The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-20
In the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Of Laurel, Whitley, Knox, Bell, Harlan,
Perry and Leslie. The bill will probably
pass....,Senator Gilbert, Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, 20 which committee a
resolution had been referred iuquiring
whether Rowan county could be abolished,
reported Friday that such action could be
had without violation of the Constitution.
Ex-senator Afford has introduced bill re-
quiring the counties TO pay one half the eN-
pense of caring for their paupcr idiots. In
the House Representative Settle introduced
the same bill, and one providing that each
county shall furnish and pay for its record
ooks....Senator Picratt introduced bill
for the benefit Of Frank Preston, committee
Of Daniel Sparks, a harmless and incurable
lunatic. Com. on Claims......The Committee
on Courts of Justice in the Senate has be.
fore il an important matter which originated
in the House in joint resolution, intro.
duced by Mr.. Cook, making inquiry as to
proper fees to be charged by court officials.
Mr.. Cook made the complaint that no two
officers in Kentucky taxed litgants the
same in similar eases. When the resolution
came up in the Senate, it was debated at
considerable length, and finally referred 10
the Committee on Courts of Justice with
instructions to rcporta bill naming a SEIZED.
ue of prices to be charged. Ii will require
much time to prepare such bill, and the
work will effect every clerk, sheriff, etc, in
the State. One Of the committee is John
Mccain, who for a number Of years has
been a Justice of the Peace and consequent
" is well informed about the fee system.
His experience will hc of great value in the
preparation of the bill......The House has
passed bill which gives to the deacons of
the Methodist church in one Of the noun.
tain counties the right to meet the second
Monday in January each year and elect as
many ushers rs may be deemed necessary.
Upon these ushers shall be conferred full
police authority and it shall be their duty
to preserve order during the services and
make arrests when the peace is disturbed
The bill was sent to the Senate and referred
to the Committee on Religion and Morals
Mr.. Webb Wright, who was very appropri-
atcly placed upon this committee, was given
the bill to read. An adverse report will be
made, supplemented by statement that
the present law against disturbing worship
is not adequate to the oaense, and that the
fines now provided for such cases should at
least be doubed.....In the House Mr.. Mil
Ter introduced resolution iavoriug the
passage OF bill by Congress prohibiting
the granting of license to sell liquor by the
United States Government.
q The rccord-boob bill and the halt-pay
idiot bill are both against the interest of this
section, and our members should give them
ga black eye"
The latest intelligence from
the seat of the Ilatfeid,McCoy war is to the
effect that The Mccoy posse captured win
Hatfield and five others on their raid the
other night and landed them safe in the
Pike county Jail. one more man was kill
ed who has not been rcportcd--JcE Nickcls
The excitement in that section Of country
is intense, aad boggars description. Every
body is mp in arms, and the scenes surpass
those of the late war There is but little
sleeping done in Pibeville now, IA all is
expectancy and the citizens would not be
swoop down on them, eXJricatc their members
and burn their town, 90 say nothing Of the
people they would Kill, The Hdtfeds are
known to be well organized. Winchester
rifles are in great demand and command
good prices. Cap Hatfield was dangerously
wounded in the last encounter, but managed
to make his escape The Hatfield party has
been badly worsted in the last two engage
ments, the Mccoy party and authorities
escaping unhurt
A special to the New Orleans
Timcs-D Democrat from Matamoras, Mexico,
says: Advices from Liera, Tamaulipas,
state that Lie Pedro ouintanilla, the first
Judge Of that section, left for Victoria, Mex
leo, escorted by twenty men, and that at 3
p. M on the same day Senior Rafael Rendon,
who was a candidate for Mayor Of Licra,
was murdered at his rancho, the Mulas, by
some of the members Of the escort, lie
was surprised in his own house and shot to
death. Two Of hisseryunts were also killed,
and two others are missing
Another coolest man" has
been discovered. His name is Michael Kroo-
ger, aged ia years, aud he lives in hilwau-
keo, Wisconsin, where his birthday was cell
cbrated on Sunday by children, grand chill
dren and great grandchildren.
Z Milwaukee beer must be healthy bev-
eragc, Prohibition statistics to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
A colored ghost is now rails
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