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The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
A True story OF the PAST.

1t was in the dark and bloody DAYS o
Murrel, when his lines extended from tn
State of Georgia to Texas--througl
which he kept up constant communica
ton with his clan. In those DAYS il wa
u fatal for any traveller to be found in hi,
trail, especially west of the Mississippi
:, river. The incident that am abowt tc
relate, was related to me the other day
by friend who lived in the country
AXhere it occurred
: travelexRESs wee, after crossing
ais i sispj ,sI y.sh.sars ss missed .
wilden->ss cr;Tp have fears that
he was on tie sel trail, bat concluded
that he WOULD forward, hoping ne
would come = y settlement. Night
came on his ars increased. At length
he came in sight of light; he drew
near, AMI found. it to be neat haoita-
ton, we'll fitted up for entertaining
travellers He called and was very kind |
ly received by his host-so that all his
former fears were dissipated- His horse
cared for, himself refreshed bya bOuntl-~
full supper, he was easy for snort Tnft1
hss hEsssstfangsFsFssd signs shs i 'ana
going out he discovered them in private
consultation, which he could not under
stand, and which served to increase his
fears that he was among the clan.
Finally bed time came on he was con-
Quoted to a small Office in the yard the
Office was neatly furnished. with good
bed, wash stand, and other equipments
for bed - He was told by his
host that retired to blow out
the candIsy Yhost, when leaving
the rvr,pl le door after him and
lock bw fully saw his situa-
ton "a nf6e can realize but
tho ~ lasa gsituation. be took
ale a hexamined the room care
He f56Ad that the chimney was
sealed up to prevent escape. No win
dows to the room, and the door locked.
He now fully realized his situstion and
on further examination under the bed,
10 and behold dead man
Reader, can you realize it?
What could be dO2 What would you
have done? Well, reader, will tell you
what he did he put the dead man in the
bed and covered him up, blew out the
candle, and got behind the door to await
the entrance of the murderers. Finally
they came, without lights, armed with
clubs. The door opens; they enter
softly; make their way to the bed; the
man slips out at the door behind them
and Just as he turns the corner of the
Office he hears them strike the dead man
in the head but he was then making all
haste for his life He left horse, bride
and saddle, and all his equipments be-
hind. He made his way back to where I
he found friends to the cause of human ,
ity and justice, reported the facts got
assistance and went back and arrested the
landlord, with others, which finally end
ed in the discovery of the Murrel plot.
They also discovered pear that place a /
large grave yard, in thicket, where tho
murderers had been burying their dead !
for years.
The above narrative, says my inform
sast, a. traepas related to him by Major Il
Wright. an old citizen of Arkansas. 1t
is further stated that many of those
bloody murderers were captured and
hanged, until finally the " clan" was
broken up and scattered to the four
winds.
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X. K. X. -FILL PART cuL,Rs.--
Kuklux Klan are kalled upon to kasti-
gate or kill any kullered kusses kaptur-
cd. Each Khan is konlmanded by Q
karniverous kernel who kollects his kom-
rades with kare and kaution kommen-
surate with the magnitude Of the kasse.
Whenever korrectly konvened they must
give three countersigns. These are /:
Kill the kullered kuss klean out the
karpet baggers karry konscrvat'sn /;
konfusion to Kongress. OF kourse ths
khan kreates considerable Transformation
among the Kougos and their kunnirg
conductors. who kalkulate that thcir
kareer may be kut short by katastro-
pbiss. Kovardly kurs, they kant con
plain.
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win Gen. Grant Resign.

90
The questisq6 6how recurs, since Gen.
ants nomhf ion, will he resign his
ition of eral of the Army? IF
loes no. he will afford the best
tical a Mat his confidence in
s,sary vivid char
There rs priety in the
leading GenS gular Army
running for Preside1G Id at the same
time retaining his military position
Past experience has shown, too, that
there is danger to public liberty in it, as
we'll as personal imprga ariety.
The military despotism bill places the
whole control of the political machinery
in the Southern States in the hands of
Gen. Grant. Will he have the effrontery
to use that dictatorial power which has
been put in his hands by Jacobinical
Congress, for his own elevation? Will
he use the bayonents directly in one
third of the States to secure electoral
votes. friendly to him ? We shall see.
In the meantime public sentiment should
thunder in his ears" resign. ~ On.
Enquirer.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

