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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
RabId pou and a WelI.p rected Shot.

AUGUSTA, GA, Feb IA terrible scene
was witnessed at the corner of Reynolds
and Forsythe streets last evening, when a
huge bulldog grasped boy named Jimmy
Gallagher Catching the boy up in his
mouth the dog shook him like a rat as he
ran down the street. Crowds CO lected,
which maddened the animal A shotgun
was brought into play, when the dog drop
ped the lacerated child and dashed into the
crowd, biting left and right. Another shot
blew the dogs brains out. The child can
not live I
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
Family Of EIqht Frozen to Death.

LINCOLN, NEB, Feb. 4.-Advices from
Geneva state that the bodies of man,
woman and six children we're found frozen
stiff on the prairie, near Oberlin, Kas.,
yesterday. They are supposed TO be man
named Lennon and his family, who started
in an emigrant wagon for Oberlin just be-
fore the recent blizzard, and have not been
heard from since. A brother OF Lennon
q. fha. hndlas
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
The Orlu \ Of the Console nee Fund.

WAsHINoroS, Feb. 4.-There was laid be-
fore the Senate to-day letter from the Sec
retary OF the Treasury in reply to a recent
resolution of the Senate relating to the
conscience fund. The conscience fund,
the Secretary says, had its origin in the
popular belief that the donations of money
received from persons unknown were be-
cause OF money wrongfully withheld from
the Government. The first item TO the
credit OF the fund was made in lS42, and
the fund now amounts to $22O.OO
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
BURNED IN THEIR BEDS.


Ruins OF Their House.
McGHEaoH hf, Feb. 5.-Albert Cooley,
n farmer resitfiAg three miles from here,
with his entire family, consisting OF his
wife, two boys aud one little girl, were all
burned to death In their house last night.
Nothing definite is known OF tho horrible
affair, except that the children had been
sick and the parents had been up with
them during the night, About morning
Cooley took soine Goals from the stove,
placed them in n shed adjoining tho house
and then retired. The shed took fire and
finally burned the house and family. The
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
miscellaneous Items

CovTNGToN wants good water supply,
independent of that furnished by Newport.
The State Senate has passed the bill pro-
hibiting the sale of certain deadly weapons
in this State. In provides that any person
who shall hereafter sell pistol, bowie
knife, dirk-knife, brass-knucks or slung
shot, shall, on conviction, be fined not less
than S25 nor more than 500, or imprison
ment from ten to thirty days, or both fined
and imprisoned, in the jury's discretion.
DAVE OSWALD, of Louisville, mourns the
loss of Lilly, an imported Russian mastiff
bitch, Lilly was valu d at $3.50, The ami
NAL was but SIX months old and weighed
400 pounds. She was four feet in height
and measured nearly six feet from tip TO
tip. The remarkable size and beauty Of
the beast was such that she attracted great
attention.
NEIsoN HENDRICKS, a negro living two
miles from London, beat his wife and drove
her from home the other night. She was
found dead in the snow near his house next
morning.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
FERGUSON & CONLEY, Publishers.
TaE COMM oNwEALrH.
LouI.,llle Leaf Tobacco MarLe,.

LouIsNIIIe I1tAI IODHcco HarHet'
The preponderance of green tobacco in
dark and heavy offerings continues re-
markably great. Largo receipts are ex-
pected TO CONT ne. Weather conditions
have furnished surfeits OF handling condi-
tions, but latterly wagon roads are said to
be ina state to deter shipments to some
extent We quote 1885 tobaccos as follows
for full weights and sound PACKAGES
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
Greece.

ATHENS, Feb. 7.-Greece has informed
the Porte that she has no intention Of at
tacking Turkey. N
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-02-11
Forty peqrees Below Zero.

wATERrowN, N. Y. Feb. 5.-The mercury
was 40e below zero here this morning
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
BUFFALO SLAUGHTER.
Pile of Skulls and Bones Thirty Feet
High and Three Hundred Long.

