Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-10

city OF the great Stase OF hSntuckV yeStcr-
day. having passed over the rail from near
the North Carolina line throu,h the
States of Virginia, West Virginia, and
Kentucky.
HEAVY CROPS.
Al along the rorte Of the Richmond and
Danville, the Chesapeake and Ohio, and
the Louisville and Nashville railroads from
Danyi le, Va, TO this city, the rains have
been abundant; the busbandman has been
| busy. and the face OF the land laughs with
plenty and good cheer. The tobacco-plant-
Crs OF Halifax county. Va, say they have
not had such crops since the war, and the
bluegrass grazcrs and wheat-growers Of
Kentucky echo the sentiment as they say.
I'VE never saw such abundance here
before" The crop of wheat this year in
kentucky Is about 20,000,OO0 bushels, or
some 5000, eco bushels NOR than any pre-.
vious crop. The quality rates No. 1. which
II never did before, the average weight
heing 60 pounds per bushel. or against 81
pounds last year. and the railroad.men say
That owing to this 80 bushels more can be
put into boX-car than heretofore.
HUNTINGTON AND THE LOST HOUR.
The traveller over the route ] have indl.
Gated. who takes the Louisville express and
settles himself in comfortable berth in
| Pullman sleepeT-that triumph Of the aye
| over discomforts Of irayel-sees but little
! Of West Virginia. lie settles himself fair
| ly fer sleep after leaving Stanton, and Is
| not aroused until, having passed historical
| old White sulphur, through the fine lands
| Of Green 1Tier and Monroe, aud UNDECIDED
| all The wild scenery OF New river, he APP
| pIoaches kanawha Falls. where he turns
| out and gets u substantial breakfast. From
| there TO Huntington he gets a blsty view
! of the luxuriant cOrn-iields OF the hanawha
! Valley, the dozen or more coal and salt
Villages, and the pasture. lands OF Cabell
and Barbour. and bv 1880 he finds himself
at the Ohio river and Huntington.
Here YOU change conductors, and time
| too. having crossed the line that divides the
eastern and middle time belt and yon are
naturally confused 10 find your watch an
hour too fast. II was 1880 when you came
into Huntington. but It i $3.50 after you yet
there, and This is the time YOU leave on.
How can the botelpcople and the travelling
people there keep the time straight? You
may try 10 get along by subtactiDg one
hour every time YOU look at the hands OF
your watch, but yOu'l find it won't pay
It's tine lost. for sooner or later you will
have 10 knock under and sG your watch
back. when you are in Rome" &C., you
know.
FLOOD MARKS.
Leaving Huntington and cOursing along
the Ohio bottoms, signs OF the great food
Of last winter may still be seen. A house
turned upside down, another moved out a
very announcement distance from its chin
ncy. skeletons OF saw-millS. or new boards
fastened upon old muddy or discolored
frames. wafer stains and muddy marks way
up on the sides OF houses far inland. the
almost impossible height challenging the
crCduliiy OF passengers as the tran-men
point out the places; great washes in the
river banks, and many other marks tell
over again the marvellous stories Of the high
water We read in the papers months ago.
TUB ROUGH SIZE OF KENTUCKY.
Getting up OFF the river bottoms after
leaving CatlettSburg you pass through Boyd,
Greenup, Carter. and Rowan counties,
some of the toughest and widest portions
Of Kentucky. Little hut rocks, bills, and
Uncultiysted land is seen, with here ard
there small farmhouse, with a hard
looking woman and 4 rough-lo0kins man
standing about the door, or a sorry team
Jogging along sorrier mountain road. and
YOU recall stories you have heard about
the Oullawry OF Carter and Greenup. and
the Carter-couRiy vigilance committee,
&c. These old stories soon find an unex-
Iected continuation.
SAD. SAD STORY.
The Greenup-county sheriff boards .hc
train with four convicts, handcuffed to-
gother in pmrs-three white men and
negro. Murder, theft, and worse crime
have started them TO the penitentiary. One
OF them is handsome but bar5-loObing
youth Of twenty-five or twenty-tbrec
years, gcnteelly dressed, and looking lihe
Il gentle paH's son, and the sheriff SAYS he
is: that his father il respected citizen,
was a delegate TO the late Democratic Con-
yention at Chicago, is worth $4,000, and
has sons and daughters who are credi. to
him; but this is the old story OF the
black sheep. The boy took TO drink and
card-playing, got into several scrapeS, and
bis fathers money paid MIN ont. Finally,
short OF funds, stole a nelghbor'S hog and
sold it. There was no getting out OF this
last frolc. The case was too clear, and the
rich mans nice-loOking boy has gone to the
state prison for four years. Boys. stick
| pin right there. We've got some mighty
| hard people in our county, SIR" says the
sheriff. In the last two years we have
! bad eighteen mur crs, and the Jail is full
OF prisoners now. It's no easy matter TO
| get good man TO take the sherilfalIy with
u. They shoot sherins in Greenup ii they
| amt mighty quick in getting the drop on
/ u fellow"
! The day before had been local election
day in Kentucky, and the papers were full
| Of election broiis and shooting-quite n
number OF persons killed, cut, or sDot in
| different parts OF the State-two killed in
lexington and The clerk at the hotel
where we got dinner said il was not good
day for killing folks, either. Last sum-
mer," he said, "we got ten down in one
day here. The boys seem TO be kiader
losiI 6 their slight"
BETTER VIEW OF THE STATE.
As We leave Rowan county the country
begins to improve somewhat in appe T.
ance, and gets better still in Bath. Then
the bluegrass section begins between
Owingsville, in Montgomery county, and
Mount Sterling, and thence on. through
Clark, and Fayette, and Woodford. by
Winchester and Lexington, the land Is rs
| fair one as ever Gods bright sun shone
upon. The sod is so thick that paths can't
| be made through it, and the grass grows
waist-high right up between the roots OF
the trees. The corn looks like young for
/ est growth; so much wheat that the farm
| ers have not been able 10 get II all in yet,
and a good deal still standing shocked in
| The fields; the hemp higher than q mars
| head broad fields OF il, looking 80 thick
| and strong that you think child might
| lie on il without MASKING it down, and the
| tobacco, oh the tobacco! But that de-
serves a special paragraph, Tor here you
see,
TIE WHITE hurley - AT IT'S BEST.
This is the only kind Of tobacco crown
! in this section, and well-iniormed planter
tells NE il Is only within the las: three OF
| four years that they have been. raising To-
! taccO In this section, and though they sre
young IN the business, We in virginia
where our fathers and our fathers fathers
baye grown 1t. may learn something from
them. The writer says thai, not the Ken
tucklan. The crop is very early mere
one field was yellowing nicely, and the,
bad commenced eutting-the earliest cut
ting Of tobacco recolect having seen any
where. They plant early here, and they
make use OF an admirable expedent 10 IN
sure early plants. Passing through herr
last May, noticed broad patches o
white cloth spread here and there OF
the ground along the road through
Kentucky and Tennessee. and on inquir.
was told that the cloth was spread over To
tOtacco-piaDt beds. The cheapest cottol
clOth.--from - 10 . cents yards usea
and Il fastened uT,on the edge OF blanks ~