The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-11-04
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS

and instantly killed The fall broke
his neck and crushed his head
JOHS NmTOS KIxGsLEY, OF Carter
county. aged 20, has been married seven
times, and Is the father Of sixty-One
children. al but ten Of whom are alive
and married The youngest child is
but few weeks old
MARY ID. BOgLISG. was the other day
appointed Postmistress At America Lee
county. vice G. W. Fuits- resigned
THE post Office At Weeden, Estill
county, will be discontinued after octo-
Der 81.
HESET WEAsT, who went 20 Louis
vile from Cincinnati. shot himself IN
the head in his room al the Eclert no
tel He was cigarInaker, and went u
Louisville in search of employment lie
had found nothing TO do. and remained
ut the hotel much of the tiine.
MoLAssEs was poured IN front Of
every bedroom door in the Baptist
Theological seminary AZ Louisville, the
other night, and then the cry Of fire was
raised. a hundred barefOotcd young
men could be seen later on washing
their feet and rluttering something that
was not the Lords prayer.
WE P. NICHOLS. = wcll-iinown citi-
zen of Lexington for the past fifty
years, died At his residence on East Third
street the other day, aged u years
Ar 3 o'clock the other morning the
large sawmin of CHM * Stanton, in
Carrollton. was burned. with not \ cent
of Insurance Los. SlO,OOO, The origin
of the fire Is unknown It was one o.
the largest ard best equipped mills il
northern Kentucky.
The work of copying the recent regis
tration returns. 1t Louisville. has been
completed, and shows that 10, rs demo
Gratis. $500 republicans, so third party
ties, 66 prohibitionists, 81 independents
and 10. 325 whose party utilization IS I'm
known registered, the total being So
IIG
JoHS GESTRY. a rather tough white
man, was tried before United States
Commissioner George Stoll. at I,cxing-
ton. for peddling whisky from . jug =
people In the Athens neighborhoOd-
He was held in $500 bail to the Janu-
AIRY term Of the United States court at
Frankfort. The arrest was made by
Deputy United States Marshal Con Nc
Carly. of Frankfort
4 TELEGRAM from Lancaster, ia, m
nounces the arrival IL that city Of Chris
tian Moss, aged 81 years, resident o;
kentucky. he having walked the entire
distance TO visit tie tomb Of President
buchanan in Woodward Hill cemetery.
Mr. Moss was intimately acquainted
with the former president He says he
never travels on railroad trains After
staying several days he will return 10
Kentucky.
WN HOLDER has left ut this Office the
champion sweet potato Of the season.
1t weighs 81 pounds Raised on the
farm of J. II. Boggs. east Of town Can
you beat it? His cropis one 81 the finest
in the country, says the Richmond
Climax
KENTUCKY now holds the fastest
troting record, Nancy Hanks 2;0i: the
fastest 4-year-old stallion, Mouqustte.
2:lO; the fastest 2-year-oli race record.
any age, Martha wilkes. 2:es; the fast
est 3-year-old record for & filly. Ken
lucky Union. 2:I3iG.
AT Negro church festival az Willis
burg, Washington county, the other
night, desperate shooting srrBpe oc-
CURED between two white boys and 4
number of Negroes, which resulted in
the death of James Riley and Harvey
Robinson, both white. w.
.
his elegant residence, near Paris, Col.
E F. Clay, president of the Kentucky
Racing association. and half owner Of
the famous Runnyrn eic stud, fell from
an upper porch, a distance OF twenty
feet, and was badly hurt, though he
sustained no internal injuries Col
Clay IS a very large man, weighing
about 80 pounds. and his escaping fatal
injuries was lucky.
WILLIAM STAHPER, of Petersville, died
of consumption On his dying bed he
made strange request He wanted his
grave surrounded by limestone wall,
to b o in dimensions 12 feet long. feet
high and 5 feet wide. 1t was to be built
of rock taken from a certain designated
spot on his own farm, about one-half
mile north Of his residence The ma
sonry work was to be done by three
neighbors living at his former home in
Letcher county. He wanted this stone
structure surmounted by roof made of
chestnut boards, and he designated d
large chestnut tree on his own farm
from which he desired the boards made.
After the walls and roof should be com
pleted he wanted heavy door made TO
the structure This door was to be
locked securely by mis- brother John He
requested further that his brother
should take the key and carry it in his
pocket as long as he should live
AT Carrsville, Bob Thompson was
shot in the breast by j. C. Baker. dur
ing a dispute over whisky license.
About thirteen shots were exchanged
NEAE Brierey. big black bear broke
into Tom Bloondale's doubie cabin and
carried away 4 quarter of beef Hun
tiers are in pursuit
NJ. f. BOODTCII. a prominent Howl
ing Green merchant, was arrested on the
charge of burning his store
AT 0wensboro, foot-pads bru;alIv
beat and robbed Lorentz Witmier oi sj5.
The severe drouth continues in the
vicinity of Enterprise, and a water FAM
inc is imminent The creeks are drying
up and thousands of small fish arc
dying.
JOIN W. WHITES. of Lost Greek, has
in his possession a young guinea with
two perfectly formed bodies. two wings