The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-06-14
ITEMS OF
INTEREST.

Gee Smelling and some others chop
ped down a tree on White Oak last
week and found in the hollow a dead
squirrel around which the bees had
stored their honey The intruding
squirrel had evidently been stung 10
death by the bees and they were not
able ~ get him out OF the beehive
.oninesyille Outlook
Frankfort, Ky, June Governor
Eockham to-day appointed James s
Morris Of Frankfort as special Judge
.of the Wolfe Circuit Court to try
Walter X bay 10 merly Republican
State Treasurer, for obtaining money
under false p.etenses. he having been
Indicted IN that county as well as
10 hfeathitL
While AT the Danyille courthouse.
iu conference with friends County
Judge r $ Nichols Of Boyle coun-
tN tell dead Friday night For
quarter Of century he had been
the leader OF the Democrats OF his
county His sudden end caused
gfcul shock
rs a majority VI 2eg the citizens OF
Bowling Green voted ia favor OF
Prohibition the drys carrying ey-
efN precinct hnt one The women
ai The cts took an active part IN
The election being present at every
polling place Ten arrests were made
eu wa rants charging bribery or In
inhalation but bail was furnished
promptly
camnon x Iuae Peter strick-
li1 who last SATURDAY shot and Kill
"a STAT Sloan his brothcr-in-law. al
lru CITY TIL county. was this MORN
ing acquitted in am examining trial
before Counts fudge Center. the
nrunl showing that Sloan was under
fle influence OF whisky and had
GONE "a The home Of St-icaliu and
sag attempting 10 Bin hin
Georgetown Ky June Little
Willie Penn the three-year-old son
.uf ~ S Paap q carpenter. az noon
iD.fr took ruuitcl strychnia tab
lets hy accident. dying within a few
minutes Ills father kept a bottle
rs the tablets on q shelf agt of
roach aud used them for nervousness
Th son evidently climbed up. and
Using The sugar-coateG stuff. near
Us eugtlel fhe bottle down his
throat
Cyuth.aua. Ky June g. 4 reunion
~ 90, members OF Cart Shawhan :
Company. who saw service in the
Mexican War. was held IN this city
tines first starred for the battlefield
uuig seven out Of a company Of nine
weight ara living All seven were
|HreseHt 4 banquet was given them
/ u th, Commercial Hotel The fol-
. lowing answered the roll cali
~ S ChDsucy. 81 Louis. No
Joseph Walter Of alabama David
kuss SIT Olivet Ky James Warford
. NAHltrsburg. George G!yeus. Wesley
smith Thomas Miller Harrison coun-
~
rNeuty-oue lives were lost when a
cluHdhursf struck the little town Of
/ GiadyyiIie in Adair county. Friday
and Il may be that more bodies will
de found IN the wreckage OF the
houses swept away A wall Of wat.
en- swept down the narrow banks Of
IA small creek and overwhelmed those
houses which we're built close 90 the
stream In the path of the cloud
burst fences were washed away ana
growing crops torn up fields being
lefi entirely bare State Senator Nell
wa- ihe only one OF his family 10
escape death. his wife and five chill
drpu being drowned or killed Mon
da, was q day OF funerals and the
Supply OF collins had 10 De renewed
before an the dead could be buried
The forest service has recently pub.
lished series Of forest planting leaf
lets dealing with a number Of trees
that are adaptable TO cultivation in
Kentucky and other States OF the
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys Among
1.-THE trees dealt with are the yellow
poplar. Usage orange, black walnut
coffee tree. white willow, box elder
white ash. ha dy caialpa. black
cherry. sugar maple and green ash
Several OF these. notably the black
i walnut and others. the forest service
leNpcrts say. thrive best OF all in
Kentucky and the more No thern
Ohio Valley states The leaflets de-
scribe the locations that are best
methods OF pllnting and cultivatlng
the econumic value OF different trees
and other points Of interest to per
som Intending 10 undertake forest
cultivation To- immediate profit or
for the benefit Of posterity The
service is aing 10 arouse interest
generally In the subject OF reforest-
ctiug our country and It is meeting
with considerable success.
Frankfort Ky. June 8 Lee
Holder aged Il. who has been un.
der trial at Union City. Madison Co
foy the murder OF his father. near
lere several months ago, and whc
was found guilty, was today sentenc-
ed by Judge Jones to be hanged JULY
II lie is the youngest man ever
sentenced to death in this section
While his iathV' was returning home
from lodge meeting in town, younl
Holder crept up behind him and shot
him In the back with a shotgun AZ
the old man lay dying at his feet
begginr for mercy. the Holder hoy