The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-05-08

ahc tfi"t W u -. iHVshI,>oH, ST., Nv
the killing Of the Davies was postpone,
by the Mercer Circuit Court until III,
Fall term.
Mr.. Mckay, Of Timble county fell
mighty good the other day when he ran
bis fingers into the crevice Of a rocl
on bis farm and hauled out 81 Spanisl
min dollars.
There is man named stagg in Breck
inridge county, who says he is candi
date for County Court Clerk, subject Il
the Changers and Good Templan. 4
that fellow don't succeed he ought to.
The Louisville canal bill has beer
passed and only awaits the signature Of
Mr.. Grant in order TO make il a law,
If the President does not sign che bill
the South and West will think he i.
their common enemy.
The Philadelphia father denies tina, he
had the body of his son burned and the
ashes "urned" and placed upon his par.
lor mantle. So we are yet to have the
first pioneer in the cremation business.
Who will set the example' Don't all
speak at once.
When Chinaman dies in this country
his remains are taken back to the Celcs.
tial Empire for intcrment. SO strong is
thcir. faith in the custom that no sort Of
aF6umeut can disuade them from it.
Recently over ono hundred and twenty.
five of these we're shipped at one time for
China, and II is very expensive matter.
Ii is said that on last Sunday. there
were many eloquent sermons delivered in
the various churches of Louisville by
eminent ministers of the Methodist
Church, who were in attendance at the
general Conference. All the orthodox
ministers gave up their pulpits as a mat
ter of courtesy, and doubtless were great.
ly benefited thereby.
Rev. George o. Barnes has been alb
ent from h Is home here for over a
month, and may not return for several
weeks. He has, as we learn, been
preaching to crowded houses in the city
of New York, and in several cities in
New Jersey. He has been invited TO
visit Chicago and several other cities in
Illinois, before returning to Kentucky.
Cyrus W. Field, prominent citizen
of New York, gave splendid entertain
ment last week at Delmonico's to several
of the ablest and most prominent Amer.
lean journalists-amongst whom We note
Henry Watterson, of the Courier-Jour-
nal, and Samuel Bowles of the Spring
field, Qll) RepaeiioaY, than whom no
ADLER writers can be found on this CONT
nent. The compliment was deserved to
the fullest extent.
The negro man. George Miller, alias
George Alfred, expisted his awful crime
Of murder upon the gallows at Spring
I'D, xy,Unf rSs1y flsf: ff'hte-Aprrfdi
letails Of his crime are fully known to
I'll Of our readers, and hence it is not
necessary TO recite them here. The
'hameful suspicious which attach to the
sife of the murdered mana lady of
culture and supposed refinement, we do !
not propose to detail now. Suffice it,
ihus far to record, that the murderer of
Doctor Alfred has met just fate, and |
he world may be better for it.
BY a proclamation of the Governor
If Kentucky, made recently, it will he
zen that ample provision has been made
or the care of colored pauper lunatics in
his State. The Governor gives notice
o all Jailors in the Commonwealth, and
'ther persons who may have such unfort-
lna@s in charge, that they must Cargo
hem to the Central Luratic Asylum
md deliver them, with proper evidence
# their lanacy. to the Superintendent
hereof, who will give such certificates as
will entitle the party to ample pay for
transportation, etc. No pay will be CIV
n in any case after the 10Th of May,
nd persons interested would do well to
ttend to the matter. at once, as no per-
ON outside of the Central Asylum after
hat date eau draw any pay.