The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-04-02
Sorrs OF CURRENT rrE,rs.

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81 Bret IIartc has hccu confirmed ~ L
:. Consul to Glasgow.
- Eight moonshiner' ESCAPED from III,
Louisville Jail this week and are still 81
large.
The Old Fellows will celebrate theil
-iSty-6rst anniversary on the Goth o
Arrill
Judge Piiile, ono Of the judges Of III,
olden time, died in Louisville ihi. week
aged 50.
1t l. estimated that the cotton crop Of
Texas for 1872 will bring into that State
su,OooOoo
The Richmond Register has declared
Tor Gen. Durbin Ward If Ohio. Better
stick to Tilden.
80 \ new National Bank, the First Ma
tional, has been organized in Maysvillc
with a capital Of 100000.
81 Hon. 10. G. : Blackburn writes the
Winchester Deaocui that he i a candidate
for re .election to Congress.
- Benj. Grant, 81 Adair county, made
clear profit Of $1,000 on drove Of mules
taken by him to the South
Maj. Jas J. Rosser. senior proprietor
Of the Msysville Ky Bulletin, died Of tn.
bercular consumption this weel
- Richard y. Board has secured the
Democratic nomination for the Circuit
Clerkship Of Mercer county by majority
Of Is.
- The University Of Virginia reports
a2s mstricnlate-, representing twenty-five
different States. OF the whole number
IA are from Virginia.
The L. :. steamer, Constellation.
detailed to carry supplies Cor the destitute
in Ireland, has sailed. She has $3.50 bar.
rels Of provision. and four cases Of cloth
ing.
The New York S,m SAYS that John
Kelley will not he able to hold together in
the Presidential race one tenth ofthe vo-
tiers that he led astray in the election for
Governor.
An escaped convict, who had been out
West for the last eighteen months, volun-
tarily returned to the peniteniiary this
week, whereupon the Governor parloned
him at once
"A white man has been sentenced to
be hanged at Spartansburg, S. G., for kill
ing a negro, and the Northern papers are
speaking Of il as the most remarkable case
that ever occurred in the South.
- The last words Of the two men hung
in the United States last Friday we're for
the one, "God have mercy upon my soul"
and for the other, "iell is full Of such men
as the jury that doomed me 10 such a
death
-- Robi. b. Mckee, Of Frankfort, was
thrown from his horse Tuesday and 40 Sc
riously hurt that he died that night. Mr..
Mckee, it will he remembered, made the
race against Hon. Jas W. Tate for State
Treasurer in 1873.
- Hon. c. \. Hardin has drawn the first
blood, and will be the candidate for the
Judgeship in his District by large ma
iority. We are exceedingly glad Of this
rs Mr.. Hardin is a genial gentleman and
lawyer Of much ability
- BY recent order Congressman are
not allowed to send seed direct TO their
They can only recommend
hat they he sent to cer,ain persons, and
hen il the Commissioner Of Agriculture
70 wills he orders them sent
A petition lss yards in length, and
'igned by 33,4sl temperance women, was
presented in the House Tuesday by Mr.. |
Brewer, Of Michigan. The prayer of the
'etition is for egislation to prohibit the
ale Of alcoholic stimulants.
The House Committee on WAYS and |
Means, by vote Of to 3, has decided to
'lace on the free list all manufactured pa
Der wood pulp, jute- butts, manufactured
lax, straw, and all other fibre and fibrous
'lants used in the manufacture Of paper.
90 When Parnell, the agitator, got back
D ireland, and attempted TO make a
peeeh, he was greeted with Kisses and rot
m eggs, one Of the latter hitting him
lnare in the mouth and raising a skunk
Ike smell that was decidedly unsavory
, his taste as well as his nostfils.
The Directory for st. Louis, issued on
st Saturday, contains l20,573 names, an
Icrease Of 7,l20over last year, and an in
ease of 52,923 since the Federal crnsus
1870. BY the usual ratio Of people TO a
lme this gives the city population Of
rer Eve hundred and forty thousand.
- The steamer City Of Mexico, from
hich General Grant was landed at Calves.
~. arrived at New Orleans in disabled
ndition, and was very nearly wrecked in
e recent storm. She is nov on the dock, .
a an attempt Is being made to conceal
sr true condition by both officers and {
nsignees.
-. The New York Democratic State Con- I
ntion for choosing delegates to the Gin :
matt Convention will meet at Syracuse e
Dril 20. The call invites the Democrat n
electors Of the several Assembly dis. c
cts and all others who intend to support
: nominees Of the Democratic National !
invention, to send delegates to Syracuse. a
- The Governor has sternly refused to -
lerfere and to-day the Hnrivatan hanoins, n