Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-10
KENTUCKY ITEMS.

] ne IaflS Dttt4ttt OF July "a says.
| The great heat yesterday, the thermom-
eter being SO degrees in in the shade, and
/ the reports of the decline Of cattle in
/ New York, made yesterday the dlllest
| sale day we have had since the close of
| the war. Major Hibler reports half the
/ cattle offered not sold. Mules were very
/ dull, and but few offered pairs sold TO
| S420, single mules to 500, Good horses
and mares sold readily.
Samuel II. Clay proposes building
one hundred and one houses in Paris,
! Bourbon county.
The Paducah Herald says: We un-
derstand that a young negro fellow at
tempted TO commit a rape upon a white
woman in Graves county a few DAYS
since. He escaped, but the police are on
the hunt for him.
The Louisville Democrat says; The
hemp crop in Mason county is said to be
looking very fine. They advance in the
price, and the probable increase in the
demand for home consumption, before
the guerrillas are all chased out, make its
culture an object. May the crop be
abundant--it is badly needed.
The Paris True Rentlickidn has the
following We have been permitted to
peruse letter just received from Hon.
John C.. Breckinridge. This letter was
written from Paris, France, and states
that he is tired of the hubbub Of the ex-
position, and contemplated leaving for
Switzerland. He will sail for Canada in
September, with his family. He sends
his best wishes to all his friends. The
same paper learns, that on last Friday,
Messrs. George Hamilton, Weeden Cav,
L. e. Kssh, Newton Perry and one or
two others, while riding along Dry Ridge,
in Bath county, were fired upon by a
party Of two or three, who lay concealed
In the bushes. Warrants for the arrest
of two suspected persons are out. Kash
is supposed TO have been the object of
their hOstilities.
The Owensboro Monitor has this
announcement: No less than two hum
dred and thirty-twO applications for doc
tors license have been made at the
assessors Office here for this revenue dis
trict by the knights of the "pestle and
mortar"
The Paris RentlcEida says of huge
oxen: Joseph Owens, of NGrth Middle
ton, in this county, purchased Of II. Il.
Prewett, of Clark, two huge bullOcks,
weighing 6000 pounds. VIM. Mark, of
Bath, has one weighing 1885 pounds.
These cattle are still increasing in
weight, and will make magnificent
Christmas beeves that will fully sustain
the reputation of Kentucky. Robert
McClintock sold two head, weighing 4470
pounds, to Jacob NJ Penn.
The YeOmdn learns there have been
sent from the Frankfort pOstoffice,
for the quarter ending June 30th,
50,395 letters; number received, 49,
672 The same paper of the
9Th inst asserts that a convict in the
psnitentiary cut his hand off with a
hatchet on yesterday to keep from doing
his allotted task.
The Mayesville Bulletin says Of the
crops Two Of our intelligent business
men have just returned from a trip
through Fleming, Bath, Montgomery,
Bourbon and Nicholas counties, and
bring cheering intelligence in regard TO
the wheat crop. Most of the grain has
been cut and both the quality and the
quantity are better than they have been
| for years The farmers are in fine
I spirits.