The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-11-07

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coats now In stock Of Geo. ". Bruce n Co.,
and pronounced by al, the best class Of
goods in this line ever Opened up in ihi.
market Very cheap too.
DoS'r Fonorr-The sale II Geo. II. 4
Sam Bruce. next Tuesday. ith inst Their
sheep are extra grade, and there will also
be odd = nice lot Of cattle and hogs, a large
amount Of corn, some wheat, and a mum
Der Of farming implements. See advertise
ment in this issue.
A CoNrosirIoN. The following compo-
sition IN horse, by little boy in Stan
ford, was handed us yesterday "rhe horse
i very useful animal 10 ride, to drive
and pillow. lie l. very strong, but the Lion
Is much stronger. When the Lion roars
hisvoice sounds like thunder. lie can Mil
a man by the stroke Of HE paw, but he will
not eat any thing dead
THRrE Balls AND CHAiSs-Jim Wick
eraham, who i serving ont a sentence on
the rock pile for carrying concealed weap-
ons, got away again this week. bu, was
recaptured, aud now he III. breaking rock
with ball and chain to each leg aud one
around hi. neck. The Law In regard to
work-hou.e prisoners should be fxed 20 A.
to double their sentences in case Of escape,
and We hope our next Legislature will
amend ID 10 that effect
A PREAcuER BEATING RocK.-John W.
Waggoner, the Baptist preacher, was tried
by the Quarterly Court this week aud ac-
quilted, on technical grounds, of the charge
OF stealing goods from Mr.. Afford; but the
jury gave him sixty days at hard labor for
cutting the saddle skirts from Mr.. Otis
Newland's saddle, and now the novel sight
Of preacher with a ball and chain TO his
leg can be seen seated aside rock pile,
atoning to the county for his sin.
FoE FRASKFoRr.- sheriff B,nghman
and two guards took the four prisoners
convicted last week, TO Frankfort, Wcdnes-
day. Amelia Embry, a negro woman SEN
tened Tor a year for grand larceny, was
not taken, a. pardon was sent by tele-
graph the morning -he was To leave. The
woman expects 10 be confined in a few
months, and this alone was the excuse Tor
the pardon. This Is an inducement for
thieying women 10 get clear Of one crime
by committing another.
French AND GERNAN.-we understand
that Mr.. q. z. Moore, for some years in-
sirucior in Modern Languages at the fe-
male College AID Kentucky Wesleyan, Of
Millersburg, XIV, Is giving lessons in
French and German at the Stanford fe-
male College on the afternoons Of Monday
and Thursday. Mr.. Moore will be pleased
to call upon any parties wishing 10 take
private or class lessons in either Of these
languages, IL they will leave their name
with McRobert. & Stage.
RIGuT Now-ls the time 10 make pre-
partitions for Winter The wise ones will
not defer Il for more convenient season.
In nothing Is Il more necdful to make them
than in selecting your winter supply Of
goods aud cl9thing Thank the Lord that
you have the means to buy them with, and
the good sense to select, and then make
haste 10 visit the Messrs Hayden Bros.
here in stanford, where all your wants can
be supplied, and Tor a very little money at
that. DO these things, and, when the win
ter winds howl about your dwellings you
can laugh and be merry.
CouRr DAY DoISGs. John Tunstill, an
oyergrown specimen Of the genus homo,
came to town Mocday, and after filling his
hide with mean whisky. sailed forth to
take the town. lie hauled up at Moses
Elmore's, shocked in pane Of window
glass, smashed show case, aud when Mr..
q. W. Bobbiti, an innocent private citizen,
walked by with big stick in his hand, he
took him ior policeman, and lii into him.
The Marshal was called, and though Tun-
still swore that he could not be taken, he
was soon cogitating ON the frailty Of hu-
man ambition, within the walls Of the
county Jail. lie was kept confined till he
sobered up and allowed TO confess a fine Of
g. and costs. In addition TO this, he had
to pay Mr.. Elmore for his glass, making
the bill SllS0 for his fun. lie viii know
how To behave himself when he comes
again....Jo Burch, a nomadic painter,
was drunk aud disorierly, and after spend
ing night in Jail, was released on fine
Of IS aud costs.
A PisroL Hoss.-On Tuesday Jack Sims,
a youth Of some eighteen or twenty Sum
mer-, came in from the knobs with con-
panion, and after investing the greater amt,
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