The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1902-03-07

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Mrs, Wagner, wife of c II. Wag-
ner,manager OF the Hotel Ventura,
lied at Ashland Monday at noon
George b. Gardner, formerly OF
county, clerk in the Int
rior Department, at Washington,
has been promoted from ~ 900 to
s., $50 per year.
Dan Burchett, OF WurtIand, now
Of the ID [. $. Infantry, has return
ed from the Hot Springs hospital
and ordered to join his regiment In
the Philippine Islands.-Greenup
Democrat,
Francis NJ. Wilcox, a prominent
OF Oskaloosa, Iowa, died
last week. He was a brother Of
Or. d. b. Wilcox, of Grayson, and
was at ore time County School
superintendent Of Carter.
The Senate has passed the bill
fixing May and December as the.
months and Catlettsburg as the
place for holding terms cf the I
S.Circait and District Courts in the
Eastern District OF Kentucky.
j. f. Porter, travelling salesman
for an Ashland hardware house,
was held up by two men and rob
bed near Davyt WA, last week.
They shot at him, the ball striking
some memorandum books In his
vest pocket The bullet lodged in
the books aud his life was thus
saved. The men took his money,
s2j. and his watch.
Marcus Davis and Miss Eliza
beth Stafford, of Louisa, KY, were
at the Probate office Sat.
lrday evening by DR.. Homer j..
smith 49,. Rev. b, +. Gaudill, OF
Ky will not goto Column
bus a, Was his intention, but will
remain in Russell, the church hav-
ing refused to accept his rrsigna-
ton -Itonton Register.
The little town of Springvilie
was the scene OF a beautiful we'd
ling March 4th, at high noon. The
contracting parties were Prof. II. $.
who went to that place
from Paintsville'one year ago and
who has had the rrincipalship "
the graded schools ever since, and
Miss Ellie Nickel at whose home
the professor has been boarding.
Miss Nickel Is the eldest daughter
Of Postmaster Charles +. Nickel
and has been deputy to her father
for the past two years. After a
short "honey moon" trip they will
settle at Springville where Mr.Wil-
liams has secured the school for
another year,
William johnson was ground to
pulp by the c. & o. shuttle train
yesterday morning at 9:l5, 10 the
lower part Of Catletlsburg.
He was walking west on one
track. A heavy freight train was
coming behind him in the same
direction and he looked back and
saw that it was on the track oppo-
site that on which he was walking.
He then pulled his cap down and
aIoug the track with his
head down, AS though In deep
thought. The noise OF the freight
train prevented him hearing the
shuttle train, which was going east
on the track upon which he
was walking. Parties who Was
the terrible accident say that he
did not raise his head until the
shuttle train was Very near him
and Whistlinga series OF short
blasts. He turned around sudden
~ and looked up at freight train,
he evidently thinking the whist
ing was being done by that engine.
In this way he failed to see the
shuttle at all, and it struck him
Just as be turned his back toward
it.
The body was literally ground to
pieces b, the wheels of the loco
motive. The mans brains were
,trewn along the track for con-
,iderable distance and the Lody
Was crushed and ground to a pulp.
The pieces were gathered up and
an inquest was held by Coroner A.
II Moore. The verdict was that
the man ctmeto his death through
no fault OF the railroad company's.
Johnson vas laborcr 30 years
Of age, and leaves n wife and five
chlldron. His home was on Cat
let's Greek, near Catlettsburg. He
was a son OF Cal Johnson. This
was terrible affair and most
sickening sight. 1t is IA very sad
case, and tho mans family is le t
in AN almost helpless condition.
My daughter had terrible cough
which settlen on her lungs, says N.
jackson, Of Danyille, Ill I'VE tried u
great many remedies without relief, III
til we gave her Foley's Honey and Tar
which cured her Refuse substitutes,
A NJ Hughes.