Kentucky Advocate from Danville, Kentucky • 1

VOLUME NINETEEN DANVILLE KENTUCKY RIDAY SEPTEMBER 7 1883 NUMBER 10 I Hi'' fed' M' II 41 I THE ADVOCATE PUBLISHED BY ADVOCATE EINTING AND PUB LISHING COMPANY TEHMS: $200 pbh Annum $100 fob Six Months 50 Cents fob Tubes Months Our Neighbors News NOtes Gathered by the lieporter STANOBD The crop of mast in the knobs this year promises to be bountiful JuixixM Durham and Chas ox of your city were here last Monday The dry weather continues No rainof any consequence here for more than two months Mr It Marks was here on Monday Sorry he come to see us oftener He's as welcome a visitor as the Advo cate Dr Speed of the State Board of Health is announced fora lecture here at the court house on Thursday night 6th inst A fellow named Gay in jail serving out a sentence for setting up a "chuck a game while at work on the streets Monday sloped At Eubank's Station on the last week Wm Morgan shot and killed Henry Ghent Morgan surrendered him self to the authorities Prof Abner Rogers organized his school at the Stanford Male and emale Academy last Saturday with twenty seven pupils and got ready for work on Monday On Saturday night one John Youngwas run over by the night express on the going north The accident oc curred near Hanging ork One of Young's legs was crushed off and the other broken in three places He was taken to his home in Lebanon County Court days are getting to be very dull occasions so far as business is concerned last Monday there was hardly any stock on the market A few horses were offered at auction and a few sold privately Prices ranged from $50 to $125 In County Court several had their tax lists corrected ami two or three wills were admitted to probate among them that of Kid King Mrs Virginia King the widow qualified as executrix without bond as provided in the will All the property consisting of 180 acres of land about 4 miles from Stanford on the Danville pike 30 shares of National bank stock the personalty and other property was left to Mrs King until the youngest child reaches 21 jears of age after which she is to have one third during her life and the other two thirds are to be equally divided between the children The es tate is worth not far from $20000 Mr Crutcher ot Madison county and Mr A Oldham of Missouri wereap pointed to take charge of the charitable bequest made by Dr Geo Givens of which Elds King and Shouse were nom inated trustees by Dr Giyens Last Monday night was an eventful one in Stanford and vicinity our pris oners confined in jail hero effected their escape by sawing in two the iron bars of thetr cells Their names were Wm Dun negan arrested in Arkansas and brought back to this State to answer for the mur der of Nannie Bryant a girl whose body was found in Rockcastle river last winter or spring Janies Rainwater from Whit ley county under sentencoof 21 years in the penitentiary for the murder of old man Dowell Wm Dyehouse charged lOrse stealing and Larkin Bird 'll Laurel county charged with rob bh caron the railroad The er Thos Newland found saws and wooden keys used by the prisoners and lie thinks these things were carried in to ithem by Dunnegan's wife who visited him a short time ago They got out tv about 11 in the night There is iW no clue as yet to their whereabouts On the same night Mrs Kato Mundi wife of Mundi a one legged Irishman who lives in a little log cabin on the Crab Or chard pike about two miles from town was murdered in her bed Circumstan ces pointed to strongly to Mundi him self ns the guilty party that the coroner's jury in their verdict said that she came to her death by the use of hatchet or ax in the hands of Mundi Ho was accordingly arrested and lodged in jail Of course he denies that he is guilty but tno facts developed at the inquest place it beyond any doubt that he is the mur derer It was proved that ho had throat cited to kill her that he always treated her badly that she had at one time ob tained a divorce from him on account of his cruelty to her but that she after wards married him again that on tire morning of the murder he came to town and pretended to bo greatly afraid Unit he'd be suspected that he she and a little child were the only persons sleep ing in the house that night that a razor was lying on the bed by her body to make the impression that she had been killed with it perhaps as Mundi said committed suicide but the bone in her neck was cut and her neck broken and the razorhad no gaps