The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-05-22
SINGLE SHOTS.

A Missouri Judge has decided that .
woman is not an "old maid" until she b
thirty-fve years old.
The South is alarmed at the prospect
for crop this season. The continuous
rains and heavy overaows will make the
crop of 1874 short one.
A large eagle was caught at Portland,
Conn, the other day in che very act Of
swooping down upon a young child, but
was scared away, and afterwards shot.
Icelanders are beginning to emigrate to
this country, and are described Is a
bright, clearly healthy looking class Of
people, closely resembling the Scotch.
y The Masons in Porto Rico are being
roughly treated by the authorities on &C.
count OF their being suspected Of fAvor.
ing separana ~ \ from
Spain.
Now That the word "hym6ncaT Sso
commonly used in reference to weddings,
it is suggested that births should be
headed "crymeneal" and deaths die
meneal."
DR.. Livingstone said that riding in
the sun was more trying on the system
than travelling on foot, and he ought ia
know, as he had tried both for thousands
of miles.
A North Carolina editor mentions q
lease Of peculiar horror in Charlotte
where white woman, whose husband
was killed in the Confederate service, il
now serving in a colored family as cook,
and her girl, ten years old, is a scullion'
A party of young men dined sumptu-
ously at restaurant in Atlanta, and
each one insisted on paying the bill. tt
decide the matter it was proposed t.
hlindfold the waiter, and the first one h
caught should pay the bill. He hasn'
caught any of them yet.
Before Mrs. Spilkins got that new
set Of teeth last week, you couldn't have
got her to laugh in company, on any con
sideration. But since that time, he
quick appreciation of the humorous ha'
been somewhat remarkable. Spilkins
who knows all about it, says its tooth in
The Methodist Conference has beer
sitting in Louisville for about thre'
weeks, and yet the Cincinnati GogenOor
ha, not hung single one of its member
to the threatened Ismp-post. Prohsslsl,,
the Gogmsort il plugging . 4 -
lalaaGasiseelf 70 drryrs5s
John Green i strictly . seli.II kde
nan. He went to Omaha without cent.
By industry and enterprise he won slc,-
100 in a three days game Of poker.
Having got his hand in he emigrated to
Chicago, invested in faro, and was worth |
SIC, 900 at last accounts. But that was
two or three days ago.
The New York XGl says: at is not
known that you can send q
postal card cavorting over Europe by
simply attaching one-cent stamp to it.
Hence if you wish to remind a customer
Of that little account he or she went
away and forgot all about settling, why
it costs little to do it, and the result may
be great success"
The Frankfort Yeoman says: "Five
persons confined in penitentiary here
we're on last Sunday, baptized and re-
ceived into the Christian Church by e.
der James Handy, of Laurel county,
Kentucky. Their names are !; George
A, Jones, from Metcal county; VIM.
II. Andrews, Graves connty; jesse
Pickering. Grant county, A. ]. Webb,
Boyd county; John Cruise, Ballard
county.
The Cincinnati Commercial is kind
enough to inform its readers that the
people of Kentucky viii elect Govern
or at the approaching August election
and that Gen. John 8. Williamshas de-
cidedly the inside track. Which state
ment is entirely correct except that Ken
lucky does not bold such an election this
year, and Gen. John 8. Williams stands
about as good chance to be the next
Governor Of Kentucky as hsdoes to be
the sext Queen o. England. Richmond
eIG3sey.s 49, =
| kGS to III, .atshou slusssrd.' and
AIths Cox fainstruction. II is said
we sre >.aimented by Aeas.
lotion becomes unbear-