The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-02-14
THE COMMONWEALTH.

THE COMMONWEALTH.
JoHE HALL, . worthless character al
Beaver Dam, Ohio County, snticed thres
boys, named Ferguson. CHM and Bunch.
to his home, and sold them q quart Of
poisoned whisky. Ferguson was found
dead, Bunch on the 9th. was dying.
and Chinn was very Ill. Hall win
DO arrested for violating prohibition laws
W. B. JARVIS, a freight brakeman from
Covington, single and aged twenty Eve
fell from the front car OF his train ut KIM
ney's Station, four miles south Of Paris,
and his head and one leg were cut of.
DUNCAN GALBREArH, prominent young
jeweler OF Hopkinsville, created a ssnsa-
tion the other morning by bringing suit
through his attorneys against Thomas
Long and wife, alleging that they have
aiiehated the affections Of his wife. The
ladies in the case are sisters. He asks
5000 damages
Mr. BLACKBURN introduced in the Sem
ate bill so permit the Kentucky Union
Railway Company to bridge the Kentucky
river.
THE following c9nvIcts were paroed q
few days ago: Dick johnson, McCracken
County, sentenced for ten years
for highway robbery. received
July 20, 1885; Fred Mathis, Har-
din County, sentenced for ten years for
manslaughter, received March %, 1888;
John Turner, Madison County, sentenced
for twenty zone years for manslaughter,
received October -, 1885.
Hon. JAMES A. ScoTr was tried and sem
fenced to pay fine of SS7. 40 in the circuit
court at Frankfort for slapping Hon. L.
b Stahlman, vice president OF the L. & N.
railway. last summer, for structures pub
lished by the latter.
A FREIGHT train on the c. & o. r. r.
crashed into street car at Coyington. A
woman named Theobald was seriously in
jured.
TEE Kentucky Central railroad has con-
tracted for suite of offices in the new
Chamber of Commerce bnilding, Ci1cin-
natl.
Mrs MARY HENDERSON, OF Coyington.
aged sixty-seven, was burned to death
few nights ago. In some unaceountable
way the bed on which she was lying took
fire. The flames were extinguished, but
not IN time 10 save her life.
Mrs. SALLiE WHITMAN, po'tmaster at
Woodsonville, Hart County, attempted to
kill herself by taking chloroform.
COLONEL JAMES A. WooD, aged seventy
four is dead at his home in Bloomfield
He had an eventful and interesting ca
reer, and claimed that he was one Of three
men who escaped the massacre OF the Ala.
mo, although history gives no account Of
the survival of any one except a woman, q
servant and a child.
TIN grocery store OF I. j. Casssll Lex
ington, was entered by burglars the other
night and $i20 in cash stolen. Checks
and notes to. the amount of $500 or 800 |
in the same drawer with the money were |
not molested. There is no clew - the rob-
bers.
The negro, Tom Brown, charged with /
nssaulting the ten year old /
colorsd girl, Maria Johnson, was adjudged /
guilty in the Faye.te Circuit Court the
other evening and given ten years in the |.
The jury were out just ten
minutes, Brown thus getting year for each
minute.
Mrs, GENERAL JAMES A. EKIN died at 4
Louisville few days ago.
SEVERAL grocers and butchers Of New
port were arrested and fined for Offering I
game after February ], when the game
season expired.
THREE mad dogs were killed in Newport +
within week.
THE Addyston Iron and Pipe Works will |
be entirely removed from Newport before
June next
THERE are over II, 400 persons now en-
,loyed by the various railroads OF this
State.
The gross earnings OF the thirty Ken
lucky railroads for the year 1888 were
u 5s3 0T5. an increase over 1887 OF 81
40 100 The net earnings were S5,036, ga,
IN increase of 1888, $50 over 1887, being
7.2i per cent over the gross earnings,
nd 10 96 per cent over the net earnings.
THE House bill for the relief OF the trus-
ees Of the First Baptist Church, Smith
and, was passed by the Senate, a few days
go.
Lucy JOHNSON has charge OF the post
flee at Mullis, Whitley County, vice Mrs.
!. R. Johnson, resigned.
j. II. FOSTER Is the newly appointed
at Coalition, Boyd County, vice
evils r. Swaziland having declined
AT Red Bird, Clay County. there was
n ARRAY between the Sizemore gang and
heir enemies, in which bad" Carsmuth
nd Black Bill" Sizemore were killed aud
robert Sizemore and one Garrison were
adly wounded
CHAs HODGE fell from car and was in
family killed while at work on the st.
bernard Mine. near Darlington. His neck
'as broken by the fall.
FARMERS in the upper river counties of
'hio and Kentucky are organizing to-
aeco trust, having in view a better price
Or tobacco now on hand. They propose
OF to raise n crop this year.
CHAs. DIIGET was sentenced, at Louis
lille, to be hanged March 10, for the MUIR
er of policeman.
AT Beaver Greek, Chas. Alexander was
hot to death by Chas. Jude. xsssS asfS ~,
A CALL has been issued for a meeting OF
x-Confederate soldiers at Lexington Feb
nary 81. The object is to compile roster
all veterans in Kentucky.
c. SHULTz LEACH, city treasurer Of
Iaysville, has been missing for several
a1S. Ahc SuppOseu ChuSo VI ulS ulSaD-
earance was made apparent the other
light when the city council discovered
hat appears to be shortage Of s., 20) in
ae accounts of his Office Friends OF Mr..
each do not think he Is defaulter Ex-
ressions of regret at his action and SYM
athy for his family are heard on every
and. He was a man OF considerable
ealth at one time. but has been most
unfortunate in every thing he
as undertaken, and has lost all.
AT Millersburg United States Deputy
Larshall Flynn of Frankfort, arrested the
blowing colored prisoners for selling
quor without license, and took them to
arts to be examined before Commissioner
astings: Jdmes Gaines, Ben Vaughn, To-
nmseh King, George Mark, Alex. Clark,
colt Ratclilfe.
GLADgToNF Marshall County, and Patty