Source: The Bowling Green Times-Gazette
Dated: August 12, 1885


Local News.

J. M. Goodwin was sworn in as attorney at the Russellville bar, recently, and has entered in the practice here as well. We are glad to welcome Mr. Goodwin to our bar.
They are not in favor of the whipping-post for wife beaters in Georgia. They have recently, by experiment, found hanging to be a better treatment for such brutes.
The doctors agree in one thing, at least, and that is in saying that the weather, though hot, has been productive of less disease than any similar heated term ever known.
Reports from all over the State show the most corrupt use of money and whisky on election day Monday. Kentuckians seem to violate the law against bribery as shamelessly as if there were no such law
The big $2,50 steam plow that was engaged to plow the land at George Mitchell's, near the city, tried to work yesterday, but the ground was too hard. The engine went to a neighboring pond to get some water, ran in and was mired. In the attempt to extricate, part of it was broken and it is still in the pond, unable to stir.
The most interesting case before Quarterly Court this term was that of A.T. Young vs. W.E. Runner. Young accused Runner of having taken away a cow while she was in his (Young's) possession, and claimed damages. The case came up yesterday and was decided this morning in favor of defendant. The other cases were of minor importance.
It is said that the boys and girls, or rather the young ladies and gentlemen, all take the Long Branch style and go in swimming together at Blue Spring. They all have bather's costumes, such as father and Mother Hubbards, and they make the water splash and the welkin ring with their merriment. Gypsies are permitted to enjoy themselves any way they see proper.
Free Barbecue.

The people of Richardsville will surpass all former efforts in the line of barbecues by giving a real, great, big, plentiful, free picnic on that order at Richardsville, August 29th. nearly all the people of that vicinity have made up their minds to help. Various sheep and hogs have been volunteered by neighbors, the candidates will all be there, there will be music and dancing and a day of fun. It will doubtless be the biggest thing in the barbecue line that has happened this year.
A Marvelous Tale.

A correspondent of the Elizabethtown News, tells a marvelous tale about a wonderful breathing cave at Nebo, Ky., where the air is said to rush out of a hole in the ground in the summer months with such force that no one can walk against it. And says that in winter there is a suction equally powerful, and animals are drawn into the cave, where they perish, and their bones are thrown out in the summer sometimes to a distance of a mile from the cave. Where is Joe Mulhattan?

Killing at Lancaster.

Monday night at Lancaster, Ky., Henry Clay shot John Hunt through the heart, killing him instantly. Both were negroes. Clay was a special Deputy Town Marshal, and claims that he was trying to arrest Hunt. The latter's friends say it was a murder. Clay is in jail.

River Side Bubbles.

The rain came just in time to save the gardens in this section.
Miss Ella Davenport was in our community a few days since visiting her many friends here.
Mr. Aaron Taylor, of your city, was in our burg a few days since, on business unknown to your correspondent.
J. Roland Madison and wife, of Trinity vicinity, was visiting their many relatives and friends here last Sunday.
Most all the schools began last Monday and Tuesday in this section. "Go it", teach the young minds how to shoot.
The vote polled at Green Castle was not as large as was anticipated. Peace and quietude prevailed over the election.
The quarterly meeting was a success; a large congregation, and Dr. Ford preached an excellent sermon on Sunday.
Miss Annie Board, of your city, who has been visiting her many friends in this community, just returned a few days since.
Tobacco has come out wonderfully since the latest showers. Corn was suffering severely but is doing well under the circumstances.
Mr. Jeff Galloway was with us last Saturday, telling his friends that he was a candidate for Assessor. He has many friends in this vicinity.
Misses Eliza and Laura Phelps were the guests of Miss Ermine Scott last week. The Butler girls have made a favorable impression in this vicinity.
Barbecues still raging in this section. The one Saturday, August 1st, was one of vast importance. There was the largest crowd at Richardsville that was seen there before.

Edmonson County News.

E. M. Harvey, Democratic candidate for the Legislature, has carried this county over Webb, Republican, by from 150 to 200 majority.
Henry Hazelip shot at Alex Houchins here yesterday without hitting Houchins, although within a fewfeet of him. Then Houchins' son struck Hazelip in the back of the head with a rock, causing a severe wound. It was the outgrowth of an old grudge. Dack Hazelip and Willis Merideth also had a fight which grew out of the Hazelip-Houchins fight, without either one of them being hurt. There were also two or three boy fights. None of the trouble over the election. I will send you official vote as soon as possible.

An Acquisition.

