Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-01-16
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and has a surplus of 81, 937 80 in tn,
treasury.
Under the fee system, the ClerI
of the U. s. Supreme Court gets $50,
600 year.
The shipping bill as passed by th.
House is said to be Of no practical
value whatever. E
The ice harvest on the Hudson il
an abundant one, the yield being 1S
inches, thick and clear.
Philip Matthews, for the murder
OF his sweetheart, was strangled to
death at Belleville, ILL.,. Friday.
The Sunday Argus tells Of an In.
dependent movement which is to nom.
mate Green Clay Smith for Governor.
-Tennessees defaulting Treasurer
arrived at Nashville Saturday night.
sad and detected, and was placed in
Jail.
1t is reported from Washing ton
that the President will not sign the
Fiiz John Porter bill if it passes the
House.
The Mt. Sterling National Bank
declared a semi annual dividend of 5
per cent. the largest we have heard of
this time.
The Kentucky Union and Ken.
lucky Central railroads have decided
to use the same bed from Paris to
Winchester.
One hundred and FIVE clerks have
been discharged from the Census OF.
fee at Washington and the other 500
ought to be.
"A cablegram reports that 300
persons persisted Saturday by the
burning of circus building at Der.
dicher. Russia Poland.
There are at present 149 inmates
in the Institute for Feeble Minded
children in Frankfort, which cost the
State s34, 1862 last year.
1t is now feared that 11S people
have persisted in the Newhall House
FIRE. Only five bodies have been re.
covered from the ruins at present.
-Athea Thomas was elected by the
Tennessee Legislature to FIJI the office
If Treasurer, disgraced by Polk. 1t
,ook % ballots to reach the result.
The Committee on elections has
decided in the Manning case that
here has been no election for Con.
gresham in the Second Mississippi
District.
DR.. S. A. Mudd, who was exiled
o the Dry Tortugas for harboring Jno.
Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Presi.
lent Lincoln, is dead at his home in
State Auditor Hewitt has sent
circular to the Sheriffs urging early
to meet the demands of
public school teachers, whose salaries
ire now due.
The small-po is raging in Balti-
more worse than has ever been known
n any city in the United States.
There were over 800 new cases report
d in one week.
"A severe earthquake which last
d 40 seconds. threw people from
heir chars, clocks from mantels and {
made music among the dishes and ,
shook up Paducah Friday.
"A silver spoke was driven, Fri I
ay, on the Mexican Pacific railway I
xtension, connecting it with the
southern Pacific. and giving a direct :
me from San Francisco to New Or. !
cans.
The Knights of Honor, which !,
r1er originated in Louisville nine :
nd a half years ago, began the year
nth a membership of 1876, 900, and !,
as paid in sick and death benefits to
. members over SO, 900, 900.
The Postmaster General has
lade an order that all letters upon o
hich one full rate of postage has !
Ben prepaid, shall be forwarded at 4
lie request Of the party addressed, ?
ithout additional charge for postage. :
Five persons we're burned 20
eath in the Planters Hotel at St
Ipuis, Sunday. The rest of the peO-
le, about 800 in number, escaped in
leir night clothes. The loss caused
the fire amounted to about $780,.
DO.
The Senate Post.Office Committee
rs agreed to report the House bill 9,
r the issuance of postal notes for
ansmissiOn in the mails Of sums less 9.
ian five dollars. for which fee Of :
ree cents is to be charged for each h
tie issued. /"
The pending tariff bill proposes -
ductiOns 20 the amount OF s79. $780,. =,
"A, Of which S45. 049 900 is 10 come =
ON the tariff and 1874 790.324 from y
ternal taxation. All internal taxes,
We those upon tobacco 10 its several &C
rms, spirits and beer, are abolished n
the bill. u
Taylor, while coon hunt
Z the other night, fell over a 40-foot o.
lf, and struck a pine log in his de b.
INT, broke the log and then got up be
d walked home. He says he expert
ced no trouble from the accident, ne
cept a soreness of bis body. The 10
is a wreck.-[Somerset Reporter. III