The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-03-22

A NEW opera house and several busi-
ness blocks are to be built at Shelby
vile in the near future.
CAPT. SMITH Cook, the Kentucky gi-
ant, and late sergeant-at-arms of the
Kentucky legislature, has quit his
wife's bed and board at Shelbyville,
and gone west to grow up with the
country. He is seven feet six inches
high and has a good start. Mr. Cook is
one of the most amiable men in the
county, and the cause of the GOODNESS
is not stated
A NUMBER of business men Of Owens
boro are agitating the question of es-
tablishing free ferry between that
city and various points in Indiana
THE widow of J. Howard Mason,
killed in an elevator accident at the
Columbia building, Louisville, some
time ago, has been given judgment for
$3.50 damages
CHARLES SEGALE and Harry Strong,
two professional gamblers who were
fined SIS and costs each, at Paducah.
for conducting game called "oontz"
at the New Richmond hotel, were ar
rested, the other day, in Murray, on a
warrant sworn out by the county at
torney of McCracken county, charging
them with setting up a game at the
Palmer house. They had skipped out
as soon as they had been fined. About
twenty young men pleaded guilty in
the police court to gaming and were
fined SEQ and costs each.
THE Louisville bar has lost the first
and only woman lawyer it ever had.
Miss Nora T. O'Connor, who had at
tracted a great deal Of attention since
she began practicing there, has won a
case in Cupid's court, and is now the
wife of DR.. Thaddeus j. j. Meder, a
dentist of Louisville.
The court of appeals holds valid and
payable in gold 100000 bonds of the
city of Louisville sold to Farson, Leach
a. Co.
Mrs. KATHERINE ToDD CRITTENDEN,
window of the late Maj Gen. Thos. L.
Crittenden, of this state. died Mt the
home Of her nephew, Edmond II. Tay-
Tor. Elena Park, Chicago, after an ILL
ness of two weeks Funeral at Frank
fort
In one weeks session the Christian
county grand jury asreturned fifty
six indictments OF this number TWEEN
ty-one indictments were returned for
furnishing liquor to minors and six for
selling cigarettes to minors under
eighteen years old.
A MEETING of representative citizens
Of Nelson county was held at Bards.
town the other afternoon TO discuss
the question of free turnpikes. John
II. Mattingly, who was elected chair
man of the meeting, presented figures
which, according to his estimate,
would make the tax rate for maintain
ing the turnpikes in the county in
their present condition at public ex-
pense, thirty-fve cents on the 500 A
number of speeches were made, and |
only two persons present expressed
themselves against making the turn
pike free.
L. Q. DEATLY, Frankfort convict.
who was a prisoner at the Mt Sterling
jail when Thomas Blair was lynched. |
has furnished Attorney A. T. Wood
a list of eleven names which Deatly al
leges are some Of Blairs murderers
A RELIGIOUS revival is sweeping over
Kentucky from Richmond southeast to |
the Cumberland mountains
ROBERT PEARSON, colored, has been
arrested at Bowling Green for pension |
frauds.
AT Hooktown thieves stole 50 hens
and set of harness.
PENSIONS issued the other day: Re- |
issue-Stephen Causey. Gushing. Les
lie county; Charles Reid, Louisville,
Jefferson county; James II. Toliyer, !
treestone, Rowan county.
WARREN county is contemplating ex-
iensive road improvements
DEPUTY COLLECTOR j. {. WILSON has
found only two persons in Mercer
county who admit that they are affect
ed by the income tax law.
OVER fifty deaths are said 10 have re.
suited in Floyd county from disease
resembling cholera.
The following notice sent to county
'uperintendents by Supt Thompson
will be welcome news To many teach
rs throughout the state: The state
reasurer is now assured that by the
st of April he can honor warrants for
lalf the balance vet due your teachers.
lie can not confidently promise that
he remainder can be paid before
uly l."
Rev. FRED b. HALE. of owensboro.
nil ask his congregation for leave of
bSenee during the summer months to
nable him to make a tour Of Europe.
egypt and the Holy Land.
HENRY T. GoDsEY,- of Mt. Sterling
as been appointed superintendent Of
he stamp vaults in the internal rev.
nue. bureau at Washington. He sue.
'eds another kentuckian, Henry
oyd' who was promoted to be chief
erk of the stamp division.
TnE nanville and llustonvillc turn.
lie directors have, il is said, been in.
eted by the grand jury Of Lincoln
,unty for charging excessive tulls