The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-01-28
Editorial Correspondent &c.
FROM /" OLD KAINTUCK. "
LOUISVILLE, Janv. 20, 'S2.

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Louisville, the commercial capital
of Kentucky contains a population of
about 37,00O-one sixth of which
are colored The population has in
creased eighty per cent. since 1860,
and over 10000 new buildings have
gone up in the last ten years. 1900
children attend school, nearly one
fourth being cofored, the latter, ele-
ment being sustained by a separate
tax raised for such purpose and they
are taught in "eolored schools. The
city has twenty six churches for the
cmancipated race and ninety four
edifces for the white brethren twenty
nine masonic lodges for whites and
eleven for colored, the latter claiming
to work under a dispensation from the
Grand Lodge of England
The city debt is over 100000,
due mostly to railroads, water works
and other enterprises for the public
good. Over 100000 was spent by
the city for improvements last year
s10,O00,0O0 worth of whiskey was
manufactured here during 81, and the
tabacco trade is simply immense
What saw mills, flour mills and ele-
vators are to the north, distilleries,
tobacco factories and corn sheds are to
the south.
The mayor and city attorney each
get $1,000 per year, and, his honor,
the Governor, gets the same. while the
Sam. Fifield of state (the. Lieutenant
Governor receives a stipend of ten
dollars per day during the session
They vote 'viva yoceo in the state, so
Wisconsin politician would never
thrive here, he would get the top of
his head shot off for being reckless
with the truth.
| came down here a few days before
Christmas, and, attached to our train
from Chicago were two coaches filled
with colored young folks going back
to their cold Kentucky Home" to
spend the festival days The banjo
and merry plantation melodies rang
out through the live long night, and a
happier set of beings one seldom sees.
Christmas week seems to be licensed
for swilling Thomas & Jeremiahs,
egg-nog, sour mash and peach brandy,
and the young colored bloods particu-
Early to get full, to yell at fine top of
this voices, ride at break neck speed
through the streets, shoot off their
pistols, defy the police and wind up
with fight OF murder There were
four men killed here on Christmas,
and countless cutting affairs and
where men pulled their guns" and
seventy-four arrests-not bad days
work. This reckless conduct is con-
fined principally to the colored bloods,
who have grown very sassy" since
war, and were It not for the severe
punishment and fines they could not
be kept within bounds Kentucky
was union State sending over seven
ty five regiments to the northern
army, but after the emancipation pro-
clamation of Mr. Lincoln, the state
virtually became southern. To-day
the utmost good feeling and harmony
prevails among her citizens who were
brave soldiers in both armies and now
mingle together in the walks Of life
The despised snivelers of to-day are
the ones who were not brave enough
20 fight for their principles, but took
their little grip sack and struck out
for Cincinnati, O., when they heard
Jno. Morgan was coming on little
business visit.
You can find dozens of men in bust
ness here who were with jeff Davis
when he was captured and know all
about that money. That little one
hundred and twenty pound lawyer,
with close cut dark beard, resembling
the picture of Guiteau, is Gen. Basil
W. Duke,-John Morgan's famous
commander and that tall, scholarly,
gray haired man is Col. Durrett, every
inch a gentleman and every foot a
kentuekian, , who was editor of the
Courier before it merged with the
Journal, and after the union was the
editorial associate of Geo. ID. Pentice,
and then when he and Geo. had a
little ditference"-thev exchanged
shots. That Large kentuckian, full,
clean shaven face and Bob. Ingersoll
expression, is Counselor Graves
Proctor knott's old partner.
A pleasant gentleman who was once
n United States Dist. Atty. for
Louisiana, at New Orleans, asked me
how the ladies dressed in winter to
keep themselves warm up in my coun-
try told him they wore Madam
Griswold-T Thompson glove fitting
buffalo robe corset and blanket CART
ers, with an anti-polaric hyperborean
overskirt trimmed with antarctic
hibernate, shirred with Nermilion
Lake wahboose pelt. He stared
vacantly upon the fire in the CRATE but
didn't seem to understand me, and
then with sort of a bewildered look
asked if | was going to stay long in
town.
| spent New Years in St. Louis,
and tried to strike my old crowd, but
Babcock was away, and Joyce and
Mcdonald didn't know | was to be
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