The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-07-08
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MlsceIlaneons Items

.r Miscellaneous Items.
A rosToFFIcE has been established at Van
Buren,, Anderson County, and W. C. Ash
appointed postmaster.
THE name of the post-office at Horace,
Anderson County, has been changed to Fox
Creek.
The President has approved the bill pro
viding for a public building at Frankfort
The bill providing for the purchase OF a
site and the erection of a public building
for the use of the postoffice and other Gov
eminent offices in the city of Owensboro,
was favorably reported in the House.
PosT-oFFIcEs have been established at
Ansel, Pulaski County; at Collinsworth,
Jackson County, and at Wald, Rockcastle
County, and A. l.. Wood w. n. Hurst and
W. A. B. Davis have been commissioned
postmasters respectively.
The FOLLOWING are the collections of
internal revenue in the Sixth lCovingtonl
District for June: Lists, $S0.10; beer,
s14ls.50; spirits, SAG, 5000; tobacco, ST.
Sl6.35; cigars, S24, S9O.26; special tax, SSl2.-
80; total, s2Sl,17O.6o
FARMERS in Woodford County are dis
COuTdRtu dt VI W Genus UtI DusuGl IOT
their wheat and 45 cents for barley.
WILLIAM LEWIS, white man, aged about
forty, has been lodged in the Versailles
Jail, charged by his brother, Henry Lewis,
with burning the grain barn of James w.
Miller in September, 1884.
THE residence Of Peter Graves, near East
Union, Nicholas County, was struck by
lightning which completely demolished one
corner. None of the family were in the
house, but dog lying on the porch and
sixty chickens under the porch were killed,
The blaze was soon extinguished by per-
sons who CHANGED to see the accident from
the road.
d S, CAVE, JR., g. Co.. of the Kentucky To-
bacco Warehouse, Louisville, have assign
ed. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, $4,000.
ALLAN WAUGH, farmer living near Car
Isle, on horseback, chased a negro, on foot,
through the streets for stealing watch
and 81 20 in money from him the day be
fore, when he left his employ, and when
nearly ready to grasp his thief he fell from
his horse in a fit of excitement, cutting his
head considerably. The negro was arrest
ed and placed in jail, having confessed the
corpse from congestion of the brain.
ACCORDING to the revised laws of Ken
lucky game can be killed between the fol
lowing dates Quail, ruffed grouse, octo.
Der IS to February /; woodcock, July to
February Il duck, August to May 1; deer,
September l to March L.
PRoF. MoRRIs KIRBY, of the State College
Mt Lexington, has been elected principal OF
the Louisville Boys High School, vice
Principal r. II. Crothers, reelected and re-
signed.
AUGUST SINCERITY, well-known carpen
ter and contractor, disappeared from his
home at Paducah, some days ago His
body was found in the river near Metro
polls, twelve miles below Paducah. Some
time since Singerly's son killed his step
brother in Missouri, and was sent to the
penitentiary. Singerly was much af-
fected by this and it is supposed he sui.
cided in fit of dependency.
THE son of DR.. Nicholson, leading ply
stefan of Fulton, suicided at Arlington by
taking strychnine.
A SUIT in the name of A. G. Howard 4
Co., was filed in.the Circuit Court at Owens
boro, asking that County Judge J. ID. At
Gibson be enjoined from acting as an at
torney for number of citizens and tax
payers, in behalf of all taxpayers of tht
county. The petition denies the right of 9
county judge to borrow the railroad fund
or using the fund of the county collectes
for railroad purposes in building q new
county Jail. The county has a railroad
fund in Deposit Bank Of $4,000, and the
County Court decided to borrow S17, 900 K
build Jail, levying tax to pay the sum
There is a general protest against this in
reference in a needed public work.
An effort was made the other night
by ghouls to steal the body of Rev
Father Stephany that was inferred at st
Joseph's Cemetery, Newport, a few day,
before. In the afternoon three men, witt
a covered wagon, came to the rear portion
of the cemetery, and were proceeding to
wards the grave when they were discov
cred by the vigilant sexton, who pursued
them for nearly mile but without sue
cess.
ACCOUNTS begin to come in of girls WHIT
kill themselves jumping the rope. Th,
eleven-year-old daughter of Andrew Bose
mer, of louisville, has Just died after
matching herself against some playmate.
at picnic. She jumped until she brought
on heart palpitation that could not be con
trolled.
JOHN L, FURBER has been selected as as
Instant postmaster by Postmaster Nodler
of Covington.
JUDGE HAEELRIeG, of Montgomery Coun
w, has withdrawn from the contest for the
common pleas judgship.
A PosLorFIoE has been established al
Woodford, Pike County, and Elijah Wood
ford appointed postmaster