Semi-weekly interior journal., 1882-06-23


ID. Marcum Of the Catiettsburg Democrat
Cor Lieutenant Governor. A compliment
very worthily bestowed.
A useless addition TO the White House
is to be made at an estimated cost Of $780,.
600, which will ultimately run up in the
millions before il is completed.
Lieut.. Flipper, the only negro that
ever graduated at West Point, has been
drummed out Of the army for misappro-
priation Of funds entrusted to him.
-Georgetown has agreed to exempt from
taxation for ten years the S25, 900 hotel to be
built there, and Mr.. Lancaster, Of Lexing-
tom, will begin work on il at once.
Rev. F. L. Braun, German Lutheran,
intends soon to leave New York with a
company Of German immigrants for Glas-
gov Junction, Ky, where they will settle.
In an oil fire, Tuesday night, at Cher
ry Grove, Warren county, Pa, six thou
sand barrels of material were burned. A
man was killed, and another fatally iniur-
ed.
1t appears to be pretty well settled
that Hon. ]. Proctor Knott will give up
his seat in Congress at the end Of his pres
ent term to enter the canvass for Governor.
-[C.-J.
The Court of Appeals having disposed
of their cases, the Governor has set the
time for the hanging of Isaac Turner and
John Bush, the two Lexington colored
murderers, for Friday, July 2s.
Jas. B. Doyle, the head Of band of
counterfeiters, was sentenced in the Federal
Court at Chicago, Monday, to twelve years
in the Chester tIll) Penitentiary. Doyle
formerly stood highly in the estimation Of
the good people Of the windy city.
The Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road is doing an immense freight business
to Cincinnati, principally in vegetables
and fruits. Eight thousand bushels of po-
tatoes arrived by that line in one day this
week. Fast trains are being run for this
business alone.
Gen. VIM. B. Bate was nominated for
Governor by the Tennessee Democratic
Convention Wednesday, on the fifth bil Hot
A resolution was adopted to pay no more
than 50-3 on the State debt. The State
credit wing Of the party withdrew from
the dishonest concern.
jay Hubbell has assessed the Repub-
lican members OF Congress from $500 to
81 900 each to run the campaign this
fall. He calculates on getting 100000
from the officers Of the Government, and
little assessment on the national banks
will probably round the receipts from the
assessment machine TO 100000.
Bills TO reduce the tax on distilled
spirits on and after October, 1882, to fifty
cent a gallon, and on an after July 81,
1882, the tax on beer, ale and other fer
mented liquors to eighty cents on the bar
rel, and to repeal after January I, 1882, |
all laws imposing tax on manufactured |
tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes have
been introduced in the House.
The House has passed bill which di-
reefs tina: till July l, 1884, the Secretary
Of the Treasury shall exchange the trade
dollar of full weight, dollar for dollar, for
the dollar OF the "Dads." The entire num-
Der Of trade dollars coined is about thirty
ak millions. OF this number $27, 100000
were exported, leaving about $4,000, 900 to
be exchanged. II is to be hoped that the
Senate will ratify the bill and rid the
country Of a decided nuisance.
The Winchester people are trying to
get the Chesapeake and Ohio r. r. to run
IN excursion to Washington to give them
4 chance to see Guiteau wiggle and s1uirm
1n the 3Oih. II successful the price for a
-ound trip ticket will be $40. Speaking Of
he hanging Western man has written to
he authorities saying that he could sell
hOusand tickets to the show at 81 900
zach If he had them. A we'll lknown Con-
,ressman announces that one of his constit.
tents has drawn a check for $500 in favor
II any charitable or public fnstitution upon
he receipt Of ticket Of admission. II is
oiu that thcit aIe peh1on1 dlttdug III lhe
ity who offer from 500 to $3.50 for
icket.
"A correspondent writing TO the Louis
lille Post in regard to Judge Hargis' polit-
cal wire-pulliDg, says: Indeed it is gen.
rally known here that judge Hargis does :
title else. He goes to Louisville nearly
very Saturday, gives directions 10 his
enchman. and meet him where you will !
e talks Of nothing and seems to think Of /,
othing bat Kentucky politics. Though I
he docket Of the Court Of Appeals Il !
logged by 200 undecided cases, Judge
IaTgis finds time 10 run 10 Lexington TO
tend the sessions Of a convention, or TO /,
.Ouisville, or 10 almost any other point in d
he State where his political interests seem
, demand his presence. In short, his la.
ors on the bench appear TO bear about a
he same relation to his activity in the u
Iher direction that the charge for bread
ore TO that for sac in the famous bill Of
alsiah. 81