The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-12-03
l.itchfield News
LITCHFIELD, KY, Nov

LITCHFIELD, KY, Nov. p, 1879.
Editor Herald:
Criminal court adjourned here Satur-
day. Quite a number of cases were
tried and quite number continued
many of them because the witnesses
were not i'm attendance. Itseems to me
there was more of this than need be. If
the Sheriff had not summoned them,
then he ought to be fined and made to do
his duty, or if they were summoned and
did not appear, then a bench warrant
should be issued for them, and they be
made to pay for negligence. Men COM
plain of officers for not suppressing
crime, but what can a judge or grand
Jury do without the cooperation of the
citizens of the country. 1t is important
that men obey every summons from the
court. Criminals can't be found guilty
without witnesses.
VIM. Conklin, ESQ.,, of the law firm
of Conklin x McBeath of this place, is
lying very ill with an attack of vertigo.
He il said to be ina very dangerous con-
dition-liable to die at any moment.
The wife of Rev. Thomas Taylor died
at her home i'm this county on the 18th
inst. and Mr.. Taylor himself is i'm a
very precariOus condition.
An infant child of Squire Day, near
this place, died last Friday morning.
The child had been in a low state of
health for some weeks. The family had
been sitting up with it, but the child
seemed to be resting quietly after mid
night when all the family retired, and
| little one had flown, leaving only the
I 10. nd lff..Ia.a hnxlxr fr fhnrR m
their waking. Wepluck the most beau
tiful and fragrant flowers with which
! to adorn and beautify our homes here,
so it may be with the Master. He has
use for them in fairer worlds on high.
The Rev. Mr.. Higbee delivered an
able and eloquent discourse at the Chris
tian church in this place on last Friday
night. Mr.. III. is a pleasant and attrac-
tive speaker, though if he would modify
the title of that discourse on death, I"
and call ii lecture, il would tit il bet
ter, as it was certainly not the revealed
gospel of the New Testament. Itseems
to us that if men are called to preach
anything il is the revealed religion of
Christ, and not what this and that doc
tor has said about the varied phenome-
na that attend death. We have no
Oiycttiou W Wiitt TIC uottof~ say hOh w
preachers talking about it, too, If they
feel like it, but if they do, let them call
it what anybody else would, "a lecture"
''Only that and nothing more" We
never hear minister of the gospel in
his pulpit indulging i'm speeulatiOns in
science, however true they may he, but
we are reminded of the sentiment Of
the old hymn,
40, We hungry, starving souls
That feed upon the wind"
The Rev Mr.. Orr, pastor of the Meth
odist church here, delivered to a very
large audience ON last Wednesday night
a discourse ON "Capital punishment"
He discussed the subject entirely from
the stand point of the Bible, showing
the teaching of both the Old and New
Testaments on the subject, and he gave
as his motive i'm discussing a subject OF
that character from the pulpit the wide
and increasing prevalence of crime, and
the fact also that the public need toning
up i'm their sentiments respecting the
punishment for crime. Mr.. o. is in