The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-09-03
KENTUCKY STAfE

ed. for 81, 600 for false arrest. lie is q
penitentiary guard
RICHARD WALTERs blew Oft his broth
or Benjamins head by the accidental
discharge of shotgun while hunting
ON Black creek
TnE onyx fields of Hart and Green
counties arc attracting considerable at
tention and work has begun TO develop
and mine the rich beds.
Ray F. r. REDMos, Of the Christian
church. Of Lexington, has been ex-
pclled because he has remarked, after
serurlng a divorce from his lirst wife.
His second wife was a rich Colorado
widow
TnE Kentucky Grand Lodge Of
Masons, through their attorney. Judge
} 5. Smith, has sued for the sale Of
the abandoned Blue Springs Beneyo-
lent Lodge No. IS property so that the
proceeds may be divided among the
joint owners.
JEREMIAH and George Bristow, Of
Jamestown, n. ", were swept over the
Ohio river falls near Louisville after
floating l.sOO miles in a small skiff.
The life snvers rescued them.
A LARGE number Of live hogs have
been found in cave near Harrods-
burg. from which they can not escape.
They subsist on crawiish in stream Of
water flowing through the cave. How
they came there is not known
TIE drillcrs have commenced their
work on the new well on Catletts
creek, which will be down the contract
depth within 80 days. Gas from the test
well a few hundred feet distant is be-
ing used TO rum the machinery.
JoHS JOHNSON. a noted desperate,
has been lodged in the Ellkton Jail
charged with the murder Of John An
drews, Of Trenton.
TnE Waco Tiling and Brick factory.
of Richmond has raised employc
wages ten per cent
TnE Lexington canning factory will
open after having been closed for II
months.
TnE jury has acquitted S. d. and
Jack Turner OF the killing of Marion
Sebastian in June at Lancaster
MATILDA MULLINS. a beautiful daugh-
ter of Knott-county merchant, has
mysteriously disappeared. Foul play
is feared
SEvENrY-FlvE years ago Pioneer
Burns stuck a pole in the ground near
Richmond. Now giant sycamore tree
marks the spot
BusINEss nen at Paintsville have ali
they can do. and general sdvanc
movement IS looked for Cattle men
arc particularly busy.
FIvR daughters of John Cottrell. of
Georgetown, weigh together l,29s
pounds. The father weighs s25 and the
mother 250 pounds.
TliE house in which cx-Gov. r. NJ.
bishop. Of Ohio. was born at Ewing,
has been destroyed by fire
SOLOMON RATES, of RoclShouse, was
indicted by the court for placing pins
in the seats Of baptist church
Miss CEsrE Lucas, Of Lexington, has
announced her candidacy for state IL
brarian
BowIING GREEN has one-armed and
one-lcgged Negro boy bicycle rider lie
is an expert.
L. 5. BAsriAN. an attendant of the
Eastern Kentucky Insane asylum, died
Of typhoid fever
TmE Robins Glass & Queensware Co,
Paducah, filed decd of assignment in
the circuit court The assignee is
James A. Ruddy, the dry goods mer-
chant The firm has done an extensive
Wholesale business in the south and
west for several years. The assets are
estimated at $4,000 Liabilities are
much less, and the failure is due to dull
business.
DEE WALKER, colored, aged 2s years,
was shot and instantly killed by
Shote Render, Negro miner, at
Taylor mines, near Hartford. The
killing is said to have been unpro-
volScd
Col JONATHAN +. EsTlIL, one of the
best known farmers in Madison eoun-
ty, assigned to I. J. Smith. Assets
>nsist of 81 400 worth OF personal cf-
se.s Nd G9i acres of land near Rich
Utilities about $500. owing
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