The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1903-03-27

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Sixteen deaths from smallpox re. D
ported In Maysville STAGE Deem !
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Catlettsburg's South Methodist
Church has new pastor, Rev. W.
II. Vaughan.
Bush, Watson 4 Co., of Ashland,
have sold their wholesale store aud
mill to T. a. Field.
Miss Nora Mayo and Mr.. Chal-
mer Patrick, OF Paintsville, were
married Wednesday Of last week.
The Paints ,ille Leader has
bought new outfit aud has chang
ed its name to the Paintsville Her
aid.
On the first of next month work
on the new shops and terminals OF
the Norfolk 4 Western, at Ports.
mouth, will be commenced. The
improvements win cost abolt ST.. |
100000.
j. +. Nansant, former Circuit
Clerk Of Wolfe county, has dlspos
ed OF his interest in business at
Campton and will move to Boyd
county, where he owns II control
ling interest in number OF coal
mines.
Greenup's old jail caught fire
early Tuesday morning and the
citizens said "Let her burn An
official was forced to offer a hlg
price for men to manipulate the
fire engine. The structure was
considerably damaged.
Mr.. W., IIager died a, Salyers-
Vile saturday ut the age OF rs
years, after an Illness OF several
weeks. He was the father OF State
Treasurer Wilbur Hager, broth.
er OF $. Z. Hager, Of Ashland, and
Dan Hager, OF PaintsyiIle.
! A big labor mass meeting was
| held at an Ashland theatre Sunday
afternoon. The house was packed
to the doors. There were several
speakers, among them "Mothern
Jones, the Rev, Mr., Suddith, Of
West Virginia, and Thomas Ha-
gerty, a West Virginia miner.
Information from the Carter
county oil field says the Alum City
oil Company, in well now In
progress, has struck the first oil
, sand al depth Of 1000 feet. The
strike without shooting shows a
production OF i've barrels a day
The company contemplates going
down until the lower sand is struck
, which will be a depth OF about | ).
800 feet.
Fifteen thousand acres Of coal
: oil and mineral land, lying along
the Big Sandy river, in Pike coun,
, Is, has been purchased by thu
standard OH Company, The com,
pany viii 90 TO boring for oil by
May |, Most Of the property /.
: along the proposed branch OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. =
Mayking correspondent to the
1 Courier-Journal.
e Silas MARI, the old mnuntaineei
who was recently brought bach
from the Government insane asy.
a lum at Washington to stand tria
on a charge OF violating the pen
sion laws, was released on S5Ct
bond yesterday, MI. John Rich
ardson, appraiser In the Collector
OF Customs Office, becoming biz
! surety. Mars ;rial will not b,
/ held until the October term OF tn,
j. Federal Court.-GOurier Journal.
y John A. Shoemaker, a Cincinnati
t contractor, is at lronton with
large amount Of equipment to be
d gin the work of grading for the G.
Is III. & ID extension from Iroutonlt
Gallia. Work will begin in Whit
y well and be extended up Ice Cree
y over the old Gronton a Northeast
, ern survey. lie says track.layin
will not begin till next year, bu
If the line will be graded aud cut
n and fills made now.
Phil B. SHIELD, an attorney {
ce Richmond, Va, has sold TO syn
dicate of Philadelphia capitalists
as trfct OF 10000 acres Of coal Ian
n situated between the forks Of tn
of Big Sandy river in Kentucky
He declines to give the names {
40 the parties to the deal. The Ian
e. has been in possession Of VII
y" ginia family since 1896, and
:, held under grant OF the State ,
NO Virginia of that date. The priC