The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-04

summer dress goods. All the New Norl
and Paris fashions in color, figure, SC, cat
be found there. They are just the preltles
thing you ever saw, ladie., and for Few
dollar. You can rig yourself up In tho
highest fashion. Their prices are eKcep
tionallY low, and their goods unusually cv'
cellenl.
IIOLNrs' TRIAL AND SoNERsEr NorTs
Under a guard Of nine men. sam ucl
lIolmes was taken from the Louisville
jail 10 Somerset, last Monday, TO 60 thro'
the form Of a third trial for the murder Of
Col. Napier, committed nearly ten Yeas
ago. A special rnirc Of 80 jurors had
been summoned, out Of which, the panel
was obtained, after most Of them had been
examined. The Commonwealth exhaust
ed her challenges on the eleventh juror,
the defense having two TO spare
when the last man was taken. The jury
are a follows; George Bullock, W. Il.
Saith. J. J. Hall, NJ. W. Bryan, =. C.
MiIe, T J. Francis, James Brinkley, John
Kecnry. J.. r. Cundif, q. +. Cundifi, @. A.
Phelps. W. q. Nunnclly. The selection Of
the jury completed the work Of Tuesday,
the first day, and ON wednesday. after a
strong statement Of the case for the Com
monweslth by Judge Denny, the eKamina-
I ton of witnesses fCr the prosecution COM
mcnced For reasons beat known TO the
attorneys for the Commonwealth, neither
FL. Dawson, sam. NJ. Carson or Jim
Daughcrty. was introduced, and by o.
clock they rested their testimony in chief
This sudden termination took the defense
considerably by surprise. and they retired
70 consult, after which. Col. ". e.. WEIGH
appeared and in hi usual iorcihlo manner,
made the very beet possible, Of a very afro
oious crime. The inst witness for the defense,
Mr.. Billy Ball, was being examined when
We left the Court room for home at 4 o'clk,
"Wednesday evening, and the probability
then Was, that the case would he given 90
the jury by noon to-day. Tho testimony
for the prosecution was not materially diff
ierent frum that addnced At the trial here,
when eleven men were for a verdict Of
nurier in the 6r-t degree In appearance
the juror nj the present trial are an I'M
pTovemcnt on those Of the second trial, but
from interviews a. to their merits, made
with a number Of old citizens and Others,
WIN are judges Of men, they do not COM
pare iavorably with their predecessors. The
universal opinion H. that they will hang
themselves mot the prisoner and judging
from the character Of two or three Of the
men, and the possibility that little salt
has been used, there will he at least that
number for an acquittal. We however,
hope for the better, and sincerely trust that
some verdict may be obtained, even tho
il be light one comparatively, and thus
put an end TO this costly case. The pris-
oner shows considerably the effects Of
seventeen months confinement in the Lou
isyille Jail, and the facilitating results Of
a protraeied spell Of chills. lie does not
Affect the bold and confident air that charac-
i1ed him at his two former trial, th ough
he expresses himself ~ sure Of an acquit-
tai. This, however, is out Of the question,
or elsc there Is M need Of Law in this land.
A hung jury and hail is the hope OF his
friends, bat bail Is not 40 sure then, ~
might be supposed. The Commonwealth
is represented by it, attorney, Judge Den
ny, W. II. Miller, aud Curl 4 Waddle, and
the defense BY Col. W. G.. weleh, sauAey,
Fox 4 Stone, Hill. and Morrow n Newell
Brad Henson, against whom six indio,-
ments have been standing in the Lincoln
Circuit Court for over two years, was ar
rested in the Court room at Somerset,
Wednesday, and taken 10 Stanford under
guard Of Eve men. lie lisa desperate char
aoter, and has been GLIDING the officers for
long time, but he will have to convince
the Court in few weeks that he never
committed the malicious stabbing, "a
charged, that each Of the four cases for
selling whisky without license ia a gross
error, aud that he had no weapon At all at
the time he l. alleged In have had one
concealed--or else take the consequences.
/ The track OF the Cincinnati southern Il.
r. has reached McKee, branch, over which
there Il yiaduet 1875 feet high, (the high.
ct on the road,) which was to have been
completed yesterday. This Is l3s miles
below Somerset, and in the neighborhood
of the coal fields.
4 A young lawyer and doctor from Stan
ford, witnesses in the Holmes case, were so
pleased with the ladies they met one eve
ming during their stay, that they are think.
( ing Of locating in Somerset, II all the ne
cessary arrangements can be effected.
A negro, named Monroe Harris, was IA
tally injured by hand car that was thrown
from the track near Somerset, by pile Of
rocks placed on the track by some fend in
human shape.
The following personals are taken from
our Somerset letter Miss Anna Gibson
has returned from Richmond. secs. Messrs.
| Wilson and Corn, life insurance agents,
are in tow. ..... Mics Amelia Shihmaker
has charge Of j. W. Halls millinery shop
...... Mr.. Gabe Greenwald will soon leave
here 10 locate in Philadelphia. Mr.. j.
Upton and lady have returned from Sloan
Valley, and win reside in South Somerset,
iOr a time.
The joyial proprietor ofthe Hicks House,
Somerset, has another wee b0arder Its q
girl, and the thiflsenih child,