Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-17
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

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had been sentenced to six months i'm
prisonment In the county Jail by a jus.
tice of the peace for breaking jail while |
confined oil ariother charge.
AUDITOR STONE is aIIost to- stir up
some of the sheriffs of the state who |
have not been complying with the law, !
which requires them to report each
month the amount in their hands at
the end of each Tlopth. Some of the |
shcriiTs have complied with the law,
but others have overlooked or ignored
it, and the auditor will send out re-
mindcr in a few days.
Tnn huffman Touring mill, situated
near IIop1insvilie. aud one of the
largest establishments of its kind in
southern Kentucky, was closed by
Sheriff Davis the other afternoon on a
writ of attachment sworn out by the
Bank of Ilopllinsville. The amount
CLAIM ed by the bank is s., 400, secured
by promissory note.
EX-Gov. JomN YoUNd BROWNS Grip
pied leg gave way the other day rs he
was standing on a crosstie arranged
for n scat at the Fourth avenue cross
ing pf the southern railroad in Louis
Vile lie fell heavily and broke his
leg, his arm and his collar bone. While
his injuries are serious, they are not
considered dangerous.
THE following patents have been Is
sued to Kcntuclians: VIM. i. Free
man, Auburn, pipe wrench; Henry
Iliggin, Newport, curtain fastener for
carriages; Henry c. IIoltzhcimcr, as
signcr onc-half to H. Thompson, NJ. V.
Shivcl. J. Il. Eincr and J. NJ. Threl-
kcld, North Pleasurevillc, trace eyelet;
Frederick ID. Miller, Newport, assign
err to Miller, nuIIrul & Peters Manu-
featuring c., Cincinnati, q, and New
York, n. Y, cigar-bunch machine;
John Murphy, Covington, extcnsible
carriage seat; Adelaide V. Parker, Pc
tcrsburg, dust pan.
The Henderson street railway will
have to remove their tracks, which are
laid directly over the gas mains
Mayor Norsham notified the company
To begin work at once.
JosEPH BRosMoRE, of COvingtOn, is
the owner of n wonderful sheep. The
animal is IS months old, has five legs
and six feet and is lively. The left
side contains two shoulder bones in
full growth. while on the other side
there is no sign OF such bone, but in
stead there are two legs. On the end
of the fifth leg it has two feet.
FRANK SMITH and Joe Sheer, of Lou
isvillc, and Frank Bcvin, of Lee cOun-
ty, all convicts in the Frankfort pcni-
tertiary, made their escape by scaling
the walls the other night. They were
employed as cooks and consequently
were not compelled to go to their cells
at very carly hour. The other night
they were unusually late in reporting
to- the dollhouse. A search was made
and two long pieces of scantling stand
ing against the wall told the tale
| They had scaled the walls in this man
ner and had been gone fully so minutes
before discovered. Sheer and BeviI
were thrce-year men, in for house.
breaking, and Smith was in for five
years for grand larceny.
In the circuit court at Richmond, the
other morning Leonard Carrot was fin
ed 81 ,O35 for selling whisky within
the limits of Bcrca, prohibition town
near Richmond. There were IS cases
against him.
| The commissioners of the Kentucky
school for the deaf have accepted the
resignation of Superintendent J. f.
| RAY, To take effect in De-
tobcr, and elected Prof. Gus
Rogers, Of the faculty. to succeed
him Ray will take charge of the
school for the deaf and dumb at Ra-
leigh, n. G.
A BATTLING disease, which has been
termed black tongue for lack of a
professional diagnosis, has appeared in
the farther end of Boyd county, in the
East Fork and Bear creek country.
The tongues of the victims, always
children, turn black after swelling
terribly, and death usually follows from
sutfocation.
PENSIONS have been granted the fol-
lowing Kcntuckians: Original-Henry
Smith, Lexington, Fayette; James ).
Fuller, Paris, bourbon. Increase
John l.. Crecch, Travellers Rest, Ows-
ley. Ecissuc-Jerry Marlin, Halves
vile, Hancock. Original widows, etc.
Martha Childcrs. Louisville, Jeffer-
son; Especial, August 27) Christina Fal-
ter, Louisville, jefferson. Reissue
Martha J. Austin, lIilisdale, Simpson.
Two postmasters were appointed in
Kentucky the other day: J. III. We'd
dington, Little Sandy, Elliott county,
vice Little Wellington, deceased, and
Mrs. NJ. 5. Valiug, Sulphur, Henry
county, vice J. A. Valing, deceased.
AT Springfield the other night the
large bacco warehouse of T.. w. Me-
Laughlin was destroyed by fire.
About 60, 600 pounds of tobacco was in
the building and this also was de-
stroyed. The tobacco was insured for
$1,000. The building was the property
of w. ii. Leechman, who is connected
with the firm of Crutcher 4 Starks,
Louisville. The loss on the warehouse
will be fully covered by insurance.
The fire was inc, n liary and is thought
to have been the Outcome of the agita-
ton of the free turnpike question in
Washington county.
WHILE mining coal at the Chlee
mines, near Pikeville, the mouth of the
mine caved in and two miners, George
Thocllcr and Andrew Chains, came
near losing their lives. A farmer pass
ing alonG discovered that the mine had
caved in and FASTENED to PikcvIl c fol-
assistance. Soon men were on the
ground, and after working hard foT
ten hours, succeeded in gaining an en-
trance to the mine. The miners were
found in an exhausted condition They
were carried out aud physicians sue
ccedcd in arousing them
THERE have been but three judicial
hangings in Todd county and all oi
them were Negroes.
A. J. WILSON, cX-shcrih of Lawrence
county, was caught by saw in hi:
saw mill near Louisa, and horribly
mangled.
LINNEY LIFTS, a prominent Boyle
county farmer, became suddenly and
violently insane while attending court
at HIarrodsburg.
ACTING Gov. WORTHINGToN granted
pardon few days ago to John Muir
ply, of Lincoln county, who was sent
up for malicious shooting and wound
ing. He declined to pardon Talbert
Davis, of Pulaski, sent up for man
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