The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-11
STATE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.

THE Census Office has issued bulletin
giving the statistics of horses, mules and
asses on farms of more than three acres,
This kind of stock on ranges of less than
three acres or in cities or villages is not
included in this bulletin. In horses
mules and asses, as in everything else
Kentucky holds her own. On the first
of June, 1890, on farms of three or more
acres in the Bluegrass State, there were
40l 1856 horses; l40, 52l mules, and 5,l2S
asses. The number of horses foaled in
1889 was IL ,906; mules 50,023 and asses
Oil. The total number of this kind of
stock that died during the year is 10, 10Y.
The Cadiz Telephone truthfully says
The greatest mistake farmers make is in
allowing themselves to believe that other
industrial classes have any disposition
or desire to see them otherwise than
prosperous. The idea that merchants
would be insane enough to try to injure
the very people who supply them with
trade, employment and food is too pre-
posterous to admit of serious considera.
ton"
The little Swear old daughter of John
w. Lockridge, of Montgomery county,
came near being killed by horse run
ming over her, recently. The little one
was playing in the yard where the horse
was grazing and in some way was run
over. She was picked mp unconscious
and it was thought that she was danger.
ously hurt, but fortunately escaped with
only few bruises.
JOHN w. HAYES, of Bath county, lost
one daughter August l4th, the next. day
another died; the day following his wife
died and four days later another daught-
er, while his only son lay at the point of
death at the time. The disease was some
strange fever that baffled the skill of
physicians.
Gov. Brown has announced the fol.
lowing cabinet: Secretary of State, John
w. Headley, of Louisville; Assistant
Secretary of State, S. A. Norman, of
Graves county; Adjptant General, ~.
Gross, of Breckenridge county; Private
Secretary, A. ID. Brown, of Henderson.
THE biggest sale of bottled whisky that
ever took place in the world occurred at
Lexington last week, j. + Pepper & Co.,
selling to Krauss, Hart Il Feible, of New
York, $4,000 cases of ten.year.old Pepper
whisky. The sale amounted to nearly
half-million dollars.
THE tobacco barn of Geo. b. Bramlett,
in Bourbon county, together with 200, 900
pounds of tobacco, was burned one night
last week. Mr.. Bramlett had just return
ed from Louisville where he had dispos.
ed of the whole lot, and was preparing to
ship it next day.
WITHIN the past two weeks four stores
have been burned in Davies and neigh
boring counties. In each instance the
postofiice was located in the burnt build.
ing and all the contents were destroyed.
AN encounter between Charles Sanders
and Newt. Staples, Jr., in the famous
Pincheo region of Hancock county, left
both with possibly fatal wounds They
luarreled over Il trivial business affair.
JOHN OwINGs shot and mortally
Ross Young, recently, near J.
w. Chenault's gate, on the Mt Sterling
md Owingsvile pike. Both are colored
md live in Montgomery county.
SEVERAL conductors on the electric
street railway, at Lexington, resigned
heir positions last week, as the company
claimed that the receipts did not tally
with the business done.
Otis RENDER, living near Prentiss,
ohio county, was struck by Il falling tree
md died shortly afterwards.
PARIS his contracted for an electric
ire alarm system, TO be completed in two
months, at a cost Of 5000.
A WHOLE family were poisoned nj
irant's Lick, last week, by eating ice
ream.