Those Of Your readers who have never
crossed the Mississippi river in quest OF
large game would do we'll to hasten II
they expect to find any thing left for them
to shoot. Fifteen years ago l made my
first Far Western trip. Then the butfa!oCs
and antclopes were in such numbers that
the passengers on the railroad to Denver
slaughtered them from the car windows.
The train was not infrequently delayed
While the hOVines were crossing the
tracks. and the plainsmen thought
autriopcs too easy prey, by reason of their
tamcuess.t to bother with them. To-day there
is probably not one wild buffalo remain
ing. Think of it. OF the countless thou
sands that few years ago roamCd our
Western prairiCs there is to-day not one
existent The hunter who gets seventy
five cents for dollar and half skin; tho
coroncted foreigner and the bloOdthlrsty
native have done their Work-nothing but
piles of bones remain.
Your readers can form some cOncep-
ton Of how vllainous the cruel slaughter
has been when they learn, as | lately did,
that from one station alone (MinneWau-
kon, on the Northern Pacific Railroad) tho
shipment of buffalo bones gathered from
the prairies and sold for fertilizers aver
carloads daily This represents the cnor-
nous, almost incredible number Of nearly
100000 of these noble animals, from one
locality only, sacrificed to mans brutal
greed.
u send YOU photograph Of not I'M
common sight at any of the stations ON the
newly opened roads. The pile of buffalo
bones, us | saw it a fortnight ago, was
about thirty feet high and three hundred
long. There is IA terrible lesson i'll it to my
mind, though it comes too late
''The last buffalo in Dakota was killed IN
July. 1885, and his head adorns one Of the
buildings of the railroad at jamestown.
There is something pathetic to me in that
head and its place of deposit. 1t is like
the trophy which the savage warrior
hangs to his tent-pole, or the scalp on the
Indians girdlc."
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
SHARP HORSE TRADING.
How . Michigan Granger spent elSo to
Learn How to Mark . Colt
fnetro{t Tryhunn

kDelfOt IrlDunc.l
Half dozen farmers were "talking
shop" at a hotel not far from the market.
Among other subjects of rural interest
that Of horse-thieves was introduced.
Said one Of them:
Il learned good scheme by mighty dear
experience, which think was worth the
price. About six months ago young fel-
low drove up to my gate with as likely
bay colt as you'd see in a month, hltched
to a light spring wagon. He got out, and,
walking over to me, asked the way TO the
nearest blacksmith-shop told him it was
five miles aud by the time he got there the
shop would be closed You'll see, as | 60
on. how nicely bit. Well. he SAID he was
a barbcd -wire-fence man and he'd bought
a colt which he was afraid was too young
to stand the long drives he had TO take
Any way, she'd cast a shoe, an he'd got 10
make Pontiac that night, SO he'd trade Tor
NV watch-cycd chestnut that was IN the
barnyard and thirty-fve dollars to boot
insight an unseen.
My boss was a good locker, an his ask
ing such a boot fooled me completely. We
stood there dickcrin for half an hour, an
finally come down to fifteen dollars boot
an ! took him up. We made the swap an
he drove away.
Il kept the colt for ten days, just lickin'
my chops over the bargain I'D made, when
one day up drives two men, with big bay
team They got out an came in, an one
of EN- said:
MY names -: live up in Lapcer
County This man IS the sheriff. We've
como down lookin' for II bay colt four
years past, fifteen an an inch, white star
in forehead, clean gated and high headed ;
81. Co., . anlrG
understand that you've bought such a
colt"
with that he gave me dodgcr, describ-
ing the colt to a hair.
We'll, gentlemen says |, 4 have
bought IA colt that fits that, an if you can
convince me she's your'n, you can have
her, for I'm a square man.
Then the man that done the tallin' be
fore spoke up an says:
IF that colt amt got thrce-cent piece
in her neck she amt mine
"sDonC, says l.
Owe all walked out to the barn together
hr Kind O. felt along the colts neck, took
out pcn-knife, cut through the skin like
a fash. and then showed me, in his hand, d
silver three-cent piece all over blood
Il always mark my colts that way
SAYS he.
Il liked that colt so well that 1 just went
down in my pocket an bought her over
again for one hundred and fifty dollars"
That's thunderin good way to mark q
boss said bystander. Ibid you ever
catch the fellow YOU traded with"
Yes" was the answer; ''about week
later he drew up to my door with the
chestnut, and made an awful kick because
the critter had the staggers. jumped or
him for tradin' me a stolen boss, and in
side Of two hours he took me to a bank il
town and proved TO me who he was anc
that he owned the colt fair and square
I've always thought sence that the three
cent piece came out O. the mans pocket
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
THE POTATO.


