Local
News
Spring has
come at last, butterflies have made their appearance.
The good work of planting trees on Reservoir Hill is still in progress.
The Glasgow Times is howling against the number of mad dogs which are
roaming Glasgow and Barren County.
Spring has now come to stay, but should a change to the contrary occur
we will, as a faithful journalist, so inform the public.
Mr. W. H. Phillips, leader of the brass band, says the members are doing
splendidly now, and give promise of becoming one of the best musical organizations
ever formed in this city.
R. A. Crump, of Rocky Hill Station, who cut Joseph Higdon so seriously
that he died from the wounds, has been re-arrested on the charge of murder.
N. G. Alexander, Treasurer of Allen county, has effected a sale with the
merchants' National Bank, of Louisville, for $37,400 worth of Allen county
bonds.
We regret to learn that Mr. D. B. Clark contemplates removing with his
family from our city on or about the first of May. He has bought a farm
near Rockfield, Ky.
Stephen Wooten, a colored preacher through his attorney, Jas. T. Beauchamp,
filed a suite of divorce against his wife Caroline. The petition alleges
repeated adultery on the part of his unfaithful wife.
Mr. Hackney says the female base-ballists will give a procession upon
the principal streets before going to the play grounds, when they reach
Bowling Green. They will march to the music of a fife and drum.
Mr. L. B. Wilford has commenced to break ground for the foundation of
his new flouring mill, and has a large force of workmen engaged in excavating.
Rock and lumber are being hauled to the premises in large quantities.
Attorney Warner Settle of this city has been employed by the friends of
Joe Higdon, deceased, to assist the prosecution of R. A. Crump, at the
examining trial at Rocky Hill to-morrow, who is charged with the cause
of Higdon's death.
The election at Glasgow last Saturday resulted in Robt. Boles being elected
Marshall and the following Board of Trustees where chosen: E. Morris,
W. H. Botts, W. L. Porter, H. Raubold, E. Dickey, J.A. Murray and J.F.
Price.
Death of Joe Higdon
From Wounds
Received at
the Hands of R. A. Crump,
at Rocky Hill Station.
A Serious
Affair.
One day
the first part of last week Mr. Joe Higdon and Mr. R.A. Crump, of Rocky
Hill Station, in Edmondson county, Kentucky, had a difficulty which grew
out of a discussion which caused their passions to become heated over
the matter, but had separated, one going off in one direction and the
other in another which unfortunately terminated at a triangular point
when both of them met again and renewed the difficulty, which resulted
in Mr. Crump, in a heat of passion, drawing out a pocket knife, with which
he slashed Higdon across the face, cutting him across the forehead and
through the temple and one of his ears, which severed an artery near the
temple. Mr. Crump was to have had his examining trial several days since,
but it was postponed on account of Higdon not being able to appear owing
to the loss of blood from his wounds. A day or two since erysipelas set
into the wound, which caused the death of Mr. Higdon yesterday afternoon
at 3:20 o'clock. It is said that the two were former friends, and but
for the discussion would have still remained so, and that had not the
matter turned out as it did and Higdon had lived the affair would have
been {???????} settled between them. The {?????} assumes a very serious
aspect since the death of the wounded man, and Mr. Crump will now be put
upon trial for his life, although death resulted from erysipelas. As the
difficulty occurred in Edmondson county, the case will have to be tried
at the Brownsville Circuit court at its next term, when Attorneys Wright
and McElroy will appear for the defense.
Home From
Texas.
Mr. Frank
Ennis has just returned from a three weeks' visit to Texas and New Orleans
Exposition. While in Dallas he heard Rev. W. G. Sweeney preach at the
Christian church and afterwards had a conversation with him in which the
Reverend gentlemen swayed that he was now stationed at Dallas and was
very much pleased with the city, his congregation, and last but not least,
he was receiving sufficient salary to enable him to live comfortably.
Had His
Leg Amputated.
Old Mr.
William Miles, of the Rockfield neighborhood, had his right leg amputated
Thursday below the knee. The operation was successfully performed by Dr.
McCormack, of this city, assisted by Drs. Moss, of Rockfield, and Miliken,
of South Union. The amputation became necessary on account of senile gangrene.
The patient is very feeble and the chances for his recovery are thought
to be slight on account of his old age, but he may possibly survive the
operation.
Death
of John Drane.
Old man
Johnny Drane, an Irishman who lived to the left of the lower end of Court
street, died this morning at 11 o'clock in his 71st year of his age, after
a sickness of five months, with rheumatism and pneumonia, the latter disease
which he contracted recently, being the main cause of his death. He had
no kin folks whatever in this country, but had been kindly cared for by
Dr. Johnson, and nursed by old Mrs. Fuqua. The deceased will be buried
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Has Seen
Better Days
W. H. Wheeler,
who before the war was a slave owner and in comfortable circumstances,
has gradually grown poorer, until to-day he is a beneficiary of the county.
Judge Cooksey helped him out last winter, but this morning, weak and feeble,
he again applied for charity. He has a wife and adopted daughter. The
wife, however, is in feeble health and unable to work. Wheeler represented
to Judge Cooksey that he had not tasted food since yesterday morning.
