The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-04-05
CURRENT TOPICS.

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German army.
TnE pipe line from Lima, o., TO Chicago
will COS, e.. 5Do,0)o
WICHITA, Kan, has turned lis opera.
house into market house.
THEnew Empress q Germany has por
sonnl income OF $4,000 year.
QvEES NIcromA's home while In Italy
was onee the home OF Iioccaccio.
THE Highest recorded price for s,radi
variuS violin Is said TO be ts,0Oo
CosFrcrIoSERs say the Easter trade
grows moro considerable yearly.
Miss BAYAHp, Of Baltimore; n niece OF
Secretary Bayard, il six feet tall
TnEBH Is agitation 10 Now ENGLAND for
separate sloeping-cars for women.
z TuE late Judge Waite was made Chief
Justice by President Grant IN 1874.
Mas. 0ESERAL ToN Tnunn is about "a
start place Of amusement At st. Joseph,
Mo.
IT viii be ffly years next Fourth of
July since Iowa was organized rs a Terri
tory.
a Iouso society lady Of T,o,ton dropped
dead In a ballroom just hftor iinlshlnK a
waltz
A MAX aud his daughter have been
united al Chicago after ATTY yoars scpa,
ration.
TuAr big storm In tho East cos. tho
railroads and telegraph limos fully tS
u00.0O @
STATISTICS show striking decrease in
tho aumbor Of marriages In Europe aud
America.
Tun Australian sayagcs arc passing ont
Of existence faster than any other aborig.
insl race.
u rrEL easier think | viii 20 10
sleep" woru the last words Of Chief Jus,
ticc Waite.
MARCn has been tho most disastrous
monih Ito railroad companies have ever
experienced.
TnEnn aro said 70 DO several Gypsios in
Now York city who afs worth upward Of
SiotoOJ apiece.
Look out for counterfeit s5SiiYer ccrlif.
Gates Ihcy arc said to DO circulating
very extensively.
oNLr twelve iudians nrc lef, Of lilo tribe
OF loo who inhabited tho Yosemite Val
10y few years axe.
Tun English call an elova,orA "lifi, ''and
The French cali liza "hclp. white tho Scotch
refer 10 it as a 'drop.s
uNirrD srArEs MiSisrrR PurLrs viii
nAii for America carly IN April on a two
months' leave Of absence.
A sTrAniti -oRoNlSd opposition TO the
study Of German In the public schools Is
manifostlng iiselt ia Chicago
TIN conis an aero was all farm OF a5i
acres brought recently In Grcono County,
Ala, when sold under mortgage.
sENAToa RrAa1S, Of Texas, is ono Of the
Champion ofiiccholders, having drawn
salary from tho public purso sisco ISIS
TnhEE boys At Portland, Ne. stole 7si
pocket knives from tho various hard.
ware stores before They fell under sas.
piclon.
ArKraHEp snake ton foot long, with
horns, has been dug zap NJ Granada, Col.
II will DO acnt 10 tho Smithsonian Institute
OF Washington.
TIin French and English military author.
itlos have determined 10 prohibit all tele-
graphic correspondence from tho field dur.
ing tho next campaigns
4 RAsuRr IL the namo Of tho latest COW.
boy evangelist, and Notwithstanding his
name, no ono has yo, been Sblot 10 wipe him
out IN theological argument
sINer tho convention Of tho Irish Ma
tional League OF America q yoar and n
half ago, Father oRoilly, tho National
Treasurer has forwarded to ireland over
tleG000
PoRrLANp, Ore, IL 20 import choice
selection Of European ainging birds TO en-
'lycn their streets and gardens with thoIr
,otos Tho expense is TO DO borno by sub
scriptlon.
Mn WV MASSEY, OF Philadelphia, has
donated 10 the trustees OF tho city house
Of refuge ti01, 900 70 be used In purchasing
farm naar tho city and erecting proper
buildings.
TuE polar bear at Madison Square Gar
don, New York, had his claws cut tho
other day. II took twenty four men with
ropes TO hold him while tho operation was
performed.
MADAME PATTI contributed 1900 10 the
hospital for children In Lisbon, and in re-
turn received from tho Queen OF Portugal
mll.length portrait accompanied by an
autograph note.
WnirE a 81 Louis family were at sup
per, two thieves entered tho house by q
rear d1o- ana ca,rIcd on Tho stove which
hsa No IN !, snd : yeoL,s hun, faIlcd n
r ~ .' no n,onar,v -
N,s 's. r.Vr ,ha o., ar.
,an...S .. 80 a ooa oc sn ha.ho,. ~ no,a'
toes n wear. at tax Of fifteen cents a
bushel. In 1889 Scotland did not export
any potatocs TO America, nor ireland In
IsSa
4 pxrn,yrKp loaf Of bread was recently
dug up ut Acmctonia Station, near Pitts.
burgh, being found at depth Of twelve
foot beneath tho surface OF tho earth
and beneath an ancient forest OF locust
trees.
soME OF the shepherds In tho mountains
OF Bulgaria lead an outdoor life, tending
to their Hooks for ten or fifteen years,
without knowing what II is to sleep in
house or to enjoy any of tho comforts OF