+ fore ;Ee conference held in London in
connection with the potato torCentenary,
MIR W. s. Mitchell read Il paper stating
that the potato had been introduced into
England by Sir Francis Drake in 1886. he
believed that Drake had originally OBJ
tanned the tubcr from South America,
either by purchase or plumber, and had
conveyed it to Engiand at the conclusion Of
tho voyage in which he relieved Ralcigh's
NIrgnian colony,
Mr.. Clements r. Markham, C. b., f, R.
s., read paper upon Potato Cultivation
by the Iucas and other Andaan Nations. :"
He said that the or. giual home of the po-
tatO was in the COrdileras of the Andes in
South America. There it had been culti-
waited from time immomOrial over an ex-
tent OF three thousand miles. When the
SpauiaTdS first arrived the potato was a
dom "sticatcd plant in the kingdom of the
CAibchas, in the province Of Quito, through
out the empire Of the lncas Of Peru, and in
Chill. This fact of its immemorial cultiva-
ton rendered it difficult to ascertain with
certainty the localities where the potato
was Indigenous. 1t was most probable, on
the whole, that the potato originally grew
wild in suitable localities throughout the
Cordilleras of Peru and Chill. The potato
was unknown farther north than the high,
lands of Bogota in Colombia, and it was
there that one of the three American civili-
cations had its root, namely, that called by
the Spanish cOnqucrorS the Mysca Nation.
Its people spoke language called Chibcha,
which is now extinct. But VOcabuarieS
have been preserved, and they revealed the
fact that the ancient people of Bogota Guilt
waited the potato extensively, and had pro-
duced several variteS.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
HARD TO SHAVE.
A Washington Tonsorial Artist Talks
About Some Prominent Men.

[Carpi in Cleveland Leadcr.l
dropped into barber's chair the other
night for shave. The young colored man
who handled the razor was character.
He told me that he shaved many of the
prominent men Of the country. Said he:
speaker Carlisle is o hard man to shave.
He has an angular, rough-besrded face.
He drops into chair, and does not say a
word until he gets out of il, except when
he is afraid Of being cut" ''Did you ever
shave a Presidents" l inquired, "No.
But | used to go over Hendricks face
every day or two. Vice President Hen
bricks was very hard man 80 keep clean.
II took a long time, too, to shave him,
but he was such q good talker,
and told so many stories, that l
never noticed how the time was pass
ing The last time he was here Post
master-General Villas came with him, and
he kept telling anecdotes to him between
the sweeps Of the razor. l have shaved
Dan Voorhees,, too, at times. Voorhees,
has one of those red and gray, coarse
boards, which is very hard to cut. He is
very particular as to his personal appear
ance and considers himself dandy. Gov
ernor Curtin has a National reputation as
beng the worst man in the country to
shave His beard is very hard and it runs
all sorts of ways. The hairs overlap each
other and have no regularity whatever.
All the BARRIERS about Washington know
him, and some Of them will make an eX-
cuse to get out Of the shop when he comes
in. Bancroft comes here to get his hair
cut, but he oftener has us come to his
house for this purpose. He likes to talk
while we are dressing his head, but you
have to work very carefully with him. He
is getting old and is liable to be out of
humor at timeS.n
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

| for Christ-the gold for Christ. Gold not
merely paid the way for Joseph and Mary
and the Divine fugitive into Egypt, but IL
was typical Of the fact that Christ's way
shall be paid all around the world. Ths
| gold for Christ the silver for Christ, the
| jewels for Christ. Tho bright, round, beau
tiful jewel of world set like solitaire on
the bosom Of Christ.
But l notice that these wise men also
shook out OF their sacks the myrrh. The cat
/ tie came and they snufred at it they did not
eat it, because it was bitter. The pungent
gum resin Of Abvssinia called myrrh
4 brought 30 the feet Of Christ. That means
/ bitterncss-bitter betrayal, bitter persecu-
ton. bitter days Of suffering bitter nights
| Of woe, myrrh; that is what they strcwed
I His path with all the way from the cattle
pen in Bethlehem to the mausoleum az
Joscph's country scat. Myrrh. Yea, says
the Psalmist: "All Thy garments smell OF
myrrh" That is what the wise men
wrapped in the swaddling clothes of the
Babe; that is what the Marys twisted in
the shroud Of crucifcd Christ. The
myrrh. Oh, the height, the depth, the
length, the breadth of a Saviour's sorrowl
Myrrh. Well might the wise men shake
. ont the myrrh.
But notice, also. from another sack they
the raftcrs of the barn the air is filled with
the perfume, and the hostlers and the
camel drivers in the further part of the
building inhale it, and it floats out on the
air until passcrs-by wonder who in that
rough place could by accident have dropped
a box of alabastcr FrankinCcncc; that is
what they burned in the censor in the
ancient temple Frankincensc: that means
worship. FrankinCcnce; that is to fill all the
homes, and all the churches and all tho
capitals, and all the nations from cellar TO
stalaCtitod cave clear up to T. silvcry raft
crs Of the starlit dome. FrauknCense;
that is what we shake out from our hearts
to-day, So that the nostrIls Of Christ, once
crimsoucd with the hemorrhage of the
cross. shall be flooded with the perfume Of
a worlds alteration. FraukinCcnse. Frank
. incense in song. and sermon, and hand
shaking, and decoration Praise Him,
mountains and hills. valleys and seas, and
skies. and earth and HclvCn-Cyclone, in
your trumpets; northern lights, with your
flaming ensign; morning, with your castles
of cloud. and evening. with your billowing
/ clouds Of sunset!
Do YOU know how they used to hold the
censor in the oldcn time! Here is metal
pan and the handle by which it was held.
cnals Nv mo tom Of them &c a perforated
cow In - so1dra how tho franlxincenso
I,.as LroT,g,It 10 tho tcmnIn This franklin
ccnse vas tal,cn ont and snrinl,le1 over the
1 ii,.i,,,, coils anI mo-, the moderated cover
was I'm, ON and Iyhcn thev ,rerc all ready
w.. iynrsbin thcn tho rG,.er was lifted
from, his rrnser and from all the other
cnr.sors and The nurfmnnd smoke arose nm.
I'll IL b1.rI, AND ali thn folds and dronned
o,rid oh Tho oftar. and then rose in etreat
c"I,rrns If ,,r',isa o,,tsi,ia or above the tenn.
Mo r,eing claar inward 10 the throne Of
"a
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
HOSTESS AND GUEST.
To Make Things Pleasant Neither Should
Feel Herself an OBLIGED Person.

