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The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
THE QUININE BRIGANDs.
How the Mckenzie DiII Br0ughs Then,
10 Terms-A Miilion Dollars
saved to the Public In
ONE Year.

A reporter Of the Post called yester-
day ON Hon. j. A. Mckenzie, of Ken
lucky, to ascertain what had been the
practical operations of his measure tn
take the duty off of quinine, which was
passed at the extra session. In answer
to an inquiry of that character, HIr.
Mckenzie said:
at has worked like charm. 1t has
already resulted In saving hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the consumers,
and will eventuate i'm clear saving of
over a million per annum."
"There was u sharp advance i'm the
price soon after the passage of the bill
How do you account for that ?'
at was to be expected from the fact
ROsengarten & Sons controlled nearly
the whole stock In the country, and
could practically dictate what ii would
sell for until foreign quinine could be
brought into competition with the
American product These gentlemen
were probably playing football with
the price for amusement, but they will
doubtless get tired of it before the
American Congress consents to restore
the duty. They announced, rs under
stand, that they would be compelled to
suspend manufacture Of the drug, but
have since thought better Of their de
termination and are at work again"
"What has been the amount of the
decline ~
III find from the Draggists' Circular
and the Chemical Gdzefte that i'm July,
1879, date of the passage of the bill, the
price of sulphate of quinine was % Is
to 81 81, and the sulphate of einchoni-
dia 81 80 to 81 35 per ounce. Now
from same circular, of date December,
1879, the price of sulphate of quinine
was - so to 81 80, and am informed
by "a reliable firm of druggists in this
city that they have circular from
Powers x Weightman, received within
the past few days, offering to sell the
sulphate ut - % per ounce. This De-
Icember circular also quotes sulphate of
einchonidia at 81 10 to 81 Is per ounce
Thus We see that there has been a clear
reduction of ninety cents per ounce ON
quinine and twenty-five cents per
ounce ON cinchonidia, and this, too, du-
ring the sickliest season of the year.
The amount of the higher priced sui
phate consumed annually i'm this eOun-
try is estimated at from 40, 900 to =
5OO,0OO ounces. SO that, taking the
smaller amount, the clear gain to the
consumer Is over Sl,OOO,OOO per an
num-"
what quantity of quinine was im-
ported into the United States for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1879, and
what amount has been imported since
the passage of your bill %
The quantity for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1879, was 22s, PAS ounces,
aud the importatiOns from July to
September 80, 1879, were ll3, ,s65 ounces,
or nearly one-half rs much as in three
months US was imported during the
whole year prior to the passage OF the
bill.n
"Are there any duties levied now
upon any of the harks nom which
quinine is made?"
"Ry consulting 'HeyPs United States
import Duties for 1879 | find that
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
ISLAND STATION, KY, Dec. 26.

ISLAND STATION, n.y., Dec. 20.
Editor Herald.
Business Is lively. Pork has been
selling from 81 to cents, gross. But
is on the decline now.
Tobacco will doubtless find a market
soon, AS Mr.. Johnson, of Warren
county, has rented Sam brakes flctO-
ry, and wants to buy 300, 900 Of tobacco.
Mr.. Il. Z. Brown has contracted for
making the hogsheads. Mr.. johnson
expects to begin business i'm earnest by
the first of January.
Messrs. Wyman 4 Watts are doing
an extensive business, getting out bar.
rel slaves.
Mr.. r. NJ. Humphrey has removed
his drugs to his new stOre-hOuse leav-
ing the Bryant house vacant.
Mr.. Pritchett, successor to Mr.. Tay-
lor, is still in the dry goods business.
w. p. Coff'man has added new
feature to his grocery i'm the way of nu-
merous articles in the dry goods line.
Mr.. Ben Shaeklett our popular black
smith, makes as good plows and wagons
as anybody.
We have a new drug establishment,
with DIR. Williams ut the head.
Henry Elliott died of pneumonia on
the morning of the I'D inst, at the res
idence of Mr.. r. NJ. Humphrey. The
deceased was young man, held in
high esteem, and will he sadly missed
in our community.
Married on the 2Ith inst, Mr.. Jesse
Shacklett and Miss Lille Everly, Rev.
w. =. Bennett officiating. This is the
sixth wedding on the Island since the
18th of October, ''and still they come.
In conclusion, we will take time by
the forelock, and wish you "a Happy
New Year." May the coming year be
u successful period of the HERALD's ex-
istence. 1t is the expression of many
of our people that the HERALD il one
of the best papers in the State, and it Is
believed that they will be more out
spoken still, in subscribing for it.
MEMO.
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
shot To Death.

