The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-05-19
STATE VIEWS.

A MAN in Meade county, has SOW
that has given birth to, and raised
so head of shoats in "a months.
w. q. TERRELL, who is charged
with the murder of Harvey Meyers,
at Covington, has had his case remov.
ed to Boone county, for trial.
A COUPLE of young folks, not wish
ing to waste time which was very pre-.
cious to them, were married on horse
back at Perryville the other day.
A TERRIBLE storm passed over
Southern Kentucky the other day,
which destroyed some forty or fifty
barns and did much general damage.
A YOUNG man named Geo. Silt at
tempted to commit suicide in Paris,
says the Citizen. lie shot himself near
the heart. and now lies in a very crit.
ical condition. No cause is assigned
for the act.
MERCER COUNTY failed by major
ity of 500. to vote the s65, 900 appro-
priation for building the branch from
Harrodsburg to the c. s. r. r. II
is now proposed to raise the amount
by subscription, s21, 900 has been al
ready subscribed.
THE Hopkinsville New Era finds,
after careful inquiry, that not TWEEN
tieth of crop of tobacco can be set
out in Christian county, owing to the
ravages of the fly. Farmers are re-
sowing their beds, but have little hope
of being able to raise the plants.
IT seems little strange that the
Kentucky Central Railroad has de
clared its first dividend to the Stock.
holders since the road was made, and
that only on annual dividend Of
81 per cent. was made after this long
delay. The net earning for 1875, was
about $4,000.
A FINE bed Of grey mari has been
found in Hardin county, Kentucky,
in a section known as Howe's Valley.
There is said to be another bed OF
mari in that county, but it is inferior
to the grey. That part Of the State is
destined to recuperate itself If the far
mers will make the most of their ad-
vantages.
THEY had three fires in one day al
Lexington, last Monday, but owing to
the efficiency of their fire department,
the fires were confined to narrow lin
its, and the loss thereby, rendered
comparatively light. But for steam
fire engine, Lexington might now BE-
in ruins. Why will other towns
which are able, longer fail to prepar,
for such an emergency?
A YOUTH about fifteen years of age
son of Mr.. John Reed, agent in charg'
of the Grange store in this city, wa
killed yesterday by mule, which h
was riding to the field to work, wher
the animal took fright and threw him
His feet became entangled in the gear
and he was dragged upon the grount
until killed. An examination of thu
body by Drs. Whitney and Green, dis
closed the fact that the skull had been
fractured.-[Lex. Press.
A SINGULAR case has been develop
ed at Auburn, Kentucky. Young
Order Perkins, son of l. o. Perkins,
OF that place, has been IN feeble health
for sometime in Louisville. Recently
he came down to his fathers, and
shortly after reaching there was taken
sick and had some severe hemorrhages
of tho lungs. DR.. Hatcher who was
called to attend him, found, upon ex-
animation, that his heart had left It's
natural abiding place on the left side
Of the thorax and was located on the
right. Its pulsations are almost per
felt Immediately under the
right nipple. The case is not a new
one to the medical fraternity, but its
occurrence is so rare that but few ever
see ii, and the causes which produce
i are yet mystery.