The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-11-02
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.


OAK VEw people get little sleep now.
Fifteen young men have organized
brass band.
SAMUEL HAvENs, OF Morgan county,
has six daughters, four Of whom mar
ried McGuires and the other two Cars.
Az ovation was given Col Breekin'
ridge at Mt Sterling, He spoke to a
crowded house. He discussed national
issues entirely.
MT. STERLING is on the move and
now has an ice plant, daily paper, an
electric light plant and water works ia
process Of construction.
AT Middlesborough Acting Mayor
Hardness indefinitely suspended from
duty Chief OF Police Turner, Lieut.
Ball and all of the patrolmen for al
legged neglect of duty. They have
since been reinstatcd.
KENTUCKY pays more revenue into
the treasury than any other state ez-
cept Illinois The revenue for distilled
spirits in Kentucky in 1893 was s24,-
436,4l717, and on fermented liquors
/ s3O7, 5O7ll The total is ga, 743, 92i2S.
THE Kentucky Equal Rights associa-
ton the other day gave fair warning
TO gentlemen who contemplate run
ming for the Legislature that it Will
have committee OF probably twenty
interchangeable women on hand at
the next session 10 urge the pas
sage of laws. desired by the associa-
ton
+ SAM Rock, an Italian laborer at the
Whitestone quarry, near Bowling
Green. shot his wife and seven-year-old
daughter. The wife is dead and the
child can not live. Rock is in Jail.
SIX fine horses belonging to A. s
Reese, of Todd county, died the other
day from having been poisoned by eat
ing wheat that had been soaked by
mistake in limestone water.
APIKE weighing twenty-three pounds
was caught in TyRart creek, near En-
terprise, few days ago on hook and
line.
Mrs. ADDIE n. FIELDS, of Paducah,
left there the other afternoon for Bos-
ton, whence she will sail for Europe in
a few days. She goes TO England in
response TO telegram from Lady
Henry Somerset, who has made her a
flattering offer to engage in W. C. T. U.
work over there this winter.
THE business men Of Horse Cave,
Hart county, have become aroused and
organized Commercial club for the
purpose of booming the town. They
will proceed in systematic, business
like way to endeavor to induce new en-
terprises to locate there, and offer
many inducements
BOYLE county has the natural gas
fever, and vein has been found
there which is creating much excite.
ment.
THESE postmasters were appointed 8
few days since: James Kirk, Howard
Mills, Montgomery county, vice b. W
Dennis, resigned; Rhoda A. May, Lang
: ley, Floyd county, vice r. L. May, re
signed, and NJ. z. Marcum. Swelton
Russell county, vice Z. NJ. SewelL re
signed.
A PosT OFFICE has been established
at Emmalena, Knott county, Areni
Morgan, postmaster.
A PLoT by which the colored pris
oners in the Christian county jail il
Hopkinsville expected to effect theil
escape was discovered the other day
They were undermining the wall OF
the jail, having removed quantity o.
bricks aud dirt, which were concealed
: under blanket in cell
DANIEL BoDKIS, aged about forty
seven years, carpenter by trade, whill
eating his dinner at the boarding-houa,
: of James Wilhoite in Shelbyville. wa
noticed by Mr. Willis Campbell, Eel
low boarder, to be acting very strange
ly, and it was found that he wa
sDeechless. In few minutes he wa
dead.
PENSIONS were granted the other da1
as follows: Originals Samuel W. Long
Purdy, AdGir county; Samuel D. Comp
ton, Waterloo, Pulaski county. In
crease: Daniel Hunt, Aberdeen, Butte
county; George W. Watkins. Lebanon
Marion county. Reissue: Henry Car
v,r, Carrollton, Carroll county Orig
! inal widows, etc: Lucretia Young
Paducah, McCracken county. Mexican
war survivors, increase; Addison
. Coils, Bedford, Trimble county
MIR AND MRs. b. c. HARDIN, o
Frankfort, entertained large numbe
OF friends, among whom were man,
state officials and other well know
people the other evening, the occasion
being celebration of the twenty-frs
anniversary Of the marriage of the hos
and hostess. The occasion was rem
dered more unique and pleasant by tn
celebration at the same time and plac
of the fifty-ffth anniversary of tn
wedding Of Judge and Mrs. Lysande
Hord the father and mother Of Mrs
Hardin. Mr.. Hardin is secretary OF tn
railroad commission.
The Mason-Foard Co., lcssees OF III
branch pen at Eddyville, have file,
suit against the state to annul thei
contract for the lease Of the peaiten
D tiary for the remaining four years
: T1ey allcge that the stipulaticns o
the contract have been violated by IN
sinking fund commissioners in order
, ing all convicts placed inside the walls
and in other instances which the pcti
. ton states. Following this up, the,
have served notice on the state tina
they will not feed and clothe NOR
than i25 convicts pending settlement
thus throwing nearly one hundred oil
the care OF the state They also refus
to pay rewards for the capture of es
capped convicts, and will refuse TO per
form other parts of their contract
JACOB OLDHAM, o farmer residing
near Red House, Madison county, cam
in the other night from his days worl
in his usual health and ate heart
supper. lie was seized with suddel
sickness, and apparently died fey
hours after supper His body was pre-
pared for burial and arrangements be
ing made for the funeral, when sud
denly he came 10 life. The return 4
life caused lively stir about his home
AT New Castle Capt Jack Harding
the prominent lawyer and horsemer
was the other day nominated by acclu
nation for representative 10 fill tn
unexpired term Of S, W. Mays, +,
signed.