The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-02

VIZ telegraphed Mr.. Emmett 10
gan yesterday for news from the Dem
ocratic Convention. now in session IN
Louisville, and held our columns open
until after s o'clock last night in or
der to get 1t, but up to that time we
received nothing. As the Convention
did not convene until noon. we sup
pose that nothing Of importance had
been done. Yesterdays papers say
that Judge Burnett is TO Ne tempora-
~ Chairman, and the contest for per.
manent Chairman will be between
Gov. Stevenson and Hon. Boyd Win
chester.
NEWS IN BRIEr. While Edwin
Booth was playing Richard II, at
Mcvickers Theater, Chicago, last
week, be was fred at twice by one
Mark Gray, Of St. Louis. who Is
thought to be insane. Neither Of the
shots took effect .....Notre Dame Cath.
ole University, South Bend, Indiana.
was totally destroyed by FIRE several
days since. Loss, perhaps, 600, 900
Three hundred and Eve barrels Of
whisky of Spring Of 1877, in bond,
sold for 81 cents at Versailles, recent
ly. Fifty-one barrels Of Spring Of
1876, free, sold for s2.22t..... Bishop
Edward Il. Ames, the NJ. +. Church,
died in Baltimore last Friday. The
Cincinnati Southern Railway has been
leased to new Company made up for
the purpose. The present Carrier
Company will transfer their property
and name to the new......Mrs. Elias
Fitch, Of Wayne county, in an insane
fit, murdered one Of her children and
seriously injured two others with an
sx.....Two negroes, supposed to be
the murderers Of young Preston, who
was killed recently on Kentucky Riv.
or, near Nicholasville, have been ar
rested. They refuse to give their
names. or any account OF themselves
......A colored couple married in Gin
cinnsti. recently, are worth several
hundred thousand dollars. .... During
the last term Of the Marion Common
Pleas Court, only one case was tried
By jury. Mrs. Mamie McCarty,
wife Of MIR. W. III. McCarty, editor
of the Elizabethtown Neirs. died of
Consumption, after having been mar
ried only few weeks......Mr. A. c.
Quisenberry. editor ofthe semi-weekly
Sun, Winchester, was married yester-
day, in Springfield, Ohio, to Miss
Corinna Bloomhsll, of that city 49,.
The trial Of Buford, for the killing Of
Judge Elliott, which was set for the
2Sth, was postponed until the third
Monday in May, in order that the de-
tense might have time to secure the
attendance OF important witnesses.
Hon. james Blackburn has been NOM
mated Cor reelection to the State Sen-
ate from Jessamine. Scott and Wood.
iond...... Charles Webster, for the rape
Of Frances Otte, and Robert Ander-
son, for the murder of his wife, were
sentenced in Louisville, Wednesday,
to be hung on the 9th Of June.
They had an sl1, 500 fire in Bowling
Green this week. Insurance. sl2, 900.
THE Convention which met at OS.
Thursday Of last week, at.
Ter toiling for three days and nights,
finally nominated Thomas +. HArgis,
10 succeed Judge Elliott in the Court ;
ii Appeals. Ten candidates were I
pefore the Convention. eight Of whom Z
we're dropped before the seventy-6fth
md final ballot was taken. On the
eventy-fifth, the vote was taken be-
ween Hon. Richard Reid and Thos. q
!. Hargis, the latter winning by four 1
cen votes. Every thing was done to Q
leieat Hargis, hut his strength re- d
NAMED the same. His nomination
lives general satisfaction. and insures !,
iaeccss 10 the party. 6
TnE veto of the Army Appropria- ;.
ion Bill surprises no one. The fraud !
Ilent President loves his party more
han he loves his country. His own 9
naxlm should be changed to read 4
lie serves his country least who serves I