To Make Things Pleasant Neither Should
Feel Herself an Obliged Person.
What are the reciprocal Obligations of
hostess and guest:" is a question frequent
ly asked and the answer covers a multitude
of opinions. Some think the only way TO
entertain a guest is TO give up your indi-
vidual time and attention during the visit.
Another takes an opposite view and main
tains that the visitor should be allowed the
freedom Of any member of the household.
These two views are both extreme. The
guest has certainly a right to expect more
attention than is bestowed upon the fami-
~, and the visitor who receives too much
attention feels as if she were intruding on
the time and usual habits of those she is
visiting. A guest certainly should be made
TO feel at home, but tine order of the house.
hold should not be set aside to provide en-
tertainment. Neither hostess or visitor
should feel herself an obliged person. 1t
is a compliment of course to invite per
son, the invited repays it by accepting.
A hostess should if possible ascertain the
guests wishes in seeing friends or going
out. She may have friends she would like
to see, or there may be shopping to do and
the hostess should plan these matters salts
factorily to her visitor. One can not in
this country adopt the English custom OF
giving guest perfect liberty, for the style
OF living in this country is different; but
the liberty of seeing other friends, even il
not acquaintance Of the hostess, easily can
be arranged without it being disagreeable
to any of them. No we'll bred visitor
would take advantage of hostess by
making a convenience of her, and no lady
will invite a guest unless she is sure that she
can make her as comfortable and indepen-
dent as if at home. Detroit Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

is sometimes exhibited in our public exhi-
bitions When we gaze upon some Of the
peculiar freaks dame nature occasionally
INDUCES in, our minds revert back to the
creation of man, ''who IL 50 fearfully and
wonderfully made" The mysteries of his
nature have been unraveled by Dir. r. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, and through his knowl-
edge of those mysteries he has been able
to prepare his "Golden Medical Discov-
crv,'' which is specific for all blood taints,
posons and humors, such as scrofula, PIN
pies, blotchcs, eruptiOns, sWelllngs, tu-
mors, ulcers and kindred affections. BY
druggists.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

1t seems strange that it is necessary to
persuade men that you can cure their dis
eases by offering a premium to the man
who fails to receive benefit. And yet DR..
Sage undoubtedly cured thousands of cases
of Estimate catarrh with his "Catarrh
Remedy" who would never have applied TO
him, if it had not been for his offer of the
above sum for an inCurablc case. w ho is
the next bidder for cure or cash.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

WE would be pleased to know OF a man
or woman who has never had headache or
been subject to constipation. AS these
seem to be universal troubles little advice
may be in order. Why should persons
cram their stomachs with nauseating pur-
gative pills, etc, which sicken and debili-
tate when such Il pleasant and sterling
remedy as PrIckly Ash Ritcrs win act
mildly and effectively on the liver, kidney,
stomach and bowels. and at the same time
tone up and strengthen the whole system,
causing headache, constipation and all
such distressing evils TO quickly disappear.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

