The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-11-07
GrnysOn County Items.


Circuit court is over, and the intel.
ligent juryman is now laviug mn his
winter supply of groceries nnt of the
well won earnings Of his intellect.
Criminal court will begin the third
Monday in this month. and the SoIons
of Grayson will have chance to dis.
play their wisdom in the Grand Jury
room, ut the expense of the Common
wealth. . ....-t . -
MillwOod is agitatcd over the wills
ky business, an enterprising dwelter
being about to apply for license. To
meet the requirement of the law, nhe
has built a she'd, about two feet wide
from his dwelling house to a little
store house some fifty wards distance,
connecting the roof of the one to tho
other, thus having the liquor under
the same roof of his dwelling. He
thinks this will come up to the letter
of the law and give him a perfect
right to deal out the damnatiou by tie
pint or drink. If that is not ."cheat.
ing the devil in the dark" / would
like to know what is.
The wheat crop looks splendid, but
not more than one half of what was
contemplated, was sown, on account
of the dry weather. ..
A party of hunters start today from
Wildwood for several weeks hunt
through the classic regions of Arkan.
sas aud White rivers. Mr.. II. X.
Wells is CAPTAIN. Miss Emma Craw,
ford goes under the escort of Mr..
Wells to visit sister who resides in
Arkansas.
The mining interests of Grayson arr
beginning to be developed, a coal
bank having been opened near Canev
vile, and several more along the p.
u +. railroad is in contemplation.
GraysOns mineral wealth has lain toe
long dormant and would be source
of untold wealth if properly devel
oped.
A shooting affair occurred one day
last week between a Mr.. Wilburn
living in what is called the Territory
a few miles from Wildwood, and q
hired hand named Clements. c., il
appears had seduced Wilburn'.
daughter, and the father in the excite
ment of the discovery, procured pis
tol with the intention of killing the
seducer, Several shots were free
without doing any injury. when finally
a compromise was made, Clement:
promising to marry the girl, This
does not let Wilburn out of the scrapt
us the Sheriff is after him for attempt
ed murder. Why don't the legisla
ture impose tax of about six hun
dred per cent on pistols and fevolvers
which would in measure prevent Sc
many fools from showing their man
hood by pulling pistol on an un
armed man.
There must be some kind Of dis
ease among clocks and watches, the
jacksonville watch explosion, having
found a counterpart in this locality
Mr.. Yves. Crawford has clook, thai
has run steadily for all of fifteen years
but last Sunday night it concluded t.
strike" and go on big "bust.
After striking about one hundred and
fifty times, it actually exploded, scat
tering the works all over the room,
soaring the women folks and children
considerably.
Mr.. Joe Claggett is buying up all
the wheat he can get, for the Louis.
vile market. He has shipped several
car loads from Wildwood, the price
paid being one dollar per bushel.
When the Elizabethtown "News"
man gets off all he knows, he hunts
up the Hartford Herald, and fills out
his local columns from "Grayson Cor
respondence," without even saying by
your leave, or giving the writer the
least credit. All, Col. McCarty ! Col.
McCarty knowest thou not the Com
mandment which says: Thou shalt
not steal ?"
The first killing frost of the season
came on the night of the 2nd inst,
no frosts having occurred before that
time to damage even the morning glo-
ries. CABAL.