Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1895-06-28

cuse for their crime that they had been
refused free ride.
An Indiana man killed himself after
having brutally beaten and cut his wife
and set fire to bis house.
An Illinois fruit train in Tennessee
plunged through q bridge The compa-
ny lost about $685. by the accident.
Capt. j. F. Mcclure, formerly Ken.
tuckian, drank carbolic acid by mistake
and died from the effects at Rome, Ga.
The hotel at Plessureville, owned
and occupied by @. Il. Msrcum, and the
building occupied by Banta as grocery,
burned.
-Damian Hauser, aged %, who took
part in the fight in which Joseph Smith,
the fret prophet OF Mormonism, was
killed, is dead.
AN Anderson, Ind, father shot two
men who had been teasing his daugh.
ter and was himself injured by the ex-
plosion OF his gun.
Annie Smith, aged % years, was shot
and killed instantly by Mrs. Louisa
Barnes, her mother. in.law, aged so
years, at st. Louis.
The excursion from Lexington to see
Tom Smith hanged is off. The sheriff
wouldn't fix the execution t. suit the
railroad time table.
"A spider bit Hon. w. q. Ovens on
the thumb while attending the Latonia
races and the doctors say his arm will
have to be amputated.
1t is estimated by engineers who
have studied that subject that 49,
100000 horse power goes to waste every
hour over Niagara falls.
Lieut.. Lucien. Young, of Kentucky,
has been invited by Tammsny braves to
address them at their Fourth OF July
celebration. He will accept
"A mailman named William Camp
bell was arrested at Clyde, n. Y. He
claimed he was on his way to Washing
ton to kill President Cleveland.
Receiver. McNults, OF the Whisky
Trust, in report to the court, shows =
that he has made 100000 for the cor :
poration during his stewardship.
-Sanford:Merritt, a negro preacher, {
charged with incest, was sentenced TO
two years in the penitentiary at Hender
son. The case occupied three days of
court. 4,
The plans for the great amphithea-
ter for the seating OF 10000 people who n
are expected to witness the Corbett- \
Fitzsimmons fight at Dallas, Texas, are I
about complete.
James F. Ewing, a wealthy ex-ner- q
chant at Bowling Green, talked too 7
much and got himself sued for s., 900 for q,
SANDER. He is accused of having said
all Irish will steal. ii
"A curious coincidence OF the asses II
sors returns in Jefferson county, Ohio, b
is that there are $50 dogs in the county g
aud 900 sheep were killed during the ifs
cal year, or one sheep for every dog. q,
The largest telegraph office in the n,
world is in the general post-office build +
ing, London. There are over 5000 OPP ..
orators, 1000 of whom are women. The
batteries are supplied by $4,000 cells. D
Rev. j. ]. Wilson, a Cumberland ia
Presby terrain preacher, was shot to death "
near New Orleans by James Howell, who a,
claimed he had been slsndered The h;
preacher shot twice, but neither took ef-
ect. NJ
AT North Liberty, o, James
news, a farmer, while cutting grass, -
ell in front Of the moving machine. He - -
vas drawn in front OF the sickles and ~
Knives. When found his body had p
,een split open.
The two-year-old boy baby OF JEFF ~
Martin, of Powell county. found a large "
opperhead snake in the parlor and =.
linking it a plsything picked it up.
he child had a narrow escape. The ~
make was killed.
"A three yesr-old son of Curran
)roucb, OF Owingsville, told his mother ~
hat he was sick and wanted some medi-
inc. The mother paid no attention to Q.
he child's request and the little fellow IT,
,und two ounce bottle OF lsudanum -
nd drank it. He died in few hours.
-Tye Nelson, the lO.year-old son of
. E. Nelson, OF Oden, Ark, blew his OF
rains out because of brutal treatment to
eceived from his father. His father ste
Kissed a monkey wrench and told the he
oy unless he found it he would thrash ths
i'm. He failed in his search and chose he
cath TO beating. nu
-Displ eased by criticism, the regis. clio
,r OF the U nited States land office at
,uth Enid, Ok, attacked the editor OF +.
local paper with revolver. The city ~,
larshal came along and joined in the ,oU
lelee. The register and the marshal -