The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-01-18
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

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TnkRR is movement on foot in Lo-
gan county To create the Office Of coun-
" treasurer the law giving that right
when the fiscal court Of any county
shall deem II necessary The salary
would be about q. 600 a year
THB value Of property in Anderson
county is $50, 49l less than II was last
year, according to the countyassessor's
books. -
TnE Basket coal mines in Henderson
county sold at commissioners sale for
IS, 800.
J, W. LEE, of Fleming county, is an
applicant for an inspectorship in the
department which will he created for
the collection of the income tax.
BURGLARS entered the sleeping apart
ments of Robert Walker, farmer,
near Greensboro, and stole $500.
FoUB members of the Lunsford fam
lily, living near Dover, will aggregate
over l 100 pounds in weight
HART county now has full set Of re-
publican officers, the first time in thirty
years,
FoR the second time in its history
Christian county has colored coroner,
James L. Allensworth is his name and
he Is Baptist preacher He was Sc
lected by majority OF 80.
WINCHESTER insurance rates are to
be increased, and the city council pro
poses taking whack at the com
panies
Hon. JAMES C. SINS, of Bowling
Green, and senator Charles Il. Moore
Of Franklin, have formed partner.
ship for the practice of law.
A PETITION for rehearing has been
filed and submitted in the appellate
court in the case Of Virgins Us. Rogers,
taken up from Mason county,
AT Paris, Charles Thomas. night
Waterman at the l. * y. depot, shot
and instantly killed a Negro named
Garrett Reid, who was caught in the
act Of stealing coal Thomas surren-
dered.
PENSIONS were granted the other day
as follows: Increase Lindsey Hayes,
Paducah, McCracken county. Reissue
Littleberry Belchcr, Berry's Lick But
Ter county. Reissue and Increase
James Johnson, st. TIelen's, Lee coun-
ty Original Widows, etc. Fannie F.
Cary, Kingsville, Lincoln county.
THE Price family, Of Shelby county,
at present consists of eight brothers,
ranging from sixty to eighty-one years
old Five of them are citizens of Shelby
county and three are residents of other
states
The Winchester city council defeated
an ordinance proposing that the mayor,
city attorney, recorder, collector, clerk
and assessor be selected by popular vote
instead of by the council
The governor has been requested by
the county Judge of Montgomery
county, as required by law, to offer
rewards for the murderers of Thomas
Blair, who was recently lynched at Mt
Sterling. Rewards will be offered for
the arrest and conviction of each of
those connected with that affair.
The state capital will shortly be
treated to legal hanging, the like of
which has not been witnessed before
in thirty years, and but once since the
hanging of Benuchamp, who was exc
cuted for the murder of Attorney-Gen-
ernl Sharp, in 1926 The victim in the
coming hanging will be George Me-
Gee, Negro convict, who was the
other afternoon found guilty of muir
der in the first degree He killed Chas
Thomas, fellow convict, also colorcd,
last July, the circumstances of the
murder being peculiarly brutal
JosEPH b. READ. widely known in
Kentucky political circles, died the
other day at Lakeland asylum.
AT Frankfort, the jury in the Doc
Bradley murder case brought in YER
diet of aequittal after being out %
minutes. Bradley is mere youth, and
about a year ago killed Bobby Dean, a
young man 20 years of age. Dean at
tackled Bradley with a knife and the
latter had made an effort to eyade him,
but, being corncred, shot him. killing
him instantly.
LEWIS RICE, wealthy widower Of
Boone county, has 100000 breach of
promise suit on his hands. Miss Rose
Stansifer, also of Boone county, is the
plaintiff
AT Danvillc Adam Withcrs, well
to do colored man, and Jane Dawson,
also colored, were arrested the other
day by deputy q. S. marshal, charged
with perjury They will be tried in
the federal court AT Frankfort Jane
Dawson has been drawing pension
under the name of Jane Jones, having
married man named Dawson after
having put in her claim for a pension
as widow of union soldier in the
civil war After Dawson died she con
tinued TO draw the money under her
former name, and Withcrs, it Is al
legged, was party to the fraud to the
extent of making afIidavits as TO her
identity.
fNA@i A'Afs'i@-' AshaANif A'AsAsiAi VI iNNll-
lucky, introduced in the house bill
originally introduced by Mr. McCreary
to pay to Smith r. Mershon s3Os for
services rendered as custodian Of dis
tillcry warehouse in Franklin county,
for II days during the war.
Col. JonN X. FAULKNER cx-surveyor
of the port Of Louisville, died suddenly
at Lancaster,
GALLATIN county will pay of thirty
turnpike bonds of $3.50 each. which
with interest amount to abou, 5000.
BREATn1rT county has just completed
new Jail at cost OF S. ss
A STABLE hand cropped match in
Harry Clark's barn at Grncey Loss,
81, 600
JAMES CHANDLER Of Lyon county,
is seventy-nine years old, and ha, for
ty-seven grandchildren aud thirty
eight great grandchildren lie lives
within three mi es OF the f.rm on
which his grandfather settle 100 years
ago, and has never been away from
home more than ten days at time in
his life,
TIE colorcd convicts in the Eddy
vile ppEitentiarv hav, GrraniEei "A min.