Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1892-12-20
NEWSY NOTES.

lngton, has been fined $500 for charging
exhorbitaut fees.
delegates twill meet in Lexington
to-day to consider ailaw for the better
ment of the.road system.
The Indiana supreme court has de-
cided that the appOrtionment acts Of
1879 and 1891 are unconstitutional
The GeorgialSeBate has killed the
bill accepting,the Georgia, Home for Con.
federate Vetersns!as gift to the State.
Sixty thousand of the new Column
bian souvenir half dollars were shipped
from the Philadelphia mint to New York
City.
According to Dun's review the COM
merce movement atlthe end OF the pres
ent year, will be the heaviest ever
known.
The 9Th Congressional district, which
was one OF the doubtful districts of Mich
igan, has elected aldemocrat by major
ity of l2 votes.
Jesse IL. Reed, gcolored, who at.
tempted to shootIa brakeman for eject
ing him from a strain, was hung by a
mob at Milan, Tenn.
Congressman De'Armond, OF Mis-.
sour, has introduced bill providing for
the election oflthe president and vice
president by direct vote OF the peo-
pie.
1t is said that the Illinois Central
sBq purchased the Little Rock 4 Mem
phis railroad and will extend it via Hot
Springs AMI Paris, Texas, to Fort Worth,
Texas.
1t has juet been officially announced
that New York gave Cleveland a plural
ity OF 5,44). 1t will be some time yet
before all the States are heard from.
A banquet will be given to Vice
President'elect Stevenson at Admission,
Ala, this EVENING" The following even
ing he will be entertained at Atlanta.
Near Elizavile 7Joseph Washburne
was found dead with his throat cut. A
nephew named Rowland confessed to
having killed him during quarrel over
a debt of 80 cents
Mrs. Eveline Burdine is in Jail at
Somerset charged with the murder of |
Joseph Arthur. She claims that Arthur |
was attempting to gain sdmittance to
her room and that she killed him in Sc If |
defense.
The Interstate Commerce Commits |
sion's report shows that the railway mil.
age in the United States increased du.
ring the past year 1, S05.69 miles. There
are at present l6S, 1924 miles of railway
in the country.
During this week there will be exc
cuted by electricity at Sing Sing, Peter
Schultz, boy rs years old, for the mur-
der OF a baby on Long Island, and Fred.
erck Mcguire, of Mddletown, who kill
ed Mrs. Gregory. |
"A few years ago the president of the 1
q. Il G. signed stock certificates in blank .
aud Secretary q. II. Dougherty filled out |
and sold s2j0,000 worth for his own ben
eft. The supreme court Of Missouri de
c'des the holders!ot the certificates may
recover from the company the full mar
ket value OF the stock at the time they
first deminded.it. The decision means
a loss of over 100000 to the company.
John Henderson, a Maynard Penn
sylyanii sunday school superintendent.
started GU, with asfriend to investigate
the crusade against the immoral houses
at Pittsburg. When found in the gutter
by policeman he had silk stocking
aud garter in his pocket in place of
roll OF money and was unable to give an
account OF his movements.
Near Paris two ,sharpers, one claim.
ing to be a brother ,of Banker James S.
Barrett bunkoed Frank T.. Colcord. farm.
er, out of $1,000. One lof the men was
captured at Coviugton and most of the
money recovered. II was the old card
game that even the fools who do not
read the papers ought to have been on
to before this.
Representative Antony, of Texas
has introduced bill in the House a
pealing the act of June ~, 1890 pr,ni.
ing pensions TO soldiers and sailors and
10 widows. minor children and depend.
ent parents of soldiers and sailors. The
bill also provides that all pensions grant
ed under the act shall be discontinued.