The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-10-08

The 'inciuuaii southern VIII raise "
rates TO three cent. per mile after this
month.
Oliver W. Root has been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans Of the
Covingion District
Under the law authorizing the coinage
Of silver dollars, s2,OO0,OOO at east must
be made per month. There have already
been coined s1O,00OiO0o.
The NJ. Charles Hotel, New Orleans,
one Of the finest buildings Of the Kind in
the South, was damaged to the amount Of
$4,000 by fire last Sunday.
The liabilities Of Oliver n Robinson,
iobacconists Of Richmond, Va, whose fail.
IRE hss heen reported, ere placed by The
firm at sisS,OOOi assets, $4,000
The total cost Of the entire service Of
the Post.Oaice Department during the lust
fiscal year was So, 100000 Greater by
several millions than the year before.
--vonderhide, the murderer, Of whose
conviction to death in Shelby County last
week we noted, has been sentenced and the
interesting event set for December 18th.
On account Of III health, II. Victor
Newcomb declined reelection to the
Presidency Of the L. 4 \. X r. p. II.
Green Of New York was elected to take
charge December lat.
William Nicholas has been arrested
At williams,own for a,,emp,iry to throw
n pa..epye, train of the trsck lie gave
As a ,eason for his heinou. oaense thai the
road had Killed his horse and refused 10
nav for a.
-During the past fiscal wear 7.2lO 5s7
domestic money orders were issued by the
var;ous po., of;ces in the n : the whola
amoun,ing To 800 $50 sos The po.,.
masters fees and rrmiums on ,bi. wa.
sal7, Oe0.5s.
The total area of publie land. sutvev.
ed from the beginning of surveying opera.
tions nm 10 the close of the last vesr il
shown 10 be 1872 557 1875 acres leaving an
estimated area vel nn.urveved Of O62..
23l. 727 acres.
John Robinsor's large elephant. Chief
killed HE keeper in North Carolina. a few
days ago. He il a very yiciops brnte but
the (ate,i keeper claimed that he could con.
troll him by Kindness instead of 4 re.ort 70
torture. He wa. mistaken a. the result
shows.
Two negroes from Bowling Green, Ky.
we're arrested in indianapolis this week on
the oath OF detective, who won their con-
hdence and got the truth Of their visit from
them. They said that the Kew. Aliens
worth, the negro State klector, promised
to pay their expenses and provide mainte-
nance till after the elestion.
More than sixty OF the leading bust
ness men Of the city, most OF whom are OF
Republican faith. publish protest against
the imputalion OF the Com'aere'd and
Gosetie, for political effect, that Cincinnati
people cherish hostility to the South. The
firm OF Chas Jacob, jun n Co. heads the
list. Mr.. Jacob Is the Mayor of the city.
A mass meeting of The Democratic
Conservative party in New Orleans adopt
ed resolution declaring; I'VE believe in
an indesiructible Union OF indestructible
States. We are equally and unslte:ably
opposed to centralized despotism and to
secession. The letter Of General Hancock
relative to Southern claims receives our
hearty approval"
The town Of Rugby, Tenn, on the line
of the G. ;. X. p, has been formally inau-
gurated. Thomas Hughes, the English
man, who, with number Of Boston and
London capitalists, owns $4,000 acres Of
land around it, in Morgan and Scott coun-
ties, proposes to add 100000 more as soon
as proper titles can be secured. II is to he
eolonized by the English.
The steamship Isaac Bell when nearly
ready to sail from Norfork, Va, Saturday,
for New York, took fire and burned to the
waters edge. The vessel had on board $50
bales Of cotton, besides other merchandise.
The Isaac Bell was built in 1865, and cost
about S2oO,OOO. The cargo, which inclnd-
ed 40 hogsheads Of tobacco aud 40 barrels
OF rosin, was valued at s4l 900, uninsured.
1t Is learned from gentleman high in
authority that II is the intention of Hunt
ington, Eehols n Co., to build the Mays
vile and Big Sandy Railroad assoon as the
Lexington and Big Sandy
Railroad is completed The contractors en-
gagged on the latter road, Mess. Warner,
rabler n Co., and Mason shanahan Il Co,
will be given the contract to build the Riv-
II Road
Col. W.. u. bradley, OF Kentucky, said
asst night, that Kentucky had nine'y-eight
thousand Union soldiers and only twenty
wo thousand Coniederates In the war, and
hat the Republican party growing slowly
'ut surely, would poll one hundred thou