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Voorhees, as u RefOrmer.

Last week Senator Voorhees, intro
duced a resolution in the United States
Senate providing for AN amendment to
the constitution to the effect that all
postmasters, internal revenue collectors,
judges, marshals, United States district
attorneys, etc, shall be elected 10y the
people of the States in which their
duties are to he performed, and m such
manner rs the various Legislatures
shall provide. This at first blush would
seem to I've "A step in the direction of
civil service reform, but the most casual
observer would Immediately note that
it does not 90 far enough, in fact, does
not reach anywhere, and it is impossi'
BILE to make such narrow cloth cover
so much nakedncss rs exists in the shape
Of frauds and corruption in the govern
mental machinery Ofthe nation. Reform
is not specially needed in this direc-
ton, rs instances of official delinquency
in the postoilice and on the judicial
bench are quite rare, while those attor-
news, internal revenue collectors and
marshals are little if any more frequent.
Ii is only in the fat offices in and around
Washington which would still be left
to be filled by appointment that the
mass Of corruption has always been
found and always will he found until
there is some change in the mode of
filling them, and this change is prccise-
~ what the Indiana Senators resolu-
ton would not make.
Already do we have too many elec-
tons and too many candidates to elect
and we do not see that II is right to
force an additional burden on the people
that the local government offices might
he more honestly administered, when
really nobody is finding fault with the
administration of such offices. True,
if they were corrupt and needed
publication, aud the work could
be accomplished in no other
way, we would he willing to have
the States elect the officers, although
it would subject Us to great additional
burden, for in politics as in personal
and domestic affairs cleanliness is next
to godliness.
According to our view Of the ease,
Senator Voorhees, had one Of two ends
in view, for 1t is not plain to us how IA
man of his distinguished ability could
be so devoid of perception as to think
that his measure would accomplish
any great or lasting good. Either his
aim was to become entered Of record a.
civil service rcfOrmer without hurt
ing or alarming the Republicans, whose
favor he seems to have been counting
for some time past, or he has very
narrow and selfish partisan purposes to
accomplish. He well knows that the
Republican party would care but little
for the changes he suggests, and that he
would not incur their enmity if the
changes were made. The partisan ends
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10 the Democracy Of ohio County,:
FELLOW. CITIZENS - Owing to my
present business relations, ! resort to
this method of presenting myselfto the
public as candidate for the office of
Assessor of Ohio county.
There being Il probability of an early
convention of the Democratic party to
which shall submit my name for NOM
ination as candidate for the afOre-
said office deem this fitting manner
Of placing my name before you, that
you, IN your wisdom, may have ample
opportunity of determining whether or
not | POSSESSES the qualifications neces-
sary to make an efficient public servant.
1t has ever been my object in all my
dealings with the public to merit by my
attention to every trust c0nfided in me
the appreciation of all.
shall, If possible, approach my fell
ow.citizens personally before the con-
vention, in the meantime, ] bespeak a
kindly consideration Of my claims by
each member Of the party.
Respectfully,
If MARION STATELER.
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which he can have IN view are these
and We leave our readers to Judge ~ tn
whether he j. actuale,l 10y them. He
knows that under the present system
none Of his political or personal friends
can ever obtain official preferment, and
he thinks that in sections where the
Democrats are in the aScendancy, II his
plan should succeed the Democrats
would without doubt ill the offices now
held by appointed Republicans. This
would be some RELIEF To an oilice-crav-
ing demaguguery, but il is too near an
approach a. Guiteauism Ia SUIT the
tastes impaired To us 10y the aesthetic
culture we have received in the school
of Jeiitrsonian Democracy. II we can't
get the offices fairly, there is no good
sense in wanting them, and especially
the offices when we should he enabled
to capture toy the success of the meas
ure advoc ,trd hy the Tall SycIm ~. Of
the Wabash. \ va.tl9 better plan i
that OF ,'iiIp' iti.e examinations al
applicants f,r GbFrrnnent offices This
would diiribu'e the offices equally
between the parties, and would I've :,
p, ri-rt triumph for civil service reform,
~ upon the slightest crookedness an in
ve'lig 'tion would follow, and investi-
cations would then mean something.
Senator Worthless will have to strike
something stronger before he creates
the impression with thinking people
that he is Il civil service refOrmer who
deserves recognition as such.
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Court Notes.

