The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-22
Gn1ysOx COUNTY rrr,uS.
Thc news Of the County. bysOHr
Gray son Correspondence.

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A great many farmers throughout
the county intend trying the tertiliAing
effects of mari upon their corn and to-
bacco crop this spring.
Litchiieid is at present about as duh
as a Quaker meeting. Not even dog.
fight, lawyer fight, scandal or intreague.
TO break the monotony Of the city ON
Il mud hill. ''. .""
Greenberry Harrison, an old and
respected citizen of this county, died at
his residence, eight miles west of
Litchfeld on Tuesday last.
Mr. II. X. Wells, of Millwood, ship
ped one hogshead of tobacco for a far
mer residing in that section which
brought fourteen dollars and fifty cents
per hundred in the Louisville market.
The equinoctial gales made their
debut last Thursday, heralded by one
Of the most terrific hail storms that has
visited this locality for a long period.
With the exception of smashing wins
dow lights, the storm passed over
harmless.
The hard frost of Sunday night has,
it is feared, almost completely destroy
ed the peach prospects throughout our
county, the trees being out in bloom,
and the blossoms are badly injured.
At one time st. Louis claimed the
laurel for possessing more mud than
any other city in the union. But
Grayson county, for bad, muddy, i'm
passable, disgraceful roads, can claim
twenty laurels over any other portion
of the known world.
Caneyville is beginning to repent for
the sins of the past. Her better class
of citizens are moving to fill up the
mud holes and shut up the rum holes
that have so long disgraced that city.
The Ku Klux rumors that have been
aAoat for the past three weeks, and
which have furnished 4 vast amount
Depreciation and gossip to our citizens,
appear to have entirely subsidized, al
though few vague reports are yet in
circulation, but none worthy of reli>
ance.
The new steam saw mill erected by
Mr.. Bunch, at Wildwood, is doing q
thriving business. During the past
three weeks, Mr.. Bunch has shipped
to the Short Line railroad eighteen car
loads of lumber.
The prospects for a good wheat crop
is better throughout this county than
ever before. More of this cereal is at
present under cultivation than at any
'0tfer- time.
The corn cribs of a great many far,
mers in this county are suffering night
ly from the depredations of their more
needy neighbors. Man-traps and dead
falls will be brought into requisition
shortly.
We notice that Mr.. Haynes has at
last got his Dock Brown romance into
the form of law suit. This should he
a warning in future to all romance
writers who will persist in letting their
overweight imaginations run away
with their senses. Heaven only knows
where Mr.. Haynes will stop, if he con-
tinues twenty or thirty years longer
leading his readers into horse stealing,
murders, arson, amours, courts of
Justice, lawyers Offices &C., along with
the hero of his never-eIiding romance.
The superannuated School Commits
sioner n. c. Tilford, of this county.
seems to be deeply interested in some
prominent book publishing concern, as
he is fearfully bowling through the
columns of the GruJson journal for a
uniformity of text books in the Cons
mon Schools of the county. We were
under the impression thatN. c. Tilf0rd
was aware of the opposition shown by
the taxpayers and others of Grayson
county against this kind of fraud, and
also of their opinion in regard to his
fitness for advising on the subject.
The happiest couple we have seen in
a long time, arrived in hot haste at
Wildwood last Thursday morning,
bound to catch the morning freight
train for Litchfeld, there to unite the
destiny of two loving hearts, until death
or divorce doth them part. Rushing
into Mr.. Wells store, the excited
bridegroom hastily called for looking
glass, and after complacently viewing
his phisiog therein, handed it back
with the remark: "Wall, | reckon III
do. Sal might ha' took a many a
worser lookin' man." The train COM
ing along, the expectant pair jumped
aboard, and we noticed upon their re-
turn on the one o'clock train, the fact