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THE HERALD.
, and
JOHN P. BARRETT, - )
JO IN' I.. CASE. r Pbopriitobs.
WALLACE URUELT.E. j
WALLACE GRUELLE, Editor.
HARTFOHD, OHIO COUXTY", KY.,
WEDNESDAY MARCH 17. 1875.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
H'olnro'lny, .Tfitrch o.
The Texas Senate lias paused a bill
repealing all laws ri-riuiriug hotels to pro
cure license.
It is rumored that Plymouth church
has subscribed 5125,000 to defray the ex
tienses of Beechers defense, and that
Bowen protested againrt the appropria'
tion.
Owlng'to the passage of the civil-rights
bill, the proprietors of the two principal
hotels at Chattanooga have surrendered
their licenses, and will condiictlheir estab
lishments as orivate boarding-houses.
The Hon. John Young Brown, of Ken
tnckv. has won tbe admiration oteverv
lady and gentleman in the South for his
castiiration of BeaU Butler. Already
fourteeo babies in Forsyth coanty,;N. C,
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navr-ueen named tor mm.
Last week we noticed the presence ofmyr
iads of rrassboDners in the fields around
Staunton. Va. Strange to say that the
fearfully cold weatherdid not affect tbem in
the least, and while the thermometer was
ten decrees below zero they were hopping
about as lively as ever. On Monday last
the fields were still full of them.
. A man by the name of Hugo Byer, a
painter by'trade, committed suicide at
Xacogdochee, Texas, in the following
manner: He took on February 19, 2
ounces of laudanum; February 20, 2 oun
ces of laudanum and 3 ounces chloro
form'1, February 21, 2 ounces chloroform
and i ounce morphine, February 25,4
ounces chloroform; February 23,2 ounces
chloroform and 1 Ounce chloral, and died
on (he 25th instant at Hp. k. This
wiHsurprise the oldest medical men.of
the age.
John' Jordan, an industrious, hard
working, well-behaved colored man, died
in Somerville. Tenn Monday night
. From what we can learn he was the -victim
of a supposed conjuration. Fully
believing he had been conjured, and
with a -view of relievihe' himself there
from, he had ewallowed dose alter dose of
the most powerful emetics, until his sys-
tem'was 'completely exhausted, and he
paid the penalty of his superstitious be-
lierwiln his life.
Early yesterday morning, as a "woman
wenllnto tbe saloon or Julius Wilcke,
in Chicago, Ills., to get some beer, she
discovered the dead body of the proprie
tor. There was a deep gash in his skull
above the rieht eve from which the brains
were oozing, and another cut from the
mouth to the chin. A hatchet was lying
on the floor, and the pockets or the vie
tira'were turned out and rifled. No trace
of the 'murderer has been discovered, but
his Object was doubtless money, since it
was known that Wilck6 expected to re
ceive $1,500 On Satbrdav evening.
Mr. Geo, Bright, an old resident of
Fannin county,, Texas, was killed at his
hotneriear Hotfev Grove, on the 24th,
under 'the following circiirnstances: It
eeemrthat Mr. B. had punished one of
his children on the day previous, and, on
the morning of the shooting affair, had
oraerea mis one 10 gei up ana mane
fire. Tbe boy complained of feeling un
weir, and, on his refusal to get up, his
fattier attempted to whip him, but his
mofh'er interposed. The quarrel between
the husband and wife was bitter, and Mrs.
B. testifies that he was about to strike
her. when James Bright, a boy of about
twenty, jerked down a gun that was
hanging on the wail, and sbot him dead.
The voun man then made hie escape.
The neighbors state that there had been
considerable trouble between Air. ana Airs.
B lor some time previous, and a difficul
ty Between the young man and his lather
only a raw aays neiore. xne eviaence ad
duced at 'the coroner's inquest leaves no
doubt on the mind of the jury but that
the murder was premeditated. Every
possible effort has been made to secure:
the murderer, but as yet without success.
On Friday last a terrible 'tragedy was'
enacted in DeSoto parish, La., a few
miles south of Sonne Ridge. It seems
that an old man named Samuel San ford
77 years old. 'his son John SanforJ, aged
SO years, and aon-in-law of the old man
named Ben Pittman, while, on their way
from Shelby county. Texas. toShreveport,
stopped on "the ftide of the road to eat
dinner. As the old man was sitting
against a tree, nis son stepped up 10 mm
drew bis six-shooter and remarking:
have got you where I have wanted you
for four years," fired two shots' into his
father's side or breast. The bitter sprang
up, mounted bis horse ana gaiiopea on,
when the .son pursued him, and, over
taking him. presented his pistol at his
head. The old man begged him not to
shoot again, flaying "you nave Killed me,
and I'wish to say something before I die,
or something to thaMitfect, The son then
rode off and. made, his escape into .Texas.
A parly from Spring Ilidge, shortly after
the horrible tragedy, went in pursuit of
. i ' " j i . "?! j .i.t.ri
me uiuruerer, uui laueu utuvi;riacuMi
At .last accounts Mr. Sanford was alive,
but'not expected to recover From what
we could learn, the act was prompted by
a desire on the part of the eon to get the
property of tbe father.
Last Monday, near Huntsville, Tenn
just over the Madison line, in Haywood
county, a negro woman left"home for a
few minutes, leaving two email children
in charge of a negro girl about twelve
years old. When she returned half an
hour later, she found her children, whom
eh e bad left hale and hearty, both lying
together dead. They looked perfectly
natural, with.no egn of violence on lliem
The alarm was given to the neighbors by
he half-distracted mother, suspicion rest
ed on the girl. She ivas charged with
poisoning tbem, and at, first she denied
it, but, when threatened, she went to a
log close, by and took from tinder it a Lot
t eol fitrrclinine. She had been hired si
a nurse by the father of the children, and
was opposed to living with the family,
is Hupposed she poisoned the children
get rid of nursing s.nd caring for them.
