The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02
DAYS Record in IL KcutucL, Town.

LEXINGTON. April 30.-In view Of tn. fact
that Kentuckj in the hands OF the G.. o. r.,
Is getting herself talked about until people
are beginning to suspect that she IS no
better than she should he. permit me to
present n few incOnGruvial and Clarifying
remarks on the subject. showing thlt
Kentucky is a remarkable State and Ken
tuckians are ALWAYS doing something or
other that Is remarkable. To-day being Sun
day. I get my local paper from that State and
! read it over as n Buddhist reads his prayers.
and ] find In il these facts. which ! submit.are
sufficient FOR al ordinary purposes.
For instance. ! find that the Christians Of
CynthianR arc going to build a twcntv-thou-
sand-dollar church and tina. tn" toll gate raid
FRS have chased .wo men out OF Mercer county
ON pain Of death If thew come back 10 testify
TO the identity Of said raiders. who have been
tearing down gates and houses.
Wheat Is selling in Nicholasv!lle at %
cents n busllcl. and a man IN Petersburg u H.
lied an old gray goose as an Incubator and
Matched thirty.four chickens ut one setting.
y live alligator nine feet long awaits an
owner.in tho express.ofice at Winchester. and
whca Mr.. Charles Bray of Pike county went
home the other evening he found a lig will
cat in his bed. which he locked in the room
and shot through the window.
Mr.. Owen of Moscow Wounded and captured
n gray eagle measuring seven feet from Zip to
tip. and Zoe Aldridce OF Trirg county found n
hen egg last week on which in raised letters is
Tho legend: silver, 1900"
Mrs, Jewell. aged IS, and Abe Lewis. aged
y, were married in Knott county last week,
she is the mother of thirty-four children, the
youngest, older than her latest husband.
Josh Clover; with thirty hounds, was at last
from Iadncah, and Samuel Wiileford OF Wal
laceton offers To oct ten dollars he can eat
posted II notice on the mill 81 Mr.. Potts nrnr
Lancaster threatening, violence If he charged
stuck IN alongside Of the notice this oHc; IN
sell Hour a ID please. and You can lnd me
Mt homo at any time"
serving on the Grand JURY, told him that ho
excused him because he was a militia oh.rcr,
The Sa"dN HIGi6 SAYS; "a darky. passed
by a three legged horse. We w,r' informed that
he WINS u s%catterer Of the Gospel"
,Nicll9lasville Council has n row on with the
Water Works Company, and he company has
shut oil the fire rlugs. \ fire tllrvntrued 10
DESTROY the town, and The citizens broke open
tie plugs and halcl the town. and now the
COMPANY has sued tile town for destroying its
property.
a new boy appeared at the house Of Mr.. and
ing her sixth child and She IS not yet nineteen.
She was married a twelve Year.. ana Two
months aud gave birth Ia twin girls at tllr-
teen. She will have ono child or school age
when she E2es cut Of that age.
alI. AlHlllnh ~ lNl'HtI 'bHHlN ms hhli one
walnut tree on his farm 10 n Cincinnati firm
for 5000, and ha, lecn offered $500 for n small.
er one, aud Thomas ellis nud w. I. HUI have
dis 0rer"d " Cavo In Menifre county with an
old Indian settlement SIS miles in, not 10 men.
ton millions of snakes.
Al Hazel Green Tho Postmaster SSOrc In a
mall carrier md added To the usual oath these
words: And tho Republican parry" ,whereat
the carrier refused to qualify because he was a
Democrat. And so on.
end an this from one issuo:of four pages OF
home print country newspaper in a small town
twenty miles from a railroad. With such u
expected that something greater Will DO found
In the big tenH Y, X, X,