The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-03-31
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.
BY an indefinite postponement, the
Kentucky house Of representatives vir-
tually killed the resolution authorizing
an encampment OF the State guard at
chicago during the Worlds fair.
THE house-to-housc canvass for tho
new city directory shows 1906 white
and or colored names In Owcnsboro
and immediate suburbs Estimating
on the dividing ratio OF three gives
Owensboro total population Of $4,000.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Co. was probably the largest loser In
Kentucky byothc storm the other night
At its general Offices il estimates its
losses on buildings and locomotsv TO
be between s5, 900 and el00, 900
DIR. +. u. JonSs. Of Lexington, lost
his two-year.old boy by death the other
night While his father was away the
child swallowed half dozen pills, and
before doctor reached him he was
dead.
At railroad meeting recently AZ
Monticello, Wayne county, committee
was appointed to push the work Of 80.
Letting SUI scriptions of capital stock
fsnd fright ofswsy fox-fha proposrd line
from burnside 10 Burksvilie
The president of the Colored Fair
association. William Taylor, 80, died at
his home in Lexington the other morn
ing. He was one of the most prominent
colored business men in the city.
THE miners at Bevier struck the other
afternoon. Trouble arose about screen.
ing the coal. The Memphis Coal and
Mining Co, has recently put in new
screens, which the miners say are too
coarse, allowing a greater portion OF
the nut coal to go through. As miners
are paid only for coal pushing over the
screen, and the new frames take 90 per
cent OF their good coal, they refuse TO
work till screens as close as the ones re-
Gently removed shall be used
THE Kentucky Press association will
meet at Louisville in June. The execu-
tive committee has not yet held meet.
ing TO devise plans. but II the ideas that
have been informally discussed are car.
ried out the meeting will this time be
one for pleasure only.
A BLOODY tragedy occurrd at Owen
town, in which Thomas Catlett jr., lost
his life at the hands Of Isaac and Abe
Wolf, who both shot him There had
been bad feeling for long time
UNDER the latest rule OF Judg &c Jewell.
Lexington folks must buy all their Sun.
day groceries" before 10 o'clock Sun.
day morning. or be subject TO arrest
for PROCLAMATION Of the Sabbath.
THE grand jury Of Clinton county has
condemned the court house at Albany
and ordered rules TO be issued requir.
ing the county court TO show cause
why it should not build new one.
The other evening. about o. clock, Q
cyclone passed over a section of Murray,
and some thirty small houses and sew.
eral dwellings were demolished two
mills partly destroyed and several bust.
damage was done. A number OF tne
houses were literally swept away, and,
while ten persons were injured quite
severely and two badly, that many
deaths did not follow in the destruc.
ton is marvellous The destruction
lasted but few moments. and came
with heavy rain. The aggregate loss
will not be less than $40 600 Only one
side of the town was touched The
seven counties In that end Of the stats
suffered from the wind
OHIO county records the first indict.
ment for the violation of that section
of the new election law which forbids
the giving of Intoxicating liquors on
election day. The defendant escaped
on a technicality.
LARRY DwYER was cut in the nee'-
and fatally wounded his bro}l-- iUm
during quarrel over is Oh WHISKY
at Verona
AT padp.an the other day for the
third time in two weeks Mrs Ishmael
Ward attempted suicide. Twice she
tried the morphine route, but was
pumped out She jumped into the river
and was fshed out Three months ago
,he became bride, but has found mar
lied life failure, as she declares.
SHELBYvILLE is arranging for a re-
lnion of old soldiers to be held In SEP
ember.
SHELBYyILLE's assessor counts up $40
white and 500 colored tithes in that
own.
THE Clark county grand jury could
ind material for only thirty indict-
nents against law breakers, and all Of
hose for minor offcnses.
GEO A. ROBERTSON, a pioneer citizen
4 Frankfort and the Oldest official in
'oint of service ever connected with the
tate government is dead. He was the
irst librarian of the state and held that
flee for twenty years first taking
barge of the office in 1884.
THE assessor of Boone county says
hat the total amount of property listed
or taxation this year for that county
will fall short of last years total, be-
ause of the $3.50 exemption allowed to
ach housekeeper He says the bank
deposits are considerably increased over
asst year.
STATE SENATOR JAMES II. MULLIsAN
ost by death the other day, caused by
carlet fever, his bright little five-year-
Id girl, Henrietta Duke. Judge Multi
ran himself has been confined TO his
ZONE for months with an aggravated
'ase of erysipeas His aged father.
Hon. Dennis Mulligan, has also been
near deaths door this winter, SO that
he trota.es of this popular young Ken
.uckian seem to fall upon him thick and
last
j. STONE WALKER's stable, at Rich
nond, was burned, and four horses,
worth e., 600, were cremated.
BART BAKER, an l.. Il n. brakeman,
who at the time was deadheading q
idle, fell from through freight No. 81,
rear haywood, Lincoln county, the
,ther morning, and broke his neck.
Tn specimens of the work accom-
,lshed in the industrial department Of
he fee ble-minded institute, consisting
# fine shoes, mattresses, broons and
carpenter handicraft, and designed for
exhibition at the Worlds fair, are tn-
shed and ready for shipment
CkeE WILL ELKIN. superintendent Of
he Louisville and Portland canal, has
received official notice from the war
department that his term will end
March 81.
THE Coyington aldermen have passed
IN ordinance exempting the Fred ;.