The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-06-14
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

hE,N tOh olAlG NE y.
a STRANGER was arrested at Padu-
cab. charged with passing forged
checks on Cincinnati and Chicago
banks
RicnMoND is preparing a big Fourth
of July celebration,
uSIoNTowN has voted special tax of
Is CENTS on 800 for school purposes.
JOE McCoLLuM Post No ~, G. A r..
was organized at Brooksviile recently
with eighteen members
Ar Nicholasville Duke Redd, charged
with the murder Of Ed Williams, was
sentenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
The inmates of the poorhouse Of
Mercer county are much perturbed
over their surroundings A short time
ago small tract OF land near the
place was purchased by some parties.
on which it was proposed to erect a
school for Negroes slaughter house
has been built on the land, however,
end the inmates Of the poorhouse are
complaining loudly against the odor,
SIxrr-FouB varieties of potatoes were
grown at the Kentucky experiment
station last year and Molly Stark led
in produetiveness l63 bushels per acre,
WILLIAM Johnson, who was charged
with killing James johnson near South
Union last February, was tried in the
Logan circuit court and acquitted
The business men Of Henderson are
stirred mp over the threat of insurance
companies to place that city on foot
ing with fourth-class towns SO far as
rates are concerned unless better facil-
tiles FOR fighting fire are adopted
lr is proposed at Henderson to have
a marine fire engine with which to
extinguIsh fires along the river front
and to protect business houses on Min
street
sEYERAf horses belonging to e, Il
Copper, who lives near Stanford, were
slashed with knife in the hands Of
some miscreant, and rendered practi-
enIly useless
NOVEMBER 10 has been named as
Kentucky day at the big Atlanta cot
ton exposition. Hon Henry Watterson
has been invited to deliver an address
on that day.
THERE are 2SS societies of Christian
Endeavors in the state with a member
ship Of reese.
CITY COUNCIL, Greensboro, has adyer-
tised for bids for lighting the city.
RuGGLEs camp meeting will begin
July 25 and close August s.
TIE Graves county grand Jury re-
turned eighteen indictments against
Bud Small for selling liquor in viola
tion Of law
THE court of appeals has decided that
a deputy clerk is amenable TO the law
for Misrepresentation OF funds
The following dates of Kentucky
fairs this year have been reportedi
Springfield, July IL; three days Leb-
anon, July "a; three days Danville,
July 30; three days Lawrenceburg,
July 30; four days, Sharpsburg, Au-
gust 6, four days. NicholasvilIe, Au-
gust 6; three days. Versailles, August
Il; three days. Columbia, August 20;
four days. Winchester, August 2l;
four days. shepherdsville, August 2l;
three days. London, August 81; three
days. Lexington. August 20; six days.
Bardstown, August %; five days, Bar
louisville, August 81; four DAYS.
Franklin, August IS; four days VII.
liamsburg September 3: four DAYS.
Bowling Green, September 4, four days
Louisville Trots, September 0; six days
Elizabethtown, September 10; four
days Horse Cave September II; five
days, Paducah, September "a; five
days; Greensboro, October /; five DAYS
The following pensions were grant
ed q few days since: Original Elbridge |
G. Evans, Nicholasville, Jessamine
county; Simon II. Lindsey, BROOKLYN,
Butler. lncrease-Samuel IL. Grisham. |
Covington. Reissue--Levi Florence. |
Centerville, Bourbon; Theodore Tooley, |
Meshack, Monroe, Simon Cartv, Ger.
Mason; Thomas W. Pratter.
bloomington, Magoffin; Marion Moore.
Christian: Andrew j
llaldridge, East Point, johnson; Tay-
Tor llobson, Bowling Green, Warren;
Charles Anderson, Mays Lick, Mason;
John Z. FortuBe, Catlettsburg, BOYD;
Patrick II. Shearer, Covington; Jesse
Fuller, salt Well, Nicholas; Vim. Cool,
Rowena, Russell Original Widows
tic, Reissue Lucrctia J Mundmay
mother Troy, Woodford.
JoHN BOYD and wife and three chill
iren arrived at Paducah from Bedford
md penniless and hungry. The chill
iren were crying for food when the
attention of an officer was directed TO
he family. The officer collected
'nough money to supply their i'm
Mediate wants and to purchase tickets
or Mayheld, where the man thought
ie could secure work.
Mrs JULIA SMITH, Of Scott county.
rought suit against her brother-in-
lw for $40, 600 for Shaping her Jaws
he accepted ten dollars and withdrew
he case.
TIE state will not be divided into
he Episcopal dioccses.
MAYsLIck viii organize cemetery
K $ COHEN, Of Hopkinsville, has
led suit against the town of Fredonia,
aldwell county, for $1,000 damages.
he plaintiff alleges that he was ar T
ested and tried for violating town
rdinance, when the ordinance was
OF valid
MORGAN BLACK shot and killed Geo.
Usher in Henderson county, the other 9
ay Black is In Jail at Henderson.
The drYhouse of the Hermitage dis. !
llery, South Frankfort, burned Loss L
1000 insured.
THERE are 4,Pl2 white children and
1873 colored children of school age in n
.arion county Grant county con. a
iins 1859 white children and BIS col. ),
red children of school age. u
IHohAs McELRATH, who killed his =
'usin in Marshall county, had his
md reduced from $1,000 to $500 and
as released from Jail, after giving -
ond for the latter amount II
CoUNTERFEITERs have been al work
Ohio county for several months
he other day they became more bold
IAN usual and about s25 was passed h