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Feb. 12, 15-Public meetings at Lex- ington, Covington, Danville, Harrodsburg, and other places, denouncing the legisla- ture for refusing to charter the Cincinnati Southern railway ; and appealing to con- gress to grant the charter. Memorials, numerously signed, urging such action by congress. Feb. 25-James B. Beck, con- gressman from the Lexington district, in an able letter to his constituents, discusses the question, and although a warm friend of the road, refuses to vote for such an in- fraction of state sovereignty and rights.
Feb. 13-Gov. Stevenson resigns, and Preston H. Leslie, president of the senate and acting lieutenant-governor, is inaugu- rated governor.
Feb. 14 - In the house, the testimony bill-allowing parties in interest, persons charged with crime, and negroes, to tes- tify - was postponed until March 15th [indefinitely ], by 46 to 25.
Feb. 15-Louisville Daily Ledger issued.
Feb. 16-A negro, convicted of theft, sentenced by Judge Thomas, in the circuit court at Lexington, to receive 18 stripes on his bare back.
Feb. 16-Grand farewell banquet to the retiring governor John W. Stevenson, by the citizens of Frankfort; and, Feb. 22, similar banquet of welcome by the citizens of Louisville, the proposed residence of Gov. S.
Feb. 16-G. A. C. Holt elected speaker of the senate (and acting-lieutenant gov- ernor) .on the 14th ballot, receiving 18 votes, John G. Carlisle 16. During the ballotings, which lasted 3 days, Oscar Tur- ner received as high as 14, Lyttleton Cooke 7, A. G. Talbott 8, and Robert A. Burton 16 votes.
Feb. 18-D. Howard Smith, state audi- tor, reports to the senate the indebtedness of the several counties, cities, and towns in Ky. for the construction of railroads. The total amount, deducting several sums voted to railroads since abandoned, $13,- 783,983-distributed as follows :
In the Covington and Lexington (now Ky. Central) R. R .- Bourbon co. $47,000, Fayette co. $132,000, city of Covington $470,000, Pendleton co. $70,000 - total $719,000.
In the Maysville and Lexington R. R .- Bourbon co. $180,333, Fayette co. $124,000, Mason co. $157,000, city of Maysville $95,000, Nicholas co. $30,000, and town of Carlisle $15,000-total $601,333. .
In the Maysville and Big Sandy R. R .- Mason co. $48,000, city of Maysville $25,- 000-total $73,000.
In the Lexington and Big Sandy R.R .- Bath co. $136,000, Clark co. $149,000, city of Lexington $99,000, Montgomery co. $200,000-total $584,000.
In the Lexington and Danville R. R .- Boyle co. 884,000, Fayette co. $134,000- total $218,000.
In the Richmond branch of the Louis- ville and Nashville R. R .- Garrard cu. $317,000, Madison co. $100,000 -total $717,000.
In the Bardstown branch of same-3 precincts in Nelson co. $60,000.
In the Glasgow branch of same-one precinct in Barren co. $100,000, town of Glasgow $25,000-total 8125,000.
In the Lebanon branch of same-Marion co. $50,000, city of Louisville $558, 000- total $608,000.
In the Louisville and Nashville R. R., main line-Hardin co. $200,000, Elizabeth- town $75,000, Hart co. $75,000, Logan co. $236,400, Simpson co. $26,000, Warren co. $142,900, city of Louisville $1,310,000- total $2,065,300.
In the Louisville and Jeffersonville ( In- diana) R. R .- City of Louisville $167,000.
In the Louisville and St. Louis Air-Line R. R .- City of Louisville $500,000.
In the Shelbyville branch of the Louis- ville, Cincinnati and Lexington R. R .- Part of Shelby co. $300,000, city of Louis - ville $90,000-total $390,000.
In the Cumberland and Ohio R. R .- Allen co. $300,000, Green co. $250,000. Marion co. $300,000, Lebanon precinct in Marion co. $50,000, Shelby co. $400.000. Spencer co. $250,000, Taylor co. 8250,000, Washington co. $400,000-total $2.200.000.
In the Elizabethtown and Paducah R. R .- Caldwell co. $399,000, Grayson co. $200.000, Lyon co. $200,000, McCracken co. $500,000, Muhlenburg co. $100,000, city of Louisville $1,000,000 - total $2,- 698,000.
