The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Nieu Paptf III " StitW hat, thtIt VIII "
no danger Of sun-stroke.
Hon. Mr.. Jewell. Of Connecticut
now u. :. Minister to Russia. has beef
appointed Postmaster General, aud sig
nifed his acceptance by cable telegram
Governor Kempcr, of Virginia, i
spoken of as candidate ftr the Vic
Presidency on the ticket with Grant fol
q third term. This is entirely too thin
The Paducah Kcaiaokian couldn't gel
its man nominated for Clerk of the
Appellate Court, and now it is swapping
away at poor Tom Jones Ia Louisvil,
Commercial.
Constable Mefard, in Scott county
was instantly killed by a desperate on
the lst inst, at a picnic. The murderer
is named Aus. Fleetwood. lie has moi
been arrested.
Why is il that sun-stroke" never
falls upon base ball players? Simply
because their exercise produces prolu.c
preparation. and when this is the case,
sunStroke is impossible.
The Odj-Fellows Of Louisville pro-
pose to erect a splendid Tabernacle in
that city, which will eclipse anything of
the kind in the West or South This
powerful order is growing in wealth and
Importance every year.
A most heartless homicide was com.
mitted at Lawrenceburg last Tuesday
week. DIR. Chambers, leading physi-
clan of the place, was brutality killed by
msn named Witherspoon. Whisky
was, as usual, the cole cause.
Notwithstanding the manly letter of
Capt. Tom c. Jones, denying that he ev-
or accepted a challenge to fight duel,
the Louisville Commercial is not happy.
1t is like the fellow who said that his
horse was seventeen feet high. lie
meant "hands;' but us he had said
feet" be would stick it,
The progress on the Cincinnati Sonth-
ern railroad, has never been eAcelled BY
any road built 10 this State The conirac-
tors coming, as they have done, from all
parts of the Union seem to he wide
awake, and determined TO do all they
can to press the work forward to FINAL
e>ppleticn at an early day.
roo-tecn young women employed in
me Iresaury Department are said to
have tainted when the announcement
was made tothem that their services
would be no longer required. 1t is
pity that the economy Of the Govern
ment is not exhibited IL some quarter
where it might be less yiOiul.
'88evas, q G-.fierfeits" is the in.
variable caution given upon every box
Of humbug medicine you see. Those
which do not have this notice are far
more apt TO be genuine. Now mark,
that man who is always Boosting of
his honor or his courage, is apt to have
neither.
Pierre Lorillard. of New York. the
gentleman who made so many and such
liberal purchases at the recent sale at
Woodburn, Mr.. A. J. Alexander's es-
tate, Woodford county, KY, won over
$4,000 during the late racing season at
Jerome Park. Kentuck y-bred hor,e
stock was the material used to initiate his
already quite plethoric treasure box.
The jury in the Mill River disaster,
by which so many lives were lost, cen
cure the Legislature Of Massachusetts for
imperfect legislation on the subject Of
reservoirs. They also censure the mill
owners, the engineers, and the contrac-
tors who did the work, also the county
commissioners for accepting the work
But what does all this amount to? l.
this to be the punishment?
Tho fact that all of our rivers and
large ponds can lie stocked. in few
years, with the beet of edible game tsh
is not now doubtful. Many states have
already appointed Fish-commiseioner..
who have succeeded in introducing the
spawn in their waters. aud success IN
their culture is just Ms certain as the cul- |
ture of any garden vegetable We hope
Kentucky will follow the example.
Great excitement prevails in New
York and vicinity on account Of the
great number Of persons who have died
recently of hydrophobia, some of whom
had been bitten by dogs that were not
mad. A Wholesale slaughter is going on
amongst the CANNES, and if the practice
WAS kept up all over the country until
fGur-ihhs Of the worthless ours were
killed, ii would be blessing to the hui
man family.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ha'
decided that housckeeper with II fhmi-
~ has no right 10 waive the benefit Of
the exemption laws. by merely stating