Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-05-26


The condition Of Mrs. J. c. 5. Black
burn, which has been critical, Is slow
ly improving.
It is said that 500 saloons in BATH
more will close In preference to paying
the license tax.
John Southern, of Paducah, Is want
ed for shooting and wounding his vile
In a tit Of jealousy.
Parents at Evansville, Ind., let their
child starve TO death because they were
too proud to ask for help.
The supreme courto Of Indiana decides
that no base ball games shall be played
In that State on sundays.
Three men were blown to pieces oy
the explosion Of a tank OF nitro
glycerine at Etna, Ind.
w. J. McCamish, a Daviess county
man. had his wife and son-in-law ar
rested on the charge of arson.
Z. w. Cole, a wealthy citizen oil
Nashville, dropped dead In the corridor
Of the 9Th Avenue Hotel, New York.
The Grand Central railroad OF Eng
land. has placed an order for ~ loco
natives with an American concern.
Henry Boreing. OF Columbus o.
attempted suicide when told that MS
son had been seen drinking In saloon
New York and Chicago promoters are
irving TO organize chair factory trust
with capital of s5o,OOo,OOo or soo'oOo''
900.
A court decree gives the Pullman
Palace Car Company five years 10
which to dispose of the town OF Pun
man.
The annual conference OF state
Health Boards is in session al hlch'
mond. Va. Sixteen States are repre-
sented.
The southern Presbyterians adopted
a resolution warning its ministers TO be
cautious about marrying runaway
couples.
The 500 900 saw mill at Radourn'
Breathitt county, was destroyed oy hre'
IL was owned by the Chemung Canal
Bank, of New York.
The shows of Sells Bros" Adam
Forepaugh and }. A. Bailey all com,
bined into one. will make tour oil
Kentucky this summer
Mrs. Charles Hutchison, OF fern'
Ind, has Just put her fifth husband out
of the way by shooting him TO uea'n'
She is only 20 years old 800.
The l.. * n. won It's suit Tor sloS'oOo
excess Of tolls paid the pennsylvania
bridge company at Louisville In le'2'''
before the court OF appeals.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York, has been issuing lnsur-
auce since March 81 in excess oil cue
thousand millions OF dollars.
George Murphy. the Greensburg eN'
press robber, arrested in Louisville
made full confession and was sent 10
Jail in default of 81 800 bond.
A swindler giving his name as Chas'
n. Stone. victimized a number OF war
saw citizens and married and deserted
the daughter OF a well-to-do citizen.
The price OF all grades OF bananas has
been raised in Louisville. amounting 70
two or three cents a dozen at retail
and about y per cent. on the bunch
During the thunder storm Sunday
night the lightning struck the large
tobacco and rehandling barn oil 1. H.
GRAY. near Fairview, destroying the
building and 5000 worth of tobacco
DR.. Doherty read paper before the
medical society, in which he said that
there are over 1000 people in Louis
vile addicted 10 the use of opium or
morphine. He pointed out that one
could 90 to drug store and get all the
morphine he wanted, but could not ou'
a nickel's worth OF alcohol.
The supreme court of the U. >. adj
iourned Monday for the term. During
the session the court disposed OF OH
cases. leaving 3O2 cases on the docket
Al the close of the last previous term
the docket contained 3l3 cases. The
adjournment so early was to let the
Judges, who are paid $4,000 year. at
tend TO their private business.
An amphitheatre that Will eclipse
the vespasian Coliseum of Rome Will
be constructed on the lake front In
Chicago this summer. The dimensions
of this Jumbo of amphitheatres will be
| 200 feet long by zoe feet wide, and III
seating capacity will be an even NO.
600. An immense arena will be erected
and games of every description known
10 athletics will be given. The arena
will be ia plain view of every seat.