in it nor any ap pearance of use and finally sleeve and wristband bad blood stains on them If there ever was a case which could justify lynching this certainly is one No one doubts that Mundi mur dered his wife HUSTONVILLE HocKfcB has resigned hie agency at Moreland and is succeeded by Mr ishback of Nicholasville Carpenter weighed his cattle to Lehman on Monday The 77 head aver aged 1556 at 5Jc per lb Misses Lucy Bogle and Ella Peyton have gone to Garrard county to teach young idea how to Both will discharge their duties faithfully Wm ogle after a long illness of ty phoid fever died at bis home in Middle burg on Monday night last He was a young man of excellent habits and stood high in the circle in which he moved Mark colored air is in pro gress this week It began on Thursday and closes on Saturday Mark always comes out winner by odds' even if few attend and but little stock exhibited It is held near town on the Danville road The Liberty air begins on Tuesday next the lltb and continues three days It is said that ample preparations have been made to accommodate all who may go Enterprising gentlemen are at the head of it and will make it as pleasant for visitors as they possibly can Several gentlemen and a few ladies went over to Lexington on Saturday to attend the air of course But nearly all had a glimpse of Circus and Jumbo before they returned Owing to the crowded condition of the trains com ing this way several get in till Sunday All say that Barnum knows how to entertain and that in excellent style Lawyers Miller and Pey ton of Stanford were attending Court here on Tuesday last Mrs Harriet Campbell and daughter Mrs Capt Rust of Seguin Texas are visiting friends in this county after an absence of several years Miss Rachel Carpenter is visit ing her numerous friends in and about Lexington Miss Phillips of Harrods burg quite a pretty young lady has just gone home after spending several days with the Misses Dinwiddle near town John Burgin began school at Christian College on Monday with a class of about twenty pupils Miss Eugenia Peyton opened her private school in same way with about fifteen The pub lic school nearly always a failure here so far goes begging Mr Blakeman hav ing retired gracefully after trying about one week to gather in the many kids about town If our town would build a good school house there would never be any difficulty in securing the services of a good instructor HARRODSBURG Jerry Kersey bought a car load of hogs at 44jc per hundred John Young colored had a stroke of paralysis Tuesday while passing along the street John igg has sold his lot on Main St to Vanaradali A Cohen Price paid $800 There were two hundred tickets sold here last Saturday for the "Jumbo jam" at Islington Let everybody go to see Riding to night (riday) and Saturday matinee thereby aiding a good cause and enjoying a pleasant evening amusement besides It is rumored that on the 15th inst one of the young business men of this place will lead to the altar one of our handsomest belles The matrimonial fever is on a boom There are several more to follow soon Marriage license was issued to the following parties last Week Cham bers and Celista A Noland Wm Demaree and Nancy Cunningham A Noel and Martha Jane all b( this county Horseback riding is getting to be a fa vorite past time witli our young people Every morning large crowds may be seen going out to the white sulphur well re cently discovered on the Danville pike at the toll gate The schools all opened with flattering prospects Prof Harrods burg Academy had 120 scholars Monday College blds fair to have the largest school it has had since the war i i and all other schools have a full list of New Govornob scholars Died at her home in this place last Thursday night after a long and painful illness Mrs Jerry The fun eral service was preached by Elder Ter rell and interment at Spring Hill Ceme tery Also in this county last riday morning Mrs Ann Boice relict of the late Harry Boice this county uneral service last Sunday morning at Mud Meeting house by Rev Allen Tupper Mrs Norris has re ceived several very complimentary no ticeson her picture 'Babesin the The picture represents her two children and Mary Clarence Charlie Keigwin has taken charge of the old or sythe School house in this county Suc cess to you Charles' Miss Nannie Mc Dowell one of handsomest daughters spent several days last week with relatives here Misses Maggie and Rose Lewis have returned