The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-10-01
miscellaneous Itcra..

JUDGE FLEMfNGs OF LoulSVllle, Wln TO-
sign as Justice on the Supreme B-peh o.
New Mexico.
ToBkoco has been nipped by frost IN
several parts Of Kentucky. -.
DIR. E. A. WATSON, prominent rhysi-
clan of Christian County, is dead.
SURGEON JOHN GRoDFREy, of New Or
leans, has been ordered to take charge oil
the u. S. Marine Hospital at Louisville.
STEAMBOAT owners have come to terms
andIthe river mail from Evansville, Ind, to
Paducah, and from the latter point to
Cairo, H., will be restored.
NEAR Madisonville, Prate Williams,
lately engaged In the saloon business, was
shot and killed by Booth Dunning. youth
of eighteen. Williams was drunk and the
aggressor.
THE residence of Joseph Potter, near
Bowling Green. with all its contents was
destroyed by fire. No insurance.
GEoRGE BALLS trial at Stanford. for
killing his father, resulted in acquittal, on
the ground of self-defense.
ALL gamblers under Indictment at Lou
isville have been dismissed 1t was dis
covered that member of the grand jury
which returned the indictments was not
householder, as the law requires.
Airs. MARY BELL TUCKER, who was tried
and acquitted recently on a charge OF
mur dering her husband, John Tucker, near
Mount Olivet, last February, attempted to
kill herself at her home in Robertson
County, few days ago, by shooting her.
self twice in the left side In the region of
the. heart Physans attending her say
the wounds are almost necessarily fatal.
= AT Newport, the other day, Mrs. William
Silet went to the cellar for n bucket OF coal,
leaving three-year -old daughter alone in
the kitchen. During the mothers absence
the little one tot led to the stove, where its
clothes became ignited. The attention of
Mrs. Silet and neighbor was attracted by
the screams Of the child and arriving on
| the scene they found the infant lying on
the floor with every stitch of clothing
burned from the body except the shoes.
The eyes Of the child were burned out and
blood oozing from the mouth and nose.
| 1t was placed on the bed, when its suf-
ferings ended with death in few minutes.
Mrs. A. M. WHEAT, widow OF Judge 2.
Wheat, who was for time Chief Justice
OF Kentucky, died at Shelbyville, few
days ago.
THE trial of the Yelvington Ku-Klux
case in Daviess County resulted in an ac-
quittal of all the parties charged
Mr. Hoer, of the Blue-Grass Clipper,
was thrown from buggy in Midway re-
Gently, and had his leg broken.
| A HORSE in McCracken County, becom-
| ing alarmed at passing train, trenfbled
for moment and dropped dead in his
tracks. 1t is an undoubted case OF death
from fright.
A NUMBER of young men are engaged In
organizing YounglMen's Christian Asso-
citation in Paducah.
( THE indications seem to be that the acre
age of next years wheat crop will be be-
low the average in the State. sai.
SULPHUR WELL, in Hardin County, has
a curiosity, in the way Of baby nine
months old, which weighs only -four
, pounds.
II A LITTLE son OF Mr.. Hayden, of Lebanon
ton or eleven years old, climbed a hickory
tree to shake down nuts for some othei
children. Losing his hold he fell to thu
ground, crushing one side of his body in I
terrible manner. He lived only few hour
after the accident.
, FRANK CAPIro, of this county, has beei
missing since September 7. He left hom
! that day riding a fine horse, and havin
i $3.50 in his possession. He had been mar
Q ried about one month, was five feet ST.
a inches tall, wore dark mustache, an
bald. He was about thirty five years old
: -Frankfort Yeomdn.
|, HENDERSON COUNTY corn and tobacc
!. crops are reported in exceptionally I'm
= condition.
The farmers Of Bourbon County ar
}. happy. The outlook for tobacco was neve
better. and the prospect for fair prices
good.
WILLIAM BALL, prominent distillel
=. was shot and killed by his son, Georg'
y near Stanford.
:. THE boiler in Fabel soap factory at Louis
d vile exploded, and Edward Ernest, I'll
,: engineer, was instantly killed, his body of
u ing thrown into creek fifty feet distan
The damage to the building is $4,000. Tn
boiler Of the same factory exploded wv
years ago aud killed two men. The cau'
), of the explosion is unknown.
: Mas. JOHN ADAMS had rib broken an
d was otherwise seriously injured by Jumi
:, ing from q moving train at Lexington