The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-11-22


Association for $4,000 or $3.50 per
acre.
At Owingsville, Miss Jane Hall
died of fever on the day set for Ter
wedding. She was buried in her
wedding robes and her engagement
ring on her finger at her own
request.
A correspondent says; My name
is Summerset. Pm a miserable
bachelor. Icannet marry, for how
can hope to prevail On any young
lady possessed of the slightest no.
ton of delicacy to turn a Summer
set?
The Jury disagreed in the case of
Charles Dilger, on trial in the JEFF
ferson Circuit Court for the muir
der of Officer Jones, standing eleven
for conviction of murder and one of
manslaughter, with penalty of
two years Imprisonment.
The Governor has appointed Col.
A, w. Hamilton, O. Mt. Sterling,
and Hon. Thomas S. Grundy, ST
Springfield, delegates for the State
at large to the National Cattle
Growers Association, which meets
in Chicago ON the 10Th inst.
Official returns from all but one
county, Perry, give Cleveland 1885,
2S9 and Harrison 155,002. The
Democratic plurality, 2S,287, will
be but slightly reduced by the mis-
sing report. The total vote, 1888,
291 is the largest ever cast in Ken
lucky.
Gen. o. 0. Howard has been or
dered to command the Department
of the Atlantic, succeeding Gen.
Schofeld, who, at his own request,
has been relieved from that post
owing to his duties as Major Gener-
lal commanding the United States
army.
The Republicans Of Nicholasville
had political celebration in the
burg Monday night. During the
proceedings Miss Roodenbaugh was
looking out of the window Of her
fathers hotel. Somebody fired g
pistol and the ball hit the young
lady, killing her.
The Yanceburg Times says "Yor
can hardly find boy in Vancebure
who does not smoke or chew to
bacco, drink, lie or steal, any one
or all. Nothing helps to bring
about such a state of affairs sc
much as letting little boys spend
evenings on the Streets"
Mrs. Eliza S. Webster Jones died
yesterday at Bridgeport, Conn.
aged eighty-five years. She was a
daughter Of Noah Webster, the lex.
icographer and author of the old
blue backed spelling-book, which
not all the feeting years have driv
en- from the school child's hands.
The boldest engineering scheme
that has been brought forward in {
long time is that proposed for dam
ing up some of the canyons CT thu
Rocky Mountains and converting
| them into immense reservoirs o
water for use in lrrgating theiplainI
below and also serving to regulat,
the flow of water in the western
tributaries of the Mississippi river
| The announcement is made tina
Rhode Island has abolished tn,
property qualification for voting b,
an amendment to the Constitution
This fact has been known for som,
months, but the official announce
was withheld until after the cleo
ton, in order that the newly-enfran
chised should moi aid in carrying
the State for Cleveland, as the.
were expected to do.-Courier-Jour
nal.
The ladies Of Carlisle presented
the following ordinance to the coun
Gil Of that city which was passes
without q dissenting voice:
"Whoever shall chew tobacco ant
spit the saliva thJreirom upon an,
church floor within the city limits
; or in anywise defacesor iniure an
church floor within the city Limits
, shall upon conviction, befne9 20
each oflense not less than - no
exceeding $40.