The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1881-03-04

scli was a. cool a. 2 oucumhcf, onu
iokcd and lied during ri. last half
hour speech with . recklessness rarely
ever before displayed. Tie seemed 10
have a special spite against the CouIi.
er.Jounal, which he proplosisd would
become banhrup, before many days.
A moment before the zap was sprung
he kicked of HE slippers, saying
Give them 20 some poor person. the
ComiT-JoufHal shall not have the
satisfaction Of saying: He died with
bic boots on. With his chances in
life, Vondefhcide will hardly be held
responsible for his wickedncss in the
world 10 which his spirit has gone.
Born Of a prostitute and bcgottou by
the lowest Of the slums Of creation.
raised IN a bawdy house and spending
mos, Of his life in jails and peniten-
tiaries, he could but end as he did.
TINS Cincinnati Enquire. which,
since the Buford verdict, has headed
al its murder reports Another case
of Insanity in derision Of Kentucky
justice, will likely stop nov. rs such
things are not so pleasant when they
get near home. Last year one
Payton, a reckless young scamp from
Paris, KY, murdered in the coolest
Of blood, in a Cincinnati brothcl,
beautiful young woman, whom he had
led from the paths Of virtue. So
alr0cious was the murder. that the IN
diqnant people wonld have made short
work Of the hend, but FOR the sigi-
lance Of the officers, who Immediately
took him into their safe.kecping.
Since then he has remained in jail,
giving no evidence of a loss Of mind,
but on the trial of the case last week.
he was acquitted by jary on account
Of insanity-momentary insanity, as
il were, as If any body ever killed an
other Intentionally unless mad al the
time. The Enquirer knows by this
time that all the fool jurors do not
live in Kentucky. tnlj
THE State Executive Committee ON
equal taxation aud on equal distribu-
button OF the public school money,
met the other day and fully endorsed
the action Of the meeting held here
sometime since. The document is
signed by John II. jackson, Chair
man, and G.. w. Gentry. Secretary,
and after urging the colored, people
all over the State TO take the matter
into serious consideration, il says
ave have concluded that he who
would be free himself must first strike
the blow and that blow shall be thro'
the Courts, the suit to be entered as
soon as the necessary funds to pay ex-
penses are collected. This Is an out
line Of the address, and all that we
are at present able to publish.
THr Funding Bill has passed the
House just as 1t passed the Senate,
and was awaiting the Presidents sig
nature at last accounts. There were
conflicting reports as to whether he
would sign it. but il was thought
that with the fifth section construed
so as to not affect the sections author.
ling the voluntary liquidation of
hanks, be would afiix his cognomen.
II is 10 be hoped he will, since the
issue has been made whether the Ma.
iioual Banks shall run The Govern
ment or the C;0vernm ent the Nation
al Banks. In.New York ard other
places they are endeavoring TO force a
panic hy Withdrawing their currency
and otherwise creating dirtrust and
uneasiness.
CASprDArEs for Clerk Of the Court
Of Appeals are becoming as thick as
fiddlers ia Hades. Beginning ia this
District, we have Col. 4. W.sNarnon
and Capt. w. +. Bell. Then there
are Hon. i. Polk johnson, Sam NJ.
Gaines. Virgil Hewitt, who has re-
sigued ms Deputy Clerk Of that Court
to make the race, the present incum-
bent Of the office, Col. Thos. G. Jones,
Col. John +. Davis, aud some fifteen
or twenty other Colonies. How much,
for the Loris sake, does the Office
pay, that so many statesmen should
long 10 possess it
TnE INTERIOR Journal enters lis
tenth year to-day, aud IFS seventh nm
der the present management, in
most prosperous condition. Our sub |
scripiion lisi il larger by several hun.
bred than il was year ago, and now
ranks among the largest in the State,
Tor all Of which we return our CRATE
inl thanks to kind friends and patrons.
TnE Richmond Register is sixteen
years old aud almost as interesting as
a damsel Of that age. Green and Tip
pull together finely.
NoTEs or CURRENT ETExTs.
John Vim killed wm Morland near
Paris this week.
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