In the Owensboro and Russellville R. R .- Daviess co. $307,350, city of Owens- boro $75,000, Logan co. $500,000, two pre- cincts in McLean co. $65,000-total $947,- 350.
In the Evansville, Henderson and Nash- ville R. R .- Christian co., $200,000, city of Hopkinsville $25,000, city of Hender- son $300,000, Hopkins co. $150,000, 1 pre- cinct in Todd co. $4,000-total $679,000.
In the Madisonville and Shawneetown R. R .- Nebo precinct in Hopkins co. 815,- 000, town of Madisonville $25,000, two precincts in Webster co. $65,000-total $105,000.
In the New Orleans and Ohio R. R ..- McCracken co. $100,000, city of Paducah $200,000-total $300,000.
In the Nashville and Northwestern R. R .- City of Hickman, Fulton co., $27,000.
Feb. 22-Ky. Central railroad incorpo- rated. March 20 -Charter amended. so as to allow it to extend the road, build branches, and consolidate.
Feb. 23-Jacob Lighter, of Clay Village, Shelby co .- who was arrested by the Fed- eral authorities, Jan. 27, on a charge of
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complicity in Kuklux raids in Franklin co. (because of acknowledgments and rev- elations on some of his associates made by himself, while under arrest for violating a city ordinance of Frankfort) and released on bail-is persuaded to accompany 10 men, from his home, and next morning is found hanging lifeless to a tree, half a mile from the village.
Feb. 25 - In making excavations at Monroe, Michigan, which is near the spot where the disastrous battle of the River Raisin was fought in 1813, 30 human skulls and numerous bones were exhumed -the remains of brave Kentuckians who were massacred by Indians there.
Feb. 27-Judges Wm. S. Pryor, of the Frankfort circuit, Horatio W. Bruce, of the Louisville circuit, J. Cripps Wickliffe, of the Bardstown circuit, and other circuit judges, declare, on the bench, in favor of a law allowing negro testimony.
March 1-A bill appropriating $30,000 to the improvement of Tradewater river failed, in the house, for want of the con- stitutional majority ; yeas 38. nays 31.
March 2-By yeas 4, nays 69, the house rejected the bill appropriating $3,000 per year, for three years, to the State Agri- cultural Society.
March 2 -- Legislature callsupon Ky. sen- ators and representatives in congress to op- pose the passage by that body of the "Fer- guson bill," or bill to construct the Cincin- nati Southern railway across the state of Ky. against the consent of the Ky. legisla- ture ...... 3-After notice in writing, served on barkeeper, not to sell or give liquor to an inebriate, the wife or any relative can recover $20 for each offense ......... Commis. sioners of sinking fund authorized to sell all turnpike stock of the state, so as to realize at least $200,000 for it ......... March 9-$55,000 appropriated to finish the fire- proof offices at Frankfort 10-Goy- ernor to appoint 3 commissioners to revise the statute laws and codes of practice ...... Good school houses directed to be built in the 8th and 9th congressional districts, except in the counties of Bath, Fleming, Lewis, Madison, Mason, and Wayne, and special poll-tax authorized to pay for same ......... 11-Commercial and Farmers' Banks of Ky. authorized to subscribe half their capital stock in National Banks ...... 13-$28,311 appropriated to build 4 ware- houses for penitentiary ...... Common school act amended, so as to pay to county school commissioner $100, and 1 per cent. on whole amount of school tax due to each county, and $3 for each school district ; also, when school fund insufficient to pay a teacher for full session, the deficit to be apportioned among the patrons of the school .. .14 - After Sept. 1, 1871, 10 per cent. interest made legal, if contract is in writing, but after death of obligor, after maturity, only 6 per cent .; if more than 10 per cent. be charged, the whole interest shall be forfeited ......... 16 - Incorporated banks of Ky. authorized to purchase bills or notes payable at their own or other |
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banks, and to receive in pledge or secur- ity articles of value, or bills of exchange or notes ; before selling collaterals, debtor to be notified in writing ten days or more . County courts authorized to change precinct lines or establish new precincts or change voting places, but not within 60 days before election. .. 17-When stock killed on railroad, owner may notify nearest station agent, and ap- ply to justice of the peace to appoint 3 housekeepers to assess the damages; if railroad company fail for 90 days to pay this verdict, owner may sue, and if he re- cover judgment for full amount assessed, shall also recover 25 per cent additional ..... 20-Whenever New Year's day, Christmas day, Feb. 22, and July 4, occur on Sunday, then Monday shall be observed as a holiday; but notes and bills shall be presented for payment or acceptance on Saturday ... Chan- cery court established in Bracken, Camp- bell, Kenton, and Pendleton counties ... 21-Persons 10 days before applying for tavern license must put up 4 public notices near by, and 1 upon the court-house door. .. . Two years further time after April
