The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-11-27
REEN WOLFE COUNTY, FRIDAY NOVEMBER NUMBER
STATE SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.


SENATOR CARLISLE has arrived in
Washington CITY, aud will remain there un-
ill Congress convenes.
The hemp growers Of Jessamine Coun.
ty have pooled against selling their hemp
for less than 80 FER liz pounds.
A NEW Post-oflice has been established
at Sutherland, Davies County, and Alyah
&. Leach has been appointed Postmaster
CHARLEY TAYLOR, a clerk in meat
store vt Lexington, has fallen heir TO 5000
lett him by deceased uncle in Owen Coun-
ty.
r. T. HOLLOWAY and Owen Farley,
of Lexington, were last week fined $1,000
each in the Fayette Circuit Court for pool
selling.
JOHN HAMMOND, a Simpson County
farmer, being dissatisfied over the sale OF a
tract of land committed suicide Friday by
hanging
THE little fve-year.old daughter of
EnOch Blair, of Breathitt County, was acct
dentaly burned to death by her clothing
catching fire.
WAT r Dun, young man living
near Willmore, in Jessamine County, was
accidentally shot and killed while taking a
loaded gun from his buggy.
ROBERT HARLAN, claiming to be an
exConfederate soldier, has been soliciting
aid from the good people of NichOlasville,
and blowing 1t in for BOOZE"
LEXINGTON is fast perfecting her sys.
TEN of sewerage under the supervision of
Engineer Corbiu, and it will soon be one of
the best drained cities in the State.
THE report is current that Col. f. Polk
johnson, of Frankfort, and Capt. Sam
Gaines, Of Maysville, will soon start new
daily paper at Lexington. She'll be q hum
mer.
DIR. A G. STITT, cashier of the Mil
lersburg Deposit Bank, died suddenly last
Wednesday night. Dr. Stitt was one of the
oldest and most respected citizens of that
place.
A MAN giving his name as Johnson
recently victimized three or four Nicholas
Vile merchants on forged checks to the
tune of 800 or more, and they still mourn
his absence.
The Rowan Circuit Court adjourned
Friday. The Grand Jury returned $40 in
dictments. John keetOn, convicted OF high
way robbery in two cases was sent up for
four years
ESTES and Graham, the two incendia.
aries who fired the town of Lancaster, have
been held to the Garrard Circuit Court in
the sum of $500 each, and in default are safe
in the Lancaster Jail
AUDITOR NoRMAN's biennial report to
the Legislature shows that there are 80 net
revenue paying counties in the State, while
so counties drew from the Treasury more
money than they paid into 1t.
MRS. LYDIA SINToN, wife of Thomas
r. Sinton, cashier of the First National
Bank, of Louisville, was fatally burned at
her home last week from her clothing TAX
ing fire. She died in few hours.
A FIRE at Lexington last week de-
stroyed the ModeI Machine Works. There
were L. 500 Little Wonder freezers and 800
sewing machine attachments destroyed. The
insurance will hardly cover all losses.
THE Nicholasville Democrat thinks
. Hon. John II. Welsh, Of Jessamine County,
will probably be made Chairman Of the
House Committee, AS he is quite popular
with the members Of the new Legislature.
Phil KIDD. the well-known live stock
auctioneer, will build mile track on his
farm, Elkwood," near Midway, and there
train his string of racers under the supervi-
sion of bud Allen, the well.known trainer.
The Internal Revenue appointments
made for Kentucky last week are as follows:
Storekeepers and Gaugers IN the Fifth Dis
trict, Charles Il. Stewart and John w. ker'
rick; Gauger for Second District, John &.
Adams.
III. B, BROOKS, late agent and cashier
at the Louisville, st. Louis and Texas depot,
in Greensboro, is mysteriOusly absent and
shortage has been discovered in his account.
. The shortage is said to be due to wine and
women.
JOEL S. HEAD, of Owen County has
been appointed by GoSEpOr Brown as Stew,
ard OF the Feeble Minded Institute, vice
John w. Rowlett, removed. The place in.
wolves the buying OF supplies, ETC., and pays
a salary Of 81 200.
JtHN w ARTRIP, Deputy Sheriff, was
shot and killed at a corn-husking party near
Hindman, while trying TO take pistol from
sherman Martin. Adolphus Artrip was
shot and cut, and Reuben Morgan is report
ed TO have been wounded.
! JOHN and Orlando Branham, two pris-
oners confined in the huntsville Jail, fired
their cell in the hope that they might es-
cape during the excitement. The Jailers
wife was i'm charge and refused TO unlock
their CELL when they soon put out the hre'
NEAR Beaver Lick, Newton Oder shot
and killed his brother, Marion. The TRACE
DIV was the result of an old quarrel. The
murdered man leaves a wife and three chill
dren. Oder surrendered himself, but sub
seauently escaped and was arrested In lndi-
ana.
NINE shots we're exchanged between
Chief of Police COrbin aud Assistant Chief
Andrews, at Bowling Green, on Thursday
: night of last week. The trouble had been
( brewing between them for a year Corbin
got a wound In the arm, aud Andrews re-
ceiyed scalp wound.
In THE Fayette Circuit Court last
week, foar prisoners were sentenced TO the