The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-02-01
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A NUMuEH of BARRIERS at pauuCah /
have presented to the city council a
petition asking that shaving be pro-
hibited on Sunday. An ord nance was
passed some time ago To that effect,
but was declared unconstitutional by
the courts
TnE Sweeney revival meeting at
Paris has resulted in more than 80 adj
ditions TO the Christian church.
FLOYD WHITE was sentenced at Lex
| ington to life imprisonment for the
murder of Herbert Tucker.
FRIENDS Of Byron Tidwell who is
serving life sentence for killing Il
man in McCrackcn county several years
ago, are circulating petition for his
pardon.
owESsnoRo has redeemed $1,000 Of
Falls Of Rough railroad bonds.
TnE move TO start n tobacco factory
at Dover viii probably prove success
ful.
TnE Germantown fair this year will
be held the second week in Septem-
ber
THa Kentucky and Tennessee board
Of fire underwriters recently raised
the rates at Paris, but the Paris agents
have all combined and are making a
vigorous kick against the increase.
MRs. FAYXiE HIsR. of Germantown.
is using II pair of flatirons that be.
longed to her Grandmother Daulton.
They are thought TO be 15O years old
and are seemingly rs good as new.
j. j. JEFrERsoN, who was elected
coroner OF Trigg county at the Novem-
Der election, failed TO qualify and the
Office was declared vacant. The coun-
ty judge appointed G, f. Baynham to
the office.
JuDGE SAUFLEY viii not preside at
the present term of the Boyle circuit
court on account of serious illness.
Judge Il. T. Jacobs will preside in his
stead.
fRoF' II. B BARNHART, principal OF
the public school at Wickliffe, died
few days ago
LOUISVILLE is to have private the
atrical company, something like the
old Dickson club.
Mrs. APHIA PRYOR, wife of the chief
justice of the court of appeals, died
suddenly the other evening at New
Castle.
AJuRY in the criminal court az Louis
vile, found Fred Giles colored, guilty
of murder in the first degree, and fixed
his sentence at imprisonment for life
Tur body of man about 20 veors of
age, believed to be that of Sam Rom
deau, an imbecile of Hopkinsville was
discovered in mangled condition near
the railroad tracks several miles north
Of that city. The deceased had eyi.
IDENTIFY fallen asleep on the track and
was killed by train.
JosErH Il. MORAN, of Sardis. has been
granted pension.
Mrs. MARY ELLEN BRApy n widow
who had acquired a bad reputation
was visited the other nipht by five
whitecaps. who beat her numerically.
They then set fire TO her house and
burned all she possessed. not even leav-
ing her or her children a suit of cloth.
ing She resided three miles from Raw
wick, and is feeble-minded. Her hus.
band, George Brady. was killed sixteen
wears ago by an accidental DISCHARGE
Of gun.
THE congregation of the First Chris.
tian church at paducah will eroct n
new church building. Already moro
than $4,000 is available for the pur.
nose
NTHE HARRISON Gas Co. is the title ~
n stock concern that will be orpanizad
FOR the purpose of boring for natural
ras in Hendricks county, II Is nro-
i-p0sed to raise for immediate use the
sum of s.. 600 to be expended in deepen.
ing the well on the farm OF ]. P. Harbi-
son, near Parksyille. Hendricks county
/ from which natural gas Of n very On.
quality has been flowing for more than
two months now.
PENSIONS were granted the other day
Us follows: Additional: Jas. b. Evans,
Henderson, Henderson county. In
crease: Jas. Stoval, Adairville, Logan;
VIM. Moore, Rinaldo, Lyon. Reissue:
Ephiram Story, Lysonia, Graves; Wm.
| Arnett. EliZabethtown, Hardin; Will
son Bray, Gamaliel, Monroe; Galway
Wilson, Wallins Creek, Hardin; Jacob
Schloss, Newport, Campbell VIM p.
Taylor, Cattletsburg, Boyd. Original
widows, etc; Martha b. Schindel, New
\ port, Campbell; Mary Martin, Upton,
LaureE Caroline Gray Versailles,
Woodford.
The board of tax supervisors of Shell
by county made the following in
creases: On lands, sls4, 200; on town
lots, seS,7OO; on cash, notes, etc, sl29,-
600, and ON personally subject to equal
ization, $4,000, making a total OF
1857, 100, The property listed on the
assessors books amounts to 1886, ei5,
exclusive of assessments of banks, rail
roads and other corporations.
ClRcuIr JUICE CANTRIIL has sus-
tained Gov. Brown in his refusal to ap-
prove claims of members of the state
guard for services while in camp of in
struction The demurrer of the de-
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