1, 1871, allowed civil officers for collecting fee bills .... 22-Unlawful to sell or give liquor to minors, without written consent of father or guardian, under penalty of $50 fine and $20 attorney fee, forfeiture of license, &c .; in addition, father or guardian may sue for and recover $100 damages and $25 attorney fee, on each set of facts .. ...... Scalp laws repealed, from and after Jan. 1, 1872. County attorneys to be notified, and then bound, to attend and prosecute charges of felony before examining courts ; on failure, to be fined from $50 to $200 ..... Railroads to make cattle-guards at least 3 feet deep and 6 feet wide, &c .......... Gov- ernor authorized, if necessary, to borrow from the sinking fund not exceeding $500,- 000, in aid of the ordinary state revenue. . It is lawful to carry concealed deadly weapons by sheriffs, constables, marshals, and policemen, and by others, 1. Where the person has reasonable grounds to be- lieve his person, or that of some of his family, or his property, is in danger from violence or crime, or 2. Where the person is required by his business or occupation to travel during the night, then the carry- ing during such travel; all other persons carrying concealed weapons, other than an ordinary pocket-knife, shall be fined, on first conviction, from $25 to $100, or im- prisoned from 30 to 60 days, or both ; and for subsequent convictions, fined from $100 to $400, and imprisoned from 2 to 6 months, or both. Officers required under penalty of $100 fine to arrest offenders within their knowledge, and take them before justice for trial ....... Sheriffs to pay to auditor taxes as fast as collected, on Oet. 1, Dec. 1, and Feb. 1, paying balance in full on April 1; all persons not paying by latter date, to pay 5 per cent. additional ......... 23-Boys between 8 and 17 years, when convicted of crime less than murder, to be sent to state house of reform; but not
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girls, until provision be made there for | Thos. T. Hawkins, taking care of them ......... State debt to be negotiated for and purchased [it is not yet due], by agent, to be appointed by the gov- ernor ......... 15-Life insurance companies may make special deposits of securities in Insurance Department ......... 20-Superin- tendent of public instruction directed to purchase of Richard H. Collins, at $4 each, Anderson county : enough copies of his new and enlarged edi- tion of Judge Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky to supply one to each eom- mon school district-for the use of the chil- Preston H. Leslie. Bourbon county : dren, and as a foundation for the district library, provided for by law-" portions Thos. E. Moore. Bracken county: J. J. Schoolfield. Caldwell county : Wm. Carter, of which history may be read to them every day by their teacher, or, as a reading les- son, by the older scholars and best read- ers ;" any school district, at the election for trustees on April 1, 1871, may by vote refuse to purchase the book. [Passed the house, March 1, by yeas 53, nays 18, and P. M. Ellison, the senate, March 8, by yeas 25, nays 6; D. Mattheson. Carroll county : and " became a law, March 20, the gov- ernor having failed to sign or return, as W. C. Ellis, required by the Constitution."]
ยท Mareh 3-Thompson Scroggins, in jail at Frankfort on a charge of killing a col- ored man named Henry Trumbo, is released by an armed but undisguised force of about 75 strangers, who both carne into and left the town by different directions. The grand jury of Franklin co .. for want of legal testimony (the only witnesses being negroes), had failed to indict him. The mob were determined that he should not be punished by the Federal court upon the testimony of negroes, and so rescued him.
March 6-A public meeting at Paris op- poses the incorporation by congress of the Cincinnati Southern railway-because ex- ceeding the powers of that body, and an infraction of state rights ; and endorses the united action of the Ky. senators and representatives against it.
