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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
An Historic Building Destroyed.

Lightning early last Saturday
mOlning struck the historic court
house at Washington, Mason county,
agd set fire to it, destroying the
building. 1t was one of the oldest
landmarks in the county, being built
in 1874 by Louis Craig, a pioneer
hautist preacher, Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay and T. F. Marshall aud
Others noted in history, were famil-
lar faces upon its floors and often
spoke to the pioneers. .s.
II was here that old Uncle Tom"
ot Uncle Toms Cabin" fame was
sold on the block into slavery and
inspired Mrs. Harriet Beecher Slows
famous work. For fifty-six years
Washington was the county seat of
Mason county and then 1t was moved
to Maysville. The building in later
years was used as a school house
and many prominent people first
learned to read and write there. A
movement is now on foot 70 replace
the historic building.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
AN ELOPEMENT.
A Louisa Couple Married at CatIetts-
burg Monday Night.

The following from the Catletts-
hug department of the Ashland In
dependent refers to a pretty daughter
OF Mr., D. C. Spencer, the Louisa
merchant, and a son of w. T. Cain,
OF this place. The couple disappear.
ed from Louisa rather suddenly Mon
day afternoon:
A very novel and romantic we'd
ding was solemnized in this city at
2.JO last night. The contracting
PARTIES are quite well known in the
Gate City, and their friends will be
surprised to learn of the wedding of
these young folks of Louisa-Miss
Ethel Spencer and Mr.. Charles Cain.
II was the intention of the couple
to be married at the home of Mr..
Ind Mrs. Charles Crutcher, of Hunt
inGton, and they arrived there last
might, after slipping away from home.
Some of their friends were dispatch
ed for the license but were unable
to procure it, and they telephoned
hare to see If it might be obtained
ne.e. Deputy Clerk Davis Martin
was aroused from his slumbers to the
t'ephone, and answered that he
would issue the license, and for them
to come en- to Catlettsburg. Miss
Spencer and Mr.. Cain, accompanied
l.! Charles Crutcher and daughter,
Miss Laira, of Huntington, Miss Lena
fost and Russell Kirk, came down on
the last car last night, and the cere-
mony took place at the home of Capt.
and Mrs. T. D. Marcum, Rev. T. H.
Plemnlons, of the First Baptist
Church, officiating.
After the ceremony the party wait
ed for c. & o. train No. 4 and went
to Huntington to the home of Ma
and Mrs. Crutcher. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cain will remain in Huntington the
remainder of the week, returning to
l.oIlsa next week.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
Died OF DRIGHT'S Disease.
Stephen HiItbTuneTP Passes Away Rather
Unexpectedly.

After an illness which confineds
him to his bed only three or four
days, Stephen Hiltbruner, weIR
known and highly respected citizen
of Louisa, died near noon on Tuesday
last. He had been a sufferer from
Brght's disease FLOR nearly fifteen.
years, but, so far as known, he had
Eot consulted a physician for thiG
trouble until about two weeks before
his death.
On Friday last Mr.. Hiltbruner cama
over from his home near Sam Bart
rams, on the Point, and expressed
himself as feeling much better, only
weak. He suddenly grew worse ON
Saturday but refused to allow his
physician to be sent for He became
unconscious during the night, and
DR.. Wroten, and later, DR.. York were
sent for. All they could do was un-
aIailing and he died at the tima
mentioned of uremic poisoning.
Ihterment was made on Wednesday,
morning in Fulkerson cemetery under
the direction of the Louisa Lodge.
of Odd Fellows, an organization OF
which Mr.. Hiltbruner had long BEEN
worthy member. At the grave the
Rev. DR.. Hanford, of the NJ. f
Church, spoke some suitable words
and offered prayer.
Hiram Hiltbruner, of Atlanta, Ca.
brother of the deceased, had besn
telsgraphed for and he arrived Short
time before his brother died. Mrs
Anna Hite, of Catlettsburg, an aunt
of the deceased, was at the funeral,
Stephen Hiltbruner was about SS
years of age and married. His wife
was Miss Angie Spradlin, of FIoyM
county. They had no children. Tha
deceased was captain in the CivTK
War and served his country wen.
He came to Louisa from Cered0
many years ago and worked at his
trade as tinsmith. He was an in
hard working man, honest
and capable.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20

After the Catlettsburg gang of
political boosters swooped down on
the City Han in this city yesterday
afternoon, and captured the county
mess convention, the political hopes
aud aspirations of Hon. Brig H. Har-
ris, as Republican nominee for Rep
Iesentative, were completely shatter-
ed 1t was a wet dowd-yea, a
soaking wet crowd-composed CT
men who had little regard for the
will of a majority of the better Re-
publican element.
AS Mr.. Harris had announced sew
eral months in advance, and without
apparent opposition, he and his
friends, who are legion in Lawrence
and Boyd, were completely taken by
and went down in defeat,
The gang who came from Catletts-
burg was charged to the muzzle with
vindictiveness and merciless revenge.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
Unparalleled.