She says a negro man eare her the pois
oiu and told her to nut (t id the barrel of
meal, and she would then get to go back
home. Kevers! negroes have been arrest
ed, but it is not positively known whether
they have the guilty one or not. Whoev
er furnished the poison evidently expected
to Kin the whole latiuly.
Tfcurwlay. Hnrch II.
Lafree was found dead in bed at
II.
hotel
in Omaha Monday eveniii". U
came there laielv from Chicago.
At Indianapolis last nikht a brute
named Lewis lii-hop. cut his wjfeV throat
necause slje refused to live with hiru any
longer
A Jus. Lvatifc, residing m Seymour,
Uotin., yesterday cut; the throats or her I
two children; aged six and three years, I
then cut, her own. throat. .
Mr. W hitelaw Rcid, of, the New York
I ribiine. cent to-day J2,uuii more to van-i
Has and Nebraska for sufferers in the re-1
gion devastate by the gaasshoppera.
This makes a total of $12,000 sent from 1
. t. .in- r...i r. ,i. r 'r:
i lie ks iuiiuc uuiiai iuiiii iui iikcuj vi i
those states. I
Notice in an Atlanta saloon: Owing to
circumBiaiicea vi men 1 uvru nufc icwjuhs i
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1 snail tie lorced 10 aaopiin me miure
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the following rates:
Beer, by the glass 510 UU
Whisky toddy. 15 00
Brandy straight.-.. 12 00
and so on in proportion. 5Tb regular cus
tomers I mil maki a liberal discount
C. J. Weismeisike.
Benjamin F. Woodside, a merchant at ro
Chilhowee, Madison county, 1 enn., was
drowned in Abram s creek about noon,
last Wednesday. Mr. Woodside and a
voung son of Mr; Bovd McMurray were
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crossing tne crecK a suori aisiance booyc
where it empties into Little Tennessee
river, using a rope, stretched across, to
pull the canoe over, the canoe upset.
Mr. Woodside becoming entangled in the
rope was swept under the water and was
drowned, his body remaining fastened to
the rope until rescued. Young McMur-
ray reuumni iiic uaun. m oicfcj.
On Wednesday morning last iiewis
Finlev. residing seven miles from Benton,
Saline county. Ark., met a horrible death
by the accidental dischargn of a shot-gun.
The gun had been placed beside a tree,
and, in taking it up, one of the barrels
was discharged, the entire contents en'
termc the face or the deceased, blowing
Is head eiitirelv off. scattering the brains
fifteen feet arbund.
A negro by the name of Dunn alias
Smith, who'broke jail (a room with only
the name in neasonion, lexas, suori,
tune since,- stole two norses in mison
1 . . I. n TI-MMns nrnnXr fmnm M T" I
COUUIJ, UU fcUC ilUICWO Wtl,ot
Couzbran and Mr. lacKett. iney 101-
lnned him to the uuaaaiupe river. v r
near Seguin, where they retook the stolen
horses. It is reported that when Dunn saw
he was being overtaken, he took ambus-
cade in the bushes and drew his pistoi.
The pursuers took their horses and came
away, leaving him.. But whether or not
the negro win oreaK more juim auu oicai
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more norses, remains iu ue eccu.
The vicinity of Woodville, Texas was
thrown' into consternation and excitement
last Monday evening by the shooting of a
gentleman of the name of Pierce b an
other of the name Tomlinson, resulting in
other 01 tne name iomunsou, nsmmug ...
the death of the gentleman shot It ap-
pears mat jne cause mu icu iu mm
ic event was a dispute about the division
of some corn, dunng which accusations
were made bv Tomlinson. that the sons
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oi rierce uaa s.o.en ome
The lie and Jicks were passea ana m.r. x.
tetiiv. "-6-".
as Mr. P. was advancing on him with a
In liio wAwnn and horlfltmn thflM
! ViVi,: " " iefZ lt til
ttllc5 "J -.
a stick aa was alleged bv Tomlinson. Mr.
T. now lodges in jail, failing to give bond
for a 51.000 bail.
Martin oasievans.posrniasier at inaepcn-
dence, Grayson county, Va., was arrested
on the 2nd lnsu, oy opeciai irosiomce
Agent .Eugene Letnis, charged with rob-
bmz the united aiaies mans, roreome
8ix6r eight months past registered letters,
and letters containing money addressed w
r : ; " :. T.
aoie leiiers sent iruui iuc unite, is
cnargea, nave nut ueen rcucivcu, uuu nus
picion resting upon the postmaster, the
proper measures were taken for his detec-
F. r i i. i- . -i
tion, ana resuuea m ins arrest as auove
stated, l he accused was lauen wj ujnea-
burg yesterday morning and token before
United States Commissioner Patterson,
who sent him on for indictment by the
grand jury of Judge Rivers court, which
meets on me iuiii msi. xne prisoner
was committed to jail in default of $j,000
bail to await the action of the grand ju
rv.
The Alexandria, (Va.) Gazette has a re
port Irom Faauiertounty. Va.. that Sat
urday last a colored man named Haines,
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went to me nouseoi nis ra.siress, ueiween
Markham and Piedmont, and siezing a
hatchet made a murderous assault upon
the children, cutting and slashing tbem
terribly. The woman resisted and fought
him from the house to the etraw-rick near
bv where it. was ended bv her snlittine
& head o; TwitranaxLd etreThinl
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him dead at her feet. The woman was
hurt seriously, and the children so badly
that they will probably die.
