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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
PLEASANT RIDGE.

j. W. Vaughan, one Of Lawrence
county's best teachers, opened a
subscription school at this place
to-day with good attendance Of
pupils. J. W. Will teach us good
school. lie Is one Of the true and
tried a. he has been there before.
Quite number OF young people
met at uncle Joe Hutchinson. Sat
urday night. II was rather sur
prise TO uncle Joe but he entertain
ed them with some OF his best
song, assisted by John Muncey
and Thomas Burchett. AllrepOrt-
ed a nice time.
Miss Ethel Grubb, OF Prosperity,
Is attending school at this place.
We are glad TO have her attend our
school.
VIII Hawes is learning the trade
Of blacksmith under Jasper ROb-
erts.
Marshall Burchett made a Il j. ing
trip to Fallsburg one day last week
returned Sunday wearing his hap
piesl smile.
u. II. Dulaney was on our streets
Sunday.
Grant Roberts, OF this place, paid
homefolk, visit on last Sunday
evening.
Miss Ida Muncey was the pleas
ant guest Of Misses Cora and Geor-
gia Hutchinson, Saturday and sun
day last.
Everybody in the neighborhood
has been trying TO buy aunt Rebec.
ca Nolllns' fine geese. All failed
except Feel Meek. They were very
fine.
Miss Incz Pigg, who has been
visiting friends Ia Ashland, has re-
turned home.
James Pigg, who has been work.
Ing at Lick branch, came home on
Saturday.
George IIawes and Dave Well.
man will start a singing school at
this place Saturday night.
Charley Hawes Is opening coal
bank on the !,ackworth & Burns
farm near the Carter bridge.
VENDETTA.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
EDMoNDs BRANCH.

Since the adjournment Of the
grand jury our boys have returned
TO their native hunting grounds.
We are having plenty Of rain and
mud.
The Thompson boy who was ac-
cidentally shot on Xmas day is rap
idly improving to the delight OF his
many friends.
Morgans creek Is now In law
twistOver the battle that was fought
there last fall.
Marion Hammonds one OF the
grand jury passed through here
Saturday enrouto to his home on
Cat,
Charley Smiths school on Cat will
close in another week.
Henry Marcum is doing a job of
carpenters work for the HaSerlin
Brick Company.
The daughter OF James Short Oh
lIargus Branch who has been sick
so long is slowly improving.
James c. Short has improved the
appearance Of his dwelling by the
addition ofa tin roof, veranda etc.
Jas. A. Chatiin is To open win
ter school here in the near future.
Mrs. Gilbert Elklns, OF Dyer
Bend, was visiting our town Satur-
day and Sunday.
We cannot tell what the name OF
our our new post office will 9a, as
Uncle Sam has the fixing OF that,
but our new aud beautiful little
town is yet unnamed. Will some
citizen, or "wandering Pete" Of
Fallsburg, please suggest few
pretty "kitchen names from which
TO select one according to the beau
ty Of our little town, as when our
friends visit US we would like for
them to know the name Of the place
they are going to.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
The Dreaded consumpt lon
can be Cured

T. a. sIocum, VI. C., the great
Chemist and Scientist, will send,
free, three bottles Of his newly dis.
covered remedies to sufferers.
EDITOR Big SANDY NEws-I
have discovered a reliable cure for
Consumption and all Bronchial
Throat and Lung Diseases. General
Decline, Loss Of Flesh and all Con.
dltions Of Casting Away. BY it.
timely use thousands Of apparent
ly hopeless cases have been cured
So proof-positiye am ofiis power
to cure, to make its merit known
| will send, free to any afflicted
reader OF your paper, three bottles
Of my Newly Discovered Remedies
upon receipt Of Express and post.
Office address. 7. A. SLO UNI, NJ
G., 9S Pine Street New York When
writing the Doctor please mention
this paper.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
LITTLE ELAINE.

