The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-02-10

The book Of Guy Wilkes Cor 1881
was filed lash year
j. II. Schultz, the millionaire baker,
seems 10 be unable to stay, out of the
horse business.
o. M. Ratliff ofSharpsburg, sold his
crop OF tobacco, 9,7s0tlbs, to Thomas
Carmody, Of this county at 8 cents.
If you want 10 buy or rent a house,
apply TO Thos, Whit, agent for Geo.
Mccormick. 2a..f
Burhridgc & RatlifE sold last week.
to w. u. Young, of Owingsville, a
mare by Mambrino Forest, for 1925.
s. w. Edmonson, OF Grassy Lick,
'rented to James Thompson and Robt.
Nodley, his farm of46 acres for $lS5.
John Pegs sold TO John Blount his
place adjoining the farm he bought
Of Mr.. Howell, containing 40 acres, for
$500.
G. w. Go6dpaster returned a day or
1.-TWO since from st. Louis, where he
bought rs bead of cattle at cost, here,
of $3.40 per cwt.. average, 1000 lbs.
Or INTEREST TO THE FARMER
Remember You can get genuine hand
made blind-briddles, breechipg, &C.,
at remarkably low prices, at Joe NJ.
Conroy's.
| WI. Estill, of Sharpsburg, Ky.
sold Ills farm containing 72 acres to
Samuel Mcclure at 500 per acre. Mr..
Estill will sell his personally on 18th,
and will move to Texas by March LIST.
Clayton Howell sold sold TO John
Pegs 80 acres Of his home place, IN
Guiding the house and improvements,
at sos per acre. lie also sold to ID.
G. Howell GO acres Of land at $40 per
acre.
The yearling colt, Alcaneer, by AL
cantara, out of Meg Merrilles, by .Elec-
tioneer, has been sold to w. L. Hardi-
son, of Santa Paula, Cal. Alcaneer is
said to be an unusually fine iudivid-
ual
James Ferguson, of Lexington, has
lost the English race horse Ossian,
winner of the st, Ledger Of 1883,
which he was importing. Ossian
died at sea, from sickness and an in
jury he sustained from the pitching of
the vessel.
/ The Harrodsburg Sayings says;
Dwight Rue has returned from New
Orleans where he went 10 sell sar
load Of mules. lie says the business
| is slow but prices arc very good. He
expects to make another trip to that
city this week with two cars of the
s0mo kind of live stock"
i'll. Cogar has bought This week
of Robert Wallace 10000 pounds of
tobacco at from 5 to 10 cents J; d. j.
Mitchell $4,000 pounds of tobacco at
81 cents; George Bruin $4,000 pounds
Of tobacco at71 cents; j. w. Masttn
one car load of wheat at92 cents per
sbushel.-[ Blue Grass Clipper.
-W.H. Raymond, Of Montana, says;
Pr have observed that colts have bet
ter bone and muscle when reared on
my Montana ranches, where the mares
travel eight to sixteen miles for water,
than where less eXertion is exacted of
them. The colts develop beautifully.
A yearliug can be raised for almost
nothing. I produce cab and carriage
horses" .... ...
Budd Doble's chief assistant trainer,
George Starr, has engaged with Mon
roe Salisbury, If Pleasanton, Cal, to
train and drive his horses ~-,aonlfng I
season, and lGfto . .flt:ago' for Che Pacific |
jrJIt83g on Monday evening last. Among {
hose that George win handle this year 4
ire Margaret s., 2:124; Homestake, {
:l41 Direct, 4-year-old record 2 :l6t {
Cricket (pacerJ, . 10, and number Of
ehoiceIy-bred youngsters.
1t is singular fact that the Euro
pean, Australian and English trotting
records were all broken in the month
of October, 1890. Bosque Bonita, at
Vienna, Austria, trottod in . ;l95; Oc-
tober 10, Mystery, at Moonco Valley,
Australia, trotted in 80, and October
81, at Alexandra Park, London, Col.
Wood trotted in 2 :25. Tie Contiren-
tai and English champions arc Amer
lean bred, while the Australian is
native.
At 10. NJ. Smiths sale Of crop, stock,
household goods, farming implements,
etc, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, the articles
offered, almost without exception,
brought good prices. Household and
kitchen furniture and farming iinple-