Since our last issur the principal part
of the business of Count has been in
civil eases.
The trial of Harris for the murder of
Brown resulted in his acquiital.
The indictment against John Nave
for perjury, mention of which was made
last week, was dismissed by the Conn
monwealth's Attorney, who, after in
vestigaiion and talk with the wit
nesses, was satisfied there was nothing
20 substantiate the charge. Mr.. Nave
was anxious for trial and regrets that
he did not get it and thus have an ac-
quttal from jury OF his countymen.
Our predictions were correct. We said
last week there was nothing in it, and
the Court came to the same conclusion.
The jury in the case of Tinsley
against Rice failed to agree, and were
discharged yesterday. This makes the
third hung jury in this ease
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The Kentucky Legislature has done
a thing that we hope it will he made to
regret for years to come. We speak Of
the trip Of that body at the public eX-
pense to the Atlanta Cotton Exposition.
The average legislator seems to leave
his conscience and all his conscientious
scruples at home when he goes to Frank
fort, and seems to think of nothing but
pleasure, and to leave the business
which he was sent there to transact to
take care Of itself. In their canvass
we doubt not that all the candidates In
the State preached economy, but where
now is their theory, when they have
gone Off on a Jaunt which costs the
State no less than $4,000 in clear cash?
The people should administer a rebuke
that they will not soon forget, and one
that would cause them to remember
that they are the servants and not the
masters Of the people.
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A Merry Christmas.

Christmas, the season when, If ever
we are reminded of the angelic procla-
nation Of "Peace on earth and good
will to men," and when, If ever, we are
constrained to carry out the injunction
embodied IN the words, and to establish
within the domain of our individual
hearts an era Of universal good
feeling 10 mankind in general and dear
friends in particular - the time
of all others for feasting and
jollity and merriment and gift-making
and for every species Of happiness and
enjoyment suggested by the overflow
ing Of the popular hearts at hand. To
the Christian the day is fraught with
thoughts and memories of all that in
heaven is dear to him; and If there is
day in the whole three hundred and
sixty-five in which he should surrender
himself to happiness and on which he
should resolve to set his dial of life to
correspond with the sun of righteous
ness which rose this day one thousand
eight hundred and elghty-one years
ago, never to set save in the glory ct
heaven and then to rise again with
splendor unimaginable, this certainly
IL that day.
To the skeptic the day is no more
sacred than any other, for TO him no
,lay is sacred, but cheerfulness is infec-
tious and the skeptic does not live who
in spite of himself is not happier for
having viewed the dawning Of twenty
nfth of December, although to him it
he nothing but plain, cold December
18th, 1851.
To the little fOlks-ah here is where
Christmas is all that blissful season
could be. Visions of dolls and drums
and candies and joys innumerable
occupy the infantie mind for days and
even weeks before the happy day. Who
can tell aught of tie ecstasy which fills
the yOungster as he contemplates his
tin horse hitched to painted carriage,
more gaudy than was ever that OF an
emperor? No emperor ever appre-
cisted a throne 80 highly as does the
little fellow the seat occupied not by
himself but by his diminutive tin
driver with red jacket. Oh, We grown
up children, think not lightly of these
pleasures of babyhood. Although they
can be made happy 10y the expenditure
Of u few cents, and you possibly could
not by thousands, think not that their
happiness is smaller matter than
yours. st. Nicholas, Kris Kringle,
Santa Claus, and millions of loving
mammas have for centuries cOnspired
TO the end of making the little ones
happy at Christmas-tide and should
you, lord of creation though you he,
consider il beneath your station to join
in the general labor of love? Make
the little ones happy. In after years
their hearts, grown old perhaps, will
have need of all the sunshine they can
get, and a large portion of it must
necessarily he drawn from memory.
What, then, can be a better source
from which to obtain it than the recol-
lection of Il merry, happy Christmas ?
Yes, to our readers, one and all, we
wish a merry, merry Christmas, and as
we shall not greet them more until
after the funeral of the old year, we
know of nothing better or more appro-
pirate than to wish to all and sundry
of them in advance "A
HAPPY New YEAR.
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WANTED.
MARION STATELER

All parties indebted to me, either by
note or account will please call and set
tie same by LIST day of January next and
save cost, as same will he listed for col
lection after the above date.
:. +. Howey is authorized and will
take pleasure in receiving aud receipt
ing any note or account due me.
522t j. w. FORD.
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fstray Notice.

