The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-11-26
LifchfieId Letter.

LITCHFIELD KY, November Is.
Editor Herald:
The Criminal Court opened here on
Monday. Judge Murray presiding.
There is not very full docket. The
docket Is for five days.
Litchfield has the reputation of being
one of the most quiet and peaceable
towns in Kentucky. | do not know of
IA single white man who drinks to ex-
cess living in town and there is not Il
bar room in town, and our druggists are
not of that class who sell medical
whiskey for purposes" as druggists
sometimes do; but our reputation for
peace and sobriety was not advanced
ON last Monday. The town was full of
men from all parts of the county and
the greater part of them got wet COM
ing in the rain to town and the old
stone Jail house was said to he full of
contraband moonshine whiskey, and as
Il consequence the town was full of
drunken men, both black and white.
Litchfield presented Il spectacle quite
the contrast to her usual peaceable and
quiet appearance. What spectacle,
under the very shadow of the temple of
and ,bd that anS ;rh the e. ipdge is
bottle full, without the shadow of sane
ton of law; and yet he is permitted to
continue his traffic all day without in
terruption. What are our civil officers
and courts of justice for? Is there no
remedy for this? 1t seems to me that
if our county attorney were on the alert
as he should be, he could certainly do
something to stay such flOod-tried
&c sal- orr III,
again; but it is said when the. u. $. Rev
enue officer comes round again that he
will search the old Jail for cOntraband
to look after things of that character
Bah, what a happy thought, the reve-
nue. officer comes here, perhaps, thrice
year, and because this fellow is de-
frauding the government of little rev.
enue we will let U. S. officers look after
him, no difference how much he may
outrage the peace and morals of this
community. Why did not the county
attorney have the Williams arrested on
the spot? it certainly was his duty to do
it.
An alteration occurred on Monday
evening between two men from Mill
wood, James York and John South, in
WHICH, YIN StaooCt ,outu WIN
infiicting two very serious wounds, one
on the side of the chest the other on the
back. The wounds We're probed and
dressed by Drs. Haden and Brandon,
who say that though the wounds are
very serious, yet that with proper care
they will not prove fatal. York left
town Immediately after the affair, but
was pursued and arrested by our eff
-. ,,Nar,hnl hantAx, aud ln1.raI
in jail, and the witnesses all summoned
to go before the grand jury next morn
ing and all done in a half hour after the
affray occurred, so much for an effici-
ent officer
Another alteration took place here
to-day between our jailOr, Jack Layman,
and Jack Workman, of color. Workman
was intoxicated and entered Layman's
livery stable and was conducting HIM
self in such a way as that Layman or
dered him out of the stable. Workman
in return cursed Layman when Lay
man knocked him down with pitch
! fork. Workman arose, drew Il pistol
and attempted to shoot I.ayman, who
thinking of the sentiment expressed in
the couplet
"He who fights and runs away
| May live TO fight another day."
took to his heels and got out of the way
of the furious son of Ham, when an Of
ficer came to hand and arrested him
and lodged him in Jail to await due pro-
cess of law.
There was an oyster supper at the
Denton Hotel last night, for the benefit
of the Christian church at this place.
We tender thanks to the subcommittee
consisting of Mrs. McBeath, Mrs. Gar
diner and Mrs. Workman for a compli-
mentary ticket. There was a large
crowd i'm attendance, who did ample JUS
ticeto the excellent fresh oyster sOupanp
otherdelicaciesw with which the table was
loaded. The table did not groan as
tables are sometimes said to do, but
from the length of time George Stone
Esq. and some others remained at the
table, we should not wonder if they
groaned before morning.
There's weddings in the breeze up
this way. Madam Rumor has it that
more than one fair one is soon to be led
to the hymenial altar in these parts,
so mote it be.
Pro BONO PUBLICO.