Mount Vernon signal., 1905-02-10

The official directory of the Catho-
lie church tor 1905 gives the Cath
olic population under the American
flag as 20. .5s3.492. OF these, H.
467,7o3 are in America and 1885,
6oo IN the Philippines.
The Fayette Traction Co, will
build the interurban electric line
from Lexington to Versailles. hav-.
ing purchased the holdings and
franchises in Woodford county of
Bebee & Co., of Syracuse, n Y.
The committee appointed by the
Illinois House of Representatives,
to investigate charges of bribery,
>ecured some evidence corrobora-
tive of the statements of Represen-
,ative Comtr ord. The meeting OF
committee was marked by much
wraneling and pickering,
Johann Hoch was arraigned in
New York Monday. but the requi-
sition from the Governor of Hi
nois had not been siSned by Gov.
Higgins, and he was remanded to
Jail. 1t is expected that the
order placing him in the hands of
the Illinois authorities will be
made tomorrow.
A telegram was received BY Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, of New
YoIk, Monday from the Governor
of Texas, in which the latter stated
that a requisition for Mrs. Alice
Webb Duke would be forwarded
soon, Mrs. Duke was remanded to
Jail. pending further information
from the Texas authorities.
The Procurator General of Fin
land was assassinated Monday at
Helsingfors by young man whose
identity has not been determined
The assassin and the son of the
Procurator General were both
wounded in a revolver fight which
followed the killing. The motive
of the crime appears TO have been
purely political.
! The Persians very seldom hang
a man for a crime If he kills an
other he is fined SIS aud allowed to
20. Ifhe kills ten or twelve, and
the people finally decide that he
ought to be put out of the way, he
is hanged But ne is not hanged
as they hang men in this country.
He is suspended by the feet and &
heavy weight is tied to his head
Then he is allowed to die.
Weather conditions in West Ten.
nessee. Mississippi, Arkansas, Lou
i5iana and Tex are the worst eXpe
rienced in years River trafio is
suspended, tIains are greatly DELAY
ed and in some instances street Cal
trafc is paral, zed. Telegraph anc
telephone wires are down also
Cattle in Texas are suffering anG
stock men place their losses al
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the western section of Ken
lucky peanut raising has been found
to be decidedly profitable. The
nuts are said to be better and finer
than any in the country, of finer
quality, and the quantity larger
pei acre than those raised in Vir.
ginia and Tennessee, the biggest
peanuts raised in the Union. Pea
nnts raised on the Exaii place in
McCracken county this year yield
Ell SIS5 per acre, and the hay is
worth $50 per acre, making a total
of S2I5 an acre. About 500 acres
of goobers were raised in McCrack-
en-, Ballard and Graves counties
the past year.
A curious circulation shows that
If the crops of 1904 in this country
were equally divided, every man
woman and child would receive
produce worth $50 at present
wholesale prices Each one would
receive barrel of -four. two hun
dred eggs, thirty five gallons oil
milk, bushel of apples, two and
half bushels of other fruits and
berries. three bushels of potatoes
two OF carrots, beets parsnips; elev-
Ell heads of cabbage and half as
much lettuce. cucumbers and caul.
flowers; twentv-eight bushels oil
corn, usually in the shape oil beef
pork and poultry, seventy pounds
of cotton. SIX OF wool and leather
enough to make two pairs of shoes.
Now is every one OF Uncle Sans S
children able to say that there has
been al even Distribution and that
he hBs received his full share?
The winter sale of trotting stock
under the auspices of the Kentucky
Horse Sale Company. began Mon.
day morning at the Tattersalls narn
adjoining the trotting track. in
Lexington. This is the second
sale of trotters held here BY this
this company, the inaugural sale
during the October trots having
been a great success The present
sale bids fa;r'to be a repetition of
that success. a large crowd was
on hand when the sale began and
while bidding was slow, good prices
were realized. Many prominent
horsemen from different paris oI
the country were present. The
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