The Hazel Green herald., 1891-06-19
STATE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.


Moore, in 1887, for robbery, was lynched
by mob early one morning last week,
being hung to tree $50 yards from the
county court house The mob secured
him by force, threatening the life of the
jailer, and only overpowered Shelby after
a fight in which he cut several of the
mob slightly. The Court of Appeals
granted Evan new trial, and the lynch.
ing was the result. He was married, had
means and was well connected.
i. N. CAMPBELL, colored, the first man
of his race ever elected magistrate in
Christian county, if not in Kentucky,
has been on trial on charge of return
ing fraudulent school list. He swore
that he had taught his colored school
l2O days, when IL was proved his wife,
who has no certificate to teach, did most
of the teaching, he drawing the pay.
He forged the name of George Massey to
the order to draw his pay, and is in a
bad fix. .
HENRY SMITH, of Livingston county,
and NJ. G. Boatright, of Hopkins county,
were arrested in Hopkinsville and taken
back to darlington to he tried on charges
of gambling. They fed from there to
avoid arrest, and were put of the train
by the conductor, at whom Smith shot
in his anger. They were arrested, and
the Marshal of Darlington notified.
Smith will also be tried for shooting at
the conductor with intent to kill.
THE Watts steel and iron syndicate of
Middlesborough intends to have on exhi.
bition at the Worlds Fair in Chicago in
1892, some bar steel made at the steel
works now under construction in that
town, the cost of which will be less per
ton than it costs to make pig iron in
Pittsburgh.
THE Maysville district conference of
the NJ. +. church South was in session at
Bethel, Bath county, last week. Forty
preachers were in attendance, and in the
absence of Bishop Hargrove, Presiding
Elder John s. Reeves presided.
THE proposition to vote tax of 20
cents on the 500 worth of property for
the purpose of paying the balance on the
public school building in Glasgow car
ried by twenty-four majority.
AT Buffalo, near Hodgeville, a disas-
trous storm swept away two saw mills
and destroyed growing crops to great
extent. The streets of Buffalo were
eighteen inches under water.
AT Harlan Court House John Hall,
who was indicted for the murder of John
ST., was shot and killed by
John Caywood, Jr. Hall had threatened
young Caywood's life.
AT, Lexington, last week, James Rob
inson, colored, was arrested for abduct-
ing a l4-year old colored girl for immoral
purposes; and bound over in the sum of
B, 900.
r. r. GRIMsLEY had an examining
trial at Williamstown for the murder of
AL Henry, and was held in the sum of |
$500 for the action of the grand jury. I
A TANK car on the l.. Il N. at New
port, containing about 1000 gallons of
gasoline, exploded the other day. The
shock was felt for ten miles around. a
THE Court of Appeals has affirmed the q
leath sentence of Anthony Duncan, the o
,olored man who murdered DIR. Gorham,
If Fayette county, last February.
The Times says want of money has
Bowling Green to suspend
street work. 1t has been found impossi-
Die to float any more city bonds. e
THE litigation over the famous Pima
lie at Cumberland Gap has terminated
n favor of the MiddlesborOugh Ameri- y
AN Association.
LOUIS GRAUMAN & Co., boot and
hoe dealers of Louisville, assigned. Lii
bilities supposed TO be S50,0O9, with =
quail assets. 4
CORNELIUS HAZEL, of Crittenden a
ounty, was acquitted of the charge of l.
Iunting ON Sunday in the circuit court W
ast week. a
In the Hardin circuit court several
Indictments for murder were returned 10y p
he grand jury. q,
THE Iouisville stock wards were des-