The interior journal., 1881-11-18
sorrs or cIRRrNr EVENTS.


The Boot and Shoe Manufacturers
Association hs. advanced the price 10 per
cent.
-Hoptinsyille is to have gas. Chess,
Carley Il Co., of Louisville, have engaged
tn furnish il.
Col. Hugh A. Anderson, lawyer Of
Nicholasyille, died Tuesday Of congestion
OF the lungs.
The number Of cattle reported in Tex
as this year is i,iGl,O00 head, valued at
sS9,Gio,S2O.
-Kentucky maintains I ,06S idiots, at an
annual cost OF s75 per idiot, or total for
the past year Of s77 7,sO5.27.
A fire destroyed w. T.. Tanner n Cos
Metropolitan Iron Works at Richmond,
Va, on the llth. Loss 100000.
The custom receipts Of the year just
closed were $l9s, 1886 o2, and the cost
Of collecting it was sG,Ss3,2ss 10.
Eight men have been murdered in
Bath county this year. The last was wm
Shut, a young man Of Fleming county.
Nearly 5000 miles OF railroad will
have been built before the close Of the
present year, and over l5,00e are projected
for next year, at cost Of $500, 100000.
Postmaster General james will leave in
a few days to inspect the efficiency Of the
postal service in several Of the more prom
inent cities of the South. He will be gone
ten days at least.
Some Pennsylvania capitalists have
entered into sl5,0O0,O00 combination tc
control the whole anthracite coal produc.
tion Of that State. They will, Of course
put the price up.
Mrs. Edwin Booth, wife Of the famous
tragedian, and daughter Of Manager Nc
Wicker, Of Chicago, died in New York
Sunday. She had recently been divorced
from her husband.
Attorney General MseVeagh's iesig
nation has been accepted, and he has step
ped down and out. Solicitor-Genera
Phillips will 6ll his position till new
appointment is made.
In Western Kansas, Colorado an,
New Mexico, the heaviest snow fell oil
Saturday that the Ssnti Fee X. X. haseyel
encountered. The cuts were filled and
trains greatly delayed.
1T was a close shave in New Jersey
but the Republicans still have n majority
J in the Legislature, and will elect a sue
cessor to to McPhe rson, the Democrat who
now represents that State.
The New York HedaiJ, November
llth, publishes a long schedule Of the
property in Europe and America, belong
ing to the late Confederate States Govern
ment. The aggregate is siO,s2s,9 ,992.
The Court Of Appeals has decided tina
a person charged with carrying a conceal
ed deadly weapons may be tried either b,
Justices court or before the county Judge
or upon indictment in the Circuit Court.
If the approaching legislature wants
10 do the State some valuable service, il
should arrange TO matriculate u majority
Of the members Of the Appellate Court fol
a fall course in some first class law college
i Breckinridge News.
The official figures in Pennsy lvsnis
will probably reduce the Republican ma
iority to about G,000 votes. This will b,
falling of Of something in the neigh
borhood of 10000 from the usual Repub
lican maioriiies in that State.
-"Col." J. Howard Wells is in Jail ia
New York for trying a black mailing
scheme on Jay Gould TO extort money
and "poinis" from him. lie wrote Gould
a letter threatening his life, and. like Gui-
teau, claimed that the Lori told him to Dc
il.
The capital building at Austin, Texas
" as consumed by ire on Wednesday night
The State Library, Museum, ancient his
torical collection, pictures, records, and
articles of inestimable value to the State
were swept away by the flames. The
building cost in is45, s25o,OOo.
A National Tariff Convention is to
meet in New York on the 29th and 3Oth
More than $50 delegates have already been
elected. Ii is estimated representatives oI
more than 81 ,OOO, ,OO0, 900 capital invested
In manufactures will be present, while the
mechanical, labor and farming Interest
will be equally we'll represented.
Mrs. Jacob Derringer, one Of the fouI
persons whom the Rev. George q. Barnes
anointed here the first day Of his anoint'
ing career, is dead, being the last Of the
four. The other three have been dead for
several months. The last one and two OF
the others also went to Pink Cottage after
being snointed.-l Richmond Dispatch to
CD.
The disturbance in front Of the Ar
lington Hotel in Lynehburg, ON the eve
ming Of the 18th, which resulted in the
stabbing OF Jesse G.. Hicks, Of Louisville,
by the newl appointed Postmaster, Strs-
than, Of that place, was oceasioned by a
dispute about a woman. The wound Of
Hicks is not serious. Stratham was ar
rested and gave bail for his appearance II
wanted. This is Mahone's appointment,
and il will be remembered that lac caused
the Senate TO set up all night, to prevent
qis confirmation.
The enormous price Of necessities in
New York is creating apprehension. Can
ned fruits and vegetables have gone up 70
per cent. over last year. Peas aud beans
have advanced 80 TO 100 per cent, hoai is
up 81 barrel, and buekwhsst 100 per
cent. Soap has risen more than a cent
pound, rice cent. raisins two cents, hams
two cents, butter iorty-hye cents a pound,
eggs are eight for a quarter Of dollar,
fresh pork is twelve cents a pound, and
porier-house steaks are close ON thirty
cents pound. Potatoes are ss.25 a barrel
and onions o..