Dr. W. H. Johnson, of Urbana, O., but who has been at Nicholasville, Ky., for some time past, has accepted a position in Dr. G.E. Townsend's drug store. Dr. Johnson comes well recommended from the place mentioned, is a graduate of medicine and a pharmacist of some eight years' experience, and with his knowledge of prescriptions and the drug business will be a valuable acquisition to the house mentioned. We congratulate Dr. Townsend upon having secured such aid, and Dr. Johnson upon having taken the position.

Allen County.

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Election Returns.

The Allen County Institute will meet at Scottville on Tuesday, August {?}8.
Mr. Peter Huntsman was elected Magistrate of the Scottville district on Monday last.
Bryant's flouring mill is in full blast now, all the new machinery being in position.
Misses Beulah and Pear Wren, of your county, are on a visit to friends and relatives in Allen.
Mrs. John Blackburn and daughter, of Woodburn, are on a visit to the family of J. W. Collins.
Mrs. Lucinda Phelps, of your city, is here at present on a visit to the family of Mr. E. G. Mitchell.
I am glad to be able to say that Mr. L. M. Sears, who has been sick so long with rheumatism, is able to be out again.
Mrs. Bates, of Glasgow, has arrived in our town and will remain several months for the purpose of teaching music.
Millard Lawrence, of your city, a former resident of Scottville, has been here for several days circulating among his old friends.
Miss Sallie Edmons, of this village, has been engaged as matron at Cedar Bluff College, and has left for that place to enter upon her duties.
William Mitchell, of Bowling Green, is on a visit to his former home to spend a week or two during the dull season of the heated term.
There was a very pleasant picnic gathering last Tuesday at Mr. Lay Walker's given in honor of Miss Alma Hendricks of Bowling Green.
The election passed off quietly in this county. Dr. Samuel's majority for Representative in the Lower House of the Legislature over Erwin is 326.
The railroad is making business lively. State & Boyd have just closed a contract to furnish the railroad with a large amount of heavy timber for trestles and the like.
It becomes my painful duty to announce the death of Mr. Samuel Oliphant, who died last Tuesday night from the effects of a cancer in his face. He had been a great sufferer for a long time.
A difficulty occurred in Scottville last Monday between two negroes named Dick Thompson and Ed Follis. Whisky was at the bottom of it. Follis attacked Thompson with a razor and cut him pretty badly.
The following is the official vote of Allen County:
Scottville - Samuels, 206; Erwin, 133, Tate, 187; Fox, 62

For Sale.

My farm of 108 acres, situated on Bowling Green and Barren River Turnpike, four and a half miles east of Bowling Green, one and a half miles south of Bristow Station. Will sell on reasonable terms. For further addesss,
J. R. Kimbro,
Bristow Station, Ky.

Fatal Shooting at Franklin.

Last Saturday night at Franklin, Ky., Hise Edwards shot and fatally wounded "Dump" Whitesides at a negro picnic. Both of them were colored men. This makes three negroes who have been shot in that town during the past week.

Death of Mrs. George.

Mrs. George, mother of Charles George, a tenant on Dr. James Briggs farm, died yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, from general debility and old age, being in her 78th years. Her funeral took place to-day at 3 o'clock from her late residence, when the services were conducted by Rev. Jesse Grider, and the remains were interred near Barren River Church. Mrs. George was a most estimable lady, who moved to this city from Virginia many years ago, and first lived with her family on the farm of Capt. Edwards, and more recently at Dr. Brigg's where her son had charge of the Doctors vineyard.

Drowning of a Balloonist.

One evening recently a young man by the name of Peter Carroll, made a balloon ascension in Henderson. The balloon shot up in the air at a rapid rate and {???} directly up the river for nearly two miles, when it descended {???} alighting in the river near Henderson towhead. Mr. {???????} the young man's partner, {????} with a conveyance to assist Carroll, but upon his arrival he found a fisherman who heard Carroll's cries for the {????????????????????????????????????????????????????} telegraphed Caroll's mother in St. Joseph, Mo., notifying her of the accident. Carroll was 20 years of age and has been making ascensions but a short time.

Divorce Suit
Filed in the Circuit Court
Clerk's Office Yesterday
Evening.

A Wife Sues for Divorce from
Her Husband.

Cruel and Inhuman Treatment.

