Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-23

skull. Gillespie is in a dangerous CON
tion and may die. Clere was arrested.
The Ninth district democratic exec
ton To meet August IL Mt Maysvillc to
nominate a candidate Tor congress.
JosErH GILLIAN. shot at Bridgcville
about one month ago. died the other
night of blood poisoning. Andrew
Galbre ath was arrested for the shoot
ing.
A HEAVY rain and wind storm did
great damage to Kentucky crops
recently. Corn, wheat and oats were
washed away in several counties.
At Eeattyville trees and houses
were blown down, and the Rich
mond, Irvine and Beattyville rail
road rendered impossible BY the debris
from swollen streams Tn house Of
Mrs Sallic Sizcmorc ut Bcattyville was
struck by lightning, and she and her
fonr children were badly injured, the
oldest girl, it is believed, fatally.
The Watts blast furnace, Middles-
boro, which closed down a few days
ago. will probably resume operations
in 80 days. The fires have been banked
for that period.
TmE father of Robert Laughlin's girl
victim attempted to attack the murder
or in the court room at Rockville.
IloN. JOmN 5. RHEA opened his cam
paign for congress a few days ago at
Russcllville.
RUFUS GUTHRIE, the ten-ycar-old son
of Francis Guthrie, of Bellcpoint, was
drowned the other afternoon lie was
fishing from the outer edge of the
RATS about half mile above the lock.
In attempting To- return to the shore
he stepped on a loose log and was
thrown into the water. Vie ar.', cur
rent Immediately earl r.u Iu,.r.
the logs. where al',r..t- 90. ,ue
were useless. His boz . .yIn@ drag
gcd for, although il Will probably be
two or three days before it is found.
MIR JonN W. MATHEWS. for % years
cashier of the New Castle bank. died a
few days ago after a ten days illness
of dyscntcry. lie was a brother of DIR.
J. NJ. Matthews. of Louisville, and
leaves widow and ten children. Mr..
Matthews belonged To one of the most
prominent families of the state, being
IA son of Judge c. NJ Matthews, broth
cr-in-law of Judge w. s Pryor, and
was related to other prominent fami-
lies.
THE street lighting controversy,
which has been on at Lexington for so
long. was settled few days ago by the
city council awarding the contract to
the Central Electric Light Co, of Lex
ingtOn, that company having been tho
lowest bidder.
THE governor pardoned Ulysses
Hicks, of Mayfeld, who had been con-
victed and given SIS fine and ten days
in prison for carrying concealed deadly
weapons.
The farmers of Warren county and
vicinity are delighted with the outlook
for their crops this year. They all re-
port them the largest raised there in
many years. The fruit crop is also bet
ter than it has been for several years
past, especially peaches.
RoEEi:r LAUGHIIN, on trial at Brook
Vile for several days for the murder of
his wife and niece, was found guilty.
The jury were out but a few minutes.
The jury fixed his punishment at
death.
CHARLIE lIIBBs committed suicide at
St Charles the other morning by hang
ing. He WAS SIS years old and leaves n
wife and several children.
TIE large dam built across Red river
by the Kentucky Union Railway Co.,
near jackson, for the purpose of pro
vidiug boating place FOR pleasure
seekers who visited Natural bridge was
swept away by the recent high waters,
cntailing a heavy loss upon the COM
pany. ID is probable the structure will
never ne rebuilt.
Ed. TwYMAN was tried i'm the Met
calf circuit court for numbering an old
/ Negro man in 1894. and was acquitted.
/ At the former trial he was convicted
and given 81 years in the penitentiary.
AT Lexington the jury in the case of
Marshal Collins, colored, charged with
the murder of his wife, Tenny Collins,
on the night of April /, failed to agree
and were discharged. Nine were for
hanging and three for life imprisOn-
ment.
DR.. j. II. You've, grand senator of
/ the Kentucky knights of the Essenie
order, has filed suit against Supreme
Ruler Weatherby and other supreme
officers to enjoin them from suspending
the charter of the Kentucky grand
senate.
EX-C0UNTY JUDGE l.. NJ. HAzELIP and
ex-Sheriff c. NJ Webb engaged in a
fight during the session of the quar-
terly court ut Brownsville. Webb had
sued Elazelip, and the difficulty was the
result of allegations in the petition.
Both were considerably bruised before
they could be separated.
THREE inches of rain fell in the up
per portion of Garrard county the
other afternoon, doing great damage
to crops.
PADUCAH has organized the first
Bryan club in the state. One hundred
and fifty names have been enrolled,
and arrangements are being made for
n ratification meeting.
Il. q. DAVIS, a well-known farmer OF
Danyille, is dead, aged s. years, leav
ing widow, but no children.
Two years ago the county of Fayette
bought two bloOdhounds for S1OO each,
and the cost of their keeping since that
time has amounted to 81, 900. The other
day Squire Rice, by order of the fiscal
court, sold them at public auction.
The youngest one was sold TO Squire
Grow for SIS, and the older one to Joe
Downing for IS 25
A HERD of Dakota horses. the prop
erty of the Middlesboro Horse Co, was
struck by Il north-bound train neal
Ely's station.
The state board of sinking fund com
missioners closed contract with the
MasOn-FOard Co, of Frankfort, for the
lease of 400 convicts, hitherto idle, and
now to be employed in shoe. and
broom factory. This is to be in lieu OF
the company's contract at Eddyville'
| recently abrogated. Under the 5ew
management the commissioners think
the peniteutiary will be made self-sus
tanning, an exception to the rule of the