The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-13
AN OLD NEWSPAPER.
How News Was Published One Hun
dred Ncnrn AGO.


From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two curious Odd newspapers. printed be-
lore the beginning OF the present century.
are preserved by James spglman. an old
citizen Of Covingson, Ky. They mark the
very beginning OF Western" Journalism.
being dated August lG and August .. 1870.
Both are copies OF the "Kentu,sly Ca
zette." printed Ia Lexington The sheet
Is not over foot In breadth. the length
tribe greater. They are very rude speci-
mems 81 hnndiwork. and the old-stylc lei-
Ter g then made very much Ike an r. Is
very much IN evidence. A glance over the
columns OF this journal. printed during
the infancy OF the great commonwealth.
gives better idea Of the primitive lifc
led by our pioneers than car be gained
from books, and the youth Of this day
and general ton win find Il eesier 20 realize
The tremendous strides that have been
made within the period between 1880 and
1900 hy noting tbs conditions then exist
Ing, as reelected by the contents Of these
miserable little sheets that have no more
resemblance TO the up-to-datc newspaper
than has the Indian dugout 10 the latest
ocean steamer. For instance take this
announcement OF the then EDITOR OF the
Kentucky Gazette" Mr. James Brad
ford, who seemed to be laboring under
some difficulties regarding the distribu-
ton OF his iiliputian sheet. lie covers the
case as follows, and as he carried the
same notice In az least two issues. Il
win be apparent that he was not reposug
on bed Of Journalistic roses:
The time f0r which AIR. Hite was en-
ploycd as post rider viii expire on the
30 inst, and AS the encouragement Is rot
sufficient TO induce him to continue any
longer. or other TO supply the place. Il r.
therefore out of my rover to forward the
papers in future by post. for the expense
Of the present blk months postage g. equal
to the whole amount collected from the
subscribers for which he carries. includ-
Ing the whole sum with which the sub
sctibers are chargcable, so that the mode
Of sending the papers TO the subscribers
viii naturally fall into The former chan
mel again"
Here Is q piece OF news placed under the
date line. Lexington. Ky. Aug. Is i7ee +"
that has a strange sound to the present
day citizen Of comparatively tender years.
and who knows no more about the red
man than he has gained by a personal
knowledge Of Coopcr's novels Then the
Item was nothing unusual. To-day. after
the lapse OF 10 yenrs. Il has an ancient
flavor that smacks Of r1edieval times:
The spies from Mason county fell on
the tran OF those Indians mentioned in
our last. who stole horses from Harris
on's station as they came into the set
Element. they Immediately went home
and informed the county lieutenant there
OF, who ordered out a party OF the militia
in search Of them. and when they came to
the place where the spies saw the trail.
they discovered that the Indians had just
gone out with a number Of horses. they
pursued them. and on Friday overlook
about eight OF them az the Ohio there
being about seventeen OF them In the
whole. the others having got over the
river: they fired on them and killed two.
and els thought wounded two others,
who. with rest made their escape They
recovered four OF the horses only. the
others having been sol over the river
before they came up.
we hear that on Sunday evening last
the Indians again stole horses from Har-
rison's station on Licking"
Here Is another local item showing that
Lexington and the surrounding country
was In about much the same condition In
1850. so far as danger 10 life and limb
was concerned. as Il was a few months
ago during the tragic political contest
that eliminated IN the assassination Of
Gov. Gocbel. This piece Of Intelligence
~ dated Lexington, KY, Aus. 3 ana
says:
ION Tuesday last the Indians killed
two men ana took one prisoner. together
with six horses out OF two teams on the
road between Blue Llcks and Limestone.
ron Wednesday they fired on company
coming through the wilderness when
twelve miles on Englishes. No damage
done"