The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-06-21
THE COMMONWEALTH.

Hughes were arrested In the Eastern part
Of Mason County and taken TO Mnysvilie
| to answer for a rather uDusual ohense.
They are charged with stealing thirty
thousand tobacco plants from their neigh
| bors.
GOVERNOR BucKNER refused to commute
| the sentence OF VIM. Patterson, who Is 70
be executed June %, for the murder Oh
| Jennie Bowman.
p W. STxrA, general merchant at Sar-
| dis, has assigned.
THE case Of Mrs. Ann Stewart against
| the Supreme Council Royal Templars oil
| Temperance, tried in the circuit court At
Lexington, for an insurance policy Of
| $2,0O0 resulted in verdict for the plaintih
for the full amount, with interest.
Miss JENNIE HAMILTON, a lovely young
lady residing near the Triggs County line,
died on the 14th from injuries received in
being thrown from a buggy the Sunday
before while driving home from Roaring
Springs with her brother. The horse they
were driving took fright, and Us 1t ran
threw Miss Hamilton upon pile Of rocks
as she tried to Jump from the buggy. Her
sufferings were very great
TIE lovers Of the piscatorial pleasures
at Newport are going to make things dc.
cidedly warm for fishermen along the
banks Of the Licking river. There are at
least a dozen set nets and wiry nets be.
tween the mouth OF Licking river and
Banklick creek. 1t isestimaied that over
three hundred pounds Of fish are caught
every day in these nets, aud those who
fish with pole and line have the usual fish.
ermans luck. 1t is violation of the State
laws to fish with net in any river in
Kentucky.
AS James Covington, o young man six.
teen years Of age, was returning home 10
Hopkinsvile from a visit to Nebo, Hop
kins County, violent thunderstorm
suddenly came up, and when lie was near
the bridge over Rose creek fash of light
ming struck a tree under which he was
passing, shivering its limbs and instantly
killing both young Coyington and the
mule he rode.
MRs. JAMES NEWLY, Of Spearsvillc, who
several weeks ago attempted suicide by
shooting herself with rife, ended her
life the other morning in EsteIl County
where she went visiting her father. She
banged herself with three feet Of rope
and had been missing several hours when
found. Several years ago she cut cash
in her neck with razor.
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cbores aronrd tbe housa and went IN To
ace how his wife was. She was low-spir.
: ited. and said she feltworse. Dole went
: ont. returnine soon with pistol. Walk
. ing up to his wife's bedside, he said to her |:
..AIust shoot myselff' She replied
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right said he, and deliberately placed
the pistol to his temple and blew his brains
out.
REvs. w. ]. Hor.rzcLAw and P. G. Usom,
of the Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary, at Louisville, are holding revival
, , | at Sheperdsville, which began on the 4th
) inst. Very large congregations are in at
/ tendance, and much interest manifested.
! There have been fifteen additions to the
/, Baptist Church, and other conversions
which will unite with other churches. Tho
people OF the town say that IL is the great
est religious awakening that has occurred
there IN twenty years.
LExiNGroN's engine-house was badly
damaged by fro at two o'clock the other
: morning Some OF the fremen were
! nearly suffocated by smoke before being
( rescued.
+ JonN w. GILL will handle the mail
/ in the new post-oiiice at Aloner, Nicholas
n County.
BuLAH, Hickman County, now has q
y post-ofiice John ID. Wilson Is the post
!, MASTER
K THE name Of the post-ofice ut Goodwin
/ Caldwell County, has been changed to OF
!. ter Pond.
c JAMES II. HUNTER has been appointed
l. postmaster at Blue Lick Springs, Mich
, olas County, vice Robert Sparks re
= signed.
q KENTUCKY woman mas invented qua
r noluer Tor gum cnewers'
r The Kentucky Central railroad wori
5. tram, while switching ~ Lar, ran ovel
d and horribly mangled little colored boy
IT de died instantly.
n RuMoR says new weekly Temperance
y paper Will soon be launched In Lexington
a CHARLES MURPHY, fisherman, wal
= drowned at the falls near Louisville, |
few days since. It is supposed that biz
fish caught in his net gave suddoI
plunge and dragged him into the rapids.
!, HAIsToSEs as large as partridge egg
% fell at Louisville recently.
u LEXINGTON is pluming itself over tn
le announcement that the repair shop, o