The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-03-08
VOL. III. [.NO. %.
CURRENT TOPICS.

SENATOR ALLISON is chlldleSs wild.
over -
Coin mining operations are TO be re.
bnmed near Thompson, Ga.
soSoRA, MIX, levies tax OF two dol.
lars on every child born there.
DECORATION DAY and Fourth OF July
ccmo on u Wednesday this year.
DoonsTEr babies In Topeka, Kas., nro
called ''circumhtantlal iufants.n
SAN FHASelsco policemen say they have
never seen drunken ChinamAn
TINS Israel Putnam monument nj Brook.
lyn, CT, is TO be dedicated on Juno II.
A WASHINGTON attorney says tho quaint.
estpatent ever issued was for tapoworm
trap.
TnH sportsmcn OF Washington, Pa, have
been having a rat-hunt They caught
900 :
ANoNo tho captures In The City Hall at
Macon, Ca, the other day, was i've.
pound rat
Mns. CLEVELAND was presented with two
pct alligatorA as souvenir OF tho Presi.
DENTAL visit 10 Florida,
ISrEEyiEwiSo Mayor Hewitt is now
known among New York reporters as
sworking the growler,p
PREsIpESr ADAMS, OF Cornell University,
proSounces co41ducatlon OF tho sexes nj
that institution success
TopGf thoro arc over Ave millions OF
persons supported BY the various employ.
rienta based on electricity.
TANn fawn was presented 10 Mrs.
Cleveland at Jacksonville. and forwarded
by expfcss 10 the White House
TnE German daily newspaper having tho
largest circulation In the world Il publish.
edin Now York. not Ia Germany.
ALToGrTnrm ;,csi novels. OF which Oo5
were reprints Of English works, were pub.
lsht In tho United States las, year.
WrsTwABn the star OF conventions takes
lis way. Since ls52 Cincinnati, 81 Louis
aud Chicago have had oil the National Con.
ycniionr
TnH tearing down OF Libby Prison,
transportation Of the materials 10 Chicago,
and resurrection there, will prove n costly
enterprise
DR- oLlrEn wHSBHLL Houses answers
letters from autograph hunters at tho
bands OF m amanuensis, armed with n
typa-writar.
or COO tomatoes OF which record has
been made In tho United States not moro
than scvcn,y.tvc were cast OF the Allie.
gheny mountains.
ASp now the colored people demand n
holiday all their own. They propose To
hold Nailonil convention In Washington
70 urge It's adoption.
A PAHisilN paper speaks o. new and
fatal disease called billiards." killing a
large number Of people In tho Western
States Of the United states
II was a Maine editor who abused the
editorial Eve FOR somo shocking
effects OF intemperancc, he wrote on his
nrst page, 'fcc our insides,m
APrSNsTLvASIA court has been called
upon TO decide whether Il Is criminal for o
school teacher 10 punish boys by compclI.
ing them 10 at with tho girls.
A sHorNAKrHs sign, supposed 20 have
been carried from Mt Vernon, M, drop
ped from tho sky six mIlos northeast OF
Coyington, Ga, tho other day.
TnE dogs Of war arc a literal reality In
The French army, whore a corps Of mas.
tits IL being trained TO fiy at every thing
that wc6fs GormAn uniform.
SrukN Arab mendlcants are fiocklng 70
this country In large numbers. Nearly
a00 are already here, and they are coming
Ia steadily increasing numbers.
II Il asserted BY those who profess 10
know that tho entire surface OF Raleigh
County. W. Va. ia underlaid with coal
from four 10 twelve feet In thickness
ASNA ZoLlLKA has just entered suit for
divorce from her husband for tho seventh
timo Mt Minneapolis Her spouse was sue.
cosaful in defeating her former efforts.
MEs. DEnoREn PowrRs, head OF the bank
Ing house OF Lansingburg, N. Y, Is in her
lsih year, but she IL very vigorous
woman aud takes long walk ovory day.
TnE Princess OF Wales Ia again suffering
from M attack Of deafness. She Is now
compelled to use an ear trumpet ncces.
siiy which she very unwillingly submits 20.
BrsTs OF President and Mrs Cleveland,
made OF pulp, TO which $4,000 OF tattcrod
currency has been reduced, are for sale in
The corridors OF tho Capitol at Washing
ton.
Mus. sally SuMNrRs, OF Jones County,
Ca, has g5 grandchildren, iie great
grandchildren and ~ grcat-grcatgrand-
children Her husband Is local Methodist
preacher
AlAuANA has arranged 10 nccept $4,000
ayear from tho Federal treasury for use
on an experiment farm, which is nothing
more nor less than place where farmers
go TO school.
AT Virginia City big blackdog recently
committed suicide by jumping down n
shaft into mine. The mercury was twcn-
ty-two degrees below zero and the dog was
tired OF tho world.
AN old log cabin that was built by
George Washington aud occupied by him
while surveying part OF the Shenandoah
Valley is still standing In fair state OF
preservation a few miles from Winches-
ter, Vn.
NonTH CAROLINA comes nearer being q
Etate without cities than any other OF the
older commonwealths. Wilmington,
It's largest town, has only 1900 people;
Raleigh, 1900; Charlotte, 1900, and Ashe-
vile, 5000,
AN enthusiast In the study OF prophesy,
who has figured out the end Of the world
coming about tho middle Of next month,
solemnly asks, "Alter the 10th OF March,
whatin We would meekly suggest a-
fatrick's day.
CBARLEs STRoyG, clockmaker and
Parsrsed recently in Boston leaving a
Fannie Barhand q miscellaneous col
and Winnie watches wat so.,u. numbering ~Se his
Our Marshal has at Versailles o,
rip of some weeks tistamps two
lanes O. Mnrenln, ngtents; stamps