Local News.

Saturday.

Indications are that Mr. Fox has gone into the brush.
Dennis Lyon sold a pair of mules, to-day to a Louisville man, for $350.
Springer, the wounded man in the jail, is reported to be getting along all right this morning.
W. M. Carr is having a water-proof floor laid in the lower division of his stable. It will materially help matters.
Messrs. Womack & Nicoll the undertakers sent out a coffin for a colored woman on the Morgantown road yesterday who died the day before.
People from the vicinity of Judge Thomas' place, about three miles northwest of the city, say there is an abundant crop of blackberries there. The supply is large enough, it is said, to hold out for another week.
John L. Vickers, a McLean county farmer, drove his mowing machines over a yellow jackets nest one day recently. Thereupon the little pests attacked the horses, causing them to run away. Mr. Vickers was thrown in front of the mower blade and his left arm was completely severed just below the elbow.
R. B. Womack and wife with the latter's sister, Miss Mary Ramsey, and A.C. Smith and wife are residing in rural bliss and solitude at Stallard's Spring, some distance from the city. They form quite a happy party, are surrounded by all appliances for comfort and determined to keep cool during this almost unbearable weather. Report says they have discovered another Mammoth Cave near their camp and will explore it soon.
Yesterday, at Russellville, Tobe Orndoff, a negro, was sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary for murder. Orndoff was in a house with a woman when his victim came to the house and persisted in coming in, when Orndoff struck him in the head with a bed slat, killing him. The slayer was brought here for safe keeping with a mob spirit began to prevail in Russellville, but was carried back there about two weeks ago. Orndoff has had practically three trials. He was sent for 21 years on First trial, got a new trial and was tried, with the same result, then took the case to the Court of Appeals where the decision of the Lower Court was affirmed. There is a wide feeling in favor of Tobe.

Allen County.

A Report of births, Sickness and
Death - Personal Mention.

Born to the wife of Joseph Read a fine boy, usual average weight.
Miss Sallie Edmonds, has returned from an extended visit to the Park City.
Miss Flora Green, of Franklin, is visiting the family of Mr. T. Bradburn at present.
Miss Carrie Perkins, of Rockfield, is in our village at present visiting the widow Mansfield.
Mr. Thomas M. Dalton of this county who has been ill some time of consumption, died on Sabbath last.
The attendance at the show here was very large, there being between three and four thousand persons present.
Mr. Joseph Wilson, of this county, a respected citizen, is very low with consumption, and his death is looked for hourly.
Em Tabor who was so seriously injured recently, by a mule, is improving, and will be able to be out again before long.
Rev. Mr. Keer, has been carrying on a very successful religious meeting near Stony Point. He was assisted by Rev. Mr. Grider.
The telephone line between this place and Gallatin, Tenn., which is in process of construction, is expected to be completed soon.
Dr. J. B. Walker, whom I mentioned in a former communication anticipated moving back to Scottville from Franklin, has arrived and will locate permanently here.
Prof. Elrod, of Glasgow, was in our village one day last week, on a business visit in the interest of the College at that town. He was accompanied by his good wife.
Mr. Nayrocker of your city who represents the house of Hill & Cartwright, has been sojourning for awhile in this neighborhood, and has been engaged in doing some tin work.
Luther Alexander has received a letter from G. B. Dodd, of Australia, who so mysteriously disappeared from this place some years ago, stating that he would return to Allen again in a week or ten days.
The chief engineer, and contractor of the Gallatin & Scottville railroad were in this town this week, on business in connection with the construction of the road. Hands will be placed at work upon the line of route at once, and the work will be pushed to speedy completion.
Some unknown rascal broke with a rock the leg of a valuable horse, the property of Mr. Carrol Ducket, one night recently. It is a pity he cannot be apprehended. Anyone who would take his spite out against the owner by injuring a poor dumb beast, is a brute, and should have his neck broken with a strong piece of rope, with noose at one end.

Monday

Captain J. B. Wilson has purchased Mr. Alex Graham's interest in the livery stable of Carr & Co., for the sum of $3,200.
Much of the corn was blown down by the high wind yesterday, though not much damage was one otherwise, so far as we have been able to learn.
Dr. Francis, the veterinary, will attend the barbecue at Richardsville the 22d inst., and will deliver a lecture on the diseases of horses and the treatment thereof.
About forty people from this city and the neighborhood of Stallard's Spring, spent the day with the campers there yesterday. They all got away before the rain storm.
We are glad to say that Mitchell Garrison, who was dangerously injured recently by having his femoral artery accidentally punctured is all right now, the wound having mended.
As one was passing around the square to0day he could frequently hear some candidate say: If you can take my claims under consideration and can do anything for me. I will be much obliged to you."
Mosquitoes, it is stated, live but twenty four hours and only the females sting. It is to be hoped that science may devise some way of shortening the existence of the gray backed varieties of the cussed little birds that dwell hereabouts.
Remember the Warren County fair is only four weeks off. The managers anticipate a better fair than any of the previous years. The people of Warren County should put themselves in readiness as heretofore, to carry off a larger portion of the premiums.
One day recently John Hardcastle, of the lower Drakes Creek neighborhood, set fire to some stumps in a clover field on his place and burned up about fours acres of grain clover. This is a very pointed illustration of the fact that the weather has been dry and hot in that vicinity.
John Claypool says that Walton Claypool, of the Memphis Junction neighborhood, has a fine bull calf for sale. It is a deep read, 18 inches high, weighs 20 pounds and is three days old. It is supposed to be a relative of Col. Thomas Thumb and will be named Col. Little Finger.
T. G. Jeffries, who formerly worked on Sullivan's steamboat, and who has been recently at work on Gilbert's threshing machine, was arrested this afternoon, on a charge of fornication. He was caught in an indecent attitude, by officers, in the alley near Burk's saloon. He was with a negress named Sal Skinner.