Our very reliable correspondent at
Ulysses writes of baby born there
on Thursday last which weighed
twenty pounds. The birth required
the services of three physicians. He
says further that at the time he
wrote the mother and child we're do
Ing well. ..-...
II this weight is true the birth
is unparalleled in the history of OBJ
stetrics, Allowing that 1t is correct
the wonder is that both mother and
babe are alive, The parents are Sand
fOld Chandler and wife.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
LIQUOR People
Packed Boyd County LegisIa-
tive Convention.
And Sprung a Big Surprise by Defeat
ing Hon. Brig Harris With
a Dark Horse.

The liquor fight III Boyd county is
not over. The wet element on last
Friday demonstrated this fact very
forcibly and the turn of the temper
ance people will come next.
Hon. Brig H. Harris, of Catletts-
burg, was the only candidate for the
Republican nomination for Represen-
tative in the Legislature from the
district composed of Royd and Law
renee counties. ~. =.
Mass conventions were held in the
two counties last Friday. Lawrence
sent delegates uninstructed, leaving
the matter to Boyd, as it is that
c0unty's turn to furnish the nominee
The Boyd county whiskey men
packed the convention, sprung the
name of Tohn w. Stevens, a very
dark horse, and nominated him with
a Thoop, 1t was a big surprise to
all except the schemers who were in
the job. The temperance people are
indignant and will refuse to swallow
the dose in November. Mr.. Harris
supported the dry side in the re-
cent election in Royd county and
this explains the bad treatment
given hin.
The following editorials from the
Ashland Daily Independent, Repub-
lican paper that stands for temper
ance, will show what the feeling is:
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
Qf This County Draws Rich
|, Montana Farm.
D. !. Thompson Gets l6O Acres Of
the FlatAead Reservation Land
From Uncle Sam.

M an Investment Of ten dollars
and two cents, the ten as a fee and
the two for stamp, d. l.. Thomp-
son, who lives on Little Blaine and
whose posloffice is Louisa, X. f. d.,
will possibly realize six or seven
thousand dollars. 1t came about
this way: .-'.
fThe United States has lately open
ed for settlement three Indian res
eryations, the Cour dAlene, thd
Usage, and the Flathead reservation
In Northwestern Montana. The Cow
cfGment had learned practical les
sen by past experience in opening
reservations to settlement, and when
Il had determined TO offer these TO
the public II also determined TO pro-
cse In different manner.
Heretofore II had been first come
first served, or, rather, the strong
cst man on the fleetest horse was
first on the ground and hogged the
richest territory. This time all who
chose TO make proper application had
an gplal chance You filed your APP
Ilics ton, It was entered and certi-
fiad to you. On the day Of the draw
Ing your name with the others was
placed In wheel. Each name had a
chance In the drawing OF tract of
I60 acres OF land These tracts were
plated aud numbered II there were
say five hundred such tracts TO be
drawn, five hundred names were
drawn from the wheel. II your name
was drawn you get your one hundred
aud sixty acres. This much is sure,
The character OF the land is ascer-
tained by you when you know It's ex-
act location, .-. ..
The Flathead reservation contains
several hundred thousand acres and
will be thrown open about the middle
Of April, 1910. II contains some of
tho best agricultural and grazing
lards in the Northwest. Actual val
ues range from $40 to SIS m acre,
while the Governments appraised
waite is from $3.50 to 81, accord
ing to location and character.
Mr.. Thompson is a teacher and was
a member OF the 1st Kentucky Cav
alr,,o6lpa lpanish-American war. He has
tnd daughter, lie did not
- trouble whatever in making
the application and entry, He learn
cd that reliable citizen Of Montana
was authorized to make application
for all who could not do so in per-
son. Mr.. Thompson sent ten dollars
10 this agent and in return received
certificate from the Register of the
land office showing that the applica-
tlLn had been duly made and entered
lie first read the news of his good
fortune in this office His friends
are congratulating him on his lucky
venture. There were but two other
Kentuckians who were so fortunate
In this drawing.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20

