The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-07-25

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fouisville bar 1narantincd against Mem
phia, and tho T.. \ N. X. r. Company hs'
stopped running freight trains West Of
Humboldt
The Governor requested the State Board
Of Health 10 meet At bic Office yesterday, 10
consider matters pertaining 10 the possible
invasion Of this State by yellow fever
The New York Sun proposes the name
Of Cen. Winfield Hancock, for President,
and says that Il i probable that he and
John Kelly may constitute the Democrat
ic ticket Of 1880.
Ten Of the Buford jury were for hang
ing on the first ballot Judge McManama
overrulcd a motion Tor q new trial and the
case will 60 10 the Court Of Appeals. Bu-
ford is now back in the Louisville Jail.
The trial Of Chasiinc Cox, the negro
who murdered Mrs. Hull, in New York, a
short time ago, resulted in verde, Of
guilty, and the Court sentenced him to be
hung on the 2olh Of August. The Court
Of errors, however, granted an appeal,
which con not he disposed Of before Ocio-
Der 10th.
The steamer State Of Virginia, which
leit New York some two weeks ago for
Glasgow, ran ashore in a fog, on Sable Isl
and, a hundred miles OF Halifax. She
was carrying a full complement Of passcn-
gers, Of whom nine persisted in the surf.
The officers and crew and remaining pas
sengers got safely to land.
Late advices from Virginia are that for
over a month a most disastrous drouth has
alarmingly affected the crops, dried up
streams and wells and caused great suffer
ing among the stock. James River never
was lower and Il is said that just above
Richmond, Il can be crossed on foot with
out even wetting ones shoes. Tho Their
mometer rarely gets lower than 9O' and
often goes as high as 1862 in the shade.
There Is almost entire unanimity on the
part Of the State press Of both parties on
the subject Of holding a Constitutional
Convention, and Il should be remembered
that the vote at the coming general cleo
ton on the question must show a majority
Of Ae voters Of he entire STATE in favor Of the
Convention, or the project will fall
through. There must, therefore, be ma
joriiy Of s5l ,2Ss white and black voters for
the Convention.-tC.-J.
The circular Of II. q. Dun's Mercantile
Agency Just issued, shows that during the
second quarter Of the year ending June
3Oth, there we're 1884 failures in the Uni
ted States, with an aggregate liability Of
S22, G66,725 against 2,470 failures for the
corresponding quarter Of last year, with
liabilities Of s4s.75s,94O. This shows that
the turning point Of hard times has been
passed and that the country is on the road
to prosperity and Commercial activity.
R.R. RAcKEr.-The Chesapeake a Ohio
r. r. Co. is preparing to extend its road
to the mouth Of the Big Sandy, distance
Of miles; and the building Of the proposed
extension to the Chesapeake Bay is also
under consideration. The new Elizabeth
town, Lexington 4 Big Sandy X. r. Co.
has issued a circular offering for sale 81
$1,000 Of an intended issue Of S3,5O0,0OO
first mortgage 6 percent. bonds, running till
1902, the balance Of 100000 being re-
tanned for equipment and other purposes.
II is understood that responsible contract
ors will undertake the building Of the en-
tire road as soon as 81 200, 900 Of the bonds
are taken. The L. Il n. and @. s. X. X.
has purchased the st. Louis and South
Eastern r. r. for $l.O56, $780,. Work will
soon be commenced on the Northern divis.
ion Of the Cumberland Il Ohio, between
Eminence and Bloomfield.