
sticet between Market and Limestone.
Remee Tayler was granted permission
te build addition te his residence en
Washington pike.
William Spreemberg granted permission
te erect a two story frame house ou
Commerce street, Fifth Ward.
The collee-house llcense of William
Resser en Market street wns transferred
te M. J. Sweeney.
Permissions te erect numerous nwnings
were granted after some discussion.
A communication from several of the
physicians was read rskiue for the repeal
or modification of the ordinance regard
incr itinerant nhvslclans. or mere csnccl-
ally opticians. They said that the occa
sional coming of these men was a help te
them and a benefit te the community.
They wanted the nbsolute nnd untondi untendi untondi
tlennl rcpenl pf the ordinance, or clse
modify it by rcquiriug these se-cnllcd
traveling doctors te get a certificate from
n reputable physician in Maysvillc. The
communication was laid en the tabic bv
a vete of 8 te 7. The petition wasIgncd
by Doctors Strode, Samuel, Browning,
Shackleferd, Pickett, Cartmell, Paugburn
aud Owens.
Mr. Schreedcr wanted te sell the
Chester Statlon-heuso te the city for 25,
but was informed that the city already
owned it.
Deuble crossings were ordered put
down en the North slde of Third street
at intersection of Market aud en Seuth
slde of Third street at intersection of
Limestone.
A party wanted n llcense te pcddle lce
cream and lemenade en Sunday but the
matter went by default.
Mr. Uaulman reported part of the fence
around the Fifth ward Schoelhouso lying
out in the street. Referred te Committee
en Public Buildings.
Twe crossings were ordered put down
nt corner of Second nnd. Commerco
streets.
The following communication was read
from W. 8. Melten:
"Maysville. Kv., July 7th, 1803.
" Te the Honorable Beard of Ceuncilmen:
On (he 2U day of Septomber, 1801, 1 paid
ONE CENT.
te the Treasurer of the city of Mnysville
the sum of $250, for a license te conduct
a lottery. Notwithstanding I conducted
said lottery according te the laws of said
city, at the October term of the Masen
Circuit Court I was iudicted for conduct
ing nnd epcrntlng the lottery, and at the
Junuary 1802 term of the same court was
tried, convicted and seutenccd te pay n
fine et 500.
"New, in view of the facts that the
license granted by the City of Mnysville
afforded no protection nnd thnt the same
wns declared null and void and of no
effect, nnd that the money wns paid
therefer without lnwful consideration, I
deem it but just and right that It should
be refunded, and I hereby request your
honorable body te repay me the 250
paid for said license. ours respectfully,
"Wr.S. Melten."
The communication was referred te
Committee en Laws and Ordinances and
City Prosecutor.
Mr. Fowler of East Fourth street paid
50 for a merchant's license. He went out
of business June 1st and wanted half his
money refunded. Refused.
It was reported that the matter of a
night school is receiving attention.
Mr. Wadsworth wanted the Beard of
Education te confer with the County
Superintendent and the Trustees of
Chester in regard te establishing a school
in tLc Sixth Ward.
Henry Out has a seasonable ad.
very warm subject te-day.
en a
Covington is net as pleased as it ex
pected te be with its asphalt streets.
The wheat crop of Union county this
year is estimated at about 1,000,000
bushels.
U. L. P. Cooper has bought I. N.
Werstell's homestead near Aberdeen for
82,500.
It has been stated that for every 800
bullets fired during the civil war a man
was killed.
Six millions of dollars are invested in
the manufacture of dvnamite in the
United States.
It is claimed by
The Leader that the
Lexington Fair this year will
eclipse all
former exhibitions.
The street railway in Bowling Green
is proving a success. Its business has
doubled in the past few weeks.
Sturgis, Union county, cairied off from
all competitors the new Baptist school te
be established by the Ohie Valley Asso
ciation. William Kapus of Oregon has been
appointed Censul General "et Sidney, N.
S. W., te succeed the late G. W. Grifflu
of Louisville.
James and Chris Sutten, brothers, of
Newtonville. Ind., had a difficulty at a
picnic. There was a duel with clubs and
Chris was killed.
Judge J. W. Cleary of Covincten
has come out as a candidate for re-election
as Commonwealth's Attorney iu the
Kenten County District.
