The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-09-11
BIG SANDY river
GETS BLACK EYE.
Army Engineers Recommend That No
Further Improvement be Made
on Stream.
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w, washington :, g A, sep. The improve AllN.
lucky and West Virginia given a
Knockout blow by the army engineerY
to-day n, ,
The report shows that nearly s2S UIQeSl dn1
100000 has been spent on the I'd
Sandy, and that far benefits \ PaSShS
commerce concerned the resuJ
are practically nil owing to the
that railroads have been constrJ
which make IL ineNpedlent 10 Rhipl
Ly water
The facts set forth are 40 M
Ing that Senator Burton of OHot many months
make OF the entire report Use OF the Kidneys
Ing the pending rivers and hnrhe Ills incident 10
The river and harbor act ofse James II. OBrleh
1912 authorized preliminary AZ MS nome ~ an
nation OF tho Tug and Levist morning 81 Monday
the Big Sandy with view ne suffered much
mining the feasibility Of thentire illness, much OF
ment already begun. Jseiy ana the transition
which opposed further apath came as a relief
was approved by the Bolowing day the funeral
neers Tor Rivers and Hthe late home, followed by
General Dan O. KingI Pine lin cemetery Both
Engineers cted by Apperson Lode
In recommending w which the deceased had
OF the Improvement omber more than nifty years,
the Board Of Eneinege Mason rites began ReyBM
liarbors ga, aston of NJ. Il. Church South,
''The total enpendJery touching and appropriate
statea 10 January service OF song. prayer and
ia round numbcrsyfs reading, followed by short
struoti6n and sxeshg discourse In this service
and care The minister also read the following
merce show nsraphlcal sketch OF Judge o'Brien
valued al 81 flames Harvey ofirien was born at
OF logo ties.l i7abethtown sullivan county, Tenn.
duets Fig Jw Is, 1896. and died at Louisa, KY,
rncrce ,Nl Sc ,mber 7, 1914, Age rs years, one
10 the ma b and twonty-four days.
which II His father moved TO Louisa when
ne doe he was nine years old, where he has
incre lived all the time since with the eS-
mc ccption Of very short while.
z He married 10 Eliza Nauhorn
the February IL, 1917 who has been a
siud faithful wife and shared his Joys and
the SORROWS during these many years and
yrntt was his comfort until the end. To this
Comb union were born six children: Mrs
M Mar ss p'S M A' a ne' % S'sSo and
Mrs. Ida shannon all OF whom stiil
live except Mrs. Weeks. He has one
sister. Mrs. r. II. Moore, the last re-
naming OF family OF thirteen.
He was converted and united with
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
at the session OF the Western Virginia
Conference held here in 1854 by Bishop
John EARLY. Some time afterwards he
drifted away but reclaimed in the
meeting held here by Rev. Holcomb IN
1910, lie has frequently made the
statement during his afillction OF the
last few months that he was at peace
with God and ready to go
He Il member OF the Masonic |
Lodge for about fifty years.
Early in the Civil War the deceased |
entered the Federal army member |
Of the 45th Regiment OF Mounted In |
- fantry. lie made Captain and
saw much service lie was granted a
pension because of physical disability |
growing out of this service. Judge |
o'Brien acquired his civil title by hav- |
ing been elected Judge OF the Louisa |
Police Court. This position was held
~ through several successive terms.
prey when increasing bodily nhrmy |
compelled the final retirement OF the
TIT Judge from active life and later con-
Inn fined him 10 his home very promi-
ncnt ard familiar figure passed out OF
public and social life, No man. prob
ably in the whole county, was better |
known knew more people Not only |
did he know the present generation
hut he remembered those who had long |
!, been dead, knew them and their Kin
HOMIE 10 the remotest connection, He had
been Master u Apperson Lodge +. q
A. NJ and had held several offices In
the Royal Arch Chapter. He was fond
OF the fraternal association and attend
ed the various meeting long as he
was able to do so. The sick men OF
.oaJ this community never had n better
c,rl friend while living, aud when IL be-
IN, came necessary to perform the last
Mel services Tor our poo, nui, %. ny, 80, 90
80 In this behalf
No. Judge O'Bricn was man OF much
rhI intelligence, well posted in the affairs
,be X of state and Nation. He was great
wayr& reaaer Of the aaliy newspapers , tn,s
vcl and when he had read II he knew what
~ II said. His was genial, kindly ma
M ture. one which made him liked and
III compnnonabe. He loved his wife and
nv, his children. and they repaid this love
~, BY tireless devotion to his comfort
nd I'D welfare They with him I
!, len the Shadow fell and rejoice to
ow that his end was peace and the
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