The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-01-11
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Picked Up At Pike, Paint and
PreStOnSburg.
w. NJ. Webb, school teacher Of
Martin county, Is "full-fedged can
didate for Representative in the
John Martin-Pike district"
During a heated argument over
"a settlement of an account Rus
sell Wallen slashed his cousin,
Doc" Wallep, on the neck with
e knife, at Red Bush, few days
since.
Put me off at Tow-head That's
the name Harmon Harris has gwen
Pa'ntsville." Wonder who harmon
harris is, any way.-Herald
Knock that chip off his shoulder
and you'll find out
A ceal was closed recently, where
by the Acrogen Coal Company passes
into the control of The North East
Coal Company.
II Is said the stockholders Of the
Acrngen received $4,000 for their
holdings.
( Fstler Leslie, son of Mrs. NJ. A..
/ Leslie, OF Pike county, on Sunday af-
ternoon while under the influence
lof 8. ,oxicants. swallowed a quanti-
Ity of laudanum and soon sank into
what appeared to be the stupor of
death Friends and physicians sue
oecded in saving his life.
4 exington, KY, Jan. 3.--Informa-
ton has been received here from
Whi:t.snrg, Letcher county, that
Jesse Holbrook, a member Of the
LIcher county Company Of State
Guard. VS. married last night 20
Miss Sadi. olley. The groom is
r. ] teen years old and the bride
ohly few months over twelve.
Judge Bracken l.. Davis was un-
fortunate in having his home destroy
10 creek, johnson county, on Christ
mas eve. The contents Of the house,
; including $500 which Judge Davis
had saved up for a rainy day, were
lsD destroyed. The loss is Sc
one to Judge Davis and his
wife. in their declining days
Mt Sterling. KY, Jan. 2.--Harry
| Stafford. of Paintsville, johnson
/, CO., nty, and Miss Bessie Turley
: ni this city, were married at the
/ Liide's home Wednesday. January
2 ?. a. noon. Rev. II. u. Clark offici-
J atinl. The bride is the youngest
DAUGHTER of Mr.. and Mrs Joe c.
Tuiley. The groom is in the lum-
ber business at Paintsville.
Pikeville. Jan. 5-The land grant
people on yesterday got out theil
!. first issue of "The Plain Talker.'
Their mouthpiece, which We under.
stand IS nowir the mails, making
: its way into the homes Of the coun,
try people. notfoh the purpose o
enlightening them, but to beguil,
a and deceive them 1t has justfie
: veloped that the grantors own IN,
7 printing press here, and II therefor
be ceme necessary for Editor S. S
I Cassity Of The Plain Dealer. b e,
to Cincinnati to purchase a press.
a Otto Stapleton. IA years old, stab
: bed Roy Bunyard, aged Is.
= A number Of boys living on Jo'
: creek. a small creek emptying int,
e Big Mud Lick. jus, below Hendri'
d Salyer's. met M Jay Salyer's a few
: eavs since. for little social pass
9 lime enlivened by banjo music
boy and the Stapleton boy. pnesum
able over some previous racket
that they had had. and by mutua
agreement the boys went out OF tn
house to settle The trouble.
The Bunyard boy will die as III,
! result of the settlement"
G active operations on. the Ken
i tucky North & South Railway,
& which is to extend from Portsmouth
y to Charleston. 5. c., via Pound Ca
e and Bristol. Tenn. will begin will
= survey within the next two weeks
!, Mr. Parsons, the engineer, announc
e ed hat all was in readiness TO
= the work to begin. that instrument
e and all Other needed field equip
men. were now on the way from
II Springfield The survey will begil
e at Salyersville. Magoffin county. Ky
n The engineering corps will worl
e north to Portsmouth. 0iher survey
+ inc parties will be distributed owe
tho ether parts OF. the line late
on. while several big corps have beel
~ work on the southern end To-
some time past
: Sergent, KY, January L. = Attorney
! John Hendrick and c. p. Davis
: Of New York, are here pressing
y suits on numerous large tracts o
= mountain coal and timber land II
Pike and Harlan counties. compris
ing about 100000 acres. much OF
l. from $50 to $50 per acre, and own
ed Ly native citizens. The prop