The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-04-01


"Wednesday the weather looked very
much like The same sort We had an album
dance Of IN January. The ground was
co, ered with snow, and The cold was severe
Persons who neglected to en- their lee.
houses will now have an opportunity.
There is "husiness breeze" ~ along
the line u can hardly be callcJ q
"boom,' but Il Is refreshing. Blk sales Of
land and timber are made every day. The
merchants are busy, and Spring stocks are
heavier than usual. u il only litigation
that j. inactive. The lawyers III with
hands in pocket, watching the briskness n
other people. Bot - long NJ they have
any pockets 10 put their hands In, the law
yers are not At all uncomfortable.
There was a considerable gathering Of
the Democracy Vt the Couri-lIouse last
Monday afternoon. The object Of the
meeting was to gu some vacancies in the
Executive Committee, which was soou &C.
complished, anil the names 81 the Commit
tee are given elsewhere. Ailer the routine
busincs. had been transacted, Judge Me-
Clure offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted, snd then
the meeting adjourned
Rsidl,,i That according 90 rotation. % b due
that noctcitils county should furnish the n,uo-
cratic candidate r the siaie senate from This the
gsih District. at the August eleeiion issi ana We
therefore take pleasnre Boz recommending 90 the
Democratic voters Of The District. our ssiccmeI
fellow county man, nr. }. ,. nfovn, Who B. an OK
celicnt gentleman, consistent nemoorai and in
every way well qualified to represent The Dis
irict With credit 10 himself and honor To- bis CON-
.iitueni. His cordial nomination uaaid De- hailed
with enthusiasm by the Democrats Of noetessiic
coaniy. and he could not sud would Dot fail Of sue
cess at the polls IN August.
-PERsoNAI@--Mrs Il. T.. Gresham and
Mrs. Brrck Graves, Of Livingston, we're
here Tuesday ..... Miss lou Joplin has re-
turned from Paris...... NJ. J. j. Williams
went to Louisville last week, and returned
accompanied by his little granddaughter,
Burdetla Ray Jones ... Mr.. J. II. Otter,
wife and family are in Louisville this
week ..... Robert Brooks, Isaac Stewart aud
David Pointer are attending the Madison
Circuit Court a. witnesses in the Curtis
stealing case Judge W. H. Randall,
from Washington, and Charlie Randall,
Eom Lexington, were passengers on Fri
days train m rouie 10 their home in Ion
don. The prospects are excellent FOR the
Judge to win the Kentucky Marshaiship
...... Miss Annie Kiriley has been quite
sick Tor several days.....Mis- Mollie
Brooks, a lovely little lady from Crab Or
chard, was here last week the guest Of her
aunt, Mrs Polly PROCTOR. Mr.. - Ra-
gan, a young Methodist minister, j. here at.
tending school..-~Mr. W. u. Spradlin, of
Fountain Head, Tennessee Is visiting the
family Of Judge. Fish......Mr. james
Guest, Of Danville, was in town Monday
....-M Mr.. NJ d. IIughes, Of Lincoln. paid
our town a visit County Court day
The details Of most disgusting case
Of incest have been made public within
the last few days. Several months since.
Eliza Underwood, unmarried. aged about
seventeen years, and living a lew miles
from town, began to exhibit evidences Of
having been too familiar with some indi-
vidual Of the opposite sex. She siouily
denied that snch was the fact, however,
and was finally carried by her parents TO
physician, who pronounced her cicia's.
She still denied neing in that condition IN
Ill last Friday, when she gave birth to
child. She now tells the story Of crime
against nature. 80 revolving that il is diff
cult Of belief She declans that one night
in the early part 81 lat summer. while
she was at the hon-e Of her grand father,
Anderson Proctor, venerable citizen, be
came TO her bed and foroibly outraged her
person. After he had accomplished his
hellish purpose, she says the old man told
her never to -ay anything about IL, as, IL
the matter became public, il would ruin
her She rays that he has all along told
her there could be nothing the matter with
her, that il was impossible there could be,
and she, therefore, thought the doctor was
mistaken, and persisted in her denials
Miss L Underwood is not above average in
intellect, but she tells her story in a very
straightforward way, according to the ao-
count given by her siep-faiher. Mr.. jasper
Hickler Old man Proctor has usually
been regarded as a harmless citizen, but II
is now said that he has heretofore been
guilty Of attempted familiarity with
daughter-in-law, and, perhaps, other mem
beers Of his flock Monday afternoon, Miss
Underwood step-faiher, Mr.. Jasper IIick-
les, made an affidavit setting forth the facts
given above, and County Judge Mcclure
issued writ for Proctor, which was at
once placed in the hands Of sheriff Al
bright.
last week, Mr. 4. g. Wyatt, a young
man from Knox county, came into this
county as the agent Of two insurance COM
panier, viz; The State Mutual Relief A..
sociaiion Of Harrisburg, Pa, and the
United States Mutual Relief Association
Of Lebanon, Pa. According to the agents
circulars, these insurance 90 companies
were organized for the express purpose Of
insuring the lives Of people between 60 and
50 yeas Of age. The premiums are moi
large and the taking out Of policy looks
like big investment. IL il nothing more
than paying out 500 or 81 900, and in SIX
or seven years signinga receipt for 5000.
Mr.. Wyatt secured several policy takers.
Among Others, Mr.. X. b. Ward and Mrs.
Gresham, Of Livingston, took policies to
the amount Of Sll 900 on two venerable !
each Of whom has one foot in
the grave and the other little business out,
in laurel county. Mr.. billiard Maguire, |
Of Goochland, invested heavily, and Miss
Kate Moore, Of this place, took policy on
her father. Mr.. d. n. Williams thought |