The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-12-24
IOffsITIIT.


Nht NhttI III Nlncinnhll u hNuln muu
dy. The Louisville bar.rooms "a few
OF them keep good Anderson anC
Bourbon county; the Cincinnati bar
rooms (all Of them keep "busthead.
In Louisville you can occasionally SCI
clean. pale.faced. temperate human
being; in Cincinnati the population,
for the most part, are beer guzzlers.
Cincinnati has the biggest organ, but
Louisville has, or did have, the great 81.
berian mammoth. An organ is nothing
compared to mammoth, you kAow.
The worse thing that ! can see about
Louisville is her police. Policemen
are nuisances any way. They are
relies of barbarous age, and ought
to be abolished. Louisville policemen
are fond Of bruising and killing people
and Of killing one another. | intend
TO get up n crusade against them if |
can get the women enlisted. A great
thing about Louisville is her news.
Papers.
MR.. EMMETT q. LOGAN,
! Who, take him all in all, is, beyond
question, the very best newspaper
man in the State, is managing the
Corier.Jow1,ai, and the superiority
Of his management is visible in the
improvement which marks each sue
ceeding number OF the paper. Mr..
Watterson has been doing an unusual
amount of brilliant editorial work
lately. Mr.. Kennedy is running the
Kentucky News" department, and is
doing 1t we'll Donald Padman has
revived his "Small Talk the best
feature OF the paper, under the caption
OF "This and That" O. o. Stealey,
formerly India napolis correspondent,
is in Nashville, trying to help elect a
Democratic L. :. Senator. Recollec.
tons Of the Landers-Porter campaign
are not too fresh in the minds OF your
readers TO suffer them to put up
very large amounts ON Mr.. Slealey's
predictions. The Post is a good after
noon paper, and could not be other
wise with such men rs Col. Sears and
Mr.. T.. +. Madden on its editorial
staff. T.. Polk johnson has made the
Sundy 1rgits "a thing Of beauty and
a Joy forever" The Commercial is
said to be good paper. Somehow, |
never liked it. Ii may be because of
its politics, which is said to be anti.
Democratic. Col. Kelley, Mr.. Gran.
vile Show aud Mr.. L.. ). kowlett are
splendid gentleman and ought to get
out an excellent paper. But the COM
mcrciai always reminds me Of certain
calicos that wont wash. Its ink is an
uncertain black and its paper is an
uncertain white. Ii wont wash, that's
evident. For all that, it has improv-
ell since Garfeld's election. sup.
pose it belongs to the Christian
Church.
Business is by no means brisk in
Louisville Just now. Ii couldn't he
brisk at this time even il it wanted Ia
he so. During the Holidays there
will be a slight squirt, and then an.
other calm, which will last until about
the 10th Of January. Then things
will begin to move again.
The contracts for the Louisville
branch extension have been awarded,
and Flannery ~ Co. get the first
mile beyond Livingston. This in,
cludes the bridge across Rockcastl,
River. a little previous" arrange
ment about this contract allows Elan
merry d Go. TO build the bridge, while
Geo. Sambrook, Of Livingston, make
the road bed one mile beyond the
river. said two weeks ago that
"Uncle George would have con
tract on the extension, and | thought
! knew what was saying.
John Raymond isplaying "AIulber
ry Sellers to small audiences at Ma
cauley's this week. The piece fits hin
and he fits the piece. Consequently
the play is a success, as is, also, Ray
mond. lie has miserable support
but this isn't much counted, as "Sel
lers' is The character in the play
Miss frankie McClelland, as 'Lauri
Hawkins possesses some ability as Al
actress, while the idiot that play
Geo. Selby' ought to he taken on
and shot. In the fourth act when Ia,
injured Laura shoots her seducer
the Selby aforesaid, | sincerely hope
that the pistol might happen to b
loaded and Kill him sure enough
There is very weak oompan!
playing Freaks" at the Oper
House. "The "Knick" and In
!
"Buck' are having good run. The,
always have that
Considerable interest is manifesto,
: in the Federal officers whom Presi
I dent Garfield will appoint here il
Louisville. Il is evident that Col
, Gabe Wharton will be "bounced" iron
: the District Attorneyship. Hon. w
! o. Bradley, of Lancaster, could easi
; " have the place IL he wanted il; bu