The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-03-31

reign Of James 1st Of England. Ii
over 800 years old, says the George
town Times.
FRoM the Hartford Herald, we lear,
that a married man named Abbie
clipped recently, from that vicinity
with ayoung girl Is years old. Tn,
old reprobaie left n vie and several
children, besi,lcs sundry creditors ir
mourn his loss. The strangcst part Of
the story. is, that brother Of the lii.
tie numskull, accompanied the crring
party.
THE Nelson Record has an account
Of the following accidents: Columbus
Mckenzie, while driving an ok team.
in an intoxicated condition, fell he.
meath the wheels Of the Wagon. one
Of which, passed over his neck. caus-
ing instant death. Jno. Maddox
in attempting to throw n tree that
had lodged on another, was caught
beneath it, and killed.
| THE Standard tells If an attempt to
murder Geo. Pointer, Of Casey coun.
ty. by a party Of men in ambush.
about four miles from Lebanon. Ten
shots were fired at him. bu, fortunate.
ly. none took effect. 1t was close
work. however, as eight shots struck
the boz on which he sat in his wagon,
and two passed through his hat. No
reason is given for the would.bc assas-
sination.
A Coufier-Jaurnai special dispatch
gives an account of shooting afIray at
Flemingsburg, A white man and q
negro had a difficulty. and on the fol-
lowing day when brother Of the white
man met the negro hot words were ex-
changed. The negro fired pistol at
the white man. the ball taking effect
in the hip Of a by-stander. The white
man. Sam1 Stockwell by name. then
shot at the negro, the ball striking him
in the head, causing death in q few
hours.
THE assessors last report show as
population Of only 1862. BY many
well informed persons this is consider.
ed much under the actual number. a..
according to them, our population will
not vary far from 1900. or these
over sne-half are colored. But late
statistics show large annual falling
of Of these people. The & lowing is
the amount Of real estate: In ward
No I, 1925, OPS, No. 2, sI.526. .Ot5;
No. 8, sl,4S7.475; No. 4, $500. 800.
Total, s4.s00,35. Total number Of
lots in the city. 2,732. and only Gil
dogs. Lexington Press.
A REMARKABLE case that of Mrs.
Enochs, who lived on tributary Of
Kinniconick, in this county. She WAS
very old--the SHOWS of eighty-fbur
winters had whitened her locks, and
she had usually enjoyed good health
On the morning Of the 9Th inst. she
arose, dressed, and ate her break fast,
apparently in the enjoyment of her
usual good health. After breakfast
she went to sleep while sitting in her
chair. Toward noon, her daughter at
tempted to wake her, but failed. In
that position she slept for thre, days
and nights. At the expiration of that
time. they attempted to remove her to
a bed; she gave one scream. a slight
struggle, and was desd.-(Vsnceburg
keniuckian.
OS Thursday afternoon. about three
o'clock. 70 colored children, aged re-
spcctively eight and fivc years. daugh-
tcrs of Parker Kellis, living in this
city, near the Georgetown pike. we're
burned TO death. The mother WAS
absent. and the elder child attempted
TO kindle the fire by pouring coal oil
upon it from q bottle. The clothing
% the children csught fire immediate,
ly, and they started To neighbor's
house, from ffly to sixty yards dis
tant. In the me,time. their clothing
was burned of entirely, aud both Of
the children looked as il they had
been roasted alive, presenting a most
horrible appearance. The younger
died in about one hour after the acci.
dent. the other survived until about 2
o'clock yesterday morning. = Paris
Citizen.
IN the spring Of 1868. while n lot
New Jersey soldiers were terrying the
Cumberland. at. or near Sears. a boat
containing about sixty men. was cap
sized. and about thirty were drowned.
q number Of whom we're afterwards
found and buried in the river bank.
The river having frequently risen over
the sandy graves. the bodies could not
be found during the time the dead were
being gathered fbr inierment in the
National Ccmetery. The last freshet
in the river caused a landslide in the
bank at that particular point. and the
legs, TO little aboye the knee, Of three
men, were discovered sticking out Of
the sand The fesh had. of course,