A serious fight occurred at OweilsbOro
Junction at half-past o'clock, Decem-
Der 9th, between party of negroes.
Henry Daniels and Rum Robinson were
cutting each other with knives, when
Munroe Boyle stepped up and tried to
separate them. Daniels then turned
upon Boyle with his knife, and Boyle,
to save himself, shot Daniels with a
pistol just below the breast bone. Ply
sicians pronounced the wound fatal.
Further disturbance was quelled by an
officer, who arrested the whole party.
Whisky was the prime mover i'm the af.
fair. Henry Daniels died January LIST,
at 8 O'Clock, A. NJ. Robinson is still
confined to his bed, but will not reeov-
er. Boyle is i'm Jail at Greenville, and
will be held to answer for taking the
life of his fellow-man,
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07

The man who does not furnish his
family with q paper stands i'm his own
light. Money spent this way brings
more interest than money invested i'm a
bank II pays y man to take paper
home with him, and if his wife can't
read, it would pay him to teach her.
The man who thinks woman does not
need to real u paper, that she Is ~ well,
if not better, withOuf one. Is = man of
purely animal proelivities, man that
would degrade woman to an existence
like his own. There Is scarcely any
woman but enjoys reading her paper.
She may pass over the financial or
glance lightly at the political; but i'm
nine cases out Of ten she viii see some
thing that man will overlook. Or
casionallly We hear Of n woman who
"has no time to read" and who ''never
looks at paper" The prejudieial or
unthinking may commend such w0-.
mans industry, but one who thinks
will rather condemn her hack of sys-
tenn, which leaves her no half hour for
and entertainments
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07

The following Is the sentiment OF
many letters received by us which en-
eourages US for the work of the new
year:
Mr.. Editor.
Please send me the HERALD for 1850.
l cannot do without it, for it brings news
from home. Some persons think they
are too poor to take paper-that's the
way to get poor. i have been taking
the HERALD for two years, and success
to you is the wish of Susan ID. Miller,
Grandview, Hardin county, KY.
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07

At about p. NJ, Jan. LIST, row oc-
cured between John Cook and Warren
pistol and shot Miller through the head
and fled, leaving his victim lying upon
the floor with the blood rushing from
his mouth. 1t is thought that Miller
will die before morning. Every effort
will be used to capture Cook. - r-
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
PAYTaE PRINTER.

When the cold storm howls around the dool
And you by the lightof n taper;
Sit costly by the evening hre,
Enjoying the last weeks paper,
Just think of him whole work thus helps
To wear away the winter,
And put this query to yourself: I...
Have you paid the printer?
From East to West, from North and South,
From lands beyond the water,
He weekly assigns yoal lots of news
From every nook aad quarter;
No slave on earth tolls more than he
Through summers heat and winter,
How can you for ~ moment, then,
Neglect To pay the printer?
Your other bills you promptly pay,
Wherever you do ~, sir;
The butcher for his meat is paid,
For sundries Is the grocer:
The tailor and the shoemaker,
The halter and the yintner,
All get their pay, tilen why neglect
To settle with the printer?
-
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
Bu,,er county News.

SUGAR GROVE, KY, Dec. %, 1879.
Editor Herald:
On the 22 inst. old Mrs. Simms ate
her breakfast AS usual, and died before
night of the same day, no one knowing
she was sick. She was found dead in
her room.
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
CANEYvILLE, KY, Dec. 80, 1879.

CANEYvIIL.E, KY, Dec. 80, 1879.
Editor Herald:
know you dislike controversy, but il
you will permit me to briefly notice "a
few statements made i'm your last issue
by "Justice" in reply to my letter in Il
previous issue, promise that / will not
again ask permission to trespass on your
patience or your paper. suppose "Jus-
tice considers himself one of those in
fiuential men referred to in my letter.
He is right in that, and we need no
further proof of his being a support to
the actions of the man referred to than
the fact that he comes forth to publicly
defend him. The statement made by
me that We have druggist here that
can neither read nor write, he says, is
false. wish to here give some proof
of the correctness Of that statement.
The following men testify that they
have heard him say that he cannot read
or write, and that he has often called on
them to read and write for him: L. +.
Tilford, S. G. Devices. There are num-
Der 0fothers who can testify to the same,
and his marriage license, issued few
months ago, stand ON record i'm the
clerks office at Litchfield, bearing the
simple signature his ---- mark wit
messed by A. j. Layman. Justice
further says, If 1t was so that he cannot
read and write, it would be "a discredit
to many among us who claim scholastic
training, for he is doing better than they.
Does he mean financially bettere If so,
he is correct. A man, however illiterate,
can make more money here engaged in
the whisky traffic than he can i'm any
other avocation he may choose, though
he possess the learning and ingenuity Of
a SOlon. But is this any credit to the
community? What terrible blow he
strikes here against the cause he pre-
tends to be trying so hard to save from
slander. As to that grand jury the
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
Mclean County Items.

