Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1899-12-29

Two wears ago Robert McBee, o
Knoxville, had $4,000 worth Of note
stolen from him. On Christmas da,
he received an express package iron
Lexington containing them and
"Merry Christmas" card.
J. A. Doyle n Co, contractors, and
IL. C. ]. Williams. attorney, have filed
suit at Knoxville, Tenn, against the
promoters and directors OF the Black
Diamond railway scheme, praying for
thh appointment Of receiver1
The Panama Canal Company OF
America was Incorporated at Trenton,
In. J., with an authorized capital OF
$50, 900, 600 Its purpose Is TO acquire
by purchase the canal OF the old French
Panama Company aud complete the
work.
Emily Blake, white. a domestic, who
murdered her mistress at Brandon,
Manitoba, was hanged there Wednes-
day. She was only % years old, but
walked firmly "a the scaffold without
assistance, aud was the coolest OF the
party.
| Pious and loyal Hindoo astrologers
of Bombay have discovered that all
England's woes at the present time are
due to the tangled condition of the
stars, and host OF Brahmins united In
prayer TO the heather gods to remove
the hoodoo.
AT Bardwell, an alteration between
some white boys and Negroes came
near ending In race riot, az angry
mob OF whites going after the Negroes
with threats Of lyuching. Officers res
cued the blacks aud placed them In jail
for safe keeping.
In the New York Herald's list OF
Mr.. Carnegie's years giyiugs oil So
l55. 900 10 various institutions-"gifts,
some of them conditional, but all prac-
tically certain OF being fulfilled lis
included "Polytechnic Library, Louis
Vile, sl25, 0OO," which latter some fools
are opposing.
The C. & o. has nearly completed its
extension from Price, w. Va, and is
now building a lOo-miN extension to
Whitcomb. In the same State, up the
Greenbrier Valley. President ingalls,
has ordered p new locomotives from
the Richmond works.
The body OF Frederick c. Holzer,
ordinary seaman, killed In the explo-
sion OF the Maine, was the only one oil
the Isl bodies disinteri ed from Colon
Cemetery at Havana and brought home
on the Texas, which was not buried at
Arlington emetery. His relatives
took IL TO New York.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
over a large area In Southern Califor
mia Sunday. The worst damage was
at San Jacinto aud is estimated at s5o,-
900. Tie shock was felt at Los An
geles. San Bernardino, Riverside, San
Ia Ana, San Diego and other points.
Six Indian squaws we're killed.
Tom Thomas, a Negro at Zebulon,
Ga, bored hole in stump and hiled
IL with powder, and after igniting a
fuse drove peg into the opening. The
cannon forced the plug out
with terrific force. IL struck the Ne
gro in tie chest and passed entirely |
through his body, killing him instantly.
The historic home OF the Hart fam
ily In Woodford county burned. IL
was one OF the notable mansions OF the
Bluegrass. The loss on house and con-
tent Is $40, 900, with insurance of s2O,-
900. The handsome colonial house was
built in 1905 by Capt. Nathaniel Hart,
and for nearly 100 years the seat OF a
noble hospitality. Us walls had shell
tered many of the most distinguished
men of the century, including Gen. La
fayette, Thomas jefferson. President
Madison, Aaron Burr, Gen. Winfield
Scott, Henry Clay. John j Crittenden,
Vice President Henry Wilson, Thomas
f. Marshall, Thomas II. Benton, Gen.
John c. Breckenridge. Among the
valuable paintings destroyed was full
length portrait OF Col. William Hart,
PAINTED at a cost of several thousand
dollars; a fine oil portrait of Gov. Isaac |
Shelby. the greas-grandfather OF Mrs.
II. Il. Hart, said to have been the finest
likenessof him 10 existence, and others.