A shocking accident occurred at Mt
Pleasonton mine, Scrantou, Pa., yester
dav, by which two boys, named Henry
y ; ' , 1., -w l .j
death in a coal screen. Both lads were
employed in the screen room -separating
slate from coal. Welch was in the act ol
stepping across the screen, when his foot
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waB caugni in me ponuerous niacin ng,
which was evolving slowly. His cries
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a, uwens,
a bov some fifteen years lof age, who brave-
ly and in face of a fearful fate sought to
extricate him. In theeffort Ins arm was
aii frit t in th nrAan ann hiMArA tli tn
chiry could be broiight to a stanir-sti.K
both boys were crushed into a shapeless
mass. ;lheir heads and arms were sever
ed, from their bodies, and altogether they
presented a shocking spectacle.
Friday, Mnrcli 12.
.There are said to be more, buffaloes on
me lexas prairies dow man loranumuer
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nfTJr. '
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A eon of Ben. Andrews, of Birdville,
Texas, has only just returned from, the
war.
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naines. lives m aeii county, lexas, e
is a nauye oi lennessee.
jispaicnes irom ou uonns. n. r.. say
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p..,
there this winter, have Leen temporarily
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immense quanuiies in me cemeteries as
to prevent the opening of graves.
Many women and children were drown
ed by the wreck of the steamship Gotten-
burg in Bass straits, between Australia
and Van Diemans's Land, several weeks
ago, information of which reached London
lastbunday. Unly iwenty-twoof the pas-
sengers ana crew were saved.
A negro girl of Oglethorpe countv. Ga. .
had a child when she was twelve years
old. At the age of twelve that child was
a mother, makim- the woman trramW
ther when she was only twenty-fouryeara
old. Thisissaidtobethejoungestgrand-
moiner on record, tot the truth or the
given by tbe Oglethorpe Eeio.
A well-known saloon keeper of Clarke -
vine, iciiii., namea .joun iuanning. com-
iiiiucu eaicme on oaiuruay nigiu lasi ny
:j-
taking arsenic. The cause was financial
trouble. He left a Wife and Several child-
Last night, between 9 and 10 o'clock,
ns John Munball and Con. Sullivan were
returning irum a nan 10 a puyeicianrana
much near mjc ruiirvuu crossing at .iuiii a
fetation, ra..on the TitUburgh. Washing-
ton and Baltimore railroad, their horses
became frighteiiedatapaesingengine, and
the wagon was precipitated over an em-
baiikmeut,cr'Jiihingtodcath tbe sick man,
bullivan, and very scriGualy injuring Alun-.
hall, whose recovery is pronounced im-
possible. , - er
A. stabbing affray occurred at No, 412
uiarK street,-Chicago, about 11 o ciock
last night, which will doubtless result in
the death of a boy of 17 named Billy Fish, able, the despondency of Miss Lou grad
It seems that he was accosted by Sally lually gave way to more buoyant hopes.
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aiciiicj, gin oiAttcn jcoid uiu, n ihu i
whom he had been intimate. She asked
him to acfiompany her home, and on his I
rciiiaiugsmi'ucu uiui'nuuvc mc ucauf uici
r.. .i.t.i.11.: 1 . 1. 1 1
Kmie peneiraiing 10 me lungs ana sever-
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ing an air passage, one was lnioxicaiea
at tbe time, and in conversation with ft
reporter a suon ume aitenvara; amrmea
her intention 01 killing fish, with norn-
Die uiaspuemiee. one proiessca 10 nave
iiccu jcuutcu nuu ucscircu uy ua iuuui.
A correspondent sends the ilurfreesbo-
(Tenn.) News the following account of
the drowning 01 hve negroes in otone nv-
en A very sad accident happened on lues-
dav. the 2d Inst 1 had gone, to Nashville
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on the 8 o'clock train, and left Mr. John
louiuyan in cnurge 01 niy uueuieas, wuu
1 1 1 f 1 : . 1 1
orders to have a load of ploughs taken 10
Murfreesboro for repairs. Mr. Sullivan
went irom the old liemaraio ttiicker home-
stead in charge of , the wagon and team,
with a young colored man as dnyer.
Stone river not being fordable,.the wagon
was driven around by Lascassas, and cross-
m wwi, u uiiut. vh k. . w
and woeriy piKe, came arouna to anom-
erfarm of mine known as the Sharp farm.
Here Mr. Sullivan had more plows put
into the wagon, and started the driver off
to town with .the load. In the meantime
a colored man named J esse Kucker( a wo-
man named, Catherine Crawford, a boy
named James Kucker, two young girls.
Phillis and Sarah Kucker. sisters of the
boy and the children of James and Susan
Rucker, colored, who lived on my place,
had all crossed the river in a skiff, and
wem wj mjwh aiuoi, in auvauceoi me -
gon in me even ng me wagon reiumeu,
nnl IhB nflpflM wlirt MTPflf Atl fnftt in t ll 0 I
ituu mw .ww "-V- w" -ww- ... w .
morning came oui in it in me evening, I
aroui an uour u buiisci.. jnaieau oi mc
driver going back by the bridge as he had
been directed, he undertook to ford the
river, when the whole party, except one
gin, jrumis nuciter, were urownea.
Snf nrdar, Mnrcli 13-
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JHIIICIUU MVUUVJf .CAM, IO UlUllUlllIlg I
new potatoes.
