The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-01-21
srArE VIEWS.

at Kingston, Madison county, by
shooting himself with pistol on Thurs
day night Of last week, inAicting a
wound, Of which he died next morn.
ing. Whisky is said TO have been the
cause Lebanon Standard.
The first shall be last--the chris.
tening cometh before the wedding. At
nine o'clock maa at IT. Joseph's
church, Tuesday morning, friends
fingered to witness the nuptials Of a
bright young couple, but they stayed
to christening--thc younger strang-
er having arrived previous to the mar.
riage.-[ Lexington Ticket.
TIE Doc LAw.-There is a ma.
jority Of four Changers and farmers in
the Legislature. The people are
clamoring for dog law that will af.
ford protection to sheep. All other
legislatures have failed to pass law
satisfactory To the farmers. Now that
they have q majority let them give US
q good dog law-one that will protect
the sheep aud at the same time provide
literally for the dog. We are not ex.
actIy in favor Of the dog, but we want
that animal to have q fair chance.
Give US a good dog law, gentlemen.-
Flemingsburg Democrat.
ABOUT 81 o'clock last night. or this
morning. John Carr, the bar-keepcr
at Lewis Health OHice," was killed
in Jront Of our Office. 1t seems that
he and other young men were coming
up from the hop at the Bourbon
House, when they met with Jim Will
liams. q young colored man, with
whom Carr quarreled. striking him.
They both afterwards drew their pis-
tolls, Carr being killed. He was aged
about 20 years, and was the son of Mr.
John Carr, a clever Irishman Of this
city. His sister, and half sister, Miss
Theresa Meginnis, of Lexington, had
just left the hop in mott happy and
joyous mood. How sad the sequel !
Williams has not been arrested.-[True
Kentuckian.
CHARLES RoBERrs. aged about six
teen years, a son Of George Roberts,
living near Fordsville, in this county,
accidentally shot himself on last We'd
nesday morning, and died from the
effect Of the wound on Friday eve
ming. He started to his brothers to
get a saddle, and took his gun with
him to shoot a hawk. When found he
was still conscious, and said he put his
foot on the hammer 10 blow in and see
il the gun was loaded, and his foot
slipped of before he got the muzzle to
his mouth. The bullet strnck him in
the forehead. 1t is supposed that he
had attempted to fire and the gun had
snapped or the cap bursted and failed
to fire. He was q very worthy Ind,
and well thought Of in the commu-
nity.-[Hartford Herald.
Mr.. R, of Garrard county, has
the reputation Of being a Iand-shark
He is always looking up defective ii
ties and making something tor him
self cut of il. On one occasion, recent
ly, he found out that tract Of land
near Paint Lick had formerly been sold
at Eve dollars an acre, and Mr. NJ.
the man who sold. is q resident Of Ala
hama. The land is at pressnt worth
fully sixty dollars per acre. He i'm
mediately wrote to Alabama and told
Mr.. NJ that the deed he had form
erly made was defective, and that for
u contingent fee he woukl recover the
old farm back for him. In due course
of the mails he received the following:
"Mr. R: Dear Sir-Your propo-
sition received. Go TO HI. | sold
the land and got the money for it. If
the title is defective ! can make it good.
and will do so.-(Lexington Gazette.
How TINE Is WAsrED.--As an H.
lustration of the manner in which part
of the time of the Legislature is vast
ed, l give you single instance out Of
many that might be mentioned. A
Senator. who, by the way, is a great
advocate Of retrenchment and econo-
my, submitted bill to exempt from
taxation certain college in his coun-
ty, when he WAS told that it was al
ready exempted, the general law full
ly covering the case. This, however,
did not satisfy him, and he insisted.
There might be some doult in the
minds of the officers" he said, "and
this little bill would settle it," A great
deal of the work the Legislature is en-
gagged upon is ofa similar character.
The advocates OF this sort Of I.essla-
ton should remember that a session
Of the Legislature costs the people a
great deal Of money. and they have a
right to expect ,hst the time shall be
devoted to matters Of general interest.
-[Courier-Journal.
GovERSoR Mc('REARY said in In
Message that the Agricultural Collsgs