The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-05-24
THE COMMONWEALTH.

train on the Cincinnati Southern railway,
at Tateville fell beneath the cars and was
fatally inju ell. He claimed to be from
Chattanooga.
THE administrator OF Ed. Robinson,
who was killed by the cars, got "a 900
verdict against the L. q. N. railroad, at
Hopkinsvile.
The cutworm has seriously injured
Kentucky hemp.
MOSES GREENwADE, colored, was burned
to death near Hopkinsville by his clothes
taking fire from CRATE.
w. H. McRErNoLDs, postmaster at Dun
more, Muhlenburg County, resigned aud
ii. L. Mellon was appointed in his stead.
CHAMP MULLINS Is the new postmaster
at Livingston, Rock Castle County, vice
Geo. d. Cook, resigned.
The next meeting OF the kentucky
Homeopathic Association will be held at
Louisville.
The Homeopathic physicians in conven-
ton at Frankfort the other day, elected
officers for the ensuing year as follows:
President DIR. c. p. Meredith; yice-presi-
dent, Dr. II. z. Kehoe; corresponding
secretary, DR.. Howard Crutcher; record
ing secretary, DR.. A. c. Jones; treasurer,
DR.. j. A. Vansant.
Tr,r otbar .,,,orrino a. Mill.ralrrcr a.
Mrs. w BaIlencer was standing IN her
garden. a large yyalloon dronned as n ont
Of the clouds at her feet ana. in her at
temnt 10 cantnra h sla was badlv bItten
on the face and hands She th,.e ~ 4 shawl
over n 10 nrotcct her hard, ~, ~ Iast
too,r IL alive I, r,aas,,r.,d fo,,y fe.,t g,.o,,
lin to tin ana ,veiebed t,ve,tv nonnds
These birds aro ve,g scarce and es,u.' "a
storm. When their feathers blovc 81 .tbe,..
fall to the ground. They are also vicious
and will battle with man. This bird Is
the first that has ever been seen in that
portion Of the country. Flocks of people
went to town to see il. 1t will be killed.
stuffed and preserved.
THE Lerisiat.ve Committee which. with
the assistance of several experts. has
been investloatinp the Tate shortage bns
concluded ifs Lahore and filsd its renort
with the Governor n shows tbe total do
| fcit Of the absconded Treasprer N be sol7.-
02s 10 After the most rigid examination.
nothing was fonnd wrong n the ofice ~
Auditor Hewitt
BIDS have bsen opened bv the Supervis-
inc Architect of The Treasnrv for the in.
terror finish NJ the Fadarai b,,ilding AT
Lexington. The bidders were M follows:
John Mitchell I,ouisville s9a ESQ. Robert
Mitchell, Cincinnati, so4 5o4; George w.
Corbett Washington, $4,000: Mccarthy Il
Baldwin, Washington, ss5 5s5; Robert
son Planning Mill Company, Cincinnati.
$22 99l.
A COMPANY of Ohio capitalists are boring
for gas on the land of Mr. ]. d. Hutchin-
son, near Christianburg.
A. d. FIrcu. of Louisville. has bourht Of
Mr.. Geo. A. Armstrong jr., the Shelby
vile gas works for S6,O-O
SHELBY County proposes giving hugo
barbecue on June 8. The occasion will be
a general holiday
The Kuk.ux examining trial was
completed at Bowling Green the
other afternoon and resulted in the ac-
cused, Newman and William Osbornt, John
Lewis and George Maynor, being held over
for trial in the circuit court in bond of
$500 each, which was ven. They arc par
ties who were accused OF driving Samuel
haynes and family from their home and
burning their house the first part Of May.
IT cost Uncle Sam about 5000 to run the
present moonshine court at Covington,
ana only about forty men were convicted
Of this number twenty-seven pleaded
guilty. The grand jury alone cost over
s4oo ana Tue petit Jury about sl,O0O
FOLLOWING the lynching OF the colored
man, Tom Roney, near Bowling Grecn, re-
Gently, for poisoning horsos, letters we're
received day or two since by Henry
Hampton ana Jim Lockhart warning them
TO leave They wentat once to Louisville
leaving their families. The warning is
supposed 70 nave come from the band that
iyncnea noney, as inese men are accused
Oh peing honey's accomplces.
JACK "oRTHINGroN, near Greenup, has
two pet-bnt very mi schievous-squirrels.
one day recently Mrs. Worthington shut
the little fellows up in an upstairs room