The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-01-21

AT their meeting last Saturday night,
Judge G.. W. Mcclure. Worshipful Master
elect, appointed Willis Griffin, ;. D., and
C. A. Reid, Jr, j. d, Of Ashland lodge,
No. so, y. a A.. NJ for the ensuing twelve
months.
--Fontaine Fox Bobbitt ssys that Gym
thia Young intends nov to bring suit Tor
her character, " for nothing else, At least
for the satisfaction Of hearing two eloquent
speeches from himself anil Col. W.O.
Bradley.
Mr. james A. Evans. one OF the jurors
in the Snodgrass case, has face and head
which bear a striking resemblance to the
face AID head II President Garfield lie
stated under oath that he was not related
to the great Ohioan.
Mr.. y. II. Rerpcri, young attorney
from Somerset. has located al this place
and will practice bis profession. lie j. a
young man Of pleasing address and con-
siderable aitainments. lie introduced him
.elf to our people in quite pointed, logi-
cal aud eloquent argument offered for the
defendant in the Snodgra-s case on We'd
nesday last
AT the lat Court Of Claims the Coun-
ty Attorney Of this county was allowed the
sum Of S2i5 for his services during the
wear lSS0 Dissatisfied with his allow
ance, the attorney took an appeal, and on
a trial Of the case in the Circuit Court this
week a jury gave him 1925. Eighty dol
lars is MT much Of balm for outraged
feelings, but presume the attorney will
have to stand it.
"A young gentleman met Young lady,
on the street, the other day, and remarked
to her that il was a splendid time for
sleighing ~ She replied a. sweeily A. he
knew how, that .he thought Il was very
nice weather Tor sleighing-he passed on
the hint was plain, hut he filled 10 take IL.
though be has a nice sleigh and fast horses,
too. Now when the young man passes in
his sleigh, the Young lady invariably look.
another way.
In company with Judge Oasley and
Hon. ". O. bradley, YOUR correspondent
sat down at dinner lat Tuesday with Dr.
and Mrs. ". F. Mckee, at the residence Of
the latter. The tempting array Of elegant
ly prepared siand- was amply sufficient to
whet 10 a iavcnous kcenness the dullcst
appetite, aud each guest acquitted him
self with heroic valor In his valiant charge
upon the mana. The occasion was a most
pleasant one 10 all present
let the whisky fanatics, who have
been abusing the county officers Tor the
bad state Of Affairs in the county respect
ing violations 81 the local option Law, now
turn their attention To the iurie-. \ case
vas tried last week the only one during
the term in which the witness sworc that
he got the whisky from the defendant and
afterwards got a certificate sud paid or
the liquor Thi- was a plain violation,
yet the jury returned a ycIdict Tor the de-
PENDANT. The whisky men have drawn the
first blood
Mr.. James Marei, tired 81 a prolraci-
ed attachment To- telegraph battery, sew
cred himself one day last week, and went
down to Louisville Tor little recreation.
Tie returned looking in splendid health
..... John W Moore, John Frazer and j,
W. Miller have returned from Texas
They seem to have had enough Of the
Lone Star Statc......F. l.. Thompson and
j. j. Williams are in Louisville this week
MIR. Francis Cox, OF Pulaski county
was in town this weeE......L. :. Jones, Of
Louisville, va- here Tuesday .... Hon. i.
W. Alcom, Of stanford, was in town yes
icrday.
When / wrnie you last week the jury
was considering the case Of the Common
wealth " W. A. Owens for the murder oI
james Langiord The closing speech for
the prosecution by Hon. L. c. Warren was
a mastery combination Of eloquonoe and
argument. Everybody that heard il pro-
nounced il a splendid speech. The jury
after considering the case until Friday, re-
ported that there vas no possibility OF their
agreeing, aud they were accordingly DIS
charged. On Saturday The most noted
event was The lriul II the celebrated case
Of Cynthia Young W. W. G.. Hiatt, for
damages consequent upon an assault The
details OF this interesting litigation ELECTED
much merriment, and the result was that
the jury mulctcd Mr. Hiatt in the sum Of
so. On Monday the case Of the Common
wealth ". Emmett Snodgrass was taken
mp, the trial Of which occupied the time
Of the Court until Wednesday afternoon,
when Il was given 10 the jury. 4 jury was
obtained without much trouble. Consid.
/ cradle interest was manifested in the Trial,
large crowd attending al the Court-llouse
each day. Mr.. Warren was assisted in the
prosecution by Capt. u. 7. Holman fon-
iaine Fox Bobbiu, g. Pearl aud Isaac
Stuart. The defendant was represented by
". o. Bradley, y. II. Reppert and Bur
deit. At half past . o'clock Yesterday
morning the Jury returned the following
verdict. "We of the jury find defendant
not guilty Mr. snodgrass wss thereupon
discharged. The Court adjourned yester-
day An unusual amount Of business, both
criminal and civil vas disposed oi during
the term. Judge Owsley has a way Of
pushing thing. without being disagrceably
ha,iy. lie has made a mo.I excellent inn
preston upon our pcorle'by biz prompt
aud impartial administration Of Justice.
HIDIsON GOTNTI.
hfrkSriiis.
We understand the Rev. W. A. SIM
mons. nov student Of Central lniyersi
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