The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-05-28


j. no doubt TINT the road will be built.
John a. Carlisle Of Kentucky, actct
Speaker Of the House in the absence o
Randall, who attended the funeral Of hil
aged mother at Philadelphia, this week.
- Tom Boyd, the wonderful diver
jumped On the suspension bridge At Gin
cinnaii, Sunday, from height Of % feel
into the river below and came out unhurt
"A terrible gasoline explosion TOOK
place At Piqua, O., resulting in the loss o.
three lives, and young woman was 20 se
riously injured that her recovery is doubt.
ful
California sends her delegates to Gin
cinnati unin.,ruclcd, further than 10 vote
asa unit. The delegation l. said TO stand
for l'ilden eight; Thurman, two; Seymour,
one, and Field one.
The Cincinnati Commercial has pub
lished the names Of $500 Republicans who
will not support Grant, II he is the nomi.
nee, aud the New York Tribune has found
5000 in the same OK.
The rumor which j. abroad in the
land that Secretary sherman l. desirous Of
being considered candidate for the sec
ond place on the Grant ticket !. stontly
denied by his friends.
Col. Vim. Cassius Goodioc, Of Ken.
lucky, has resigned a. Minister to Belgium
and j. o. Putnam, n. Y. youth to fortune
and 10 fame unknown, has been nominated
for the position by the President.
- Farwcll, the leader Of the anii-Grant
party in Illinois. is out in card denounc.
ing the action Of the State Convention 90
a fraud, and pronouncing General Logan
the political burglar Of the time.
Gen. Malone, who manages the anti
deb;-paying element Of the Virginia De-
mocracy, has declared for Tilden. Some
time ago Malone threatened to defeat Til
den in VirgiHia should he he nomina-
ted
The splendid Gordon setter Fan,
owned by 7. T. Taylor, Of Richmond, Va,
is dead. She probably was one OF the mos,
valuable dogs in America, having earn
cd upward Of $1,000 in prizes and from
sales Of her progeny.-[C.-J.
"A. f. Cole has been nominated by the
Democracy Of the 18th District as it, can
didate for Circuit Judge, and I. A. Curran
Commonwealth Attorney. II is said that
the Republicans and Independents will
unite on an opposition candidate.
AT Lexington, Ky, Saturday night,
Capt. W. II. May attempted to murder Mr..
Jas. b. Furgeson, by shooting him. -Four
shots were fired. One lodged in Furgcson'.
thigh, one in the ankle, one in the head
and one in the small Of the back.
The Senate has stricken out the
amendment 10 the legislative and Execn-
live appropriation bill, reducing the salary
II store-keepers and glugers, and the re-
'ult will probably be that the salaries Of
hese officers will remain as now.
- The Virginia Democratic Convention
lid not instruct its delegates, but sent men
10 the National Conycntion Of known abil-
ty and integrity. /, favored the two-thirds
-ule, and promised an undivided support
10 the National ticket, no matter who
heads it,
There was bolt in the Louisiana
when Pinchhack and his Grant
'rowd found that they could not have every
hing their own way. The delegates from
he regularC convention were sent uninstruct- !
d, and are said to stand Grant, :; Sher- |
nan, :; Blaine, |.
u. $ Senator John y. Gordon, Of
Georgia. has resigned, and the Governor
las appointed ex-GOv. Brown to ill the /
acancy. Gen. Gordon has accepted the
'osition Of consulting and associate coun-
Ell Of the L. & n. Il. X. combination, at a
llary of $4,000 per year.
= The overwhelming defeat Of the Re
ublican party throughout the United
taies in case Of the nomination Of Grant
Chicago, is as certain as any event for
ie fuliillment Of which we have to wait a
w months, and the defeat would be thor
nghly deserved.-[Cincinnati CONNER
al.
- The counties Of the Eighth Congress
onal Distric, are entitled to the following
presentation in the State Convention to
2 held at Lexington. June II Adair 6;
nderson 4, Boyle g, Casey 3, Garrard 8, {
incold 7, Madison IL, Mercer :; Pulaski
Russell 2, Taylor 8, Wayne 4. The to-
] number Of delegates in the State is $40
'cessary to a majority 32l.
- The Senate has by strict party vote I
Issed the bill to prescribe the manner Of
uniting the Electoral vote. The bill re- 1
YES the old twenty-second joint rule, {
itch is that the vote Of no State shall be I
rown out, except by the current vote of 4
tn Houses. The bill will not pass the I
ouse, because the Republicans will not '
rmit it to pass, and they can defeat II by O
clustering.
At Lexington, at the session Of the State n
,dical Association Thursday, the follow s
officers were elected: President, L. b. (,
Dbl, Lexington; Vice Presidents, o. p. =,
omas Pembroke, J. II. Letcher, Hen Ii
son; Recording Secretary, L. S. McMur- &C
, Danville; Corresponding Secretary, r. F
Mccormack, Bowling Green; Treasurer, "
D. Meet, Versailles; Librarian. r. c. Nc NJ
ord, Lebanon; Publication Committee, NJ
$. Reynolds, ]. A. Ireland and W. o. +
berts, Louisville. The next place Of m
citing will be at Coyington. III
70 Congressman and other eminent cii-
+ Of the States Of Illinois, Mississippi, A
'souri, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia Ii
Kentucky met in Washington for the ~
pose Of consulting as TO the fitness and n
liability Of the various candidates men y
led for the Democratic nomination for ma
Presidency. After a very free inter IT.
nge Of opinion an informal vote was To-
IN, and the unanimous choice was found sic
&c Hon. VIM. II. Morrison, Of Illinois. an