The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-02-18


las given up the .ludy Of medicine an,
gone 10 grating fruit trees. Success {,
you, John; fruit j. more palntahle thar
medicine any way..... Mr. A. n. Hutch
ing- has been trying to shake himself Il
death with Mrs. Robert Rice
Jr., Of Texas, IL the guest Of Mrs, Il. u
Rice, II this place. We are told thai
BILLY Haughman is dangerously III with
Missouri fever.
HasfoHrftie.
The house and lot advertised for sale
by Peacock \ Givens admr., wa knocked
OIL to Dr. I'll. Aloom for slG3.
u. :. Carpenter, Of johnson county
No., who, with his family, ha. been here
for some weeks on a visit, has Just learned
tha, small pox is virulent in his neighbor.
hood, and hence "Sriliy" proposes remain.
ing awhile.
We'll, we have had the "Big - The
terrible character Of the evening prevent.
ed as full a house a. they would have had
Otherwise. They had a good audience
however, and those who attended speak
highly Of the entertainment.
! suppose you have the facts Of the
liowsey tragedy, which came OF neal
Morcland'. Station on salurla, A.
temoon. tam Rowscy came up on
the train, and soon started down the turn.
pike toward Millcdgeville. VIM. Gresham
and John Read went down the Railroad in
direction nearly parallel 10 his, and get.
ting little in advance, posted themselves
near the pike and 81 a little distance from
each other When Howscy had reached a
point about equally distant from the two,
they orened Ere upon him simultaneously
from couple Of shot guns. They fred
across each other making Rowsey the
point in which their lines Of FIRE intersect-
ell OF conrse he was killed instantly.
The aggressive parties are under arrest
and 10 be tried on Thurslay. presume
the investigation viii bring out a delicate
fact or two. throwing light on the question
Of a motive for the act.
The examining trial Of ". 1. Moore,
Jr., for the killing Of ]. X. Mccormack,
was had on saturday before squircs Fey.
ton and Hughes. W. II. Miller represent
Ell the Commonwealth; Welch 4 Saufley
appeared for the defense. The case thus
far Is wrapped in mystery. No one seems
able to account for il. Mr.. Met ormack,
who, with her daughter Maggie,
reached here on Saturday, says she knows
OF no difficulty between her husband and
Mr.. Moore-that Moore visited them in
Cincinnati on terms Of the most perfect
cordially; that Nice. had recently rcceiy.
cd a letter from Moore urging him to as
sisl him in getting situation in the city,
and that she knows her husband was &C.
lively engaged up TO the time Of his leay-
ing, in prosecuting a search for such po.
siiicn. She states that Mr.. Met. left home
entirely without arms; that al the time Of
Moore's lat visit, Nee. presented him
with very line knife, alleging that he
himself, would never carry it, 4 search
Of his body revealed no weapon upon or
about him, except an ordinary Barlow
knife, which he purchased after reaching
this place, and which was found closed and
in his pocket. The testimony before the
examining court proved little more than
the fact Of the killing. Mr.. Moore was
held to bail in $1,000 to answer at the
next term Of the Circuit Court.
-MoRE "BLup7 AZ TmE WEsr.ENp.-
Some day during the latter part OF lasi
week a nesio boy named Harlan received
cut a, the hands of one Oliver also col
ored, in the neighborhood known as Su,
gar lin, situated a short distance west ol
Moreland's Station. The boy died ON Sun.
day. can end no one who seems TO know
the facts. Two stories are cnrrent--one Il
the effect that divers pigs were being wor
risd by lIarlan's dog; that he caught tho
dog and was about 10 XIII II with his knife
when young Harlan, attempting TO relcas,
the dog, ran against the knife, but did not
know he was hurt until he saw the blood
some time afterwards. The other story Z
that the dog pursued rabbit through OH
yer's lot, who being about TO Kill the ami
NAL, was aecosled by the boy who beggel
him 10 spare his dog. and that Oliver iher
attacked The boy cutting him once, and
continuing his efforts to iniure him farther
when he WAS rescued by awhile man VII,
threatened to shoot the persecution. On,
fact j. assured. The boy l. dead and diet
Of the wound received in the Isnconlfc
j. T.. Goode, Coroner il now abeent attend.
ing 10 the case. Should hc return In tim,
I will send you a note Of his report r
lATrn.-CoToner Goode returned 10 tow
nom his mission 10 I'll on the hOdy O
Young Harlan, in a very bad humor. n,
says the little niger rervorscly insisted
that be was not dead, and wasns't going Il
be "soi on lie admits that he vas cut b,
divers knife, but thinks the injury was &c
cideniaL The Coroner don't know exactly
how 10 manage such impnciicablc cases
and 4 searching the law books for a pre-
cedeni. We know OF none except The cas-,
OF Murphy Delany, whose body hayin,
been found In tho edge Of the river. Cor
oner's jury was called
"nai ru'liy uoi hiking ihiscaniaii .ide,
ieli 10 twisting The while ih0y lai by him,
And came, uhcn 10 Sound "a conway nient, A. nia
sis- WI 60 ihe lnrs 'Naur hauois at place ,ou
-uro I ana uo deal, "a aha al toyouf
Noi dead say lhc iorsulsn, ye "spllpoeu H. ilsi