The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-02-04
GENERAL xEWs.
FIRES are numerous all over the
country.

A MAN in Texas, raises three crops
Of potatoes in n year.
The State Library Of Virginia con-
tains over 10000 volumes.
In Barnesville, Ga, woman has
given birth to child entirely void Of
brain.
GLADIATEUR, one of the most fam.
Gus Of English ncc horses, died re-
Gently.
FIVE children OF A. Ellesbe, were
burned to death in Marion, s. c., late
ly, while their parents were absent
from home.
IT is said that in the year 1919.
trees lcavcJ out three times during the
winter and spring, and were thce
times killed by frost.
SINCE tie bar-rooms in Islip, l.. l.,
we're abolished, its inha biiants have
been able to keep their feet, and give
1000 a year to the church.
THREE nurderers, Dawson, Estep
and Hines, were lynched near Charles
ton, West Virginia, few days ago,
by mob of about 250 persons.
John Lilly, a Republican ex-mem.
Der of the South Carolina Legislature,
with eight accomplices, is in Jail at
Chester, S. C., charged with burglary.
Hon. HENRY STARKwEATHER, men,
Der Of Congress, from Connecticut,
died in Washington, ID. G., on the 2sth |
inst. He was a prominent Republican
politician.
The ore Of Black Oxide Of Copper,
containing 65 per cent copper, and
worth s240 per ton, is found in great
abundance in -Cleburne and Randolph !
counties, Alabama.
IT has been shown by an experiment
with Gray's Harmonic system of Mul.
tiplex Telegraphy, that as high rs
eight messages can te sent and receiv-
ed at the same time, and over a single
wire.
TIE English government has sent
the Steamship. Sivius, tn Angola, At
rica, to bring home the gallant explor-
er, Lieutenant Cameron, from his
long journey across the wilds of that
vast continent.
NEAR Oconee, Georgia. on the Gen.
tral railroad. was found a mailbag,
containing a considerable number Of
broken-open letters. The bag was
labeled Augusta. and nearly all the
letters were post-marked "Americus
No. 90"
THE costumes Of the ladies in our
National Capital this winter, are more
gorgeous and costly than ever known
before. Each woman vies with the
other for the palm of victory. Dia.
mon'is and other precious stones are
lavishly used by them.
A BILL has been introduced in tie
New York Senate, relative to a case
where an individual charged with
crime. pleads insanity as defense.
The proposed bill, il enacted, would
place the criminal, if acquitted on the
plea, in an insane asylum for life.
TIE Treasurer of the Norfolk and
New BrunswickN.J. Hosiery Company.
Jonathan Earle. is detaulter to the
amount of sl32, 900, He has turned
over property and stock sufii ,ient TO
cnver the defalcation, hut the securi-
tics are not convertible at present.
A BOY named Alfred Reddick. Is
years of age. living in Nashville, Tenn,
committed suicide the other day, be-
cause the wife of David Recs, with
whom he had become enamored, refus-
ed 10 see him. The woman had chill.
dren as old Ms Reddick, at the time of
his death.
The Northampton Mass. Bank was
robbed on the 9th ult., of papers, to
the aggregate value of 100000. OF
course most of the paper Is not negoti-
able, therefore the exact loss cannot
be estimated. Twenty-Five thousand
dollars are offered for the return Of the
property and conviction ofthe burglars.
MANY Of our country folk who visit
the large cities, aud find that white
girls are employed in the hotels where
they abide, conclude at once. that any
sort Of liberty can be taken with
them. because they are working in a
menial position. These people soon
find themselves much mistaken. We
heard Of an instance the other day.
where one Of our verdant youths tried
to act in AN improper manner, and
the result was bloody nose, and au
arrest.
TnE Central Committee oflhe Dem.
ocraiic party for this State, met in
Louisville. one night last week, to take
steps toward inducing the National
Committee. which meets in Washing.