from a most pleasant visit in Scott and ayette coun ties Miss Mary Maddox has returned home Miss Lusetta Alexander is on a visit to her sister Miss Russell Miss Bessie Cohen has accepted and taken charge of an Art class in one of the Lan caster schools Mrs Jas Chrisman and family of your place is visiting her sister Mrs Geo Robards this week Mrs A Ripperdan returned home af ter a pie etabt visit to her sisters Mrs arnsworth and Mrs John Ludwick Miss Bettie Chelf of Bradsfordville is on a visit to her cousin Miss Mary Chelf this place The condition of Miss Lizzie Stephenson remains about the same ears are entertained for her recovery BURGIN Harrodsburg has a Jumbo On ac count of his enormous size weight and eating capacity they now call big Abe McMordie ifty people from this neighborhood were cured of last Satur day and can now swear that his mono trojgelephantsbip is no humbug rom twenty to thirty pistol shotsjwere fired in the cars last Saturday night aa the accommodation train was returning from Lexington and the conductor did not say a word There were two fights and a ecore of drunks and the women who were aboard were very much fright ened and in actual danger of being shot Police should accompany excursion trains On Tuesday evening next the 11th inst Prof McGarvey the distin guished lecturer on Palestine willfbe at Cane Run Church To those who have heard and (enjoyed his lectures on the Holy Land it may be interesting to know that the lecture will be accompanied by panoramic views representing the main points of interest in Palestine about which the Professor will speak from a personal knowledge and inspection he having traveled through all jthe princi pal cities and countries of biblical noto riety The Mercer air Grounds are to be re sold again to satisfy some of the old stock holders who discovered some flaw in the proceedings There is an enterprise the to raise $20000 by subscription and buy the old Asylum grounds (Gra ham Springs property) from the Govern ment and establish a stock fair and race Hon Proctor Knott Installed at rank fort with Enthusiastic Demonstrations rankfort September The inau guration of Hon Proctor Knott Gov ernor elect of Kentucky took place in this city to day and was the most impres sive and enthusiastic demonstration since Kentucky was made a State The Recep tion Committee left the city yesterday evening for Louisville where they met Governor Knott and escorted him to this city to day arriving here by the special train at 12 An immense crowd had assembled in the vicinity of the depot and when the train came to a stop the Governor elect and party were escorted to the Capital Hotel and assigned to the reception rooms The State Guards then marched to the Executive Mansion and received Governor Blackburn with mili tary honors He was seated in a carriage accompanied by Hon James Blackburn Secretary of State Hon James Can trill Lieutenant Governor and Colonel Samuel Churchill The military then marched to the Capital Hotel where Governor Knott the committee ot Recep tion and Arrangements were and then the procession formed in line Governor Knott was conducted to the Executive office by Governor Blackburn Mayor Taylor and a Committee of Re ception and was formally placed in pos session of the Great Seal of the Common wealth The retiring Governor caused the Executive Journal to be produced and a record was made and signed by Governor Blackburn that having served the term for which he was elected the seal of the State was turned over to his successor the Hon Proctor Knott Governor Knott in his inaugural said It is scarcely necessary that I should in dulge in any labored attempt to heighten the impression of my sincerity in the simple declaration that every energy of my intellect shall be devoted to a compe tent understanding of the difficult and delicate duties involved in the dignified trust to which I have been called and that it shall be my constant and earnest purpose to discharge them faithfully fear lessly and fully Thoroughly impressed with the impor tance of this great truth and justified by the example of my predecessors on simi lar occasions I trust it will not be consid ered improper for me to declare here dis tinctly and irrevocably that in no case will 1 grant a pardon or remit the penal consequences of a conviction of a criminal offense unlessl shall be fully satisfied up on thorough and impartial examination of all the circumstances that it would be unjust