Collins historical sketches of Kentucky. History of Kentucky: Vol. I, Part 57

Author: Collins, Lewis, 1797-1870. cn; Collins, Richard H., 1824-1889. cn
Publication date: 1874
Publisher: Covington, Ky., Collins & Co.
Number of Pages: 1452


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Oct. 20-Rev. H. A. M. Henderson, D. D., as State superintendent of public in- struction, recommends to the people of Paris (his birth-place) and Bourbon co., " a more excellent way " of employing the magnificent fund they had subscribed to induce the location at Paris of the new Central University ( just located at Rich- mond). "I am well satisfied that with the encouragement of a liberal bonus, the general assembly would not hesitate to, at once, establish the much needed State Normal College. Let those who subscribe to Central University transfer their sub- scriptions to this enterprise, and offer the State, at the approaching session of the legislature, $100,000 and the Garth Fund -upon condition that the State locate the Normal College at Paris ; and I prophesy that they will secure an institution ade- quate to the wants of the people in the matter of education, and better suited to the character of the community than the one they have just lost."


Oct. 21-Masonic Grand Lodge of Ky. in session at Louisville. The Grand Treas- urer's report shows the resources of the Grand Lodge to be $112,060.


Oct. 21, 22, 23-Kentucky State Sun - day School Convention in session at Lan- caster.


Oct. 23-Geo. Wolfe, a wealthy farmer, residing 3 miles from Hopkinsville, assas- sinated when in bed, at 9 P. M.


Oct. 24-A band of about 30 disguised men, at night, ordered several negro fam- ilies, living between Augusta, Braeken co., and Minerva, Mason co., to leave the State within 10 days, under penalty of be- ing hung ; they declared their intention to rid Bracken co. of negroes by Jan. 1, 1874; a white man was shot by them, a leading farmer ordered to cease employing negroes. The grand jury in session at Maysville were directed by Judge Stanton to investigate their conduct in Mason co.


Oct 25-Suspension of the issue of the Lexington Daily Press ; to be continued as a tri-weekly.


Oct. 25-Terrible mortality from yellow fever, at Memphis, Tenn., during several weeks past. A Louisville physician, Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, went promptly to the assistance of the sufferers, and the citizens of Louisville, and some elsewhere in Ky., have subscribed thirty thousand dollars for the sufferers.


Oct. 27-Gen. J. J. Roberts engaged in tunneling on the farm of Larkin J. Proc- ter, adjoining the Mammoth Cave tract of land, for a " hole in the ground." Hlc has opened up a passage way to some large and magnificent domes, and hopes to get down into the big cave.


Oct. 28-Annual meeting of the Odd Fellows' Grand Lodge of Ky., at Coving-


ton ; over 200 delegates present. From the annual report of the Grand Master, John C. Underwood, it appears that-


The revenue receipts of the Order in Ky. for the past year foot up $62,777 ; expended of this sum for relief, benevolence, and charity, $34,322; number of brothers re- lieved, 964; widowed families relieved, 267 ; orphans under care of subordinate lodges, 595; total admissions to the order, 1,076; total demissions, 1,040, showing a small gain in membership, diffused throughout a great number of new lodges.


Oct. 28-The U. S. senatorial committee on transportation visit Louisville to exam- ine into the legal and commercial status of the canal at the falls.


They learned that the canal debt out- standing is $1.172,000-maturing $373,000 on Jan. 1, 1876, $399,000 in 1881, and $400,000 on Jan. 1, 1886, and most of the bonds held by Kentuckians. Their quoted market price is 90 to 94 cents, but they could not probably be bought up at less than par. There are only five shares of stock held by individuals, who are the di- rectors ; they receive 6 per cent. interest on their stock. The tolls, once 80 but now 50 cents per ton, will be needed to raise the means to pay the bonds maturing Jan. 1876. The directors are Joshua F. Speed, president, J. H. Rhorer, E. Lockhart, J. W. Henning, and John Caperton. The president receives a salary of $1,500 per year, the vice president $1,000, the book- keeper $1,500, and the attorney of the company $500.


