The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-07-11
THE COMMONWEALTH.


Mr.. Breckenridge is a brother OF Colonel
w. c. p. Breckenridge.
THE Republican State Convention at
Lexington. on the 4th, was largely at
tended. David G.. Colson. Of Bell
County, was nominated for State Treas
urer. Although but twenty-seven years
old he is a member OF the Legislature
and has been in public life seven years.
The colored man, Alex. Whitaker.
who cut his wife's throat, and who was
supposed to have drowned himself at
Evansville while fleeing from an officer,
returned to 0wensboro on the 5th, on
train, and gave himself up to the jailer.
THE flooring in the big building OF the
Dueber Watch Case works, Newport,
have been removed and will be burned
up for the purpose of extracting the
gold. Mr.. Dueber expects 10 realize at
least SIS, 900 from the fire.
A VERY serious accident occurred in
Newport on the Fourth. A young lad
fourteen years of age, named Ball, liv-
ing on Putnam street, in firing of a
small iron cannon during the day. and
while placing some powder in the touch
hole, it discharged and exploded in his
right hand, severely mangling that
member. DIR. S. b. Bennett was called
in and dressed the wound, but amputa-
tion may yet be necessary.
THE following patents we're issued for
Kentucky: John J. Brown, West Gov
ington, safe; James C. Gill, assignor TO
Hemingway Glass Company, Covington,
insulator for electric wires; James S.
Jones, Crutchfield, bag-holder or bill
file; Michael ]. Mohan, Coyington, side
saddle tree; Charles NJ. Russell, assignor
of one-thire to t. d. Lyme, Bowling
Green, telegraph pole.
PENSIONS for Kentucky: Original In
yaIid-Samuel A. White, Jonathan Ja-
cobs, Elijah Miracle, billiard P. Hattler,
Lewis Baker, John Thompson, Felix NJ.
Fields, John w. Cosbey, James G.
Mooredock, John Martin, Charles l..
Knapp, William NJ. Pollitt, Cyrus Ed
wards. Reissue-Thomas J. Hillard.
Original Widows, etc.-Joseph b.. faith
er of Richard Hardy; Clara, mother OF
Henry Bloomer; Eliza, widow OF Russell
Gay. Mexican Widows-Anna NJ, wild
ow of Edward A. Fieford.
Mr.. DAVIDSON is no longer the presi-
dent and manager of the Louisville
Baseball Club. The other day he sur
rendered the players and franchise to
the American Association.
CovINoToS street railway officials are
discussing the subject of operating their
cars by electricity instead of horse
power.
A LODGE of the order of Elks will soon
be instituted at Paducah.
WIN. EVANS, the bridge-builder, who
fell through trestle near English, on
the Short-line railroad several days ago.
died on the Sd.
In fight between Green Bishop and
Jim Reedy. two TRUSTEES in the Louis
vile Jail, on the 4th, over some ginger
bread, the former had his jaw brokenby
kick from the latter.
The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the
State Association OF Colored Teachers
was commenced in Lexington on the
Srd. The following were elected officers
for the ensuing year: President, j. S.
Hathaway, of Berer; viee-president,
Miss Fannie M. Bronston, of Richmond;
secretary, William jackson, of Lexing-
ton; assistant secretary. Miss Lucy
Smith, OF Louisville; treasurer, Miss
Lena Tibbs, of Danville; editor, c. w.
Houser, of Louisville; chorister, S. E.
Smith, of Elizabethtown.
THE Kentucky Chautauqua, closed its
meetings at Lexington on the 5th.
THE jailer of Hopkinsville, Demo
crat, has appointed negro as deputy.
WINNIE RICE, colored, aged eighty-six
years, was fatally burned at her resi- /
dence, about three miles from Paris. q |
few days ago, and the report was circu-
lated that she caught fire from smoking. |
The story is now doubted, and it is said |
that she was set on fire, and. being so |
old, was unable to extinguish the flames. |
She had considerable property and |
money. The case is to be looked into, |
and some arrests will probably be made. |
IT is not generally known that there |
is now in process of erection over the |
Kentucky river, near Tyrone, by the |
Louisville Southern Railroad Company,
the longest span of trussed bridge ever
built The bridge is cantilever, hav-
ing a central span over the water of |
551 feet and two shore spans 2671-2 feet
each, with 400 feet of trestle at the west |
end and $40 feet at the east end, making
the total length of the structure 1855
feet The whole is of steel. The main
bridge, 99s feet long. is supported by
two steel towers each 1877 feet high,
resting on eight wrought iron cylinders
which are sunk to the bed of
rock of the river. These cylinders are
each u feet in diameter, lined inside
with 1S-inch ring of hard brick laid on
Portland cement, and the interior is
filled with concrete. The tops of the
cylinders reach to the elevation of feet
above high water and are capped with
Kentucky river limestone "a inches
thick. The height of the bridge from
the bed of the river to the railway track
is 2es feet Work was first begun on
this bridge in April. The masonry,
cylinder foundations, west viaduct and
west tower are now completed, and the
sntire bridge will be finished ready for
passage OF trains by August 10.
GOVERNOR BuCKNER and Adjutant-
General Hill were at Grayson Springs
with view of locating the encamp-
nent for the Kentucky State Guards
here. The troops will be ordered into
lamp about July 30.
WILL CRAvINs, aged twenty, was shot
and dangerously wounded with pistol
n the hands OF Ed Manson, his com
)anion, at Tingle's grocery. ON the ouf-