The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-06-28
VOL. III. NO. Al.
CURRENT TOPICS


An ostrich farm will be started in Ari.
sonn.
AN excellent fruit crop is promised in
Michigan.
TnERE arc nine families in Reno that
hnve twins.
THE pear-bllght beetle has made its nm.
pearancc In Western New York.
In 1870 there were only 5000 Jews in Je.
rushlem, now there are said to be 10000.
EhfERoR FnEDERIcK died In n room
ten yards from the room In which he was
born.
A NEw Institution at Memphis, Tenn.
has been named ''The Jay Gould Medical
College"
TnE Grand Canyon Of the Colorado river
Is I,oOo feet deep, II miles wldo and 3Oc
miles long,
THERE are $50 locomotives In use ON the
Southern Pacific system. There Is worh
for over 600.
Tux full name OF tho new Emperor VIII.
Ham II. OF Germany, is Frederick William
Nicholas Charles.
w. L. HUNTER, at Georges Creek, Inye
County, Cal, planted 225,ooO locuSt-trcs
seeds this spring.
SUBSCRIPTION Il being raised In Paris
for sword Of honor TO be presented 70
General Boulangcr.
Tux experts who are engaged In an In.
vestigaiion Of the Kcoly motor viii make
their report July 8.
Ahoso the Yale men who. will receive
degrees at the coming commencement are
-four Japanese students.
Tnfr nhllaIai.l,f.... 49,. =. f....a s..a
600 20 insure . glorious old fashioned
Roarthof July celebration.
HIRAM MAxIN's mitrnllleuse gun has
been accepted by the Austrian government.
twill nrc 600 shots n minute.
DARTMOUTH College has received $1,000
from the estate Of the late Judge Downer,
Of milwaukee. lie was an alumnus Of
Ieoalas---
EsoIAsD's swiftest steolcruIscr, the Me.
dia, has just been launched. She viii
steam twenty knots, or over twenty three
land mlles.
II. 4. BARNuH has sold 20 the city OF Chi
cago ain elephant, a camel, a robu, a llama,
two Bengal tigers, a lioness, an bcx and
two lcoparis,
THE gold mines Of North Carolina are
again being vigorously developed, and cx-
ecptionally rich yields are reported from
most OF them.
An Au Train tMich.) man claims he has
found over flfiy dead deer in the woods
since tho snow went on, which had becn
killed by wolves
GRAsD RAPIDS, Mich, Is the great furnl-
ture-makng center OF tho United States.
IL has forty-two furniture factories, which |
employ i2,oO mon.
A ToHosro policeman who had grldge |
against Methodist preacher, arrested him, |
tore on his coat and locked him up ON the |
charge Of d. -sierly conduct.
THE new japanese Minister at Washing
ton served flvc years in prison, and while
there translated John Stuart Mill's works |
ON polichl economy into Japanese.
A nAp-Doo plague il reported MS terror
iEing hnncomb County In North Carolina.
Tho inhabitants arc said TO DO afraid 10 |
venture out Of doors even In daylight.
IN the conservatory at Jay 0ould's home.
~ lry,ngton- n-tbe Hudson, thorc are four
hundred varieties Of palms and tree forms,
beside vast collection OF smaller plants.
THE cry for safer appliances for heating
railway cars has subsidized. Tho demand Is
now for some arrangement that will let In
fresh air and at tho same time keep out tho
dust.
TnK monument 90 tho memory Of the
great Confederate cavalryman, General J.
Il. II. Stuart, was dedicated recently
upon tho spot where he fell fatally
wounded.
hEy. FAritER Toi.TEs. Of Quincy, III. Is
tho only colored Catholic priest in tho
United States. Hc was born in slavery.
He speaks several languages and is highly
regarded by tho clergy.
A rooR old wnsherwomnn In Brooklyn
has hung out tho following sign, which
strikes some passcrs- by ms ludicrous and for
others Il has touch Of pathos; Martha
Holmes washes every day"
WILLIAM A. SMITH, who died fcw DAYS
ngo in Richmond, Va, enjoyed a unique
distinction. IIc resigned scat In Con-
gress because he did not think no had sense
enough TO properly represent his constitu-
ents.
DURING voyage by a British ship
around Cape Horn, tho wind Mt one time
blow at tho rate OF $50 miles an hour, and
the result was that the big waves were
crushed fat and held down for the time
being.
TIE King OF Spain Is not 10 be onvied at
present. To have 10 undertake the task OF
forming new Cabinet, and 20 through
tho pains OF tccthing nt the samc timc, is
something TO which none but royal infants
are subjected.
OK an apple tree In the orchard Of John
@. Coonredt, Of Prospect, N. ", may be
seen growing full grown double white /.
rose, and, curious enough, In the yard ON
the opposite side OF the road Is n smaller
one ON a crab apple tree.
MEMPHIS lins n sensation. The widow of |
q once prominent citizen has becomea con-
flrmed kleptomaniac She steals purses,
old shoes and any thing that she /,
can lay her hands on. She is a woman OF
education and refinement.
fN the graduating class of the college at
Mich, this year, two members of
the same family are rivals for class honors. )
One is q. II. jackson, 90 years Of age, and
the other is his son, aged % SO strange /
rivalry is unprecedented In educational i
history.
JoHN I. ANDREWS, OF Knoxville, Ga, i
has Panama hat that was worn by his b
father TO the Georgia Legislature, OF which | y
he was member In 1910. The hat has |
been worn constantly for forty -eght years
by tho different members of the Andrews |
family, and yet il is sound, there being no | "
hole In 1t, and no breaks Of any conse-
luence.
REV. DIR. MrRoE REED, the wel-known
Presbyterian Clergyman of Denver, Col,
yas once interrupted In public prayer by
man who shouted "Louderln Dr. Reed L
stopped short, looked at the interrupter, p
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