ISLAND STATION, Dee. 20.
Editor Herald:
A cold sleety Christmas. This morn
ing the ice-bOund orchards and forests
reflect and scatter the rays of the rising
sun in gorgeous beauty; and though
quite cold, everything looks pleasant
and beautiful.
Weddings have occurred here quite
frequently the last few weeks. Last
"Wednesday evening. though the rain
fell in torrents and the sleet gathered
fast, a nice little crowd gathered at DIR.
n. II. Everley's in this vicinity, to
witness thenuptials of Mr. .KShacklett
and MissI4illie w. Everly. After the hap
py two We're made one, the bride and
bridegroom and friends repaired to Col.
A. X. Shacklett's where an appropriate
reception and handsome repast await
ed them.
Business here is certainly reviving.
a large amount of stock il being ship
ped from this place. The tobacco house
here, unoccupied for several years, has
been rented by Mr.. Johnson and will
be opened again. 1t is pleasant for Il
man to feel that money is increasing i'm
the neighborlood, whether it is increas-
ing in his own pocket or not.
The readers of the HERALD, some OF
them at least, have been surprised at
meeting occasionally, In that paper, ar
ticles, quoted approvinsly from ex-
changes, criticising the preaching of
the present day, and cOndemning, i'm
strong terms, all reference to the penal
ty of the Divine law. This Il the more
surprising when we remember that the
editor of the HERALD is himself law
yer; and of course knows that law
without penalty is u nullity. And
knows, also, that common sense and
justice require that the penalty be ap-
pended to the law and both published
together. But our surprise is still fur
ther increased by an item i'm regard to
the Beaver Dam meeting, burlesqueing
IA sacred ordinance. This IL a new de-
parture for the HERALD. 1t was not
wont to do this. 1t is said that Caesar
sometimes mods; and surely some one
has taken advantage of sleepy mood
of the editor to get these things into the
HERALD. But in a recent number of
the HERALD there is an appropriate
and seas0nable suggestion 1t is sug-
gested that the people of Hartford give
less preference to the heel and more to
the head. Why should intelligent Ia
dies and gentlemen bestOw so much at
tentiOn upon the performance of gam
bOls i'm which they will ever be inferior to
the monkey? Would il not be well to
suggest that -hey take some time from
the heel and devote to their moral ma
ture also? ANXIOUS.
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07

Atseapaed Assa&ssn.ften or she Ksnx
efSpatn ns n ss Palace Gase-yars
rev Eseape ef The Roy nj Bride
and One of the noyal
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
DIRECTORY.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

COUNTY DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT.
Hon. James stuart, Judge, Owensboro.
4. l.. Morton, Clerk, Hartford.
+. II. Murrell, Master Commissioner Hartford.
4. w. Phillips, Sheriff, Hartford. Deputies
q. W. Bunger, Hartford :. p. Taylor, Bea-
Yer Dam; T.. H. Cooper, Fordsville; >. L..
Fulkcrson, Ceralvo.
Court begins second Mondays in May and
November, and continues three weeks each
term.
CRIMINAL COURT.
Hon. ]. A. Murray, Judge, Cloverport.
Hon. Joseph Haycraft, Attorney, Owensboro.
r.. l.. Sullenger, Jailer, Hartford
Court begins ON fourth Mondays In March
aud September, continuing two weeks each
term.
X COUNTY COURT.
Ben. Newton, Judge, Hartford. .L
Capt. Sam. X. Cox, Clerk, Hartford.
J. Z. Sanderfur, Attorney, Hartford.
Court begins ON the first Monday in every
month.
QUARTERLY COURT.
Begins on the third Mondays In January,
April, July aud October.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
Begins on the first Mondays I'm Jannary
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.


