The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-10-14
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near the Southern Exposition, Louisville,
burned the other evening. 1t was the
property of the Chess Carley Company.
Charles Bradeos, of the Number Sevens,
stepped into mass Of melted rosin, and
will be disabled for life. fire engine
struck buggy in which rode Joseph Pierr-
man and wife. They we're thrown to the
curbing, and Mrs. Pierrman was perhaps
fatally hurt
The reunion of the Third Ohio Infantry
on the battlefield near Perryville was
grand success on the Sth. About 800 sur
vivors of this historic battle, which took
place twenty-four years ago, were present.
Representatives from Pennsylvania, In
diana and Kentucky regiments were nu-
merous, although Ohio men outnumbered
them, fine dinner was spread by the
hospitable people of Perryville, and in the
afternoon appropriate addresses were de-
livered.
CHARLES RofsE, on trial at Carlisle for
killing Henry Tanner, colored, was found
not.guilty.
AT Carlisle, John Dolin, freight con-
ductor, was knocked from his train, near
here, the other morning, by bridge and
killed.
NEW post-ofice has been established at
Licksburg Magofiin County, with Ben f.
Sayler as postmaster
1T is rumored that another victim of the
Spearsville tragedy has been found, The
body of white man was discovered near
the Odd-fellows Hail. His body had been
concealed in a corn-shock, where it was
found by field hands. ne could not be
identified.
THE farmers living along the river road
near Louisville, complain that they are
suffering very much from Interpretations
of river thieves. Nearly every night
corn-crib or barn is broken open and its
contents stolen. Their losses have been
heavy.
JOHN BAcHMAS, who owns dairy on
Barrett avenue, Louisville, was driving the
cows into the yard the other day, where
they were to be MIXED, when one rushed
angrily toward him with its head lowered.
Bachman started for the fence, which was
about twenty five feet distant Just as he
reached it the Infatuated animal struck
him, the horns penetrating his back. The
stood glaring at him. Mr.. Bachman re-
tanned his presence of mind and climbing
the fence staggered home. AT the threshold
he fell unconscious from the loss Of blood.
1t is thought he will die
THOMAS CLARK and George Howard were
arrested in Newport charged with burglar
izing the post-ofiice at Sulphur of $50
worth of postage stamps and postal cards.
MARY CLAUsER, of Newport found q
railroad torpedo on the track and hit it
with stone. One thumb gone and proba-
bly, her eyesight.
FRANKFORT is proud OF her water-works,
and relies on plugs to squelch her fires.
Campbell and e. C. Gaines, weapons 80
caliber revolvers. Gaines wounded, but
will recover. An old feud
SARAH LAUREL, an old fortune-teller who
lives in the Wet Woods, near Louisville, is
snake-charmer She had three large
black snakes in her house as pets, and while
fondling them on a table the other morn
ing she engaged in a war with the entire
outfit One reptile wrapped itself around
her neck, and in attempting to cut it with
knife, wounded herself badly. The ser
pent was about to choke the old lady to
death, when a laborer near her saw her
struggling and went to her rescue She
became so excited in the fight that she lies
PROSTATE, and may die. She is very old,
and has lived alone for years.
The diamond fields in Kentucky SO con.
fdently predicted by H. Carvill Lewis, the
well-known American Geologist and Min.
eralogist in paper read before the British
Science Association in London last month,
have not yet been discovered, but the
search for them has been going on
quietly ever since the announce
ment OF Prof Lewis conclusions.
Prof Lewis said that he had seen in Ken
lucky the same geologic conditions that
surrounded the diamond beds at Kinber-
ley in South Africa, where for the past
seventeen years almost fabulous discover
les have been made and many millions OF
dollars worth of diamonds have been
found annually. Prof. Lewis is well-known
to scientists and biologists In this country.
THE following are the dates when the
commissions of certain Presidential post.
masters will expires Ashland, February
10, 1887; Bardstown, January 30, 1887; Gym.
thiana, December 20, 1885; EliSabethtown,
March l, 1887; Glasgow, February ~, 1887;
Mt. Sterling, March l, 1887; Nicholasyille
February "a, 1857; Richmond, February "a,
1887 Russellville, December. 49, 1885,
CHRISTIAN COUNTY, the heaviest tobacco
growing county in the State, reports that
the crop has been little injured by the frost
and will be the largest and finest raised fol
years
james snoFNER was shot and killed isy
Sherman Bugg, at Henderson,. The dead
man provoked the quarrel