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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-05-26
Report OF the Grand Jury Of Ohio
County Circuit Court, In Refer.
ence to the County Jail

To THE Hon JAMES stuart, Circuit Judge,
Fytth District
SIR:-In accordance with your request,
we beg To subniIt the following report on
the condition of the County Jail:
The building consists oftwo cells, each
measuring about
The other cell is lighted by a small
barred window, and is tolerably well ven-
tilated h;t owing to the defective fasten-
iEgs and the weak construction OF the fab
rie, it is insecure; and the only alterna-
tive is to put all the prisoners in the in
ner cell. This cell has no light or venti-
lation except that which is borrowed from
the outer room, and when the prisoners
are numerous the effiuvia is almost sick
ening.
There can be no doubt that to confine
prisoners in this cell, Sepriving them of
light, air. and exercise, must have an in
furious effect upon the strongest constitu-
ton, and upon those predisposed to dis
ease. the effect will be even more serious.
We cannot too strongly express our
opinion Of the Objectionable system Of
placing male and female prisoners together
in the same cell; and seeing that prison.
ers are sometimes confined there SIX or
eight months before their cases are dis
posed of, we think they should not be
subject to any unnecessarily harsh treat
ment, especially as they have no redress
in the event Of their acquittal.
We submit that the least conveniences
to which a prisoner is entitled is light and
pure air; and that as matter Of deceney,
the sexes should be provided with sepa-
rate accommodation.
With these objects in view. and, taking
into account the increase Of crime, we are
of opinion that the present building is in
secure and insufficient.
In conclusion, we cannot speak too
highly of the manner in which the jailer
performs his duties, considering the diff
fculties he has to contend with.
w. D. COLEMAN, Foreman.
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LETTER FROM F0RDsvIllE.
FoRDsvILLE, Ky, May q.

rORDSFlLLs, M, MAY Il.
EDITOR HERALD:-I have concluded to
say something about the whisky traffic as
it formerly existed in this part of Ohio
county, and as it now exists, with respect
to the local option law. Whisky, the
king of demoBs, has done more to democrat
ize this country than all the rest ofthe
curses together. 1t has ruined some Of
our best citizens, by bringing them and
their families to want Fordsville, during
bar-room notoriety, was one continual
scene of confusion. Riots and assaults
held high carnival, while peace and har-
mony were entire strangers in the little
town. This great Demon, whisky, has
brought the infant to want and the wife
to wailing, and has brought low the VIC
tim of its seductions, filling the land with
premature deaths. 1t enters not into one
tissue eff the body, but tears open the vi
tai casket and lets fly the spark of life,
sending soul and body to. untimely ruin.
But at last that great Demon has been
chained down to his Internal cell, never to
be loosed again The cries Of the infant
and the walls of the widow have at last
reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth,
and on the Sd day of August last the good
people woke up to a sense Of their duty,
and turned out en- masss, with shields and
bucklers, and laid hold on the very throat
Of this monster, and choked him down
at the ballot-box. Look at the change
since thenT We have now instead Of riot
and general confusion, the-hum of indus.
try, the songs OF cheerfulnesa, and the cry
for schools and churches. Those who
were not entirely consumed by this red
eyed monster are now convalescent, and it
is to be hoped they will entirely recover.
The farmers who were addicted to the vice
of drunkenness. have gone back to their
noble avceation, and their little ones have
cast of their gloomy looks and put on the
smile of infantile joy.
TIE CORN PLANTING
in this section is about over Fruits were
all. or very nearly all. killed By the re-
cent freezes Of April. Tobacco plants a-e
very small and scarce, and the planters
say they cannot plant one-half Of a crop
ofthe great staple, and what they expect
to plant will be very late.
OUR LAWYERS PUFFED.
Your correspondent has just returned
from Hartford, and while there heard
some very fine speeches made by your To-
cal lawyers in defence of those persons
who love wrong better than right.
Yours, &C., AGRIcoLA-
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DEATH oFHoN. JESSED BRfGHT

DEATR 0FHON. JESSE d. BRIGHT
This distinguished gentleman, for
many years a Democratic leader and
political power in the State of Indiana,
and latterly a resident of Kentucky,
died on the Goth instant, of organic dis
ease of the heart, at his residence in the
city of Baltimore, where he had recent
ly removed for medical treatment.
