The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-06-04
yorrs or CURRENT Evsvrs

N"h-ar thtr Weth Iof ItoCfias
Dennis Kearney Ia on, Of Jail, and is
again sgitatins. lie ought TO he hung.
-Cerro-Gordo Williams has made an
excellent speech in Congress on the bill 10
pension soldiers Of the Mexican war
The public debt, according to Secre-
tary Shcrman's statement, was decreased
during the month Of May sl5,92s,0s3.
- Gen. Fiishugh Lee. Of Virginia, will
deliver the Commencement Grafton at
Sayre Institute, Lexington, Ky, tonight.
- The Governments water power at
IIarpers Ferry was offered at auction last
week h. but was Withdrawn, only $4,000 be.
ing offered.
- The corener OF Montgomery has
had his own game played upon him. He
l-is--i ~ --sr-----'istior; md Jury hrd TO-
sit on him.
The Vulcan Iron Works at Chatta-
nooga has suspended with liabilities Of
$4,000. Over 600 men are thrown out
Of employment.
- The Richmond (va.) STATE says that
Louisa, a town Of only 400 inhabitants,
half Of them colored, hiss ten lawyers to
prey upon them.
Prince Leopold, Princess Louise and
suite arrived at Toronto Saturday. They
left for Niagara Falls Tuesday, and thence
will visit Chicago.
Sixty thousand dollars worth Of six
per cent. bonds Of the city Of Lexington,
were disposed Of Saturday to Albert Net
ter, Of Cincinnati, at 1Oi.G0.
The Nevada Democratic delegation
has been instructed TO vote for Tilden.
The preference Of the delegates are; Til
den 8, Thurman and field /.
The sweet girl graduates Of Warren.
dale College at Georgetown, will have the
doubtful honor q receiving their diplomas
from the hands Of Gov. Blackburn.
-Jere Little, who got change Of
venue to Morgan county, was tried las,
week for the murder Of Judge Burnett, OF
Breathiit. As usual the jury hung.
- Judge VIM. Lindsay delivered the
last speech in the Green-IIargis case yes
Ierdsy, end the end Of this great case is
near at hand, il the jury does not hang.
There is a negro woman in Savannah,
Ga, bu, 20 years Of age who has just be-
come a grandmother. At Is she gave birth
to girl, who a, the same age followed her
example.
- Rain fell in torrents at Bracket, Tex
as, last Saturday morning. The town was
soon flooded, and dozen houses carried
away by the current. Over twenty persons
we're drowned.
- The Louisville Narrow Guage r. r.
has been purchased in the interest OF the
Louisville 4 Cincinnati Short Line for $780,
900, and it is said hat il will be extended
to Harrodsburg.
The proposed ship canal across the
State Of Florida has been surveyed, and
the cost estimated at $4,000, 600 more,
perhaps, than the entire State would bring
at public auction.
Two hundred Regulators" or out
laws, Of Lawrence County, Kentucky, sur
rendered to the Sheriff Saturday, and fur
nished the name Of 500 for presentation
TO the gland jury.
A shooting scrape occurred in Adair
Tuesday night, in which Taylor Sudduth,
a lawyer, received two wounds in tie
breast at the hands of +. II. winfrey. The
wounds are not fatal.
Last week New York was the hottest
place in theUnited States, the thermometer !
for several days 9j', and on one
occasion as high as 100. A number of
death from sunstroke was reported.
The Pan Handle K. II. now makes
the remarkably short time Of 23l hours y
from Cincinnati to New York, and the B. ,
4 o. r. r. takes you from Cincinnati to
in little over 10 hours.
- Ex-Empress Eugenis visited the spot =
in zululand, on the LIST, where her son
was killed just year before by the sava-
yes. She refuses be comforted, and is said u
10 be a complete wreck Of her former self 8
The Court Of Inquiry in the case Of a
Cadet Whitaker unanimously finds that
lis wounds were inflicted by himself. The u
War Department has yet to pass upon the u
indings, and Whitaker has been ordered
inder arrest.
In the 9th Kentucky District during L
he ysar ending Arril 30lh, there were d
PRODUCED and entered into bond 3,6S5, 1855
gallons of whisky, Of which 2,770,995 gal '
ons were withdrawn after a tax OF 81, 404- .
'i450 was paid. U
A negro boy named Charles Boiling v
vas hung at Hanover c. H., Vs., last Fri y
lay, Tor rape on little white girl. Five .
ther persons on the same day in various d
'arts Of the United States, went to glory y
ia the hempen lire. "
The Democrats of South Carolina, in
Wednesday, nominated Presi- =
ential Electors and State ticket. Dele. u
ates to the National Convention we're not y
instructed, but it is said that they will vote y
sa unit against Tilden. ~
- The Richmond, Va, municipal cleo u
iOh ah fittoi1
or the Conservative over the Readjusters
nd Republicans The largest vote was
oiled since the payment Of the capitation +,
ax was required to qualify voters.
- The Court Of Claims in Madison last
Ionday, fixed the pay Of the County Judge
1 5000, land that Of its Attorney at $500 per =
nmm. Besides board, which the Court =
avs tor at a good price, the keeper Of '
he Poor House gets $500 per year salary. o,
- Now that Grove Kennedy has joined
be church, We take the liberty Of nomina- .
ing him for Chaplain Of the Penitentiary. -
AXE Hudibras, he would "
Prove his doctrine orthodox
ny apostolic blows and knocks. ~
-lBowling Green Intellgeneer. pl
A disgraceful and brutal prize fight OF