The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-08-05
miscellaneous Items.


MAYOR PEARcE, of Maysvillo, is becoming
q terror to evil doers. Sixteen negroes.
were tried before him the other day for
riotous conduct and fined $50 apiece and
costs, amounting to over $500 The crowd
banded together, armed themselves with
pistols and guns and started out to do up
some white boys, against whom some OF
their number had grudge. Some desper-
ate criminals were in the gang, and the
white boys did we'll to keep out Of their
way. Two of the gang, George Wilson and
Henry Green, are wanted in Cincinnati for
crimes recently committed there, and will
be turned over to the police Of that place
as soon as they work out their fines They
are tough lot
A coLoRED barber Of Henderson, named
accident a few days ago, which resulted in
his death few days later. Mcfarland,
who had but one leg, was standing on the
river bank in the upper portion OF the city,
conversing with a friend and bracing
himself with his cane. The cane in some
way slipped into a hole, and Mcfarland
fell backward, the cane entering his body
and rupturing his lower bowels. He was
conveyed to neighboring house and
physician was summoned, who said sur
gical operation must be performed or he
could not recover. He refused to submit to
an operation, and suffered terribly from
the time Of the accident to his death.
THE monument erected to the memory Of
James Francis Leonard, the FIRST practical
sound-reader in telegaphy in the world.
was dedicated at Frankfort, recently.
large number OF distinguished people were
present.
PoMP ARNETT, colored, was shot and
killed by his brother, Rice Arnett, at Zion.
The quarrel which precipitated the murder,
arose from Pomp's alleged intimacy with
Rice's wife. Pomp was drunk when the
killing occurred. The murderer is in jail.
Ar an early hour the other morning two
fishermen, who were rowing in skif under
the Sand Island bridge, Louisville, heard a
shrek from above, and looking up saw the
body Of man whirling rapidly through
the air. In twinkling the man had gone
head first into the river and the fishermen
waited for him to come to the surface,
which he did in five seconds, spluttering
and foundering like porpoise He was
quickly gathered into the boat and taken
ashore, where he was found to be quito
drunk. His name, it seems, is George
Hart, and his home is Salem, Ind. de ar
rived in Louisville the day before, and fell
among the Philistines. They filled him
| gloriously full of liquor, and he started
aimlessly over the bridge in very hilari-
Gus condition He had not gone very far
oeiore MS nae piew on IN .ne river, IN ms
drunken idiocy ne tnougne IL wouiu pe
| iunny tning 10 Jump IN aloer IL, anu nc
| 1umped-a dissance Oh ABOUT ninety ieet-
ana was noe inlureu, ne "ouio nave cer,
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GEO. W. CLAYTON, who tried to jump an
outgoing train on the Kentucky Sontrsi
OF Covington, the other day, ana nad DIS
feet mashed by the wheels has since died
DE had suffered amputation OF his feet, ano
death resulted from this and the previous
nervous shock.
THE other night Levi Chambers an Inter
nal Revenue Store-keeper. who is a victim
Of somnambulism. got out Of his bed at hi,
botel in Iouisville. dressed himself an.
walked ont ON a little veranda. The vernn
da pave vav and he was precipitated I.
the sidewalk below. n distance Of fort,
foot His right LEG was broken above IN,
hin and his face badly cut and crushed
Chambers is an elderly man and has sui
fered n great deal from rheumatism. Hi
injuries will probably prove fatal.
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