Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-05-28

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for the Office of commander-in-chief.
TnE new republican committee of
Montgomery county met at Mt. Stcr-
ling and elected G. II. Duty chairman;
Watt NJ Gay, secretary, and John c.
| Wood, treasurer.
TIE sound money democrats of Mad
ison county are perfccting a thorough
| organization i'm every precinct.
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INsTEUC-
TIoN DAVIDSON says that thousands of
school teachers in the state will receive
the last payment of ten per cent. due
them on July I. This money will come
out of the apportionment for the next
/ fiscal year.
IL the circuit court at Lexington the
I Belt Electric Line Co was made de-
| PENDANT in suit for $40. 600 damages.
The plaintiff is \. C.. Joseph, an Ara
l biau, whose little child, Maggie, was
run over and killed by an electric ear
January 80.
/ Al Henderson, while influenced by a
religious monomnnia, Sarah Marsh cut
the throat of her cight-months-old
| baby. avowing that a message from
| tod had directed her to dose a large
/ butcher knife was used. the head of
/ the infant being almost severed from
| it's body. The demented woman then
underworld to kill an older child, but
was diSarmed by her husband
| THE race mare Go Tambien was ae-
cidentalIy killed at the McGrathiana
/ farm near Lexington.
| @. j. BURNETT has been held to an
swer at jackson in 81, 900 bond for kill
/ ing ID. :. Davis recently.
| IN the circuit court at Columbia a
/ jury is being selected To try James
/ Crockett for the murder of Dan Kidd
/ i'm July, 1895
/ THE bids for completing the public
building at Richmond. were opened the
other day. The lowest bid was SIS, 900,
from Louisville firm.
FIVE Negroes have been arrested at
| Franklin, charged with starting the
| fire that recently destroyed business
/ property in that place worth $50, 900.
/ The kentucky Homeopathic Medical
| society has elected !. 4. Bryan, Shell
| byvillc, president; w. 4. Reilly, Gov
. =
| Frankfort, secretary; j. W. Kirch-
baum, Somerset, treasurer.
| Ar Bowling Green Emmett Felts. while
riding on an electric car. was struck
on the head by a trolley wire post and
badly mangled. lie will probably die.
| ILLINOIS and Tennessee capitalists
will build grain elevator at Paducah.
1t will have capacity of 100, 900 bush
/ els.
Miss MARY RUsGLEs, of Lewis coun-
/ ty, is b years of age, measures four
feet ten inches in height and weighs
| only - pounds.
! Mis-. DICIE FILEECK, of Rocky Point,
Marshall county, has a quilt with IS,
62O pieces in it.
n MADIsoNvuLE genius has swung an
electric are light over his garden, and
works his vegetables at night.
| JAMES SHUTTLEwoRTH, an old citizen
of Crittenden county, died suddenly at
/ Repton.
/ WORK was commenced recently
sinking an oil well on Clear creek. The
place selected is the property of the
Log Mountain Co, just above their
| Bear Creek camel coal mines, and is
/ said to have all the exterior indications
of good oil field. Experts from Pitts
burgh are there in charge, and the
work will progress at the rate of about
one hundred feet per day. IL is the in.
tention to sink the well about two
thousand feet, or until oil is found in
paying quantities.
W. II. ALIrN, of Gainesville, Garrard
county, has been offered by-a gentle
man representing a syndicate of oil
spectators 500 for the privilege of
sinking an experimental well on his
place. lie has accepted the offer, and
in short time, ii is said, the men will
be on the ground To sink the well.
JONI O'ERYAN died of apoplexy at
his home at Jett's station, near Frank
fort, aged 81 years. His remains were
taken to Louisville for interment.
Dr. L. ID. ROBINSON, colored, was ar
rested at Lexington ON a charge of not
reporting a case of diphthcria. Tbs
child having diphthcria died and re-
manned unburied for two days before
the authorities were notified.
! \ DOUBLE wedding took place al Pou.
near Hopkinsvillc, the contracting par
ties being John LIGHTHOUSE and Miss Mat
tie Cooper, and James Jones and Miss
am. the oldest minister in southern Ken
lucky, officiatcd.
ABOUT three hundred and eleven en-
gines were handled in the yards at Cor
bin during the month of May. During
the same time there were as cars re-
paired in the shops at that place.
The citizens of Morgan county held
an enthusiastic meeting at West Lib
erty in the interest of the kentucky
Northern railroad and subscribed S14,-
900 to pay for right of way. 1t is be-
lieved the road will be built and cars
running over it within twelve months.
J. W. WILLIAMS, aged "a years, a
very prominent and wealthy tobacco
dealer and farmer, died at his home
near Elizavillc.
The new $4,000 NJ. +. church at
| Millersburg was dedicated the other
day and money all subscribed or Sc
cured to pay for it. Rev. W. I. Bowl
ing delivered the dedication sermon.
JUICE PARSER decided IN favor of
the city of Lexington in the ease of b.
Il. Wilson. etc, VS.. the City OF Lexing-
ton. that the ordinance requiring livery
stable keepers tn pay a license of $40
and an additional license on each
vehicle kept for hire. and directing a
tag to be placed on each vehicle to in
iicate the payment of license is consti-
tutional. Livery stable men will prob
! ably appeal the case.