COAlC nCiC d4a 5lt y tuC
g. 9, 9 ! : !! J!
that you want-aA lctnre to Nd1 low
ugly a man could 55ok. Ali now
what vice and crime have done me" /"
How did this happen ?" he ked.
The young man told his. bd and
dreadful story; how, being ap hly son,
and very beautiful. his parets petted
and spoiled him; how he We with bad
boys and learned all their bad habits and
vices and came to love them how hav-
ing plenty of money, he was enticed to
wicked places till all was. lost, and then
unable to work and ashamed to beg, he
began to steal, was caught and imprison-
ed with the worsE kind Of criminals +;
came out still more depraved to commit
still worse crimes than before; how
every bad deed he performed seemed to
drive him to commit worse one, till it
seemed to him he could noA stop until
brought to the gallows.
1t was fearful tale, and bS ught tears
into the artists eyes. He be ught the
young man to stop, offered to elp him,
aud tried his best to save But,
alas it was too late. DiseA con-
tracted by dissipation, soon p Atrated
the young map nd he died he
could refe.sz paintey his
hs Of -
boy fsraal
to be there. he - Say
ing as he closed angel
and the demon then only twenty
years of vice"
The lesson Of his tale is in the tale
itself. You who read Z can tell what it
is. Think of it oftenj Ind heed it al
ways.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

IF any proof were needed to demon
strate the perfect ease with which re-
ligious institutions can be supported
without - compulsory tax upon
the people fuished by the expert
ence of tho blics in ireland. AL
though under the disadvantage
of Iii t;z.les to the Establish :
ed hrS overnZ-s<,-. -. lave,
= the DO, raised nearly 96,-
4, 900, D. DOC, 900, for the erection
Of churches, schools, and similar build
ings for their own use and their an
nual contributions for religious pur-
poses are nearly 9S,0O0,0O0 or about
IS, 100000. When the Irish Protestant
Church . fairly cut loose, as it soon
will be, from all dependence on State aid,
it likewise will probably show cores
ponding vitality and the example Of
the two churches, taken together, will be
powerful argument in favor of " dis
establishing" as the phrase is, the
Church of England also. To an Ameri-
can the wonder is that there should be
any doubt or hesitation in regard to the
matter. The idea Of taxing man TO
pay for one church when he belongs to
and supports another, or even when he
does not go to church at all, Is one OF
those selt-evident ahsurdities which We
have long ago consigned to oblivion.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

a most curious, scene will often arise.
A solitary ant will perhaps discover it,
and eagerly attempt to draw it away
Not being able to accomplish this, it viii
go up to another ant, and, by meanslof
the antennal language, bring it to the
caterpillar. Still, these two are perhaps
unable to perform the task of moving i'll
They will separate and bring. mn. seir5
forcements of the community by the
same means till sufficient number. are
collected to enable them to drag the
caterpillar to their nest.-Oicc Week.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
Language orInsecfs.

A most singular discovery, the credit
of which appertains, We believe, to Mr.
Jesse, is that of the anieunal language
of insects. Bees and other insects are
provided, as everybody knows, with fool
ers or antann9. These are, in fact, most
delicate organs of touch, warming OF
dangers, and serving the animals to hold
a sort of conversation with each other,
and to communicate their desires and
wants. A strong hive of bees will con-
tain thirty-six thousand workers. Each
of these, in order to be assured of the
presence of their queen, touches her
every day with its antennas. Should
she die, or be removed, the whole colony
disperse themselves, and are seen in the
hive no more, perishing every one, and
quitting all the stores of now useless
honey which they had labored so indus
triously to collect for the use of them
selves aud of the larvae. On the con-
trary, should the queen be put into a
mi no oa0e nfaced at tho hotfom of tho
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
Pacn,ng OF FIgs I'm smyrna.

