The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-06-02

| LITCHFIELD, KY, May ~ lSsl.
Editor Herald:
dry, hot and dusty.
We are needing rain very badly, gar
dens are suffering severely, the cat crol
will he ruined without rain very soon.
Wheat is not badly injured, early wheat
not hurt at all, though the wheat sown
late will he materially injured without
rain soon.
There will probably he onc-lourth
crop of peaches in this county.
Strawberries are beginning To come
into market.
Criminal Court is i'm session this week,
not very large docket. Mai. Hay
craft il not at court this week, but i'm
his place Mr.. Larue, of Elizabethtown,
is representing the Commonwealth.
A good many people Were i'm town
Monday, and with little exception were
very quiet and peaceable, though that
little exception, and | mean little i'm
point of the number of men engaged
in il, for the crime was very dark and
atrocious, and all the result of the prac-
tice of some one, in Il clandestine way,
selling liquor contrary tn law, and who
that somebody is, whether moonshiner
or druggist, selling "medical whisky
for purposes, }" this deponent saith not,
but hope somebody will say before the
Grand Jury who it was; anyway, "A
company of young men procured some
whisky and Il pack of cards and went
out in the suburbs, in "A field and under
Il walnut tree, We're taking II game of
cards, when an alteration occurred he
tween two young men, named respe,.-
lively, Robert and William Mcclure,
in which Robert inflicted "a very serious
wound with knife, upon William.
When this was done, the company I'M
mediateiy dispersed, fearing, ] suppose,
To lie found on the ground. a lame fell
low, whose name | did not learn, hob
bled to town and told what was done.
y company of men ran out there and
found the wounded man bleeding pro-
fusely, and suffering terribly from
fright and pain he was brought to
town. DIR. Duvall dressed the wound.
Ii is a frightful cash on the side, and
came near being a fatal wound. Robert
Mcclure absconded Immediately after
his frightful deed, but on learning the
character of the wound, that it would
not likely prove fatal, came i'm ON Mon
day night, and surrendered himself to
the authorities. He has given bond,
and is at liberty. The two young men
are cousins, and Were friends until the
fatal hour, when whisky maddenel
their brains. The wounded man is
doing well, and will he out again soon.
The usual haranguing of candidates
was heard on Monday. Charlie Me-
Call withdrew from the race for Circuit
Clerk, leaving only Messrs. Cubbage
and Gosnell on the track. Mr.. Ed.
Thomas has not finally announced him
self vet, but says he will be a candi-
date if his health will admit of it. Ed.
will he hard to beat.
Rev. ]. B. COttrell, ID. d., of Bowling
Green, KY, delivered a lecture at the
Methodist church in this place, on ain
gersollism." The lecture was very in
teresting one, strong in argument, beau
tiful in language, and sparkling with
occasional flashes of wit. The lecturer
held his audience rapt with attention
and admiration for an hour and a-half.
The Doctor does not come with any
flourish of trumpets, nor does he in
dulge i'm any invective, sarcasm or ridi-
cule, and his wit is more at the expense