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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
shorifrs Sale

BY virtue OF execution No. 1911.
in favor Of Wayne Dsmron and
against W. d. Jordan and James
Loyejcy, Issued to me from the
Clerks Office Of the Lawrence Cir
cult court,I wilton the 2ist day OF
March, ls9S, about l o'clock, p. IN,
offer for sale TO the highest bidder,
the following described property or
go much thereof as may be neces-
sary TO produce the sum Of SIlal7,
with interest thereon from the 10th
day o. March, 1892, until paid, aud
all cost 10 this case. The property
/ TO be sold is one lot No. II, as laid
down on the plat Of Fallsburg. Law
renee county. KY, and the same
now occupied by Ed Webb, levied
on as the proper y OF W. ID. Jordan
and James lyOveioy.
TERMS-Sale will be- made mp
on a credit OF three months, tbs
purchaser 10 give bond with ap
proved personal stcnrity, and Al
additional security a lien will be 70
tanned on the property until TN
purchase money il paid.
J. W. SHANNON, Sic
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

AKe,kk an Who has msved
from nj, TO place and who at last
I,nd... E Western Texas, says an
er mango. was asked ~ he liked the
place. lie answered: "rhere was
once man who moved from Ken
lucky to Nebraska, from Nebraska
to Arizona, from Arizona TO Texas,
and then he died and went to hell,
but the change was so gradual he
never noticed it,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
Commissioners Sale.
Chas. F. See

Chas. +. See
VS..
Mary Ann Conn and MastOn Conn.
BY virtue OF = judgment and or
der OF the Lawrence Circuit Court
rendered at the January term
thereof, 1898, in the above styled
cause, the undersigned will, on
Monday, March 81, 1898 at the
court house door in Louisa, law
renee county, KY, being county
court day. proceed TO expose at
public sale 10 the highest and best
bidder, or bidders, the following
described property, (or 90 much
thereof As may be necessary to pro-
duca the sum OF $500 with inter-
est from Sept. 81, 1896, until paid,
and the COSTS tOwit;
A tract Of land situated on Tug
river In Lawrence county, Ken
tucky, and being the same land
conveyed by J. 7. Reynolds to Mary
Ann Conn by deed dated Sept. 81,
1896. IL Is bounded as follows; Re-
ginning AZ a beech on the hillside
near the head Of Long Branch on
CARED Sees line, thence with same
. SO 9 90 poles TO white oak on a
ridge, CARED sees corner, thence
IL " 81 poles 10 a white oak stump
In n gap OF a ridge; thehce Is to
a beech on the hill side known MS
the Copley's corner; thence down
the ridge ~ p toa small chestnut
aud white oak at the corner Of
COpley's fence, thence down the
hill n 81 p 10 u stake on the river
bank " poles from two elms, tho
upper cnrner ~ Copley's land ,
thonce down the river with It's me-
andoFs 10 small white walnut aud
beech near the corner u tho lot no
niue lN thevro : " VITO small
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
Commissioners Sale.

= .
y. X. Williams,
vs..
l.. ]. Webb 4 Vim. Gray.
BY virtue OF = judgment and or
der OF sale OF the Lawrence Circuit
Couri, rendered at the January term
thereof, lSyS, IN the above styled
cause, the undersigned will, on
Monday, March Il, lSaS, ct the
court house door in Louisa, Law
renee county, Kentucky, (bsIng
county court day. proceed 10 eI-
pose st public sale 10 the hlghest
and best bidder, or bidders, the
following described property, (or
80 much thereof as may bs necss-
ssry to produce the sum OF fllS.6J
with Interest from Oct. &, 1898, un-
III paid, and the costs; subject 10
credit Of S5I.OO Msy Il, 1898, and
t6.S5 May Is 1881 io-Sit:
A tract OF land lying In the eoun'
ties OF Carter and Lswr0ncs, State
Of Kentucky, on the head OF Bee
tree fork OF Bells TrseO OF Dry
Fork, and bounded IS follows
beginning on . hickory in the gaT
where the county road crosses tht
ridge from Beetree Fork to East
Fork at line OF VIM Grays and A
Jordans lines, thence with a Jor
dams line TO Fayette Bushes
line; thence with Burh
line TO Il. Boldrldge's line, th,nc,
with Baldridgs'. line 10 . condi
tionsl line made by him and "
Booth between them aud william
Pinks line, thence with Pinks line
Co Noah Hughes line, thence will
Hughes. line TO William Gray,
line back TO the beginning cornel
containing one hundred acres b.
the same more or less.
TEBMS.-Sals will be made up
90 = credit OF months, the pur
chaser executing bond with good
personal security, 10 be approved b.
the commissioner, payable to plain
tiff, and as further security . lier
il retained On the property 40 sold
until said bond ls y lid.
+. +. SHASSOS, NC. L. &C.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

