The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-01-02
VOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

Maine wears a warlike air, but Gov
Garcelon is master Of the situation.
A bill to compel Courts to g i've negroes
fair representation in all juries, is pend
ing in the Virginia Legislature.
- And now the Trustees Of the Cincin-
natl Southern Railway want another mil.
lion dollars for terminal purposes.
-- The estate of VIM. S. O'Brien, Of San
Francisco, was valued by appraisers last
week and found to he worth 81, 655, 459.77.
-- The records show that during the
past year s,l65 people died in New York
to 25,332 births The marriages number
1886.
- The Indiana war claims, growing out
of the Morgan raid. amounting to s4IS,-
lll.l3, have been filed with the Secretary
of war
- Green, Doll a Co., leading whole
sale boot and shoe firm Of Louisville. sus-
pended on Tuesday. Assets said to be $751;
900; liabilities, $1,000
Gen. Grant and party left Washington
CITY Tuesday for the South. Gen. Sheridan
accompanies them. They will take steam
er at Fernandina, Fla, for Havana.
Al Boonville, No., on the 30th, Col.
John +. Phillips, of Sedalia, was nominal
ed by the Democrats to Gil the vacancy
occasioned by the death Of Congressman
Alfred NJ. Lay.
- Fred. X. Jaynes, who was acting as
Santa Claus at Christmas tree in Paris,
KY, was burned TO death Christmas night,
by his clothing, which was covered with
cotton, catching fire from a taper that burn
ed in the tree.
AZ 2 O'Clock Monday morning, one or
two squares in the very heart Of the city
Of Boston was DESTROYED by fire. The loss
ia estimated at 100000. The famous
publishing house Of Houghton a Osgood,
of the Atlantic Monthly, was partially de-
stroyed
- The Standard says that John Tupman,
Representative from Adair, arrived at Leb-
anon on Monday, en- route to Frankfort |
showing strong SYMPTOMS Of the derange-
meni Of his mind. Heis still in Lebanon
but is apparently no better. lie is 60 years
Of age. and farmer by occupation, and Is
Of sober and steady habits.
Ernest Fred. Charles Voules, Huston
a Co.'S fancy clerk, stole $4,000 from the
firm, and just as il was about to be found
out, he sloped or Cuba; but, on being
captured in New Orleans by detectives, h e
drew a powder from his pocket, swallowed
il, and, in half an hour, was a corpse. Wine,
women and cards were the causes Of his
downfall.
A young woman, In the "culchard'
society OF Boston, shot and killed her moth
er with whom she was sleeping, on the night
Of the 10Th. She was in love with young
hotel clerk, aud her mother, who was an
extremely handsome widow Of 81, seemed
also to think more Of the clerk than she
ought to have This crazed the daughter
with jealousy and caused the rash and in
haman act.
90 The catastrophe ON the North British
Railway, Scotland, which happened on the
2sth Of December, is among the most ter
rible in the history Of Railroad accidents.
The train, consisting Of four third class,
one irst-cl4s and one second class cars,
aud the brakemans van, left Edinburgh at
lilS in the afternoon, and in crossing the
bridge across the Firth Of lay, near the
lily Of Dundee, plunged down from
height Of eighly-eight feet into the river,
and into water the average depth Of which
II that point is about forly-fye feet. The
rain was seen crossing the bridge, then
here was "a sudden fash Of fire" and then
ilenee The burial OF Pharaoh and his
lost in the waters Of the Red Sea could
rot have been more complete No one
uryives 10 tell the tale The only evil ,
lenoes u the wreck are the pieces Of roof,
Door, articles Of wearing apparel, mail
,ag- 6c., Esshed sshore. Thirteen girdeu Z