Tie figs, which have sither green or
purple skins, aud are pulp aud pear
shaded when they are fresh, are STEPPED
ina solution of salt water, and placed in
heaps on mats laid on the pavement of
the court. Around these mats women
from the country collect, sitting on the
ground barefoot, and working over the
fcs with their fingers, each fig being thus
manipulated and prepared for packing.
These women are accompaniej~bySeheir
children. who nurse while Z e is
at work, or sport around; also
and greatly in need of good
and occasionally, in scufiing,
each other over the mats on u
figs are piled 1t is very -.aessing
sight to those who do not intend to eat
s.Seof the figs. -
After this kneading process the figs
are packed in drums, the smaller ones at
the bottom, layer of superior figs and a
few olive leaves being laid at the top to
take theAe eye of the purchaser. Fruit
in.SM -rnal does not agrow bigger down
lDzthe box" A few drums are fill.
edIFntirely with the best quality of figs
oHthose who choose to pay for them
TIT drums are carried to the quay, and
as out to the ship in lighters The
manner of getting them on hoard is
unique. A plank is swung over the
ships side, half way between the light
er. and the gunwale man is sta.j on
his plank. One of them =,
drum and tosses tito the othef :
il sto. the man on the plank, al
ms Istanding on the hatchway, 4 -
1t into the hands of a man ole
who pitches it to the steved0re. Tho
effect is very odd as the process goes on
hour after hour, with the regularity Of a
piece of machinery. When house is
rooted in the same manner, men stand
ing on the ladders and scaffolding to
catch the tiles, and although the opera
ton is rapid, have never seen either a
drum or tile drop from the hands col
the catcher.
THE people of Texas have pretty gen
orally abandoned the culture of cotton
and gone to stock raising This year il
formed the principle article of commerce
and in order to keep the supply equal to
the demand they are killing cattle on
the prairies for the Eides alone, for which
they obtain l21c per pound, in specie
There is q total absence of "greenbacks
in the interior. Mexican specie is The
circulating medium. On the coast cur
reucy is taken at 80 cents on dollar
but in the Interior il is refused.
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One square, ten lines or less, one inserting
$1.50; each subsequent insertion SOC.
/ Square months S O0
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
DEAD IN THE STREETS.

Twas child lay still in the city,s street
With it's head on the steps of stone,
For they were the only mothers breast
That the little head had known
The frozen limbs with theiN,canty rags
Had nought now to fear Dom the storm.
ct the snow came down in the wintry night
And covered the childish form.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

Sosisss issFslssssEss i ssgE 6 - aRaa. 3 Deaf
utes Of respect inserted al 81 90 per square.
be- Advertisements IN Local Column 81
for four lines or less and 20 cents for each
additional line.
D1r Voluntary communications, contain
ing interesting news, solicited from any
quarter. News letters from Western Ken
tncky and Tennessee especially desired.
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

A correspondent of the Evenement
Illustre, who was admitted some days
since to an audience ofase Pope, gives
in letter from Rome to that journal
some interesting details about the Holy
Father. He saws:
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

subjects can touch and
contented, land the
We proceeds as usual.
so shown that this an
communication is not
l Wasps aud ants, and
eects, exercise il. If
ICED near an ants nest
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06

Announcing Candidates.
For State Officers $40 90
For County "a 8 90
For Municipal Officers 90
The Hickman courier., 1868-06-06
City Omcel

2ardber, Noea 3 Co., Forwarding ana
esnmission.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-26

INFLUENCE OF CoLoRED LIGHT ON
PLANTS. experiments by l.. Call
letet confirm those made many years ago
by Moroen of France with regard to the
influence of the luminous rays in vegetable
growth. The former advances a step
further by including the red, as promoting
the decomposition of carbonic acid gas by
plants. All the rays more refrangible
than the yellow are powerless in this re-
spect. Under the influence of green light,
not only does no decomposition take place
but new quantities. of carbonic acid are
formed, the exhaiation of the gas by the
fresh leaf being nearly as much under this
condition as when placed In the dark.
Light passed through solution Of iodine
in bisulphide of carbon prevents decom
position of the acid and the appropriation
of carbon by the plants but does not seem
to Increase the quantity of acid, which
might be inferred from the fact that the
violet is the most refrangible of the col
ored rays. Many experiments have heen
made in this country which give the same
general results Of those Of Morren and of
DIR. Daubeny of England, but differ some
what from those OF Callet.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-26
A Characteristic AnecdOte Of A. J.
Judge Gentry relates the following.

