The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-07-12
N. F. CONIEY Publisher.
THE COMMONWEALTH.


ty. Three men started to Henderson with
Bryan and just at dark were in the out
skirts Of the town when overtaken by fifty
masked men, who drove Bryan's guard of
and lynched the murderer TO the nearest
tree
A DYNAMITE bomb was exploded in the
courtyard, Nicholasville, at midnight,
which shook up the town and did consid-
cradle damage to the fine Courthouse,
shattering all the plate-glass windows and
doing damage to the circuit clerks Office.
The books and records had to be removed.
The explosion shook up the town, and
alarmed men and women. All night ordi-
nary bombs had been exploded, but when
the sixty-per-cent. dynamite cartridge ex-
ploded it Jared the town like an incipient
earthquake. The bomb was exploded by
couple of well-kDown young bloods.
Alady recognized them as they flew.
Rev. George o. Barnes, who breaches at
the courthouse when he is not sick, lays
1t on the Devil.
WILLIS COLEMAN, colored, while at me-
gro picnic on Hord's Hill, Maysville, had
his right eye shot out, and may die. ltis
not known how the shooting occurred.
Posr-oFFIcEs have been established at
Pulah, Hickman County, and at Evans
ton, Greenup County, and John d. Wilson
and Henry e. Evans commissioned post
masters respectively.
The post office at Percal, Elliott County,
has been abolished.
AN unknown colored man entered Held
on the farm of Mrs. w. A. Clark, four
miles from Owensboro, where boy was
plowing, and, striking him a blow with
his fist, knocked him down. He then cut
the plow line to pieces, bound the boys
hands and feet tightly, and then tied him
TO stump. He then took the harness OH
the horse, and, mounting it, rode away
The boy was not found for two hours,
when he was nearly dead from exposure
to the hot sun. A party Of men started In
pursuit Of the man, but they soon lost all
trace Of him.
JIM ScANLAN, well-known sport OK
Louisville, was fatally shot at st. Paul,
Mimi.
DIR. BEN. T. KAvANAUGB, brother Of the
late Bishop Kavanaugh, died in Clark
County on the 4th. He had been in the
ministry more than sixty years, and was
the author of a book attacking the popular
idea of gravitation.
THE great Scrugham defalcation case, at
Lexington, has been settled by the payment
| of $l5 900 to the bank, which releases Scrug-
hams sureties.
THE Mercer County bonds trouble has
been settled, and the bonds are to be passed
over to President Young, Of the Louisville
Southern road.
posr-orr1cr baa baen established at
| Browning. Dayiess County. with e. e.
| Dewy as postmaster.
| wan brota ont in Scott Countv. ON the
| 9th. which NAV prove n worse vendetta
than the Rowan County war. Some ten
davs AGO n constable. Sadocia Connellee.
| ir.. was murdered IN the vicinity &c Sadie
| vile while attemptina To servo a civil pro-
cess ON Caleb Parker Intense excitement
| has rejonad in the county n repard 10 the
| nmrder' but the civil authorities seemed
| jncanable. owing n the wild country In
which the deed was done and the large
| number Of friends az the murderer. The
| Governor was annealed n. bnt refused To
offer \ reward until the county officials
had exhausted every means in their power.
| ON the 9Th. the sheriff. T. Il. Hedrer. sum-
moned two hundred Of the stanchest men
| in the country who went "a Sadieville in
| charge Of Denutv Sheriff James Ford and
| colonaI Ceo Rob;nson a son ~ Ex-Csov-
ernor Robinson. to scour the country for
the murderer There win be desperate
conflict before Parker is apprehended, and
| IL Is not unlikely that bitter war viii be
waged.
HENRY FRANKIE, a prominent tobacco
| buyer, of Paducah was drowned in May
| field creek, near Wicklife, Ballard
| County.
TIE noise of Kentucky winter -spout.
| near N;cbolasville. on the 4tb. xvas heard
| zen miles.
Turpr xvas moro tobacco nlantad IN this
| State this wear than Iast.
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