Mrs. Ellen D. Holland, of Warren County sues for a divorce from her husband David J. Holland, who is now as Graysville, Ray County, Tennessee.
The Petition.
"The plaintiff, Ellen D. Holland says that on the ______ day of ___, 1865 at the county of Smith and State of Tennessee, she was lawfully married to the defendant. David J. Holland, and from that time to the ____ day of ____, 1883, lived with as a chaste, dutiful and affectionate wife. The plaintiff will in due time file a duly attested marriage certificate between her and the said defendant, and asks that the same be taken as a part hereof. She says that for more than six months prior to the said ___ day of ___, 1883, the defendant treated her in such a cruel and inhuman manner as to indicate a settled aversion to her and to destroy permanently her peace and happiness.
She says that for more that one year before the said ____day of ____, 1883, the said defendant was in the habit of getting drunk and of wasting his estate without making any sound provision for his wife or children.
The plaintiff says further that on the said ___ day of ___, 1883, while the said plaintiff and defendant were living in Warren County, Kentucky, the said defendant left his home and went to the State of Tennessee, and has never since returned, nor has he ever since that time contributed to the support of this plaintiff or her children.
She says she has two children by said defendant, who have always lived and are now living with this plaintiff. She says that her husband's postoffice address is at Graysville, Ray County, Tennessee. The plaintiff says she has resided in Warren County, Kentucky, for more than four years next before the commencement of this action, and that the foregoing causes of divorce occurred in this State, and within five years next before the commencement of this suit.
Wherefore the plaintiff asks for a warning order against the said defendant and upon a final hearing hereof she prays for a judgement of divorce a vincule matrimonil against him, and for her costs, and for all proper and equitable relief."

B.F. Harrison Dead.

Last night, at his residence in this city, B.F. Harrison, more familiarly known as Frank Harrison, died, aged about 43 years. The funeral services will take place at his late residence to-morrow morning at {??} o'clock, Rev. Jno. A. Sidener, of Tennessee, preaching, when the friends and acquaintances of the family are invited to attend. Deceased was raised in Allen County, but has lived in this city several years. For some years he has been in the grasp of consumption, the disease that caused his death. He leaves, besides a wife and five children, a goodly number of friends to mourn his early taking off. Everybody who knew the deceased liked and respected him as a man who was quiet, orderly, gentlemanly and attentive to his own affairs. By his uninterrupted good humor he made and kept friendly a large number of acquaintances. His death has been expected for some weeks to occur at almost any time. He was a member of the Knights Universal Brotherhood and his life was insured for $2,000. We, in common with other friends, sympathize with the bereaved family in the affliction in losing the head and support of the house.

Delafield Dots

Born to the wife of A. J. Wolverton, yesterday, a boy baby, weight, 13 pounds.
Howell's distillery is in full blast. They are making brandy and have more apples than they can grind.
Chas. Lucas has a registered Yorkshire boar pig, a present, which will not weigh more than 25 pounds and he has refused $15 for it.
Steamer Longfellow will leave tomorrow for the Rochester (Ky.) locks and dam. She will take a crew of repairers to attend to those constructions.
Joe Schneider will make about five barrels of Blackberry wine and about 30 barrels of grape wine this year. There is evidently lots of fun in store for the Delafielders.
Fred Woerne has a fine two-year-old bay mare, valued at $200, that was bitten by a snake recently. The wound is in the animal's head and that part of her body is very much swollen.

Cutting Affair
On Main Street Last Night.
Ed. Higgins Stabs W. B. Grimes.

Badly Wounded.

A difficulty occurred about 10 o'clock last night on Main street, near the corner of Adams, between Thomas Higgins, Ed. Higgins and W. B. Grimes, during which the latter was stabbed three times.
The following is the account of the affair as related by Mr. Thomas Potter, proprietor of Mechanics' Hotel, who gives Grimes' statement as detailed to him by the wounded man who is stopping at the hotel:
"W.B. Grimes is from Butler County and has been engaged here in dressing mill-stones at Morris' mill. About 10 o'clock last he walked from Mechanics' Hotel to the corner of Adams street to enter DeVries' confectionery to purchase some filberts. Before reaching that point Tom Higgins tackled him and asked him why he was following his sisters Sunday. Grimes told him he was mistaken in the man he was a stranger here and did not know anyone and had not followed anybody. Higgins called him a d___n liar and hit him with his fist. Grimes then took hold of Tm Higgins and threw him down. Ed. Higgins, the 15-year-old brother of Tom, then slipped up and stabbed Grimes with the small blade of a pen0knife three times, cutting him once on the right shoulder blade and twice on the right side between the ribs."
Dr. Claypool was called in and dressed Grimes' wounds, which, though not pronounced to be serious, are pretty bad. Grimes complained of his breast paining him through the night but was resting easy this morning.
Tom Higgins was arrested and put up his watch as security for his appearance, but Ed. Higgins is said to have run off and had not been caught at midnight last night.
Any further developments in the case will be given in the proceedings of the Police Court elsewhere in our columns as soon as the examining trial takes place, when it is possible more light may be thrown upon the matter. Mr. Tom Potter says that Higgins made substantially the same statement that Grimes did.