The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-17
THE COMMONWEALTH.

REfEhAL DfOullnout AuAihcAo VI AANoSA-
County will loose in the aggregate about
twelve thousand bushels OF wheat by the
failure OF tho Keefer Milling Company OF
Covington.
RICHARD GARY, OF Hopkinsville, COM
mltted suicide. shooting himself six times.
1t Is intimated that an unlucky deal In
futures" had something TO do with 1t
A FREIGHT wreck on the Southern, near
Wilmore. delayed passenger trains at
Nlcholasville eight hours. Fifteen cars
were wrecked.
The remains Of Robert Prather Gilbert
arrived at Louisville the other morning.
He is the son Of Colonel Gilbert, OF the
United States Army, and the grandson Of
the late James w. Prather, of Louisville.
He died on january under peculiar cir
cumstances. He had been sick at Ann
Arbor. Mich, and his parents were taking
him home. While OF the way TO Chicago
he laid his head on his mothers arm and
both went 10 sleep. When she awoke the
boys head had fall IN on her bosom and he
was dead.
A'woMAE was struck by an engine at
Covington and instantly killed.
Two MEN, supposed to be tramps, went
to the house of Joseph Glass, keeper
Of the first toll-gate on the Newburg
road, near Louisville, and, taking
what money and valuables they could
lay their hands on, seriously beat Mrs.
Glass, who attempted 10 prevent their
depredations.
KENTUCKY pensions granted on the 9th:
John H. Howard, Hardensprings; Owen
Burk, Flat Cap; Horace Sasseen, Paducah;
witt, Pomersville; VIM Beasely, Hyatts-
vile; Albert Alcorn, Locust Branch; Thos.
l. Stephens, Add; Mary A., widow OF Geo.
Fishback, Louisville.
NINETEEN moonshiners have been sem
fenced by Judge Barr during the present
term Of the U. s. Court at Frankfort
A KENTUCKY farmers son, who pre-
| ferred death to work, committed suicide
near Hopkinsville.
LEE DIXON, while attempting to board a
moving train at Dawson, fell under the
wheels and was probably fatally injured.
THE Lebanon Standard Is making war
on the gambling rooms of that place.
SEVERAL students at the Virginia MIL
| ilary Institute have been dismissed for
"buclsing" Kentucky lad
J. E. GosLIN has been appointed post
master at Deskin, Pike County, vice J. w.
Bevins, removed.
w. w. HoxAKER Is the new postmaster
at Minorsville, Scott County, in place Of
VIM. I. Mothorshead, resigned.
EUGENE MEGIE, of Versailles, who acci-
dentally shot himself while out hunting
Thanksg living Day, died from his wounds
| on the 1lth. ~,
JoHN BLAcKFoRD, farmer near Keene,
had to shoot n negro on his place the iher
day. The victims name is Martin Wilker-
son. He has several buckshot in his body,
and is now in jail for IN offense. Black
ford discharged him, and he had returned
and knocked Blackford down. He ther
went of and got q shotgun, and, from be-
hind fence, fired at Blackford, but die
not hit him. Blackford discharged hi
shotgun and the negro dropped, badl,
wounded.
THE chances are that the Post-ofiice De
partment will after all accede to Mr.
Caruth's wishes and place large letter
boxes at the different railway stations II
Louisville.
REV. JonS d. FERGUSON, aged seventy
three years, a minister of the Christian
denomination and well known all owe
Southwestern Kentucky, died suddenly il
Ballard County the other day.
NEAR Lewisport, Hancock County, a
the depth of 412 feet from the surface
while boring for coal on a farm belonging
to Judge Bush. J. c. Pell and J. D. Bin
coc, flow Of gas was reached, whicl
burned when lighted and kept up soun,
in the we'll like the sound Of bubbling oil
1t is about the same depth as the Mead
County wells.
THE reported smallpox in Newport
proved to be chicken-pox.
THE Youngest publisher in the world |
probably Carroll Mattingly, boy o
twelve, living in Louisville. He recent.
published neat and creditable little holi
day work which is well printed and con
tains some interesting reading matter
A BOY at Frankfort while smoking, ig
nited some gasoline, and was badly burn
\ ed by the explosion which followed
COLONEL THOMAS J. WooD succeeds him
self as LouisviIle's chief Of police
C. E. PEARcE, JR-, was elected mayor c
Maysvile for his fourth term few day
ago.
liz the U. s. Court at Louisville, Judg
jackson decided that the Inter State Com
mission can only arbitrate differences, an
, has no right or authority to enforceits dc
cisions.
HoN. JOIN D. WOODS has resigned th
, position Of Public Printer for Kentuck,
/ and Governor Buckner appointed Colon
/ | E. Polk johnson, managing editor OF IL
, Courier journal, to succeed him. Colon
johnson accepted.
Ton Foley, a track walker on IL
Southern road. was struck by train
. Nicholasville while asleep, but escape
l with crushed foot and three seal
D wounds.
5 A posToFFIcE has been established
: Arlen, Clark County, and Charles I. Boy
! commissioned postmaster.
THERE is an electric light fight in New
mort, The other day Jas. Wallace, Of Il
street department. accompanied by Chi
4 of Police Betz, tore down some OF the Ele
: trio Light Company's poles. The matt
9 will now be settled in the courts.
THE German National Bank Of Covini
: ton will soon commence the erection
I their new brown stone front three stoi
high building, at a cost of $4,000.
YOUNG man, well dressed. succeed'
IN burglarizing three stores at Nichola
willie, the ether night-Lowry's grocer
pickey & Hor,ne's hardware store, al
s Adcock's saloon. He had a confederai
: who was with him at Lexington, whe
they robbed Sells store and some other
He was arrested next day at Burgin, Al
O taken to Nicholasville and confessed.
, raye his name as John Miller, OF Loul
a Vile
\ MERCER COUNTY will vote on the Goth,
: the question TO old the Cincinnati, Gis
gov and Bowling Green railroad, to
, amount Of $4,000.