The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-05-06
FERGUSON & CONLEY. Publishers.
The COMMONWEALTH.
LouisviIle Leaf Tobacco Market.
We quote 1885 tobaccos as follows for full
yeights and sound packages;

Good leaf .......-.... va S25 ~ 00li5 ~
selectons.................. 0O110 so l3 5QQl5 30
Wrappers ........, I2 t00tls % 10 GOALS 90
Proceedings otthe Legislature.
FRANKFORT. April a. -sKsArE.-Nothing OF
Importance was Transacted.
House Among the bills passed were the
following: senate bill Incorporating the
Southern Contract Company; act amending
charter of the City OF Louisyille; act author
izng the City OF Louisville 70 raise FUNDS nee
essary to enable her TO purchase the gas
works OF the Louisville Gas Company at the
termination of said charters; act amending
the charter OF the town Of bardweil, H. IN e BAL
and owner of the ferry at Ashland, KY; act
TO prevent the drifting and floating OF saw
logs down Licking river below below, saylersvli,ei
Club OF Louisville; Senate bill to incorporate
the Exchange Insurance Company OF Coving-
ton, Ky; Senate bill authoriziHg the board & OF
sitting as a court, TO compel the attendance
of witnesses and the giving in of testimony:
act recharterng TIE town h 81 siTinFhab be
city of Newport 10 issue bonds for refunding
bonds issued under an act approved FEB.
rlary iso act ineorporattng ot me Giaher S
cooperating the Funeral Directors Aeeocia-
tion OF the Falls City.
FRANKFORT, April 26.-sEsATE.--No o quorum
no business.
HoUsE.-Severnl veto messages OF the Gov
ernor were reported from the Judiciary Com
mittee, and the vetoes sustained. Mr. Jack
| son, from the Revenue and Taxation
| Committee, reported an act to tax and license
sleeping car companies operating in this
| State. and II WAS made special order Tor
| Wednesday next. Mr.. cline reported Dir
| TO continue the Geolngical survey. On MS
| motion il was recommitted with leave TO re-
| port at nny time The Dill appropriates
! $l25 per anunm to pay the expenses Of the
| survey for the next two years. Tho bill TO
| prevent the use of merchandise checks in
| coal mines was called up: motion TO lay Il
| on thefabie prevailed. The bill to repeal the
| law passed last session requiring county
| attorneys to nssist commonwealth attorneys
| in prosecutions in circuit courts was called
| up and pending discussion the House ad-
| journed.
| FRANKFoRr, April q. -SENATE-A bill was
| passed repealing the nsh law In Adair. Wayne,
| Green Taylor, Lurue. Hart, Ohio and Butler
| Counties The Revenue bill was discussed in
| committee of the whole.
HousE-A resolution wass passed for sine
/ die adjournment May 10. Dixon's high H.
| Q nse bill was discussed at length
| FRANKFORT, April 28.-SENATE-A House
resolution relating 10 the removal Of the re.
| mains Of Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel Fields
| was concurred in. Two House bills. incorpo-
| rating the Grand Lodge Of the Independent
| Order of Color d knights of Honor OF Lex
| inRtOn and the Supreme Lodge OF the BROTH
| erhood of Honor, were passed. The Senate
i went into committee of the whole on the rev
| enue bill The substitute offered byMr J. X.
| W. Smith for the article levying a tax on
| banks was lost. Mr.. Gilbcrts substitute,
| which Is the enc most antagonistc to the
| banking interest was next reported, ana was
| amended by striking out the last section
| HousE-Blls introduced: To authorize the
| citizens of Lancaster precinct In Unrrar rd
| County to vote prohibiting the sale OF liquors
| In October. lSSG.and fixing penalt forsolling
liquors In said pre- tsropreven the destruc-
| tion Of Ash in the streams of this Common
| wealth by use of dynamite aud other expio-
| sivcs. To prohibitthe sale, barter and tramc
/ in spifituous, vinOus and matt liquors IN
| lord rounfy To amend an act to establish
| a road dist riot in Jefferson county, approved
| May II, 1884. To provide for the arbitration
| Of labor disputes. Establishing colonial schools
/ In this Commonwealth tThis bill proposes
| to establish common schools in the. variou
Swiss and German colonies OF the state
| snail be the same us in other schools, but each
i of sati colonial schools may be conducted
through the medium of language common 70
| its COLONY, aud the English language shall be
daily and duly taught TO every pupil! Tho
/ Dixon high-license bill was reported. MT.