March 8, 11-In two cases, in the court of common pleas at Louisville, negro tes- timony admitted by consent of parties.
March 9-A fire at Richmond, Madison co., destroys almost a square of buildings, including 2 hotels, post office, and several fine stores ; loss $150,000.
March 9-Legislature adopts resolutions to purchase, at $500, Nevil Cain's portrait of chief astice Geo. Robertson, for the court room of the court of appeals ....... .16-0f sympathy with O'Donovan Rossa and other Irish exiles recently arrived in this coun- try .18-In memory of Judge Daniel Breck, recently deceased ...... 21-Of thanks to the Democracy of New Hampshire, for recent victory in state elections.
March 9-U. S. house of representatives passes the bill, which passed the senate last July, known as MeCreery's disability bill, which, among many from other states, relieves from political disabilities the fol- lowing Kentuckians :
Jefferson county : Theo. L. Burnett,
Ben. Berry, G. B. Eastin,
S. P. Breckinridge, Joshua F. Bullitt,
Jilson P. Johnson, Clinton McClarty,
Crawford McClarty, Martin H. Cofer. Cyrus McClarty, Charlton Morgan, Geo. M. Jessee, E. S. Pryor, Ben. E. Selby. P. S. Shott, I. M. St. John.
Henry county :
Hopkins county :
John Couch,
A. J. Sisk.
Lincoln county :
R.J.Breckinridge, jr. Madison county :
Jas. B. McCreary, Thos. J. Tharp. Magoffin county :
D. D. Sublett. Marion county :
Thos. N. Pickering. Thos. L. Foster, Calloway county : Jesse S. Taylor.
Marshall county :
Philip Darnell, J. C. Gilbert, John L. Irvin.
Me Cracken county ; S. C. Brice,
N. M. Greenwood, Thos. D. Grundy, John C. Noble.
Montgomery county: John Ficklin,
John S. Williams. Morgan county : John E. Cooper, W. Cox.
John T. Hazlerigg. Nicholas county : John A. Campbell. Owen county :
Thos. A. Ireland. Scott county :
James E. Cantrill.
Todd county :
R. F. Allison. Warren county :
Geo. Ables, -
James P. Bates.
J. H. Roulhac. Win. L. Dulaney.
March 14-Montgomery co., by 998 for and 381 against, votes a subscription of $250,000 to the Lexington and Big Sandy railroad company.
March 18-Death, in Fayette co., aged 68, of Thos. H. Clay, second son of Henry Clay. In 1863, he was U. S. minister res- ident to Nicaragua, and afterwards trans- ferred to Honduras.
March 20-The senate, by 15 to 9, refuses to refund to Jessamine co. $18,503 already paid in part of her $100,000 subseription to the Kentucky River Navigation Com- pany and expended by the latter-which subscription, in the case of Garrard co., the court of appeals declared unconstitu- tional.
March 24-Death, at Cincinnati, O., nged 76, of Dr. Win. T. Taliaferro, n distin- guished physician and oeulist, a resident of Ky. for 30 years, and a soldier of the war of 1812. [See page 176.]
April 4-Death, at Maysville, aged 68,
Wm. H. Clark,
T. E. Crutcher, Baker Floyd, Graham Hughes,
Thos. C. Jones,
J. O. Shott,
John P. Thompson,
Chas. S. Todd, jr., Geo. W. Triplett. Fayette county :
Dr. D. L. Price. Franklin county : Jolin B. Major,
John Rodinan, Fulton county :
Graves county : N. M. Cargill. Hardin county :
Dr. Landon Carter. Barren county: V. H. Jones,
R. F. Harrison, Cyrus Hawkes.
Thos. McElrath. Christian county :
John D. Morris. Clark county: John Catherwood. Daviess county :
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of John D. Taylor. He graduated, with [ ceremonies, at Crab Orchard, Lincoln co., high honor, in 1824, at Transylvania Uni- of the unknown Southern soldiers who fell at the battle of Wildeat, in 1862. versity ; studied law ; practiced for several years at Terre Haute, Ind., and was the peer in success and brilliancy and ability at the bar, of a number of Indiana's great- est men, governors, judges, and U. S. sen- ators ; returned to Maysville ; represented Mason co. in the Constitutional convention of 1849, and in the state senate ; was re- markable for vivaeity and wit, for readi- ness and humor, at the bar and on the stump; if his ambition had equaled his ability he would have been one of the lead- ing men of Ky.
