The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-07-08
STATE NEWS.

The opposition to Dir. James Tate,
candidate for the Treasury, is increasing
throughout the State.
UnIOntown was visited last week by
"A destructive fire. The loss IL estiniat-
ell at $4,000, with only $1,000 insur-
ance.
Layson, the murderer of SwoOpe, at
Curdsville, some time since, has been
captured by J. Il. Griffith, marshal OF
Owensboro.
Barbecues and picnics are the rage
everywhere over the Commonwealth,
attended by plenty Of drunkenness,
fights and murders.
An old negro woman named Mile
Finch committed suicide on Sunday OF
last week, near Fairfield, by drowning
herself in pond of water.
The Court o: Appeals has granted Gist
"A new trial. Gist was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary from Madi;
sonville for the Murder of Winstead.
Hon. /. A. Spsulding, of Onion
county, is favorably mentioned a. "a fit
candidate for the position of Speaker in
the Lower House Of the next Legis-
lature.
The trouble in the murderous noun
tain counties il about Gained down.
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dlsquIet, and force is the only thing the
hill outlaws will respect.
The third annual reunion of the
Eleventh Kentucky, assisted by other
commands, came off ut Greenyille Sat-
urday, and was a grand occasion, at
tended by over 5000 people.
VIM. Ostendoff, lunatic from Mad
isonyille, while being taken to the asy-
lum at HOpKinsville, on Monday of last
week, jumped through the car window
and was severely bruised. He was car
ried on to the asylum.
We have received the initial copy of
the Trenton Sftings, edited and pub
lished by Messrs. Edward O'Flaherty
and Robert l.. Mcclure. Mr.. O'Flaherty
il a son of Judge John O'Flaherty, of
this place. and il well known here.
We gladly place the .Syffings on our
exchange list.
The Ne,os says: whenever you hear
man in Hardin county say that there
is as much drinking going on now as
there was before the prohibition law
went into effect you can just mark him
as man who voted for whisky. These
are the only men who talk this way
and they do it for purpose"
The boiler at the distillery of Matt
tingly x Moore, at Bardstown, explod>
ed Friday morning at o'clock. Three
of the workmen were killed instantly,
and another 81 badly burned and bruis-
ell that it is thought he will die. The
killed are Charles McAtee, Charles
Spaulding and Mason Bird. The wound
ed man is Bemis Allen. All were col
Ored.
A son of Il. M. Wilcox, living four
miles north of town, killed a snake a
few days since that had legs. The legs
We're about an inch long, and were on Op-
posite sides of its body few inches from
the head. Mr.. Wilcox says he has no
idea what kind of snake it was, but
describes it as being of grayisb
brown color, about three feet long, and
did not have any fangs Muhiea6erg
Echo.
Judge Thompson, of the Louisville
Police Court, recently asked colored
lawyer to occupy the tribunal during
his temporary absence, and created a
surprise IN the courtroom. Some of the
negroes in the city were greatly pleased
at this, and agreed to hold mass meet
ing and express their approval of the
Judges action. But at the meeting,
boisterous one, the majority of the as>
sembled blacks voted to condemn
Judge Thomson, saying it was trick
to get their votes, and that they did
not expect anything from the whites,
anyhow.
Commissioner of Agriculture DAVIS,
in his last monthly report Of Kentucky
crops presents this outlook for the State:
"Without serious accident, with good
season from now on until harvest,
and with proper care and industry,
which We are sure will not be wanting,
Kentucky farmers will not be likely to
have any reason to complain Of the
outcome, so far as quantity and quality
are concerned. And as for prices, es-
pecially of that important staple, to.
bacco, which has been deemed of late
years to be the chief money crop in
many quarters, the prospect Is said
among tobacco handlers. to be brighten
ing considerably in conseque ice of the
greatly decreased acreage i'm many
Of the large tobacco growing States,
and the Increasing demand from abroad.
With good seasons, too, the prosp ect
is that the quality of the coming crop
will be superior to that Of last year,
which, according to the warehousemen,
was one of the poorest in average
quality that has been marketed for
many years. As to wheat, prices, II
obedient to the ordinary laws of cause
and effect, would seem bound to inn
prove, since it is universally conceded
that the general crop Of this continent
Is certain to be short"
New Deputies.