The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-14
county Affairs.


queut allowance foo,s up over 81 Gee
Such is the history of nearly every
county in the State, and the number i
increasing every year. The current
expenses of the county 90 on Just the
same and the failure Of so many To paw
rests the burden Of county EXPENSE
on those who do pay In this county
the Magistrates, last Monday, reduced
the county levy from 50 10 So; hn'
some. vel posted. appr-heni thar III
reduction il delu>ion. aul that the
present years. operations will bring
the county in debt. and rext year the
levy Will be raised again We don
know a TO this; hut, in October, the
annual statement showed balance Of
about 81 900 10 favor of the county
aud. off this, the 81 600 delinquent
list, the sheriff's commissions and ser
vices. aud sundry subsequent accounts.
are to be taken, which probably will
make county finances close clipping
The custom ha- been e"ery year 20
wranglc about ,ch9 Is 10 bIune? Some
times some fault the eherif some faul,
the assessors. some fault the Maeis
trate- but it always winds up that tn
good tax payers have to pay the deficits
of the bad ones We have no reason
to doubt but thar the sheriff has thor
oughly discharged hi, duty, ana we
have no reason to doubt bur that the
Magistrates acted rightly aud cou-cien
ciou-iy according to the facts Of III
situation before them The fact thai
The same condition Of affairs exists in
perhaps every county in Kentucky
would seem to Indicate that the wrona
or error rests somea here else True
recording to the strict letter O! lax. the
delinquent lists are perhaps too large
bu' then The people dom want law
enforced 70 he1r'le-suess. nor do they
want it construed A. devoid Of every
+ touch of humrn sympathy in any and
( all situations that my arise. The law
! Of the ease is au iron rule that can I
4 bend" the lawyer says, bat we all
know that human sympathy and popu
lar sentiment will bend anything in
this country Il cant be that every
county in Kentucky has bad sheriff
! bad magistrates. aud bad assessors, bui
cact county has these large lis's And
such has been the history Of the State
since the operation of the present Stale
/ Constitution. Each new crop Of She
riff, and assessors, and magistrates
that come on every two and four ycur~,
pass through the same experience
Don't this prove that the fault Is in
our present system of assessing and
collecting the revenue ? Let the PEG
( pie think how mary thousands OF dol
lars are lost every year TO the State
and to the counties, through thus svs
ten Talk TO any old citizen, VIII
lived under the old Con-ti'utinu, and
ak him # these thug occurred ,heu
DR. R0clauds celebrated Lightning
Relief is sure cure for rheumatism au,
neuralgia. For sale ~ Buck ~ Cowgirl
Mouhy.
We very much fear that the efforts t,
clean mp Browusvllle will prove futii,
and vain Aud Setswe have the dirtest
most disease breeding town in the State
If the people can stand such risk they
are taking in refusing even to clean al
their own premises we presume no ont
else ought 10 make any particular com
plants. But the contemplation of
whole com munity in the act Of committing
virtual suicide, is something very shock
ing TO the ordinary human mind
brownsville States.
We can speak with pride of th'
efforts to clean up Hickman, and W
do challenge the inspection If the mos
critical. Every body has been and i
at work, cleaning, cleaning, cleaning
House after house has heen ;orn dowI
and removed. houses raised, nuisance
abaied, etc etc and the work is sill
goiug on with perhap- hundred hand
daily eugagcd, FIST and last On
town is mpcnifcently drained. situate
IN the side OF high. handing hills
aud in addition the authorities are en-
gagged in system Of sewerage that wi
thoroughly drain every private lot il
the business portion of town Til
City Council has ordered the employ
: meut of every hand that can be Oh
tanned, to be placed at work So ISL
e5not a citizen has refused to otey tn
merest suggestiou Of the Board G
+, Health. and in no instance has IN
e compulsion Of the law been resorted tC
We feel pride IN this One thin
we will saw TO TIE outside world, !:
those 9ho so literally aud nobIy CAV
e US their money and their help in ou
: a&ic,ion last year, and that is, if a
G epidemic again visits US, it will 6n
: clean streets, clean premises, aud every
= thing done that human intelligence ha
e advised or suggested and with tb
o consciousness OF having discharged on
i whole duty, we trust the future wit
our God.
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