The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-12-21

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people.
The rains Of the past few days have
been general over Kentucky, and the
farmers who have been suffering from
drought are consequently happy.
JAMES STRoTHER has been appointed
U. S. storekeeper in the sixth internal
revenue district, of Coyington.
PENSIONS were granted the other day
as follows: original-David Leigh, Ia
ducah, McCracken county; William T.
Peyton, New Castle, Henry county;
James W. Sapp, Caneyville, Grayson
county; Noah II. Oliver, Mooresviue,
Washington county. Increase Leslie |
C. Carman, Yosemite, Casey county.
Reissue-William Snowden, Naughn's
mills, Estill county; William J. Ed
wards, Greenville, Muhlenberg county;
Frederick ohne (deceased). Winona,
Trimble county. Original Widows,
etc.-Frances A. Mershon, Stanford,
Lincoln county; Sarah NJ. Cox, Wins
ton, Estill county; Catherine 0hne,
Winona, Trimble county; Martha
Wickliff, Greenville, Muhlenberg
county.
The other morning about $3.50 a re-
port was heard in the neighborhood OF
the Star Milling Co.'S Touring mill,
Nicholasville, and two hours later it
was discovered that the safe had been
blown open by burglars, who received
for their labor about seventy-five cents
in coppers.
PADUcAH has just put its new Com
mercial club into good running order
and expects to go after all the good
things that are to be had in the way Of
development
The assessed value of Lagrange is
s435, 500, which is sl3s, 474 less than last
year. The assessed valuation of Leitch-
field property is $4,000.
THE appointment Of VIII A. Wilgus
as postmaster at Hopkinsville and that
of A. A. Edwards as postmaster at
Pineville have been confirmed by the
senate.
The Daviess County Confederate as
ISOLATION has laid the cornerstone of a
confederate monument The shaft will
stand in corner Of the courthouse
square
SAMUEL OWENS, the convicted muir
derer of Samuel oelevie, was removed
to the branch penitentiary at Eddy
vile on the Chesapeake, Ohio & South
western train leaving Paducah, the
other midnight, but not without the
attempt on the part Of mob to secure
him. Just at the outskirts of Padueah
the train was halted by mob of
masked and armed men, who fired sew
eral shots, compelled the engineer and
fireman TO leave the engine, cut the
air-brake hose, broke open the doors
of the coach in which Owens was stu
ated and tried TO secure him. The
murderer was hastily locked in the
toilet-room by Deputy Grady, who de-
Tended him, though felled with club,
while Deputy Potter went ahead and
had the train started. As the train be-
gan to move rapidly the lynchers made
their exit without the prisoner, leav-
ing rope intended for him lying in
the car.
WHILE killing hogs on the farm of
Samuel Crowley, near Richmond, the
other day, his l2-year-old son fell into
the scalding trough and was scalded
TO death.
The oldest house in Henderson, built
by N. F. Ruggles in the summer of 1914
and occupied at one time by John j.
Audubon, collapsed the other night
and is a total wreck. 1t was occupied
by Negroes, and there were eight in
side at the time it fell. Strange to say,
no one was seriously hurt.
The state conference of the peoples
party will be held in Louisville, De
cember 81 and January l.
THE board Of magistrates of Livings-
ton county has appropriated $500 to
repair the county Jail.
In the Boyd county case of Mead VS..
Steele, for circuit clerk, Mead the in
cumbent and democrat, wins
Ben WILKINSON, living near Goldman
station, Logan county, and three of his
children were returning from church
in buggy the other night, when the
horse became frightened and ran off,
throwing the occupants over steep
, embankment One Of the children re-
ccived internal injuries which will
cause its death, while the other two
children were seriously though not IA.
tally hurt -
The new tobacco crop has begun to
appear upon the market in sufficient
quantities for prices to be made with
some uniformity.
SOME time ago Prof. NJ II. Crump, OF
Bowling Green, was employed by the
roads department of the government
to prepare an article on Kentucky
Highways, History Of the Old and New
Systems" He has finished the article
and sent it in, and it will be published
by the government and distributed
throughout the country in the interest
OF good roads
JUDGE MANN, of Bourbon county
will contest the election of his repub
lican opponent He was defeated by
only eight majority.
OwENsBoRo, with a population Of
about Is, 900, pays annually $4,000 to
fire insurance companies.
The Falls of Rough depot at Owens.
boro was broken into and robbed the
other night. The thieves blew open
the safe. containing slL3O, which they
secured. There is no clew
PosrMAsTERs commissioned few
days ago: Anneta, Grayson county, j.
T. Bradley; bedford. Trimble county,
c. A. Bell; Blaine, Lawrence county,
&c. Berry, Bremen, Muhlenberg coun.
", Clarence Woodburn; Woodbine,
Whitley county, Walker Graves
0wESsBoEo is making an effort to
raise 5000 for the purpose OF estab-
fishing chair factory. A stock com.
pany is to be organized.