No bottled in bond, wet goods are obtainable nearer than Winchester. Malt mead and other substitutes, the officials say, are no longer to be had, as was the case here in February. We will drop the subject as too dry for publication. Hazard is an inviting field for prospectors and investors. Capital is needed to push the development, the local capitalists having gone their limit, and thus showing their confidence in the town and its future growth.
Many inviting fields are here awaiting the touch of Midas.
This is an inviting field for a steam bakery, and a steam laundry, and an opera house for the drama, vaudeville, and other amusements. Two picture shows, in mere shack buildings, are well patronized, but the buildings are unsuited for the purpose. Coal Mining Coal mining here at Hazard is now in the infancy of its evolution three mines just opening up in a small way as a beginning of what will soon prove to be the leading feature. A few miners may now be seen going to and returning from the nearby mines and the local trade is now supplied at home. The raccoon Coal Company of which much is expected may be seen from the railroad, commissary tipples, etc.