We have clubbing arrangements
BY which We can furnish the fol.
lowing publications with the BIC
SANDY NEWS at the reduced prices
named:
n. Y. World, three fines a
week, and News, both ono year,
.Sl.65.
Louisville Weekly Dispatch. anil
NEws, sl.65.
Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer,
and NEws, $3.50.
Courier journal, twics week
and News, $3.50
Home n Farm and NEws, l.95.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
Commissioners Sale.
James Prichard,

James Prichard,
vs..
Dan & Malinda Pigg.
BY virtue OF judgment and or
der Of sale OF the Lawrence Circuit
Court, rendered at the January term
thereof, 1898, in the above styled
cause, the undersigned will on
Monday, March Il ls9S as The court
house door in Louisa, Lawrence
county, Kentucky, being county
court day, proceed TO expose at
public sale to the highest aud best
bidder or bidders, the following
described property (or 80 much
thereof as may be necessary 70
produce the sum OF S2iO.70 with in.
Ierest from July ] u, 1897, until paid
and the costs tO-wit:
A house and lot In LOulsa, KY
being lot No. - % the Richardson
and Thomas addition TO she town
OF Louisa as shown on th0 pis'
thereof and the same lot conveyed
by Thomas and Richardson to DE-.
PENDANT Dan Pigg by deed dated
May 9th 1899, and recorded in deed
book Z Of Lawrence county COUNTY
Court Clerks Office page 594.
TERMS.-Sale will be INSIDE up,
on 4 credit of 8 months, the pur
chaser executing bond with good
personal security. TO be approved
by the commissioner, payable Il
pl1intiff, and as further security :
lien is retained on the property 81
sold until said bond is paid.
+. +. SHANNON, N &. l.. &C.
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Commissioners Sale.
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

On the morning Of Feb. 20, 1895.
/ was sick with rheumatism and
lay in bed until May 2lst, when ]
got bottle Of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. The first application OF Fl
relieved me almost entirely from
the pain and the second afforded
com plete relief. In a short time
was able tn be up aud about again
"A. T. Moreaux, Luverne, MINI
Sold by A.. Hughes,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
House and Lot fo- Sale

Good two-~tory fame residence
in Louisa. with good sized lot,
healthy location, pure water, desi.
rable property. Price $500. For
further particulars apply to NJ. F
CoSLEY.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
THREE TRAINS
DAKLX TO
CINCINNATI

The I. T. V. Vesfibule
Limited Is the finest train in tho
world and runs through TO Wash
ington. Baltimore, Philadelphia
and view York. L islighied with
electricity and heated with steam
lyon intend travelling in any di.
rcctien write for fall incarnation
to c. b. RYAN, Asst, G. p. A.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

| desire to attest to the merits OF
amberlain's Cough Remedy Is
one Of the most valuable and eff
Gent preparations on the market
1t broke an exceedingly dangerous
cough for me in "a hours. and in
gratitude therefor, | desire 10 in
form you that will never be with
out it, and you should feel proud
OF the high esteem in which YOU
Remedies are held by people il
general. 1t Is the one remCd!
among ten thousand. Success q
it. o. DowSEY, Editor Demo
crat, Albion, Ind. For sale by A
VI. Hughes, Louisa, Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
THE
iXEI A EM COURIER MHlTG
$1OOa year.
Issued Wednesday and Satar-
day M II.