The canal is 2 and 1-10th miles long, and 80 feet wide, and at the bends still wider ; the locks nearly 400 feet by 80 feet ; they will clear boats 320 feet long over all ; there are 2 new locks, in the en- tire canal 6 locks ; the lift of the first lock in the new canal is 14 and of the second 12 feet; the others lift 8 feet each, but there are only 3 which are properly lift locks ; the entire fall is 26 feet. 11 feet in the canal will make 8 feet on the falls. In passing coalboats the tows are broken up ; 6 are taken in the new locks (3 and 3 abreast) and 2 in the old locks. The usual size of coal barges is about 130 by 24 feet ; the rate of toll, 2 cents per foot for boats with coal, salt and iron, and for produce boat3 3 cents per foot.


The total imports at Louisville, by rail and river, for the year ending March, 1870, were : $250,176,000


And the total exports 174,320,730


Coal received, bushels 25,600,000


Lumber received, feet. 13,275,876


Value manufactured products. 82,000 000


Capital invested in manufact-


ures .. 31,650,000


Increase in last 3 years, 18 to 20 per cent.


Oct. 28-Death at Shelbyville, Ill., aged 84, of Gen. W. F. Thornton, a native of Va., where he figured as editor of the Alexandria Gazette, and a general in the war of 1812 ; afterward a citizen of Paris, Ky., for some years. His neigh-


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bors mourn him as "a good and great tween 75 and 102 years of age, as per pub- man." lished list in Louisville Commercial.


Oct. 29-Death at Louisville, from ty- phoid fever, of Philip Tomppert, Sen., aged 65. He was born in the city of Malmsheim, kingdom of Wurtemberg, Ger- many, June 21, 1808; immigrated in 1831 to Wheeling, West Va., and in 1837 to Louisville ; was a representative in the legislature, 1849 ; and mayor of Louisville for 3 years between 1865 and 1869; he filled other minor offices of honor and trust.


Oct. 29-Earnings of Louisville, Cincin- cinnati and Lexington R. R. (Short Line) for quarter ending Sept. 30, $343,207- the largest yet; operating expenses, $243,181, or 70 85-100 per cent .- the least per centum since the consolidation; net earnings for quarter, $100,026.


Oct. 30-Citizens of Frankfort have sub- scribed $10,000 to a joint stock company for manufacturing purposes.


Oct. 30-Prof. N. S. Shaler, State geolo- gist of Ky., in a letter to the Frankfort Yeoman, estimates the loss of land to Ky. by the wash along the shore of the Ohio river, during the present century, at 25,- 000 acres, worth $2,500,000 ; and demon- strates how certainly and cheaply it may be checked, and the land restored, by planting willows, at a cost of not over $40 per mile of river front.


Oct. 31-The contributions from Ky. to the yellow fever sufferers at Memphis, Tenn., and Shreveport, La., exceed $40,- 000, of which nearly $30,000 is from Lou- isville.


Oct. 31-Aggregate number of hogs- heads of tobacco inspected at Louisville during the year ending to-day 53,607; aggregate value of sales $5,775,983.


Nov. 1-T. A. Piner, of Pendleton co., has raised a year of corn, this season, 1612 inches long.


Nov. 1-The number of qualified voters in Ky., as ascertained by the auditor from the assessors' returns for 1873, is 288,320 -- of which 241,195 are whites, and 47,125 colored. The 12 largest and 12 smallest counties, with their voters, are :


Jefferson 23,650 Martin 364


Kenton


8,637 Menifee 413


Fayette. 7,453 Powell. 533


Campbell 6,376 Rowan 622


Daviess 5,493 Lee 704


Warren 5,531 Wolfe.


727


Christian 4,461 Owsley 740


Henderson 4,265 Bell. 802


Madison 4,226 Magoffin 824


Logan 4,157 Letcher 843


Graves 4,063 Elliott. 882


Mason 3,977 Perry. 906


82,289 8,360


Nov. 1-The 20th grange in Ky., of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry organized, at Brownsborough, Oldham co. The Ist was organized, Sept. 20, at Pembroke, Christian co.


