The Hartford herald., 1885-10-21
STATE NEWS

urganiz-i an athletic cluh aud fitted
up gymnasium.
The C., .. and = w. railroad has
been assessed at Sl0,oo0 = mile 10y the
railroad commission.
Work on the Cloverport railroad is
moving along rapidly. Three miles of
the track have been laid.
Mary Anderson, che famous Louis>
willie actress, has returned to America
after very successful season abroad.
Henry county has nifty indictments
On the docket for unlawully selling
whisky. Henry is a local-opiion coun-
ty.
The tooth of a mastOdon, nine inches
long aud six by four inches in diamc>
ter, has been found on Frozen Creek,
Brcathitt county.
Traffic ON Green river i hooking up
Large amoun of freight are reported
at all the landings between Bowling
and Evansville.
Au Indian who calls himself the Star
of Cheyenne Is lccturing in the central
part of the STATE GA subjects pertain
ing to Indian life and customs.
Thos Murrell, an Owsley county man
of -, ha, 730 living descendants. Some
two years ago he married "A maiden OF
sixteen, who recently presented him
with another heir.
\ spoonbill catfish six feet three in,
ches in length, and Weighing llG
pounds, was caught 10y "A party Oi
seiuers rear Cincinnati, the other
morning. Ii is claimed to be the largest
and heaviest fish ever caught in the
Ohio river.
Since the deci-iod of the test liquor
ease under the Hardin county prohioi
ton law, the druggists have discontin'
ued selling liquor on prescriptions from
physicians, and one has gone far as tc
ship to Hartford all the liquor he had
! in the store COUricr journal.
W. Y. Gordon, farmer of Franklin,
was sick and sent for "A lawyer 10 write
his will. He had just heard il read
over and remarking that il was al
right took the pen to sign il when h,
| fell dead OF heart disease. The viii
was prohlted, the witnesses stating lht
facts In the ease.
In order to keep down an exciting
race, sam T. Spaldins aud ii. +
Cooper, candidates for County Attor
ney @. Marion county, each chose ON,
Of their uuclcs and the two men weT,
to select another man, and the three
were to decide who should make thu
race. They failed to agree on "A thir,
man and drew straws tosettle the mat
ter, and Cooper won, whereupoi
Spalding withdrew.
Mr.. J. B. Hoeing. of the Kentucky
Geological Survey, who has for som'
time been engaged in completiny thu
data for a large and accurate map o
| Kentucky, has completed the boundary
of the State from actual survey. Thi
important work enables the director
Nj. Proctor, to announce for the firs
time the exact area of the state, whicl
j. shown to be Il, ,2S3 square miles
Heretofore the area has been given b'
computation at from about $1,000 il
the old Biographies To 90. 900 Prank
fort Woman.
The Greenville Echo reports the hor
rble death of the little eight-year ol,
son of VIM. TruelOve, living in Butle
county, about three miles from Roches
ter. The little boy and his mothe
went tn the barn where the tohacc
WAS being fired. The boy climbed owe
some Stats that had been nailed acrOs
. the door OF the barn AID went to tn
back part of il. Before he could returl
= fire fell into some straw near the doc
; and blazed up so he could not get out
His mother was unable to get into tn
barn, and could only scream for hel
and watch her boy hurn to death.
Hardin county seems To be in spleu
did condition, from what the EliZabetl
town Netrs says: "HaTdin county ha
"A public school fund of about $40, ,00i
Has over one hundred public schools
, four colleges and academies and thre
% female seminaries. 1t has seventy
- three churches of all the leading de
o nominations. Two railroads runnin
q entirely through it, and the prospect (
third. II has on Muldraugh's Hi
= the acknowledged finest fruit sectiO
- between the Allegheny and Rock
, Mountains. Ii is out of debt and onI
q requires tax of ten cents on the hun
: dred dollars and poll of $3.50 to pa
: all the county expenditures. 1t h;
n not "A saloon within its borders and il
a tOXicating liquors are not allowed To
!. sold for any purpose whatever. Ii hi
n fine timber aud large area of ferti
n soil. The farmers are enlightened al
progressive, using all the improved az
e ricultural implements and every ye
/. improving the grade of their stock. |
/ people are healthy and happy, and e.
a tend "A cordial welcome To strangers
T.. come and live among them.
q Seventh Day Adventists.
= LEITCHFIELD, Ky, Oct. ID. - III
a Seven,h-Day Adventists began cam
It meeting here yesterday, which will la
# one week. The tents are pitched
o the beautiful grove in the suburbs