Newman spoke ut length aqa'nst me Dill.
Colonel Dick Jones nindc m earnest eioquent
speech in opposition, and otherspet ches wero
made by Mr.. Spading and Mr. W. ~. heeu.
Mr., Straus. who introduced the Dill INTO the
HouSe closed the debate In one OF the best
arguments he has made during the session.
The vote was then taken on the inotion 70
strike ont the enncting clause. The motion
was lost Voting eli amt ndnents began, ana
| ali amendments repo ted were voted down.
FpANKFonr Anil 2n--SENATE.-Mr. Bush
called mp the House bill allowing der endants
In criminal cases to testify An nmendmeni
by Mr. Bryan that the defendant in cases oi
homicide shall only testify where the dying
declaration OF the murdered person has been
taken as evidence. was defeated several
other amendments were offered and lost a
motion Ia rcoommt TO the Committee on
4 General Statutes was also defeated. The 10, pii
was then passed ~ y veto of 90 TO p Iht
revenue bill was tas. up Mr. Gilherts suo'
4 stitute was lost several amendments were
offered but defeated, The Commssis ners OF
tho SIul.np Fnnd --,.irned last night IRON
| theirtr rip 10 The Grpruwuod ant ssssises
mlres They br ng tack with them vas
mass of TESTIMONY collected from many
sources. Four hundred conviciS were cues
toned. and tho written statement OF eacn II
rcservcd Whether the testimony OF a con
vict conccrn.na masters TO whose CUSTODY NJ
Is to be returned rs soon rs ne nnisnes ~
story l. 10 be relied ilp''n sanhtieroi"o Is
with many people. ~ t ttfl -.
HousT-A resolution was offered appoint
ing n committee toprepare ana report 70 I ~. l
House q bill 10 provide for the iu'ure MAJ, mhn
agenent of convicts in this state, ana sucl
bili' when so reported. shall be consideref
: from day to day and hour to hour unfil dis
posed Of and they are hereby granted leav
:. to report at any time. Consideration OF "
resolution was postponed one day in ordert
: nuke way for special order IN
House spent almost an hour
: discus ing a veto OF Governor Knott o
n Laurel County local bll forbidding the sal
and manufacture of liquor In certain prt
cincts. The veto was sustained " a VOTE Q
10 os T'he Dixon Hsgh-license bill won IN
. TOSS and the mcnbers pcgau 10 discuss I
six or eight amendments we're offered an
speedily defeated. The opponents OF tne ni
began systematic flihusterlng, ana tue PR
ceedings dragged slowly along.
D Miscellaneous Items.
A FouR-yrAR-oLp son of John Golden, Q
K Covington, was shot by Mrs. Rosa Stricl
land, who lives in the same house wit
Golden. Mrs. Strickland was in the rocf
. with the child when, chancing to meet VIII
! a pistol in an old trunk, she took It ou'
pointed az the boy and shot. The ball ei
4 tered the boys upper lip near the nose
:, breaking the upper jawbone and tnenc
: passing down, as 70 is supposed IN ntae nsc'
producing probably . fatal woana, olr' l,,'
Strickland was placed uuder arrasts Sn
!, cried somewhat but took tbs affair cooli
2 enough otherwise. To Dessctive Maurei
u she said she did not know waata pistol wa
for, that SIZE had no intent'oa 70 injure IN
d child. Shs admitted that.sha had pointe