Nov. 1-Pulaski co. in a population of 17,670 in 1870, has now 190 residents. be-


Nov. 3-Augustin Iturbide, 10 years old, the Emperor Maximilian's heir to the projected Mexican empire, and grandson of the emperor, Augustin I. (de Iturbide), arrives in Louisville-accompanied by his mother, Madame Iturbide, under escort of Hon. Thos. H. Nelson, (a native of Ky.) late U. S. envoy extraordinary and minis- ter plenipotentiary to Mexico, Col. Wm. Barron, and others.


Nov. 5-The recent " panic " is now be- ing felt, in the falling off of business, and the reduction of number of hands and shortening of time in many large manu- facturing establishments.


Nov. 5-Death in Harrison co., aged 114, of B. F. Martin; he had resided on the same farm for 75 years, and, although not on the pension rolls, is said to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and probably the last surviving soldier of that war.


Nov. 5-At the agricultural fair in Ma- son co., West Va., was exhibited an origi- nal certificate of a survey made by the Ky. pioneer and surveyor, Daniel Boone, while he was a temporary resident of that region. The following is a copy :


JUNE 14, 1791.


Laide for William Allen ten acres of Land Situate on the South Este side of Cruked Crik in the county of Konhawwha and bounded as follows viz Beginning at a red oke and Hickury thence North 56 West 23 poles to a stake thence South 34 West 58 poles to the beginning.


DANIEL BOONE.


Nov. 6-The U. S. revenue collected from whisky in the Lexington district, in 3 years 8 months prior to Oct. 1, 1873, was $4,213,452; on the whisky now in bond will be collected, within 12 months next, $1,100,000.


Nov. 6-A meeting of soldiers of the Mexican war from Bath and neighboring counties held at Owingsville, Bath co .; the action of the Louisville convention in- dorsed.


Nov. 6-In the Lexington election- judges case, in the U. S. circuit court at Louisville, there was such a difference in opinion between the two judges, Emmons and Ballard, as to the law points already argued, that further argument was post- poned until Nov. 28; the case will, upon this difference of opinion, be certified to the U. S. supreme court, and be heard there upon a writ of error.


Nov. 6-From the " Life of Archbishop Martin J. Spalding," by his nephew, Rev. J. Lancaster Spalding, just published, we condense the following :


When only 14 years old, the youth was appointed professor of mathematics in St. Mary's College, near Lebanon. He was then " a slender, delicate boy, soft and gentle as a girl ; " soon became quite fa- mous as a mathematician, and the presi- dent, Father Byrne, believed that he could solve any problem proposed to him. Not 80 Mr. Dougherty, the professor of mathe-


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matics at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, who sneered contemptuously at the high reputation awarded to the boy-professor. So, at the next examination at St. Mary's, he prepared himself with a set of difficult problems purposely to catch both the stu- dents and the young professor. Each time the boys' failure was made good by their brilliant young teacher, and the vis- itor's triumphant air gradually changed to one of mute astonishment.


Young Spalding began at 16 his studies for the priesthood ; and while in attend- ance upon the Propaganda at Rome, at the age of 20, in a public discussion with some eminent theologians of the day, he de- fended a list of 256 propositions upon the- ology and canon law. " without failing or hesitating in a single answer." It was a most remarkable mental controversy.


Nov. 7-7 stores and 1 dwelling, nearly all the business portion of the village of Moscow, Hickman co., destroyed by fire ; one man burned to death ; fire set to a sa- loon, by two strangers, because, having no money, they were refused a drink.


Nov. 8-Suicide steadily increasing in frequency, in Ky.


Nov. 10-Death of Maj. R. W. Ogden, at Bowling Green ; he leaves a fortune of over $150,000, of which all but $40,000 goes to establish a free school in that city.


Nov. 10-Wm. L. Jett, school commis- sioner of Franklin co., sues for a manda- mus against H. A. M. Henderson, super- intendent of public instruction, to compel him to sign certain orders on the auditor for the sum reserved from the school fund to pay for Collins' History of Kentucky, and now held in the state treasury, accord- ing to law, to pay for copies of said work for the school children of Franklin co. The suit will test the constitutionality of the act authorizing payment out of the school fund for the History of Kentucky purchased by the State for the use of the school children.


