The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-06-20
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PAYER shoes are being manufactured
81 Dundss. Wis.
BEEr HAnr has made his permanent
home In England.
fAHs Of gauze arc now seen with
frosted silver handles
IT cost 8, 900 10 cable a speech by the
Presidentof Chill to Europe.
A vienna, Pa-) lad OF six attempted
suicide 10 escape q strapping.
SALT lake has lost nino per cent Of its
{ aaltness ietthe last Ave years.
eih JULIAN PAuEcKToTE Is one OF the
best swordsmen in Washington.
THE eight-hour law Is being enforced
IT Chicago on all municipal work.
foUR hundred monuments have been
erected op the Gettysburg battlefield.
SILVER ice cream plates are made TO
resemble oyster shells in their natural
shape.
ARAM recently sheared 1t Metamora,
Mich, yielded ss1< pounds Of wool at
one clip.
Bou.Ixs sterilizes water, and within
thirty minutes viii have killed harmful
bacteria
CALIFORNIA has Is7, 800 hcmcsteads Of
100 acres each that have not been ap-
piled for.
G. p. HUNTINGTON Is to build 81, ,oOO.-
900 residence on $3.50, 900 lot In New
York City.
WIscossrs educators are discussing .
proposition 70 establish baths in the
public schools.
Dn HowAED says that water for
drinking purposes should never be be-
low hfty degrees
FLo1mA has $4,000, 900 invested in
tho orange business. Tho sales this
year wero ss.ecp. 60
TifmTr-THKE Cinnamon in New York
contributed se96 70 the relief Of the
JShnstown sufferers
An engine on the Bound Brook rail-
road In New Jersey recently covered
mile In twenty-nino seconds
PRoF. Bell, tho telephone man. cal
culates that = mother in talking 70 her
infant speaks %, 900 words day.
UNDER tho laws Of China the adult
who loses his temper in discussion is
sent % jail for Ave days 70 cool OF.
Nj ION STEWART. Of Griffin, Ga, IL
only twenty-threo years old. and is prob
ably tho youngest city executive in the I
country.
WHEx Mrs- Ream. Of Adamsville, Pa,
-tcok IN her wash from the line she found
IN tho pocket Of . dress . partly built
wren's nest
TIE cotton sszEiHE experiment Is TO
be thoroughly tried A steamer, the other
day put on 1000 rolls for single Mont
gomery. Ala, firm.
GovKKsoR HrLT. OF New York. has ap-
s.rovod the law which provides that no
one working for the State shall receive
less than g per day.
or three hundred and twenty-four
houses AZ Johnstown Two hundred and
ninety-fve were completely wrecked in
the late catastrophe.
BuFFAIo BILL Is said 10 be growing
80 rapidly in the favor OF the French
public that the popular supremacy Of
|. .BQnlanger Is threatened.
A rHLASTHRoPIc citizen Of Harvey
County. Kas.. has planted three miles
Of peach trees along the public highway
for the benefit Of travellers.
The multiplication OF 9s7, ,e5i. .s9I by 45 |
gives 4i.444. 4.444.445. Reversing the
order and multiplying IL, ,45s. Ts9 by IS
gives this result: 5.5Ss, SIS, SIS.
The prisoners In the Eastern peni- |
tentiary Of Pennsylvania have con-
tributed Of their small earnings sS2a to-
ward the Johnstown relief fund
ONE OF the .'sure cures Of consump-
tion" sold in Philadelphia was analysed.
the other day, and found TO consist OF
rum. molasses and extract OF dandelion.
THREE Of the richest merchants in the
country arc comparatively young men.
Wanamaker is fifty-one. Marshall Field,
Chicago. fifty-three. and Phil. Armour,
flfty-fve.
Two steel blocks. one weighing $780,
900 and the other 17o. 900 pounds. 10 form
part OF the armament Of an Italian
iron-clad, were recently shipped from
4 Bruson Foundry at Madgeburg.
AVID LATHE of Glasgow, has 10
ft.sd st0, 600 famous ..Alard'
Stradnarius VI 9, 500 has now
been offered lenAn o. an American,
and ,'he matter is now dader considera-
zion.
CHAUNcEY DEfEw takes no stock in
the new-fangled theory that marriage IL
. failure. To newly-wedded friend he
writes: ITO be engaged TO the woman
you love is happiness; to marry her is
heaven"
A rELEonArH lineman fell from the
oross-bar Of a pole at New Haven. and.
after descending twenty-five feet. struck
astride horse that stood below. The
horse was knocked down, but the man
escaped with slight injuries.
The wheat In many sections Of Kan
sas, this year, is so heavy shat the bind
ors can not clear the whole swath and do
not attempt 10 cut moro than one-half
The usual width. There's always some
thing tho matter with the crops in that
State.
AccoRDua to the statistics Of Dr..
Fodd. Of the 0eorgia State Medical So
oiety, the life expectancy Of various
countries Is as follows: United States,
IS years; England 80; Russia and Chilli,
rs; Soudan, oS; France. 45k; Europe
In medieval times, 20; and Rome, in the
time Of Cmsar, is.
GEonoK WADE, Of Cadillac, Mich, has
applied for pa' on a now hobby
horse, which h9 ,iaims will eclipse the
hicycla and other machines for travel. |
II consists OF an automatic horse 50 con-
structed that by rocking backward and |
forward Il moves In regular lope as far