He was born at Norwich, Chenango
county, New York, on the 18th of
December, 1912. He received his ed
ucation at the town academy. Study
ing the law and gaining admission to
the bar, he turned to the west IN search
of fortune and distinction, and found
both in Indiana, where for five and
twenty years he was trusted leader of
the Democracy, and the recipient of the
most distinguished honors in its gift
He respectively filled the positions of
Circuit Judge, State Senator, United
States Marshal far the District of Indi-
ana, Lieutenant Governor, and Senator
of the United States. He was thrice
elected to the latter position, his aggre-
gate service covering the period from
March 4th, 1915, to February 18th,
1862, on which day he was expelled the
Senate for "disloyalty."
Whilst a member of the Senate, he,
for several sessions, filled the exalted
position of President of that body
After his expulsion from the Senate, he
removed from Indiana to this State,
taking up his residence in Carroll coun~
ty, and subsequently represented that
county in the State Legislature. In
politics he was a decided and at times
bitter partisan. His friendships were
warm and loyal: his hates open and
unconcealed. Never a brilliant man,
he was that which is better, sensible,
practical one. His nature was radical
ly positive, and of such a character as
endeared him to his friends and pro
voked the hearty dislike of his foes
Mr.. BRIGHT was the father-in-law Of
Major THos. E. Moss, of Paducah, the
Democratic candidate for Attorney
General on our State ticket. He was
a faithful public officer, a good citizen,
and one who did his country good and
lasting service in his time. Peace to
his ashes.
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within One Minute Of Death.
ICarrolton (Ga. Times.l

A thrilling incident occurred recently
at the copper mines near Villa Rica.
Several miners were engaged in clearing
out deep shaft by blasting. One of the
men had placed lighted time fuse in the
blast-hole, and was being drawn out Of
the shaft by windlass. when the run.
ning-gear suddenly got out of order and
refused to perform its office. There the
man was suspended for several terrible
moments. His life hung upon thread,
and another minutes delay would have
ended his existence; but. with great pres
ence of mind, he leaped to the bottom of
the shaft, distance OF twenty feet.
snatched the burning fuse from its po-
sitiOn, and thus escaped catastrophe.
He had been literally within one minute
of death.
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dent that lie would discharge all his du-
ties in their interest and welfare, and they
would never regret the act.
FRUSTRATED COB
A mob Of about forty men made an at
tempt to take Ben. Waddle out Of the
Morgantown Jail few nights ago, for the
purpose Of compelling him to tell who all
the parties were that were engaged in the
Phelps robbery, but through some means
the Jailor heard that such would be at
tempted on that night, and he left town
and took the Jail keys with him. On fail-
ing to accomplish their design the mob
dispersed.
THE MATRIMONIAL MARKET
seems to be dead IN this place, and quo
tations not even nominal. The young
men and ladies seem to be entirely I'M
conscious oil the fact that unless they
change their single state the legend "old
and paSsss" will be stamped upon them.
We would not have them think that we
are eager for an item, but desire to warn
them of where they are daily drifting.
POOR PROSPECT FOR OATS.
The hast few days being warm and ge-
NAL have created great change in the
vegetable kingdom, and all the plants and
foliage seem to be advancing rapidly, ex-
cept oats, and it is feared that . good
crop will not be raised in this vicinity. In
fact the prospects are so gloomy that some
of the farmers have plowed up their oat-
fields and planted them in corn.
VALUABLE DISCOVERY OF COAL.
A bed ofcoal has heen discovered about
two miles south of this place, on the land
of Porter ard Eskridge. The vein is
about two feet thick at the beginning,
and increases in bulk the deeper it pene-
trates. This coal burns equal to the
Pittsburgh coal, and if the possessors
will work it we are sure it will prove
something Of great benefit to them
WARMING FOR THE LOST MERCHANT.
Has W. B., or the Lost Merchant"
got the measles or whooping cough2 If
not, why don't be come up2 1t is time
for his return, and if the chap don't keep
his eye peeled the boys will get ahead of
him.
