The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Gen. Beauregard has accepted the po-
sition of Engineer in Chief of the Ar
gentine Republic, at a salary of $50, 900
per year, in gold.
The yellow fever i. doing sal work at
Havana, Cuba Many deaths are rc.
ported and the disease is spreading. The
spaniards are suffering greatly.
A lad, from Louisville, by the name
of Fox, while on a witt TO knsman
in Madison county, was killed BY the ac-
cidental discharge Of a pistol in the
hands Of a companion.
II seems t. be fact that Mr.. Tilton
'1riJu sly c'ntemplates legal divotc
from her husband. Our sympathies are
with Tilton now, however much he NAV
have siuncd heretofore.
The splendid trotiing done by the horse
Judge Fullerton, ut Saginaw, against
Goldsmith Maid, was the admiration of
the people present. His best mile was
made in 2;lS. ITei Kentucky horse,
If VIC m,a.aka not.
II Ia Brute r says poor Tilton, as he
looks at his wife sitting amidst the learn
ed committee Of Beechcr friends. giving
them aid and comfort in their effort to
crush him and raise Mr. Beecher from
the pit into which he has fallen.
Some morbidly curious fame-huntcr,
a Catholic fanatic, and a cooper by trade,
made an attempt recently to assassinate
Prince Bismarck, of Prussia. Bismarck
escape from death was seemingly miracu-
lous, as the ball grazed his wrist.
The scarcity Of caterpillars this year
is caused by the continued dry weather
and nothing else. These pcstiferous in
sects cannot live through diouth any
better than vegetation. 1t is better than
all the bontires and English sparrows in
the world.
The new Secretary Of the Treasury,
Bristow, claims the right and authority
TO appoint the clerical force in General
Spinners Office, and the General takes is
sue with him. We think old daddy
spin" is right, and believe that he will
carry his point.
1t seems after all that we are not to
lose Tom Bowling from the turf, as lis
veterinary surgeon prsnounces him net
permanently injured, but only trit,t1..
bruise from which he will soon recover.
If this be true, all admirers of thh mag
niiiccnt horse will greatly rejoice.
Goldsmith Maid has rendered herself
immortal on the record of the trotting
track. She trotted mile in 2:16, at
Saginaw. Michigan, one day last week,
which is the festest time on record She
orc, sold for s200-Ini last rpr over
$4,000. She could not now be bought
for $50, 900.
The story of wrongs and suffering de
tailed to reporter of the Courier-Jour-
nal, in Fridays paper, by several recent
convicts OF the State prison, demands
investigation, and if the half be true,
there should be IN immediate reform.
If untrue, it will he easy enough TO
prove the ialschood
Judge Longyear, of the Michigan L.
;. district court, had decided that CON-
mitting suicide does not, per So, vitia;e
life insurance policy. lie holds tha: in /
order to yitiate the same there must be .
a deliberate teio de Sc, and if one be in |
sane he cannot deliberate" for want of'
reason, and, hence, where one, in lit OF .
insanity, originating from disease, com
mits suicide, the company is bound to
pay the amount of the policy. Under
this ruling, then, the policy is not void,
but voidable only. Insanity is a disease
and person holding Il policy who be-
comes insane and takes his own life, is
as much entitled to recover the amount
of the same as though he had died from
any other disease. We invite attention
to the able opinion of District Judge
Longyoar, which is published in this is
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