San Antonia, Texas, was freezing its
own ice last week.
The Dallas (Texas) Commercial says
that the gentleman who eloped from tha'tMd,ed,uP,0,th.edoor.a?,d handed their mon-
Iace hort Ume wU, ' another mar,
pd hag the arm8 of hJg
first love.
T, jiMn ofolj flnil fiIivc. flrounj
The discovery of gold and silver around
the. g)ee q tQvn of NewbarTp0rt
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iixtuss, hod iiiurcuDou iud vaiuc vi lauu
from 4g per acre to $2,000 per acre,
. . , . . SuTeve.L L - fired
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at the thief who was stealing his corn,
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ehot. lie found his respected father-in-law
curled up near the corn-crib.
stable. belon!?in!? to the Sauk Center
House, was burned, together wilh' thir-
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horse e,eveQ ofwhicb belonged to
farmer8 aQ j team8ter8
p!n.i,hrlr fwU nr r,1v nr1,f
k w; Jo jn ge of h;'8 be,' .eclrf
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b . el,lMien tbey1iave been sold
and'betrayedin the hou'8e of ,heir pre.
tended friends
d friends.
snerial disnatch from Sioux CItv.
fnwa. to the Chiearo Times savs manv
fctrangers have arrived to join Gordon 9
mace nius expeaiuon, which is w Bian
. . The indica,ion8 are that thcre
- . ' tl,nsn m,ndil
tbat
A difficulty occurred at Marshall, Mo'.,
last Saturday between Tbos. Doak and
J. T. Waddill. in which Doak fired sever
al shots at Waddill, missing him, but
mortally wounding John Morrison and a
young boy, whose name is' not given,
Doak was arrested.
Miss Sallie Combs, who was living with
her uncle and aunt in Union, Tenn,, com
mitted suicide Saturday morning by bang'
ing hersell. Temporary insanity is
thought to be the cause. She
cause. She was a
daughter of Wm. Combs, who. some years
since. wM run over by me ireignt tram
near Vauce.s tank and killed, i.ie man-
, V 'W",U,J c V, . P o "'"
j& b'! ,f rf
-IHIIUH lUCUU:
i never been rightly at her-
sell Since.
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IV IS jiir. uuuuril, Ul Xlllliuuar
lauiuus lur uio icucui caiuiis ill viic uui
rage business, was a disappointed appli
cant for a foreign mission, but was beaten
i uy u.e army iuiiu
by the army influence,.and is now so much
I worked up by his tailure that there is
danger of his becoming disloyal and join
ing the .Democracy.
A special disnatcn savs a desperado
named Hall took a nero Into a saloon at
Waverly, Mp., kept b a man named
Bool, and attempted to place him on an
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f-.ghta law. The bar keeper protested,
The bareeer then
dlBeed dje , th B&loQ .w- fc
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'nd rr 5S
him dead.
, ,
A lady living about six miles east of
bweetwater, ,tenn., some two weeks since
gave birth to three healthy girls, weigh
ing respeuuveiv eeveu, six anu lour
pounds, seventeen in all, all of whom up
to this writing are'doing well. She is a
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member ol a respectable farm r. and is
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" vMu uuauaim, uniu
lost her first one during tbe war. She is'
the mother of two children by her first
husband, and lour by her second husband
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u,rth8.
Une x.ogan. alias liickey. was killed at
I.. .
i tne place stand next to rulinc. Texas, on
AUl""m rwa". ?y,a m,a".n?.n,eu
Williams. Ilogan had abused Williams
. u,,u I, I J nut uu DIUAI WUIOIUUO, HIIU 1?-
turning on Saturday to the bouse to go
through the same programme, Williams
warned Ilogan if he did hot desist and
leave the premises, he would kill him in
hve minutes. Ilogan spent the five min
utes in cursing Williama and his wife,
at the end of which time Williams shot
bim in the breast with twelve bnekshot.
killing him instantly.
I A boiler in Nelson & RhnrtrM ire's saw-
mill, six miles north nf Riwhvillo Tnd
explode'd vesterdav morning with terrific
r.nlene,. tniSn. ilfW.1 7" " .1 '"I" "
neer, and Oscar Hinchman. a bov twelve
years old. and iniurin? severelv .lamps
Umchman, Jerry Widener, and George
number of pieces, and in all directions.
I One piece struckalo? house, tn-o him.
areu varus distant, near vriemo shinir it.
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ine mm was not running at the time,
Nelson was filing a saw. when the enei-
neer. a boy about eighteen vears old. told
him to hurry, as the steam was getting
too high. The explosion followed almost
immediately, blowing the engineer about
sixty jeei, uui only Slightly injuring JSel-
I ion.
Miss Allie Lou. daut?hter of Mr. S. A.
Atkinson, of New York city, had been on
a visit to her relative, Mr. A. Atkinson
of Madison, Ga., for the last four months.
I Her iisit South was for the purpose of re-
storing her health, having dyspepsia and 1
predisposition to consumption. Wo soon-
had she arrived there than Bhe became
very despondent, expressing a desire tio
return home. - tier relatives using every I
means to make hervisit pleasant and agree-!
