The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-02-07

venile clipping couple, were married at
Versailles few days ago,
G, u, HARRIS and Will J. Loughridge
have been granted exclusive privileges for
fifteen years by the city council to fur
nish Lexington with fuel gas. .aes2
MARCH 10 Warren County will vote on
the question whether TO subscribe $4,000
TO the capital stock of the Bowling Green
and Northern railway. T!eta
w. SCoTT GLoRE, for seven years large
" interested in the Frankfort Lottery OF
Kentucky. died Of paralysis OF the brain
at Louisville the other afternoon, at the
age OF forty-eight years. He leaves for
tune OF $4,000 for widow and one son.
All of the lottery offices in Louisville that
he was sole owner Of have been closed. a
strange fatality has followed the owners
Of this lottery. Ex-Governor Brhmlette.
one of the founders, fell dead ofheart dis
ease before he realized any of its profits;
c. NJ Briggs, another, met the same fate;
Wiley Barrow made fortune in it. and
died suddenly while on visit to Color.
ado; Charlie Howard, one of tho founders,
aud who was also one OF the starters Of
the New Orleans lottery, was thrown from
buggy in New York and killed; f.. l.
Stewart, who had long legal contest
about the lottery, fell dead on tho street,
and George Miller, q prominent owner,
died OF delrium tremens
WIN BRowN wealthy bachelor of La
rue County, was found dead at his resi-
dence near Raywick, by neighbor who
called on business. lilo was a man OF con-
siderable means, was nearly seventy
-. a a.,
THE game season expired January 81
and a collation. OF the law subjects tho Of
fender TO a fine.
AT midnight OH the 3lst, the distillery of
7. III. Baker & Co, near South Carrollton,
was destroyed by fire. The loss includes
nearly one thousand gallons of whisky
and a large lot of corn, making total loss
of about 5000, with no in surance. The
fire was undoubtedly the work Of an in,
cend ary, as there had been no fire about
the building during the previous twent'
four hours.
LAWRENCE BRYAN, highly esteemed
citizen of Central Kentucky, and father OF
Lieutenant Governor Bryan, is dead AZ
Nashville.
THE bridge now building for the Louis
willie Southern over Kentucky river, al
Tyron, will have the longest single span on
any bridge structure in the world.
NEARLY all the cases OF those in jured In
the Bardstown junction wreck, several
weeks ago, have been settled by the l.. and
n. road.
A MEETING of the principal tobacco
growers OF Clark, Bourbon, Montgomery
Fayette and Madison Counties, represent
ing an output Of about 20 coo hogshoads
annually. was held in Louisville, on tho
2Sth. Ex- United States Senator John *
Williams, of Montgomery County, pre-
sided. Resolutions were adopted looking
to q reconciliation of the differences be-
tween the Louisville warehousemen and
the manufacturers, who have withdrawn
their agents from that market, as follows:
Resolved, That as there now exists differ
ences between tobacco manufacturers and
the Louisville tobacco trade, as tobacco
growers and shippers we propose the fol-
lowing which we believe TO be fair aud
equitable to all parties including manu-
facturers, warehousemen, brokers', specu-
lators, country shippers and producers:
/. A uniform inspection. .. No plucking
or culling Of samples Q. No bidding by
warehousemen or their employees g.
Names of shippers and dates be placed
upon all samples bought by members OF tho
Manufacturers Association or their rep.
resentatives. o. Reclamation Commit
tee on Burnley Tobacco to be composed
of two warehousemen and two buyers,
one buyer 10 be selected from the
Manufacturers' Asso ,iation, who will
sit on reclamations with one warehouse
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;uIers' Association. II these fail to agree
a third party to settle differences Or as
provided by the Louisville Leaf Tobacco
Exchange. 0. That the Louisville Leaf
Tobacco exchanges makes these conces-
sions TO the manufacturers, and that the
manufacturers join the Exchange, we be-
L lieving that thorough organization OF
the trade is necessary and essential to
guarantee honest and fair dealings and
protection TO buyers, warehousemen and
shippers alike. T. That copy of these
resolutions be furnished to j. I. Drum
mond, President OF the Manufacturers
Association, St Louis. No., and TO Nick
! Finer, President of the Louisville Leaf
Tobacco Exchange.
THE prospects of another railroad into
Bowling Green have caused quite boom
! in that lively town.
Mrs. SARAH G. WINSTON widow of the
! late Joseph Winston, died the other day
at her home near Visalia.
JOHN KELLY, an old rolling mill man OF
Covington, who has been missing from his
! home since the Goth, suicided by drowning
himself. Dependency and drink led to
the deed.
THE Secretary of War has officially
notified the city OF Frankfort, that
the old wooden bridge across
the Kentucky river at that point
must lie removed, as it Is to low for boats
10 pass under.
JoHx r. WHITEHEAD having declined the
| postnastership at Clifton Mills, Brecken-
! ridge County, Frank ADHESION was APP
| pointed to the position.
! L. T.. GRIGes is the new postmaster It
| Waco Madison County. CO Chas. l..
1 Seary, resigned.
For some time the trainnicn of the Ken
lucky Central have been annoyed by boys
throwing rocks through the windows of
1 their passenger trains while leaving Lex
ington. SO frequent has these depreda-
tfons become Of late that the railroad au-
tlIoritics offered n reward of 500 for the
arrest and conviction OF the mscreant'.
The other night negro boy about sixteen
years ldnamed Bud Harris, who confessed,
and at the same lime implicated two other
colored boys named Charley Gross and
Joe Lewis, who wsre arrested next
morning.
! J. C. cuscILLIs has been appointed post
master at Wildcat, Whitley County, wire
/ NJ. Il, Cuscillis, deceased.