The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1888-02-10
kentucky Legislature-Sen.

ate-Mr. Pieratt offered the following bills
which were passed Defining the boundary
line between the counties of Morgan and
Magohin; amending acts providing for work
ing persons committed to the custody of the
jailers of Pike, Letcher, Martin, Knott,
Floyd, Johnson, Elliott and Carter counties;
changing the time of holding the Quarterly
Court of Lee county-....The House Satur.
day passed bill providing for the arrest
and confinement in the workhouSe, hospital
or alms.house, of all vagrants, and il defines
these to be all persons found without visible
means of support, or those who fail, through
drunkenness to provide for their families
An act changing the name OF the county
seat of Elliott county from Martinsburg to
Sandy Hook, was also passed. Sixty bills OF
a local nature went through with whoop.
......Gov. Buckner vetoed the bill incorpora.
ting the Rugby Railroad and Mining Co.,
because the company was allowed five years
to commence construction and ten years to
complete the road. He thought II might
prevent other companies from operating
who might wish TO build in the meantime.
......ln the Senate but little business was
done on Saturday, 1t was just after the
Lexington frolic, and that body adjourned
early in the dav
In an interview in regard to
the Equalization Board recently, Auditor
Hewitt said "Anyonc who will take the
Auditors report for any year, care no,
what year--and carefully compare the aver
age values as shown therein MS between
counties, both on realty and personally, viii
be able to see ut once very great Irregular
ties, often in counties along side of each
other. A year or two ago the cattle of Hen
dcrSon county were assessed at an average
valuation 1854 per head while those OF
Hopkins, lying alongside were assessed a.
an average value Of $l.54 per head. Mules
in Whitley county were assessed at mn aver
age value of S61 per head, and those in
Woodford at $Jl per head. Bath county
was assessed at an average Of $l015 per
acre, and Montgomery, lying alongside, ~
$3.50. Mason county was assessed Mt an
average of 63l.42 per acre, and Madison at
4l7S7. Certainly there was need of equal
zation there there was not u fair dstribu-
ton of taxation between these counties.
And so might multiply instances almost
without end 1t is absolutely necessary to
have some kind Of supervision for the whole
$ ate Assessors will natura ly differ in
their standards"
A W ashington special to the
Courier-Journal, Friday, says Here is big
4 I e.,
tee on War Claims has unanimously report.
ed in favor of Congressman Montgomery
bill to pay Kentucky the interest on the
money she expended for the equipment OF
troops during the war. II the bill passes,
and this sort Of n report will certainly give
it great send of, it will bring a round half
million dollars to the State treasury and
wipe out the existing debt. Congressman
Stone, of Kentucky, chairman Of the Com.
mittee on War Claims deserves much credit
for pushing the measure to such an advan.
tageous report. lie will report the bill 20
the House tomorrow, or Monday, and guide
it among the Solons. If this bill passes IL
will be a tall feather in the cap OF the new
member, Judge Montgomery of Hardin
county.
q Wonder how much of this "pick mp"
will come TO the mountains? 1t could be
best expended in turnpiking our mountain
and if put to such use it
would rebound to the benefit of the entire
State. Let the Legislature consider the mat.
ter Mt once.
Hubbard Harrell, a colored
boy, was made drunk by party of turpen.
tine hands, near Longvew, Ga, on Friday
aud going 20 the home Of his brother james
Pope, killed three children. Filling large
kettle, used for scslding hogs, with boiling
water, Harrell commenced his horrible
work by inducing one of the children TO en-.
iirely undress, after which he suddenly
trpped the little fellow up, and landed him
In the kettle, where he was literally boiled
llive. The next child resisted, but IIar ell
relled her to the ground with an iron car.
md while she was still insensible threw her
INTO the caldron with the boiled corpse OF
lcr brother. The remaining child was the
of the trio, and picking IL up by
he ankles, Harrell was beating it's head
against tree when attracted by its cries IL
parents rushed up, and the young murderer
led The little ones skull was so badly
ractured however, that death resulted that
light. The flesh of the children in the ket.
les was literally boiled from their bodies.
4 Can any human conceive sufficient
punishment for such Gend?
Jas. Brown shot and killed