The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-11-16
A Day Spent in Louisa.

Louisa, the county seat OF Law
ence, Co. KY, is one of the most
beautiful little towns / have ever
'een. The streets are wide and
aid of at right angles, and clean.
In summer the brilliant flower
Yards surrounding Louisas many
residences, render the
sight particularly attractive. Lou
iss is tie best shaded town il Ky.
Everything was torn up with the
election and | missed seeing many
prominent people whom | would
have been glad to have met. Any
how Lawrence County went Demo
cratic by a good majority. and
that is some consolation, amid the
general Republican re o icing
throughout Uncle Sam s vast do
main.
The assessed value of Lawrence
county is two million and nine
hundred thousand dollars, Law
renee is one of the most prosper
Gus counties in Kentucky. A large
area oe territory is tributary to the
own Of Louisa and many OF her
merchants do a very handsome
ous ness.
| had the pleasure of meeting
Col. Jay. H. Northup, one OF TIE
prominent and influential gentle
man in this section OF Kentucky,
who came to Kentucky to live just
af'er the war. He is a native Of
Eastern New York, and was the 1t
Col. of the 9Sd New York Regi
ment and fought through the wa
in the army Of the Potomac. Some
years ago Col.Northup was the re
ceiver and general manager OF TIN
Chattaroi r. r., afterward reorgan
lied into he Ohio and Big Sand,
Railroad.
| Col. Northup, surrounded by hi
charming wife and lovely younI
daughters, lives in a beautiful HON
Pin Louisa, and is extensively en-
gagged 10 coal mining at whit
House" Johnson County, Kentucky
The finest camel coal in Kentuck
is mined at this point. From hir
! | learned that these mines hav
been very successfully operated io
the past eight years. The outpu
of these mines known as tn
birds. Eye" coal is twenty thol
sand tons per year. The mines al
located about twenty eight mile
from Louisa. One hundred minel
are employed. This coali is shippe
all over the Union and to Chicag
and the great northwest.
t The coal burns clean withor
: dust or ashes, and beautifully to-
: with a soft mellow radiance that
: particularly pleasing on the col
y dark winter afternoons. There
not any finer coal in the Unic
i than this.
II Lawrence Co. Kentucky is b
}. coming famous as a tobacco raj
i ing country. Col. Northup is tr
e ing the experiment. He has tifI
" acres of beautiful tobacco which
Al thinks will turn out we'll, In ca
Is of success, tobacco raising will b
1t come an extensive industry. 1
70 old town Of Quincy, Florida, or t
county, has been quite successful
o. that line within the past half
It. dozen years. There are now sew
e. al large New York factories est'
III lished there, and hard times ho
of not touched that town for seye
i'll years.
i'll Louisa has also a natural
to well. Several families are now
nt' ing gas for fuel. Lawrence coun
en- KY, is awaiting the hand OF
II capitalist to develop her numer
resources,
Louisa has one OF the larg
wholesale grocery houses in east
ne Kentucky.
Atkins Burchett and Rate
81, wholesale grocers This p
c. porous firm was established
Louisa, in 1891. They do b
.ho ness of 100000 a year. They I
~ ell two or three men. Their II
A. covers a territory of almost e
, !, counties. Lawrence, John
,an Martin, Floyd, Pike, Morgan,
10, Coffin, Knott; also Wayne Co
N. Va.
~ Dimensions of their hands
= store. 46xS0ft. two floors an
J, basement. The firm is compt
IN of Major Burchett, L. NJ. All
81 and ]. F. RGtcliff.
b. Mr.. Atkins is a native Of
zoe and is a large and wealthy lul
of dealer.
J.F. Ratcliff il u native of vi
County, w. Va. He is thorou
identified with Louisa, having
; - here ten years, aAd is an ele