The grand jury has adjourned
and the boys are coming home.
John l.. Gussler is doing a fine
business selling books.
DELLA Hays has completed her
Studies ON the Monroe doctrine.
Felix Moore passed here the 9TH
er evening on his way west. lie
said that he was going as far as
Georgia.
Miss Mary Moore aud brother
Willie, Of Ulysses, were visiting ON
our creek last week.
Clarence BORDERS and his cousin
Lititia We're on our creek on the sth
and 9th.
Sarah Hays visited Mat. Berry's
family last Saturday.
Albert Moore is trading horses
and James Miller, Hoses som is
killing hogs.
Henry Cochran was seen on our
creek last week.
Scott Hays and Sterling Gussler
are running Kelly Fraley's black
smith shop.
LetcleTDamron is talking ofbuy-
ing some valuable property Of JnO.
J. Alley.
Monroe Adams is talking Of try
ing for a pension.
Mrs. Dave Justice is very sick al
this time.
Allen Hayes and Dave Moore
went down our creek Saturday.
2-CHUMs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
500 Reward. 500

The reader Of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
it, stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only pos
tive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a cOnsti-
tutional disease, requires cOnsti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure j. taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surface Of the system, thereby des-
trOying the foundation Of the dis
ease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the cOnsti-
tuition and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietor to have
50 much faith in its power that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimony.
address. FL CHENEY 4 Co.
Teledo o. Sold by Druggist. -.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
WHAT EVERYBODY KNOWS

Or ought TO know, is that health
and even lie Itself depends upon
the condition Of the blood. Feed
ing, rs 1t does, all the organs Of the
body, IL must be rich and pure IN
order to give proper nourishment.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the
blood pure, rich aud nourl. hing,
aud in this way strengthens the
nerves, creates an appetite, tones
the stomach, builds up the health,
wards of colds, pneumonia aud fe-
yars
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
HOW TO FIND OUT

Fill a bottle or common glass
with urine and let 1t stand twenty
four hours sediment or settling
indicates an unhealthy condition
OF the kidneys. When urine stains
linen il is evidence Of kidney troub-
!e. Too frequent desire to urinate
or pain in the back,is also convinc-
ing proof that the kidneys Snd
bladder are out OF order.
WHAT To DO.
There Is comfort ia the know
ledge so often expressed, that Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great
kidney remedy fulillls every wish
in relieving pain in the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passages. II cor
reefs inability to hold urine and
scalding pain in passing ID, or bad
effect fullOwing use Of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcOmes that un-
pleasant necessity OF being COM
PEELED to get up many times dur
ing the night to urinate. The mild
and extraordinary effect Of Swan 3
Root is soon realized. Ii stands
the highest for its wonderful cures
Of the most distressing cases. II
you need n medicine you should
have the best. Sold by druggists
price 5Oc and Sl.0O. You may have
u sample bottle aud pamphlet both
sent free by mail. Mention biC
SANDY NEws and send your ad,
dress TO Dr, Kllmer 4 Co, Bing
hamton, \. Y. The proprietors d
thus paper guarantee tho genuine
ness OF this oiIcr.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
"A CURE FOR LAME BACK

"My daughter when recovering
from an attack OF lever, wa a great
sufferer from pain in the back and
hips" writes LOudeu Grover, OF
Sardis, Ky. "After using quite a
number Of remedies without any
benefit she tried one bottle 0.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and il
has given entire relief" Chamber
LAIN Paiu Balm is also a certain
cure fOI rheumatism. Sold by 4
NJ. Hughes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

The Palace Hotel, at Cincinnati,
has greatly improved its table fare
lately and it is now tho best hotel
for the price that can be found any
where. All patrons agree upon
this fact. Another new feature is
the addition Of the European plan.
A very popular departure has al
so been recently made in providing
a private dining room on the sec
Ond floor, where meals are served
without extra charge. This is
much appreciated by the lady pa
irons. The prices are ss.00tO Sa.O0
per day on the American plan, and
from $l.OO up on the European
plan.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
MARTHA.