Judge Gentry relates the following. 1t
sounds very much like truth:
The scene opens with A. j. as mem
Der Of the petit jury in the insi gnifcant
town of Greenville. The case before the
court was simply neighborhood row, In
which Bill Shelly had an eye gouged out
and one ear ground off by one Dave
Mccain, a noted bruiser of the rough
and tumble sort, common In those days.
The case was free from anything like OBJ
security. The unprovoked assault and the
previous bad character of the defendant
were so clearly proven that all supposed
the jury would find verdict without
leaving the court room, which would rid
the community of a public pest for some
time. Eleven members of that body SO
determined. That the twelfth failed to
see it in that light, it is only necessary to
add that "a. J. was he upon whom all
the eloquence Of the Prosecuting Attorney
the straightforward testimony of the
witnesses, the charge of the court and
unanimous findings of eleven jurors went
for naught.
Upon return of the jury, after two
days, without decision, the Judge made
the customary inquiry as to whether it
was question of law or of fact upon
which they failed to agree, remarking at
the same time that the case appeared re-
markably clear, etc. That's just so,
your Honor says the refractory Andy
(pointing his finger scornfully at his fell
low jurors, but Judge, there stands II
of the stubbornest men in all Tennessee ;;
and | for one, give up trying to convince
them of anything "
$50 much of Mr.. Gentry's story. If
the reader, to-day, fails to recognize pro-
gressiye development in the man who re-
CARDS Congress, the Supreme Court, and
other authorities, with the same feeling
of contempt as were evinced toward the
stubborn IL, ,, the charge Of inconsist-
ency is at all events. untounded.
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Secondly, that the Constitutional Yoon-
| ium Club wuz then in session and wuz
| jest debatin the question whether to
| change the name NV the Club to the
''Ekal Rites Associashen, the "Impar
| tial Suffrage League" or the Radikle
Brotherhood !" Third, thatth conserva
tive clerks in the Departments wuz all or
ganizin themselves in Grant and Wade
clubs, and that already one NV the De-
partment clubs he'd ordered 1000 Grant
medals, turnln in the old johnson medals
they he'd bin wearin as part pay.
''Good Heavens |" sed His Egglency
''Wat else Good you expect !" retorted
Randall, 1--WE bot EN- cheap and they are
cheap men. [ may do the same thing
afore nite The experiment Nv buyin up
a party at so much he'd hez been tried
afore. and hez alluz failed afore, very
much alike the ice Nv perpetual mo-
shen 700 kin git considerable enthoo-
siasm ez long ez yoor provender holds
out, but then.-The fact is 700 didn't get
no Republicans worth hevin, and 700 amt
Nv yoose to the Dimocrisy, becoz 700
coodn't carry enuff Nv them Republicans
over to EN- to do any good. My deer sir,
yoor in tite place. We've retired
physician whose sands Nv life hev nearly
run out. | see afore me long vista Nv
privat life. [ sold myself ruther cheap
and | don't complain. I hev about fill
ed the measure Nv my ambishen-people
forget in few yeers, and eff they didn't,
the American people won't be crooel
enuff to hold my children responsible for
wat [ hev done. Some Nv em-I hev
keerfully KEEP away from Washinton for
neerly three yeers-may yet redeem the
name Nv Randall, even ez worthy men
by the name Nv Arnold hev managed to
live and be respected-their virchoos
more than balancin the unfortunit name
they wuz Gust with But A johnson,
yoor time is short. The Republicans is
furious. and the Dimocrisy he'd ruuther
see it than not. l, too, will visit 700 in
yoor retirement in Tennessee.
"More COY A. johnson in his eggse feels,
Than fore the SENT laid him by the heels"
By the time he wuz done talkin, the
balance Nv EN- he'd all left the room, and
when he wuz done he went too, leavin
no one but me. The scene was afectin.
Droppin his he'd onto my buzzum, the
scaldin teers runnin down his cheeks,
he exclaimed in holler voice, Zone by
one they go. Mrs. Cobb first and the
balance immejitly after. Oh, what a
world this is!''
draw the curtin over his GREET I
may hev to fnancier somewhat to hold
my place, but allus respeck manly emo
shen.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, P. NJ,
witch Is Postmaster.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-26

New SINGING MACHINE.--Mr. j. A
of New York has made an improvement
III the process ofremoving the nap or pro-
tubing hbers on the surface of the cotton
cloth before it is dyed or printed. Usu-
ally the cloth is passed rapidly either
through a flame or over a red-hot semi
cylindrical bar of copper. The new plan
is to run the fabric between two revolv-
ing copper cylinders, which are kept at a
white heat: by this means the downy
coating is removed Simultaneously from
both sides, and the cloth can be passed
automatically and continuously through
the several processes of singeing, bleach
ing, and printing. Another common
process is to remove the nap by shearing.
but the fabric is liable to be injured in
this way. Cloth prepared by burning
process presents smoother surface, and
when printed its colors are clear and bril-
liant
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-03-26
CONFIDENTIAL \.
New York Medical Association and
National Dispensary.

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Iisas " w - ' N w ~ ~ f
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6onorrho.; cured in 6 to IS hours eject cured in
to 10 days. Structures cured in l to weeks
Syphilis in its Primary Stages cured in days. Sec
ondaTy SYMPTOMS the last Nestlge erasIcated without
'y si % ~ 49, and ifs s.uo rno,un,.rv
DnrpnI or Noctur; Emissions and Seminal Weakness
which annually sweep untiInely grave thousands
of its victims Also married men with loss Of sexual
power permanently festoreu III 4eW aass. feiite
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DEAFN ESS,
REFERENCES.

