The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-07-12
VOL. III. NO. 46.
CURRENT TOPICS

bAhhuh'b partner, baiiey, u peiidinB
e2O0O00 home.
sr. HELKs's mountain, Ore, Is smoking
like volcano.
Two out OF every ten New Workers arr
more or less bald.
PAPkRs all over Tennessee report Z
heavy yield Of wheat.
cunA Is overrun with bandits who prey
Dpon its rich planters.
GERMANY has thrce Emprosses--twc
dowagers and real one.
IT Is believed Congress may adjourn
about the middleof August.
TnE crop prospects In the West and
Northwest nro unusually good.
fvE-EiolIrns Of the -four Imported into
Brazil comes from tho United States.
There are, In all, i0i electoral votes, and
Tho winning ticket must get not less thar
2Di.
Tar peach crop In West Tennessee 4,
exceedingly flno, both In quantity and
quality.
AN Anarchlstic plot against Emperor
William Is ON foot aud ho Is always closely
guarded.
A CHICKEN was Matched near Sparta,
Tenn, which had four logs and both wing.
on one aldo.
TERKE girls in Portland, Orc, thrashed
with bis own whip hackman who had in.
suited them.
AnoSo the presents sent 10 the Pope this
year were rowboai, n boot-blacking ma
chine and bicycle
TnK population Of New York City Is six
teen persons TO dwelling; that Of London
averages only aovon.
MRs. ClKvKLAKD's collection OF dia-
monds and other precious stones Is estl.
mated 70 be worth $4,000
UEDKn tho ave minute ruion the House
II Representatives Il likely 10 get through
about the last Of September.
A LARoE turtle was caught In the Eau
Ciaire river, Wisconsin, with tho date 1910
cut In TIN sholl on lie back.
KANSAS crrY will follow tho example oi
~ Louis, aud attempt 10 get telephone
rates reduced 10 so per year.
A sciEKrrc paper has been started In
Paris with the novel feature Of publishing
nothing not written by women.
LoKD DuDLKY, who has Just come into
If0NNiFanlhll VI TafNN'rNNNN uuH tDHt
$4,000 NJ rncing and $4,000 at cards.
TnK now Emperor Of Germany is no,
afraid of work. IIe is not satisfied with
less than twelve hours Of active labor.
LAST years Mexican wheat crop was a
failure, and nj ono tImo during the past
season flour sold In that country at $40 q
barrel.
A ST. LOUIS doctor says that cocaine no,
only destroys the will power, but will
mako villain out OF tho honestest man In
the world.
A BATTLE cnKEK boy turned tho hose on
tho Salvation Army, and tho court In turn
put dampcr ON tho boy In the shape Of
ilne of $3.50.
TnKnE was an extraordinary rainfall In
81. Louis the other day, more than -four
inches Of water falling from the clouds
within eleven hours.
Jar GouLp bought tho Texas & Pacific
railroad Of Thomas A. Scott, giving for Il
n check for 8, 900, 900. Tho check was writ
ton on half sheet Of note paper.
A GRAND RArrDs fddlcmaker Is con-
stTuctlng an instrument out OF timber taken
from the walls Of house built i3i years
ago. lie expects 20 make an old.timcr.
In the cases Of. sudden deaths, a physi.
clan says that there are moro which take
place on the fourth floor In New York than
In all ether parts OF the houses combined.
JoHsNY BARNES, who ran away with a
circns ten years ago, Is wanted by New
York lawyer, who says there Il legacy OF
twenty~avo thousand dollars waiting foi
him.
Prince BoxAPARTK Is negotiating with
: the Dominion Government for the pur-
chase Of 5,o0oacres Of prairie in tho north.
west, 10 form colony Of Alsace- Lorraine
farmers.
MRs. 8. A. HoSKy has In her possession
q highly prired relic-a pair OF scissors
which her father used In cutting suit oi
clothes for George Washington when he
was about to enter upon his first term a,
President.
THE English sparrow Is said TO be eating
his way into the affections OF tho farmers
Of 0gdensburg. N. Y, by devouring th,
army worms In great numbers, and thui
saving the crops.
WHILE the most rapid cannon shot
scarcely attain velocity OF 600 yards .
second, moteoritcs are known 10 penetrats
tho air with velocity Of 10000 or ever
60,0O0 yards per second.
CALIFORNIA Is going In for silk culture
with enthusiasm. The State Board Of Sill
Culture sent 10, 900 mulberry trees and cut
tings to silk cultivntors, and this seasor
will put out 10000 more.
PANrnKRs are very abundant ON the Nc
Cloud river In California, and very dc
structive to stock. Although they caI
ensily climb trees, hunters say they seldom
do II, because they can jump into one 81
much quicker.
JONATHAN BOURNE, Of Portland, Ore, re
comfy purchased n gold mining propert,
In the eastern part OF Oregon for $4,000
and after expending $1,000 in developing |
sold II TO n syndicate Of 81. Louis capital
lists for 81, 10000 in cash and about 81 900,
900 In stock.
MISS CHANDLER, a pretty and pluck,
girl, snatched from almost under tn
wheels Of locomotive recently at Punk
atawney, thrce-year-old child that ha'
wandered on the track, and then promptl,
tainted, while the less heroic spectator
were cheering her.
The finest roses arc selling in New Yorl
at on cent each. They are cheaper thai
vegetables, but not quite so nourishing. l
is said, however, that Turkish women VIII
want TO be plump eat them with butter.
WHEN youtalk about woman's constancy
+ mt quote figures, because figures prov
III two wives elepe TO one husband, ant
that three widows remarry 20 one widoweI
says the Detroit Free PFcss. Seventeenth
of the broken marriage engagements an
broken by the female side. II Is man
cruel, tyrhunical man-who loves 70 stic
and sticks 70 500 that her grave is ksp
green.