Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1893-01-27
DANvIllE.

Prof. g. Norris greatest dog show on
earth exhibited here to crowded house |
Tuesday night.
&C. ID. Portwood has sold bis resi-
dence on Lexington street TO VIM. Mark
we'll for s.. 100 cash.
james A. Frost has bought three
acres OF land from A. II. Smith, just
north of town, aud will soon build res
idesce thereon.
Archie Washington and John Smith,
two negroes from Junction City, were
sent 70 the work house Tuesday for ~
days each for stealing coal.
The prosecution against Bud MILF
gan, charged with robbing Port~oods
clothing store last December, has been
continued until the April term Of tie
circuit court.
Mr.. w. l.. Reed il out again after an
illness of pneumonia. lsom Dodis,
whose conscience wont allow him to sell
a tough piece Of beef, il sgain here in
the employ Of X ). Russell.
Henry Burrus, son Of Fletcher Bur
rus colored, OF Danvilr, MAS convicted
Monday of the murder Of sam Sanders
al Louisville aud his punishment fixed
nj Imprisonment for life. Henry claims
that certain witnesses lied on him in or
der 20 received the reward offered for
his conviction. lie says II they had told
the truth he would have been cleared.
George Word, tried several times for
the murder OF George Wells ut Junction
City in February, 1885,, was found guilty
Of Granddaughter Tuesday and his term
Gxed At i've years in the pen. The case
ia almost certain to 20 TO the court 81
appeals again, as Judge Breckinridge,
Word. counsel, il in the fight tn stay.
The grand jury adjourned Wednes-
DAY, after returning number oil indict'
mep,s for liquor selling. cigarette selling,
the keeping OF disorlerly houses, etc.
Mr.. WIN. Cheek, the Intelligent and
pains taking foreman, says the e1peri'
ence of the last few days has convinced
him stronger than ever OF the difficulty
in getting reliable testimony Tor the
prosecution in the class of ciieuses nam
ell above. They don't want to tell er
plains il all.
Judge sauhey's first court in the Ills
,rict will close here Saturday. To 81,
that he has given satisfaction To all rea
sonabe persons in the discharge o
his Official duties, is strictly true. As fol
the unreasonable fellows, they have no
been heard from. His rulings are promp
and accurate and while the sirictest cour
tesv marks everything he does, there u
blended with /. drmness which say
upmis,akably that that he is 20 be tn
nudge in fact, as well as name. Mr.. j.
Owsley. Jr as prosecuting attorney ma
also made many friends and handles
criminal case with the skill OF a veteran
His arguments in the murder cases o
Miller and Word have been much com
plimeuted by older lawyers.
Harry A. Melton, the escaped con
Wet from the Michigan penitentiary, lei
! for Jackson Tuesday evening in chsre
of Mr.. Eugene ID. Mosier, an officer
that institution. When Mosier went IN
to the Jail to see Melton, the latter gree
ed him with: Hello, Mr.. Mosir, gls
to see You" lie says Melton is moi
capable book keeper and once travele
for a wholesale indianapolis shoe hous
and that his mother who married th
second time is now the wife OF prom
inent business man OF Indianapolis. A
intimated in this column heretoior
Melton must have cash, aud when b
gets strapped will take big risks to g
some more. Chief of Police silliman, VII
made the arrest, received the reward
$50