April 6-Judge Wm. H. Randall, of the Barboursville, Knox co., circuit, in his charge to the grand jury, announces his intention to admit negro testimony -as legal under the recent XIVth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution.
April 10-Completion of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville railroad, giving Pitts- burgh direct connection with Baltimore, in 325 iniles; cost of the road $8,000,000; finished under the energetie presidency of Wm. Oden Hughart, a native of Bourbon co., Ky., and resident there until about 1852.
April 15-Death, at Louisville, aged 77, of ex-chief justice Thomas A. Marshall. [See sketch, under Jefferson co.]
April 20-Hailstones fall, in Bath co., over a scope of country 14th of a mile wide, as large as hen eggs ; in one house, penetrating through the roof into the rooms below.
April 26 - Louisville, Cincinnati, and Lexington railroad agrees to change its gauge from 5 feet to 4 feet 816 inches-to correspond with that of the Eastern roads, and cause a break of gauge at Louisville instead of at Cincinnati.
May 1-In the 6th Internal Revenue (Covington) distriet, $5,000,834 have been collected in two years: From distilled spirits $3,296,486; tobacco $577,980, beer $54,941, assessor's lists $1,069,423; and yet congress will not appropriate $100,- 000 for government buildings at Coving- ton !
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May 3, 4-Democratie state convention. largest ever held in Ky., in session at June 7-Annual meeting of the Ky . Press Association at Owensboro ; only 13 newspa- pers represented ; address by Col. Robert M. Kelly, and poem by Ben. Casseday, both of the Louisville Daily Commercial : grand banquet by the citizens : address of welcome by ex-U. S. senator MeCreery. Frankfort; about 1,250 aceredited dele- gates in attendance ; 113 out of 116 coun- ties represented .; Preston H. Leslie, of Barren co., nominated for governor, on the 6th ballot : Leslie 688, J. Proctor Knott 432. On some of the previous ballotings, John Young Brown had received as high as 297, John Q. A. King 237, Geo. W. Craddock 140, Thos. L. Jones 152, Rich- ard M. Spalding 62. For lieutenant gov- ernor, John G. Carlisle, of Covington, re- ceived the highest vote on the Ist ballot ; Samuel L. Geiger. Emery Whitaker, Ed- ward W. Turner, James L. Allen, Geo. W. | liberal provision for her. At the time of Silvertooth, Samuel I. M. Major, and oth- ers receiving large votes. Carli-le was nominated unanimously, by changes of rotes, before the 2d ballot closed.
May 11-Re-interment, with imposing
May 11-Killed, in the fight between the men from four U. S. war steamers and the Coreans (inhabitants of Corea, a large peninsula, 600 miles long and 140 miles wide, in northeastern Asia, between the sea of Japan and the Yellow sea, and with a population of about 9,000,000), Lieut. Hugh W. McKee, of Lexington, Ky., aged 27. He was the first man to enter the fortress, from which the attack was made by the Coreans. His father, Col. Wmn. R. MeKee, fell nobly at the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, Feb. 23, 1847.
May 12-Judge Martin H. Cofer, at Brandenburg, Meade co., charges the grand jury to hear the testimony of negroes in a case where a white man is accused of ma- liciously cutting and wounding a negro with intent to kill him. He argues the question very ably ; and rules that, in view of the recent XIVth amendment to the U. S. constitution, the state law limiting the admissibility of negro testimony to cases in which they themselves are the only par- ties, is rendered unconstitutional and void. The decision of the Kentucky court of appeals, in Lowlin Ts. The Common- wealth, 2 Bush, p. 5, was made before the adoption of the XIVth admendment, and cannot affect the question whether negroes are made competent witnesses by it.
May 14-Death. at Baton Rouge, La., aged 80, of Col. Charles S. Todd, of Ky. [See sketch, under Shelby co.]
May 17-Republican state convention at Frankfort ; 86 counties represented ; largest ever held in the state ; Gen. Jno. M. Hartan nominated by acclamation for governor, and Col. Geo. M. Thomas for lieutenant- governor.