to the convict or in some manner detrimental to the public interests to carry into execution the penalty of the law Upon no other principle in my judgment could I possibly exercise that high prerogative consistently with my obligation to see that the laws are faithful ly executed or With the inflexible de mands of justice which it is the prime object of all good government to fulfill Governor Knott and wife have taken rooms at the Merriwetber Hotel where they will remain) until the Executive Mansion is refitted and ready for them to occupy it Governor Cabinet will be as follows: Secretary of State Hon James A McKenzie of Hopkinsville Assistant Secretary of state Colonel Mc Carthy editor of the Paducah Journal Private Secretary Judge Charles Kin kead of Louisville Adjutant General Major John Castleman of Louisville Commisaioner of Agriculture Colonel John Davis of Shy by ville course The project is meeting with some favor and hopes are entertained of its panning out a reality The following ladies snd gentlemen left Wednesday morning for the Cincinnati and Louisville Exposi tions: Misses Alice Burgin Dora Arnold Mamie Parker Lydia Payne Bessie Bul lock Ella Coffman and Annie Elmore who will be chaperoned by Mrs Grimes Jr and Mrs Bowman Messrs Cook Sullivan Smith Bowman George Cogar and your correspondent are also of the party Buy ing round trip tickets to Cincinnati and return for $285 and tickets from Cincin nati to Louisville and return via an ele gant passenger steamer for $5 we antici pate a most pleasant and economical trip The attraction in the Queen City will be the parade by the Order of Cincinnatus and the formal opening ot the Exposi tion and the river ride on the Ohio Dove shooting and bird suppers are all the rage On two successive evenings last week there were over 500 shots fired in a small hemp field of about six acres near this station and about 150 doves killed each day There were amongst the hunters some crack John Nichols Bates Wilson Morris Theldkeld and ount Smedley The poor birds would fly into the field and frequently run the gauntlet in safety How they ever escaped the rattling fusilade of eight dr ten breech loaders in the hands of such skilled marksmen is a mystery Many (ell by the wayside but many more es caped Those three shootists from Dan ville especially the Professor who wore glasses paid dearly for their birds Car tridges at 3 cents a piece brought them birds at 30 to 40 cents each or ten or twelve shots to a bird Our State Judge Wm Loving died at the resi dence of bis son Loving in Louis vill last Monday Bettie Watts has been arrested at rankfort on the charge of killing her il legitimate child The State Railroad Commissioners will meet at rankfort Tuesday the 11th inst to fix the assessment of railroads for 1883 At Jamestown in a difficulty last week Woodson shot and killed Reuben Lucas The shooting was done in self defense Woodson is in jail Mary Anderson made her debut in London Saturday evening in Site had many recalls and made a good impression The house was crowded The colored ravisher Sam Bulger was hanged in Maysville last Tuesday A fall of seven feet did not break his neck He choked to death The dedication of the monument and un vailing of the statue of Gen Zachary Taylor twelfth President of the United States will take place at the Taylor burial grounds near Louisville September 20 1 About 200 survivors of the famous Or phaBrigade (Roger attended reunion at Lexington Wednesday The nextannual meeting will be held at Elizabethtown September 18 1884 Tub Educational Convention which meets in Louisville September 18 is at tracting national attention The Courier Journal says some of the most noted lead ers in educational movements are being appointed delegates and there is a grati fying spirit to make it a power for good Gov Lowry of Mississippi appointed delegates last week among them Con gressman Money who is a member of the House Committee on Education Collector Swope has received another TRY 'Toilet ONCE AND ALWAYS USED IVE SIZES 10 20 and 75 cents 8150 and nice glass stoppered bottles stroke of fortune He is a beneficiary under the will ot Mrs Judith Higgins of Bourbon to the extent of $5000 He was for many years the confidential ad viser of the testator the relation being equivalent to that of adopted son She also remembered Jno Aug Wil liams of Harrodsburg in a $2000 be quest A rate war has begun between the Louisville and Nashville and Ohio and