Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1898-03-15
LANCASTER.

Df. W. >. q Neal Is on the sick list,
having suffered considerably for sever.
al days
+ G. Brown, the popular young dry
goods salesman, has accepted "a posi-
tion In j NJ. Logan : store.
\ little daughter OF Mr.. James Will
mot fell from horse. which she and
two others were riding, and is now suf.
fering of a fractured arm.
Isaiah Cumley sold - acres OF land
near Lowell to w. J. Gallispie at s23
per acre and 100 acres To j. NJ. Mead
ors, of Whitley county. for 81, 500
Whitaker, charged with the murder
Of John Grady, waived a preliminary
trial on Saturday and was sent TO Jail
TO await the action OF the grand jury
this week.
Howard Wilmore, colored. was tried
before Judge Burnside on Saturday
charged with breaking into a trunk and
taking IS and watch, belonging to a
colored woman In Logantown. Being
unable 10 give bond for 800. he was
sent To Jail
The passage of the bill by the Legis.
lature prohibiting the sale OF cigarettes
meets the hearty approval OF the people
In this section and they say that II that
Is the only law that can be enforced. the
/ Legislature has rendered good service
70 the people.
agree with the INTERIOR JOURNAL
on the suggestion that gardens should
not be planted in this climate before
April 18th. when the soil is ready.
plant about that time and have a better
garden than my neighbors. who plant
In cold soil, as some are doing now
a Carrollton paper dominates J. II.
Mount, representative from Lagrange.
who is well known IN Lincoln aud Gar.
rard counties. for senator from that
district. That paper reminds me Of
my old paper. which was first 10 nomi-
nate Grover Cleveland for president,
except that it nominated better dem.
ocrat than my paper did.
On Friday night John Kersey, color.
ed, fired load Of leaden slugs into
Henry Beazley, a prominent colored
man, one OF them penetrating the right
lung and innicting a wound that is
thought to be fatal. The weapon used
was an old musket. Kersey was drunk,
but cOuld not be found that night. al
though the shooting was done about :
o'clock On Saturday morning he came
Ia and surrendered To Jailer Ross
Judge Burnside held an examining
trial, in which the defense introduced
no evidence aud held him in bond Of
500 in default OF which he was sent TO
jail TO await the action of the grand jury
this week. The testimony revealed the
fact that Beazley was only advising
him to keep quiet and put his gun
away.
In view Of the numerous bills that
have been vetoed, on the grounds of
being unconstitutional, and consider.
ing the fact that it costs 81 900 per day
10 run the legislative machinery, sug-
gest that many thousands OF dollars
could be saved by making it the duty
OF the governor or the chief justice to
examine all bills when first offered and
notify the Legislature when they are OF
such character a. not To be enforced
should they become laws. In fact IL
would pay TO elect a good lawyer, such
as Judge Nj. c. Sauhey, Col. II, L. JAG
obs, or Hon. j. w. Alcorn. and give
him a salary of 5000 a year To meet
with the Legislature and inform that
Honorable Body when proposed law
would be unconstitutional. Such a man
would have saved the Commonwealth
about 10000 this session and other
needed laws could have been enacted.
The proposed referee would sustain the
same relation 10 the Legislature that
the Commonwealth Attorney does To
the grand jury and much useless work
would be omitted.
On Thursday Mr. f.. w. Han is re-
ceiyed telegram announcing the seri-
GUS illness of his brother, Capt. Sam
b. Harris, of Louisville, who died of
ureamic poison before his brother
reached the city. The remains were
brought here on Friday and inferred in
Lancaster Cemetery on Saturday in the
presence OF many friends and relatives,
among whom were Mrs. Hunter Irvine.
his niece, and ). b. Harris, Jr., a
nephew, both OF Louisville, w. n.
Harris, OF Carlisle, and a delegation
from the Louisville post-oiiice, consist
ing OF Postmaster Il. Ii. Baker and sew
eral railway and post-ofiice clerks, who
brought beautiful floral Offering, rep
resenting a pillow, upon which the
words, louisville Post-Ofiice," were
beautifully impressed. Funeral SER
vices were conducted at the grave by
Elder Gowen and Rev. Faulconer.