The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-05-03

has refused to reduce the license for
retailing liquor in that city 1t was
threatened by the advocates of low
license that II the license was not re-
dnced a number of liquor dealers would
90 out of business, but the usual mum
Der have made application for license.
The amount received by the city from
liquor license Is s9,O75-
A LAwREScEBuRe man found 81,
eral hundred young spiders on buuc
Of bananas, and ii developed that ti,,
were young family of tarantula.
They were burned in the street he
fore they had an opportunity TO Is
tablish themselves, and the mothe
was located shortly afterward and
captured.
The cut worms are making 1t inter
esting for the farmers Of McCracS'i
and adjoining counties at present
One farmer planted two thousand cab
bage plants and two days afterward
only eight sound plants were left on
the entire lot Garden vegetables are
suffering greatly from the ravages.
TIM post Offices at Skillman, Han
cock county, and Willowdale, Meade
county, win be discontinued after
April 30.
IT Is now believed that the late Hon.
W. N. Sweeney, of owensboro, left no
will His estate Is estimated to DO
worth $3.50, 700, which will be shared
equally by his four children. He was
0 firm believer that the laws Of the
state provided for equal distributions
"UNcLE" Bob Doss, an old colored
man at owensboro, is one Of the sim
cere mourners of the death of Hon.
William n. Sweeney. He served as
janitor at Mr.. Sweeney's Office for az
years, and during all that time 1t is
stated, cleaned the office every day
with the exception OF only few morn
ings.
THE coal mines at Basket, Hender-
son county, are idle as result Of a
disagreement between the miners and
the operators.
A NEW vein of coal has been struck
at Sebree by the company which was
organized at that place a short time
ago. The vein is rich find and Sebree
people are expecting the town to take
| q boom.
w. d. VASzAYT, of KP5D Lick. Met
calf county. tnS4 morphine with sui
c-..dai intent and died short time at.
terward. He was about forty years
old, and i'll health is supposed to have
caused him to commit the rash act
THE following postmasters have been
appointed: R. S Lakes, CONS, Madi-
son county, vice Anderson Lakes, re-
signed; R. G. Squires, Gresham, Green
county, vice r. b. Wilson. resigned,
and ]. d. Allen, Nonchalonta, Greenup
county, vice Retta Collins, resigned.
The proprietor of a circus, which
was exhibiting at Padueah, neglected
to secure county license, and was ar
rested and brought into court A state
and city license had been procured.
and the proprietor put up Sis as Sc
curity that the county would not be
the loser. Many circus men complain
that the license business is oyerdone in
this state.
THOMAS Dixon, of Henderson, has
been granted patent on an invention
which will prove important if Mr.. Dix
on's claims as to the advantages of the
patent pan out The name of Mr.. Dix
on's invention is the "Sextoplex" II
is claimed that the improvement will
enable six telegraph operators to work
on one wire at the same time.
THE Hartford Herald says that some
farmers are planting seed corn soaked
in turpentine, which, il is stated, rem
ders 1t proof against cut worms and
kindred plaques.
The needle dam being constructed
by the government in the Big Sandy at
Louisa will be completed in few
days. II is stated that II is the only
dam of the kind in the United States.
II is expected to make the Big Sandy
navigable all the year round. The
cost of the improvement will reach
nearly $4,000.
REPUBLICAN, state convention at
Louisville, May 30.
The expenses of the state board OF
health the past year amounted to
SO, 190.50
AT Richmond Bill Griffin got eight
years for killing a man named Coffee
at Berea- The colored people are much
displeased over the verdict.
BUcKsvILLE, Logan county, isexcited
over the presence of a panther.
LEWIS county's levy is IS cents on
the hundred.
LAWRENCE cOunty's circuit court will
hear % divorce cases this term
A GALLArIN county farmer, Bennett
Graham, refused to pay toll on tine
Warsaw a Sparta turnpike while ,o-
ing TO church on sunday lie claircl
that persons going to church were
exempt from paying toll. but was ar
rested and fined $40 Tie pike was
built on private capital and the law
could not touch il
A NEW Methodist church will be
erected BIZ the State street congrega-
ton of Bowling Green. The plans
have been drawn and the edifce is ex-
pected to cost about $50 OO0
CUTwoRMs have wrought considerable
damage TO tobacco plants, corn and
oats in Simpson county.
JAMES Roach and Richard Foreman,
charged with being members of the
mob which lynched Thomas Blair al
Mt Sterling, were acquitted the other
day. The verdict was received with
cheers
SOME misereant, out of pure cussed.
ness, broke into Green's schoolhouse
at Brookside, Madison county, and
mutilated a costly set Of maps and
charts, recently purchased by the dis,
trict.
The largest class IN the history OF
Center college, at Danville, will grad.
uate this session, numbering forty
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