The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-10-06

TtNf tHis WYNN Ntauet Tue ttiNi
wants to make visit TO the East.
THERE are now twenty.seven
counties in this State which have .
Democratic flag and pole. The las
one was raised in Rockcastle.
The editor Of the Greenup indie
pendent, has been taking notes on hors'
back through the mountain counties
and he estimates that the Big Sand,
valley will produce not less thar
5000 barrels Of sorghum.
A Young lady Of Henderson. tb,
teacher Of a school. committed suicide
the other day over business troubles
She was a daughter Of VIM. T. Short
Of Mclean county. A dose of land
anum ended her career in few hours
THE Baptist Association closed al
Greensburg last week, after harmon
ious session Of several DAYS. Rev. V,
f. Kittey, formerly of Stanford, says
he has attended three Associations in
the State during the past six weeks.
The people Of the mountain coun'
ties are anxious to trade off some Of
their acorns for hogs. Although there
has not been frost to cut them down,
the ground is already covered, and the
limbs of the trees are bent and twisted
out of shape with their unprecedented
load. This is no exaggeration. We
actually saw limbs that were broken
of from no other cause than the
weight of the acorns.- Bath County
News.
The corn crop is being generally
harvested, at present, and the yield
will be one of il not the largest ever
raised in Kentucky. 1t so far has
matured uniformly, and is safe from
frost or other damage. Sales so far
made, range between 75c ard 81 per
where the estimate is barrel
to the shock. The price in the main
will be ruled by the distllleries which
will operate. and the probability at
present is that majority of them will.
Gazette.
The Richmond VA Wing says of
Della Wilson, the fallen woman who
suicide in that place last
week: "SOme of the women said that
Della Wilson was a native of Frank
fort, Kentucky. She told several OF
them that she married a naval officer,
and had one child by him, and that
both were dead. All agree that she
was a woman of fine education and re-
finement, all indicating that she had
seen better days" She was about
thirty years OF age.
The Bath County News says of
Jerre Lyttle, one of the leaders of the
,uondam Breathitt county troubles !:
Jerre was in Frenchburg when he got
here, and is as innocent aud mild-man-
iered as any man you would wish to
zee, but when aroused, he is tough
customer to deal with, as a certain tam
ly in his county, the Jets, we believe,
AN testify. two or three of whom he
has helped Of to the happy hunting
ground, while others Of them bear
evidences of his little love passes.
they, in turn, have used Jerre pretty
rough, having wounded him nigh unto
Heath several times. He had ON coat
when we saw him, which had in it no
ess than n dozen bullet-holes, every
bullet of which had entered his body.
lie says negro way-laid him and shot
hese into him some three months ago,
but was too far off to kill him.
Why is it that over twenty thousand
,cres of the finest mineral land, pos
'essing the richest ores and as fine tim
Der as Carter, Lewis and Greenup
afford. with good furnace
buildings already established, engine,
boilers and other machinery attached,
cannot find purchasers possessing the
wherewith to at once put things in
We have here railroad al
ready graded very nearly to the Ohio
river, and only lack a few dollars CON-
handed by brains to at once put Us in
direct communication with the Ohio
river. Here is property worth hun
lreds and thousands of dollars crum-
bling to dust machinery that ought to
he making our hills echo with its 'scape
pipes and turning out twenty tons OF
ron per day, rusting out and going to
lecay-why are matters thus? Can
he cause be low tariff and no protec'
ion, or all protection and nc tariff
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