-FOUR LEwD WOMEN MoBBsB.
The country about mile south of this
place is Just now lsboring sDder great ex-
element, which originated from a party
Of masked men whipping four lewd wo-
men in that vicinity on Tuesday night.
the 18th inst. They gave the women
genteel basting, and made them promise
to quit the country within twenty-four
hours. in consequences Of which three OF
them have gone. Every possible effort is
being manifested on the part Of the sym
pathizers with the whipped women to a.
certain who were the parties that commit
ted the act, but all efforts in that direction
seem fruitless. }. l. N.
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The Detroit Free Press says woman
is the best travelling companion in the
market. That altogether depends
CRADDocK, of the Paris True Ke,atuck-
ian Travelled short distance with one
on the Kentucky Central not long ago,
and profered to hold her baby in his
lap for awhile, to give her arms rest.
He soon handed the infant back to its
mother, and left the car with his hand
kerchief dangling down before him,
making believe that he was a Freema.
son marching in a procession.
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"THATS WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH HANNAH"

Young men whose hearts are prone
to wander from sweetheart to sweet
heart, have no business going to Indi-
ana accounting, unless they are special
ly fond of trouble. Whena young man
puts the notion of marrying into Hoo
siergirl's head, she means business from
that time on. Mr.. HENRY PALMER, a
young and gay deceivcr of Columbus,
Ind, knows how that is himself, and
this is the manner in which he acquired
his information: For ten long years
he kept one poor girl, Of the German
persuasion, hanging on the ragged edge
of a promise of marriage. Recently he
transferred his affections and the mar
riage promise to Miss HANNAH PETIL-
LOT, a saucy beauty of that ilk. Now,
HANNAH was we'll aware of his treat
ment of his former fame, and was de,
termined that he should not play fast
and loose with her. On Sunday of last
week HANNAH concluded that there
had been enough counting and the time
for some matrimony had arrived. He
demurred, he wasn't ready, and all that
sort of thing. She overruled his de-
murre:, she was ready, and that settled
it. Not quite; he had some indispensa-
BILE arrangements to make first. After
much pleading and many promises, she
granted him grace until Wednesday at
noon, at which time he was to report
himself prepared to put her out of the
misery of single cussedness. The noon
of Wednesday arrived, and so didn't
HENRY. Aiming herself with pock-
ct revolver, and escorted by her big
brother, Miss PETILLIoT sought and
found Mr.. PALMER at his place of bu-
siness, and demanded immediate mar
riage. He began excusing himself
"Now, look here, HARRY PALMER, she
exclaimed, at the same time drawing
and cooking her pistol, "you amt goin'
"tO fool with me like you did with that
"SCHoEN girl, and you needn't try it
you've got to come along and marry
"me, according to promise, or die right
"here. That's what's the matter with
mel" He still hesitated. She unlim-
bered her artillery and began to aim.
He made movement to the rear. She
sent after him. This created panic,
and his retreat became a rout. He
stopped not upon the order of his going
but went at once bullet througha back
window. Another shot found him as he
was escalading therear fence. Dropping
into an alley, he made a Decline for
home, carrying one of Miss HANNAH's
bullets with him, in his right side. That
bullet, together with the determination
to carry her point or contribute corpse
to the graveyard displayed by the young
lady, convinced him that matrimony
then and there was the one thing need
full for the prolongation of his life; so
he commissioned a friend to inform
Miss PETILLIoT that he was both ready
gnd willing to marry her whenever she
desired it. She instructed the friend to
procure the license, started the big
k->c.her for a CLERGYMAN. and repaired
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ESTRAY NOTICE.

TAKEN mp as a stray BY VIM. g. Bennetts
l. living about . mite west Of the Hartford
and Ovensboro road, seven miles from Hartford
in Ohio county, on the 9Th instant,
ONE BAY FILLY,
aged about years, with both hind feet white,
and about fourteen hands high; but having no
brand or other mark. and which have aP-
praised 1t the value Of forty dollars (S4O).
Witness nv hand this 18th day of May, 1875.