Arnistead Jones, Assessor, Hartford.
Col. W. II. Porter, surveyor, Cromwell.
A. B. baird, school tomnnissioner Hartford.
POLICE COURTS.
Hartfori-W. II. Cuaniins, Juige, second
Mondays in January, April, July and October.
X. &. Hariwick, Marshal.
Beaver Dam-J. p. Cooper, Judge, first
SATURDAY. in January, April, July and October.
W. II. Biankeuship, Marshal.
CromweIl-P. W. Gilstrap, Judge, second
saturday Ia January, April, July ana oc'o-
her. W. 4. Tilford, Marshal- a a-e r
ceralvo-Henry Tinsiey, Judge, second sat
urday In January, April, July and october.
Vacant, Marshal.
Hamilton-wm. Hamilton, Sr., Judge, post
Office address, McHenry, Courts held third
Satur.lay in January, April, July and october.
VIM. Hamilton, Jr., Marshal, post-oihce ad-
dress, McHenry.
Rockport-H. %. Roby, Judge, Dan; Tiche-
nor, Marshal; courts held ,nl,a n,r Meu"eS"as
- Rosine-R. II. Wedding, Judge, V. h. Rains
Marshal. Courts held first saturday In Janu-
AIRY, April, July and October err- trert.r
JUSTICES COURTS. 1 } g
,' E;n;w,,nsrs'Janet H,Ss,s = sept, 3 U Dec
2 TsISpssK TssIISs: saes 2 i L Is De- X
HARTFORD.
j. j. = = ssess' sss" ~ 'r"s II II FPS e
RocKpoRr.
w. l.. Rowe, June 3 sept "a Dec. "a
A. y. Brown, u ~ ~
VIM Cannon. June Id ! Sept Is Dec. Is
l. d. Miller Is Z" IL IL
CROMWELL.
+. o. Porter, June ~ Sept. - Dec. %
Melvin Taylor" q 20 ~
CONSTABLEs. -
George Bradfield. Post-office
address, For3sVff1e. -
Buford-Thos. 3, Taylor.
Hartford-J p. Stevens. Post-office Beaver
Dam.
Rockport-T. X. Bishop. Post-office Center
town.
RoSine-W. W. Ezell. Post-office, Rosine.
CROMWELL. w. Daniel. Post-ofiice Crom-
we'll
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
..ersx nEErssGs..
: posr-oFFIcE BULLETIN.

The Eastern mail leaves Mt % p. NJ, and
arrives al I'm
The Western mail leaves mt 80 A. n. and
arrives AT r. ".
Sulphur Springs, Fordsville, Haynesville
Liona and Pellville leaves Hartford every
"Wednesday al $50 A. n, aud arrives Thursday
ats NJ. Leaves Hartford every Thursday
at q y. NJ, and arrives Saturday at y. N.
The owensboro mail, via Beda, Buford
Pleasant Ridge and Masonville leaves ON
Tuesday and Friday st7 A. NJ, and arrives
Monday and Thursday a. 6P. H.. a ~
The Ceilferfown mail srrives u 10 a. ~, and
departs at II A. NJ. "Wednesday.
II. ROWE, Postmaster.
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHURCH DfRECTOKY.
Baptist-Services first sunday and sunday
might in every month and Saturday night
preceding-W. =. Bennett, Pastor.
NJ. r.. Church South Services fhird Sunday
and sunday night and fourth Sunday night
in each month-Rev. J. = Mcdaniel. Pastor.
The Hartford herald., 1880-01-07
LITcHrIELD, KY, Dec. 30.

Editor Herald
The wedding boom cOntinueth: Al
the residence of DIR. Wood, III Lltch-
field, December 80, 1879, by Rev. Is: r.
Orr, George Stone, Esqr., to Miss Mat
tea. Basham, all of Litclfield. The
wedding was a, very creditable affair.
The sbeautifill bride was faultlessly at
tired in wine cOlored silk and jewelry,
while the groom appeared in one OF
Gosnelps best fits Of black cloth and
brown kids. The ceremony was brief,
but very appropriate, being taken from
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-08-13
ORDINANCE NO. S.

| AN ACT providing for a special
election to be held in the town of
Bastrop for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether or not the pro-
perty tax payers of the town of
Bastrop are willing to submit to
a special tax in aid of a railroad
to be constructed from Monroe,
La, to Bastrop, La, and thence
to some poiut near the Arkansas
line.
Section !. Be it enacted by the
Mayor and Councilmen of the town
of Bastrop that in obedience to the
| request of one-third of the property
tax payers Of the town of Bastrop,
| as set forth in their petition adj
dressed to the Mayor and council
| men of the town of Bastrop, an
election is hereby ordered to take
place at the court house, in the
town of Bastrop, in accordance
with the laws of this State, and af-
ter the advertisement of the same
has been given as required by Act
No. "a of the General Assembly of
the State Of Louisiana, approved
April 10, 1880, for the purpose of
taking the sense of the duly quail
fed electors, residents of the cor
poration of Bastrop upon the ques-
ton as to whether or not they are
willing to pay special tax Of five
mills on the dollar of the cash val
uation of all property, real and per-
sonal, situated within the town of
Bastrop, and upon which the State
levies a tax, for the purpose of aid
ing in the construction of q railroad
to be built from Monroe, La, via
Bastrop, La, to some point on the
Louisiana and Arkansas line, said
tax to be paid annually for period
of time not exceeding ten years,
and said election is hereby ordered
to be held in all respects according
to existing laws of the State.
Section 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That Immediately after the
passage of this act it shall be the
duty Of the Mayor Of said town Of
Bastrop to issue his proclamation
ordering an election for the pur-
poses mentioned in section l of this
act, and notice of said election shall
be given by public advertisement
for thirty days in the Morehouse
Clarion, a public newspaper printed
and published in the town of Bas- |
trop, at which election none but |
duly qualified electors shall vote, |
the qualification of the. electors to |
be determined under the constitu- |
ton and laws of this State.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, i.
etc., That at said election there
shall be written Or printed on each
ballot the words ''For the Proposed t
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-08-13
some moving slowly out OF The

