The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-09-08
KENTuCKY sTATE NEwS.

night and informed The inmates hN
writing that he had lost his speech
When seen by u reporter he wrots that
he left the card room Of the Farmers
home, where nc had teen playing, and
boarded ear coming down town. lie
noticed that he had lost his speech
Only few honrs before Smith had reg
istered an oath that lac hoped he would
be- stricken dumb Il he did not do a GER
tain thing. lie broke his oath, and
when the affection cane terror struck
his heart He refused To so home and
preferred 10 remain in the room 81 one
Maggie Smith, ia Connection with
whom the oath is said to have Teen
made The case CREATES excitement
among superstitious people.
DAN'LD. HtlEs, wealthy aud re.
speeted citizen of Loaisyillc was found
dead by Tie l.. anl y railroad track
near, Highland park early the other
morning A deep cash on the top of
his head AMI cut IN the buck of HIS
neck, h,'si'ies sevor. bruises about the
face and body, told the story Of his
death
TnE twelyc-year-o old son of Mr., Peter
Sweets, OF Uniontown, was scalded 10
death the other evening in an unusual
way. lie was hauling slUp from the
big distillery in Uniontown, aud just as
he was leaving the wagon in some way
was overturned, cmptying the hot slop
ON the young fellow and almost bury
/ ing him beneath the boiling stuff. His
suffering was intense and his cries
heurtrending. Medical assistance was
obtained as coon as possible but with
out avail lie died after hours Of hor'
riblc suffering.
PENSIONS granted to Kentuckians
the other day. Increase Joseph H.
Wilson. Era, Christian county; Charlie.
| g. Case Film Grove BraGkcn county
James I. Carter, Caneyyille. Grayso
county; John Witham, .Seventy-Six
Clinton county; Washington N, Brown
Somerset, Pulaski county; Richard W
Williams, Morton's Gap, Hopkins
county; Luke Long, Wallin's Creek
Harlan county; John MeFnrlan, Row
ena. Russell county; Jacob L. Baker
Factory, Butler county; Samuel Heath
Carrollton Carroll county; Peter w
Weaver, Powerville, Bracken county
Original Widows, etc. Charlotte Par
ish and Hannah Campbell, Louisville
! Jefferson county.
HTTiE Charlie Phelps was cut in TIVE
by the ears while stealing a ride a
Richmond.
The following fourth-class postmas
tiers were appointed few days since
Moses Wilmer Audubon, Henderson
county, vice A. W Howard, resigned
5. T. Green, Zee Springs, Edmonsol
county, vice Frederick Meredith, re
moved; C. l. Sisk, Dalton llopl,in
county, vice + II Bell, removed; w I
Crofton, Deer Lick, Logan county vic
/ " C. Turner, resigned; Fernando
May, Delaware, Dayiess county, vic
l.. +. CoomCs, resigned; Martha L
johnson, Elva, Marshall county, vic
j. c. Barnes, resigned; G, F. Burke
Proctor, Lee county vice j. n Smith
removed; j. r. Woodbridge, Tar Hill
Grayson county, vice G. IL Pearl, r,
signed.
SUIT was filed in the Crittenden couT
ty circuit court by Jasper l., Pulliar
against W, II Bruntley for the betrayu
OF his daug liter Ollie Pulliam. Tn
, plaintiff prays for 10000 damages A
Of the parties connected with this scar
dal are prominent people that belon
to the farming class This is the lift
suit Of the kind that has been filed q
this term Of the court
IN Todd county Tom Biven and Ma
! Lear became involved in quarrel owe
fifty cents that the former claimed Lea
owed him Lear denied it and threat
were exchanged. when Biven drew
knife and plunged il into his opponent
left breast The blade penetrated
the heart Lear fell and instantly e.
PRED Biyen escaped and is still 1
large
Poor CHAs. RAINIER, of Milwaukee
was horribly stung by an infuriate
rattlesnake at the Lexington fai
Rainier claims to have the snake und,
his control, and While handling it insit
the show tent in Sd me way aroused IL
reptiles passions /He will recover.
THE residence of Sid Huntington,
Paris, was destroyed by fire the 9TH
night. 1t is a total loss, including co
tents The family narrowly escapes
Loss, g, 500; insurance, 81, 900
EARLY The other morning abol
thirty horsemen rode into New Castl
and walking up to the jailor, to-
him that they had a prisoner The
We're after a Negro named Leonai
Taylor securing their man they toe
him about quarter of a mile ont {
the road, TO Frdnklinton, and struu
him up to an oak tree. The lynchir
was conducted with as much order
was possible Those who took pa
in II we're evidently reputab
citizens Of the county, and so SUI
were they that they We're actir
for the good of the communit
that the only took partial precautiol
to conceal their identity, being a
parently satisfied that little effo
would be made to uncover them. I'll
crime which aroused the party in
acting was the brutal and unprovoks
assault upon an Italian boy peddle
1t occurred at Franklinton, a lit
place seven or eight miles from Ne
Castle The Negro struck the b,
over the head, fracturing his sku
lie was brought 10 Louisville, viii,
was his home, and the people at Fran
linton learned that he had died
GAS. JoSEs. painter, of Ilopkin
willie, was struck upon the head by
falling platform, while at work, al
received injuries that it is thought ma
result fatally. Congestion Of the bra
is feared,
The railroad commission, compos,
of c C. McChord, Charles Poyntz al
Trey Woodson, have begun their a
nual inspection OF all roads in Il
state, pursuant to making their annu
report.
NEAR Trenton Pinkney Humphrey
aged 80 years, and his mother, Eli
Humphreys, aged G5 years, were sh
and killed by William Meadows. Fan
ny quarrel.
MARTIN TURNER was fatally shot
Joseph Rush, a farmer, at the home
the latter, near South Louisville, a fe
days ago Turner was after his vii