The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-06-01
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.
CONTINUED rains in the vicinity Of
Danville are doing great damage to
wheat. hemp and barley. II is pre-
dicted' that the wheat and barley will
be completely ruined.
IL the case Of the commonwealth
against Rufus X Brooks, on trial in
the circuit court. at Madisonville, for
several days, charged with the murder
of Jack Bryant, the jury returned a
verdict fixing his punishment at life
sentence. The defendant viii appeal.
III requires over $4,000 year to pay
the municipal officers of Lexington.
The new school building at Rich
mond win cost $4,000.
1t is reported that Mayor II. T. Dun
can. of Lexington, has changed his
creed and become Catholic.
The Hlinl1leville correspondent of the
Ballard Aeoman is responsible for the
statement that Mrs. Stahl, of Ballard
county, has cut several teeth the past
few days. although she is 20 years old
ANOTHER effort a., to be made to eel
lect Union county's railroad tax, ag-
gregating 5000, voted twenty-five
years ago for road that was never
built. Capt T. C. blackwell, of Union
town, was the other day appointed a
special collector for the purpose OF coll
lecting the tax.
d. G. SMoNsoN filed suit the other
day in the jefferson circuit court for
divorce, charging his wife with adult
cry. Mrs. Simonson brought suit for
divorce several days ago in Fleming
county. She charges that her husband
went into a conspiracy to ruin her
POsrMAsTERs were appointed the
other day as follows: b. NJ Petroell
Henderson county, vice Henry ST.
King, resigned; W. A. Carton, Falcon
dale, Graves county, vice j. b. Warford.
removed; d. W. Owen, Tulap, Clark
county, vice w. D. Owen, resigned;
Mariah j. Parker, Vox, Laurel county,
vice w. f. Bray, removed; B. +. VIII
coxson, Christiansburg, Shelby county,
vice J. p Wilcoxson, deceased; Richard
Hudgins. Hudgins, Green county, vice
W. W. W. Kritley, resigned; Enoch
Howard, Tannery, Lewis county, vice
Conrad Hammer, removed.
CHAs. WINa. one of the most eel
ebrated prisoners in the Kentucky pen
itentiary, walked forth from the prison
doors few days ago free man. He
had served nine years for the crime OF
manslaughter committed while drunk,
but under the most brutal circum.
stances. Wing hns been a most exem'
plary prisoner since his return, and
claims to be better man. His faith
full wife, who is one of the most accom-
plished women in western Kentucky
lives at Greenville, and he Joined hei
there Hon. Rumsey Wing, the first
husband of the present wife of Con
gresham BreclSinridge, was brother
of Charley Wing. Bert Wing, another
brother, is now serving life sentenc,
in the prison at Frankfort for the kill
ing of his wife, who is best known a
Miriam Eaves. the daughter of ex
Judge Eaves, OF Greenville.
PENSIONS were issued as follows: Re
newal; William j. Anderson, Costelow
Logan county. Increase: Anthony
Halpin, Covington. Reissue: John B
Leslie. Ashland, Boyd county, 0bedial
W. Metcalf, Westport, Oldham county
Ephraim MoHe, London, Laurie
county; Henry G. Gardner Salyers
vile, Magoffin county; Henry p. Law
son, Pomeroyton, Menifee county
William W. Tolle, Germantown, MasoI
county. Mexican war survivors-In
crease: Thos. Stephens, Sonora, Hardin
county; James G. Williams, Morgan
field, Union county.
A CONVENTION was held at Paducal
to nominate a candidate for judge o
the court of appeals of the first appel
late district The vote of every count
except Ballard was cast either by al
instructed delegate or by proxy. TIL
vote was as follows: Ballard county, n
vote; Crittenden, votes for l.. II
James; Carlisle, votes for J. NJ. Fish
er. The remaining of the eighteei
counties cast their votes for Judge Ben
nett as follows: Hopkins, II; Webster
Z; Union, 49, Trigg, 9; McCracken, {
Marshall, 3; Lyon, 5; Livingston,
Hickman, 6; Henderson, II; Graves, 1;
Fulton, 6; Christian, Is; Galloway,
Caldwell, 6. The vote as announces
stood: Fisher, 5; James, 6; Bennett, 19I
On motion Judge Caswell Bennett
nomination was made unanimous.
Ton ETHRIDGE, hack driver, fell OF
chair in the Richmond house, Padu
eah, and received a confusion on tn
head that resulted in his death an hou
afterward.
A FIRE department is being organ
lied at Springfield.
I a. b. CRABTREE, a student, wa
drowned at Hartford while bathing.
A SPOKE and table-leg factory will b
established near Richmond.
THIRTY moonshiners have been car
tured in Eastern Kentucky recently.
THE Fish and Game club, of Loui:
vile, is stocking Barren river wit
pike.
THERE is female baseball team a
Eddyville
JUDGE DRYoR, of Frankfort, has he'll
the fee law unconstitutional
A WEBSTER county farmer name
/ Ma.lannora ,xoe ridinn alon9 the ttac
of the Louisville e Nashville railroad
north of IIopkinsville, when he wa
struck by train and instantly killed
His head was severed from his body b
the car wheels and his body fearful
mangled.
COBB & BOYD, dealers in general me
chandise at Canton. Trigg county, hay
made an assignment 70 w. A. Bogar,
of Golden Pond. Liabilities, $500
assets, not given.
OLLIE HARRISON, daughter of Willial
Harrison, who lives four miles frol
Paducah, took six grains of morphir
with suicidal intent. She was pumpe
out and saved.
KENTUCKY has more Baptists tina
any other state in the south, excel
Georgia and Virginia, which rank fir
and second, and gives more TO mission
than any.
A LETTER to Postmaster John
Gaines, of Rowling Green, from lior
/. U. Goodnight, congressman from Il
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