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dui, uu liiurHuay mum nig, iiic till iiipu, i
she awoke at an early hour, seeming very
much depressed. She arose, and without
uresHing, vrent lnioan auiuiuing rouiu w 1
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cupied by a young lady cousin, and laying
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down beside her, asked the question, "11
you were going to commit suicide, how
would you accomplish the deed, by cut- a
ting your throat or shooting yourselff,
tier cousin s reply .was that she would
preier me latter. 1 ne conversation lurneu
noon other matters, and nothine more
was eaid upon the subject Miss Lou
getting up and going into another
room, in a few seconds the report of a pis-
tol was distinctlv heard nroceedinir from
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the room which she had sought the mo-
tnenl belore. At this the lamuy nastenea
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into the room, and to their horror found
that the young lady had shot herself, in-
flicting a fatal wound. Strange to say,
the force of the sbot had not been suf-
ficient to fell her. Necessary assistance
wa8 instantly tendered bv her relatives
and stimulants offered her.'butshe refused
nicui, Buying sue ucoireu iu uic
.
Monday, Mnrcli 15.
The New Hampshire election was not
8UCh a great Republican victory, after all.
They elected their Governor by a small
majority, and claim a majority
of eleven in the lower branch or
the Legislature. The Democrats elected
a maloritv of the members of the Council
(Senate), and two of the three Congress-
men
BillFish.who was stabbed by the young
woman nerney, at uuicago last inurs-
day night, and who has been lying in au
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UUUULUUU CCi Billet;, Will UUtT
bly recover.
a laav 01 Monroe countv. lenn.. pre
8ented her husband with three babies all
Ulive and well. Talk about immigration!
Rumor has it that tbe hurricane of last
week wiped out Dogwood, valley, below
Dalton. Oa., killing forty persons, and
anving invu.anuu seven uuuureu ssmrv-
ing men. women, ana cnuaren
Jy , , . -
-wine, v-, ..ibi eiifitcijr unu
w,. , ,aal cl ' "I""'" ""f wm
penea to use ooais in going irpm piace
P a.e- ""Piium ' us.aMjiue .
ey urougn 10 me teiier.
. Saturday afternoon Catherine Barrett,
ngeu auoutoj, wnue garnering coai mungt
the track of the Cleveland and Pittsburg
railroad near Wood's run, Pittsburgh
was run over by a switching engine and
tnstantlv killed.
The Vicksburg Herald learns reliably
. .
that there is considerable excitement i
Greenville, Miss, in regard tothe accounts
ortheeberm 01 Washington county, xne
Tax-payers JLeagne has been lnvestiga-
niig we mum vu,c, auu iut i to
good deal ofoftalk of defalcation lor the
InAaf Mllft anm nf nn hnnnrpil finri hltv
neat little sum of one hundred and .filtv
thousand dollars.
Tnesdaj-, SInreli IS.
Judge John W: Longyear. of the
Unitecl States Disfrict Court, died at De
troit, Mich., suddenly about 12 o'clock
last night.
A house went down Uiwassee river near
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Unsuccessful attempts were made to rea
cue i,,mhen last heard from and the
fate of the unfortunate roan is unknown.
A customer entering the store of' A. G,
Eberhart. at Conneautville.Pa., yesterdav
morning, found Eberhart lyingdead on the
tloor. Heart disease is the supposed cause
of his death.
W. J. Murphy, n planter on Red river.
near Fulton,Ark., was shot and killed by
a man named Jones on lnurBdny, ana
robbed of M.000 in gold and currency.
The murderer escaped.
Mra Sarah iu. JSastin committed suicide
at Virginia city. Montana, yesterday, by
shooting herself throngh the breast with
a revolver. It ii probable that domestic
Uouble was the cause.
j0i.n Lvden. a wealthy ahd well-known
gtock dealer 0 Ellsworth, K., who has
been missing some time, was lound in a
weU yesterday at Saline, in that State,
with a iong gaai, fn hi8 et g;de and eeT,
I nt in ntlier nartfl nf his hodv.
De-
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... , nrnrkinfi nn the -OQO
Nearly every newspaper in the landhasTi7!: nw. .' " ...T.-
nrTnlod ft nararanh tn the effect t hat
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Gen.Longstreet has taken up bis residence
in Georgia, and is there engaged in sheep
raising. The statement is unrounded.
& V. Clulson, a Methodist preacher
from Waterville, Ks., arrived at Helena,
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ii. u wu:i
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at the International Hole While the
mipata wprA at dinner ftfltiirilftv. nre war
5- j i i qa.L.i :
discovered iu bis room. Several men in
lueinpung
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who was discovered to be insane. He had
l!! ?J
sei me oeuumg un nre. iuc uro was
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CllilSOn
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ylum.
George Wheeler (negro) was hanged at
Eaeton, Md., Friday, for the murder of
Mrs. Wittman, a white woman, in July
last On the scaffold he said: "My friends,
I am going home to. my Father. I am
prepared to die. Whisky caused my trou-
I urcunicu
Lt rri .: v, ..) xia
V". r..6,j T .
died w,thout a' struggle, the lall having
broken his neck. ,
Jo8ilua Griffin, fcolored was hanged
. ui:. xr.i p,;j . ,i,o ,r,in-
UliaiOOUUHlU lailUl.UCfll AUIilUC(llUUr
ford county. Md.. on the 12th of October,
iqtj n.;m ,oa ,n.fi r.am niri
I lull. VJ 1 1 uiu iim -m . w j v.m
l.ji.ji 1 .i:
man. He was born in jail at Belair, his
mother being a prisoner. On the. morning
of the execution he made a full confession
ui tue crime iu me eucuu, saying m uc
killed Miss Taylor on account ofa grudge
.rii '- . .1 l. '. tr : i.. l. ..
he had against Henry layior, tbe mur
dered woman's brother, who had whipped.
him previously, Miss layior having been
the cause of the whipping.
KENTUCKY NEWS.
