The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-08-09

A rosT OFFICE has been established
at Acton, Taylor county, and Samuel
w. colvin appointed postmaster
The Executive Committee of the
Kentucky Bankers association the
other day fixed October 20 as the date
for the next annual meeting, 10 be
held at Greensboro
THRRE are l.OiO patients in the asy-
lum at Lakeland
AT Grants Lick Frank Gubser and
his wife were buried at the same time,
having died of consumption. Their
little daughter Is reported to be dying
Of the same disease
DR. PEAEcE, who was elected to the
presidency Of the Kentucky Wesleyan
college, has been putting forth extra
efforts 10 revive that institution. He
will remove from Danville 10 Winches-
ter when the college opens
On account Of the unwillingness of
some of the largest distillers in the
state to close down, the movement to
close all the Kentucky distilleries for
one year will probably be failure.
The reason these distllleries refuse TO
close is that they made no whisky last
year.
The New Louisville Jockey club has
decided to give race meeting to ex-
tend over eighteen days, beginning
August "a
Ed GARTER was stabbed TO death
near Murray by his grandfather,
Joseph Elliott II was clear case Of
self-defense. The boy had attacked
him with heavy billet Of wood.
PosTIAsTERs appointed few days
ago; Robert Long. Cottonburg, Mad
ison county, vice Margaret Ray, re-
signed, and Mrs F. NJ Atwood, Nor
tonville, Hopkins county, vice J. l.
Tefft, removed.
CHAIRMAS JOHN W. YERKEs, Of the
Republican State Central committee.
the other night announced the cam
paign committee as follows: George
NJ Thomas, of Vanceburg; A. D. James,
Muhlenberg county, George D. Todd
and w. T. Forester, Louisville, and
w. J.Wilmore. Mr.. Yerkes will be
chairman.
MANI & NUsSER. Louisville florists,
made an assignment few days since
Assets about $4,000 liabilities estima.
ted at se5, 600
LAST months internal revenue col
lections at Lexington were but s47. 2O2
q falling off over the corresponding
month of last year Of S6s0O00
KENTUCKY will have three southern
Methodist conferences within its Dor
ders in the month Of September, n.
follows; Western Virginia conference
at Louisa September 4. presided ovel
by Bishop Duncan; Kentucky confer
ence at Winchester September II, pre-
sided over by Bishop Haygood; Louis
vile conference at Madisonville Sep
TENDER 25, presided over by Bishop
Haygood.
THE board of trustees of the stat
college the other day made an add
tional appropriation of $1,000 for thu
erection of the laboratory Of mechsn
ical engineering. The building viii
cost about $1,000
THOMAS WATKINS, of Wallaeeton. hal
gathered and sold 100 gallons o.
huckleberries The crop is unusually
large.
EVANGELIST George o. Barnes preach
ed 10 the eonvicts in the penitentiary
at Frankfort, the services being held
in the prison chapel. Seven OF eight
hundred convicts were assembled.
The Lexington Chautauqua cleared
2,6OO at its last meeting. which en-.
abled the directory TO pay the interest
that was due, and nearly s, 600 on the
principal OF its debt
The botaEists and entomologist OF
the Kentucky experiment station has q
few packages of chinch-bug destroyer
left Farmers should get in on the
ground floor. II. Gormandy, of Lex.
ington. is the man 10 address.
The C. & o. pay roll at Lexington is
over $1,000 a month.
KING II. WARD, aged %, farmer
living on Greasy creek, near Paints
vile, accidentally shot himself In the
left side
A NEGRO Is said to be trying to or
ganize a colony Of Negroes in the
western part of the state 10 20 with
him to Liberia.
The American Telephone Co. has 20
men at work at Corinth on a line be-
tween Louisville and Cincinnati, via
Frankfort
PADucAH is trying to run the scarlet
women of West Clay street
An old apple tree at Mt Olivet
bears apples one-half sour and one-half
sweet
oS.. Plainville farmer says a storm
damaged his corn crop TO the extent OF
e00 bushels.
FRANKLIN will soon have an election
TO take the sense OF the voters there on
the water works question
IL Shelby county. on the farm of ID
W. Middleton, lightning played queer
prank After striking tobacco plant
and knn-king ii to pieces, the lightning
travelled M the row and gave four or
five hands a distinct shock. and wound
up BY killing all the tobacco on the far
end of the row and several feet from
where Il first struck
The following postmaster were APP
pointed in Kentucky the other day;
Cottonburg, Madison county, Robert
Long Nortonville, Hopkins county.
Mrs A. NJ. Atwood
TucRER PuGH, vanceburg wheel.
man, has a cork leg. his natural limb
having been taken of by train Just
below the hip
ANDIKw FIEfDS who lives on the
DUPONT farm at the old Richmond
mines, is the oldest man in Mullen
burg county. lie Is los years OF age
and has n memory that is as active as