The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

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JonN CAMPBELL has been sentenced
to the penitentiary for life for the
murder OF John Nix, in Breathitt
county, last July Eleven of the jury
men wee for hanging
J.. s MILES has been appointed post
master at Rayland, McCracken county,
vice w. \. Rayland, resigned.
WM. CONAN, Of Hopkinsville, Late
democratic candidate for county clerk,
was returning the other evening from
buying wheat in the southern portion
Of Christian county, when he discover
Ell smoke issuing from his buggy. Mr..
| Cowan hid barely time to spring from
the vehicle and unharness his horse,
when it was wrapped in flames, and in
few minutes only the wheels and iron
frame OF the buggy were left The
origin of the fire is mystery.
DANvILIE is facing scarcity of ice,
| its ice factory having temporarily sus
/ pended on account of a failure Of its
water supply.
I THE wheat crop of Daviess county
| will be larger than any ever known be-
fore-fully half million bushels.
A FIRM has been organized at Mays
vile to manufacture smoking tobacco
1 NEWPORT cut loose from gas the othel
night and was lighted entirely by cleo
tricity.
THE following fourt4f~riass postmas~
tiers were appointed the other day
Mary Isons, Chestnut Hill, Letcher
| county, vice M. S. Isom, resigned; c. A.
McIntuff, Edgarton, Pike county, vice
| d. J. Wolford, resigned G. E. Rowe,
Grange Store, Pike county, vice w.
Rowe, deceased; W. Weatherford, Hap,
| py Hollow, Pulaski county, vice Al
Pemberton, resigned; M. j. Ryley,
Rectorville, Mason county, vice j. G..
Stewart, removed t. j. Graves, Troy,
Ohio county vice w. Samuels, re-
signed
A GRAYsoN county boy tied gentle
cows tail about his neck while driving
the animal to the pasture. The cow be-
came frightened and dragged the boy to
death.
Mrs. GEO. MORTON, of Newport was
badly poisoned by having her finger
punctured with hat pin.
LOUISVILLE has decreased the city's
debt over 800, 900 in the last year.
WARREN & EwINGs dry good store
at Bowling Green burned, The loss is
about So, 900.
THE U, 5. government has purchased
one hundred and sixty-nine acres Of
fland in the upper end of Campbell
county, from Mrs. Tallaferro They
will convert the same into rife range
The price paid was $11, 900.
AT Franklin, John Smith, wealthy
farmer, and Mary Dawson, while driv-
ling, were thrown out of their buggy in
4 runaway Smiths neck was broken
by the fall and Miss Dawson was fatally
injured.
DEMOCRATS have nominated Mack ID.
Ferguson, of Ballard, to represent Bal
lard and Carlisle counties in the legis.
lature
AT Versailles, the jury in the famous
Bedford-Megibben bull suit brought in
a verdict, giving Megibben's heirs
SO, 900, without interest. This case has
been in the Kentucky courts for twenty
years, and the litigation has cost nearly
$50, 0OO 1t arose over the sale Of a
blooded bull which proved impotent
Bedford refused to pay over the pur-
chase money in consequence. Many OF
Kentuckys most distinguished jurists
have been engaged as counsel on either
side during these years of litigation
In this last trial Senator Carlisle was
chief counsel for Megibben and Sena-
| 80. ol~I,,,,-,, fC, RaJf0rd
THE democrats of Graves county have
nominated A. T. Pullen for the legisla-
ture. His opponent is an alliance man.
Carter county democrats nominated W.
w. Johnson, Of Elliott
IN 1890 Union county raised more
wheat than any other county in the
state, the yield of it's immense fields
being 440, 486 bushels, which was more
than 100, 900 ahead of the next best
county, Christian, which raist 307, 50&
bushels. Of the wheat crop for this
wear in the banner wheat county of the
state, the Sturgis Enterprise says "The
wheat is about harvested and now the
threshers begin. The yield in UnioT
county will fall short at least 80 pei
cent. of what was expected month
ago. While it all appeared to be good
it was found that the heads were moi
full, some blasted and much Of it failed
to fill at top of head. The quality is
good, and the price will start off a
\ about so to S5 cents.
TURNER JoRDAN, colored, charged
with robbery, escaped from the jail a
Eminence.
A NEW trotting park is to be estab
lished at Lexington in Dr. Herrss fores'
park.
TOM RAY, sixteen, was drowned
while bathing in Barren river.
CATLETrsBURG expects to have water
works by January, 1892
w. w. WEBSTER, of Fulton county, Is
the Peoples party candidate for sena
tor in that district.
LOUISVILLE was visited by terrible
wind and rain storm few days ago