May 19-Gov. Leslie issues his procla- mation offering $500 reward for the appre- hension and delivery to the jailer of Frank- lin en. of each of the persons eoneerned in the jail delivery of Thompson Scroggins, on Feb. 24th. [See p. 213.]
May 25-Of the 332 students at Wash- ington-Lee University, Va., 36, or nearly one-ninth, are from Kentucky.
June 10-Death, at Winchester, aged 115, of Aunt Lydia Whitesides, a colored woman, who was brought to Ky. more than 80 years ago. She was a servant of Judge Paten, of Va., and of Thos. Arnold, one of the first elerks of Bourbon co .; the latter set her free, inany years ago, and made a her death, she had a beautiful and perfect set of teeth, her " second eyesight" was remarkably keen, and her mind was clear and comprehensive.
June 12-Col. D. Howard Smith, auditor
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of state, publishes a statement of the debt owing by the state,
Oct. 10, 1867. .$4,611,199 46 Accumulated school surplus
from Oct. 10, 1867, to May
20, 1871 19,789 27
$4,630,988 73
Deduct state bonds redeemed from Oct. 10, 1867, to May 20, 1871.
1,767,508 00
Total state debt, May 20, 1871. $2,863,480 73 Of this, $1,652,086.73 is due to the school fund as a permanent loan, and cannot be redeemed. The balance is the state debt proper, $1,211,394 ; and is to be paid, as it matures, by the sinking fund, which now amounts to $2,589,345.02-leaving a bal- ance of available resources over indebted- ness of $1,377,951.02, without including nearly $1,200,000 due to the state by the general government, for advances made during the war, and which is now in pro- cess of collection.
June 16-Death, at Louisville, aged 70, of Fortunatus Cosby, a man of marked literary taste, and a poet. Ile was for several years U. S. consul at Geneva, Swit- zerland.
June 21-Reunion at Paris, of 69 sol- diers of the war of 1812; their united ages 5,487 years.
June 21-Capt. Thos. S. Theobald, of Frankfort, aged 79, receives a pension cer- tificate as a veteran of the war of 1812- the first issued to a Kentuckian. and enti- tling him to $8 per month. He was Ist lieutenant in Morrill's company of Ky. mounted rifles.
June 25-Col. Peter Saxe, one of the ed- itors of the Troy (New York) Press, spent 8 weeks in Ky., purchasing fine stock ; he bought 23 short-horn bulls and heifers, of which 19 were thoroughbred " American Herd Book" registered, selected from 8 herds ; and 160 head of thoroughbred Cots- wold ewes and rams, from 35 folds. He shipped thein to California and Oregon- the largest exportation in number and cost ever made from Ky.
June 26-About 12 men-not Kuklux, but most of them ex-laborers in the collier- ies and mines at the Red River iron works, and Radicals from Pennsylvania and Ohio, who had been thrown out of employment by negroes underworking them - attack Bonaparte Vanghan's negro boarding house at Fitchburg, Estill co., and are twice driv- en off, with loss of two killed (- Fugate and Pat. Spradling), a third dies from his wounds, and several others are wounded. Company A, 16th U. S. infantry, is sent to and stationed at the iron works.
July 1 -- 1,624 practicing lawyers in Ky., of which in the county of Jeffer-on 221, in Kenton 56, Fayette 42, MeCracken 35, Daviess 27, Warren 25, Campbell 23, Chris- tian 23, Henderson 21, Perry none !
July 1-Teachers' institutes being held in northern Ky.
July 1-At a re-count, by the state cen- tral committee, of the vote cast, May 31, in the Democratic state convention, for reg- ister of the land office, it was found that Jas. A. Dawson had received 425 and J. Alex. Grant 349 votes. Col. Dawson was again declared the candidate, but resigned; and Mr. Grant was nominated to fill the vacancy.
July 2 -- Recent extensive sales of blooded stock : By A. J. Alexander, and John M. Vanmeter, in Woodford co., J. W. Hunt Reynolds in Franklin co., E. G. Bedford and Harvey Rice in Bourbon co., B. F. & A. Vanmeter in Clark co., and others.
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