Dr.. J. s. COMBS, OWensvlIIe, o, says: ~
have given Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites to four patients
with better results than seemed possible
with any remedy. All We're hereditary
cases of Lung disease, and advanced to that
stage when Coughs, pain in the chest, fire.
qucnt breathing, frequent pulse, fever and
Emacation. Ali these cases have increased
in weight from IL to IS lbs, and are not
now needing any medicine"
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

Cardinal Mezzofante, or, as Plus TX
used to style him, the living miracle of
Pentccost, has at last been eXcelled in
linguistic achievement by one SignOr Mar
cantonio Canin. of Venice, who, on I'M
doubted authority, can speak fuently
ninety-three languages.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
After Diphtheria

The patient RECEIVERS strength slowly as the system
IL weak and debilitated ana the blood poisoned By
the ravages Of the disease. What is needed IL
good reliable tonic and blood purifier like Hood $
Rarsaparia which has Just the clements OF strength
for the body and vitality and richness for the blood
which soon bring back robust health. After scarlet
fever or pneumonia It is also q great benefit.
After recovering from prolonged sickness with
diphtheria and needing something to build me up,
I took two bottles of Hoods sarsaparla. felt
good results from the first dose. II seemed to go
from the top OF my head to the ends OF my toes.
know Hoods Sarsaparilla is good thing q. III.
sTRATToN, Druggist, westfeld, Mass.
Upon our little girl, who had been sick with
scarlet fever the use Of Hoods SarsaParilla was
most marvellous, entirely removing the poison from
her blood and restoring hCr e. good health. Hoods
sarsaparlla deserves our highest praise" &. G.
sTRATToN, SwampscUtt, Mass.
hoods SaYSapGYiiIa
Sold by all druggists. q; six for S. Prepared by
C. l. HOOD & Co, Apot heCaries, Lowell, Mass.
H~Es0..
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

is the lady who uses cosmetics, face lotions,
white lead, bismuth powders, arsenic, etc,
in the belief of enriching and identifying
the complexion. 1t is but temporary, and
ultimately destroys the skin beyond the
power of nature to restore. Stop it! Stop
il row, and use only DR., Harter's Iron
Tonic, which imparts the vigor and lowell
ness of youth.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

Gen. RCTUs INGALLS,. Quartermaster-Gen-
eral, says ST. Jacobs Oils the best palu-cure,
Governors and other officials recommend
Red Star Cough Cure, as safe, prompt, sure.
Price, twenty-five cents bottle.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
A Bonanza Mine

Of health is to be found in DR.. r. Y. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" to the merits OF
which. as remedy for female weakness
and kindred affections, thousands testify.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

THE Public Awards the Palm TO Hale's
Honey of HOrehound and Tar for coughs.
Pixies TOOthache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30
The fact that the wise men Of the East came

| ton. Why, they were the most splendid
| and magnificent men Of the century, they
| were the naturalists and the scientists; they
| knew all that was known. You must re-
member that astrology was the mother OF
| astronomy, and that alchemy was the
| mother Of chemistry, and because children
are brighter than the mother, you do not
/ dcspise the mother.
/ II was the lifelong business Of these as
| biologists to study the stars. twenty-five
/ hundred and fifty years before Christ was
/ born the wise men knew the procession of
/ the cquip0Nes, and they had calculated the
/ orbit and return Of the comets Prof.
/ Smith declares that he thinks they knew
/ the distance Of the earth from the sun. We
I find in the book of job that the mon of
/ oldcn time dii not suppose the world was
/ fiat, as some have said, but he knew, and
| the men of his time knew. the world was
| globular The Pyramids were built for
/ astrological and Astronomical! study.
Then the alChcmlst7 spent their lives in
/ the study of metals. and gases. and liquids,
/ and solids, and in filing the worlds libra
rios with their discoveries They were
vastly wise men who came TO the East.
They understood cmbalmont as our most
scientific men can not understand il. After
( the world has gone on studying hun
drnds Of years itmiy come up to that point
whcr" the aueicuts began TO forget | be-
. Ncvc the lost arts are as mighty as the liv-
ing arts
They were wise men that came from the
East. AMI tradition SAYS the three wlscst
caIhe-Gaep"r, Il Young man: BalthaZar, q
+ man in mii lie. and Vi 'Ichior. an octu-
genayian: the three wisest men of all the
! century. Ih"y came TO the maugCr. Who
was the greatest metaphysician this coun-
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

THERE are thirty thousand brass bands
in this country. That accounts Tor our Ter
rible wind storms.-BOstoH Transcript.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

A SLIGHT COLD, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. BROwN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHEs
give sure and immediate relief.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-30

No Opium in Pisos Cure for Consump-
ton. Cures where other remedies fan. PC.