The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-07-19


Russia has overthrown.
The coronet worn by the countess OF
Aberdeen on state occasions is dis
tinguished by five emeralds, which are
the largest In the world
In is likely that macadamized road
one hundred feet wide, running along
the lake shore from Chicago to Milwau-
kee, will be begun soon.
In the British Isles during the pres
ent century seven instances have been
recorded where the bride has married
the best man by mistake.
JAPANESE workmen wear, both on
their caps and on their backs, an in
seriptior stating their business and
the name of their employers
IT Is reported that the Bank of Spain
will undertake to raise sleO, 600, 900 for
the Spanish government for the prose-
cution of the campaign in Cuba.
In the fifty-seven years OF its exist
ence, Montgomery lodge of odd fel-
lows, at Reading, Pa, which has dis
banded, paid SITS 900 in benefits
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is
erecting large new track scales at its
Pottsville pa yard that will weigh
half dozen cars at time, going at
full speed.
TnE tablet which the German en-
peror ordered TO be erected on the Bis
marck door in the precincts Of the uni
/, versity at Gottingen bears the follow
ing inscription: ITO the Great Chancel-
lor- Wilhelm"
IF needle be inserted into the skin
Of supposed corpse and withdrawn
the hole will remain open II the pa
tient be really dead But IL the pa
tient lives the skin will close up and
the hole disappear.
The stockholders Of the American
Rell Telephone Co. have voted to In
crease the capital stock from SEQ. 500, OOO
to s2l. 500, 900 and the number of shares
from eO5, 600 to slS.OOO, the par value OF
each share being slO0
DURISG the twelve years the Brook
lyn bridge has been opened to the pub
lie II has been crossed by about 36O,-
100000 people, or an average of. 30. .OOO,.
600 year. The total earnings from
traffic have been more than sll, COO
COO
ABRAHAM FoLIz, an old resident OF
Campbellsport Wis, was struck by
lightning and his left side paralyzed so
that but little hopes are entertained
for his recovery. lie was standing
against a table which was entirely
shattered.
Few couples have journeyed through
life so long together as old Mr.. and
Mrs Kistner OF Highland Prairie,
Wash The husband died recently at
the authenticated age Of lis years, and
the wife is still hale and hearty In her
lO3d year.
The mother of Mr.. Moody, OF Moody
and Sankey fame, is still living at the
respectable age Of ninety She has
twenty-seven grandchildren and seven
teen great-grandchildren.
Fish live TO wonderful age. Prof
Baird tells of pike in Russia whose
age dates back to the fifteenth cen
tury. In the royal aquarium at St
Petersburg there are fish that have
been there for lao years
]. p CHAPMAN, Of Cassopolis, Mich,
Is the ''cynosure OF all eyes wherever
he goes He bitches his white trotting
dog, Joe. with white shetland pony,
rides in white sully, wears a white
suit himself aud uses white relns
EsrnER HoRSBAcK, eolored, died at
Centreville, Tenn. the other day, at
the age Of il9 years The local news
paper says the records OF her aye are
practically unimpeachahle
A Rio cannon cracker exploded In
the hands OF samuel Drexlcr. aged
twenty-one years. at Carlisle, Pa, and
ono hand was torn 10 pieces aud several
fingers were torn on the otheE
II appears that thirteen Of the prin.
clpal brcwcrles In Copenhagen arc now
using American corn, aud that a Ger
man commissioner has decided Il 10 b
the best cereal known for mixture
with rye "a ration Tor the army.