NJ. +. Hayes was married on the
9th to Miss America Hicks. Nav
their pathway be strewn with flow
ers.
Born to the wife of Cass Elkins,a
bouncing boy.
Died ON the 9TH, little son Of
Harvey Lyons and wife. The child
was about four years OF age and a
bright little boy. Weextend SYM
pathies.
We are sorry to learn that aunt
Sibbie Williams has had a severe
stroke Of paralysis.
Ed. Skaggs' wife is very sick at
this time.
ID. V. Skaggs and wife visited ],
a. Dills' family Sunday.
Willie Lester. who has been with
his grandfather the past week has
returned home.
Mrs. SaIlie Skaggs and Annie
Bailey have had good success sell
ing water sets.
Miss Millie Lyons, Of Elliott, has
been visiting relatives and friends
on Blaine.
Miss Lizzie Lyons has come to
live with her uncle d. V. Skaggs.
We are proud OF the enterprise OF
our country. We have a company
store now at uncle Bill Dills'. We
think prosperity has come.
l.. L. and NJ. b. Sparks bought a
nice yoke of oxen the other day Of
VIM. Seagraves.
Harman Cox, the fortune teller
of upper Blaine, has moved into
West Va.
l.. l.. Sparks has purchased a fine
lot Of fodder from Bob Sparks.
d. W. Skaggs is having a time OF
it covering his house. He covered
half Of it last year and hopes To fin.
ish the other half soon.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
kLoNpIKE FEVER

Anexperisnced man who has just
returned from ALASKA writes the
following cure for the KIondike
fSver: "Piek out a morning this
winter, he says, "when the mer.
curry is below zero, shoulder a pick
and 60 into the woods before break
fast; dig hole lG feet deep; come
back to the house at night and eat
a small piece Of buffalo robe and
sleep in the woOdshed. Repeat the
dos. as often as is necessav.r
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Persons who are troubled with
Indigestion will be Interested in
the experience Of VIM. II. Penn,
chief clerk In the railway mail ser
vice at Des Moine-. Iowa, who
writes at gives me pleasure TO tes-
tify to the merits Of Chamberlain :
Collie, Cholera and DlarrhOea Rem
edy. For two years have suffered
from indigestion, and am subject
to frequent severe attacks Of pain
in the stomach aud bowels. One or
two doses OF this remedy never
fails TO give perfect relief. Price -
sud 80 cents, for sale at lIugho4'
Drug Stare. Louisa.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
After Congressman Pugh
(Grayson Tribune,

(GraysOn Tribune.)
The Ashland News pufrs Con-
gresham Pugh for his appoint
ments, while in Boyd county but
one little post-ofliee is run by a
Republican, and that came about
by the voluntary resignation Of a
Democrat, who had grown tired Of
running a little one horse office for
no greater remuneration than the
privilege OF reading the postal
cards and chatting the young lady
patrons who ehanced 10 drop in
every two weeks when the mail
boy arrived. Republicans have be-
come beastly tired Of the Congress
mans apparent wilful negligence
in the post office matters. Com
missions have expired months ago
but there are no changes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

The suit Of Mrs. Al. Martin
against the Mutual Benefit Life In.
snrAnce Company, Of Newark, "a
recover 5000 policy on the life
Of her father. ox.Treasurer Dick
1ats {, In progress at Frankfort.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Secretary sherman has issued i
proclamation calling on the peepl,
ofths United States TO send money
and supplies TO relieve the desiItu-
tioa and suffering ln Cuba. Gov.
Bradley has Issued proclamation
70 KenluckIsns ON the same sub
iact.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Toll-gate raiders are again a
work 10 Garrsrd county. Satur
dty night twenty-five masked m"r
cut down \ gate ana left a note foI
the EAteseeper threatening hin
with ssvore punishment II he per-
slsis In collecting toll.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

sAdvlcss have been received from
Dawson City as late rs Decembel
Z. These indicate that there Is n,
scarcity OF food but that scurvy
exists. Men returning met many
making their way In, which lndi
Gates that the country is not be-
yond reach In winter.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

l.eaders Of tbs several partie'
advocating free silver held con.
ference at Washington with view
oftskIng steps for preserving the
union Of silver forces In the con,
ervssional elections.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