Hancock county farmers are troubled
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Willi i I'M r m 1 1 1 ii i 1 1 1 1 v null id utile uuuie
:.i f it.. . I. , !... 1
co.
Danville hnlel keepers are hannv. Thev
have not taken out license, and thus will
All tbe Bardstown hotels have given up
tbpir Heense sinee the nassape of the civil
rurhln li nnrl now "nnvate boardinp"
:-o-. .
is fashionable.
Mr. J. B. Lvle. of Fayette county. re
centlv found in his fold a Iamb with two
perfectly formed heads. It lived a day
op turn an1 than dipd
Mr. James Forsythe, of Mercer county,
had a fine Colswold ewe to havo four
Iambs a few nights since, and they are all
in the land of the living.
A negro thief was arrested in Frankfort
wonday, brought up lor trial i uesuay,
nlenn (rnillr Runtenrpd m one vpar s lni -
'prisonment, and Wednesdar.morning was
pacej ; tjje penitentiary all inside of
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It eeems that the trood citizens of Cum-
herlnnrl rnuntv n hnth snrnrwrl and
mortified that Mr. H. M. Alexander, their
Rl. - ritr ahni iwirt. nt Mr Tnlnndpr Riddle
aBt Thureday, while trying to arrest him,
nnd missed him hnth shots Thevsnenk
. ... . . .
f 1(9 horrible missing aliair,
cin nitit. Inst week .T V Ytea livinir
ner nmnd AvenneHavc Rarren rnuntv
iei j,is wife and hvei or six children the
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youngest only n few days old and eloped
- - .
wjti, a wornan (having one child) whose
reDUtation was notrsufiicient to ecure her
home with respectable people
Mi88 Ann Ferrand, of Bovie county,
jied last Monday night, ol the singular
atl(j rare disease known as gangrene.
nnl.. .to - hofnro !, .1-ih
her hand with n rjis-knife.. whieh m
he time was regarded as an ordinary af-
(; - hut was soon followed bv an intense
pain and other extraordinary symptoms,
and finally culminated in her death.
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The house of John W. Price, some two
miles from Hawesville, was consumed by
fire on last Saturday, when nobody was
at home, ihere was nothing saved ex-
ept the clothing the family had on. Mr.
Price was in the coal bank at work, and
had on his summer clothes. A lot of
Br0cerie3 just laid in. and all of the pro-
visions, including meat lor the year, were
destroyed. He is a poor man, and it is
therefore a serious loss to bim.
There recently resided in Marion coun
ty a lamily named frost, which consisted
of five sons and the parents. Actuated by
a desire, probably, to propritiate the win-
tr kin?, the father named his bova as
(0i0W8: Severe Frost, Winter Frost, Jack
ivi.:. tt--, -Lj m.-i, v.,l tt
der the genial warmth of Kentucky's sum-
mersunsthefamilyhasbecomedissipated
an(j j8 now 8cattered abroad in different
climes. Mr. While Frost visited Lebanon
few daj8 B;nce an(j although every one
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was'sigbing for warm weather, he was
heartily welcomed by bis many mends.
I This is no ioke. though it reads like one.
irankfort was startled one morning last
I week by the report that Mr. James uu
lett, a well known merchant, ol Benson
d-dc-.. had attempted suicide bv taking a
doge of 8trychnine. Subsequently the re-
port wa8i for Hie most part confirmed,
nnH U , muvrimneil t mt m,i MnnJiv
.. .uvl.h.,,,. ...u. vu..
morning he had taken a dose or arsenic
instead ot strychnine. Several ofhisneigh-
bora rushed to tne rescue, and one of them
gave mm a strong ;-netic. which relieved
E;m iong i,efore tfie physician summoned
from Frankfort could reach him. There
are raany rcp0-t8 ; circulation as to the
cause of this attempted suicide; but, with'
0t going into particulars, it may be stat-
ed they all point to domestic troubles as
-i he Kitinm of it.
1 i 1 1 E vrll nn..,onnnilni nr .1,
, U U " V (J J III1L, bVlllOWUVbUkVI ..J
Elizabetbtown News reoorUa fourteen
eaci, foot, ad five fingers and a thumb
on the right hand. Tbe same correspon
dent TOuches for the following: 'Squire
i James Allison, while digging ou his larm
unearthed an ordinary grub-worm, that
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uy some pruuees ur ucuk ui nuiurc mw
been transformed into a hard woody sub
stance, still preserving its form, head
body, eyes, teeth. &c. A sprout is grow
tngontofone side ol the bead near on
inch and a half long, not unlike the germ
of nn acorn. A second one is growing,
also, on' the other side, near a quarter of
' 1. ? 1 ni in i
n men in leiigiii. ids onuire. nas
planted it in a box filled with earth SO as
to observe the nature and growth of this
wonder.
Mr. John Bailey and some other gen
tlemen brought to Glasgow on Monday,
fearluly iutane s'r:ingr who made his ap
pearance in the ..Nicholas neighborhood,
on fallen limber, on ounday evening
and alarmed some lailie-, where he hap
pened in Ins crazv wanderings, lhe la'
dies sent for Mr. Bailey, who went over
and arrested the lunatic, and kept him
in confinement until Monday, when i
was brought to town, and after proper in
vesication, he was placed in jail until
further disposition could be made of him
He represents himself as being from
East Tennessee, and saya his name is
Simmons. He has a very ardent desire
tomarrv, but, this must not be construed
as evidence of bis insanity
An old negro woman by the name of
Brown, living about nine miles south of
Covington, on the larm ot Ur. rullen,
had a daughter about twelve or thirteen
years.ofage, who had for a long tim
been bed-ridden with a hopeless attack of
paralysis. tier mother an incarnate
"c"u 8'"'S;." ..u0u.
and trouble which the afflicted daughter
required at her hands, determined to put
her out ol tbe way, and selected the most
cruel and torturing method that debased
ingenuity could suggest burning expec
ting to conceal her crime under tbe guise
f ' .1 . tt ; r . .1 i .,:
Ul an ttiuciifc. UHtiNK unmicu list ur
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I of an accident.
set about putting tbem nto execution.
