Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-09
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

burglar whom he found ransacking his
house. The Negro drew a knife and
cut Mr.. Gilbert twice on the hand, but
was finally put to flight, Gilbert at
lacking him with a poker. The thief
got $3.50, which was not found though
he was arrested aud is in Jail. Tie adj
mits getting the money, but says he
lost it as he ran.
THE two-year-old child of Mrs. Kittie
Able was burned to death near Ray
mond by its clothes catching fire from
q CRATE.
HERMAN FIcKE, one of changers
oldest residents, is dead. Tie was 81.
Mrs. MARY CAROLINE CONWAY celc-
brated her osth birthday at Carrollton.
She is quite active, and reads without
glasses.
THE sinking fund made several APP
pointments the other day, as follows:
Prison Guards-James Cash, of Mt.
Sterling; X. q. Newman, of Louisville;
Frank Egbert, of Frankfort; George
Staples, of Adair county; T. +. How
lin, of Adair county; A. w. Brewer and
+. h. Wallace, of Woodford county,
and s. II. Edwards.
THE list Of fatalities from the cloud
burst aud the consequent floods in
Owsley and Clay counties the other day
is growing. At least IL persons are
now known to have persisted and sew
eral more are missing. Besides the
awful loss of life, the latest reports
from the counties show that the dam
age to property is much greater than at
first supposed. Following the cloudburst
heavy rains fell for several hours. As
q result mountain streams became rush
ing rivers and harmless creeks swelled
to destructive proportions. In many OF
the valleys the floods were the greatest
known in years II is here that the
awful loss of life and the great damage
to property is reported. Even yet, ow-
ing to the location of the these coun-
ties, reports are somewhat meager.
News was received, however, from Buf.
falo creek in Owsley county, which
gives particulars of the drowning OF
nine people in that crooked stream.
The dead are as follows: Miss Mary
Garrett, George Gepson's wife and
Burns and two others whose names
could not he learned. The storm pass
cd from Sexton creek across the South
Fork of the Kentucky river to Buffalo
creek. The valley is very narrow and
the water rose SD rapidly that the peo-
pie could not get out of their homes
An umbrella peddlar. whose name is
unknown, was found by n farmer in a
straw stack near Paris in an insensiblG
condition and brought to town and
placed in Jail. During the night he
died. There were no papers on his
person, and the only distinguishing
feature was the Saviour on the cross
tatooed ON his left arm. The man was
about six feet high and weighed about
two hundred pounds.
Lacy CLARK, of Newport, has gone tc
South America to reside.
MIR. AND Mrs. J. c. IRWIN, of Hope
well, celebrated their golden wedding
SOME kind of a varmint is terrifying
the people in Frankfort suburb. II
has killed one dog and wounded several
others. 1t is supposed to be a lynx oil
a wild cat. The women and children
are badly frightened.
ABOUT a year ago Miss Annie Tate
IL, of Lexington, eloped with and mar
ried Maurice Faddis, a Jessaminc coun
ty young man. The father of the girl
separated the couple and procured a
divorce for his daughter. Now they
have eloped and married a second time,
| GEORGE r. BURGESS, of Burgess sta.
ton, is one of the oldest men in BOYD
county, being over eighty-four years
and IL he lives until next August he
will celebrate his sixtieth wedding an
niversary. lie is now the oldest living
ex-representative his county ever had
and besides being a most successful
farmer has, for many years, filled the
office of justice of the peace.
JUDGE ID. b. GARRISON, who lived in
Mt. Sterling for many years, has en-
tered the ministry, and now has charge
of a church at Colfax, WASH, where he
is doing good work.
WILL Gardner was held to answer
under $500 bond at Benton for alleged
horsestealing.
A POST OFFICE has been established
at Malone. Morgan county.
| COL L. T. FISHER, merchant and
farmer, of Taylor county, made an as.
Segment.
SAMUEL DUvALL was acquitted al
Elkton of the charge Of killing Louis
Butler. ut Allegree, last summer.
Ross DICKINSON, a young farmer OF
Trenton, died from the effects of an
overdose of morphine taken by mis-.
take.
GERTIE, the seven-year-old daughter
of s. l.. Aaron, of Bowling Green, was
burned to death by her dress catching
fire from a cooking stove.
At mouth of Mud, Floyd county,
Walter Adkins was killed by a mule
crushing him against n wall.
JAKE GLAZER, a jacksonville saloon
keeper, made an assignment.
MINERS in the Deanfield coal mines
are threatening strike unless their
wages are raised.
DENNIS Brown, of Lancaster, is II,
years old.
NEAR Cave City John Duke killed a
blue crane which measured six feet
from tip to tip and five feet six inches
to end of bill.
FoURTH-CLAss postmasters were com.
missioncd for Kentucky, the other day;
Clover Bottom, jackson county, J. w.
Abrams; Kelsey, Caldwell county, W.
Z. Cox; Mackoy, Greenup county, NJ Z.
Mackoy; Napoleon, Gallatin county
Artilla Furnish; Utzinger, Boone coun,
ty, w. ID. Crapper: Waterford, Spencer
county, Collie Williams.
Col. A. II. ROLLINS, of Fairfield, says
that his uncle once raised a gourd that
held one bushel and three pecls OF
wheat.
The Sunday-school Of the Second
Presbyterian church at Lexington has
celebrated the seventy-frst anniversary
of its organizations:
WILLIAM MoRELoCK, colored, died in
the station house at bowling Green.
He had been arrested for vagrancy. He
claimed to be a resident of Rogersville,
Tenn.
WILLIE BARRAs was probably fatally
hurt in the Taylor mines, near Beaver
Dam. He was found unconscious and
IL is not known in what manner he was