Taken up as estray by Geo. w. CAL
vert, living near SmallhOus, on Green
river, in Ohio county, on the 9th day of
December, 1881, one bay mare, aged
about twelve years, about fourteen and
one-half hands high, with small white
spot in forehead, but having no brands
or other marks and which ! have APP
praised at thirty dollars.
Witness my hand this December II,
1881. w. l.. Rowe,
75l It j. =. q. &.
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As | have just returned from weeks
visit to Hartford, which was made 81
very pleasant by the kindness and
sociability of the good people of that
little city, feel il my duty to recon-
mend them Though feeble compensa-
tom To those who may be thrown in
their midst, either in II business capacity
or rs pleasure seekers, and especially
would tender thanks 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Ford.
Hartford is Il flourishlng little town,
supporting a school not to be excelled
in the State.
\ large building is in course Of con-
struction, which when completed will
he the largest dry-goods house in the
place. With populace of kind and
energetic citizens, Hartford will stand
as one of the leading towns of the
Green River country. When you are
worried in the dull monOtony of home
affairs, take little run to Hartford by
way of recreation; you will never regret
It..
Again thanking the people for kind
ness shown me, and respect manifested
for my brother whom you call Ham in
your paper who is making his home
there for the present, ! am, very res
pecifully, LIZZiE HowEY.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1881-12-21

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A Special Term of the ohio CrcuiI
Court Called.

Judge Little has called a special term
of the Ohio Circuit Court, to be held in
February, 1882, to try William II. and
Wallace Edison, Of this town, for
murder. The general opinion is that
they are guilty, and their conviction Is
sure, for all those who have ever dealt
in their grocery, or do so before the
trial, will he willing witnesses that they
hay. murdered "Old High Prices"
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Horton Hash.

ELLEN BENNETr.

EiiaOr HsruhE
The stave factory is closing up its
work for the holidays, and the men and
employees are going home to their fam
lilies and friends, rs manyOf them live at
a distance.
Saturday, the 10Th inst, was pay day
and great deal of money was paid out
rs the company are prompt payers.
/ see a notice in your last issue that
the Rev. Joe Ellis of Whitesville, has
IA maidstone. w. T.. Townsend has one
also, the efficacy of which has been at
tested in two eases of snake venom with
satisfaction. II was the property of the
late /. &. Sutton.
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Communicated.
BEpA, Ky, Dec. ~. ISL.

BEDA, nv, Dec. -, TNNI.
Eiitor H,rdld;
The ladies of Beulah congregation Of
the G.. =. Church propose to erect q
Christmas cross in the church on New
Years eve. They will also have a con-
tribution box for the reception of gifts
for home and foreign missions, or any
other benevolent purpose the donor may
designate. They will also accept pro-
duce or anything having market value.
They wish the name of every donor To
accompany the gift. Everybody is In
vted and expected to attend. Come
early and stay till the New Year comes
i'm. Revs. West and Dempsy will de-
liver a lecture on missions on New
Year night.
ELLEN BENNETT.
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Splendid Holiday OTer.

We will furnish ITido AUoic, the
hest boys and girls magazine in Amer.
lea, price 81 80 per year, and the HER
AID for 81 80, or the Wide A,cdke alone
to paid.up subscribers for - 90. Young
folks, ask your parents To get lVhi'
AWdke for you.
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CHRISTMAS

Is coming, so don't
fail to call at the RED
FRONT for substantials
such as
Tea Cakes, Cheese,
crackers,
Pigs Feet (pickled),
Dat Meal,
cracked Wheat,
Schepp's COcOanut,
Corn Starch,
chocolate,
Sweet Potatoes,
Irish Potatoes,
Onions, Beans,l
HOminy, Sugars,
COffees, Syrups,
chickens, Turkeys,
Eggs Butter, and any
thing else your heart
could wish.
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ANDERsON's BAZAAR occupied five col
umns in the Hartford HERALD of We'd
nesday. Mr.. Anderson, proprietor Of
the Bazaar, is one of the best business
men IN the Green River country, and
il "a strong advocate of printers ink
Litch6eld IStInbe0m.
Which latter is and has been the key
To his SUCCESS as merchant.
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Notice.

