Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-09-09
KENTUCKY STATE NEWS.

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ccivcd iirSt-claSS certificate.
TuoMAs IEACu, of Horse Branch. a.
cidcnially put his hand into copper
head sual.c's mouth. lie VIII die.
TnH girl who committed auicidc in
the Victoria hotel at Chicago has been
identified as Anna NJ. EASTMAN. of
Louisville.
WV. DARBY. Il well known Kentucky
farmer. has certainly solved the
tobacco worm problem. lie has rugged
mp sprinkler. arranged in such a way
as Ia spray three rows of tobacco at
once The sprinkler is made to bc
drawn 10y two horses, and thus one row
is straddlcd. and together with row
on each side. il given "a drcnching of
Paris green. which is sure death tn
both worms and eggs. Ten acres can
be wnrmcd in a day. and in a much
more effective way than by hand Mr.
Darby has applied for patent on the
invention.
DR. JouN COLLINS, of RockhouSc, was
nom mated lay the republicans of Lctrh-
cr. Knott and Floyd counties for the
Legislature.
RUBY DANIELS. of Princeton. ran away
from home. She thereby forfeited "A
fortune al SIS 900 which her uncle had
willcd Ia her.
HENRY j. C"I.soN, nephew of Con
gresham ColSnn of Middlcsboro.rlnpcd
with Lizzie Poster. of Jolly Ridge, clud-
ing her parents. who objected
Two mothers left two babies in a
fence corner To starve near IiodCcn-
willie. They were rescued by kind
hearted woman and sent to the poor
house.
Mrs. NORA MILLS, aged Il, has
brought suit for divorce at Hopkins
vile, alleging that she was cocrced
into marriage by her relatives.
DANvIILE's population, according to
a city directory just issued. is 5,692
\ SCHEME is ON foot for the erection
of a roller Touring mill at Oak Level,
Marshall county.
DIR. J. II. GRADY, a prominent physi-
elan of Adair county. was tried the
other day for lunacy and committed to
the Anchorage asylum.
PATENTS issued to Ecntuckians the
othcrday: Louis I. Ilagan. Winchester
assignur 10y Mcsnc assignments To An
chor Supply Co., Evansville. Ind, avn.
ing; John Link. Newport, frost jacket
for fire plugs.
JonN I. BAsuAw, former representa-
tive from Henry county, has announced
himself a candidate for speaker of the
house
IN Marshall county the other day at
barbecue a general fight took place
Sheriff Joe Little. who was present,
arrested the rioters and then purchased
all the cider on the grounds and poured
it into Jonathan creek tn keep the
fighting crowd from getting any
drunken.
JOE BREwsAUGH, of Blanchet. died
the other day from injuries which are
supposed to have been caused by Il
fight. although he declared he was hurt
in falling off his horse. His skull was
fractured.
MANY applicants desiring eXamina-
tions in the revenue service of the Lex
ington district were refused entry
blanks because the clerk of the exam
lining board had failed to receive suf-
ficient number.
AT Richmond Thomas Stagner, a
prosperous farmer, aged ~. died sud
denly as he aimed To sit down in a
chair. lie missed the seat and expired
before he could he raised.
tIEZ LUNG, of IIarrodsburg, loaned
his prescription for some whisky to a
friend who wanted a drink. and he is
likely to be prosecuted by the temper
ance people.
Louis WOLFE inherited $1,000.
lie went on spree in Louis
vile and was robbed. Fortunately the
robbers also ''spreed" and were arrest
ed, the money being recovered.
A. 7. HERD. the Louisville politician
who disappeared with large amount
of money, has been seen at Phoenix.
Ariz lie was formerly secretary of
the republican campaign committee of
Kentucky.
The governor has restored tn citizen
ship a man who has not had this
right for - years. lie is Sam
Smith, who has been sent to
the pcnitentiary from Boyle county in
1870, and had been out of prison and a
good citizen for a number of years.
The governorrej ected a strong plea foI
pardon of Josh Duncan, sent from Pull,
aski county for manslaughter.
THE revenue receipts at Lawrence.
ourg for the month of August were
Sl0I. Ia. i3, an increase of over $40, 900 as
compared with August 1896. Stamp
Deputy Posey has retired, succeeded by
c. W. Petty.
THE grave of a Fleming county farm
or was opened and the body mutilatcd
by unknown ghouls.
JOHN JOHNSON, a noted desperate.
has been lodged in the Ellxton Jail
charged with the murder of John An
drews, of Trenton.
THE Waco Tiling and Brick factory,
of Richmond, has raised employees
wages ten per cent.
THE Lexington canning factory will
open after having been closed for II
months.
SEvENTY-FIvE years ago Pioneer
Burns stuck pole in the ground near
Richmond. Now giant sycamore tree
marks the spot.
JEREMIAH and George Bristow, of
jamestown, n. ", were swept over the
ohio river falls near Louisville after
floating 1,S00 miles in small skiff.
The life savers rescued them.
\ LARGE number of live hogs have
been found in cave near Harrods-
burg, from which they can not escape.
They subsist on crawfish in stream of
water flowing through the cave. How
they came there is not known.
THE drillers have commenced their
work on the new well on Catlett' s
creek, which will be down the contract
depth within 80 days. Gas from the test
well few hundred feet distant is be.
ing used to run the machinery.
Z. 5. BAsrIAN, an attendant Of The
Eastern Kentucky Insane asylum, died
of typhoid fever.
Col. JONATHAN L. EsTIII, one of the
best known farmers in Madison coun-
ty, assigned to Il. J. Smith. Assets
consist of 81, 400 worth of personal eff
fleets and 225 acres of land near Rich
mond. Liabilities about 81, 800. owing