Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-05-11

has fifteen children. one hundred grand
children, aud thir,y.ave ereatsrand an
dren
d. ". Howell. who two years ago abb
scOnded from Quincy, III, with $4,000
belonging to the Quincy Coal Co, return
ed the other day and paid the full amount,
with interest lie went to Mexico and
amassed fortune.
Dan Shoemaker and Dud Long quar-.
relied over game Of cards at Cornishville,
Mercer county, Wednesday night, when
Long thrust dirk into Shoemaker's stom
sch. Shoemaker replied with pistol shot
that entered Longs heart. Both men are
dead.
Suit has been brought in the Fayetts
Circuit Court by the Com'lth OF Kentucky
against the City Of Lexington for sos, ,00o
for moneys received in the Recorders
Court Of that city, alleged to have been re.
covered in the name and for the benefit o
the State.
Maj. WATSON, Army Psymaster, from
whom. il was reported, valise containing
$2i, 900 had been stolen, has confessed thai
he started the rumor himself 10 cover biz
shortage with the Government. lie had
appropriated $500, and the other has been
recovered.
The Civil Service Commission, ac-
cording to Randolph Keim, the Chief Ex-
aminer, propose to spend the summer in
visiting the principal cities Of the country
examining postofIices and other govern.
ment institutions. They will travel in a
special car.
The Western Export Association oI
Distillers, in session at Indianapolis resolv.
ed that all distlllers who can do 30 shall
at once reduce their capacity 40 far as pos
sible until June l, and after that date il
shall be obligatory on the members to re-
duce production 25 per cent. of their ca.
pacity.
Richmond Herald Fifteen shares oi
National Bank stock sold last Monday at
$l46l0 per share. John Harvey Mellow.
ell, prominent citizen of this county, is
dead. Some of our citizens went to the
old Baptist church at Flat Woods Sunday
to witness an old-time foot-wsshing. They
say that the ceremonies attending it are
peculiarly solemn and impressive.
"A Washington correspondent says; "a
new branch industry is about to be estab.
lished in Washington. Civil Service In
stitute' are the words painted in large gilt
letters on sign which was attached to a
respectable looking building on a cross
street two or three days ago. 1t is apparent
that the Institute is to be place where
persons ambitious to enter the Civil Service
may cram for the examinations"
1t is astonishing to see the deep seated
animosity one and all entertain against
Miss Buckner. Could she hear some OF
the threats that many Of the citizens have
given tongue to, it is doubtful whether her
repose would be as serene as that Of nature
on a summer morning. One gentleman
said yesterday, prefacing the remark by a
big B. G: "If she were man verify be-
lieve she would hang before sundown, for
there is no doubt but that she caused all
this trouble. The only thing that saves
her is her sex, which we have all learned
to respect" The sentiment of the commu-
nifty is rapidly undergoing change, and
the iiea that Walter Davis was innocent Of
the crime for the alleged commiital Of
which he was slain, is fast taking hold on
the minds Of many, who, as time passes,
are growing bolder in their expressions.
With his fellow-townsmen Phil Thomp.
sons chief mistake lies in the fact that he
killed Walter II. Davis on the strength
of information received from Jessie Buck
ner, preferring her smoothly worded ssser-
tiOns to the word Of his own wife, to whom,
indeed, it is reported he utterly refused to
listen Harrodsburg Cor. Gin. Eng.