All parties knowing themselves in
debted to us are earnestly requested to
call before the first of January and pay
their accounts. We want to commence
the new year with clean books. Respect
fully, w u. WILLIAMS Il Son,
Red Front.
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WE have decided to give our readers,
our workmen and ourselves II rest for
the rest of this year, and consequently
the HERALD will not he issued next
week. In the interim we shall over
haul the office and perfect our plans and
arrangements for the new year. so that
We may he enabled to make a better
paper than ever before. Goodbye, till
January 4th, 1882.
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MIR. l.. w. COLEMAN has sold the
Henderson RepOrterto Judge simmons,
of Mississippi. We regret to lose
brother Coleman, and hope he has not
forever abandoned journalism.
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ACOUNTRY editors Christmas dinner,
IL eaten at home, consists of the bread
of unpaid subscriptions, the meat Of
delinquent advertising accounts, sea-
soned with the salt of past-due paper
bills, and the whole washed down with
the water of melancholy recollections.
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T Mr.. II. b. Thomson is building II neat
cottage house and will soon have il
completed.
The railroad company has heen re-
pairing the switch.
Uncle Cleo. Thomson ,colOredI has
charge Of the new water tank.
Mr.. \. l.. Rowe was la town Satur-
day looking after slaves.
w. f. r.
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ELLIS Precinct, Dee IL, 1851.
We, the undersigned Democratic
voters of Ellis Precinct, Ohio county,
Ky, respectfully solicit Capt. w. T.
Ellis, of OwensbOro, To become a candi-
date for Congress knowing him to hr
worthy of the support of all Democrats:
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FREDERICK II. FREHNGHUYsEN has
been appointed and confirmed to sue
ceed Blaine as Secretary of State.
Chauncey !. Filley is ahead for Post
master General.
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Notice.

All persons indebted To me in any
way will please come up and settle be-
fore the first day Of January, lSS2. This
means yOU. a..
l.. +. WoERNER.
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Marriage Licenses.

But two marriage licenses have been
issued since our last report:
q. w. Calvert and Jennie Bilbro.
4. NJ. Dexter and Antha Chinn.
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THE Danville Tribune, the chipmunk
of Kentucky journalism, has eschewed
all newspaper quarrels.
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Markets.

Reported by G. II. Gregory x Co.
Live Stock Commission Merchants
Louisville, for the week ending Dee.
Il, ISL:
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QUOTATIONS..

Cattle receipts for the week liberal (;
market fair for the best butcher cattle ;
common are dull; Hog receipts light,
packing season over, market dull; sheep
receipts light and market stronger,
prospects better for good.
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service. His ears have cost the govern
ment more than dozen such negroes
were ever worth in the palmiest days
of slavery.
In i now thought that no change
will he made in the Office Of Collector
of Internal Revenue for this district at
the present. We understand that efforts
are being made to that end, hut they
will not likely succeed.
The Guiteau trial has been declared
ION" on account of the sickness of the
wife of one of the jurors. The
only effect the absence of the jury
man from Court will have will be to
cause a delay in the trial, his absence
having been agreed TO 10y both parties.
THE leading article in the Nrh
american Rcric,U for January contains
the judgments Of five of the most dis
tinguished American authorities upon
"The Moral Responsibility of the In
sane Just ut present this subject Occu
pies very prominent place in the
minds of the American people; but
quite apart from its momentary inter
est, as connected with the eXtraOrdinaTy
trial now in progress in Washington,
the problem of determining the fact of
insanity is one that in itself Possesses
an irresistible attraction for every
generous mind. The wreck and ruin
Of intellect appeals at once to our high
est sympathies, and to whatever il
nOblest in human curiosity. The authors
selected for the discussion of this subject
are Drs. Beard and Seguin, Of New
York, DIR. Elwell, Of Cleveland, DIR,
Jewell, of Chicago, and DIR. Folsom, Of
Boston. The other articles in the
January number of the ReHcW are as
follows: "The New Political Machine"
by VIM. Martin Dickson; "Shall
Women Practice Medicine" by DR..
Mary Putnam JacobI "The Geneva
Award and the Insurance Companies"
by q. b. Cole; and "a Chapter Of Con-
federate History by +. q. Ruiiin. The
announcement is made that the Feb
ruary number of the RcriOr, to be
issued January 18th, will contain Part
III of the christian Religion" series
of articles, and that it is to be very
a BILE defense of the Christian faith.
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HAPPY New YEAR.

A nOn-ea man is the usual work Of
the grand jury.
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I,CADET WHITAKER will, at a very
early day, be bounced from the military
service. His ears have cost the govern
ment more than dozen such negroes
were ever worth in the palmiest days
Of slavery.
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cat.

l.. +. WoERNER.
The daily gazette., 1881-12-16
A Busy Yard.

The ship yard of the Harlan & Hol-
lingsworth Company presents busy
scene at present. The new Philadel.
phia ferry boat, launched few weeks
ago, 10 nearly completed, as many men
being put to work upon her az can
conveniently be accommodated. Hei
engines are being put in, and thi,
msrning the big smoke stack wss set.
The two other Philadelphia ferry
boats, on the east ways, are being
rushed forward rapidly, as is also the
New York ferry boat, further up the
yard. 1t is desired to get these boats
In the water as rapidly as possible, ia
order to make room for the large new
Morgan steamship recently contracted
for.
The ferry boat Dauntless, of Phila-
delphia, is at the yard, receiving
thorough repairs.