The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-05-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

riosr whale was lately tossed ON tho
Atlantic City beach.
Tnr base ball umpire has been made the
hero ofa comic opera
RicHNoxD, Va, Il 10 have n Masonic
Temple costing tloo.Ooo
IT Ia said that Omaha proposes 10 build
. corn palacc next autumn.
WARRINGTON TERniToRY now claim. 10
have over 900 o0 Inhabitants.
cousrKRTriT fyc-ccnt pieces are being
circulated In towns along tho Hudson
river.
THE Chinese colony IN Chicago consists
OF 1000 souls, Of whom only two arc
women
Anour 5000 900 eggs were exported by
Canada into ths States during tho last fs.
cal year.
A NEW steamer loading In New York
has capacity Of i,0m,0co gallons Of kero.
ssne oil
ALnAsL N. ", was founded by tho
Dutch N 1914; made the capital OF the
State IL iTy7,
TnE Cuban sugar crop OF 1861, Accord.
lug "a statiatics, shows tho production 10
nave hcsn sis 5ss tlns
soon leave Washington for thrcc montha'
tour through Peru
nEdruggiSta Of Iowa city havo agreed
not {, take out license 10 oscll liquor under
the new pharmacy law.
Tng supreme Court Of the United states
hAsdcnied Tho application for rehearing
u tho drlven-wcll cases.
liosrofTicKs wcrc h,st established IN
Paris In 1899; la England, 1851; In Cor.
many. 1871: In Turkcy. i5t0
Wiscnss,s ships large quantities OF mud
turtlcs 20 the East whore they are con.
yericd into mock iurtla SOUP
enNHHlL BouLANnKh II said 10 have tho
sleepy look Of Louis Napoleon. Ho seems,
however, 70 bo quito wide awake.
CHicA0o fruit-deslers are buying large
tracts Of land In Sonora, Mexico, for tho
purpose Of engaging In orange culture.
A CnicAao newspaper makes tho state
pent that railroad train arrives or do.
parts from that city every minute Of he
day.
At tho sale of war rellca IN Boston re'
Gently, a complete die of Richmond papor
for tho entire period Of tho war brought
eisl
TBEF gay that Lester wallacl, tho actor,
owns two hundred suits OF clothes, and tho
uouse In which hs resides IL about half
nlled With truukA
BonE Georgia capitalists have under
takea 10 manufacture papcr from cotton
stalks aad bolls. which are now practically
useless 70 planters.
TIiE school teachers OF Mcpherson, Kas.,
have .struck" because they wcrc refused
pay for tho time which they lost during
tho amalIpox eplaoda
DrLlwARE shad are coming 10 by tho
thousands Into tho Phliadolphia markets,
and Arcreaching Northern consumers In
considerable quantities
lrisosiimatoi that TO equal one pound OF
honey from clover, da,0O0 heads OF clover
mast hc deprived Of nectar, and q 20, 900
visits frcm bees must be made
LtrrLu Laura Jones, Of Eatonton, Ga.
although only eleyon years old, has Invent
Cd plow and grain elevator that arc said
90 show remarkable ingenuity.
Jrn0E SnIrIps. OF omaaa, has decided
that when m attorney does not charge
moro money for hls acrvlccs than his client
has, the fec IL not unreasonable.
Mn AND Ma. JOSIAH HuIIrr,'of Lands
field. Mass, have boon married seventy.
ono years Both wcrc born In ispi. Their
marriage was solomnisei In 1915
TuE birthpiace OF General Grant, In tho
village OF Point Pleasant, O., IL still In good
repair, and used as dwelling. with no
accident Il will last century yet
QunEx Victoria IL tho frat English
rcigning sovereign who has visited Flor
once since tho time Of tho Crnsadcs, wbc,
Richard ]. passed through tho city.
IT has boen estimated by competent
authority thai la2, ,0O5 tons OF flsh are ae.'
nually disposed Of at BillinAgato, London,
tho largest dsh market In tho world
MISS RosH ELixABErn CLEvELASD says
OF hor brothor's wlfe Frances loves
pots boiter than any ono ever saw IL
docs not matter what they nrs, she loves
than ali.n
UxDER the high lIconse law OF Pcnnsyi'
yanIa thcro are now only $50 places In
Pittsburgh where liquor is sold, whereas
before tho law was passed therc were i,5O
such places
A CAMDEN lady was asked what sho
thought would bc the first thing women
would do " thoy had the making Of tho
laws. nLimit the number OF lodge meet
ings,n was the prompt rcply.
Nr.nLy all OF the United States Senators
arc large mon, the average weight run
ming close TO 1s0 pounds. Their entire
weight according TO q statistical corre-
spondert, Is nearly 1900 pounds.
THr members Of the Womon's Christian
TompcrancoUnien propose 20 erect build
ing at Chicago, which will be tho head
ouartcrs OF tho organization for tho Unitoi
gates II will cost about sS00,00O.
MA,on HrSRr L. ALvoRD, late professor
IN the Amherst agricultural college, has
entered upon his duties ms president OF the
Maryland agricultural college and dircc-
tor OF tho experimental station attached.
AS Albany lady had a parrot that sud
denly became dumb She took tho bird to
doctor. who found tumor In Its throat
which had put its linguistic apparatus out
of order The tumor was cut outand polly
Is now herself again.
TurnE Is said TO be scarcity Of sailors
M Nan Francisco where thcro are twenty
shlns lnden with wheat but unsupplied
with sufiiclont crews. Tho coasting trade
now 80 brisk gives employment TO ~
tho sailors who apply.
GENERAL HENRr $. SANFORD believes
that tho diffusion process Will revolution
izo tho manufacture Of sugar In this coun
try; that ave years hence not an ounce o
sugar will bc Imported, and that florid
d destined 10 take the lead in tho produc
tIou Of cane sugar in the United States
No oSr who, fatigued by over exertio
OF body or mind, has ever experienced IN
rcvlving Influence Of tumbler OF mill
heated al hot as II can DO slipped, will.wn
ingly. snys tho h,dica record, forego r
sort 10 II. The promptuoss with which i
cordial influence Is felt ip indeed surpr''
ing.