The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-01-17
.~cuRRENT TOPICS.

year grinding hnnd-organa.
n A MKrKoRIc stone which latoly fell in
Russia contained several diamonds.
AnrRiM, N. H., reports twenty seven
inhabitants who arc over eighty years
old.
THERE are nine cables connecting Europe
and America, which utilize $4,000 miles Of
cable
Iris announced that the wealth Of the
Vanderbilt family now foots up s27i.-
100000
SENATOR REAGAN. otsTexas, Is said To
have n habit OF chewing paper when be 10
thinking.
TnKRK are Eve hundred students en-
rolled at tho University OF Tennessee.
Knoxville.
On. D. I. REYSoLDs, OF Rockford. Mich,
wears buttons made Of $50 gold pieces on
bis clothes.
A PERMANENT library. composed solely
Of books written by women, Is TO oo'estab-
llshed In Paris
EMPERoR WILLIAM. OF Germany. keeps n
scrap book Of newspaper clippings re-
gnrdIng himself
THINos have como 20 a strange pass
when ST. Paul. Mimi, can getno Ice for its
annual ice palace.
Iris said tha. Honolulu has moro tele-
phones In proportion 10 tho population
than any other city.
Tm city council OF New Orleans pro-
poses 10 license the gambling houses OF
that city once moro
THE cost Of transporting tho mails over
tho various railways Is something over
$500, 900 por nnnum-
CmoAoo aympathiEcs with Now York
because New York's taxes amounted to
Ssi. .8ao. 1870 last year.
The first recorded eclipse OF the moon IL
that observed by the chnIdeans at Baby
Ion on March 10 40 n. c.
Tho chaplain Of the Nebraska Legislature
gets Is day for opening thu meetings OF
the Legislators with prayer
A FUND IL helng raised at New Orleans
for tho family Of James Givens, tho hero
OF the recent steamboat fire.
THE Hayilans arc retaiiating against tho
United statos by pronounclng the name OF
our gallant admiral Lucy"
THKnr arc over a thousand women aud
girls In Pittaburgh who work In tho iron
mills engaged In making barhed wire
OnANoE peel, when thoroughly dried or
bated, Is a capital thing for lighting fires
Il burns ilercely and gives out an intense
heat.
A JAP Is coming over 10 this country TO
prove that man can stay under water for
four minutes as well as for twenty sec
onds.
Mary C. PArTES, ninoty-three yenrs
old, has charge Of tho infant class OF tho
Methodist Sunday school at Taunton,
Mass -s,',
AT tho opening Of tho state Supreme
Court OF Pennsylvania. the other day, tho
judges took their seats robed In black
gowns.
Nor only are Malno herring, sold for
sardlnoa, but tho alleged olive oil In
which they are packed Is simply cotton
seed oil.
Ir,s an old lesson, but each day furnisho.
facts proving that lrting with another
mans wife Is not only very wrong, but
very dangerous.
A. w. PnRcE, Of Cape Elizabeth, Me-,
owns ono Of tho largest poultry farms In
New England. He has at present between
1000 and 5000 birds
Tnn viii OF the iate Captain William b
Adams, OF Kingston, gives Sl2S COO to the
Boston Marine Society and 10000 TO the
losfon Pilot Society.
|owA has discovered that she has no law
10 bnnlsh person who ssis fire to staei
1| bats. Only wheat and hay arc men'
Toned In the statute.
CEDAR RArfDs, Ia, clergyman re-
|..Iiy took this for his texts "Can a man
vim family work for thirty dollars a
~. ~
II "A said that Mr.. Osgoodby, the author
0| no famous Murchison letter, had nc
idea Of It's Importance politically, until
|.| days before its publication.
IInTy years ago the Empress Of Russia
he Princess OF wales and the Duchess ol
Co.herland had to get along with thre'
|t,'|rs a month each pin money.
IND Albany Times received letter from
Nd. York tho other day which had beer
.|.|I- nye days ON route, and II thinks It L
||M1 fast mail train was put, on.
Tn Queen Of Portugal has a M .sh'
and 4. proud OF IL The great ladies Of he
court are initiating the Queen, and mus
...Ios are to be the latest female fad.
Ir1N L. TAYLOR, an attorney fount
|.II.t Of collecting illegal fees as Unite'
...||t Pension Agent at Chicago, has beef
..1|.hced to one year in the State prison
MARRIED. woman OF Nashville has de
.1I|.d her husband and child to 60 on tn
.||.4 She took part In kirmiss for tn
benefit Of the church and became stag
IIr Star says II is strange, but true
chat here are almost as many real Indian
|1 New York State as in Minnesota. In al
there arc Just about 5000 rod mon in tn
Emr|ro State.
n has been discovered that the grave Q
william Penn Is in sadly neglected con
I|I|1n There Is not even a mound abov
Il. .nd only flimsy slab Of stone stuck i
I1c round, at the head or foot, no one ca
tell rhich.
IN. girl blacksmith, Miss Anna Bol,
who Ibcently exhibited dozen horseshoe
4| tho Mechanics Institute. In San Fran
o|.cn Is described as being 'about fiy
|.II |hree inches high aud rather fragil
chan strong.D 5he is fifteen years old.
|IIINors has q compulsory education la
which provides for the appointment {
.-...I officers in certain contingencies
..(6rco IT The mayor Of Chicago Is aboutt
....|ht such officers. The friends Of edr
..|I0. believe the law can be enforced.
NOW Germany and England are havin
||I||6 diplomatic tilt Count Bismarc
I.. .oiten himself in peck Of troubl
n0I 10 English papers are going for hi
.|||0ut mercy.
TI|1rmcITv ia wonderful thing, b.
fI.r. arc so. limitations to Its powers I
|.1Iv broken up company have disco'
.... from failure Of the electrical sugi
I.|0|ng apparatus
IS |.r New York Sun says that any OF
I..|rous Of spcculating in real estate O.
.|..chaso an acre of land In Wall stree
.... York for ,he small sum Of SI4, SOC, 90
and u "a cheap at that