BEN NEWTON, il. &C.
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We hold il to be absolutely essential to the
Preservati N ofthe liberties of the citizens, that
the several States shall be maintained in all
their rights, dignity and equality, as the most
eomplste and reliable administration of their
avn domestic concerns, and the surest bulwsrks
against auti-republican tendencies. Every
attempt on the part Of the Federal Government
20 exercise a power not delegated to it in the
Constitution, or TO exercise a delegated power
in any manner not therein prescribed, is an act
Of usurpation, demanding the instant and un-
qualified condemnation Of people jealous of
their liberties. And we ho'd that any uncon>
stitutional interference by the General Govern
nept with the local affairs of any State to any
ex'ent or under any pretense whatever should
be at once condemned by all classes of every
section Of the Union, ss all such acts tend to
the destruction Of our Federal system and the
consolidation Of all power in a centralized des-
Potism
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SINCE the colored brother is growing
discontinued with being permitted only
to vote for the white brethren, and re-
quired to squelch all his own aspirations
for Office, our model President has stud
led out plan to relieve his blessed
party of its colored elephant. 1t is a
no less notable scheme than the revival
of the old American Colonization Socie>
tvs enterprise of shipping the colored
people to Africa. Hecontemplates the
construction of a railroad by the Gov
eminent from the capital of Liberia to
the interior of Africa, and the trans.
portation of the negroes of the United
States to the land of their forefathers.
And the idea seems actually to begath-
eringstrength and Roadway at the North
and East. We apprehend that the
whites of the negro-ridden portions of
the South will interpose no serious OBJ,
jections.
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WE notice that the Riverside Weekly
announces Mrs. MORTON as its Litter,
AIRY Editress." Take down that "Edi-
tress," Bro. THOMPSON. There is no
such word in any language under heav-
en-, and no one who delights in English
pure and undefiled" will or can counte-
nance its use. She is your literary Ed
tor. Do You say preacheress, teacher
ess, physicianess, talkeress, readeress,
walkeress, owneress, eonvertess, mem
here's? And yet not one of these Il a
whit more absurd than .'editress." Get
you copy of Buffers Analytic Gram
mar. Bro. THOMPSON, read what it has
to say about the word We except to, and
relieve Sister MORTON from the ridic.
ulous position she occupies at the head
of your columns by giving her her true
800 +.
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sumo. Gets a Nice Little Currying
Down.
Correspondence Of the Hartford Herald
HARTFORD, KY, MAY "a.

Correspondence Of the Hartford Herald
HARTFORD, Ky, May "a.
The able, eloquent and distinguished
correspondent of The HARTFORD HERALD.
who writes from Beaver Dam, wants the
numerous readers Of your estimable paper
to positively understand that the good
people Of his town have nothing to do
with the colored Sunday School Tin a
lonely little hut about two miles from
the" federal city of Beaver Dam. He
says the teachers are all white, but that
only one of them resides in Beaver Dam,
and he is government official, and be-
ing such "there is no wrong" so far as he
is concerned. Now what does such CAB
BILE mean? Does the illustrious (?) "Juno"
mean to say that government officials
have larger souls, and take more interest
in the elevation Of mankind, than other
ones2 Or, does he mean to throw insults
in the face of those who hold such posi-
tions, thereby insinuating that such works,
which is evidently offensive to the culti-
waited taste of the illustrious ~ "Juno,"
is one Of the conditions upon which their
tenure of Office dependsf The outburst of
Juno" is surely the work Of drunken
brain, the noxious effiuvium of political
madness, or the whining Of one whose
idiocy will not permit him to reason from
a philosophical premise. "Juno" Gays
he wants the colored Sunday School to
prosper-but he does not want to aid
it in any way whatever. Does a discreet
man desire the success of thing so de-
grading, which is 30 far beneath his dig
nifty that he will not lend a helping hand?
JUNO" gives your readers to understand
that this Sunday school is composed of a
people whose odor and stencil are so
great that no place If suitable for their
assembly, except an isolated dell, far
from the haunts of man; where sweet
flowers bloom in their native purity, and
where gentle zephyrs. carry impurities
even beyond the olfactories of one possess
ing "Juno's" perceptibility! Juno"
wishes the negro well, and wants him
educated, but does not want him to learn
from white people.
