The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1893-02-04

take place within the next few weeks,
will doubtless be hailed with delight.
LOCK No. Capt. l. " Hoag has
filed with his superior officer the
data relating to the location of lock
number seven, which has been fixed
near the Cincinnati Southern high
bridge, III miles from the mouth of
the river. and 81 miles distant from
lock number six. When finished the
projected lock and dam will extend
navigation 20 miles, making the
river navigable a total distance of
1877 miles.
ATHLETIC CLUB COLLECTOR The
Athletic Club announces, through
President d. w. Lindsey, that Mr..
Anderson Gaines has been elected
the collector of the club in the place
OF Mr.. T. M. Turner, resigned.
ADVERSE REPORT The Committee
on Claims in the House on Tuesday
reported adversely a bill to allow
Mrs. John H. Stuart, of this city, $50
for engrossing the new Revenue act,
and the report of the committee was
sustained and the bill defeated.
Two ELEVATORS. Mr.. NJ. p. Gray,
the hardware merchant, finished
work this week on two power ele-
vators for w. A. Gaines g. Co., one
being hydraulic, at the Hermitage.
and the other steam, at Old Grow.
Both are in fine running order, and
furnish splendid testimony Of the
quality and completeness of the work
in this line, which Mr.. Gray engages
to perform.
The STONE HERH-The first car
load of stone for the abutments of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad
bridge was received Sunday near
Tom Pence's mill, where it will be
prepared as soon as possible for the
place for which it is intended.
INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS.
The amount Of taxes on whisky for
the month of January collected by
Col. l.. p. Tarlton, Deputy Collector
of Internal Revenue in this city, was
$114,521.40. The number of barrels
that this amount of taxes released
from bond was 3,02S, which contained
in gallons 127 ,246. Say that it would
require one-half pint to make the
average man drunk, those who were
accustomed to drinking and those
who were not accustomed to it, and
the quantity of whisky drawn out of
bond during one month from the
warehouses Of this county only, will
represent 1,035,93 fine Bourbon
jags.
A New PAPER. 1t is said, on the
authority of the Louisville Star, that
a number of the wealthy and promi.
nent gentlemen of Louisville, who
have for long time been dissatisfied
with the unreliability of the Courier
Journal in reporting the political
affairs of the State, have made an
offer of 100000 to Mr.. B. Du Pont for
the Louisville Commercial, but that
Mr.. Du Pont is holding off for a
higher bid. The gentlemen inter-
ested in the movement, it is said, are
Gen. Jno. B. Castleman, Mr.. Attilla
Cox, Mr.. Jno. M. Atherton, Col. Thos.
H. Sherley and Mr.. VIM. F. Mayer.
The company which will make the
purchase will include prominent men
from every part of the State, and the
paper, under it's new ownership, have
a backing of sufficient capital to
force it into the field as a superior
competitor of the Courier-Journal
STOLE AN "Wednesday
a young man registered as Ed. Kelly
at the Harrod House, and early
morning he arose from |
bed, went into the room of Mr..
Joseph Bailey, city surveyor, and
then departed, carrying with him Mr..
Bailey's overcoat, valued at SIS. Mr..
Harrod and Officer Brown started in
pursuit and overhauled the thief at
Duckers. He had an examination
before Judge Williams Thursday, and
was held over to answer at the next
yerm Of court, and in default of bail
was committed to Jail.
SALES OF TROTTERs. Prices have