The Hartford herald., 1879-11-05
A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORING
TOWN.
LitehGeld-lts Rapid GrOwsh and PrO~
pcrity-BoOmtmU Ttmes.

Editor Herald:
The effect of the great revival of bus
iness all over the country Is now being
felt at Litchfield and all over the sur
rounding country. The beneficial eff
feet of the restoration of confidence
and a legitimate business revival is felt
by all classes-even the farmer-and
the great business boom has certainly
fell with great violence upon Grayson
and several of the adjoining counties,
scattering showers of blessings to our
patient-plodding pOpula I'll NV h o
nave long waited for an era of prOsperi-
ty to dawn upon them. 1t has dawned
indeed. An hour of triumph comes at
last to those who have watched and
waited. Business i'm Litchfield is BOOM
ing, and the people have something to
trade upon. The wheat crop of Gray
son and adjoining counties has been
simply immense, and Is selling here
readily at one dollar per bushel, cash.
The streets of Litchfield present an ami
mated appearance, with wagon after
wagon load of the precious staple now
so eagerly sought after. And great
quantities of general merchandise is
being purchased from our boss mer-
chants, for be it known that i'm Litch-
field there are four enterprising firms
carrying the heaviest stocks of goods in
Southern Kentucky, and Litchfield is
the boss town on the =. Il T.. r. X.
People come here to trade from four
counties. 1t is great shipping point
for produce. The town is improving
rapidly, new brick buildings are going
up, brick sidewalks are being laid,
street lamps have recently been added,
and many other improvements are con-
stantly being made, and the once little
backwOOds hamlet called Litchfield,
bids fair to become very important
city. A new Touring mill has just
been completed. 1t is the largest one
in the United States, except the ia
NOUS Minneapolis mill, and undoubtedly
is the finest. Its capacity will be three
hundred barrels OF choice GraysOn
county flour, daily. Evans, Staadaker
Il Co., have purchased about $1,000
bushels of wheat during the last ten
days; OReily & Hogan about 10000,
Chick d Dent about IL 800, Hill d Will
lis some $4,000, i'm all about 10000 BUSH
els, or in other words, 10000 dollars has
been scattered through this county in
ten days, alone from the sale of wheat
with thousands of bushels yet to sell.
People who have long economized and
pinched and suffered for many of the
necessaries of life, are now purchasing
literally, as they now have confidence
in the future and feel that sunbeam
has fallen upon their pathway, and that
they can now see their way clear, far
into the great future. In addition to
the vast amount of money paid out for
wheat, an equally large amount has
been received from the sale of mules,
which have been bringing better prices
than they have for years, and twice
the amount of them to sell, as the mule
fertile grazing county, and the first
cost and subsistence comparatively
nothing. GraysOn county with its rich
alluvial soil, its beautiful blue grass, na-
ture land to the manor born" is GER
tainly perfect paradise for stock rails
ers and stock breeders. Grayson coun-
ty cattle are in demand all over the
country at fancy prices as are also
GraysOn county mules and horses, the
finest i'm the world. Mr.. Jack Layman
ships regularly every week to New
York City, u refrigerated car load of
Grayson county beef, which Is esteem
ed u great luxury by such caterers and
purveyOrs as DelmonicO, of New York,
Joe b. Alexander, of Louisville, or +.
s. Heyser, of this city. This is a new,
yet very important industry which has
recently developed itself in this thriv-
ing young city, and it may attain gi-
gantic proportions, necessitating prOba-
bly, twenty refrigerated cars per week,
instead of one as at present. Tobacco
is shipped from here direct to Liver
pool, England. A large tobacco house,
similar to the Green River House in
Louisville, is now being constructed by
Messrs. Beauchamp and Bishop, and
regular daily sales are to be made.
Two Liverpool firms have opened Of
fees here, as have also the Lorrillards,
of Baltimore. Messrs. HigdOn 4
WOrtham are erecting block of fine
three story buildings, with Mansard
roofs. The upper floors are to be used
for an opera house. The entire block
is to be called "The Litchfield Opera
House block" Messrs. Higdon &
Wortham will occupy one of the build
ings, opening therein, an immense
stock Of hardware and drugs. +. 4 j.
H.ROdgers will occupy. .onelOf the build
ings AS wholesale and retail establish.
ment, and Messrs. Cunningham 4 Can.
non the other as a wholesale and retail
grocery. H. H. Roberts has recently
erected large two story brick build
ing, which he will use as a furniture
factory. WOosley 4 Gore will remodel
and refit the old tannery OH Park Place
Avenue, and start it up fresh. In
fact the business boom appears to per-
meate the entire community, and en-
terprise and progress is the order Of the
day. At a public meeting Of the citi-
zens last evening, Mr.. Ed Thomas