DR.. D. J. Easton of Manitowoc Wis.,. has the latest
and Ear He is also successful Physician and Sur
geon. and advise all who have diseases of these
gans. to Ipiy to him and be healed. (Signed)
r. C. THOMPSON, NJ. d.
Oculist and Aurst, No Gle West Washington Street,
Chicago Illinois.
sP Burdick, NJ. D. New York City.
A. K. Morgan, N. ID. Syracuse, n. Y
J. S. Douglass NJ d. Milwaukee Wis.
s. !. Pcarsal NJ y. Saratoga Springs, n. Y
n. S. st Sure, NJ. ID. Sheboygan
Fl. f. Ziely NJ. d. MaIlitowoc, Wis.
c. c. Croker NJ. ID. Two Rivers, Wis
Miss L. Carey of Schuy1ervlle, n. Y. cured of deaf
ness, 10 years standing, in 1852
Cured Enock Erckson's child years old of ulcer
of eyeball June 1867.
Cured X. X. Anderson of Mantowoc, of inflammation
of eyes, July, 1861.
Cured Mrs NJ. Burns of Hecme, of Blindness of three
months. spring 1867.
Miss I'll. Gleason Milton, Saratoga county n. Y.
stra glltened Cross-eyes, 1856.
Mr.. Herdena, kossuth, Manitowoc cocnty, cured of
granuated eyelids, 1867.
Mr.. Dano of Manitowoc, cured of inflammation of
the eyes 1867
Cured c. p. Shove of granulated eyclids in 1850.
Removed cancer from breast of Mrs Michael Nc
Carly of Kossuth, Manitowoc county, 1864, July LIST
1867 remains well.
Removed Cancer from the breast of Mrs j. Webster
1867.
Cured /. Winters, of Gibson Manitowoe county, of
Fits of years standing) in 1850 July ls 1867 remains
well. Could report many other permanently
cured.
Ne Call on DR. EASTON of Manitowcc Wis, whom
you can consult free, and he viii give you candid
opinion when cure is or is not possible. 1413
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Sale of Forfeited Mort
gagged Lands.

Office of Commissioners of School and University
Laus, Madison, Wis. December Il, 1867. !
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
DANE COUNTY
The following described lands in Manitowoc County
having been forfeited by of yment of
terest upon loans granted thereon:
Notice is hereby given that the same will he offered
at public auction and sold to the highest bidder the
Office of the Secretary of State, at the Capitol, in
Madison. the 2Sth day of February, 1865, unless
sooner redeemed, according to law.
Said sale to commence at . o'clock. A. NJ. and con-
tinue from day TO day. until all of said lands shall
have been offered. The minimum price at which
opposite each tract (under the heading, Total
Amount due State, which includes the amount of
loan interest to the day of SALE three per cent dam
ages the taxes which have been returned against the
land and the cost of advertising the
Said lands will be sold subject to all taxes which
may at the time of sale be due thereon
Other conditions will be announced at the opening
of the sale. THOMAS S ALLEN,
WILLIAM F. SMITH,
14-36-9tl CHARLES r. GILL,
Commissioners of School and University Lands.
Advertisement of Forfeited Mortgaged Lands in Man
itowoc County.
SCHOOL FUND.
Nathaniel Fenton lot in block III in the Village of
Manitowoc; amount due. $4,000; amount of inte-
rest, S24.30 amount of penalty, $500; amount OF
interest penalty. taxes and advertising, S401S;
fatal amount due State $40 Is; year for which IN
terest is due.
UNIVERSITY FUND.
Ludwig George in block 222 in the Village of
Manitowoc: amount due $4,000 amount of into
rest, S24 80; amount of penalty. $780, amount OF
taxes, $500; amount of interest, penalty, taxes,
and advertising, S6S72: total amount due state,
S37S72; years for which interest is due, 1867.
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TO CONsUMPTIyEs,

The REV, EDWARD A. WILSON will send (free
of charge all who desire It, the prescription with
the directions for making and using the simple RENE
dy by which he cured of lung affection aud that
dreadful disease Consumption His only object is to
benefit the afflicted and he hopes every sufferer will
try this prescription as will them nothing and
may prove blessing. Please Address
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
No 165 South Second Street, Williamsburgh, New
York. Ally