some moving slowly out OF the
fog-some drifting into it-some
skirting the shores On which
stand fearful friends to wave
farwells-others being carried by
unseen currents afar to sea. It
is an ocean without a harbor Of
refuge. Once a wreck upon its
bosom and there is no landing.
Day and night, for weeks and
months and years, the dismasted
and dismantled hulks weave in
and out of the fog-in and out Of
the sunlight-whirl slowly about
in the eddies-catch on the
shoals and go driving further out
upon the troubled waters. Storm
and rust and time arc SLIGHTLY at
work, and one by one, RS the
years creep on, old wrecks sink
silently into the sea and are
heard OF no moro forever.
When men die we forget that
they were like those who still
live on. We forget all Chat was
bad in them and remember ali
that was good. We know that
they are dead, and the busy
world closes up the gap and
marches along. But when men
sail out upon life's ocean to be-
come wrecks-to be dead in all
but name-to drift in the dark
ness without chart or beacon
to feel the shores going further
and further away from them,
there is something SO pitiful that
eyes ill with tears and hearts
grow tender. They are not dead,
yet their faces are never seen
upon the streets. They have no
tombstones, yet men 1ead their
epitaphs and forget them, In a
battered hulk drifts q skeleton
crew-drifting, driving, swirling,
plunging, and there is no help.
The end is a darker night,
stronger gale, and CRY of de-
spair as the waters close over al
and roll on as before.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-08-13
Proclamation.

Whereas, under Acts No. "a and 40
of the General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana of 1880, one third of the pro
perty tax payers of the town of Bastrop
have petitioned the municipal authori-
ties of said town to levy special tax of
five mills on the dollar per annum on the
taxable property of said town, said tax
to be levied and collected for period of
time not to exceed ten years and and fer
the purpose of aiding in the construc-
ton of IA lroad to be built from Mon
roe. La, via Bastrop, Louisiana, to some
PORT on the Louisiana and Arkansas
Line, to be levied and collected annually
and
Whereas, one-third of the property
taxpayers of said town have petitioned
Tor certain amendments to the present
charter OF said town, said amendments
being fully and specifically set forth in
ordinance No. of the town of Bastrop,
adopted 9th day of July, 1880, and hay
ing been published in the "Morehouse
Clarion newspaper published in said
town, and whereas the Council of the
town of Bastrop adopted ordinances No.
3 and +, ordering special election to be
held in the town of Bastrop (the court
house in said town being fixed as the
polling places) on the 18th day of Au-
gust, 1880, for the purpose of taking the
sense Of the duly qualified electors of
said town upon the question as to
whether they are willing to pay said pro-
posed tax, and upon the question as to
whether they are willing, to adopt the
proposed amendments to the present
charter of the town of Bastrop, contain
cd in said ordinance No. 6.
Now, therefore, l, Samuel H. Stiyers,
Mayor OF the town of Bastrop, do here
by proclaim to the people of said town
that there shall be held in said town on
the 18th day Of August A. D. 1880, a
special election for the purpose of sub
hitting to. and ascertaining the sense Of
the qualified electors on the question as
to whether or not they are willing to pay
said proposed tax of 5 mills on the dol
lar per AMMAN on the taxable property
of said town for period NOT to exceed
ten years for the purpose above men
toned and on the question as to wheth-
er they are willing to the amendments
to the Charter proposed in ordinance
No of the town of Bastrop, which said
ordinance containing said proposed
amendments has been published in the
Morehouse Clarion, a newspaper pub
lished in the town of Bastrop.
do hereby further proclaim that the fol-
lowing place TO: said election shall be
the court house in the town of Bastrop;
that the polls shall be opened from q.
N. to 5 p, m. on said designated day,
and that said election shall be held in ali !
according to law.
S. Ii. STIVERS, Mayor.