The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-12-06
CURRENT TOPICS.


IyALo ilrc underwriters discriminate
IN 1 natural gas. slssa I s..aps
BARNun announces that ho is out OF
bfcus business for good
IFodcral census OF 1880 10 Just finish.
cost Of nearly s0.Ooo.OO0
secret orders throughout the United
~ are said 10 number over 200.
tvELAan carried ST Joseph, Mo-, by
pdority this year aud by II In 1881.
= runior that tie Canadian Pacific
aad Is TO run into Chicago is con.
ia.
ltkEsNG tAilch.l woman has the
4 that Ethan Allen carried at Ticon-
va.
~ +. MoRroS made n fortune IN til,
goods trade before bc became
krr.
CONTEMPORARY snys lawyers nr.
u for losing their patience, How about
lorsi
lRsxo. Cal, packed 100000 worth oil
tns this season That's crop worth
az.
nAc w. NuTT. OF Milton. Mass, has
1850, 900 10 tho town for The maintenance
ischool.
hKRiFr OiLBEKT. OF Erie County, has
n censured for The fithy condition OF
buffalo jail.
inK expulsion Of Jows from Russia con-
mos. numbers Of thcm being driven out
0deHsa weekly.
HkrTr. the gem OF tho Antilles" would
pretty Jewel 10 danglo from uuclo
ms watchchalu.
THE Emperor OF japan dovotca deal OF
tune 70 pipc-smoking. and Is fond OF
dlng aud duck-shooting.
WILLIAM LYoNs aged scvcnty.fve OF
hnhury, Conn. was married 10 Miss
lrona bslchor. a girl OF fifteen.
vfhonED that Secretary Bayard intends
iprartice law In Philadelphia after he has
f.ndoned bis Cabinet portfolio.
iipKR HAGgAnD wears a queer velvet
cot cut short bchin,l, which gives his tall,
~ figure a peculiar appearance.
nk eommandcr-in-ehiefo Of tho British
any, the Duke OF Cambridge has cont
Piled his ilfty-ilrat yenr OF service.
1uR brooklyn, n y. board Of cduca-
10 have decided that tho girls in tho
ppl ic schools shall 30 taught 20 sew
1u people OF ST. PAUL are getting ready
ior no coming Ice Carnival, which ia TO
erlbse all previous eirerts In that dircc-
tioh
RiJAH w. HALYoRn. who Is 10 be rresI-
den Harrison's private secretary. Is
prItter by trade and journalist by profess
sion
Jsnn MONTGOMERY wARn tho great
shost-atop OF tho Now York champions,
has been sold TO tho Washington club for
= si9, 900.
liz Philadelphia the old question Of soil.
ing wheat. potatoes. ctc.. by tho hundred
pounds instead Of by tue bushel, Is beng
revived.
TnE tsnth census cost every man. wo-
man and child In the country ten cents.
They probably got their moncy's worth,
however.
A LITTLE girl IN De Kalb County. Ga,
rejoicca In thename OF Susan Julia Molina
Maria Savannah Sophia Elizabeth Lady
Bug Towers
A RRcENr traveller In Labrador IL au-
thority for tho statement that there exists
ihore a waterfall that eellrses Niagara
Falls In several ways
A AwoMAS tMrs. Broadway has the mo-
nopoly OF all tho bill posting done in Chi.
cago. She covers 100000 square feet OF
bill boards oach week.
TWENTY -NiHK counties In Missouri raise
5000 bales OF cotton Tho average yield
per acre Is said TO be larger than that OF
any State In the Union.
TnE bachelor mayor -eloct OF New York
has just purchased AN elegant residence
which ho will occupy, Now lot him flnd
mayorcss 10 preside over It. 5s
The young men who do tho ball tossing
OF tho country have been informed by tho
League powers that $500 Is 70 DO tho
maximum salary after this.
JAY GouLD Is said 10 have aged more In
appearance In the last year than in tho
preceding ten. His beard, once black and
glossy, is now almost white.
Bosrox has taken the initiative toward
the formation OF nn association OF those
who favor the annexation OF the British
provinces 10 tho United States.
SEvERAL boys. whom arrested In New
York the other day, werc working indus
triously, MS they afterwards explained In
court, TO create haunted house scare.
ALL Europe Is said TO be looking for
the early downfall OF the French repub-
lie. Tho cifete monnrchies Of tho old
world appear to DO impatient for this re-
suit
THE Lobigh Valley railroad now has
twelve trains equipped with telegraphic
instruments for transmitting messages
along the rond whilc the trains are In mo-
tion,
'DEAcoNr RICHARDSON has given mo-
tice that hereafter only American citi-
xens, native or naturalzed, will be em-
ployed on his street-cnr lines in Brooklyn
as conductors or drivers.
A GEORGIAN, 70 years old, rode sixteen
miles horseback, TO pay n $50 note. The
item Is worthy OF record because OF its od-
ity, the general custom being TO let the
other fellow do tho riding.
THE Russian Empire, with population
nearly double that OF the United States,
contains but four cities having more than
100000 inhabitants, ST. Petersburg, Mos
cow, Warsaw and Odessa.
1T Is a singular fact that Keely does not
possess n penny's worth OF stock In his
own motor. Hc has gradually sunk every
cent he had in experiments, until to-day
he is absolutely penniless.
A LONDON physician has a copy Of the
Bible written In shorthand, probably the
only copy in the world. 1t is a volume OF
comparatively small size and the charac-
ters are exquisitely written,
sswHIsTLrNa jngsr have recently been
found In the ancient burial places OF Peru.
Many OF the whistles in tho mouths of
these jugs produce sounds representing
tho notes Of birds or animals.
THERE are on earth 1000, 900 900 inhab-
itants. OF these s., ,OSs e33 die every year,
o1.s54 every day, tT31 every hour and 90
every minute, or 1 every second, and yet
the undertakers are not happy.
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