The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-10-07

! sions in deciding when ana or gov long theg
would adjourn The senate ij5urned aStualiy
/ TIL next Friday, and Writ .l,y Till to-day u
week. there being an unda standing as ex-
planned IN tho report Of the pfacecdincs that no
business would be taken up Il the latter date
The house also tried 10 adiour5 I'LL next Friday,
/ but did not have enough members TO do 80 IN
der its rules and the constitution The ADJOURN
ment OF the house IS only till tomorrow. when
| il is hoped that quorum will be present
FRASKFoRr. Sept - --SENATE-Not in ses-
sion.
HousE-The house OF Representatives to-day
refused 10 re-eIiact the election law by vote OF
| 80 10 .. 4 molten TO reconsider comes up as
| special order tomorrow az 1880 The house
mustered ffty-six members to-day, and n bet
Ter attendance Is expected the balance of this
week The fiscal court bill was referred 10 the
committee on circuit courts.
A WINCHESTER melon grower has
originated cantaloupe, the flesh of
which is black, and the flavor is said to
be superior to any known variety.
GEORGE SAMUEL, of Pineville, told his
sister Lucy not to go with Shady Hen
derson. She did and now Shady has
two bullet wounds to nurse.
a CYLINDER HEAD blew out of a roller
mill at Trenton, nearly killing Engi-
neer G. II. Hewlett
KIRTIY TwY,'AN. pioneer. died at
Hopkinsvi.le ag / o.
MELVIN SIoAs was fired at from am
bush and shot tree times, while return
ing from the b., list meeting in Elliott
county.
A PAwPAw q Tered on ID. l. Ander-
sons farm, Mt Sterling, measured o
inches in length lOa inches in eircum.
ference, and we he'd one pound and a
quarter, 81.
NEAR Taylor lille Geo. Armstrong,
colored, killed Kate Davis. also colored,
father Of her unborn child. and com
mitted the crime TO save himself from
exposure
CTS WILSON was nominated for con-
grees by the republicans of the Fifth
district, the other night
A. J. McCARTHY killed rattlesnake
on White Pine, near Enterprise, that
measured five feet long and twenty-one
ilches in circumference. II had twenty
eight ratties and button and was the
largest snake Of its kind seen in that
section since the war
THE republicans % the Seventh con-
gressional district, at Frankfort, few
days ago, nominated Mr. Thos- l.. Iiar-
din, of Owen county, 70 oppose Col. w
c. p. Breckinridge
DURING the year ending September
u, says the Bowling Green Times, War
rem ceuuty's indebtednrss - duced
Nv - 4 5 per
nds and 10 o per cent
G0l This leaves
ass or sJa. 500 in per
Es and 2 IL . per cent
i. 4.,.he bonds, which makes the total
bonded Indebtedness OF the county s7g,-
500
The chairman OF the democratic com 4
mittee for the Ninth district has de-
clined to arrange a joint debate he
tween Congressman Paynter and the
peoples party candidate, DIR, YantiS
As Mrs Mary Bowman and daughter
Kate were crossing a street ut Danville,
they were knocked down and run over
By wild horse Mrs Bowman was
nearly killed She was picked up IN
an insensible condition. while Miss
Kate escaped serious injury.
JoSAs MERCER, one of the wealthiest
and most prominent farmers OF Iirccls-
inridge county. accidentally killed him
self the other morning by falling out oi
his barn at his residence near MeIlan- |
iels Mr.. Mercer was siSty-seven year,
of age, and leaves wife and large fam
lily OF grown children.
A SHOOTING ARRAY occurred at West
port. near Lagrange, the other after
noon, in which Andrew Ferguson WIS
shot and dangerously wounded by Frank !
Paw. The origin OF the difficulty is m [
known, Ferguson is reported as badly !
wounded, and will likely die. Paw IS
under arrest
The family of James sampson Tate, !
of Junction City, has brought suit for !
$50, 900 damages against the Cincinnati
Southern railroad Sampson was |
brakeman in the employ OF the road
and was knocked from the top Of the /
cars by an overhead obstruction. lie
was run over and terribly mnngled
J. p. BLooNER, timer in the employ
of L t. Scott, while putting on the
roof OF the cupola of the engine-house
al Eminencc the other afternoon, fell
distance of twenty feet, his head strik-
ing rock His skull is said to be
crushed, but his physician thinks he
may rally.
SAN SANDERS, a colored farmer. -ias 4
assass;nated while eating his suppe at
Anchorage. Henry Burvis. an ex- SON
wet is missing and is charged with the
murder.
KIRTIET TwYMAS, one Of the oldest
pioneers and most prominent odd fell
lows and masons of the state, lied at
his home in Hopkinsville. the other
after a brief illness. aged 81
years He came from Virginia when a
boy. and had lived here since Hopkins
vile was prairie village He had
been married sixty-fve years last Sun
day, and leaves q large circle of chill
dren and grandchildren
WIIH the last nickel of an inherited
fortune of s.. 600 in his pocket, Edward
c Wedelemper. German bachelor,
blew out his brains in Louisville sa-
loon. lie had Just finished rollicking
song when ne drew MS revolver and
fired the fatal shot
THE stockholders of the Louisville
Germania Insurance decided the other
lay TO close the business OF the com
pany. Their risks were transferred to
other companies and the stockholders
will lose nothing.
JoHS Aren't, while intoxicated, drov
) party of picnickers in front of L. 3
train At Louisville, Several OF the pic
nickers were badly injured.
JoHS w. Smith. the noplSinsville
iorsesnan, who shot and killed Walter
Johnson, a colorcd restaurant keeper of
Pa1rcah, pleads self-defense.
SoME unknown person or persons at
empted 10 wreck the north bound fast
nail train, No 5, ON the Queen and
resent, u few days ago. by placing .