Beginning January ], 1897, the Week
" CouiisE-J Journal MSS changed TO the
fwIcs-a-week Courier Journal. Publ
cation days are WEDNESDAY and sstur-
day The Wednesday paper will be- de-
vs1ed 70 neWs aud political topl. The
Saturday isue vii bc devoted 70 stOriss.
ni'cslsny, pictures, poetry, &t--a per
Net hmily paper.
Bach is4ue Vill be tx psgrs, OF twel,,
pagp a we,a-An In 'rsass % tao rage a
week, 100 pace 81 So columns year.
Tie polls - u the paper will not b.
ehansed, and the battle for Pere i'emoe
rAey and tTue Democratic principles will
Do cn,tiAue,l successfully IA the future
AZ 10 he past. In spite OF the expense
involved N the IMPROVEMENTS dotrd.ihe
price q the Twioe-a. week Courier Iour
nsl will remain ihrs me, 3 a year. a
feature during the coming year Will b,
he editorials Of Mr.. Henry Wtiterson
on political sad other tof les Of tlc day.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
ANARRcV ESCAPE.

Thankful wo.s written by Mrs.
Ada z. Hart, Gjroton, S d. AWss
taken with q a. cold which set
tied on my luz; cough set in and
I'm. Nor sd In consumption.
F. 'an led re me up, saying l
G he dry Dyer short time. Igave
m ing thIbraur savior determined
III n yOft " ay with my friends
on earth, / Nd meet my absent
ones above. ~ husband was ad-
vlsed to get I Kings New Dis
coyery for C:sumption, Coughs,
and Colds. ave it a trial, took in
all eight bOtt.. 1t has cured me,
and thank G. I am saved and
now 3 well a. healthy woman
Trial bottle. re at A. NJ. Hughes
drug store. agular size soc and
81. GuaraI1sd or price refunded
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
Big Sandy Division.
Time Table i ellect May 10.

Time Table + fleet May IL.
Ass. IRAiN Leaves Ashland 100 a.
m arrives lruifa : ;4j Peach O.
ch4ri l:li, whitshouse 10 - o. u.
Rsturnlug Leaves v hiiehonss at ! ~
o ma; survives Louisa 40, Ashlaad
G:n5.
MiXrp rsAN.
Leaves Wlitehouse 2, a N, Fcuha 7:Is
m.;arriKes hurhanau s:lO, CT
lett,buie a.2n. Ashland $50. Re-
tutuing leaYc- Ashland ~ ,. M.
tat.tlisburg :li, Buchanan 3 20; n.
rly,s l.oui-a 3 .5j, Peach Orchard ! 10
WalIehause 90,
o, s. srEW ART. H.C. gOUGhFON.
fIain Master. Asst SUIT.
Ashland, Ky
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
iHg GREATEST BOOK OF THE LGBl
Should b, ID EEsu Hone and IbHI.
The PEOPLES Bible HiStOTQ

!. .rittsa b. !Rlgh, Ne. villas, Es-r, Gist.,oa-,
kIPr-nisF q Gf~at hritian snt Ire sud. Chsstsr,
kas. Ess. q ssges Qs..a. oslisss. oltefd. Ens
kss Samusi ts-s Curtisa. u y. ohlrasa thrulaEiqai
seminary Chieas9 III. lss frsasrie " iaitaf. 3 -.
IhA- D-an Of Cahtart11rl, CaEtarhurI. fnE hst
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bsas Prssbyisriaa Charrh. Lanaaa kns. hss n =
haeAFthsr u b. C.lssrT hsgtist Churgk, Nss Iofk
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easo. III. ksE samasi Hart. DID. TFiuty o9lleae,
nartferd. Osanf H. honru Gibsos. DID ~ Jshn
We'd Prssoytsran Charsh. Loadan. fuE Re-, 0eofss
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u MfAhIS. quaFtn aa~ticns - go h. stn
pafsr ssssd. trlnll-i siEhsiT. tn sarh fart
Fer sAls ali bookstarrs ard - ta-nts-lisTs 10
tuFthsF infaruatien. urits HENRY -. HhiiAkD
Puhliahsr. u AHd "a honrus strret- Chiean linoia
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

all was In vain. She leaves q hus-
band and six children and a host
OF friends to mourn her loss. She
was always ready to help any one
in distres. or sickness. She mss
been sick for a long time snd she
bore her sickness with great pa
tlence and she was laid 10 rest IN
the home grave yard. Rev. Cop
ley attended the funeral services.
She was a devoted, patient vile
and a consIstent member OF the
Baptist church ami died In the tri-
umpbs Of a christian religion.
Though her name ard face has
passed to memory, we realize
that when We ssy she is gone we
mean that ste has gone TO that
beautiful land whore pain moi
death can never come, but where
all Is peace aud happiness. May
Gods aIl-sufilcicb grace strength
en- and keep her iusband and chill
dren in their hOurOf grief, and MAJ
Heavens richest leasing rest up
on them In their bereavement. Ma,
We ever have a elristlan-like hear
to weep with thos who weep an'
mourn with thosl who mourn.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
'R.I.P.A.N.S'
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TEN EOR FIVE GEMS

