The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-05-31
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS

THE General Association Of Ken
lucky Baptists will meet at Faducah
June Is DIR. Pickard will deliver the
Introductory sermon.
ALEXANDER ENocHs died at Lewis
burg, aged 50. lie had resided there
for fifty years
ELLA HAMILTON, Louisville, died
from cigarette smoking
JuDaR PARKER has delivered an opin-
ion at Lexington, in line with the
opinions of Judges Helm and Perkins
that no city officials in second-elass
cities are 70 be elected before Novem-
Der, 1897.
HoN. JOIN c. ATKINSON rendered ms
resignation as mayor Of Henderson to
the city council. In addition to his
resignation Mayor Atkinson presented
the city with deed TO valuable piece
Of property, TO be used as public
park. The council named the new
property Atkinson park, in honor o.
the retiring mayor
LEWIS LoNG, of Logan county, Is
eighty-fve years old, has had hve
wives. and is the father Of twenty
eight children.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL
BURLINGTON was in Ohio county few
days ago looking for members Of gang
of counterfeiters which had been oper-
ating in Henderson and owensboro.
He located q man named Chapman,
near Buford
THE Haven-Chase Oil, tias and Min
eral Co., which operated in Barren
county some time ago, will make an.
other effort TO develop the oil lands in
that county. They have taken leases
on number OF tracts of land.
ROBERT AIsEPT, his son, Daniel Al
sept, and Ben Clemens were arrested
and taken to Salyersville, the other
day charged with shooting Mont Des-
kins from ambush some time before,
and were held in bonds of $1,000 each
TO appear at the next term OF the Ma
goffiu circuit court. Robert Alsepte
gagged Deskins and his wife in CONVEX
sation in the middle of the road, and
the other two shot from the brush
close by. One ball grazed Mrs. Deskins'
head, and the other ball struck Deskins
in the left breast, ranging downward,
1t is thought he will die.
GAIT JAMES MooREHEAD, proprietor
of the Bowling Green planning mill,
was the other day arrested and released
on bond for striking Robert Bettner, a
discharged employe, with a bar of iron.
Bettner's skull was crushed and he
will probably die.
GRANT BRIGHT was fined sl75 and
costs in police court, at Lancaster, for
selling liquor unlawfully Six of the
ten indictments against him were filed
away Bright will be put on the rocl,
pile to work out the fine at fifty cents
per day.
The fiscal court of Daviess county
has again taken up the question of free
roads after several unsuccessful efforts
in the past to bring the subject to the
front A committee was appointed tc
investigate the possibility of acquiring
the turnpilkes for the county, and the
county judge was authorized to pur
chase road machinery.
AT Mckinney, the fine new residence
of W. D. johnson was destroyed by
fire. His afflicted daughter, paraly
tic, barely escaped with her life. The
loss on the house amounts 10 several
hundred dollars, as there was no in
surance
DR. WM SHELTON, of the Sweetwater
Tenn, seminary, and for ten years al
the head of the Brownsville, Tenn.
female college, will have charge Of tn,
Sanford female college for the next
five years.
AT Russellville, the trial of Mosei
Cook, jr, VIM. Proctor, Fred Apgal
and Robert Henderson has been pos
poned until the next September tern
Of the Logan county circuit court
They are charged with having lyncheC
Ed Traughber, near Aiairville.
Passions were granted the other DAY
as follows: Original VIM J. Milburg
Fountain Run, Monroe county. Re
newal and Increase Jerry d. Owens
Paris bourbon county; BuGord Kin
nett Bradfordsyille, Marion county
Increase las. Headrich, London, Lau
rel county; George Brogel, Louisville
Reissue Samuel Martin, Normal, BoyC
county; Newton King, Kelat, Harrison
county; Willis stockton, alias Stoglan
North Fork, Mason county; Marcus
Bush, johnson Junction, Fleming
county; Vim. L. barnes, Ford Ferry
Crittenden county; Richard Davenport
Chester, Mason county; Daniel T. vii
son, Williamstown, Grant county
Ferdinand Nicoll. Woodburn, Warner
county; Barber Allen, Henderson. Hen
derson county; Eustachius Refs, Louis
villei John W. Grider, Sinai, Anderson
county Henry Bundy, Ashland, Boy,
county; Robert B. Craw ford, Ashland
Reissue and ncrease-Samuel r. Lit
trel, Savage, Clinton county. Origina
widows, c.-lIarriet Stone, Glasgow
Barren county; Annie v Walter, 81
Helens, Lee county.
r. II. CRossFIELD, democratic can
didate for representative from Ander
son county, has withdrawn from tn
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