The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-06-01
NEWS ITEMS.
Another slight earthquake shocI. wal

AuNlccs from Ohlle say the govern
ment ordered all customs duties paid in
gold.
The meeting of the Kentucky Press
Association commences at Frankfort
June 9.
California Populists nominated full
state ticket. Some Of the delegates are
women.
Parties supposed to be the Taylor
murderers are under arrest at Green
field, Mo.
Gov. Flower signed the bill providing
for a new system of rapid transit in
New York city.
New York doctors are experimenting
on corpses with pistols to see the effect
on the brain, etc.
The Indiana Switchmen's Aid asso.
citation paid out claims amounting ia
SIS, 900 last year.
c. Ii. Morgan was nominated for con.
gress by democrats Of the Seventeenth
Missouri district.
Nellie Weaver, aged i6, confesses the
attempted poisoning of family at
Hartford City, Ind.
Lazzarone won the derby at the La.
tonia race track Thursday, with Pearl
Song good second.
The camp Of instruction of the Ken.
tucky state guards will be held at Pa.
ducah, July 25 TO August 23.
The opening of the Latonia Jockey
club races occurred Thursday. mud
dy track greeted the fyings.
populist convention will meet at
Ravenswood, W. Va, August 20, to
nominate a candidate for congress.
As a result of the Murphy temper
ance meetings 1 200 people are wearing
the blue badges at Charleston, w. Va.
Richmond, KY, is TO have new pub
lie school building TO cost $4,000, and
will be one Of the handsomest in the
state.
John Mcbride, President of the
| United Mine Workers, is spoken of for
Congressman from the Eighteenth Ohio
district.
John Van Mimman, in Indiana peni-
tentiary for numbering his brother-in-
law, is proved innocent by Crow turn
ing up alive
An Erie engine ran away at Gallon,
o., demolishing three cars and disabling
the engine before it could be brought
TO stand-still.
At Indianapolis, in connection with
the suicide Of William Seeking it devel-
oped Thursday that he was under in
dictment for perjury
Edwin r. Parker, formerly general
manager of the Empire freight line at
Buffalo, committed suicide at Norwallx
III health was the cause.
Fraud has been discovered in the hall
of records in Frisco which may lead to
the Illustration Of clever scheme to
land foreign-born Chinese.
The b. & o. railroad has made anoth-
er cut in wages in the shops at Parkers-
burg, w. Va. The men now work but
two days a week of five hours each.
Luther Lewis a Niles (0) young
man, was shot by a companion, who did
not know it was loaded. Lewis will re-
cover, unless blood poisoning sets in.
William Brinegar and Bill Mcqueen
fought with revolvers, at Clay's Ferry,
Ky. Brinegar was dangerously shot in
the neck and may die. Mcqueen es-
capped.
At Troy, n. Y, the grand jury pre-
sented an Indictment against ''Bat"
Shea for murder in the first degree in
killing Robert Ross at the election
March 6.
Fire destroyed the fine residence of
Col. e. b. Haskell Of the Boston Her.
aid, at Newton, Mass. Mr.. Haskell
had just returned after trip around
the world.
Frank Dixon and Jim Hill, of Valley
View, near Richmond, KY, had fight
with brickbats. The latter's face and
head was badly mutilated. He is dam
gerously hurt
Preparations were being made
Wednesday by the Leavenworth, Kan,
and county authorities to repel the
threatened invasion of Missouri strik-
ing coal miners
Gen. Daniel N. Hastings was nomi-
mated by acclamation for governor by
the Pennsylvania republican conven-
ton. Walter Lyon received the nomi-
nation for lieutenant governor
DR.. j. S. breeding, of Austin, Tex,
arrested on the charge of forging money
orders ON the Wells-Fargo Express Co.,
has arrived in st. Louis in the custody
of detective. He has confessed.
The elevator in the Emile building,
st. Louis. fell from the third floor to
the basement Mrs. Kathering Flem-
ming, an old lady, was severely in
jured. Seven others received painful
injuries.
As n sequence of drunken quarrel
among the non-union employees at the
Standard foundry, Cleveland, Bernard
l.ange, of Detroit, drew revolver and
fired point blank into the crowd. The
bullet struck Lange's chum, Franz La
bunde, also of Detroit. He died.
An unknown man was instantly
killed at Valparaiso, Ind, by being
struck bya Nickel Plate train. He is
supposed to have belonged to Randall's
army. He was about as years old, light
complexion, sandy whislsers and mus
tache and black hair, and well dressed
At Rushville, Ind, Michael Kuntz,
from Dearborn county, went to the c.,
II. & l. depot, walked down the track,
drew large pocket knife, cut fright
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