The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-07-20
VOL. TX. NO, a.
CURRENT TOPICS.

elIlIt new l.onlion bnidge over the
Thames cost sS.0j0,O0o.
A RUSSIAN Is not legally Of age till
he Is twenty-six years old.
Tux high cirrus clouds are believed
10 be formed Of snowflakes.
CAMELs are being imported into Aus
tralia for use In the gold fields.
III i775 hailstones said to weigh 20
ounces fell at Murcia, la spain,
Tmg average annual amount Of dew
in England Is equal 20 live inches Of
rain.
MANY old fcudal castles are still in.
habited In England and parts Of Eu-
rope
Mom than one thousand forms ot
snow crystals have been observed and
copied.
THE first book printed In America is
said 10 have been an almanac at boston
In 1852
A STURGEON weighing three hundred
pouads has been caught In Narragan.
sett bay
TINS American people last year drank
the decocIion from Gio $4,000 pounds
Of coffee
In 1886 ihlc was frost In England
July that destroyed nearly al the
Tegetation
TmE heaviest rainfall u near the
equator. nni diminisl,es steadily as the
latitude rises,
A Nkono was fined bya New York
justice recently for saying "Ah, there
10 y passcr-by
TnE luster OF morocco may bc re-
tanned by applying tic white Of an eg,
with a sponge
oytR t,OOo,0Oo people live Ia this
country upon the wages paid 10y rail.
read companies
Ar Great Falls Mont, the mercury
has been known "a drop 70 dcgrces Ia.
aide of five minutes
TnE prince of Wales has Il brothers,
in-law. 10 nnclcs. ~ cousins and %
nephews aud nieccs.
OyEn one half Of the yapur IN the az.
mosphcrc is within G.0OJ feet Of the
surface of the earth.
~ the temperate zones, the maxi
mum Of heat Is attained about a month
after the longest days.
lS the United States the rainfall 81
the four Seasons Is about equal Ia
amount la each season
IS Norway the perpetual snow lin,
is at a,iOo feet. Ia the llimalayas 10,
200. In the Andes is,Gto
-e Tar Finnish parliament has passed /
law prohibiting all railroad traffic an,
mail delivery on sunday
Mosr Of the storm producing STRAIT
~ the air lie below The tops Of Tn
highest mountain ranges
Ir Ia noN asserted that Argentina eN
ports mora wheat Ia TIC markets d
Europe than the United states
FROM recent exploration il is lp
lieycd that Peru contains the sccon
largest petroleum area in the world.
IN France siyty seven per cent q
the people live on rye tread. onl
ihirty.three per cent ON wheat hrea'
A wgsr PnnADrirmA girl has be
room papercd with correspondence
The dndo Is made entirely Of love lc
ters
TmERE are more artcsian wells
California than any other state IN III
union. One county claims 40 sue
wells
JANIS WooD and Miss Mary Stcwai
were recently married near Young
town, o.. after a courtship Of hut tv
hours.
Ar Bombay twenty.four inches
rain have fallen In day az Gcuo
thirty inches, AZ Gibraltar ,hirty-thr
inches
TnE silk of the grca, spider OF Mad
gascar n iinc. strong and elastic IL
used by the natives o fastrn nowcrs
sunshadcs
A RADiHi weighing four and thrc
quarter pounds and measuring faurtc'
inches In circumference is product
Huston, Ga.
lIKNRy SPITz, OF Altoona, Ia, ~
probably fatally injured while sayil
his little daughter from death mnd
an electric car.
ACCORDING 20 the Electrical Engi
eer. there are good reasons tor bell,
ing that the friction of rain Is the r,
cause Of lightning
LYDIA Il. GAt1 Is reported 10 Ia
relinquished all claims TO the estate
Robert Ray Hamilton In considerati
Of the sum Of sl0,0O0.
A NEBRASKA paper missed puhli'
tion one day lately ON account of
editors wife, who did the typcscttir
being away ON visit
TnF average watch Is composed
ninety-cight pieces and lis manuii
ture embraces more than a,OJO distiI
and seperate operations.
IN spite OF the financial condition
the country l95 miles of new railro
has been constructed in the Unit
States Ia the last six months.
TnE bulletin Of the Berlin bureau
statistics says that four-tifths Of
engines Of all classes now working
the world have been constructed sii
1870.
In Illinois, Michigan, WILSON'S
Minnesota, North Dakota and Sol
Dakota the inhabitants Of foreign y
entage outnumber the native po
lation.
CLERaYMEN vie with each other
their advertisements To perform
marriage ceremony cheaply In Aust
liza. Their charges vary from seven
Ave cents to $3.50
BY the will Of the late William v
ter Phelps his daughter, the Baron
Won Rottenberg, receives over SO
000, which, added to the wealth of
husband, win make them one Of
wealthiest families In Germany.
MRs CATHERINE SALISBURY, sister
the Mormon prophet Joseph Sun
who was killed at Carthage, H., IN |
IA still living at Fountain Green,
eiRhty.two years Of age and with n
finct recollection OF the trngedy.
Or OF the unfinished plans of
late Prof Robertson smith was u
tlonary Of the Bible, which was ia
brought out In Edinbnrg. Scotland
Jon swAINE an engineer OF llal
Tex, has been held TO answer for u
clous mischief In blowing his cnl
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