Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-21
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MUSTY RECORDS,
Made TO Furnish Lively Christmas
Reading.
Old Hickory Opposes In Bad English
Spells Dollar with Big d and
God with Little @.


Edaor fnis ior Jourraii
Having heretofore 10 getting mp ma
terisl out Of which to construct my snnusl
reminiscential dick Warren can't beat
that world communications, exhausted my
own Office Of lie richest jokes and Of lie
most interesting mstter generally. and
knowing that my nearest neighbor. Bailey.
had q large assortment Of ancient manu- |
scripts, have awaited myself Of his kind !
meas and borrowed some Of bis tpsiiest-
looking ones Cor the present occasion.
Without meaning any disrespect TO Mr..
Bailey, or intending 10 evince any want Of
gratitude 10 him for his courtesy, ! must
say. in csndor. that he keep. the mesne-t
reading books have ever met up" With
From beginning 10 end their contents are
sole sccoane Of qasrrel- and controversies
very drylJ and monolonously recited-ei-
Their controversies between the Com mon
wealth and her citizens, the former sccus-
ing the latter Of all sorts Of mean tricks sud
the latter aisays denying; or Disputes be
tween eiiizess shout ne rishtfal ownGrhipl
and possession Of certain portions Of Code
green sarsh; or sboui ne sos-psymsnt sr
over-psynsut % alleged debts and depsnds
and the ssnn>. thereon claimed and denied.
Such mass Of quarrel history as Baiiey's
Office contains IL enough, viewed ab.lrsctiy
TO prejudice one against his own species
But when ve reflect sh.sthe Creator. for
some rtiy-ss fsason. hss made svsrythins
20 diHG from every other thing. Il is no,
surprising that human beings With their
different mental organizations and moral
dispo.itiors should quite frequently disa.
gree on questions Of mum and tsnm, which
i.L.Asiul So, - lhs-s difwsnc~ ave to be
se,,ied nd Adjusted sonsho~. and ~ lac.
yers and officer. have 70 live roeshov, the
lottery Of litigation ispsfhsps no, bad In
vention after all. Sill. ] insist that the
history Of these disputsiions AZ recorded in
lhs.s old books and paper. makes the read
or feel very, lonesome and sad. Ii d
~<l 80 aE DisrRfcr counTs ijlAD 4
In 1895 the sour,s N Kentucky having
the jurisdiction a. our presen, Circuit
Courts were called Distriei Coursal For
the purpose Of thee courts ibe State was
divided into six districts. designated az fol-
lows Washington. Paris, Lexington,
Frankfort, Danville and Bards,own die
tricl.. The Dsnville district vas composed
Of The counties 81 Msfcer. Lincoln and Gar
rard and the courts were held AZ Dsoville.
AT the date mentioned the Judges assigned
to tbis Sl.idcs ssrs Samuel Mcdowell md
james G. Hunter, Who met At Danville on
the ssh dsy- u Nsrch. l7se snd preeeeded
to hold the court The courts for this dis
trict continued TO be held at Dap'ille, tho
not Alxsys N !. he ussps Judge, until as
late a. De year 1soQ. but ho9 much Longer
/ have sol ssksn. dad Ne v ascertain. The
orders show tina, the courts were held at
the Court House" but Of course no hint Is
given a. TO the locality Of the building. nor
as to its form and dimensions. Dsnville at
that period was bpt q reagh bsek~cods
town, not~ithslAndiug . bad been previous
iy In i7s1 sslecied q sbs meeting plscs
for the 6rss Oosssiiu,iooal Convention and
no doubt had lively dreams Of sorss day
becoming The capital o. ths State, &c no, Of
the Nation. Indeed Il seems that as late
az the yesr 1900 that city was not only o.
scant size, but II could boast Of but one
meeting house" and the place was then IL
Year, q Sc. This Information a. TO the
mess;nx. houss I get from an order Of the
court, made in that year. directing warn
ing order against certain non resident lit
igant to be "published before the door o.
the Danville meeting house some Sunday
Immediately after divine service" Thu
westinghouse alluded TO was most proba
bly, an old sloae sdikos thas stood near th'
old burial-ground. and which for man,
years was occupied and used as a ehurei
by the oOlOrsd people. "a was, think, .
frst Presbyterian church.
GEsERAL JAcKsoS's DEPOSITION.
In the papers Of a suit Of Nathaniel Har
ssaiasl WIN. Me0 innis. l Rnd The dePosi
ton ofAndrsw Jackson. unqusstionably b
his owa hand writing and bearing the dat
ofAugust .. 1877. The existence Of Thu
paper has been heretofore mentioned In youl
paper, but / think none Of lie content.
nor any particular description Of Il have
been xissn. n appears from ths record Of
this case that Nathaniel Hart held mote
for fl00 given BY Alex. White 10 Thomas
Hart and that this note was placed in the
hands Of McGinnIs TO collect or have col
lsctsd, and that MeGinnis pretended 10
have placed Il In the hands Of Andrew