COrbett says he will retire from
the ring and quit talking about
fighting II FitIsimmons does not
Aecept his coming challenge. He
believes Stuart and "Fitz" are
banded together to get a match
with "Kld" Mccoy and throw him
ovsr
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Bradstreers weekly review of
trade says: @rhe year opens with
the tone Of quiet confidence per
vadlng nearly all branches OF bust
ness, with encouraging activity in
tho iron trade, resumption OF
work by many thousand Of indus.
trial employees In the Western glass
industry, a largely reduced volume
Of business failures as compared
with corresponding periods In pro-
cedIng years and a general outlook
certainly not lafcrlor to any pre-.
vlous year at this tlme.n
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Representative King, Of Utah,
who has been personally investI-
eating affairs in Cuba, paints a
very dark picture OF the condition
Of the rsconcentrados, who, he says,
are dying like sheep In the streets
Of Cuban towns.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Mounted police in the district be
tween white pass summit aud
Lake TagIsh will turn back all
psFsons enrouts 10 Klondike who
are no, supplied with 100 pounds
OF provisions for each pr.on.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Four other Indians are said to be-
Implicated ln tho murder OF Mrs
simmons, for which two Semlnoles
were burned alive by a mob in OK.
lahOma. A posse Is searching for
them, and mors trouble Il expect
sd
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

There is rumor at Havana that
Gen. fltzhugh Lee Will accompany
Gen. Blaneo TO the field aud that
Senor Estrada Palma will join
them for = conference with Gomez.
The report Is not credited at Wash.
inglon or New York. The Cabl.
net council at Madrid has decided
TO reopen the inquiry directed
against Gen. Wsyler.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
ALBUQUERQUE MEXICO

DECEMBER, 80, 1897.
This is quite a pretty little city,
situated in the upper Rio Grande
valley, with an elevation OF 1895
feet and possesses one OF the most
delightful winter climates OF any
locality in the world, and indeed
might add that in any part OF y.
NJ, you find perfect climate.
There is hardly a day in the year
when the most sensitive invalid
may not be out OF doors with impu-
nifty, nor is there any season when
the iniirm may not, aud do not,
make excursions into the pictur-
esque hills and picnic on the
ground. No one was ever over
heated in y. VI. by work or exer-
else in the sun, and at night 1t is
always cool, for the dry pure air
contains nothing that can be heat.
ed. One hundred and elghty.sev-
en- days OF unclOuded sky, one hun
dred and thirty-nine days when
sunshine predominates, and thirty
nine days Of cloudy weather makes
up the average ) ear here, and these
facts makes this Il natural santa
rum for the sick, recuperaiing
place for the oyerworked, and a
pleasurable resort for the rest OF
mankind.
As climate for throat and pull
monary disease, New Mexico t.
now being recognized superior to
any locality In the world, not only
by the medical fraternity Of the L.
5. but Of many foreign countries,
and ! think statistics sustain me
in asserting that 90 > r cent. OF the
people who leave Gneir northern
and eastern homes and come here
during the incipient stage OF tu-
berculOsis, retain perfect health
aud the promise o. long and hap
py existence, but OF course 1t is
worse than useless to expect a re-
stOration II YOU delay coming un-
I'll the last stages; not only is this
climate adapted 10 diseases OF the
throat and lungs but all manner
and kind Of diseases are welcom ed
here, with one exceptlon-people
with advanced heart trouble need
not expect relief. Fog is never
known, and but very little rain end
therefore the farmers must irri-
gate. The average Mexican is a
peculiar superstitious make up and
it was in this neighborhood and
country south Of here that Scrad-
her, the divine healer Crank ere
ated such wild excitement last
spring and summer, and these
Mexicans really believe that he
was inspired and could perform
miracles aud cast out deyils-peo-
pie would travel overland for two
hundred miles and bring their af.
ilicted friends and relatives TO him
10 be healed. lie never charged nor
would he take any thing for his
service (what fooD and these peO-
pie had such faith in him, that had
he only asked they would have
given up all they possessed and in
a very short time he could have
accumulated immense fortunes, but
he lived on bread aud water and
died OF starvation. The bIrro-
well, | hardly know il can give a
just description of this little AMI.
nal, but suffice to say that the
burro here in his native home Is
not what we find him as he is inn
ported east-stubborn, well, the
most stubborn mule ever raised in
Ky. is not in it for stubbOrnness.
To best manage him the goad is
your very best weapon prod him
with this resolutely, vigorously,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Il seems probable tha, the Sen,
nie will refuse TO confirm the ap.
poIniment Of DIR. +. y. Wiley a
Superintendent OF the Eastern
Asylum at Lexington.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Auditor Castle, OF the Post. Office
Department, has discovered irreg-
ularltIe, In money order accounts
which may involve considerable
loss TO the Government.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

Gov. Bradley has appointed W.
q. COldswey Chairman Of the Gu
ban Relief Committee for Ken
lucky. lie also appointed Col. W.
O p. Breckenridge, John Marshal
aud L. +. Dembits as Commission
efs from Kentucky to meet with
Commissioners from other States
TO promote uniformity In the laws
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

The Oiliclil report OF tho sinking
Of the steamer Telegraph, Received
At Washington, eensures Pilot vii
liams and su-pends his license for
hlnvty days.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
GLEANINGS
From the News of me
World.

