Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-04-12
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KENTUCKY ITEMS.
The Russellville Herald says: Capt.
Junius Kimble is announced to-day as
Il candidate for the Legislature. He
is an intelligent and clever young gen.
tleman, and has many ardent support
ers.
The Hopkinsville Conservative says:
" A man calling himself Harry Frazier,
peddling patent medicine which he
called pain eradicator, stopped at the
Central Hotel in this city last week,
came to our Office and employed us to
print 1000 circulars, for which he
agreed to pay SC, which he failed to do;
visited E. HI. Hopper, Druggist, and
engaged him to sell his remedy, and
borrowed 81 from him, and then left
the city owing his landlord for weeks
board. As he seems to be fishing for
notoriety, give him a lift.
Mr.. James A. Shirley, of Glasgow.
has secured the contract for building
the Edmonson County Court House,
the amount bid by him being seven
teen thousand dollars.
f. M. Black and w. F. Taylor are
putting up tobacco at Elkton, and have
already bought 10000 lbs. for that
purpose.
A strange monstrosity was born on
the farm of VIM. L. Davis, in Mercer
county, 8. week or two ago. 1t was the
offspring of a cotswold eve and was
more like turtle than anything else.
In shape il was nearly round and fiat,
with crust on the back. The only
wool it had was small tuft on the
back of a small curiously shaped
head. The feet set out at the sides
like those of turtle. Mr.. Davis can
only account for the monstrosity from
the fact that the eve must have been
frightened when with lamb by turtle
in the branch which flows through the
pasture.
A Mr.. Jackson, who lives near Mt
Washington, on the Peacock" farm,
while cutting down some timber the
other day, found FIVE hundred dollars
in gold in white oak tree. The gold
had been put in two-ineh auger hole,
and plugged up with a cedar pin. On
counting. it was found that ninety rings
in the timber had grown over the hole
in the tree, whence it was inferred
that the gold had been thus hidden
away ninety years, that is ever since
1888.
We learn from the Hopkinsville
New Era that B. w. Crabtree, in 60
ing to his home from Crofton on Mon
day evening was waylaid about a mile
from that place and shot by an unseen
foe. Crabtree' wounds will not prob
ably prove fatal. A reward of $500
has been offered for the apprehension
of Tillott Mcintosh, who is accused of
the crime.
The statement is made in the New
port Leader that about ninety years ago
two hundred acres now in the heart of
Covington were sold for $50 pounds of
buffalo meat. The same land now,
without the improvements, is worth
$4,000 per acre, amounting to $1,000,
900.
A movement is on foot in Paducah
to organize stock company to build
and operate large cotton mill at that
place.
The low price of corn is forcing
many farmers of Fulton county to re-
sumo the cultivation of tobacco.
There were 6,607 chancery, and To-
564 common law suits instituted in this
State last year, and 81 sos deeds re-
corded.
The Maysville Eaglesay I'VE learn
that Mr.. w. w. Richesou. of Ash
land, KY, is now making arrangements
for a reunion of his old pupils at that
place during the month of June. The
gathering takes place in pleasant
grove near Ashland, no effort will be
spared to make the occasion agreea bic
toallwho may be present. The old mas
ter of Rosemont' is never so happy as
when dispensing hospitality TO the
scamps who tried his patience ten,
twenty and forty years ago. one of
whom is now the President of the
United States.