The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-13
cvaRsmr NEWS AND COMMENT

CURRENT News AND COMMENT.
THE report comes from Greenville,
Miss, that the Mississippi river is higher
than ever before known, but as the levees
have withstoOd the food 80 far and re-
main intact, no danger Of inundation is
feared
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AN entire span of the Memphis and
Charleston bridge at Florence, Ala, gave
way Friday of last week and Jack Ham
let, a brakeman on the train, was killed
outright, while Engineer Glenn was so
badly injured that he cannot recover
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OUR Legislature is composed of body
Of trst-cass killers" and the peo-
pie pay the piper. The expenditures of
the State government for April were
,S979,2446l, leaving deficit of SO, S9l.7
in the general fund, and total of only
1881 ,20l.63 in the treasury.
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Two negro murderers, l.. ID. Slaughter
and Thos. Baily, were executed at Little
Rock, Ark, ut noon on Friday last.
Both of their necks were broken by the
fall Slaughter killed his mistress, and
Raily murdered peddler. The hanging
was in the Jail enclosure and witnessed
10y only about twenty persons.
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BILLY MALONE last week succeeded
in preventing the Virginia Republicans
from instructing for Harrison, for whom
he has neither political nor personal
friendship. Malone Is manipulation
from way back, and should Harrison be
nominated, Virginia Republicans will
only give him lukewarm support.
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MCINERY, the Representative from
Kenton county who was recently called
before a committee of the General As
sembly to answer charges of conduct un.
becoming a gentleman and legislator,
and who received n coat of whitewash
too thin TO hide his conduct, last week
introduced bill to close all barber shops
on Sunday.
THE Sentinel Democrat, though dis
figured by fire, showed up Friday as
usual, and our old friend Classify Ger.
tainly deserves praise for his promptness
and energy in the matter. To him and
Capt. Ravens The HERALD extends
sympathy for their losses, and stands
ready and willing to aid them in any
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THE handwriting on the wall seems to
have been indited with indelible ink,
and the people of the country read the
lines, "Grover Cleveland will be the
nominee of the Chicago convention and
our next President" Like morning
mists, the names which have heretofore
appeared in dimly outlined characters
have faded from view. The people rule,
not the politicians.
In an interview last week, a Southern
NNu"sVs hH w nShhiktoh suiu' Auo ithu'
ers Of the Alliance have made complete
failure in their effort to organize polit-
ical party, and the third party cloud
that has been hanging over some of the
Southern States is beginning to dissipate.
do not think the third party will cut
much of figure in any locality, and will
not carry single electoral vote in the
whole country"
CANDIDATES for Congress in this dis
trict should place their announcements
early, that "the dear people" may know
who is in the field. For the service we
can render our rates are extremely lib
eral, and their patronage is herewith so
licited. Announcements are $40 each,
in advance, and other matters in their
interest will be 10 cents line, with 10
per cent. discount where the matter is
100 lines or more. Now is the time to
announce.
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SENATOR CARLISLE, in an inte rview
with New York World representative
few days since, says: / certainly am