The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-04-20
ROCKCAsTLE COUNT VIEWS.


Items worthy Of note from th'a localit,
are scarce.
Why, do you suppose, did Hayes no
make Joe Bradley the fifth man on tina
Louisiana Commission?
A good rain which was very much need
cd, 80 the farmers have been saying, fell
here last night.
l.. NJ. Frazier, last week, opened fame,
grocery and ale and beer saloon.
4 tobacco mandatory is in progress o
erection at Brodhcad. This is an enterpris,
we are glad to note.
Mr.. Henry Middleton, the enterprisin,
salesman for II. NJ. Bowman, of Harrods
burg, is spending few Jays at Livingston
People have pretty generally quit poll
tics and gone to farming. This is just Al
1t should be.
| We sincerely trust that when the editol
of the Richmond Register concludes to cal
a Convention to nominate candidate for
Senator in this District, he will he kind
enough to give the people Of this count,
notice Of such conclu.ion.
One man was drowned and another wa
shot at the River last week. 1t is impo ssi
Bile for Us to get the details o. events which
occur down there. The man who wa.
drowned, was an Italian. His body has
not been recovered.
This is the quietest community in the
State, we venture To say. We never have
any shooting, cutting and slashing, Neiy
rarely do we have knock down. We
know aud We practice the art, Of peace aud
We therefore avoid giving offence. l.'s the
best.
As the sun, day BY dav, climbs toward
the zenith, the woods resOund With the
stroke Of axes and the crash of falling
timber. Every body is wide awake on the
tan bark question. They have need to lie
just now. There is only brief season in
the year that tan.baIk will slip.
Circuit Court convenes here next Mon
day, and will continue twelve DAYS. The
Clerk tells us that there are OIL the Docket
"a cases-l67 criminal; 50 Equity, and 30
Ordinary. The great majority Of the
criminal eases are for various ofienses, which
are rarely punished, and which do but
serve to consume the time of the Courts.
The Glitter Cf the Richmond Register saws
that he thinks Madison made no promises
to Rockcastlc concerning the Senatorship,
We are sorry, but cander compels us to say
that We believe the editor Of the Ecgister is
not 80 drvili-hly ignorant as he prctends
to be. Any way, if he really wishes to
know whether the proni-es were made, we
can soon furnish the proof, and will do it,
too.
Miss Susie Middleton MAS in town this
week, u guest Of Miss Sallie Miller Miss
Bessie Adams, a charming Young lady Of
GarIarl county, who has been visiting her
cousin, Miss Alice ID. Adams, at this place
for some weeks, left for home last week.
We speak only the sentiment OF the entire
when We say that there was
very much regret at Miss Bcssie's depar.
ture.
Messrs. J. d. and s. u. FISHER, the latter
accompanied by his wife and child, Of
West Mddlesex, Pa, arrived here last
week and are stopping at the Joplin House.
They are connected with PENNSYLVANIA
Oil Company, whose agents have been for
several months past busily engaged leasing
the lands in this and adjoining coun ties
We will interview them in short time and
let YOU know when they are to commence
operations.
Mr.. 4. ]. White, of Madison county, who
il an aspirant for Senatorial honors in this
District, has written letter over here in
which he saws he desires to avoid newspa.
per squabble over the race We suppose
he refers toa paragraph which appeared
in this column few weeks ago. Mr.. W.
a so intimates that Madison county has
made no promises regarding the Senator.
ship. This is entirely "too thin" and II
Mr.. White and the Richmond Register
don't aeknowIedge that promises have been
made, which Madison now goes squarely