The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-06-30
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Charles Hamilton, of North Middle
town, shipped a carload of horses to
Cincinnati 10 be inspected for the British
government. Prices ranged from SIS to
1925 per head.
A wheat field of IT'S acres belonging
to James CLANCY, of Simpson county,
was completely devastated by hail Fri
day night. He will pillow up the land
and plant it in corn.
G. L. Snow, of Stanford, sold to J. X.
Baughman, a jack only few week old
for 1925 and two seasons TO the latter's
jacks. The young thing is said 20 be a
very fine promise.
Over $4,000 pounds of wool has been
brought up in the vicinity of Carlisle,
by wool dealers, and prices paid have
ranged from twenty-five and thirty and
thirty-two cents the pound. A. F. Kerns
has purchased about IL, 900 pounds; Jas
II. Collins about 1000 pounds for Brent
Bros, of Paris; Geo. Taylor and Homer
Smith about 200 pounds; G. @. Rat
cliff 10000 pounds, and Dorsey Bros. &
Fisher about 1000 pounds, besides the
firm of Mcintyre & Moffett, of Millers.
burg, who have purchased fully 10, 600
pounds in the county.
AT San Francisco, Saturday, Spriggan,
owned by F. E. Emlay, sprang the sur
prise of the exposition summer harness
meet, by taking first place in three
straight heats of the 2:10 class trotting
race, which carried purse of $40, 600.
He was rank outsider and not consid-
cred contender for the purse. w. De-
Ryder drove the little stopper ahead in
all three heats without break.
Ohio has raised the quarantine against
the Bourbon Stock Yards, Louisville,
which followed the discovery of foot
and mouth disease among hogs received
at Philadelphia from Louisville. Indi
ana is expected TO take a similar course
within the next few days.
John E. Madden, of Fayette county,
sold this week to Sam G. Hildreth, the
three-year- old bay colt Sam McMeekin,
for vhe reported price of 10000.
Charles Oats, of the Mckinney Sec
ton, has fine alfalfa field of i've acres,
from which he cut 16 big wagon loads
short while ago and which is almost
ready to cut again.
An egg with a corrugated shell was
brought to Stanford by J NJ. Gooch, of
near Goshen Saturday. Intead of the
shell being smooth as a floor. it had a
corrugated effect and presented a most
peculiar appearance,
A. r. Matheny sold to Center Bros. a
bunch of heifers at six and half cents.
d. o. Lewis, of the Moreland section,
weighed to Myers & Allen 30 lambs that
averaged 60 pounds at nine and a half
cents.
Hall & Campbell. of Shelbyville, were
the successful bidders on a pool of LOO
lambs, at Client Carol county. Their
bid was 50 p for June delivery and
05 for July delivery.
S. P. Stephenson delivered to James
| Vowel, of Hustonville, AZ lambs that
weighed ~ pounds at S7.s5 and Is hogs
that averaged 225 pounds at seventeen
cents. He sold him more hogs to be de
livered after July 10 and seven and one
half cents.
". D. Hanson & Son, of the Moreland
section, are entitled TO the blue ribbon
as lamb raisers. They delivered to Al
len & Myers, Saturday 81 lambs that
averaged 76 pounds at nine and three
quarter cents. Can anybody in these
diggings beat that? If so let them tell
the C-M.
A good crowd attended the sale of
the effects of the late J. J. Thompson,
near Preachersville Thursday and sat
isfactory prices were realized through
out. 30 hogs weighing $50 pounds
brought 1928; cows sold at $50 to sos;
horses at $50 to S125; several two year
old black steers sold at SIS; corn brought
SO 81, farming implements and house
hold and kitchen furniture sold well. A
splendid dinner was served A. M
Bourne cried the sale,
Brown & Lawson, of Lancaster, have
bought quite bunch of hogs in the
Goshen section in the past few days.
From ]. M. Gooch they got 80 which
we're in prime shape. averaging POS
pounds, and paid seven and quarter
cents pound for them. From w. D
Gooch they bought half dozen aver
aging 200 pounds, at seven and quar-
ter cents and couple of the same
weight from j. E. Gooch at the same
fiDure