Marion County, KY - Newspapers: Lebanon Weekly Standard, 1879 Tuesday, May 23, 2000 Submitted by: Bradford.Buck@RossNutrition.com (Bradford Buck) ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************* From the Lebanon Weekly Standard, Marion County, KY, August 6, 1879: Election Day Fight There was a fight in Court Square near the Standard office Monday night between George Wilson (Washington) MURPHY on one side and an unknown number of men, estimated at half a dozen on the other. MURPHY achieved prodegies of scientific pugilism, knocking down five or six of his assailants. He had four of them down at one time, and came off an easy winner. Several of the assailants were arrested and two, WRIGHT and SMOTHERS, were sent to jail. Deplorable Accident A private dispatch received here last night brought the painful intelligence that the wife of James M. BALLARD, Esq., Sheriff of this county, was dreadfully burned yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ballard's house near Loretto took fire, but the fire was quickly extinguished. While Mrs. BALLARD was engaged in removing some articles from a press , a powder horn exploded and set fire to her clothing. Her injuries were of such a character that they were expected to prove fatal. Mr. BALLARD was in Lebanon yesterday and had started home about a quarter of an hour befor the telegram arrived. Foolish Order In pursuance of a foolish order from the Louisville Board of Heath, the baggae of all persons going from this secton to Louisville has to be examined before it is put on the cars and a certificate give that it contains only wearing appparel. The order causes much inconvenience to travelers, as well as station agents, and is the subject of general unfavorable comment.