T)i-AjB tj.fc - a.:, u
I lakfiMK fciJC vijiiu uu Vyti nji u j iiic uitj'
place, arid tying a rope around her neck,
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I 1 1 1 ti uuui a iMiuc ui wuiiciifciiiw on
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I lA,Ut CU ul v"c IUIVOC, XUC V1II1U
I Bbrugicu WliU mini, uuhci Ul lUUtlUU
could. command, knocked the bottle from
the band of its mother and broke it, sal
urating the mother's clothing with th
inflammable fluid. In lhe' struggle, th
mother's clothing took fire1 from the fire
place, and she abandoned her terrible
crime to save her Own life. She ran and
threw herself into a branch near by, and
extinguished the names, but not until sn
was fatally burned. The clothing of th
child also took fire, and it was very se
verely burned. At tbe time, it was su
posed to be an accident, but the monster
woman subsequently, when in the agonies
of death from her burning, revealed th
facts as above detailed.
The girl who can enjoy the bouquet of
whisky, onions and pipe on the breath
, . . n .
of her lover, has a stomach for any fate,
Adam was the only man that ever
lived who could truthfully boast that
he never stole fruit in his boyhood.
A man in Indiana whittled up and
ate a piece of pine plank the other day
I. .
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1. ...... .-. .nAM .in ......... 1
nenced a panicm his lumber regions,
JT ,ar(i to Wn fr;en(1 after friend
to sec them slipping from you one by
nno- hut i is hnrtlpr sllll tn find n towpl
with your.eyes full of soap.
Tup. Pinoinnnt; raiwrs obrnnlolfi thfi
, , anra
in their city, but studiously conceal the
fnpt tlint thn rwwr old mnn lalmrpd all
, , , . t
those 1' under the ddusion that he
lived juit across the river in Kentucky
and tlL;covery of ti,c error produced his
1
death
THE DEMOCRACY OF KEN
'.TUCKY:
"We desire to present a few thoughts
based upon recent deplorable and dis-l
graceful occurrences, for your careful
and. patriotic consideration. In writing
as we do, we are actuated by the purest
of .motives, and moved by our exceed
j ing devotion to the principles of, and
jealous consideration-for4heiair fame
our party. Fpr the past twenty
years, we have advocated with pen and
oice the adoption of those principles
bv
the American people. "We have
in that time seen Kentucky, our belov
ed native State, redeemed Irom captiv
ity, and its, statue, set in the Valhalla
of Democracy. "We Live sufficient van-
ty to believe that we contributed, in
some small degree, to that desirable re
sult. It is true enough, that once or
twice, when extraneous issues were in
jected into the party, we were compelled
to differ with a portion of our political
brethren; but these differences passed
away with the occasions that produced
them, (and they were never antago
nisms of principle), and left us all in
full accord as before their intrusion.
"With the late war its causes or its
merits we of to-day have nothing to
do. That is all dead and buried, and
ought to be forgotten, matter. The
sword was appealed to, and by its decis
ion we must abide. No good can be
accomplished by raking through the
ashes of the late fratricidal strife, and
dragging into view the charred skeleton
of a quarrel that is dead. We fully
and freely accord to those who occupied
opposing sides credit for honesty in sen
timent and patriotism in action. "We
mourn those who offered up their lives
on either side as our common dead, as
brothers who laid the extreme offering
of devotion to what they deemed the
sacred cause of liberty on the altar of
their country. Their going forth to
battle and sudden death we accept as
the strongest evidence of their faith in
the justice of their respective causes.
Standing by their graves, we ask not
the color of the uniforms they wore, nor
demand to know which flag they hal
lowed by their blood. "We only know
that they sleep in a common earth, that
an impartial sky bends over them all,
and that the green grass and the beau
tiful flowers avoid not the graves of the
pne, nor concentrate their wealth of love
liness and adornment upon those of the
other. We only know, and only care
to.know, that, enemies no longer, they
repose,
Under the violets the blue,
Under the HUies the gray:
Under the lillies the blue, -Under
the violets the gray.
D'iscarding, then, the late war as a
legitimate subject of discussion, and
looking only to the perils that environ
and threaten our liberties perils great
er and more imminent even than when
we stood arrayed against each other in
hostile lines of battle it becomes us to
employ all of our judgment, to summon
all of our wisdom, to survey the critical
situation with the coolest and keenest
scrutiny we can command; and then
thrusting to one side all merely partisan
and personal considerations, act as. one
man, fully realizing the gravity of thd
occasion and the extraordinary respon
sibility that rests upon each one indi
vidually, and so act that our State and
our -whole country shall be benefitted
and preserved by our action.
