The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-01-09

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! OUR NElGHBORS. 81,
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VIII Schugh and Jacob Burk
died in Ashland Of consumption
this week.
The Northern Coal and Coke
Company's telephone line is now
IN working order aud Pikevllle has
good communication with the out
side world.
Henry 7. Brown, OF P,keville,
who has just returned from three
years service with the Second us.
Infantry in the Philippines, has
returned home.
In Wow OF the scare as to the
permanecy of typewritton records
the Italian Minister for Justice has
ordered that no typewritteu docu.
ment will be accepted as legal in
Italy.
Suits have been filed by the State
Auditor in the franklin County
Court against the sureties OF the
late j. NJ. Preston, as County Clerk
of johnson county to recover al
legged shortages OF $3.50,
Greenup, Ky, Jan. Mckinley
Green, the son OF Charles Green,
was run over by il freight train this
evening and instantly Killed. The
train was ON u siding and was
moving slowly when the boy tried
to get on,
The stockholders OF the West
Liberty Bank elected the following
officers for this year; 5. W. Cecil
was reelected president; w. G..
Blair, vice president; +. +. Fogs,
attorney, and w, q. Archibald was
reelected cashier,
Ed. $. Hughes, the popular trav-
cling salesman, has bought a half
interest in retail shoe store in
Ashland and will take charge of
the business in about two weeks.
The firm will be known as the
Matheson-lIughes Shoe Com pany.
The Magistrates OF Boyd county
have increased the salary OF Coun-
ty Attorney j, W. Burns $500 per
annum,of County Clerk T.. Il. Law
renee 800 and Of School Superiu-
tendent +. IL. Baker $3.50. The ac.
tion is causing considerable com
ment.-C0urier journal.
l.. II. Gormley, whose wife was
robbed OF $500 worth OF diamonds
Cincinnati a short time ago, has
closed contract purchases for 200
900 acres OF coal. timber aud oil
lands in Perry, Letcher and Leslie
counties, Ky, for the G. G. Tennis
Company of Cilcinnali.-Cincinna-
ii Enquirer.
The following item is from the
fertile pen OF that "Mayklngp ro.
porter:
Mrs. Mary Arnold, aged twenty
two, pretty young widow Of
Southern. Pike county, committed
suicide at her home by shooting
herself through the forehead with
an old rifle. She had been brood
ing for several days over a love az
fair.n
A dispatch from Frankfort says:
Secretary OF State c. b. Hill and
Mr.. John c. c, Mayo, Of Johnson
county, have secured and had exc.
cuted and delivered to them leases
on ID 800 acres OF oil land in the
counties Of Morgan and Magoilln.
The land is situated in the best oil
territory In Eastern kentucky,
along the route of the proposed
pipe line from Pennsylvania.
Mayking, KY, Dec. 30.-T h 9
Beaver Greek oil belt, north otherc,
on the Floyd-Knolt border, is com
ing to the front. The Hall we'll
No. 3 cane In on Saturday. and it
flows 100 barrels a day. The Mar
tin well No. s has been considera-
bly, improved aud is now by far
the best well In the Beaver region.
1t flows $50 barrels daily. The
Howard well No. 6 comes third and
flows 100 barrels.-Courier Jour
nal.
Mr.. John W. Langley, appoint
ment CLERK Of tho Census Bureau,
underwent a second operation at