The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-26
(.reenyille Letter.
GREENvILLE KY, Nov. |

GREENvILLE KY, Nov. II.
E2fitor Herald:
Your readers are aware of the fact
that this place was visited, during the
past summer, with two very destructive
fires. The first destroying twolarge to-
bacco houses, the property of {. b.
Wickliffe and f. Rice. The other de
stroyed three store houses and one
dwelling house. The store house and
dwelling have been rebuilt. Mr.. Rice
has already rebuilt his tobacco house
and will continue the manufacture of
tobacco. Mr.. c. b. Wickliffe is rebuild
ing and will soon he ready for the re-
ception of tobacco; besides these n num-
Der other buildings have been and are
being erected i'm our midst this season.
Messrs. Morgan X Co. are making a
large addition to their tobacco house
which will be occupied by ID. A. Mar
tin for the manufacture of tobacco.
Messrs. III. n. Martin x Co. are prepar-
ing to build a large tira-nrnaf warahniisa
fs1r the purpose OF storing their manu-
featured tobacco. HencefOrward We
will have four tobacco manufacturing
establishments in this place, besides
some three houses that deal exclusively
i'm leaf tobacco. Mr.. J. e. Carey, to-
bacco dealer, is erecting an addition of
some four rooms to his dwelling which
will add greatly to the appearance of
our town. Mr.. John A. Williams, one
of our most enterprising citizens Is erect
ing quite neat and commOdious
dwelling and Mann x Rice, who, by the
way keep the most popular hotel in the
Green river country, have torn away
the family apartment of their hotel and
are erecting in its stead II two-story
building having thirty-two feet front.
When completed their house will front
100 feet on Main street, having wings
which will make it one of the largest
hotels in Southern Kentucky.
Our tobacco men are already on the
alert and have purchased some tobacco
though our farmers, generally, are in
disposed to sell at the prices offered
which are ruling at about four and two
cents. One crop of some twenty thOus-
and pounds is being delivered, / under
stand, at the above figures.
Speaking of farmers, calls to minda an
incident that will be of interest to at
least a few of your Ohio county readers.
Dame Rumor has 1t that one of our
townsmen, wholly the bye, is one of the
most enterprising farmers In our coun-
ty, has, of late, made some two or three
visits to your county, ostensibly for the
purpose of purchasing farm, but Ii Is
vaguely surmised that his real motive
is to persuade the proprietor of that
farm that the climate of old Mullen
berg is more conducive to dealth and
long life than that of Ohio. A word to
the ladies' il sufficient. As a matter of
news that will interess at least a portion
of your readers.
may be permitted to refer to rumOr
that some two of the citizens of our
town are, or will be i'm the near future,
candidates for the suffrages of the yeO-
many of our State, and their repre-
sentatives. | know not that either of
the gentlemen referred to are candidates;
but of Mr.. w. III. YOst, Jr., who is
spoken of as an aspirant to the Office of
Commonwealth Attorney for this dis
trict. | may say of him that he is a
gentleman who is in every sense quail
fled for the discharge of the duties of
that office, and if the people should call
him to it, they may rest assured that he
will make an able and vigorous prosecu-
tor of crime and its abettOrs. Of MIR.
N G.. Harris, who is spoken of as a can
didate for Sergeant-At-Arms, of the
next Senate of Kentucky, our Senators
will find in him a genial, affable gentle
man, quick to apprehend and ready to
perform any and every duty that may
devolve upon him. A more efficient
Sergeant than whom that honorable
body will rare find UNIs.