Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-05-11
soTEs or CURRENT EVfETs.

The United States Supreme Court ha
adjourned for this session.
Rufus Arnold accidentally shot ant
killed Ernest Gray at Burksville.
-Track-laying on the Northern Pacific
Railway will be finished in August.
Sunset Cox says he is in the race fol
Speaker until he is elected or defeated.
Joel Compton, fourteen years Of sg'
was killed at Horse Cave by a runaway
team.
Mcdaniel was inaugurated Governor
Of Georgia yesterday. His official vote il
l24,Ol4.
The reduction on woel OF Kentucky
kind, by the late law, amounts to 81 to 31C
per pound.
x.Treasurer Polk, of Tennessee, has
executed new bond Of sS5,OOO and been
released from Jail.
There are forty indictments ior forge
ry against Charles Lehman, Circuit CleIk
at Vicksburg, Miss.
Timothy Kelley was convicted Of par
ticipating in the Phoenix Park murders
and sentenced to be hung.
The Supreme Court overuled the mo-
tion for n rehearing Of the Virginia and
Louisiana State debt cases.
Hail stones an inch in diameter fell
and covered the ground to the depth Of six
inches at Denver, Col, Tuesday.
Gov. Butler refuses to sign the resolu
tion sppropriating $264,0OO for double
tracking the Hoosac Tunnel line.
Joseph Pulitzer, chief proprietor Of
the 1t. Louis P0st-Dispateh, has purchased
the New York World for about $3.50, 900.
Rev. Josiah Henson, the original ol
Mrs. Harrett Beecher Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin. is dead at Dresden, Canads; aged
ninety -four.
Two mules fine horse and a good
many farming utensils, provender, &c.
burned in w. NJ. Hines barn near Oakland
Station, Ky.
The wife Of Senator Fair, Of Nevada,
has sued for divorce, alleging adultery on
the part Of her husband. He will not con,
test the suit.
The Florida Ship Canal Co. has beer
formed, with ex-Gov. John c. Brown, o.
Tennessee, as President, and capital stock
of $GOOOO,OOO.
John J. Knox, Comptroller Of the
Currency, has been designated by the Pres
ident to act as Internal Revenue Commits
sioner for ten days.
The number Of cases awaiting the &C
tion Of the Supreme Court continues to in
crease year by year. There are now s7l
cases on the docket.
"A young man named Cliff Hedden, Of
Shelby, fell from his horse into creek and
was drowned in ten inches Of water. II Il
supposed he had an epileptic fit.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
have filed a counter claim against the
Government for $2,73s,sS9, the balance
claimed TO be due for carrying the mails.
Judge Simrall, Of Luisville, in a case
against FIRE insurance companies, decides
that property in charge of servant, dur
ing the absense of the family, is notvacant.
Upon the occasion Of the coronation Of
The Car the poll tax will be reduced 49,
100000 rubles by the Emperor, and there
will be a remission Of various fines, SEN
tences and penalties.
The increase Of the electrical lighting
business is wonderful, considering its in
fantile age. There are now one hundred
companies in this country, with oven $780,
OOO, 900 nominal capital.
"A negro named Watt Cox attempted to
rape Mrs. Willis Haywood, Of Hopkins
county. but she successfully resisted him.
He has been arrested and will be promptly
dispatched by Judge Lynch.
Thomas A. Edison and others, repre-.
senting capital OF s2.OOO,OOO, have filed
papers with the Secretary Of State Of New
York incorporating the Electric Railway
Company Of the United States.
The Treasury Department has decided
that the Government has no title TO GER
tain lands In Fernsndina, Fla. sold for d.
rect taxes in 1868. The property in con-
troversy Is valued at 81 100000.
"A woman in Muhlsnburg county says
II she lives until July 8. next. she will be
ll5 ysArs old. She has been married once,