Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-02-20

River Iron Company, Grecnsbury, Wis.
Mrs Langtry gave benefit perform
auce for the relief Of the food sufferers at
Cincinnati, which Melted a large amount.
A Cincinnati paper says IL will take
100000 to prevent distress by the food
sufferers Of that city and but slll,l25 has
been raised.
Bills have been introduced in Congress
appropriating 100000 for the relief Of the
sufferers by the foods Of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers.
One Of the sad incidents Of the food at
Aurora, Ind, was the funeral Of a young
lady, when the mourning friends followed
the body in boats.
The American contributions for the
relief Of the German sufferers that have
been received by the President Of the
Reichstag amount to $4,000.
Senator Ferry's chances for reelection
are weakening. lie received but eleven
votes Saturday. jay Hubbell confesses to
have spent 500 to defeat him.
OF the $50 murders recorded for the
country last year, 2l2 were committed in
the Southern States and 13l we're commit
ted in the State Of New York alone.
The Department Of Agriculture esti-
mates the cotton crop Of 1882 at 6,sO0,OOO
bales. About seventeen per cent Of the
crop remains in the producers' hands,
The House fixed the salary Of the
Clerk Of the Supreme Court at $4,000.
Hitherto HE fees have been princely in
their munifcence, amounting to $4,000.
Five Of the prisoners arrested at Alex
andria, Egypt, for the murder Of Prof.
Palmer have been sentenced to death and
the Others 10 from three to fifteen years i'm
prisOnment
The army should be reduced to ten
thousand men. West Point should be
abolished, and in time Of peace, army off.
GERS should be promoted from the ranks
IN. Y. Sun.
The State Democratic Committee of
Virginia, after an all day session, have de-
cided to call a convention at Lynchburg on
July the % for reorganization Of the party
in that State.
The Arkansas Legislature has passed a
bill prohibiting the sale Of liquor within
three miles Of any church or school-house,
upon petition Of the adult inhabitants Of
the neighborhood.
jay Gould subscribed $1,000 for the
relief Of sufferers in the Ohio valley. ]. w.
Garrett $4,000 George W. Childs, Of Phila-
delphia, s., 900, and Drexell Morgan 4 Co., |
of New York, 5000.
The fact that 300 persons lost their
lives and more than 1000 were wounded
in the coal mines Of Pennsylvania last year,
is causing the Legislature Of that State to
take steps to protect the lives of the miners.
An electrotype plate for printing Con-
federate ten-cent postage stamps was found
at Atlanta Saturday, and number of ion.
pressions printed as relics. One thousand
dollars was offered the finder for his treas.
ure.
The building Of the new cqurt.house
at Lexington has been let to W. f. Bush,
of that city, for $4,000 and the work of
tearing down the old eye-sore will begin at
once. The new building is to be oppressed
brick with stone finish and stone front.
There is bill before the New York
Legislature for the State to buy the Niagara
Falls property and throw the sublime pros
pect open to the world. At present it is
enced in by shylocks and round sum ,
charged travellers for the privilege OF seeing
&.
The personal epithets used by the
Voung Adiutant General, Blackburn, have
nerited the rebuke Of the Kentucky Press
With a unanimity that must have been
startling even to a brilliant and
'ugnacious young person ornamented with
! tough facial epidermis.-[Mt. Sterling
Democrat.
The amount Of damage done by the
loods in Louisville, carefully compiled by
he COurier-JOuunGl representatives, reaches
1861, 500, The approximation embraces
he most important losses, and it vouches
or its general correctness. The seven
niles from the "Point" to Portland was
ully covered
The present River and Harbor Bill
alls for an appropriation of SS,45O,00O.
The committee has thrown out the bayous
reeks and canals, which figured 40 largely
ast year. The Cumberland river gets
~, 900; the Tennessee $500, 900; Kentucky
liver $4,000; Ohio river 100000. 1t is
ossible that the bill will fail to piss.
-Montfort Rerdell one Of the star route
hieves on trial at Washington. Saturday :
Iithdrew his plea Of not guilty, pleaded
Utility, threw himself on the mercy of the
curt, and took the stand ito give the
hole thing away" Rerdsll was Dorsey's
ecretary and as he took an active part in
the steals, he can, of course,
ell great deal that will be mighty inter- :
sting reading.
The annual report Of the Pennylvania :
hospital for the Insane, shows the causes '
( Insanity in s,673 persons under care of !
he institution since lS4l. From this re- |
ord it appears that there is most TO be
voided i'll health as a very fruitful source 9
{ insanity. Next to this comes intemper- !
nee. Loss Of property stands next, tho
far off, II is strange, then, 10 see that do
nestle difficulties come next, with disap- Z