The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-28

". J. Marshall, chas. Lambert and
seorge Farley.
Another convention was held mi
the City Hall last Monday night and
he Citizens Ticket was nominated.
Following are the names composing
this ticket: For Mayor, DR.. j. +.
York, Recorder, d J Durney; Council
men. w. W. Breeze. VIM Galloway, |
h G. Holt, C. P. Iehle and G. F.
smith.
The last named ticket compose the
present city officials.
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At convention in Matewan the
Halter part IL last week the following
leket which will have no OPPOSE
on was named: For Mayor, Hawk
Bishop: fa Rec rider, Remne Hos
Ains. for Couacllmen, Dr. Burgess, r..
! w Buskirk. NJ G Alley, j. A. Will
Jams, S. T. Lambert.
~
On Thursday afternoon the front
If the building erected for :.
williamson on the site - the old
Palace Hotel. Williamson, collapsed
; and considerable damage was done
IL
Al the time Of the collapse sever
; al workmen were on top of the
building which was ready for the
oof. but fortunately none OF them
were injured. The slipping and
breaking of the timbers warned them
: in time for them to make their es-
, cape
On last Saturday, at Buffalo, Dep
uty Sheriff Geo. Stepp shot and
killed Dave Pack while attempting
I to arrest him. From all the testi-
! mony offered at the examining trial
and from the statement OF Stepp,
!. this seems to be one Of the unfor-
a tunate occurrences when man loses
i his life being partly at fault himself
/ and when it was not the intention
6 of the man who fired the snot to
4 take a life
y According TO the report, on last
e Saturday Dave Tack and ms compan-
e ion. Drew Sellards, purchased three
g quarts OF WHISKY from a saloon al
5 Buffalo and became intoxicated. Go
/ ing onto the railroad track the!
p pulled their revolvers and began
shooung.
Previous to the shooting which re
suited in Pack losing his life. II Il
= said 10, complaint had been made
/, 10 Stepp that some camps near But
falo had been fired into, supposedly
y by Pack and Sellards, and that n'
q was asked to arrest the parties,
q According to the evidence given IL
2 the examining trial, Stepp did no
!, attempt to arrest the two men un
!. III they began firing their revolver
II on the railroad track,
10 pack was railroad foreman an
% said to have been considered goo
man and his actions on this occa
10 ison Is believed to have been cauf
~ ed hy excessive use OF whisky. II
= was a native of Wayne c UNITY an
has number of relatives there
nv George Stepp is well klo1'a in Nil
~ 90 cointy. being Il son Ut Tom Step
- deceased. and has lot heretofore ha
6e l ouble OF a serious nature He
ne Of quiet disposition and is regar'
of ed as a good citizen.
eh ~
U. S. BuskirlS, ]. Cary Anderson,
ky r Shrewsbury, w. P. Neekamp al
lex hers have incorporated the Log
ne r. atty Co, with so 600 capital stoC
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NJ Osbo-a and associates
Cleveland, Ohio, are organizing I
ult wyoming ocahontas Coal and Co
nee Co, for the purpose of taking ov
IN about $1,000 acres Of coal lands
ing Raleigh and Wyoming counties,
au- va. This property has already be
the acquired, and it is the purpose
the new company to thoroughly L
ere it as to the different measures
vs., coal. If results warrant, it will
bed developed either directly or by lea
ny or by lease to other operators, }
ore work will probably not be under W
for some time.
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