Nov. 10-Rt. Rev. George David Cum- mins, D. D., in a letter to Bishop Smith, resigns the office of assistant Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Ky., which he has held for six years, and with- draws from the communion of the church. His reasons are-the ritualism practiced in some of the churches, which he is un- willing to appear to "sanction and in- dorse by his presence and official acts," and the strong censure upon his recent act of communing with Christians of a non- Episcopal church in New York city and the dissension likely to grow out of this act.


Nov. 10 to 16-On removing the face- plate of a metallic coffin-disinterred to remove the remains to another graveyard -through the glass was seen, perfect as in life, except that the nose was gone, the face and features of a two-year old child of Dr. Win. H. Curran, of Claysville, Har- rison co., which had been buried since July 6, 1855, now 18 years and 4 months. On its breast were two full-blown beauti-


ful damask roses, which as rosebuds were held in the hand of the child when dying, but were now expanded, and with leaves attached still fresh and green as ever. The coffin was kept disinterred, without any change to the body, for a week ; and was visited by hundreds of citizens to see the remarkable case of flesh and flower preservation.


Nov. 11-In the Lewis co. circuit court, Judge Richard H. Stanton overruled a mo- tion to dismiss an indictment vs. Andrew J. Harrington, for, on Oct. 16, 1870, ma- liciously shooting and wounding with in- tent to kill, Columbus Pettit; on the ground that he had been illegally set at liberty by Judge Bland Ballard, of the U. S. district court at Louisville, on an ex parte hearing under a writ of habeas cor- pus. Harrington claimed that the shoot- ing was done in the necessary discharge of bis duties as a deputy U. S. marshal-a defense which, if proved, would have cleared him on trial ; but he was lying in prison in default of bail which he refused to give, when taken to Louisville before Judge Ballard. Nov. 25-Judge Stanton dismissed the indictment.


Nov. 11-Organization, under the re- cent act of the legislature, of " The Mi- nett Orphan Asylum of the city of Louis- ville ; " to erect an orphan asylum from the proceeds of two acres of ground on 12th st., s. of Broadway, and $1,000-willed for the purpose by the late Julius Caesar Mi- nett. By the will, it must be open to ev- ery race, condition, and color ; it will probably be made an asylum for colored orphans.


Nov. 11-Meeting of the Alumni Asso- ciation of Central University, at Richmond. The committee on location-DeWitt C. Collins, Jos. Chambers, and Richard H. Collins-inade final report, showing the sev- eral proposals for the location-1. From Richmond $101,355, in cash subscriptions and accumulated interest to Oct. 1; 2. From Bardstown $60,600, of which in cash sub- scriptions $53,600, real estate $7,000: 3. From Paris $140,000, of which in cash sub- scriptions and interest $100,000, in guar- anteed building fund $10,000, and an an- nual income from the " Garth Fund " of $2,500, valued at $30,000. Total vote re- ceived and counted, 404 -- for Richmond 217, Paris 177, Bardstown 10. These were cast by 268 members ; 145 voted for Rich- mond, 127 for Paris, and 10 for Bards- town. $94,850 of endowment subscrip- tion was represented in that vote ; for Richmond $53,775, Paris $39,725, Bards- town $1,350. 30 votes (28 for Richmond, 2 for Paris) not counted, because irregu- larly cast or received too late. Thus, Richmond was selected as the place of lo- cation. The location was formally con- firmned, the offer of the citizens of Madison co. accepted, and 5 trustees and 7 curators elected. An elegant banquet followed the meeting.


Nov. 12-Geo. S. Boutwell, U. S. senn- tor from Massachusetts and late U. S.


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secretary of the treasury, lectures in Lou- isville on " The Finances," including ob- servations on the working of the treasury department, and the civil service.


Nov. 12-Judge Samuel M. Moore, a na- tive of Bourbon co., and for many years a resident of Covington, Ky., where after serving six years as circuit judge, and on the eve of being re-elected in 1862 he was compelled by the military authorities to withdraw as a candidate from the canvass under threat of imprisonment-has just been elected judge of the superior court in Chicago, Illinois, by 10,852 majority. He was the choice of the bar for the high pos- sition, as well as of the people.