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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
FARM
FOR SALE

About 40 acres three miles south
Of Louisa, on river, county road and
railroad. Goo -qnsre twO--tOry log
hOus /, with addition containing
Kitchen and ching room. Good
barn, splendid well for household
use ami good spring for stock. Six
teen acres set in grass Young sp-
pie orchard and IS peach trees.
Farm Is divided into i've fields by
good fences. About half Of this
farm can be plOwed both ways. All
but one acre In cultivation. Pleas
ant location, IN view Of railroad
and river. Land Is In tine prOduc-
Ing condition. The farm and the
improvements put ON Il BY me cost
about $3.50. Dwant a larger farm
and viii solli out for considerably
|,ss Than tha ltisa big bargain
~ ms price. pp|y q once % lno,
NJ. 1II0 ~ NJ n Cooley, Louisa,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

Daily Courier.Journal, l year, sc 90
Daily and Sunday, l year, SEQ
SuHday alone, year, leo
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

The Big sandy News,
sRo THI
Twice aMeek Courler-Journal
Will be scot one year y any address
for | - Address BIO SANDY News.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11

Died, Feb. %, l9s, at s O'Clock,
D. H., OF consu IA ion, John Woods,
sged about . yes. He leaves 8
wife and four smll children and a
host Of friends to mourn his loss.
We hope that Ouloss Is Heavens
gain. John had just lived long
enough in this vrld to know the
pleasures OF . hppy life With his
little ones. Mayth bereaved wife
so train the lit ones that they
may not make a undivided family
around the throa OF glory. He
had been sick aOut one year. His
mother and sissr had precede
him to the slOr. and The family
are gathering the other side Of
Jordan, and VIII this life il end
ed we trust tina there will be. a
family reunion round Gods eter
nal throne. NJ. F. ROsE.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
A NEW TRIUMPH.
The eaded Consumption
can DO cured.
T. A. Slocum, the Great Chsm's
and Scientist, will send to SUI
fsrsrs, three free bottles OF his
Norly Discovered Remedies
to cure Consumption and
all Lung Troubles.

all Lung Troubles.
Nothing eoild be iair,r. more phllan.
Ihropie or carry more joy IN the Ifilstsd
sssu the generous offer u the honored
znJ disuns Lishsd ehsm'.i, I. A s.ocum,
NC. n New York City.
tie iaI discovered reliable and ALSO
lEt russ fr consumption and all brou-
ehisl. throat. lung and chest dISsasss,
catarrhal stfsetious general decline and
Ssatnxss. lsssOi desh an1 al eoaiidoai
Of ~s.tluE Issy and " nAhs lts grsaI
merit. hso~H. uiil send Tires frOs bUttls,
Of his LEVY Uncovered remedies 10 Pny
afflicted reader II the Sig sandy Ne~G
Already his new scientins svsisn ol
nsdiciae" has permanently cured lhoui'
aads Of Apparently hopeless casss
IAs hector considers IL not only hi
professional. but his religious duty
duty which hS9Nes {. suffering human
Hy-io dOuAts bis Infallib'e cure
lie has proved the dreaded conSump-
ton To 10 Curabis disesSe bsyood |
dOtibI, Ia a-y al nlate aud has on die u
hb AnieIican All kuro.saa iAbarsIoris
thousands Of ''hssrtf.lJ tsssl.nvulals o
sratlfgde" hou thpss hsnsattel Aid
eIred IL all paru u the world.
Catarrhal aiii Pulmonary troubles le>'
10 oOu,uInptiOr. and consumption. uuin
tsrrupIes, neans .Peedy and ssrtaiI
cssth- Don't delay until ltls TOO late
) nply uIits 7 A Slocuts, \ % Pm
street, Ne- lork. giving express au'
postofice address aud the sres ms'iieinl
will Se promptly sent. P'esse pll tn
Doctor you say his Onsr In the Biz sand
Nsrs. lsisbs
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-03-11
tAa.ss lii OH AldlsR
All Rail Line
To


an all psints in Iadiaea, n
lnols Missolii, Xan1as, Ne
bftskl. Texas, Colorado, Or
egon, Gallo. "a, Mi .nesssta,
Wisconsin, and all western
and northwestern states.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-14
SITUATION in CUBA.
Common People Starving and BIancO's
Troops on Short Nations.