The case, of course, is a deserving one, and the county will make an appropriation
sufficient to relieve the actual necessities of himself and family.
Allen
County
A Democratic
Convention Called.
What Scottville
Has and Has not and Many other Local Items.
L. J. Spann,
our clever drug man, was in Nashville last week.
There were eleven additions to the Methodist Church, of this place Sunday
last.
Since our last communication an old man by the name of McAlister, of this
county, died.
John Gaddis and family and Wm. Kirby and family, of Edgefield, left for
Texas Friday.
Mr. T. P. Spilman was attacked with something like a hemorrhage last Friday,
from which he is recovering.
Tom Bradburn, our agricultural and machine man, sold Tom J. Settle and
engine and boiler last week for his woolen mills.
Miss Fannie Bohaman, our music teacher, went to the Park City Friday last
to see her sister, Mrs. Snoddy, returning Monday.
Miss Em. Edmonds and her niece, Miss Myrtie Brown, have moved out to their
home on the pike, where they intend residing during the summer.
J. Frank Pitchford, Superintendent of Common Schools, has the 6 percent
to distribute and requests that all claims on that fund be presented.
Mr. John E. Dalton exhibited his fine Norman horse last week; he is a
large iron-grey and a perfect paragon of beauty and symmetrical development.
Mr. Bird, father of Mrs. Dr. Glaze, from Owensville, Ind., accompanied
by his daughter, Mr. Smith, of the same place, is visiting the Doctor's
family.
W. H. Collins, of Glasgow, our own "Bousin Bilfic," was here
with his father's family last week upon the eve of his sister's departure
for the South and West.
Mr. Lewis K. Smith, attorney at law from Gainesborough, Tenn., was here
in the county a week or ten days ago, visiting friends and relatives.
Mr. Smith is a native of Allen.
Deel Cook, a respected citizen of the county, who has been afflicted with
blindness for some time, caused from a solider's life, for which he expected
to receive a pension, died last Friday.
Col. M. A. Alexander did not say that he was an avowed candidate for the
Legislature, but he did say that if the Democratic party in convention
assembled would give him the endorsement, he would make the race.
Hon. John E. Halsell, our Congressman, was here last week to investigate
the people upon the question of a postoffice appointee, but he told us
that he left with quite as unsatisfactory results as before coming.
Monday of last week was County court, but little business of any kind
was done, and with the exception of more of the natives being off their
bycicles on that day than usual, it would have been an unusually dull
day.
Sunday evening of last week a young man by the name of Parker at the residence
of Jerome Sloan, cut Fount Sloan with a regular dirk, which was made for
such business. They were in their cups; Parker awaits Circuit Court.
Miss {???}Edmonds left last Friday for {?????} Nashville, Louisville and
Cincinnati, to purchase a spring stock of goods. We feel warranted in
saying that Miss Edmonds will, upon her return, be able to meet the requirements
of the most fastidious with the latest fashions.
At public outcry last week Mrs. Aaron Perry sold a good jennet to Jim
Williams, for $54.50; John Douthett sold a spring wagon and harness to
Henry Clark, for $25; Willie Howell sold a mule colt to Tom Gibson, for
$50; A. Hilburn sold six yearlings to I. N. Williams for $50.
A convention has been called by the Democracy to select a member to represent
us in the next General Assembly of Kentucky, and the people should come
together and make a wise and discreet selection. This is an important
trust, and the man who receives the endorsement of the Democrats goes.
In pursuance to a resolution passed by the Democratic Executive Committee
of Allen county, the Democrats of Allen county are requested to meet in
mass convention at the court house, at 1 o'clock, p.m., Monday, May 11th,
1885, to nominate a candidate to represent Allen county in the Lower House
of the next General Assembly of Kentucky.
T.W. Garing, Sr.
B. W. Bradburn bought last Monday of A. Hilburn, the finest young horse
that has been seen here for sometime. He is a beautiful bay, 16 hands
high, four years old and highheaded; is an excellent driver; saddles well,
and in short is the finest styled horse that has been driven in our town
for years. The horse is for sale at a reasonable figure.
Scottville is situated near the center of Allen county; has about 500
inhabitants, has three general mercantile stores, two exclusive groceries,
one clothing and gents' furnishing goods store, two drug stores, two agricultural
houses, two millinery and one jewelry store, two blacksmith shops, one
livery stable, one hotel and several boarding houses. We have three churches
- Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist. There are three preachers, five
medical men, six layers, two dentists, one undertaker, one shoemaker,
one mill, (in operation) one saw mill, one sewing machine agent, several
nice residences, a host of clever people, including a large quantity of
small boys, some few dogs and cats and any quantity of town hogs. There
is a proportionate number of negroes, who are somewhat beyond an average
small town darkey. We haven't a bar room or any liquor sold in four miles
of town, no barber, no railroad, (going to have, you bet) no telegraph
or telephone communication, no paper, no places of public amusement, no
water works, no gas(?), but withal a happy little town lacking in many
things, but devoid of many vices, immoralities and mosquitoes.
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