Nov. 12-Death at Burlington, Iowa, aged 80, of Dr. John F. Henry. He was a native of Scott co., Ky., and represented Logan district in congress in 1826-27, fill- ing a vacancy caused by the death of his brother Robert P. Henry. He was a grad- uate of the Jefferson Medical College, and practiced his profession in Ky., Mo., Ill., and Iowa. In Oct. 1813, he was at the battle of the Thames; his father, as a major general, commanding one wing of the U. S. army.


Nov. 12 -Off Taragona, Spain, a seaman of the U. S. steamship Alaska, then under full headway, fell from the rigging, some 60 feet, into the sea, but striking the rail- ing as he went overboard, was rendered insensible. Midshipman Lucien Young, (of Lincoln co., Ky., ) jumped into the sea, swam to and sustained the wounded man until the steamer could be stopped and a boat sent to their rescue. The captain commanding issued special orders applaud- ing the heroic act, and inviting to it the attention of the U. S. navy department.


Nov. 14-The Louisville Courier-Jour- nal, of this date, publishes the details of the hanging, by a mob, on Nov. 11, 1865, at Booneville, Owsley co., of 'Squire Mosely, for the murder, in Aug. 1863, of young Chas. Belknap, and then robbing him of $1,500 in money and his horse. An extraordinary story of the development of "circumstances" into the most positive proof.


Nov. 15-Death by being thrown from his buggy, near his farm 5 miles s. of Lou- ville, of Col. Clarence Prentice, aged 33, only surviving son of the late Geo. D. Prentice, the eminent editor. He had graduated in both law and medicine, and had practiced the latter with fine success, but preferred farm life ; had traveled ex- tensively in Europe and America ; was a talented amateur musician ; and was hos- pitable in the true Kentucky stylo. He was maturing plans for publishing a vol- ume of his father's poems.


Nov. 17-In the circuit court at Lex- ington, a man, for petit larceny, was sen- tenced to receive 39 lashes.'


Nov. 17-Excitement against Spain, and sympathy for Cuba, so great, because of the recent horrible butchery of the cap- tives on the ship Virginius, that Gov. Leslio receives the offer of one regiment


and several companies of volunteers, in case the U. S. declares war against Spain.


Nov. 17 -- From a paper prepared by Dr. Ely MeClellan, U. S. A., giving an outline of the course pursued by the epi- demic of cholera, in 1873, in 21 counties of Ky., it appears that the deaths from cholera in Paducah and MeCracken co., from May 23 to July 24, were 180, about 120 of them negroes and 35 foreigners. In Bowling Green, between July 19 and Aug. 10, 86 cases occured, 66 of them fatal. In Franklin, Simpson co., about 50 deaths occurred between June 12 and June 28. In Louisville, 21 deaths, between June 12 and Aug. 16, and several others before Sept. 8. In Elizabethtown, Hardin co., between July 10 and Sept. 2, 41 cases oc- curred, 22 fatal, besides several deaths near the town. In Maysville, of only 17 cases, 11 were fatal. In Lagrange, Oldham co., of 31 cases between July 7 and July 29, 15 were fatal. The remaining statistics illustrate the subject, but are less definite than the foregoing. The mortality from cholera among negroes was far greater than among the whites.


Nov. 18-45 granges of the Patrons of Husbandry organized in Ky., in last two months. Nov. 18, 19-State Grange or- ganized at Frankfort.


Nov. 19 -- " Extremes sometimes meet," even in newspaper columns. In a list of 7 births, in to-day's Paris True Kentuck- ian, are two whose weights were 172 and 2712 pounds respectively-both probably unparalleled.


Nov. 25-Convention of colored men of Ky. at Frankfort. Among the resolutions passed, was one asserting their right to'a reasonable portion of the offices with the white portion of the Republican party, and i' this claim be ignored, they cease to be indebted to this party any more than to any other party. They " demand that no citizen be denied the right of the jury-box on account of color."


