The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-07-11
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0KoRoE BANCROFT. tho historian. IL
now tho oldest living graduate OF Har-
ward
A CHICAGO court deorees divorces
granted by Jewish churches Intellectual
in law.
TwKErY-sn years have passed away
since the battle Of Gettysburg was
fought
A cmcAoo enthusiast talks OF erect
ing q tower in that city 1000 feet in
height
Los AsoKLEs. CAL. has decided 70
build ecwcr 70 the sea, II cost Of
q -. 800
Miss AgIA NJ. LoSoPELLow, daughter
of the poet, Is an enthusiastic amateur
photographer.
TIH tide OF immigration Is weaker
,hanit was q yea= ago by some 1000
persons month.
BEs BurLEKs best eye is now in poor
condition. and II Is feared that no may
become totally blind.
IT Is reported that w. X. Vanderbilt
has offered sl.GOo. 600 for tho Secrotan
collection Of pictures.
THE bridal dress In which Miss Eliza
both Drexel was married tho other day.
cost fvo thousand dollars.
cnoP prospects throughout the United
States are unusually good. Tho year
1859 promises 20 be bountiful.
Az oak tfec Is growing ont Of the
branches OF China tree on Mr. Hill
mans plaeein Greene County. Ca
THE hot, dryspcll that has so seriously
damaged the crops in Dakota and Min
nosota has been broken BY good rains.
A LosDoS physician OF ominencc
maintains that the most potent cause OF
thedsssominAtlon Of disease Is kissing.
cHARoEs have been made against
leading mcmbers tho Detroitcity coun-
ell for demanding aoIey from. contrac-
tors--a------
Two negro emigration commissioners
are in Mexico. trying 70 got hold OF
land on which 70 start . colony Of their
race.
SENATOR MoHRrII, Of Vermont. is sew
cniy-nino years OLD and has represented
HIS State II Was, -sston for thirty-fve
years.
THE brido was one OF our Oldest cIti-
zenA." says Missouri exchange. and tho
editor wonders why he didn't receive
any wedding cake.
TIM beat dressed woman. the woman
with baby. and tho old woman are ten
dorcd 4 seat In the crowded strectcar in
the order mentioned
Tim output Of lump coal from the
Illinois mines in tho year ending July 1,
IsSs. was II. SIS. .1ss tons, the greatest in !
the history Of the State.
IT Is a significant fact that Of those
who have committed suicide in this |
country during the last eight years two
thirds wire Of foreign birth.
TnE late Simon Cameron began his
career without dollar. and he always
pruuuIy referred 70 this fact as furnish. |
ING the koy 70 his success in life.
Tm Scientific American recommends
carbolic acid sprinkled on tho bed &c /
keep OF mosquitoes II would also have /
terdnney 80 keep OF tho sleeper.
Sm JUfrAx PAUScEFoTE, the British /
Minister. wiilsail for England shortly,
and upon HIS return in the autumn win |
be accompanied by his wife and two |
daughters
Prof. = r PTrrNAS. prominent Ar
kansas educator. answered the advor- |
tlsenent OF Sarah JaclIson,of Chicago,
and married her after an acquaintance
Of six hours
TaE playful act OF n man in picking
up another and dropping him over tho |
side Of an excursions steamer, resulting in
his death, 81 looked upon In New
York court as murder.
PKrScE BISMARCK is said 70 take more
pleasure In recounting tho dueling and 1
drinking feais Of his student days than
inrelating any Of his later triumphs in
tho field Of craftsmanship.
TULxRE lake, in California. which
was formerly 20 by so miles in extent, IL
now only Is by 20. Although the water
Is strongly impregnatcd with borax and
nlkall, tho Lake is full OF fish.
TnE steamships that leave American
ports are carrying an unusually largo
number OF steerage passengers to
Europe. Most Of them are foreigners
who have been disappointed in America.
An eel sulcidcd in Forsytho County.
Ga. tho other day. 1t hooked itself,
and failing TO effect its release, deliber-
ately tied itself around tho rope In a
hard knot, thcroby choking itself to
death.
fI,ERDoN SirsLNAN, Of Garrett County,
w. Va. expects 70 make his fortune
somo day by extracting gold nom
the teeth OF dead bodies. He says
there is millions of dollars thus going to
waste.
A MIssoURIAS named Curtain proposes
to expcnd $4,000 in taking vote for
preferences in tho presidential election
OF 1892, and then sell tho result Of his
labor TO the newspapers The vote will
require years time
TuK Hamburg steamer Suevia sailed
from New York, the other day, with $50
tenchers ON board. bound for a tour
through Europe and visit to the Paris
Exposition. by far tho largest por-
tion Of the passengers were women, tho
average being gfully eight women toevory
man
A QUARRY Of paving stone in which
tho slabs are stroalxed with red. whne
and blue has been discovered near
Meshoppin, Wyoming County. Pa
TnE largest ferryboat in the world is
the Solano. used in carrying trains
across the Straits OF Carquinoz, between
lienioia and Porta Costa. II Is 400 feet
long and has a capncity OF forty-eighs
freight cars and two locomotives.
A RnoENr discussion about tho heigh,
Of troos in the forests OF Victoria bring
from tho government botanis, tho state
ment that no has seen ono nsa foot high