The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-07-15
CURRENT TOPICS.


FRASuIs MuRrnr. tho temperance apostle,
is 20 marry lady OF Newcastle, Pa.
A rKTRirIED ham has been found In q
gravcl-plt at Oak Hin, near Peoria, Ill
A cnfrp was born recently In Williams
burg. Pa, which had n beard an inch long
Two HUNDRED THOUSAND tenants ara
wanted In Paris for the apartment houses.
SENATOR STANFORD aays ''there Is room
10 California for fifteen millions ofpeople."
YAH College, after an existence Of n
couple Of centuries, Is about 20 become
university.
oIIvKR wnKnKLL HoLMrs delights in
handling tho oar even At his present ad.
vaneed ngc.
Nh BrrcunR has taken an active interest
IN the politics of England. He has Joined
the Gladstone forces
FroRAL decorations at funerals arc be-
coming unfaShionable In San Francisco
owing 10 tho expcnae
BASlSlRcnlsTs are defined by the proyi.
dence Star 20 be persons who cast banana
tkins on the sidewalks
Gas has been cheapcncd in New York. hus
consumers complain that their bills are just
a. big as ever they were,
INsuRAScr companies win not insure u
freight brakeman. They regard his as tho
mosi dangerous occupation
Tnr New York police department is going
TO put in telephones II pays at present
tiSoo year for ,cicgramr
Mas Allan, Of Liverpool, has presented
Queen Victoria with a parasol OF satin
made by poor IrishwomAn
THE desperate Canadians continue 20
take into port such American fishing crafts
~ cross certain imaginary line
caynRr regiments In the Prusslan army
are being carefully drilled In the art Of
swimming their horses across rivers
wosnS are employed a. guards at tho
crossings OF PIussian State railways. They
arc paid from twelve 10 nineteen cents pcr
day.
THEnr Il large Japanese colony In tho
Hawaiian Islands a single steamer land
ed 600 recently, tho majority Of whom were
women.
A PmLhpHLrnIl syndicate has purchased
i2,O0 acres Of what il said 70 he tho richest
tract of iron ore in Pennsylvania for tl,-
0m,0oO
TnrHE are about 1000 newspapers pub
iisas,i III asia. Of which s,0so appear In
Japan, and most Of tho rest arc published
In India.
II is said that pcyon, tho French lion
tanner, keeps his money in q box In tho
lions cage, This Is safer than an average
tavingn bank
ClrTAix Enicssox, Of Monitor fame,
though long past eighty years Of age
spends an hour or two each day in gym
nasiic exercises.
rim New York papers arc moving 10
have ice-cream Inspected in view OF tho
fact that there are so many cases OF poison
ing through its use. Fl
A nEnHER of prominent Congressional
committee has written 1900 letters 10 his
constituents since the inauguration OF the
new administration.
AN advertisement in an English paper
calls for a cook, mo fringe, no beer, y which
being interpreted mcancth no banged hair
allowed In the kitchen.
GnoRoH BANCROFT, the historian, who is
now IN his sixty sixth year, attributes bis
phenomenal mental and physical vigor "a
his daily exercise In the saddle
TuB number OF gigantic drfaicutious t-
vcloping during the past fow days 50 tc
prove that tho directors OF certain large
corporations arc not doing their swori
duty
RosooE CoSKLiSo walks, handles the In
dian clubs and boxing gloves, and other
wise disports himself like a man who be
lieves that sound health depends upon OF
ercise
AN exchange says that II Is just as i'm
portant for girl 20 make good bread a
=. TO paint picture, In other words, as In
portant to tickle tho palate as to tickle th
palette.
Amour ono hundred carloads OF excu
sionists went 10 Gettysburg on the Four'
and encamped on the battle field. Gel
eral sickles reviewed dress.parade
nightfal
HENRY WARD BEEcnER prayed within y
hearing OF thousands OF Londoners Il
greater wisdom for the Queens counse
ors.p II is said the Tories will make ca
ital out Of IT,
TnE Biblc Is being translated into q
tChoctaw language. Why not teach o
-Choctaws the English language and lette
rather than to devise one TO nc the jarg'
they had been accustomed TO usei
oSE man appears likely to make his 4
tune out Of tho dynamite bomb viii
played such havoc among the Chica
policemen, A doctor, who appears to ha
had monopoly In the manner OF treati
me injured men, has sent in his bill
sS00o
fhE much,dressed heroine of this yea
! summer resorts is tivo-ycar-old heiress
millions, She has vita her over hundr
dresses, many French hats, watch, a
much jewelry, with oven damon
Eighteen trunks are necessary for
wardrobe Of herself npd family OF dolls.