We cannot afford to create and foster
dissensions in our ranks. There lives
no man. we care not whom he may be,
that has that claim upon us as a party
which demands that we should sacrifice
the harmony, perhaps the very exist
ence of the party, to advance his per
sonal interests. -When any candidate,
we care not who he is, stoops to the
lowest and vilest arts of the demagogue
to accomplish his own selfish ends, pro
ducing ruptures at county conventions
and .creating estrangements between
Democrats, spreadingschism and heart
burnings wherever he goes, he should
be looked upon as the publio enemy of
the party and treated accordingly. The
Democratic party of .Kentucky to-day
presents, the anomalous spectacle ofa
besieged Troy, against which dema-
goguery is waging a fierce and unrelent'
inc Punic war. The Greek horse of
selfishness has been introduced into our
citadel the county convention hav
ing coucealed in its hollow stomach
armed and bitter dissensions.' The fruits
of this introduction of disguised and con
cealed enemies into our county convo
cations, are already sadly and disgrace
fully apparent in the results of the
county conventions held in Owen, Bour
bon, Hart and Daviess. The. evil is
now in its bud, and can be easily met
and eradicated. If. left to grow and
gather volume and strength, it can have
but one and that'a disastrous termina
tion. The iarmony, the mobility of
the party once destroyed, its usefulness
will have passed away. In our union
of sentiment and endeavor alone con
sists our strength. By united action
only can we continue to conquer.
In the counties named above we were
presented with theiitherto unheard-of
spectacle of life-long. Democrats, men
of the first standingand position in their
communities and in the party, being
denied the right of expressing their sen
timents m public meetings of & free
people! Great Gon! and has it come
to this, ihatFreedomofSpeechisstrick
en, down, stabbed, murdered, in Dem
ocratic conventions in the Democratic
Sfate of Kentucky? One of the prin
cipal grievances that led our fathers to
throw off the yoke of British rule,
was their deprivation of, the free
dom of speech by the parliament of
England. And shall we, their descend
ants, submit to be robbed, through the
arts and trickery of ambitious dema
gogues, of this' dearest and most valued
right of American Democrats? Torbid
it Heaven! Democrats! Kentuckians!
assert your manhood! Protect and pre
serve your party and your State from
becoming the prey of such men! Let
us lay the necks of the mischief-makers
under the blade of the guillotine of our
scorn and reprobation! Better forever
banish from the party the designing and!
intriguing man who sets-at defiance all
our cherished traditions Till the rules
of propriety and decency, and who'
pushes his schemes of selfish ambition'
into the very heortof the party as Bru
tus pushed his dagger to the heart of
Caesar, than, like craven cowards, give
way before him, and permit hira to dis
rupt and destroy the party! What oth
er treatment does the man deserve, who,
while a candidate for the most exalted
position in our gift, stoopsto organize
and lead a bpltinsr faction because a
regular-county convention declines" to
instruct for him?
Ob, for a tongue to curse the slave,' '
Whose treason, like a deadly blight,
Comes o'er the councilsrof-the brave,
And blasts them in their hour of might!
May life's unblessed-cup for bim
Be drugged with treach'ries tothebrini,
With hopes, that but allure io fly,
V ltn joys, tbat vanish while be sips.
Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye.
But turn to ashes on tha lips!
His country's curse,, hiitcbildren's'shame.
Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame,
May he, at last, with lips of flame-
On the parched desert thirsting die,
While lakes, tbat shone in mock'ry nigb.
Are fading off, untouched, nntasted.
Like the once glorious hopes he blasted!
And,,wben from earth his spirit flies,
Jnst Prophet, let the damned-oue dwell
Full in the sight of Paradise,
Beholding heaven, and feelingielll
HON. JOHN C. UNDERWOOD.
This gentleman, a resident of Bowl-
ing-Green, is a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination lor the office of Lt.
Governor. While we cannot boast the
good fortune of being personally ac
quainted with him, yet we are acquaint
ed with others of his' family who have
in other and purer days been frequent
ly called from the retirement of private
life by the people of Kentucky to fill
high and"1 responsible 'positions. We
are gratified to be assured that the same
qualities of mind and heart that make
Hpns. Joseph R. and Wars ir LTJx-
dekwood conspicuous models of -the
old-school Kentucky gentlemen, are
eminently characteristic of the subject
oi" this brief article.
Join C. IJIsdeewoob possesses ma
ny qualities that entitle' his claims. to
the favorable consideration, of the peo
ple. I. He is a man of .brain and 'Ve
racity. II. He is modest and unpre
tentious. UL, He is "both, a professed
aud practical Christian, IV. He
wholly devoid of bad "or exceptionable
habits. V. He is a total abstinence
man from conviction of duty to himself,
his Jamily, bis. neighbors, and from
religious principle.
Such is his character given to us by
those in whose words -we have the ut
most confidence. Ho does not make
the barrooms, of the.towns he visits his
headquarters. He dees not bribe voters
with drams nor indulge in dram drink
ing himself. He is not profane or. ob
scene in conversation. He is a marvel,
in all these respect, mong candidates.
He is eminently qualified, in every par
ticular, for a mucli'Kigher position than,
the one to which he aspires. We are
for him.
Yorao man, yon eel a superiority
to the whole human race as you stand
at the altar with your, blushing;bride.
Ypu would not exchange places with,
the President. Yet a-few short years,
a few whisking3 of the broomstick; an
untimely stoppage or two with your"
head of wafted flat-irons, and your wea
ry body will rest under the swaying
willows, while some young gallant will
bring your afflicted relict out "to the'
cemetery on calm summer Sabbath eve
nings, and soothe her grief with' whis
perings of love, as together they strew
candy-kiss wrappers o'er your grave.
"Oh, why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?"
Two Calhoon girls wanted to lick a
little snow from an iron picket. After
the third kettle of scalding water was
emptied, they retired into 'the. house
not at all stuck-up because they had
learned how to boil tongue.