The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-04-29
ctsEF COUNTY.


N. y. foriman caGght a chanel cat
6sh last Saturday that weighed iOl pounds,
and had a water snake in side u u twenty
one inches long.
r. G. Whip has just returned from
months visit ~ Owensboro. Nv, much
improved in healih......J. y. McBath has
gotten hack from a weeks stay At Month
cello.
Last Monday was the mcst quiet
County Court Day We have had for quite
a while. There was but little business
transacted, and very little drunkenness IN
town.
Marriage licenses were issued on the
18th for the marriage II Stephen H.
Knihly to Josephine Bland; on the 2isi,
Jesse Knight 10 Eliza Stapp; on the 2:ird,
James Buchanan to Mary +. Simpson.
81 The nomination Of Mr. William John
son for Representative by the convention
last Monday, Is approved Of by every one,
and il equivalent 10 an election. lie Is
the man for the place. and will make the
best Representative that Casey and Rus
sell have had for some time.
Died, on the night Of the slst, Robert
PeYton, Esq, Of the Rolling Fork neigh
borhood. He was well advanced in years.
and had represented this and Russell coun-
" in the Legislature a few years ago, and
was highly respected BY all who knew
him. His loss will be felt by the entire
county, aud his family have the sympathy
of all.
The last weeks issue Of your psper
has not made is arrival up to this writing,
and IL you were here now we believe that
some body would tell you how TO run
paper. and perhaps duck you in Green
River beside But the mail agents have
played the devil. and the editor is as pure
as a mountain lily. We never fail to send
out our papers on Friday morning -ED
The report that Mr. Calvin Jefiries
il Republican candidate is untrue.
The Republicans had no convention, but
Captain Reins was in town shaking hands
with the dear people. Afer the Demo-
cratic convention adjourned, Mr. Lewis Z.
Woods, new convert and a red-hot
Greenbacker, made a speech an honr aud
a hall long lie spoke very well for &C.
teen minutes, then be grew tiresome, and
when he wound M or run down, which
ever il was, he L.d an audience Of five,
and four Of them were asleep.
Last Monday at one o'clock the De-
mocracy OF Casey county met in conven-
ton, and the following are the proceed
ings. Mr.. j. W. Whip, Chairman Of the
Executive Committee for this county, made
a short speech 10 which he explained the
object Of the meeting and asked that some
one be pot in nomination for permanent
Chairman. r. NJ. McFerran nominated
Major +. d. Rigney, who was elected by a
unanimous vote. lie took the stand and
in a short and eloquent speech withdrew
from the race, and thanked his friends for
the encouragement be had received while
a candidate. NJ. Peyton was then elected
Secretary, and the Chairmsn declared that
nominations we're In order Mr.. John
leiser put in nomination VIM. John
son, Esq. The vote was then taken and
was so near unanimous that Mr. Whip
made a motion that il there were no other
nominations, that Squire Johnson's he
made unanimous. The vote was again
taken, and his nomination was made unan-
imous by every voice in the house. Mr..
johnson then took the floor, and in
short and pointed speech thanked the mem
bers Of the convention and Of the party
for the responsibility they had entrusted
him with, and said that he would make
the race on high and honorable principles,
aud, il possible, carry our banner ON to
victory. The convention then adjourned.