Flemingsburg Democrat Nov. 25, 1869 to Jan. 20, 1870 Elizabeth Smith lizsmith@setel.com http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lizsmith/index.html "There was a young fellow of excellent pith, Fate tried to obscure him by naming him Smith." --Oliver Wendell Holmes Thursday, Nov. 25, 1869 Married-At the residence of Thomas D. Byrum, Esq., of Nicholas co., Ky., on the 16th of November, 1869, by Rev. John B. Ewan, Mr. John Burns, of Nicholas county, Ky., to Mrs. Letetia Wade, of Cincinnati, O. - -------------------------------------- Thursday, Dec. 2, 1869 Found Dead-A negro named Anthony Green was found dead in his bed one morning last week. He had attended a wedding the night before and retired apparently in good health. His brother was sleeping with him.-Mays. Eagle MARRIAGES At the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Dennis Belt, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 30th, 1869, by Elder E. B. Challenner, Mr. B. F. Bollinger, of Maysville, Ky., to Miss Matilda Belt. - -------------------------------------- Thursday, January 13, 1870 A HORRIBLE AFFAIR A Man Strikes his Wife in the Head with an Ax and then Hangs Himself We learn that on Friday morning last, that Mr. Thomas Bradshaw, a wealthy farmer living near Sharpsburg in Bath county, assaulted his wife with an ax, striking her on the head inflicting a terrible wound which will probably cause her death. Bradshaw supposing that the lick he had struck had killed her, immediately secured a rope and hung himself dead. There are various rumours afloat as to the cause of this deed of blood, but as we know nothing of the truth of any of them, we decline to publish them.-Mr. B. and his present wife had only been married a few weeks, he being a widower and the father of a large and interesting family of children at the time of the marriage. He was a man of considerable wealth and is said to have possesssed an uncontrolable temper, when he got mad; his madness amounted to insanity. It is supposed that he was in this condition when the awful tragedy was committed. At last accounts his wife still lingers in an insensible condition and the chance for her recovery are decidedly against her. This is indeed a shocking affair and one deeply to be deplored by the public. Certainly, the causes which lend a man to commit such a crime as this in his own household must be great or he is a maniac. In fact, we do not think that any reasonable excuse could be made for so damnable an act. Mr. B. we understand was in the neighborhood of eighty-years of age. - -------------------------------------- January 13, 1870 Murder On the 31st ult, a quiet inoffensive old citizen was killed by Wm. Guinnett at Cain's old tavern in this county. John Waller vends poisoned whiskey at this place, and on the day named a large crowd had assembled and were drinking and carousing. Guinnett had stated in the morning that he intended to kill somebody that day, but named no one. There was no difficulty so far as we can learn between him and his victim, nor was old man Payne drunk. Without cause or provocation, he was shot down and died in ten minutes. As soon as the intelligence was brought to town, a warrant of arrest was issued for Guinnett, and Capt. Tipton started immediately for him, but after thoroughly scouring the neighborhood was unable to find him. So far as we gather the facts, the killing was cold blooded and atrocious, and the murderer deserves to be hunted down with the full power of the law.-Mt. Ster. Sentinel. - -------------------------------------- January 20, 1870 Another Patriot Gone-Caleb Morris, a soldier of the war of 1812, died on th 6th last, in Bourbon county, in the 80th year of his age. Died.-Alexander Miller, the oldest of the large and influential family of Millers, of Millersburg, died on Thursday, the 6th instant. Drowned.-Neal Murphy while crossing Licking river at Lair's on Monday 10th inst. Broke through the ice and was drowned.