Mississippi roads on passenger business between Cincinnati and St Louis BotH lines are down to $100 from Louisville to St Louis The fight is one of the most extensive ever known in Louisville rail road circles It is impossible to tell where the thing will end Mbs Campbell widow of the great Reformer Alexander Campbell and mother of Postmistress Mrs Virginia Thompson is visiting in that city Though more than eighty years of age Mrs Campbell retains her physical and mental faculties unimpaired a wor thy relict of the distinguished scholar theologian and philosopher whose fame increases with the passing century The semi annual report of the Knights of Honor in Kentucky for the six months ending June 30 1883 is as fol lows: Number of members last report 6769 initiated since 266 admitted by card 35 re instated 46 total 7116 from which deduct withdrawn by card 51 suspended 278 died 44 honorary mem bers 3 first degree 2 leaving 6738 bene ficiary members A terrible fight took place in Man chester Clay county last week Jud Link and Mr Treadway got into a diffi culty James MarkhamTown Marshal started to arrest them When Hacker ex Marshal went to assist the Marshal Milton Stivers interferred and mortally wounded Hacker and brother killed Stivers Link cut a man by the name of Markham with a knife when stepson Beverly White shot Link Link was arrested and placed in jail Last week a notorious character by the name of Henry Ghent was shot and in stantly killed at Eubanks Station four teeen miles north of Somerset by Will ir Morgan who in connection with a man named Tom Donnelly keeps a saloon at that place rom information gathered it seems that the men bad some trouble about a month since and Ghent had vow ed that he would kill Morgan inside of a month As it happened he was the vic tim instead of Morgan 8evera)months since Donnelly partner killed a man but was acquitted on the ground of self defense MBD1CAL CHOLERA! 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It Is a fact established by Science that many diseases are introduced by putritication which reproduces itself and propagates the disease In ever widening circles These diseases gener ate and till the air with death Such Is that dread Terror AahtioOholiM which is now devastat ing the East and advuti ring on its mission of death rapidly towards ur shores Other dis eases of the same sort arc Diphtheria ever Hcarlet ever Small Pox Meanies Yellow ever Ery sipelas etc All these generate contagion Other ever and Ague Malarial ever etc arise from contagion which cornea of dampness unhealthy situations ur unclean ness All then Difleam can he cured only by stoppinjr the produc tion ofdifleaseferms and destroying thoae already produced Doth these results are accomplished by the use of Professor preparation of Horacio Acid and Chlorine known as DARBYR PROPHYLACTIC VID The most powerful An tiseptic agent which chemistry has produced Its use either inter nally or externally renders all it comes in contact with pure sweet and clean the production of dis ease germs ceases and the patient recovers When used on Ul cers caldfl Burni Eruptions and Sores It stops all Pain sweetens the parte and promotee the rapid formation of healthy fleeh I It Purifies the I Atmosphere Its exposure in a Rlck room Cellar Closet or stable puri ties the Atmosphere and drives away the germs of disease and (loath Taken internally It purifies the Stom ach giving It tone and healthy vigor It is thus that it cures Indigest ion and Dyspepsia When used as a Lo tion it destroys all reckle and Hluteh pro ducing germa leaving the skin clear white and transparent as that of a little child I It renders all It I comes In con tact with Pure! and Healthy Bpace does not pennit us to name many of the uses to which this great Germ destroyer is appli cable Ask vour Druggist for printed miUtvr de scriptive of Ils usefulness or address El LIN A CO Manufacturing Chemists PHILADELPHIA SO vents per Botlk Pint Hotties plOO Cachoudenta Tooth Wash BEST KNOWN PREPARATION OR CLEANS ingand whitening the teeth PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS CAREULLY compounded The night bell prompt! attended 3 3 8 2 a ft 3 A 2 3 3 ft 3 a a 3 u1 2 rT S5 rn 49W so a nj 2 3 2 tn (A I 1 a i IT a 'l 35 S'" 8 I I 5 I 3 tt 5 as 8 tf! 2 a 3 I sr 28 8 3 3 9 3 Cl 3 8 a 5 CQ Lj Ka 5 3 rt 3 hi tn 7 9 3 2 2 3 2 3 8 Pl 5 3' rr i i 2 £0 2 3 1 ft fit 8 3 aw a Y3 Henry If Evans Main St near Third DANVILLE KY A At 1 1 3.