The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-17
NO. 80

Eugene biy, OF the LOUISVILLE Legloni Ma
iors Roger Williams and Vertner Johnson,
of Lexington and Senator Mckee, who is
also Colonel of the Kentucky State Guard,
held n conference in Frankfort Wednesday
to consider some proposed amendments to
the military law. As q result of the confer
encc, bill was drafted and it will be pre-.
sented soon TO the Lcgis ature. IL proposce
to establish q per capita tax of twenty-five
cents on each male over thirteen years OF
age for the purpose of raisinga fund for the
support of the State Guard. This will give
about $4,000 annually, which, with the
allowance of the United States Government
of equipments equal in value to 81 goo, will
place the guard on q comfortable footing.
Another amendment proposes to restrict
military affairs to the State Guard, This NJ
in accordance with the suggestion of the
Governor in his message to the Legislature
Lexington Press, Feb. ..
The contractors of all the railroads in
Kentucky and the South, are making their
arrangements TO begin the work Of complct-
ing the projecting lines, or making surveys
promises one of the most prosperous years
of railroad building ever known in the South.
On the Louisville Southern, the Maysvillc
and Big Sandy, the Pineville extension Ct
the l.. & n. the Ohio Valley road, the l.. and
st, l.. and T., the activity has already begun,
and fair weather is all that is wanted to
make boom of railroad building. On the
'Hoberland Gap road, large forces of men
g., a,raaAv at work, and the task of making
tu,inmenac tnnuel has begun,
People Of tho nri Ehh'rhood of Siglers
Lanulug, ,u.,br Niss,s'gPi R.rr are eXer
cised in f,g,'d &, fires vs.. Paw .t'o
burning beneath III, su-t.. .tr. uso ga.
forest fires of last fall 10. ,.y., zen
stantly issuing from c'evices D. no attth
and not even the recent heavy snow lat
sleet and rains seem TO have any effect on il,
1t is thought there is bed Of coal beneath
the surface which caught during the free
alluded to.
Those who believed that Congress
would be obliged to do something with the
tariff and revenue questions, and that there
was no way to resist the public demand fcr
action, are relaxing in their opinions, and
many of them have turned to the belief that
nothing will be done. Ten weeks have
elapsed since the assembling of Congress,
and not n step has been taken that 10 visible
to the naked eye.
Dr. j. NJ. Bradley, a leading physician
of South Pittsburgh, Tenn, left home re
Gently with large amount OF money on his
person, TO go a short distance in the country
on professional visit. Search has been in.
stituted for him, hut he can not be found.
his money and his body hidden
Mrs Mamie Clark, living near Hop
kinsyille, on Friday went cut to ring the
big farm bell TO call the men to dinner,
when its fastening gave way and it fell upon
her, knocking her down and cutting fear
ful cash in her head She received othc,
serious injuries, and her recovery is doubt
full.
The application for q writ of error
before the United States Supreme Court BY
John j. Cornelison, in The Mt Sterling Jail,
has been denied, This was his last resort,and
he will now have to serve his sentence out.
1t looks like he is prosecuted man.
Lexington (Ky) saloon keepers, some
800 strong, propose to boycott the farmers
of Fayette County, because the Grand jury
last November found so many indictments
against them, while. as they claim, other
and more serious evils were unnoticed.
A new counterfeit fye-dollar silver
certificate has been put in circulation The
bill is about three.sixteenths Of an inch toe
short and there are no distinctive lines in
the paper. The general appearance is good
and calculated to deceive.
George b. Higgins, a wealthy young
man, Of Lexington, Ky, who recently Jeff
for parts unknown, and whose young vito il
seeking divorce, has written letter entire.
ly generating his wife from all blame in
the matter.
In the United States District Court a.
Louisville, Judge Barr granted the writ OF
habeas corpus for the HatGolds now confined
in the Pike County Jail, nnd the case will
be heard in Louisville.
Philip Evans, OF Frankfort, while hand.
ling revolver, accidentally discharged ths
weapon, shooting Thomas Newman, aged
fifteen years. The lad was shot through the
heart
The Legislative Committee TO invest.
gate aiiairs in Rowan County. find the gross.
est ne elect of official duliea md viii r.ao,,,