The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-04-05
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

in Hopkinsville the other night after a
brief illness Of dropsy, aged ll3 years.
She was born at Harper's Ferry, and
was never seriously i'll until taken
down few days previous to her death,
She came in early life to Kentucky.
She told many incidents that went to
confirm her stories of her age. She
was q member Of the Baptist church
for three-quarters Of a century
THREE mad dogs were killed in the
same neighborhood, near Fordsyille'
the other day. A number OF sheep
and several head of cattle were bitten
before the dogs were killed.
THE fiscal court OF Greenup county
has fixed the salary Of the county
Judge at 500 per year, the county al
torney al $3.50, the county clerk al $500,
and the school superintendent at $3.50
TIE eourt decided that the county
does not n cd treasurer.
The pa.t flee at Walker, Knox
county. viii b discontinued after
April l5
TmEsE pcn,irs,s we're issued n few
days ago: Original-Enoch NJ. Dyer.
Olmstesd. Logan county; Snowden
Lily. Louis, lie. elemental -Jcsst
W. Laird. Horse cave, Hart county.
Increase IIcref,'r inlSle, Inez, Mar
tin county: George Daniel, Lebanon,
Marion county; James r. Golfer, Visa
LA, Kenton county Reissued-Green
d. Rash, Dallas, Pulaski county. Orig
inal Widows, Etc-Nancy c. King,
Waco, Madison county. Reissue-Jo-
sephine Burger, Covington Mexican
War Survivors-Increase-James I.
Harris, Stanford Lincoln county
Mount Etna, NJ Brewer, Herman,
Union county; Augustus P. Blackburn,
Padueah. Mexican War Widow-Mar'
garet T. Herndon, owenton, Owen
county.
A BROTHER of Secretary Carlisle, re
siding near Covington, is dying of can
Ger Of the stomach. The secretary left
for his bedside the other afternoon, and
will be absent from Washington fol
several days.
THE court of appeals rendered de
cision the other day reversing judg
ment of the Kenton circuit court in the
cases of Sharp and Payne, the pool
room men, who were each fined 81, so
for conducting poolrooms in violation
of law. The reversal was granted OF
account of error in the lower court II
refusing new trial to the defendant
upon affidavits filed by them setting NJ
facts which showed that each was un
avoidably prevented from being pres
ent at the trial.
THE sheriff Of Edmonson county
who is republican, appointed demo
crat deputy. County Judge Dorsey re
fused to confirm the appointment anC
the sheriff has brought suit TO com
pei the confirmation of the appoint
ment.
The city council of Bardstown ha:
ordered that an election be held t.
determine whether the town shall b,
lighted by electricity.
COUNTY ATTORNEY CARNEs, of Gran
county, calls on the presidents of tn,
various turnpike companies in tina
county to come forward and file state
ments of the financial conditions O
their roads.
The annual report OF State Inspecto
of Mines c. ]. Norwood shows that tn
output of the mines in Kentucky, bi
luminous and camel, for 1894, amount
ed to 2,g5a, go short tons, which wa
less than for either of the two proceed
ing years, and but 1854 tons create
than for 1891. ~
Two-TnngDs OF the southern Presby
terrain churches in the state of Ken
lucky have & lied to forward any fund
for the evangelistic work since tn
synod adjourned last October. Rev
DR.. E. w. Bedinger, treasurer, Anchor
age, Ky, is anxious to secure remit
tances.
THE jury at Nicholasville in the cas-
Of Jesse Howard for the killing o
young Jones at Valley View failed +
agree, eleven having held out for con
viction for manslaughter and one 70
acqu!ttal. Howard was released on
bond Of $3.50, and will appear for tria
at the next term of the circuit court.
PENSIONS were granted a few day
since as follows: Original: Grandson
Tolliver, Sparta, Gallatin county
Frank E. Jewett, Paducah; Edward 5
Kelly, Lagrange, Oldham county
Henry Hilge, Covington. Increase
Joshua d. King, Lexington; Hillary J
Howard, Louisville. Reissue: job
W. Alderman, Louisville; James Meal
lister Callihan, Ashland, Boyd county
A WARREN county farmer called OF
Col. Crump, at Bowling Green. tn
other day, and offered to equip tn
cars on the proposed street railway il
that city with his perpetual motion
machine as a motor. lie thinks h.
has solved the problem, and Col. Cruml
closed contract with him to attacl
his motors to the cars. The success o
the new motor is to be demonstrate,
before April Is.
A POST OFFICE has been established a
Grassland. Edmondson county.
A Y. NJ. c. A. BUILDING may be erect
ed in Paducah soon. The question i
being agitated, and several prominen
business men are interested in the en-
terprise
A CASE of smallpox was discovere,
at Princeton a few DAYS ago. He had
been sick week and between fifty anc
one hundred Negroes had called OF
him, and it is feared there will be
spread Of the disease.
THE court of appeals decides tina
McCulloch, republican, was legal,
elected tax receiver Of Louisville las
November to fill out the remainder o
the term TO which the late James Shell
ley was elected
The Gold Fortune Gas Co., at Clover
port, struck gas in It's new well tn,
other day at depth Of 500 feet. Tn,
well is only four feet in the "ga
rock and it is claimed by all TO be tn,
best well in the field. It is gushor
The new strike created considerable
excitement and has instilled new III,
into the gas interests
w. r. BRowS shot his brother-in-law
James Kinsella, at covington.
TnE Louisville market broke the rec
ord for the sales of leaf tobacco tn,