The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-11-17
NEWS ITEMS

Francis II. Weeks, the forger. arrived
at Sing Sing prison Friday and was
assigned TO the pile gang
Oscar Smith. wealthy farmer and
stock rpifcr OF Bourhon county, Ky.,
shielded Tuesday morning by shooting
himself with a shotgun
The latest estimates OF the Massachu-
sets legislature give ss republicans to
Z democrats In the senate and repub-
lican majority Of iss In tho housc.
Tho Lake Shore passenger and
freight depot and post oiiicc st New
Era, Just south OF Waterloo Ind,
burned TO the ground Friday Loss
heavy
The complete returns from black
hawk county. la, Gov Boies' home
county. give, jackson s,ilt. Holes 2. $50.
net republican gain Of sos over the
vote of 1891.
The baptism Of the infant prince OF
Roumania by tho Roumanian clergy.
necoriing ~ the rites of the Greek
church. caused angry comments by the
Catholic pscN
The total vote in south Dakota viii
fall hclow $4,000. less than half the
vote Of last year The republican cam
didaies tor supreme Judges are elected
BY from 5000 70 1000 plurality
Secretary IIohc Smith hes appointed
George n Crosby. OF Sacramento cal,
special agent 10 examine and report
on the condition of the Digger Indians
with view TO improving their condi-
tion.
Dr. Herman August Hagen. professor
of entomology. at Harvard college.
died At ckmbrldgc. Mass Thursday
morning. Prof Hagen was born In
Kualgshcrg, Eastern Prussia, May 80,
ISM
The 0rashdanln. organ Of The Russian
court, in special article upon the
European situation, recognizes the fact
that general disarmament Is lmpossi-
blr, and that European war Is newt
able
tioy. Brcy has ordered Col John y
Castlcmnn. of the Louisville legion. q
detail thirty men 10 accompany Phi
Eyans. tho rapisL 10 llardstown snd
protect him from mob violence during
the trial
The marquis OF oueensterry wa
privately married. according toa dis
patch received at London. TO Mis-
Ethci Weedcn. NJ Eastbourne, Th'
bride u descrihcd IA being both younl
and rich
Al New York. Francs II. Weeks wa
Tuesday sentenced 10 ten years i'm
prisonment IN Sing Sing prison. IL
pleaded guilty on arrnignmcnt, AM
tho entire proceeding did not occupl
iivr minutes
Francls Murphy closed a ton day'
temperance meeting AZ Grccnsbnrg
lnd.. with o,er 1000 signcrs 10 IN
n pledge Mayor Armstrong and Col
ia Wolfe. of Rushville, addressed tn
large audience
AZ Atlanta. Ga. Charles j. Crane
the young BaltimoryAn forgcr who wa
betrayed into the hAnds of the Cineir
natl police by q man whom he had b,
friended. was Friday sentenced TO tlv
ycafh ~ the Irultchunrys
A statue OF Patrick Henry. while
used 70 ornament the old Monongahcl
county courthouse Is now an advertise
meat In Morgantown-lW- vn-i sior'
The people are kicking on this use (
the iumo't tai Patricka statue and war
ii rsstoi vi
At Oak Ridge. ~ miles south {
vanceburg. Ky. Horace Goodhnv
while draining the last sip from
whisky bottle. swallowed some silver
of glass that were In the bottom Of n
= bottle. llc died in great agony fc'
heAnlatcr
There was double execution az 4
sen Ia the Rhine province Friday. A
innlnercrl named Ucbeluen, and
workman. banned Metsger. were put
death accbrding 10 law for havir
robbed afa murdered Grucnbaum,
cattle dealN
Col Vm. NJ. Able. @. Kentucky, WI
Friday appointed an Indian agcn
- with a salary Of q. 900 ycar. Mr. Ab
was an applicant for surveyor Of u
q. port OF Louisville, but that office VI
4 filled BY tho appointment Of n friend
n Congressman Caruth.
. AZ Cleveland, o.. the convention
Liberal Preshyierlans adopted n seri
OF resolutions wherein they dccla
their intention 10 remain within u
fold. Of the Presbyterian church, Ina
much as tho Westminster creed sa
nothing about the incrrancy Of Il
Sculptures
Another purchase for the lIraziliI
fleet Is reported at New York. Charl
r.. PlhI the agent oi the Rovcrnmer
Il Is stiold. has concluded negotiatIo
for th,-, ram yacht NADIA, which "
oniyN <cently launched She has
speed of twenty-five miles an hour al
will be fitted up as torpedo boat I
III Cid
The president Friday pardoned Cls
ence II. Harris, formerly cashier of I
national bank OF Dubuque, la, &C
! ylctcd Of falsifYing reports TO the &C
troler, who pleaded guilty and sc
,ence suspended. The petition "
based on the alleged trust placed
Harris In the word OF the president
the bank.
Chairman Sayres, Of the house co
mlttee ON appropriations, will send {
notices 10 the submembcrs 70 conyc
In the committee rooms November
at lOoclocls, for the purpose Of beg
ming the preparation Of these bills
Mai. II. II. lIassacls, Of Wheeling,
\ Va, who arrived at Los Angeles, q
y recently 10 work up stock compa
for the sale OF Worlds fair pho
graphs. committed suicide by shooti
himself with revolver. Desponder
was the cause. Maj Hassacls was
the head OF the commissary departm'
ON Gen. Sheridan'a staff when Sherid
marched into the Shenandoah valley
1864
A deaf mute was struck Friday by
Grand Rapids a Indiana pnssenl
train while walking on the track
Portland, Ind, and was thrown wv
ty.nyo feet but not fatally injur
Nothing could bo found out regard
ndnd 10 all inquiries ho aim
No. 4 ~ a northwoaicrly dIrccllol
a fever IA raging In portln
I'd there are iears that an .