The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-01-30
SINGLE SHOTS.

Il is said that ilny.thrcc members in
the forty.third Congress saw service in
the Confeleracy during the late war.
Prof. Louis Agas.iz left all his estate
to his wife, giving his sou such scientific
books as he might wish to select from his
library.
Owcnsboro can beat any place ct its
size in Kentucky for the numbers Of its
pigeons and dogs. Iii hard TO decide
which is the greater nuisance.
All of our Kentucky exchanges repre-
sent the growing wheat as most promis-
ing. and the yield next harvest will
doubtless he far greater than usual.
Thos. Dczarn, of Laurel county, Zen
lucky, forgot his marrsige vows, wife
and children last week, aud cloped with
naughty girl named Eliza Kit;ern.
King Carnival has issued his "Mardi
Gras" proclamation to Memphis. giving
as his royal pleasure that Folly shall A.
sumo sway on the 18th of February.
It /. said that Virginia has more Of
her population at college than any other
country save Scotland; also that Virgin
/ in has at her colleges more students from
beyond her borders than any other State
in the Union.
The decision of the Court of Appeals
that a passenger who buys ticket bear
ing the words. Coed f~ This day only"
must use it on that day or pay again,
will be interesting to the public and wei
come to the railroads.
A couple of Bourbon farmers--heavy
cattle dealcrs--tried an experiment in
feeling bunch of fifty head each dur.
ing the winter. One tried corn alone
his bunch lost |, 900 pounds. The other
fed timothy and clover hay, without any
grain, and his gained 1000 pounds.
Alabama has now theree cotton facto
ries: the largest is at Tallahassee, which
runs Is. 600 spindlcs; and there are TIVE
others at Prattville. Georgia has thir
tv.four; the largest is the Eagle and
Phoenix, of Is, 600 looms. Georgia man
ufactures only the coarser kinds of cot
ton goods.
A young lady Of Lyons, Iowa, recent
" said: "Some men are always talking
about patronizing their own town-al
ways ha-ping on that duty-and YET
they 60 abroad to get married, whit
here We stand waiiingl do hope thai
some Of these men who marry Eastern
women will get cheated
The good people of Louisville gave
upward of $4,000 to the suffering PEG
of Memphis, to say nothing of man!
thousands to homeless Chicago, but 81,
900 will cover their entirc contribution
TO our own starving and homeless poor
Our charity began abroad; let us contin
ne il generously to the needy at GU
toors.-LoUisviiie paper.
On Friday last Prince Alfred-bette
. known BY his Scotch title Of Duke o
Elinbugh-was united in marriage will
the Grand Duchess Neutrality-suspicious.
only daughter of the Emperor H., GA
Of all the Russias and the head of th'
, ancient house of RomanoR This is th'
first time in history that any prince o
: the Royal family Of England has beel
united in marriage TO Russian.
President Grant has nominated Thorn
as b. Van Buren, to be Consul at Kama
gwa. This is the same Van Buren, VIII
was Commissioner at Vienna, and wa
; dismissed by this same President OF
charges Of corruption. II these charge
were true the President has no bushes II
appoint the guilty man to consulate
if they we're not true, this not the way
for the President to retract and apollo
gize.
When the Committee on Finance o.
the Female Suffrage Convention a
Washington saw good chance for col
) lection, friend of the cause started Il
; pas, III. hai, as j, customary on such Oc
ca,ions, but was Indignantly stopped and
a bonnet substituted. No contribution
was received from pocket book. Only
those who carried their money tied uI
in the corner of their handkerchief or in
their bosoms, were allowed to contribute
Noting that Schuyler Colfax was pre-
scented with buggy on Christmas Day
by the Studebaker Wagon Company Of
South Bend, the Elkhart Democrat say
that when he runs for Congress again he
will solemnly affirm that no one ever
gave his buggy, nor the pricipal part
Of buggy, nor a cents worth Of inter
est in buggy, nor the tenth part of q
cent. So that Siudebaker will do well
to have other evidence Of the fact than O
mere memorandum.
4 What need has this country for an ar
my of thirty thousand men, requiring an
annual expenditure of farty millions
What reasonable or justiliable purpose
Is subserved by so enormous and costly
an establishment? Against what enemy
is il Necessary that we should protect our
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