The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-20
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We clip the following batch
of news items from the new Bell county pa.
per, the Pinevile Messenger: County Clerk
Slusher's recent sale to Col. Phipps, Of Mt.
Sterling, was one of the most important
that has been made since real estate inter
csts became active in Bell county. The
transaction embraced fifty acres Of Gambler
land river bottom land at $3.50 an acre and
6l0 acres of mountain land at $50 an acre,
IL also sold Laughlu & Young twenty-five
acres of bottom land at $3.50 an acre. Those
gentlemen are evidently good judges of the
value Of property in this section of the
world, and are willing TO pay for it.....The
recent purchase OF 1900 acres Of land by
the English syndicate from John Mealer,
near Cumberland Gap, fer $4,000, was an
interesting transaction in buried wealth.
This tract sold several years ago for $500,
and two years ago it was valued at $1,000 as
an agricultural tract and for the timber it
contained. 1t was considered one of the
most valuable farms in Bell county, but its
mineral worth cut no figure in its valuation.
..... The PineYile high school has IN attend
ance of eighty scholars.....Two new banks,
with "a capital stock of $4,000 each, viii be-
gin business at Pineville this month. Sew
eral Mt Sterliue+men are interested in one
Of them......T The county court has appropri-
ated 900 to build a court house and Jail
for Bell county and bids advertised for......
The Pine Mountain Iron and Coal Co. are
building an elegant three story hotel, which
will be ready for guests March lst..,..The
Valley Branch Of the L. & N. railroad is
completed to Barbourville and cars making
regular trips to that place. Track has been
laid to within ten miles Of Pineyile, and
trains will be running there in few weeks,
COCOA telephone line has been established
between Barbourvile and Pineville.
q few years ago the section referred
to in the above notes was known only rs
portion of Southeastern Kentucky. Now, as
the above indicates, it is a place of much
importance. So much for railroads! Our
people can now form some idea Of the pros
perty that would come to us with the build.
inc of railroad to Hazel Green, and they
shouIu NC pIcP"l'u W "N' vi "H! Pi"P"''-
ton.
Hon. Elihu T.. Jackson was
inaugurated Governor ofMaryland on Wed.
nesday of last week in the presence Of both
Houses of the General Assembly and large
number of ladies, who flied the gallery ofthc
Senate Chamber Ia his inaugural Cover
nor Jackson congratulated his hearers upon
the sound financial condition Of the State,
and promised to aid in faithful and intcili,
gent execution of the election laws,
Miss Campbell, the lady who
sued Arbuokle tor 100000 damages, was
awarded $4,000.
z Failing to get the man, she got some of
his coffee money" as u balm to heal her
broken heart, and now every woman in the
land, who drinks Arbuckle coffee, Will wish
Clara success in securing a handsome hus'
band to help her spend the wealth,
Ex-Governor Knott and At
torney General Hardin are in Washington
looking after the interests of Kentucky be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the United
States, in the suit for possession of Green
River Island, instituted by Indiana against
Kentucky. Indiana is represented by Sen
ator Mcdonald.
Micager Hancock, who lives
near Monon, Ind, celebrated the one hun
dredth anniversary of his birth Jan. 8, lie
is grandson of John Hancock signer OF
the Declaration of Independence, and was
born in Delaware. He can read without
spectacles, has good memory,and excellent
health
Gen. f.. G. Walthall was Fri
day unanimously nominated by the caucus
of the Democratic members Of the Missis
sippi Legislature as his own successor in the
United States Senate for the full term, be-
ginning March 4, 1889. The election took
place Tuesday.
A chicken fight took place at
Chilheothe, o., last week in which ia game
cocks we're engaged at $75 aside. The main
lasted fourteen hours, and great deal Of
money changed hands. Kentucky, as usual
was well represented.
Acquilla Thomas, in jail at
Mt. Sterling, cut his throat with dull Aniie'
but not deep enough to kill.