Riley Jett and Miss Pauline Bru'mley
nnd S. B. Yeungmnu and Miss Cera Jett.
all of Robertsen county,-were married
by 'Squire Bcasley Monday-
The Kenten county Democratic pri
mnry election, ordered te be held August
1st, will be conducted under all the forms
of the secret ballet system for regular
elections.
The World's Fair managers recently
offered 500 for the program held by
Lincoln when he was shot. Mrs. Mc
Clintuck of Philadelphia new has the
paper.
By advertisement in The Ledger it
will be seen that H. D. Watsen and W. G.
Jenkins will buy wheat at the Limestone
Mills. They furnish sacks free aud pay
the highest market price for wheat
Catlkttshure, like every ether sensi
ble city, wants one kind of time only
and that is standard time Just let the
lewclers of Maysville set their regulators
back twenty-six minutes, and we tee will
have it without any hubbub.
A. D. Ruff of Richmond, known as
"Pep" Ruff of the Kentucky Wheelmen,
was in the city yesterday. He left
Owincsville at 0:40 yesterday morning
and reached here at 11:45. Frem bcie
he went by beat te Cincinnati, and at
Louisville he will join the gang for a spin
through the blucgrass.
Scientific meu new declare that eat
ing before sleeping is of great benefit, and
that a bowl of brend nnd milk or n snuccr
of entmeal before retiring will in a short
ttme result in an increase in weight,
strength nnd gcncrnl tene. This is nbeut
en u par with the drlnking-a-glassof-het-wator-beforo-brcakfast
fad.
The Ledger is indebted te J. W Biles
& Ce. of Cincinnati for n handsome cal
endar. The fcature of it is it begins with
July instead of January. Messrs. Biles
& Ce. arc among the most progressive
firms of the Queen City, ovideuccd by
the fnct thnt they nre sole ngents for the
eclcbrnted Poyntz Bres, brnuds of whis
kies, mnde in this city,
m m ininii
Charley Heward, ene of the best
known nud ene of the most respected
colored citizens of Mnysville, died
Wcdnesdny night nt the resldence of
Benjamin Lynch en Enst Fourth street.
He wns formerly porter nt the Central
Hetel, but of late years has been em
ployed at the Kentucky Central Depot.
Charley accompanied Maysvllle Comman
dory te Cleveland, nnd was present when
the G 15 22 incident happencd; nud it
is In the nature of a colncldenco that it
was just three days befere his death that
the true history of that event wes first
published. Ills wife died n few years
age, nnd he left only a stepson. Up
was born in Greenup county, this state,
in 1643. The funeral wl)l be at 3 o'clock
this afternoon, from Scott Chapel.
There nre hardlv cueugh members of
the Legislature in Frankfort te transact
business.
Colonel Jehn 8. Mesnv, for the first
time In severnl yenrs, Is a visitor at his
old home In Warrenton, Va.
The contract for a 810,000 Courthouse
te be erected ut Palntsvlile has been let
by the Jehnsen county authorities.
Tiyj Army of the Ohie, Seventh Divi
sion, will have another reunion Septem
ber Gth nnd 7th ntMiddlesboreugh.
William Youne nnd Geerge Paxton
quarreled and fought near Charleston,
W. Va., at a picnic. A stray bullet from
Paxton's pistol struck and killed his own
brother Sam.
A half wild Inmate of th Marshall
county, W. Va., Poorhouse, who had
been disciplined, set fire te the building
after locking an old man and woman in
n room, nnd both were burned te denth.
The Aberdeen and Higginsport ball
clubs are new a tie for the championship
of Brown county, each having wen a
game. The third game will be played
en the Aberdeen grounds about August
1st.
At Cincinnati a horse had his hoof
tern oil In the frog of the B. and O.
Railroad track, and the owner sues for
damages, threatening te force the removal
of the tracks from tue city.
Max Benz pointed what he supposed
was an empty pistol at William Ochs's
head In Louisville. Ochs was fatally
wounded, and Bentz, crazed at his felly,
reloaded the weapon and killed himself.
The allusion te anarchists and social
ists in a Fourth-of-July speech infuriated
these people te such an extent that they
tore down an American flagatFairmeunt
Park. Philadelphia, and trampled it la
the dust.
