The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-08-16

mas received from all sources out e650
for her "ships that Pass in the Night"
JOHN OLIVER HoBBEs MRS. Craigle)
has been elected president Of the So |
ciety of Women Journalists OF London
THE navy department has decided
TO punish officers guilty of lending
money at usurious rates or winking
at it.
TWENTY governors, with their STATS,
have promised attendance at the dedi-
cation Of the Chickamauga National
park
As result Of improvements on the
Seine that river Is now navigable for
steamers OF 1000 tons burden as far as
Paris.
OREGON has just passed law against
fishing in the Columbia river on Sun
day. 1t is intended to give the salmon
a rest
GKo. VANDERBnT has spent g. 600 s00c
on his country seat in Carolina, and
expects to spend as much more in fur
ni,hing.
A oARKLKss Chicago motorman on
the west division street line ran into a
funeral procession, nearly killing two
persons
WITHIN twenty miles of the summit
Of Mt. Washington fully 10000 more
people eaA be accommodated than
could 30 years ago.
Miss DODGE Gail Hamilton) Is slow
ly improving in health Friends who
have seen her recently say that she Il
In excellent spirits
THR deer are cheekier than crows II
ner.heru Maine Farmers can't driv'
them out Of their oats, and they seen
obliged to feed them
AT the Glen Summit hotel, In Penn
sylvania, the other day, three gentle
men named King, Queen and Ace reg
istered at the same time.
A NEW measurement Of Mt Adams
Washington, finds it to be l2,902 fee
y high. II this is correct the peak Is 10
. feet higher than Mt Hood.
THE princess of Wales has tired O
big sleeves and has discarded ther
without any appreciable effect on tn
prevailing fashion, however.
e The river Thames is from 500 TO l.sC
u feet broad in London and seven mile
broad at the More. II is navigable II
o miles above the London bridge.
d MADDER is tho root of an herb-lik
growth II Is aboot the size Of lea
" pencil and much longer. 1t is cleane'
% dried and ground. 1t IS dye stuff.
The treasury department expects
heavy increase In the internal revenl
Is receipts the last of the month from u
withdrawal of whisky from bond.
r. CHAuNcRY DEPEw. when asked by
Sc friend for pass for the latter's mot
er-in-law, considerably sent roun
DO trip pass, good for three days only,
d. NEARLY 100000 is the amount o
tanned from the bicycle tax this ye
e. by the French government, the nuI
at Der OF machines declared being ju
under 100000.
he TnE Oklahoma man who has boon
Kansas soliciting aid for drouth suff'
= ers is having his heels trod on by q
other man asking AID Tor Oklahoi
flood sufferers
1 The water in the Kennebec Is said
be lower than II was ever before lno'
TO be at this season. Unless rain &c
falls the people who go cancel
through northern Maine the coml
autumn will be likely TO do somewa
ing.
PHEBE WALTON, who died In
Bucks county, pal poor-house
other day at the age Of 90 years,
spent only five weeks OF her entire
outside the house.
JosKrH DupIEy. o Waterford,
seventy years ago built a big cl
over the entrance Of his house.
ther rain nor snow has affected Il,
II still keeps excellent time
TuR hardware trade journal Z
mates this years product Of the bic'
factories at i00 900 wheels with m
''rr' manufacturers unable TO supply
H' demand. Next years. output prom
70 30 nearly double thlA