K.otucly Republicans will send
delegations To Coluubus to urge
Ohio RepublirAn legislators TO vote
for Hanna for Senator.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

you will not offend him, he ex-
poets il and should you wish 10 go
moth. be sure hOt To betray your
purpose to him Tor II you do he will
just that sure take southern d.
rectlon and IL he thinks that you
would as sDoI land at the south
pole as any where else watch your
curse for it will l,.. east or west be-
fore he has long known your pur-
pose; and ever expect when you
ride out on burio that YOU are
more apt to return afUot than on
the back of this Ion. cared animal.
On my first (lnd lasD trip out on
the bUrro. I abandoned Cor rather
he abandoned mel my little friend
about four miles cut Of town and
had most pleasant drill back.
Under rather peculiar circumstan-
ces yesterday | me: most eccen-
trio former Louisiln /; for instance,
he fancied that the fifty cent Klon-
dixie ! wore was the most perfect
form OF hat that he had ever seen
and his desire would be gratified
if he only had one like it. lie be-
ing native of Ky and not al ali
struck on the KlODdike and in a
climate where feared no out-burst
OF sunshine nor down. pour Of rain
| left the Klondike with him and
went in TO town with only my
hair as head covering. His name
was Clayton and he left Louisa in
the sos.
A most prosperous and happy
New Year for the NEWS and all my
Kentucky friends.
w LABE MOORE.
The author Of the above is e son
OF Mr.. Tip Moore, Of this county
He is attending a medical school
In st. Louis and was sent to Mexi.
co during the holidays by one OF
the societies Of the schOOl.-Ed.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
" LABE MOORE.

The prOgres sive ladies Of West
field, Ind, issued "WOma NJ Edi.
tiOn" Of the WestfleId News, bear
Ing date Of April 3, 1896. The pa
per IS filed with matters OF inter
est 10 women, and We notice the fol-
lowing frOma correspondent which
tht editors printed, realizing that
it treats upon matter ofvital i'm
pOrtance TO their sex: "The best
REL edy for groups, colds and bron-
chitas that | have been able to find
is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
For family use it has no equal. /
gladly recommend it +" 2jaEd 50
cents per bottle. For sale by \. VI,
Hughes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14

NJ. f. Hayes was married on the
9th to Miss America Hicks. May
their pathway be strewn with flow
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-07-15
WANT BROOKE
General Commanding at Chicka-
manga Ordered to Report to
Washington.
Believed the Object Is to Consult
Him Regarding the Porto
Rico Expedition.
Not Likely Troops Now in Cuba
Will Be Largely Drawn
Upon.
No More Troops For Santiago
Except Two Regiments of
lmmuneS.
"a b.

WAsHlNaToS. July l5.-Major Gen.
eral Brooke. commanding the large
army Of United States troops now at
Chickamauga. has been ordered to re.
port TO Washington. 1t Is believed that
his call to this city has been with o
view to consultation respecting the next
pilitary expedition. which 1t Is now
proposed shall leave the United States
within "a short time after the fall Of
Santiago. The details Of the expedi.
ton will not be settled until after the
consultation with General Brooke. but
1t Is believed that aside from some Of
the regulars now III camp. the Porto
Rican expedition will not draw upon
our troops in Cuba TO any extent. the
plan being to have our Cuban forces
largely returned to the United States
for recuperation.
General Wilson's division, composed
OF the brigades Of General Haines and
General Ernest, is under orders for
the Porto Rican expedition. One brig.
ade is now at Charleston. and the other
at Chickamauga. No more troops. it
ID ordered. shall be EN- oarked for San.
tiago. with the exception of two regi.
ments Of immunes. These immune
regiments are at New Orleans and Gal.
weston. where transports have been
provided to take them to Cuba.