Phil Armour, Chicago's great packer,
was at ene time a miner in a small way
near Folsom, Cal., where, after seme
months of unremitting toil, he secured
enough geld washings from the placers
te sell for 100.
TnE distance between division points
for changing railway engines has been
increasing In this country, and seme
reads are new running engines from 200
te 300 miles, where they used te run 100
miles mere or less.
A discharged waiter ran amuck into
the dining-room of the Helland Heuse,
New Yerk. Nobody killed, but the
guests, both ladies aud gentlemen, were
showered with gravy, wine, ice cream,
broken dishes, etc.
Mns. Bellamy Storer. wife of the
Congressman from the First Ohie Dis
trict, has joined the Catholic Church.
She was confirmed at Washington en
June 2Gth by Bishop Kcau, President of
the Catholic University.
Four actions have been brought
against Cyrus W. Field and the ether
members of Field, Lindlay, Wilchcrs &
Ce., te make Cyrus liable as a special
partner for 055,000 in securities alleged
te have been converted by the firm.
The Frnukfeit "squeezers" seem te be
getting the worst of it all around. The
case of the Commonwealth against Leuis
Betz, Sheriff of Campbell county, for
taxes collected from the Water-works,
was decided in favor of the defendant,
Betz claimed 25 for collecting taxes.
while the state claimed that he was only
entitled te 4.
A newspaper is nlwa3's printed In n
rush, says The Nexe Yerk Sun. There Is
always something in it that should be left
out; something left out that should have
been put iu. It is sometimes tee quick te
act, but with all its faults aud shortcom
ings there is mere education in a bright
newspaper than there is in any novel.
Yeu will find the brightest boy en practi
cal, sensible everyday questions is the
boy who reads the newspapers.
"Tem Davis is feeling se patriotic in
the possession of the Maysville Postefllce
nnd a first-class daily newspaper that he
issued The Public Ledger in red, white
nnd blue en the Fourth," saj's The Ken
tucky Leadtr Right you are; but we
aren't yet able te beast npcrfectingpress,
such as our deservedly successful neighbor
will seen have. The Ledger is net only
happy in its own prosperity, but it IS
rojeiccd thnt The Leader is next te the
brass band
Four days in succession clearings of ' .'
Cincinnati minks have evceeded 3.000.
000. which i unprecedented, nud in nll-s. '
piebabiliH this week the clearings will
be Inrijei thnn for any week of five davs
in hi'sierj This heavy increase In
clearings was nt first attributed te the
business in the new industrials, but nil of
these have been paid for long age. and it
Is presumed that this is legitimate busi
ness new The per cent. Incrcase is
gi eater than at any point iu the ceuntrj'.
"I've get nn item for you!" exclaimed
tn excited individual as he rushed into
the Foreign Missionary editor's den yes
terday, upsetting the mahogany divan
and treading en the office cat's tall.
What is it?" inquired the f. m. e.
wifli an eagerness and hopefulness equal
te that of n genuine Missionary in search
of dollars for the dearly beleved heathen.
"Why, I've Just been rending The
Ledger, and I doclare it is the best little
dally in Kentucky," said the enthused
visitor, with his countenance wreathed In
a two-for aquartcr smlle.
And the f. m. c. resumed the letter he
was writing te the Prince Jujubepaste,
Beny-part avenue, Timbuctoo, advising
him that there would seen be a fresh In
voice of missionary meney sent te his
dominions, and hoping the boys would
paint the old town red."
The Nations of Eurepe are hoarding
geld. The Bnuk of France since last
year has incrensed its store of peld $5V
000,000 and Germany nbeut 35,000,000.
The Xeie Yerk Financial Chronicle says
that while the geld holdings in the United
States Treasury have decreased 70,000,
000 since 1800 the geld of the New York Yerk
banks has increased ever $12,000,000.
But ene thing is certain. Foreign gov
ernments are depleting us of geld te the
extent of their ability and piling it up In
their own vaults. In two weeks the
shipments of geld from New Yerk have
exceeded 810,000,000. The Bank of
France practically pays out nothing but
silver, and geld cannot be drawn from a
hank in Hamburg under three days. Tb
Bank of England habitually pays out,,
naner. The drain of sold from (bis ceun
try is something te be vigilantly watehL
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