TORONTO, Ont, June 13-Letters re-
ceived from an officer of the British cruiser
Talbot and a merchant of Havana by per-
sons in this city give gloomy pictures of
affairs in Cuba generally and the capital
in particular The navy officer says he had
every opportunity of noting the state of
affairs. He found the common people were
slowly starving, while the wealthy were re-
duced to considerable hardships. The garri-
sons are on rations slightly under the reg
ulation quantity. General Blanco is using
every natural formation to make the de-
lenses stronger. and is mining and en-
trenching at all points. The mood of the gar
rfson, he says, varies, At times tits buoy
well disciplined and armed. If they can be
Kept in good spirits, they will doubtless
night Splendidly. Blanco appears to have
abundant ammunition, but the British navy
officer thinks he is short of guns of suffi-
clent caliber to destroy big battle ships He
He reiterates the views of the commander
of the Talbot given some time ago, that it
Will be difficult to carry the fortress by as
sault, even after effective bombardment.
in a short time. The letter concludes with
the statement that several conveys for the
Spanish garrison undoubtedly ran the block
ade recently. The fall of Santiago is pre-
dicted as soon as a determined attempt at
capture is made. The officer says the place
cannot be defended against any well-di-
rected attack.
The merchants letter takes very gloomy
view of the situation. He is quietly pre-
pairing to leave Cuba. His family is in ia
the people have no faith in Blanco'S ability
to defeat the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-14
CITY NEWS NOTES.

The house at 339 North East street, owned
by G.. Z. Wiley. and occupied by Lee Meyer
was damaged slightly yesterday by fire orig
mating from a defective range.
A counterfeit of a silver dollar was turned
over to the police yesterday by Bright
wood saloon keeper. 1t is a poorly made
counterfeit, bearing the date of 1889.
Postmaster Hess yesterday recommended
that the seventeen substitute mailcarriers
that have been on probation for six months
be appointed regular substitutes. He exam
ined them and found them satisfactory.
Robert Cobb. a colored man, claiming At
lanta, Ga, as his home. was arrested yester-
day by Detectives Kinney and Splann on
a charge OF grand larceny. He had a double
harness, which had been stolen from DR..
Morrison, of West Indianapolis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-14
CARRlER-PIGEON SERVICE.
Results SO Far During the War Have
Not Been Satisfactory.

NEW YORK, June 13.-The war was ex-
pected to develop the usefulness of the car
rier-pigeon service in communicating with
ships at sea and cotes at naval stations,
but so far the system does not seem to have
been made much of, or, if So the results
obtained have not been satisfactory, says the
Washington correspondent of the Tribune.
Some of the finest birds which have records
abroad were secured by the government
several months ago from the famous pigeon
cotes in Germany and distributed among
the principal stations along the coast. The
most important of these stations is Key
West where there are a large number of
birds capable of keeping the patrol vessels
off Havana in prompt communication with
the commandant, but so far fast yachts and
torpedo boats seem to have been used exclu-
sively in transmitting messages between the
two. Just prior to the war several success
full trials with carrier pigeons were made
from Havana to Key West. the birds having
been liberated by officers of the regular
merchant steamers. The flight of a bird is
at least 100 miles, although the Navy De-
partment has a record of a bird that was
caught five hundred miles out at sea from
New York. This pigeon was secured abroad
for the government and escaped from it's
cote in New York, and at once started for
home, 5000 miles away. Five hundred miles
at sea it alighted on a ship and was brought
to New York and returned to its cote.
The coast line signal service, through
which the Navy Department is kept in
formed of the movements of ships proceed
ing up and down the coast when close
enough in shore to be sighted is provided,
as a rule, with pigeon-cote equipment. but
so far there has been no necessity of using
them. An opportunity will be afforded
when the navy transports leave Key West
for Santiago of keeping the military author
tiles in Washington informed through the
carrier-pigeon system to the progress the
ships are making for the first day out
Three or four pigeons on each transport
will keep the naval officials at Key West
they get well around to the Bahama chan
mel