The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1895-08-23
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never reacn the OottOm-
The First Presbyterian church of
Philadelphia is attempting to raise $50
600 10 build chapel inmemory Of Rev. |
DIR. Albert Barnes, the noted preacher
0NE quarter of the main line of the
Trans-Siberian railroad is now COM
pleted. The cost has been abont $780,
600, 600; somewhat under the estimate
FIFTY thousand Spanish troops have
gone TO Cuba, and $4,000 more are to
follow, making a total force four times
as large as the whole United States
army.
ANDREW CARNE0IE has aroused Brit
ish wrath by saying that it would pay
England TO burn up her railroad equip
ment and replace it with American
make
THE peach and apple crops in the vi
cinity OF West Plains, Mo-, are so large
that thousands OF bushels will be lost
for want of means 70 take care of
them.
THIS is what Skowhegan plumber
found in a well he was called on to
pump out: Seventeen pals, six horse
shoes, high-back chair and re-
volver.
ACCORDING to the London Figaro the
only woman in England TO be admired
by the shahzada was an American,
! Mrs. George N. Curzon, formerly Miss
Letter.
In Turkey even objects of prime ne
cessity are sold on credit, and in that
country, as well as In Russia, the time
allowed is in most cases, twelve
months
In Ledyard, n small town In Con-
necticut, is a house built prior TO 17l0,
which bears the title of the Devils
House" A curse is supposed to rest
upon H.
A PROCESS has now been discovered
by which decayed teeth can be stopped
with aluminium. Dentists have unsuc-
cessfully experimental with this metal
for years
TnE German army is to spend 100, 900
marks for bicycles this year. Two
wheels are assigned to each battalion
for work formerly done by mounted
orderlies-
GEAR NICHOLAS has established a
fund Of se50,OO0 to relieve journalists
and authors in distress, and TO provide
, Tor their widows and orphans when
. they die
, IT Is noticeable that all the high
army officers who have spoken about
: the recent Indian furry think that thu
4 whites were more to blame than thu
? red men.
IF any one imagines that Spain is go
: ing to give up Cuba his mind will b
I disabused when he hears that befor'
a fall 70,OO0 troops will DO quartered oI
the island.
1 MRS ELEANOR SEDGwIcK, dean o
a Newnham. England's famous colleg
' for women. is sister OF First Lord o
tho Treasury, and famous as one of tn
best mathcmaticians in England.
o THE average value Of an irrigate
A acre in the arid region of the Unite
States is ssa II. v. Hinckly, scier
tist Of Topeka, says two million acre
may be successfully and proftably irr
gated in Western Kansas alone.
A nLuE lobster was taken In one Q
the traps near Gloucester, Mass. II
other day. Considerable interest WI
excited among the fishermen. II WI
bought by Prof. Hyatt OF tho Smitl
sonian institution OF Washington
In Mexico the largo commerci
houses willingly give credit Of fro
six 10 eight months, and In real esta
trndes long terms are given custome
IN which 70 settle their accounts
PRonAnIy tho lucklcst lad in lIarle
Il Samuel Knoepel, hve years old, wi
foil from a ilfth story window recent
into baby carriage standing
the sidewalks. sammy was uninjure
TwKSry mora thlrty'knot torpes
boat destroy " s'eS a. ordered % der, \
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