The South Kentuckian, 1879-09-30

ii Lite a.i V An Incident t tn rrmntioa -e; ; Crity ia' New Tort '- in" ..-'.'fir 't ."T"TT ': 'uiu- ii !-. ' "Henry Bergh, Jr appesned. lu thu Court of spcuikeioiis:yiMtiurdi4)t against Juiues burns, tl driven tatilhu, employ of id. Loulnrbaoh, 'oriy-I, fourth street butclier. llo tid : . "1 saw the prisoner ai Forty-uiulh stitet. and First avenue driving a i-trucli. Orto ot Iho horses attached to it had Oho siire, the oilier three, r, 1 cried to him, Utp, pull up your lestn,' but he puid no attention. 1 then caught the horses by the head ami fee soked Jilt whip and struck ftt me.. l eUowet) my. shield, but Uo listruofcii agitjii. tV hen 1 tried lit get on tlio trucit he assaulted me for the lliird lime..' A crowd colleoted, and not knowing but that iny lily was in 41nnger,;l drew my revolvor. i 1 oiuted it si no one, but k told, iiurus umi sus,wa my prisoner, Ordered him lo lake the team to. hie eniployer'a.stable, and followed him I hero,1 where' 1; exam examined - ined examined tho sords and iouiid thy avefe .severe." .l;itnl . It v!f(n. I.li;"tt : .,, 'l never1 knowed him .:tOi be an officer," said Hums, with an air of In In-jured - jured In-jured i iiniocenctJi upon taking . (lie Htaud. " "'1 was a-cvniin' down I'rom Seyerlyfourth slreOt wlioii Iseed him sliont anie." 4 vHtver- 'heairn what lie said, and didn't pay- no- Attention to him. lie then caught holt to me hor horses, - ses, horses, drew his -revolver, pointed it at my head three or lour times and said lio'd blow hie off. "', , ' ! You suv thai lie lore your shirt and caused you tobfeed;" said Henry liorgh, Br., who was eonilticttng the case lor the prosecution, "Yes, sir." , , . . , ... "Have you tho bloody shirt with yb,iiS.'Hi ri.ii!. ,;ii'i.l a isi !. no, nr. it was mm mat got up th crowd.- They eonic around when Ihev seed the pUlol; and cried, "Hood God, don't kill that nian.'"-, i.-m ji . . -,'Xlie magntrats'Murrav Mprgsu aud W i by. cousulled a minnl or two and then the court, said: Wefiiid you guilt v. One iiionlli in' the peni- tcnllnM. ,; ! .-ta. f I .a.t .l i'. ( "Now, about' Ihtttf atlf Maniilt nud . battery,"; said .tho fitter Mr. I "Are vou not satianeu, saw k,oun- sclor lluinmel,."witli the. yqiipg fel low's present pnnishmont? .., , ' "Ao..wo are not.".; , f. ' -t "You will prosecute tiim. on ttliS Other charge ?', ... i 'Wo certainly will," answered the pliilauthroiit. New- York Herald. Sensible Words. ' ! : The Courier-Journal of tho lflth contains the following sensible re. marks on "taffv ' ; " The Kentucky papers uso too much taffy in speeding tho parting iruoat. . Two of the most prolific wri ters and poorest editors in the State have lelt for other Holds and there is Immense raihcuMliouS over tho taking ofl'of two -of the- most gifted cdltorn and graceful writers in tho whulo do domain - main domain of Jounialism.' While vory clever gentlemen, tho emigrants were eminently untitled lor.jourualism, aa their roucntcd failures in that field conclusively prove., (live us a little more truth nud less taffy. ' . j This tciu'ici'cy ol ft good ninny ed itors to "slop over" on tho slightest provocation, Is In bad tnslo, nun dis disgusting - gusting disgusting to people of sense. "You tickle me and I'll' tickle you," seems to bo tho order of the day among a majority of editors Another silly practice is the fulsomo eulogistic manner in ' which some papers- an nounce tlio arrival or departure of young Indies. . bhe i always :4'the boaulifiil, amiable and accomplished" MH Ho-aiul-60. though sne mny ue as ugly ns a batch of dough struck by lightning, as ncrce tempered as Aan Aan-thtppe, - thtppe, Aan-thtppe, and entirely void of ctlltuw and refinement 'Billy girls uiay up' ureciitte sucli glowing words, out wo- inoi) of sense never.'-Rx. .1 ! ' "r The nighUs :dark-, the air is raw and chill and damp, the storm is rft. giug., An old and eminently respeut respeut-able - able respeut-able citizcu, out ou North Hill, sloop, iug the sleep ot the jusV with the snore oi the wicked, and the privaie clocks on their, respective bfackeis and mantles throughout the city, fur Burlington has lio towu olock; rir tolling, as well as they kuo w ho w to, toll it, Iho hour of liiW a. in. i-;' .-i, i :iA violent iahgling at his l door boll awakes tlio.,cmiueuty; rospocluble tiittzeu.,, , i'j .. j ;ri Sliuddering. ha crawls, out of bed muttering, life gropes across the Hour., Swearing, under ills ureum, no mils over the rocking chair, ' ' "' "' i At last ho finds A match, lights a lamp, and descending thestuirs opens the hall door, aud admits; a gust ol wind that, blows out the lamp and s torrent of raiu'thal d'Oiiclie him to What is' wauled rjirospoc'tabi "Are you the' resident .owner' of this property r promptly inquires "I am." wondorinfely replies the iminentlv rosneulable citizen.. t "Were you in bed wnou irangr , . "I was,, replied the emiuouitlv ro- speclable. ; , , i .. , "That was right," choorfully ex claims the csllor. "Thai is the place lor a man of your ago at this time of night. I am surprised to sco you out of It. Got back to It, and pleas pleasant - ant pleasant dreams" ' ''' 1 i - - All is silence after the crash that onsues. save a mocking smile that dies awav in the dlstauoe. i ThB fi'sg- monUof thalamp that are revealed on the sidewalk by .tlio coming of tlio rutwnUtidicato; thftt .-oithor the lamp fell put of n balloon at .the. Jiqight of auoui .iwuutv-uiiio. iiiiiob, ,'t ; to hurled -at some object with groat forco. When will the mystery bo solved? Hawkey; - Life. Saved by tv'Siik Umbrella At .a nnlnt three miles. cast of litis nlAuiiio.ilsviA joint bv tlieiuame of Roberts, from Louisville, was fired. nnnn from the roadsido bv" an un known person, but tho' hnll, which wns etldontlv' from a rifle, struck Roberts' umbrella , tori, which was silk, and glanoed off. The mark of the ball was made tot) plain Jlo admit of any doubt ns lo Roborts stats stats-mont. - mont. stats-mont. Shopordsvllle (Ky.,) Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.