The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-01-05
VOL. III. NO. IS
cURRENT TOPICS.
Tur new year win be a lcnp-year.

iHk new year VIII be leap-yoar.
TnK English Parllahont viii convene
February ..
THESE are tho days when the defective
Hue is very busy.
LiBEL suits against newspapers are be-
coming quito the rage.
THEE million women in the United
States are working for wages
Dn. ScBLENkSS Is engaged In excava.
hons nc the Temple Of Venus on. the Island
OF Cerigo.
TnE Pennsylvania Railroad Company Is
about 70 establish savings bank for its
employees
IHE value OF The mineral products Of tho
United States for tho year 1885 was more
than siG5, 10000
JoHN c. FRgMoSr, wife and daughter,
have gone 10 Lon Angeles, Cal, where they
will spond the winter.
An Apache Indian will not kill white
man during tho night because OF clause
In his religion which forbids II.
Tug Prince OF Wales is in bud oder with
tho hnglssh people because ho attended
Prize hghter SuiliS ,n's reception.
SENATOR srASroRp OF California, gave
each one Of the Senate pages crisp, new
hye-doilar bill for Christmas gift
FoR thlrty-two years Mrs. Catherine
Murdock has KEEP, the light In the Rondout
IN. y, lighthouse burning brightly.
THE Wearing up of tho streets In New
York, OF which there has boon much ocni-
plalnt, Is causing great deal OF sickness.
TURKEY has joined the other European
powers IN trying 10 make this country tho
dumping ground for lis pauper population
IT Ia singular fact that the recent
cold snap in Georgia frozs up the ico-fac-
tory nj Grinin aud deprived the town OF
ice.
PirrsnuRon dentist pulled the wrong
tooth for ciiiEcn OF that city, and now
he Is defendant in q suit for Sso0,00O dam.
ages.
BALTIMORE Il earning an unonviablo rep
utaiion n a Greina Green, refuge for
lovers who fly from parental advice and
controL
TIE Knights Of Labor executive board is
circulating n petition, which is being
largely signed, In favor OF government tel
egrnphy.
AZ Official return shows that thcro arc
upward Of 5000 tenement houses ia Now
York City. There arc probably 10000 moro
IN brooklyn
A coal field 500 miles long Is said 10 have
beon trnced In Montana. reaching from the
Big Horn mountains, in Custer County, TO
tho British line.
Tue South Carolina Legislature has
passed law prohibiting cock. .hghtinR
within two miles OF any chartered instltu.
tion Of learning In tho State.
AnAxpsoNr house has boon purchased in
Washington. TO be presented 10 the widow
Of General w. & Hancock by number OF
tho lamentcd Generals friends.
+ RnvEnAL women who voted IN New york
last fall have boen prosecuted nj Angelica
and Lockport aud bhvc been convicted OF
Illegal voting One was sent 10 jail for
twcnty.four hours
TnE Cincinnati Esguirer suggests that. in
order 10 teach the American girl tho differ.
cnce between brea kfast biscult and siung
shot they be taught in the public schools
TO sew, cook aud keep house
cnAnIrs DitKENs JR., saws he has
'loarnoj more Of American politics in the
last three wocks by reading American
newspapers than he had obtained from a
thirty years study OF books
RRv. W. W. DAVIS, pastor the First
Congregational Church OF Detroit, Mich,
has declined n 500 dollar increase Of sal
airy, requesting that tho money be used in
relieving The wants Of the poor.
oSE Of the latest "notlonsn is the
Press Bureau the purpose OF which is
10 furnish the newspapers Of tho country
with trustworthy essays and opinions
pom educational and religious topics
GENEnAL TERnY has been granted four
months leave OF absence and will pass the
winter IN Florida Ills health is much i'm.
paired. During his absence the division OF
the Missouri win DO under the command OF
General Crook.
FnoM reliable British renorts Il nnpears
that consumptlon preyaIls moSt In Mauri.
thus and Ceyion, with a percentage OF 4 ~
"a .Ooo America cor,ing nov, ,,I,I, q ~ ,ha
Capo OF Good Hope and Natal showing the
lowest percentage, lN
JYssR HAwonru. OF Bowdon. CheshIre
has presented 10 the British Museum tho
thronc.chair OF Queen Hatnsu NJ tho
eighteenth Eyyptian dynasty. Il q 1sto
This is the Oldest niece Of furniture In tho
world. the date of which Ia ,,ow,
TttE Bnroncas BnrIette. .f,optts anl o,har
philanthroplc neonle.of I.ondo, ars nhon,
10 establish n scheme IN nrovi,,o ,vo,.Lshor.
furnished with sewing machines ,,horo
poor seamstresses can ga and have the use
OF the macbines NJ a verv Law chnrse
NrArIY ali Of the yopnv ladies' ~ wh,,o
cIond Kan. Ssro sIsnod a s",ana ~ ,,a,so mn.o
That, "God helping me-" they will hohce- |
forth abstain from the use OF gum and |
slang, and not keep company with young |
men who use tobacco, strong drink, or p.o. |
FANG language.
InE st. Paul press publish statement
OF the growth and progress Of that city |
saai.t.. ns r, p"'s ~, : o"' VIZ" ina'cn'es
%h',s,s,. % 'yv.'. lue assresa,e value OF Tue
a., oon 40 'n,p,V.o,nenss IA was upwnras oi
..a,s,'s .,a,s ,''o. aau 'nansiae,urlns anu DUST
49,. usss '"'e'o''s na'o u'soiopeu IN proper