There was large delegation from
Catlettsburg yesterday who partici-
pdtCd in the mass convention with
a Nigor characteristic of that bus
tling little city. They seemed to be
q predominating factor in swaying
things to their own liking, and the
convention, while not in perfect har-
mony with Ashland environments,
passed off sort of quietly, thank you.
A dark horse was entered in the
race for Representative, against Capt.
his H. Harris, of Catlettsburg, who
had announced some time ago, and
it appeared to a man with leather
SPECS that the dark horse, Mr..
Stephens, was well groomed and was
4 sure winner on the improvised,
slippery track, made so by an over
whelming downpour OF wetness The
atmosphere around and about City
Hall was decidedly wet, even unto
a stopping over stage, and the well
groomed dark one" won out in a
walk ..
The groomsters got in their work
good and proper, and it only remains
for them to make a grand-stand fin
ish at the final post this afternoon.
So the aspirations OF Mr.. Harris, a
worthy candidate for Representative,
AM well qualified from every point
CT view, must make way for one whose
pedigree as a runner in Legislative
political tournament has yet to be
demonstrated.
Mr.. Stephens, who landed at the
POST as the Republican nominee, for
Representative, will have ar oppor-
tunity to demonstrate his prowess at
the coming November election. AS
lie is not we'll known in the county,
he can probably make himself ac-
Cuainted to the satisfaction of the
ystcrs, who are, after all. the court
of last resort, when an election is
keld
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
Once Lived in this County.

jackson Wells, who was removed
tc the Kings Daughters Hospital
two weeks ago, in very critical
condition with typhoid fever, died
there at 8 u. m. today. Just week
ago Mr.. Wells lost a daughter with
typhoid fever, and now a son is at
hone alarmingly Ill with the same
ditease.
MIR. Wells came here about six
mouths ago from Lawrence county,
Ky, and he worked at one of the
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
Big Cattle Shipment.

On Saturday last R. L. Vinson
shipped 1S2 head of fine cattle to
Pi,tsburg. They made five car loads
and weighed about 11S,0OO pounds,
Mr.. vinson followed the cattle to
and attended to their sale,
realizing a handsome profit. He re-
turned Tuesday afternoon.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-08-20
Seriously III.

1t is said that the Rev. Isaac Fara-
min, OF Bolts Fork, is sick beyond
possible recovery Mr.. Fannin is one
of the old time Methodist preachers.
well known and highly respected hy
the many who enjoy his acquaintance.
Evening star., 1909-07-08
Hermit Who Lives In Mine.

from tne h1eAtCdu heidiu.
The old man. known by the natives as
"el hombre de silvestre de monte has
his abode near the Rio de las Playas, a
stream at the foot Of the Jaben mountain,
and a tributary to the Tancochapa river.
He Is supposed to live in an old aban-
doned mine. one which has not been
worked for more than century, accord
ing to older men Of the district. 1t is
said no other person has ventured within
the shaft in the last fifty or more years
because Of the many superstitions con-
nected with the place. Many natives and
one American are said to have approached
the entrance during the last generation,
but none has passed inside. Vampire
bats and small animals inhabit this cave,
and many weird sounds come from its
depths.
The old man is known to have lived In
years, and in that time is said not to have
spoken with a living soul. He Is thought
to be Spanish because of the clearness
Of his skin. When seen recently by hunt
ers his hair and beard were white and
long and his body entirely covered with
white hair. He Is quite old-probably
ninety years-as nearly as can be judged
from the many stories told by those who
claim to have seen him. The old man has
been approached to within distance Of
easy conversation, but when addressed
uttered a few incoherent sounds and ran
into the woods. He is harmless and is
said to have never shown fight when ap-
preached. The fact that he carries con-
stantly bow and arrows would indicate
that he eats flesh and fowl as well as
wears absolutely nothing, at least when
he has been seen his crooked old frame
has been draped in nothing except the
long white hair which covers his body.
Evening star., 1909-07-08
BEINe LOST NOT BAD FUN
EMMA JONES' BABY LISP CON-
CEALS HER IDENTITY.
But Papa Is Found and Her Good
Time at the Station House Came
to a Happier End.