Nov. 26-Terrible tragedy in the court house at Harrodsburg, during session of court. Theodore H. Daviess, Sen., and his son Larue,, killed, and another son Theodore, Jr., fatally wounded and dies next morning, in a deadly encounter with Philip B. Thompson, Sen., and his three sons, Phil. B. Thompson, Jr., John B. Thompson, Jr., and Dr. Daviess M. Thompson. Two other young sons of Theo. H. Daviess, Sen., were present, but unarmed, did not engage in the fray, and escaped uninjured. Each of the Thomp- sons received a slight wound, except Da- viess, whose clothes were pierced by three bullets. The jailer, Bud Robards, was slightly wounded. The court house was crowded, and the excitement caused by the pistol-firing was intense, and scattered the crowd as summarily as possible. Neither judge, bar nor lookers-on "stood upon the order of their going." The cause of the fight was a question of veracity be- tween the two fathera, in a suit just clos-


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ing, in which they were the principal wit- nesses. Both were prominent families and near neighbors in the town.


Nov. 27-260 negroes baptized in Paris. Nov. 28-Thanksgiving day.


Nov. 29-Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington R. R. Co. decides to furnish half-fare transportation to such members of the legislature as apply for it; and de- clines to tender the customary free passes.


Nov. 29-Death at Hopkinsville, aged 112, of Philip Bell, colored ; he was born in Va., in 1761, and brought to Christian co. about 1806.


Dec. 1-Lexington Daily Press resumes publication.


Dec. 1-Extension to the s. bank of the Ohio river opposite Cairo, Ill., of the Mis- sissippi Central R. R., 110 miles long.


Dec. 1-Regular biennial session of Ky. legislature begins. In the senate, Lieut. Gov. John G. Carlisle presiding, Kenaz F. Prichard was elected clerk, John L. Sneed assistant clerk, D. D. Sublett sergeant-at- arms, and P. B. Turner doorkeeper. In the house, Jas. B. McCreary was elected speaker (receiving 71 votes and Wm. Brown 18), Micah T. Chrisman clerk, Thomas S. Pettit assistant clerk, Jas. M. Lobban sergeant-at-arms, and A. G. King door- keeper.


Dec. 1-The new General Statutes of Ky. take effect to-day.


Dec. 1-At Hopkinsville, at four ware- houses, 9,150 hhds. tobacco sold during the year ending to-day.


Dec. 1-Rev. M. Bouchet, vicar general of the diocese of Louisville, announces his withdrawal from the editorial management of the Catholic Advocate.


Dec. 1-At 11 p. M., the house of Mrs. Stamper, of doubtful character, on Slate creek near Turley's Mill, Montgomery co., set fire to, by 10 or 12 disguised men. She extinguished the flames, and fired with a pistol at the party ; one of whom returned the fire, wounding her fatally with buckshot. She was buried without a coroner's inquest ; and up to Dec. 15, no steps had been taken toward arresting the assassins.


. Dec. 1-The following statistics for 1873 are from the auditor's report now passing through the press. They are compiled from the county assessors' reports, and give the total taxable property of the white and black population separately :


WHITES.


The following is the valuation of each item of taxation, viz :


22,812,605 acres of land. $214,869,477


68,419 town lots


89,465,079


364,480 horses and mares. 20,244,176


105,099 mules


6,353,702 63,794


705,921 cattle


6,359,928


7,673 stores


Under the equalization law ...


Pleasure carriages, barouches, buggies, stages, gigs, coach- es, omnibuses, and other ve-


hicles for passengers. 1,626,730


Gold, silver, and other metalic


watches and clocks .. 1,120,069


Gold and silver plate. 347,100


Pianos


898,082


Total value as above. $403,296,567


Tax at 45 cents on the $100 ..... 1,814,834


Number.


White males over 21 years


248,544


Qualified voters


241,191


Enrolled militia.


195,881


Children bet. 6 and 20 years ... Hogs over six months old ...... Studs, jacks, and bulls (and


964,784


rates per season at $17,737)


2,368


Tavern licenses, at ..


857


Free whites, blind. 228


294


Dogs over two (2)


1,541


Sheep killed by dogs 20,210


Value of sheep killed by dogs $59,935




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