The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-05-24
GRAYSON COUNTY ITEMS.
News OF the County by Our ltegu-
lar Correspondent.
BETTER THAN MARI

county, has recently been made on the
farm of Mr.. James NJ. Mcclure, one
mile east Of Wildwood. Underlying q
scope of country ten miles square, are
vast beds of the finest quality of Pot.
ter's Clay. This valuable item of in.
dustry can easily be taken out, without
any great amount of labor, as the clay
crops out on the surface in hundreds of
places. To those interested in this
branch ofindustry, the abundance and
fine quality of the clay offers induce
ments never before equalled. The
beds lie within four hundred yards of
the l.. P. & S. W. railroad, and every
facility will be afforded by the railroad
company to parties engaging in utiliz-
ing this valuable discovery. There is
no fraud about this, as a visit to Mill
wood will testify, and interested parties
would do well to examine for them
selves. Rar State papers please copy.
A party named Stevenson, residing
near Litchfield managed to get on the
debtor side of a good many parties in
that burgh, and one night last week he
"folded his tent like the Arab" and
'lit out" for parts unknown. Next
morning he made his appearance at
wildwood with a wagon loaded with
household traps, etc., which he had
shipped to Greensboro Junction. At
noon the Sheriff was on the down train
looking for Mr.. S., but his anxiety to
make that gentleman's Acquaintance
was doomed to disappointment, and he
returned to Litchfeld if not wiser, a |
much mortified Sheriff: Up to yester-
day no tidlngs have been received from |
the ascending debtor.
For the benefit of Alfred Ashby jr.
we would state that it has been rule |
Of our life to never get entangled in a
controversy with scholar, and especial
ly with one whose deep researches into
such classic authors as Noble Butler
and Marcus Wilson would only in the
end serve to make fools of us. We
would earnestly advise Mr.. Ashby to
urn his attention to some more congo
nal business than that of Literature,
Is, in our honest opinion, he was never
ated to become a very brilliant star in
he galaxy of bellies Iettres.
Had the author Of the Lines, "Music
lath charms to sOothe the savage
'reast," ETC., only been around to lis
EN- to the caterwauling of a party of
'outhful Graysonites serenading their
ady loves the other night, we firmly ,
'elieve he would have stuck his fingers
n his ears and "cussed" the music and
he Graysonites both. !
MIR. E. A. Bunch, of Wildwood. c
'hile on business in EEzabethtown, o
'as knocked down and robbed of
considerable sum of money by three
egroes, on last Saturday night. No
Iue has been obtained of the robbers.
lr. Bunch was severely injured about T
he head by club in the hands of one 9
the ruffians, from the effects of
hich he has not yet completely recov- :.
ed. - "
1t is estimated by good judges that a
rayson county will not produce one
nth of the tobacco this coming sea-
n she has in the one that is passed.
may be all for the best; for as the al
'tatoe crops were the curse of Ireland {;
many a year, in our opinion, the A
baccO crops have been and will be a hi
eat curse to Grayson county. al
After all the blowing about precious n
arl," it is evident that little good will a,
crue to Grayson county from this
'nderful discovery, if there is not D
ore interest taken in it than appears
be at present.
The L. P. 4 s. w. railroad must be III
ing good passenger traffic, as we B,
united forty-One passengers that ate to
'ner at Mr.. Wells Millwood Hotel in
e day last week. h;
The Hon. VIM. F. Gregory, Ohio
inty's candidate for Criminal Judge,
made himself host of friends in -.
ayson, and his chance for the coun- 80
vote is a hundredfold better than -
It of the other candidates for the
ne position. u"
The amount of wild flowers that are a
tered over our woods and meadows yo
leeds anything of the kind ever be- be,
3 seen. What pity it is that our goC
8 have been so extensively destroy of
as the honey crop of Grayson bla
lld simply have been enormous- cor