lively little girl, all of three years
old, had the time of her young life in
| the matron's room at No. 1 precinct
| this Afternoon She was down on the
| blotter as lost" but the trouble was
| she didn't know 1t.
My mamma will find me after
awhile" she said.
Which turned out correct, except that
1t was father who did the finding. His
| name is 7. NJ. Jones and he works for
the National Window Cleaning Com
pany.
The police located him about o'clock
this afternoon. and told him that tot
who said her name was Emma Thones-
| which is Jones when you lisp twas at
No. /. Did she belong to him?
| She sure did And he made running
| motions to the station house to prove It..
| Although she had beeA lost all of five
hours, Emma wasn't affected by the re-
| union. She left the station house with
| pop for her home at 40 9Th street.
eating a peach and waving her other
hand at all the cops off duty.
! Emma was found by a large domesti-
Gated policeman at 9th and G streets a
few minutes before noon. She didn't ap-
to identify any persons in the vicinity
| as her parents, the policeman-for many
tender heart beats beneath uniform
| of blue, my lads-carried her to the near
est call box and rang for the first pre-
cint patrol.
| Emma much enjoyed the ride to the
station. She sat beside the driver, held
the ends of the reins and talked to the
horse.
/ 1t isn't probable that active animal un-
derstood what she said. For Emma pos
sesses a decided lisp, mighty cute and
cunning, but real confusing to the unac-
cuStomed ear.
Also she has bobbed yellow hair and
! big, oval, slate-colored eyes. She's going
| to be a peach and a sumner when she
| grows up, is Emma
| incidentally, this particularly self-pos-
| sessed young person wasn't at all strong
for the lost-child racket. She announced
| to the matron at No. 1 that her mother
would come for her latter while," and
| that in the meantime she proposed to
amuse herself to the queens taste-or
words to that effect.
Which she did. She told the matron,
too, that her name was Emma Jones, "
and that her father did something or
other for living. But whether his voca-
tion had to do with 'shaves" (Which
would point to the barbering lfne). or
| Slaves" (Which would seem to indicate
| that her male parent was In the news
paper business) or "raves" (Which would
constitute evidence that said father was
an actor, it was imp possible to tell.
| AS has been noted. a we'll defined lisp is
fetching but unintelligible.
| 1t turns out he wasn't any one of the
three.
Evening star., 1909-07-08
clogged and it passes over the morse S
hide without any result.
The "Fourth" in the Date Books.


In addition to the national events con-
nected with the Fourth of July, such
as the Declaration of American lnde-
pendence and the remarkable coincidence
of two of our Presidents dying on the nrst
jubilee celebration Of the day, July is
day among days in the biographical his
tory of the world. In Italy 1t is the ami
versary of the birth at Nice of Garibaldi,
the Italian patriot. In British India 1t is
remembered as the day on which Henry
Lawrence, the military hero and states
man, expired at Lucknow in 1851. SAYING.
"On my tomb inscribe the words: Here
lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do MS
duty" In France 1t is remembered as
the day on which the French army stood
before the gates Of Algiers and demanded
a treaty which gave Algiers to the French
nation. 1t is plso recalled in France as the
birthday of their great novelist, AiexanoIe M
Dumas, pere. who was born In ioo., me
American novelist, Nathaniel HaWthorhs,
was born at Salem, July 4. 1So4. freoeIich
Bleek, the celebrated German DotaHisl
and scholar, was born in Holstein, July
1, 1888 Overbach, the German painter,
whose picture of the Madonna adorns the
walls of Cologne Cathedral. was porn oi o,
the Fourth of July in the year ioi-'s a.
Lubbock.
In the story of Christian hymnolosy IS
a red-letter day, for on the Fouftn OF
July. Ills, Christian Gellet, one OF tne
sweetest songsters of the church. nrst
Evening star., 1909-07-08
The Seas Action on Iron.

From the London Chronicle.
After lying at the bottom of the sea un-
disturbed for a century and half one OF
the guns of H. NJ. S. Families. which
was wrecked near Bolt Tail, on the south
coast of Devon, has been recovered
One side of the weapon has been worn
away with the action of pebbles and
shingle washed over 1t by the tide to
such an extent that at the muzzle the
thickness of iron is very little, and for
its whole length the metal has the an
pearance of being gradually filed away.
Even the trunnions which originally took
its weight on the gun carriage have been
worn TO spikes.
Evening star., 1909-07-08
The Englishman's Club.
5erman in YOndon Mail

Club is a word we have taken over
from the English language. But only the
word. Also the club chair perhaps. But
not the institution. For whereas in Ger
many a club is a society of kindred peo-
pie. Of friends, all knowing each other
thoroughly and gathering at the club to
dine. play or chat all with ALL it seems in
England the place where one keeps as
carefully to himself as possible and
where members of thirty years standing
do not know each other.
Evening star., 1909-07-08
CURRYCoMB CLEANER.
Hammer Head Strikes Comb, anc
Vibration Shakes Out Dirt.