The negro is ignorant, and the man or
woman who assists in his mental or moral
elevation will receive the blessings of all
good people. There is but one Govern
ment official at Beaver Dam 1.-THE Post
mastery, and i know he is gentleman.
also know that the Sunday School in
question is being conducted by some of
the most respectable and high-toned peo>
pie in and about Beaver Dam. Juno"
cast from thee thy venom, and do evil no
more. Take all your ancient sex, and
become again the queen of all the gods,
and stand the sponsor of marriages and
births and never again attempt to SANDER
good people who are interested in the well
fare ofman. Hunt your Lost Merchant"
and write something the people are inter-
ested in. SUNDAY SCHOOL.
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Ink Columbia Journal is the name
of a new paper at Columbia, Tenn, of
which General MARCUS j. WRIGHT
is the chief editor. General w. was
formerly the editor of the Memphis
Register, which, while under his control,
was decidedly the most readable paper
in that city. He is bold, vigorous,
and scholarly writer, one of the leading
intellects of the South, and will make
the Journal popular as well as rep
resentative paper.
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The Northern Methodists of Wash
ington City are making asses of them
selves by endeavoring to get up move
ment against the Roman Catholics, "tO
prevent them from obtaining control Of
the Government" As the President
is a member of the n. NJ. church, and
has treated his pastor, Rev. Mr.. New.
MAN, to a trip around the world at the
peoples expense, and is opposed to the
reunion of the Northern and Southern
Methodists, as becomes "loiP saint,
we don't see what cause for fear OF
Catholics or anybody else they have.
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JUNE 3rd has been set apart as a day
of prayer and fasting against the grass
hoppers by the the Governor of Missou-
ri. As grasshoppers, parched brown,
are much more nutritious than parched
corn as an article of diet, We would sug>
gest that our Missouri friends also bring
into requisition the skillet and frying
pan. Besides waxing fat in flesh, who
knows but that parched grasshopper
may prove to those who partake of it
the stepping-stone to high places in the
land2 A certain Captain GRANT was
once taught to love it by Digger In
dian squaw, and he is now President
of these United States, and we really
don't know of any other qualification
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We are sorry to learn of the death OF
Mrs. Phocion Morgan, formerly of this
place, which occurred one day last week.
She has been residing of late years near
Morgantown, Butler county, KY. She
was the stepmother ofMr. +. P. Morgan,
of this place, of the law firm of Morgan
& Wedding.
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THE North Carolina mode of silenc.
ing too-loquacious mothers-in-law is to
knock 'em on the head with an AK and
drop 'em in a well. 1t always cures,
but will never come into general use,
as a dozen men can be readily found in
every community who are bitterly
prejudiced against such innovations,
and their opinion amounts to law.
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FROM cANEYvIlIE.

CANEYvILLE, KY, May 25.
Great excitement prevailed at this place
last Saturday, which was caused by a
horse race and the influence of bad whisky.
WANTS sPELLIN' sKULE.
We hear it rumored through town that
efforts are being made to institute Spell
ling School here, for the benefit Of all who
are benefited thereby. We hope the ru-
NOR may be true, knowing as we do that
should such be started here it would prove
to be highly beneficial to our young men
and ladies.
PROSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENT.
W. j. Wilson is making fast prepara-
tons to erect new dwelling on the lot he
purchased last week in South Caneyyille,
and We have not given up the pleasant
idea yet of enjoying the luxuries of con-
nubisl affair.
THE TAN-BARK TRADE.
A vast amount of tan-bark is being ship
ped from this station to Louisville, but
apparently not so much as last year at
this season.
THE LEGISLATIVE OUTLOOK.
The candidacy for the Legislature in
this county promises to be one of great
contest and interest, and the people will
have a chance of making good selection,
as there are several on the track and
others announcing themselves almost
weekly. The last one spoken of is War
rem Purcell, ex-Deputy Sheriff of Gray
son county. He is a gentleman of merit
and qualifications, and should the people
honor him as their choice, we feel conf