Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1890-06-13

John Coraty, an inmate OF the Hen
bricks county poor-house, in Indiana
has been granted a pension OF $4,000
He is a hopeless unatic.
The Farmers Alliance OF South Ia
kota has cut loose from both politica
parties and nominated ticket TIN,
gives the democrats a show and they
will also nominate a ticket and 20 in to
elect H.
Polish Howard, one OF the Cotton
Belt Line train robbers, who secured
$1,000 from the Southern Express Co..
was captured in Arkansas Wednesday
by posse, which is still in pursuit OF the
other robbers.
A bill to prohibit aliens from acquir-
ing lands in the United States has been
reported iavorably in the House Of Rep
resentatives. 1t is estimated that titled
Englishmen now own 2l.000,oO0 acres
ard have mortgages on l00,OOO,0O0 acres
besides
Representative Mills. OF Texas. has
been appointed member OF the Com
mittee on Rules, and Representative Tur-
ner, of Texas, a member OF the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, to fill the va
cancies caused by the resignation OF Mr.
Carlisle.
The Supreme Court OF California re-
versed the decision of the lower court
granting alimony and counsel tees to
Sarah Althea Hill! in her suit against ex
Senator Sharon. The alleged contract of
marriage, on which she based her claims,
was declared by the United states Cir.
cult Court, in lsSd, forgery and there
fore void.
In Texas il never rains but il pours.
A special from san Antonio states that a
tremendous rain storm set in on Satur-
day and continued for - hours, extend
ing from San Antonio to within 100
miles OF FL Paso and doing great damage
to the crops and property in the level.
country, and washing away considera-
BILE portion OF the railroad tracks.
The elements were at war in various
parts OF the country Wednesday and
much damage was done. \ tent blew
down upon 1000 people at Jacksonville,
Fla, and threw them into panic, but
only two We're seriously hurt. Five
children were badly injured by the de-
struction OF school-house in Dewitt
county, III where the storm was most
severe.
-Four masked men wrecked Cotton
Belt Line passenger train bypntting logs
on the track near Camden, Ark, Tues
day. The engineer was killed and Ex-
press Messenger Nesbit was fatally shot
by the robbers, who secured about Sl0,-
600 OF the Southern Express Co.'S mon
ey. No attempt was made to rob the
passengers. The robbers escaped with
posse in pursuit.
John McMillikin, young man,
went to church at Formans Chapel. in
Fleming county, Sunday night, and dur
ing services slipped out and cut the ri |
Hes OF seven or eight horses. Then /
another, he gave a Comanche /
yell and drove the whole herd ahead f
him. He was pursued and shot fatally
1ne ball entering the back of his head
md coming out OF the mouth.
The 1872 miles OF track, 300 mules
10 buildings, 100 pieces of real estate and
various other property belonging to the
Central Passenger Railway Company and
he Louisville City Railway Company
nave passed into the hands of other own
RS, mostly New York and Philadelphia
people. The deal is one OF the largest fl
lancial transactions ever made in Louis
lille, and the largest deal ever made in
he Southwest for street railway proper
y, the amount OF money changing hands
,eing in the aggregate little over 3d.
100, 900.