The process of currycombing a horse is
an art, and one not to be learned at first
attempt: but even a novice eouipped
with the currycomb designed by an Ohio
man will find the job easier than an ex
pert will find it who uses the old-style
comb. This new device bases its advan-
tage on the fact that 1t has a cleaning
attachment, by means of which the comb
may be kept clear of dirt as the work
goes on. This consists of a hammer
Evening star., 1909-07-08
What He Wanted.

TOM tne Plttsbufg Post.
II want handsome linen when I dine ar
restaurant" declared the first citizen.
Il want first-class food; l want a taste-
fully arranged table, and above all want
perfect service"
"And you want it all for ID cents" re-
sponded the second citizen. That's ali
that ails YOU
Evening star., 1909-07-08
The Beecher Elm.

The Beecher elm, near Henry Ward
Beecher's house and his church, at
Orange and Hicks streets. Brooklyn. has
been cut down. 1t had been killed by
lightning. Beecher used to stop under
it's shade and talk with friends on the
Mrs. Beecher died In the house opposite
and loved the tree.
Evening star., 1909-07-08
EFFICIENT CAN OPENER.
No Danger Of Cutting Hand-Littl'
Effort to Manipulate.

Every housewife would undoubtedly
welcome the invention of a really simple
and substantial can opener. one that she
could operate without danger of cutting
her hands. Simplicity and efficiency seem
to be the keynote of the one shown in
the illustration below, designed and in
vented by Detroit man. In opening a
can the point at the end is thrust into
the central portion of the top of the can
and the bar brought so that 1t lies paral-
Evening star., 1909-07-08

lei with the top of the can. The cutter
is then regulated on the toothed bar SO
that it will cut either the top of the
can or the side. With a firm pull on
the handle the tin can be easily severed
1t will be noticed that there are prac-
tically two cutters. one for cutting the
top Of the can and another for cutting
the side of the can. This will be found
convenient when 1t is desired to remove
the contents without disarranginS them.
Evening star., 1909-07-08

head SO adjusted at the edge of the comb
that slight jar sets it in vibration and
the particles of dirt are shaken out
Across the back of the instrument are
wires so bent as to engage the hammer
head and hold 1t loosely in position. The
hostler needs only to strike the wires
against the side of a stall and the ham,
mer head is set in vibration. Unless a
currycomb is kept clean it cannot be used
effectively, as the corrugations become
Evening star., 1909-07-08

saw light In Saxony. He lived to write
the inspiring Easter hymn which has
been rendered into every European
tongue. beginning:
Jesus lives, No longer now
Can thy terrore. death appalI US.
The touching story of this mans life Is
one of the most inspiring lessons of the
glorious Fourth"
Evening star., 1909-03-07
MAY REOPEN NAVY YARD
DEPARTMENT TAKES UP CASE
OF PENSACOLA.
Florida Delegation in Congress Ap-
peals to President Taft and
Secretary Meyer.

AS a result Of appeals to President
Taft and Secretary of the Navy Meyer,
the order closing the navy yards at New
Orleans, La, and Pensacola, Fla. is be-
ing reconsidered by the government
The order issued by President Roose-
velt March was the first matter of
business that Secretary Meyer consider
ed after taking the oath of office. Sena-
tors Foster and McEnery and Repre-
sentatives Broussard. Pujo and Estopi-
nal, and Representative-elect Wickliffe
of Louisiana, and Senators Taliaferro
and Fletcher of Florida were waiting in
the lobby Of his Office for him to arrive
Evening star., 1909-03-07

transatlantic traffic, because they could
not compete with the foreign companies
already established, and very soon there
will be a sufficient number of foreign
lines connecting our ports with those OF
Central and South America to do the
business. and then there will be no room
for American ships on the ocean.
Easy to Build Up Commerce.
The experience Of the latest steamship
line that has been established between
our ports and those of other American re-
publics shows how easily a commerce
might be built up. What is known as the
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
has established a line between the Ha-
waiian Islands and Salina Cruz. the Pa
cific terminus of the Tehuantepec rail-
way. and between New York and Coatza-
coaltos, the Atlantic terminus of that
railway. They carry sugar from Honolu-
lu to New York. and merchandise for re-
turn cargo. They make the distance be-
tween Honolulu and New York in twenty
three days There are fourteen steamers
having a total capacity of 14o,5Oo tons.
and next year two more will be added to
the fleet From the beginning of the serv-
ice about a year ago it has prospered