The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-03-01
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49,. ef'ro"'o " hoasioa ~ prevailing NJ
Washington, y. G.
BEssEAER's steel patents have brought
him 81. as 900 in royalties.
II ia thought Transatlantic telephonlng
would be possible with silver cable.
cLrMRScElu, the French statesman,
once praciiced medicine In New York.
TIN Church OF England Is said 10 be
rAiding the mustaches OF ita clsrgymen.
TnERr arc In Kentucky town is5 single
women and only sevoniy-soven single
uien
A hussIAS law forbils tho use Of tho ex.
clamaiion points In newspaper articles in
that country.
II Il declared on good authority lhal the
oon'pork'callng Jews are never afflicted
with cancers.
AnKASsAs cIrI, Kan, has house which
u constructed entirely from boards takon
from shoe boxes.
A JEnzEf CiTr man recently found ta2D
in second hand lounge and returned the
money 10 the owner,
A crkarNr joka SAYS the Fourth Of July
isllke an oyster stow, bcauss neither Is
good without crackorA
A Gnonnn lad died after lingering Ia.
ness OF blood poison, attributed 70 the use
Of a brass mouth organ
No thcatcr ia Madrid will DO allowed 20
open lie doors next winter uniess Il shall
bo lighted by electricity.
DL9ofA ia now referred 10 as tho state
whore they have nina monlhs Of winter
and three mou,hs Of very late fall.
MAHTiAsD physician recommends only
threc hours q day in the school,room for
children aud a wedncsdAy holiday.
rmn Michigan roads will adopt tho s,ool
mileage tickets subject TO Interchange, but
they have not yct becn placed on sale.
Aciennoon In Portland. Me-. ia said TO
b. paved with IS 600 worth Of Old lottery
tickcta. not ono Of which over drew
cenL
BrSHr y Anars has hIs llfc insured
for moro money than any theatrical
man In the world. Hia policies foei up
tan0oo
THEr toll o. Congrcssman'A wife At a
Washington dinner party who undertook
10 eat tho paper dish IN which the patti
was served.
THn STANDARD OH men Of Russia are TIE
two Nobio brolhora, who are said TO be
worth ttoo.ooooD Their income il greater
than the CIAr's
Two Nashville men won't 10 law about a
Job of work that was worth about seventy
ave cents aud spent ti,oDo before the mat.
tor was settled.
iiisuAncEa income IL beiwecn $4,000
and els. 90 year. He rises at noon. eais
= hearty supper shortly before midnight
and rctlres ataa m.
-. ~. h.s.. l.trr.au...l lr tho Netv
Jersey Legislature 10 prohibit any man
from growing any crop from which any In.
toxicAnia can be made.
or the elght National Conventions oflhe
Rapubiican party four have boon held In
Chicago, two 10 Philadelphia, one In Baltt
moro aud one IN Clnclnnau.
THeMx arc sixty y.cight nfo insuranc,
companies doing business 10 the United
t,lalas, each ono Of which has more than q
million OF dollars OF nssais
s'PrfnoLrrM NAsnr'sa father, ~ r.
Locke, who was ons Of tho original Abo
iitlonlsts. IL sull living In Toledo, o., nj
The age OF ninety -four years
PanosornERs have noticed that whom a
man makes up his mind that be has got "a
practice economy he generally tries TO bo
gin with bis wifo's cxpcnscI
A vukplcr for $500 has been rendered
against a Chicago practical joker whc
kicked his victims legs from undor him
while ho was leaning against a counter
jas Drnois, OF williamsbridge, n. Y,
challenges any ono in tho world 10 O
sleeping match OF iia hours; that Il "a
see who can sleep the longest In week.
iIriaATIoS over nm estate, which has
bonn before tho New York courts foI
thirteen years, has just come TO an end
and the hoirA received cighty.hvc cents
apiece, whilo the lawyers pocketed tli,oo
each.
A rrLranAPn line Is being built from
Russia 70 Franco In case OF war kussis
would be cut on from tclcgraphle com
munlcation with eastern countries nj
i,s only telegraph line runs through Ger
many
TnE George n. Mcclellan Memorial As
sociailon Of Philadelphia propose TO erec
the statue Of rIslttle Me- on the soutl
sldo Of The new City Hall, but thus fa
only G. zoo has been raised Of the rcquIrct
$4,000.
1t Ia alleged that tho largest skcletoi
over known hna been discovered In East
land County, Tex. II resembles tho re
mains OF an Immense goat II has horn
ak feet long and teeth weighing sixtcel
pounds
Tur Albany Argus says "Thc incrcas
OF bgamy may lead 10 commutation mat
rinrc tickc,s Furnished at reduction, III
clergyman 10 punch the ticket once 10
each ceremony, and n judge and Jury
punch tho bgamist"
PaEsIprsr ELIOT OF Harvard, has bee
talking plainly 20 the students OF that IN
s,ltutlon. He says The tone Of intor-collc
giatc athletics must bo elevated II thos
who participate In contests arc TO retai
tho respect OF the public.
TnE Highest price, Rio,9s5, paid last yen
for picture al auction was Bouchers POI
trait OF NINE. do Pompadour, Gainsbo'
ouVh aSistorsn brought R9,edo, and Iu
nor's ivan Gozen," 60 S2S.
Tnr Graphic tells OF wealthy wester
man who was about 10 visit New for
city for tho first time, aud, wishing som
body 10 show III around, telcgraphoi
advance TO secure the services ot "a
experienced bunko.stcerer."
FRANK FALLox, of Fond du Lac, wis
aayod his life during tho recent blizzard
Dakota by taking refuge in pig-pen'
passed tho night with fat porker rcstir
on bls fec. and one on each side OF hir
and escaped without frost-bite.
Two women in Georgia have establish'
n lucrative business by acting as ngen
for number Of lIfc insurance compan'c
They are never deceived rs to woman
ago.
TuERr nrc ninety artesinn WEI
In Dakota, extending In u limo from yam
ion 10 Grafton. They have cost from w
10 $1,000 each, and range in depth from
feet TO l, ,bbs fect.
PEnuArs no other part Of the State h
caught the mania for dehorning cattle
clay and Eningham countles limo
have, a veterinary surgeo. nos WIN