The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-02-25
STATE VIEWS.

'f'' Iesff VI tft UNIV Nflbh We nav
known il before in long time. -
| Mountain Echo.
Two negroes, a mother and child
were badly burned few days ago, b
the explosion Of kerosene lamp, q
Mr.. Robert McElroy's, in this county
Il Lebanon Times and Kentuckian
OK Monday night about II o'clock
some very mean persons set fire To
and burned ~ stacks of hemp belong
ing 10 Col. Richard West. remove,
and destroyed several of his gates, an,
built a fence across the turnpike nea
his residence. .-[Glasgow Times.
Mr.. THOMAS LACK was drowned il
the South Fork, in this county, on tn
I'd Of January, and his body was foun,
last Friday, and Coroner Lester helc
an inquest over the body last Satur
day. 1t appears that Lack was a raj
road hand, and had deiirium tremenl
when drowned.-[Somcrset Reporter
DURING the darkness of Sunda,
night the sheep-fold of Mr.. n. I. Der
~, near this city, was invaded by q
few of the pets Of the Legislature, OF
wards of the State, known in the dark
ages Of the State history as sheep-kill
ing dogs, and twenty out of thirty-five
Of his fine flock of Southdowns were
killcd.-[Lex Press.
The snow has vanished, the buffers
fly is again abroad, and the spring
birds sing their happy songs all day.
+. S. Some more snow, and not so
much butterfly and song as there was
two or three days ago. We will not
write them up again until We are con-
ident that they are in business ON a
permanent basis [Vanceburg Ken
tuckian.
Mn. b. FrITICH, OF Indiana, has
made, recently, discoveries of silver in
Whitley county, that will bring to
him a store of abundant wealth. Mr..
Fertick has been a great traveller and
relates numerous adventures with ln-
dians while prospecting hitherto in the
far West. A st. Louis party fur
nishes this item, AMI promises hercaf-
ter full particulars of the discovery of
the silver re- Courier-Journal.
LAST Friday night, few worthless
dogs attacked and killed eleven sheep
out of flock of fourteen in the north
western portion of this county. The
remaining three are badly torn and
laccrated in places, and it is more
than probable that they will all die.
The sheep were very fine and valua-
BILE, aud the property Of Mr.. Joseph
Sans, very worthy and industrious
citizen and farmer.-[ Frankfort Yeo-
man.
We learn that n detected tramp,
who was tired of life, lately called at
McClannahan IL Mitchell's drug store
and callel for deadly poison with
which to close his unhappy career.
They put him up prescription and
as he WAS shortly after seen moving in
vigorous manner in the direction OF
an unpretent;ous little building situa-
ted in the northeast corner of GER
tain lumber yard, it was thought the
"poison" had taken effect. Il franklin
Patriot.
JouN II. DowS, of Nelson county,
Ky, like James Parton, married in
his own family, and like James Parton
he is petitioning the Legislature tC
make the transaction legal. The
cases are very similar. Down married
his siep-daughter. Parton's action
has been the subject of newspaper
comment all over the country, but
strange to relate, Downs was never
heard of until il came to light in the
Legislature last night. How nice q
thing il is to be great The Legisla'
ture adjourned without taking any ac
tion on the CASE Louisville Ledger.
OK Tuesday morning last Mr.. Mel
son Thomasson, living five miles from
town, on the Frankfort pike, went in
to the yard adjoining his residence, ,and
shot himself in the left side with q
shotgun, and died from the effects o
the wound at 3 o'clock the following
morning. Before his death he admit
ted that il was his own work, hut gave
no reason for it. Mr.. Thomasson was
a bachelor, aged thirty-six years, and
though at times peiulon. and melan
choly, never exhibited any signs of in
sanity, and none of his friends hac
cause to suspect the rash act,-[ George
town Times.
a SINGULAR story was told me
day or two since, aud strange ss
may seem, il was told on good authorl
| Is. There is a married couple liyiul
near here, in Larue county, who, du
ring their engagcmentoxchanged rings
The bride elect took OF her ring a
one time, and Was never able TO FIN
it afterwards, As its DISAPPEARING
/ ,vaa Va,v n,vSiarinns gha annla IA III