The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1890-01-27
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

KENTUCKY STATE NEWS. /
Jonx X. PESicK. 1s-yeaT-old youth
residing near salubria. was thrown /
from a mule he was riding. and dragged 4
a distance over the frozen ground re,
ceiving injuries that it is thought Will |
result fatally.
RErRES STEwAI.T, Of Pike county, has (
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head, at the home OfOne Hail. [
who lives in The Cumberland mountains
He killed the RatlifT boys last August,
and has been hiding ever since,
The two little children Of Mrs Nan
ME Uilltnau. colored. who resides near
Cadiz, Tricg county, we're burned to
death. beinEleft alone The house was
in flames when discovere4- and was
burned down and the children burnt TO
a crisp
WniLE riding a young horse along
Ninth street. IIopkinsvillc. a W Bar
ron. OF Glasgow, agent for the Ne"
Fruit Nurseries. Of Hardin county, was
thrown violently 10 the ground ard
was fatally ipt ured by the fail. hrs skui!
being crushed INJECTING injuries o.
which he has since died.
AaLIT4fE daughter OF Jim Mitchell
Of Central City, was run over by tram
the other day and 50 terribly Injured
that she died soon after
TIE forger under arrest at Danvi.Le
has teen positively identified Is d IL
FrehIe. an escaped convict from the
Jackson Mich pen
THE Kentucky river iInprovementcon-.
vention will petition congress to I'M
proye the stream from its head to the
Ohio.
BENJArIN EIREsIdNE. prominent
saGdler 81 Frankfort fell upon the ice
bv the hydrant in his back yard the
other morning. brea King an already
/ crippled leg IN two places He suffered
intense pain. ard expired in the after
noon, lie was originally from Ohio
was fifty-fve yearsOf age. and leaves
wife and daughter lie was q highly
respected citizen.
Six hundred coal miners Of Kentucky
have gone out on a strike. They say
the price Of coal has advanced during
the cold weather, that tier expenses
! have increased. that thair wages remain
the same. and they can not make liz
I ing on the small stipend allowed By
: the company should the unPFecedent-
ed demand for coal continue through
cut the Ohio valley. there y pOsaibil-
/ ity that the miners, will win the strike,
i. LExINGT0S's charity organization has
distributed nearly 10 OOo bushels Of GOAL
during the cold weather
THKEE was wholesale jail delivery
at Smithiaud, the county seat Of Liv'
ingston county, the other night 1t was
shrewdly concocted scheme, and tbs
Escape" was made by saving the iron
bars and tunleling ont through the
brick wall At last accounts none OF the
prisoners had been recaptuFed, although
the ofiiscrs have been securing the
country for them all day. The follow
/. ing are the names Of the prisoners who
escaped. Tom Crutchfield. charged viii
OBTAINING the wife OF Dr.. Frank against
her will: f. 4 NuclhOls, cOlored- charg
ed with numbering mis- wife at Grand
!. Rivers some months since 4 white man
: named Fields. charged with leading a
4 negro riot at Gra7d Rivers; John Hill
din-er. who murdered the Cg-o-year-Olf
child OF his mistress at Pyle,s Landing
last fall, and who was afterwards cap
tured near Snawneetown.
"A LExISGT0S firm has bought 5.6O(
acres OF Florida land, and viii raise TO
baccO-
TRE will OF Mrs Bette B Huston
widow of Gen John Il Huston, wa
probated at Lexington The decease'
left all Of her real estate to her daugh
ter. Mrs Barbara A Mcfarland whicl
at her death goes TO herson
THE Center Lumber Co. IS building
sav-mill al WaterviIle. Powell county
. with capacity OF 1900 feet per day
THERE IS complaint from many eoun
ties that the druggists are not payini
the whisky license required by the nev
} revenue law.
: NASyIE HlLLMAS. colored. lest he
two children. aged one and two years
BY fire the other morning. She ARCS
early. built big fire IN her cabin, a
I Cadiz and locked the door. leaving tn
children asleep. and went TO prePar
breakfast where she was employed as
cook a few minutes after her depal
; ture the cabin was in flames and III
children were burned 70 a crisp
A STASFoRD man IS advertising fC
j 100. O0O dozens OF eggs a. tyventy-ty
cents dozen, and lO9. 900 pounds {
butter at twenty-five cents q pound
calling for 5000
= TIE Thermometer registered thrice
degrees below zero at Nit Sterling. tn
other night. This : the coldes
weather they have any record Of in tina
county
EAsTERS whisky men viii build
plant at Louisville and fight the trust
The extremely cold weather whie
!. has prevailed in. the vicinity of DanviIl
!. for two weeks has not only wOrke
great hariships upon man and beasti
: but Is now causing the loss Of thousand
OF dollars Dy the. freezing To death {
hundreds OF spring lambs The farmer
: so seldom experience sueh Weather tha
they have not adequate protection fC
3 this class OF stock. and a remunerativ
source of revenue IS being seriously Gu
tailed
{ CAssAxpRA MORHts- colOred, eaugt
> fire from her pipe and was burned
death Sbe lived alone Ia = miserabl
hut in the suburbssof Paris. and, bein
: partially p7ralyze5i and over one hun
: dfed years old. was unable 10 extinguis
, the flames Tne old woman had bee
] a slave and belonged TO the estate (
e Mr.. Nick Marsh, and was freed on a
. count of her OLD age
BY the death OF rich uncle in Al
: stralia, William and Robert Mitchell
: and John Duff. poor butchers Of Loui
Vile. have fallen heir TO $1,000
The wealthy uncle was John Harri