The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-03-06


1t Is understood TO have been
definitely settled that John w.
Langley, formerly of Prestonsburg,
Ky, is to be given either the chief
clerkship or sollcitorship of the
new Department OF Commerce.
West Liberty, KY, Feb. 20
Ulysses Bailey, fifty-flve years old,
OF Yocum, this county, was killed
by saw log while working in Il
saw log woods. He leaves a widow
and large family OF children.
For the past year there were POI
convictions and II aequittals under
internal revenue laws and IL con-
victions and two acquittals under
postal laws in Uncle Sans Court
for the Eastern District OF Ken
tucky.
Congressman-elect Frank A.
Hopkins, OF Prestonsburg, success.
or to Mr.. White, OF the Tenth dis.
trict, lawyer Of prominence, is at
the Riggs, IN Washington, making
daily visits to the Iouse.--Courler-
Journal.
Rev. Geo. o. Barnes, the noun
tain evangelist, contemplates hold
ing a revival at Paintsville. He
is now at Mt.Sterllng. From there
he goes to Jackson, then to Sal
yersville and later on will visit
Paintsville.
The steamer Thealka, the regu-
lar Catlettsburg ard Paintsville
packet, has changed owners. Isaac
Ward, Daniel Wheeler, and r. V.
Nickel, purchased the interest OF
the Stafford Brothers, thereby be-
coming sole owners.
Greenup, Ky, Feb. 2S.-John
Henderson and Charles Tisdale
captured wildcat south OF town
that weighed forty-nine pounds. 1t
killed three valuable dogs before
giving up from exhaustion. 1t has
been sold alive 10 man in Iron
ton, o.
The Grayson Herald says:
George Rupert has returned from
Berea, where no went 10 attend
college some time ago. He said
they had "too much negro" there
for him. He left Tuesday for
Morehead, where he will attend the
Morehead Normal.
An unknown man was killed by
"A c. & o. train at No. s mines, near
Ashland. On the same day Pat
Holmes, a thirteen.year- Ash.
land boy, lost a leg under the
wheels of freight train. The day
before Leon Hackworth, aged ten
years, was the victim OF a similar
accident.
The Court of Appeals has affirm,
cd the judgment OF the johnson
Circuit Court rendered in the case
of the White House Camel Goa
Company against the Sandy River
Camel Coal Company. This gives
the White House Company two OF
three acres OF valuable coal land
over which the two companies had
been In dispute for some time.
John Elan and wife, OF Olive
Hill, died Of typhoid fever, the lat.
ter dying one evening and the for.
mer the next evening. They were
buried in the same grave. AS the
remains OF his wife were being tax.
EN- from the room the husband told
them to walt for him; that II
would not be long until he joined
her. He died the next afternoon
Campton, KY, Feb. 2S.-Ablut
forty persons VIII leave this county
Monday for the Indian Territory
| where they go to register theil
claims as memb ers OF the Choctaw
tribe OF Indians. About 800 per,
sons from this and adjoining coun,
ties have registered since January
/, all claiming to lie descendants
OF John Harper,a Mississippi Choc,
taw Indian.
DR.. j. w. Berry, OF Quincy, and
a cousin of DR.. w. A. Berry, of this
city, was struck by Camden In.
ter-State car at the 18Th street
crossing about 7 o'clock this morn,
ing, and sustained sprained
wrist and slight cut In the ten.
pie. lie had come in from Quincy
and was enroute 10 Louisa to visit
relatives and look after som. real
estate matters.-Ashlanl lndepen
dent.
Accommodation train No. 3 ran
into an cast-bound freight train