Semi-weekly interior journal., 1883-01-05
Eorfs or CURRENT EVENTS.

The Knickerbocker Life Insurance
Company, Of New York, has failed.
There we're 6,7SO failures in the coun
try last year. Liabilities, SlOi, 100000
The total immigration TO the United
} States or 1872 at all ports, was about 795,
600.
The debt statement shows the decrease
in the public debt during December 10 b,
SIS, ,413 300 IS.
Taylor, Rep, was elected to Congress
in Ohio, TO gil the vacancy occurred BY the
death Of Updegraff.
The Mayor Of New York has very
properly refused to license performsncs
Of the Passion Play"
The total Of British army and navy
pensions is sl6,2i4, ,s65; about one fourth
that Of the United States.
A cold wave Is moving in the North.
west with the mercury down to thirty.two
deg below zero in Minnesota.
The democratic Legislative caucus at
indianapolis nominated Wm. d. Bynum.
OF Marion, for Speaker Of the House.
"A party Of thirty convicts, mostly col.
ored, we're swept over the rapids Of Turka-
seegee River, in Jackson county, n. c., and
only twelve were saved alive.
During last year, Col. A. NJ. Swope,
Collector Of the Lexington, Ky., district,
took in 81 l,436,665.16 internal revenue,
more than 81, 100000 Of which we're for
whisky alone.
1t has been finally decided that the
shops Of the Cincinnati, New Orleans 4
Texas Railroad will in short time be To-
Gated at Lexington, the question Of water
having been favOrably settled.
Marshall q Co. have struck oil on Ot-
ter creek, in Wayne, and excitement runs
high. Everybody" is talking oil in that
region now. Capacity Of we'll at present, ten
barrels day with prospects Aattering.-
[Somerset Reporter.
A New York paper, purporting to give
faithful statistics Of crime in this country
during the year just closed, credits Ken
lucky with thirty-seven murders; lynchings, |
four; suicides, two, and legal haugings, four.
There surely were more murders than
that.
Leon Gsmbetta, the greatest statesman
France has claimed in the present century,
ia dead. He died in the grief Of disap-
pointed ambition. His last words were
VI am lost, il is useless to dissemble. 1
have suffered 80 much that this will be a
1eliverance"
Judge L. Pepper Of Princeton, has
been arrested on peace warrant, sworn
out by his son, who charges that on two oc-
casions his father attempted his life. The
Judge was put in Jail but after being con-
fined few days a compromise was effested
and he was released.
The annual report Of the Commission
er Of Patents shows the receipts Of the
Patent Office during the year to have been
81 900. 1865, an increase of $155 520.76
over last year and an increase Of s50S for
each working dsy. The net revenue Of the
office was about $325, 900.
AT the Presidents New Year reception
the Hawaiian Minister, Hon. Z. II. Allen,
after being presented to the President, while
on his way TO an anteroom, was attacked with
vertigo and spasms. He was promptly at
iended by physicians, but shortly after
wards died in one of the anterooms al the
Executive Mansion.
1T turns out that Gambetta was shot by
lis mistress, with whom he has been living
or ten years. Her name was Leonie Leon,
n Israelite, who left her husband to follow
he fortunes Of the great orator. Gambelta
ired OF the liason, and the pair had fre-
uent quarrels, in one of which she fired
'istol ball through his abdomen.
The popularity and prospective success
f the coming Cincinnati Opera Festival
) sufficiently attested by the results Of
esterday's auction sale Of season seats.
.ast year there were. ], ,l34 seats sold the |,
rs, day, sggregsting s3l ,l7s 95, the aver =
ge premium on each seat being S1349. /.
'esterday LAO seats were sold for $780,
81 So an average premium Of Sl5l7 ',
w $ Shepperd, sherif-elect of Pulas-
county, executed his State and official |.
nnd before Judge Tartar. Hefailed to ex-
cute county bond, and will probably not
E able to do 40, as he has been trying to
scure sureties ever since his election last 8
all. Much indignation is felt among the ,
eople that the sheriff. elect was allowed to =
Dtain control ofa partial prerogative Of
lie office, without being required to assume :
IL full duties