The Hickman courier., 1871-03-04

THE Missouri State Senate has passed
bill exempting the property of a wife
in executions levied upon her husband.
THERE are said to be good prospects
for procuring an appropriation for Gus
tom house at Paducah.
STATE Senator J oh nson. of Mississippi,
has proposed an act for the imprison-
ment of any one using prOfaue language
on Sundays
The jackson Telegraph says that
100000 men are enfranchised in the
South BY the test oath bill which be
came Law last week.
LONDON gossip has it that Prince AL
fred. Queen Victoria's second son. is to
marry the daughter Of a plebisn banker
of London Though the girl hasn't the
"blood. she will have S25 600 900, which
her fond papa proposes to give her as
marriage portion.
SINCE Judge Flippin of Memphis has
given orders that 20 juryman serving in
his court shall take drink Of anything
strong, it is said that verdicts are render
ed with surprising alscrity. and hung
juries have ceased TO be known in that
court.
A BOOK that is now in press is likely
to cause quite a stir in the religions
world. 1t is TO be called the "Tekel,
and is a seathing review of he relations
of Northern and Southern Methodi<m in
Kentucky during the war. It's author
il elereymen who was a captain in the
Federal army.
A MEMPHIS correspondent of the Gin
cinnsti Commercial, says that the law
! firm of Pillow & Harris. General Gid.
! Pillow and Governor Isham g Harris.
do the dig business Of Memphis, and
that there are three hundred lawyers
there.
BRICK PoMERoY says that arrange
ments are 10 be made to run special trains
to Washington at reduced rates TO sc
commodate the numerous wives of Con
gresham Bowen, who are scattered
around the country. and are anxious TO
get there in time to take part in the big
amy trial. This shows an accemmoda-
ting spirit on the part of the railroad
managers.
A YOUNG woman, delegate in the re-
cent Ohio convention of woman suffra-
gists. plumply said: For my own part,
I love man, individually, collectively,
better than woman; and so. | am sure,
does every one of my sex, if they like
me, would utter their real sentiments
I am more anxious for mans elevation
and improvement than for Woman's 8, and
so is every true woman"
WASHINGTON will soon become the
paradise of woman, if certain bill now
before Congress becomes law. By thi+
act. any woman residing in the District
or in anJ territory of the United States.
will have the right of action at law
against any person who may sell liquor
to her husband. without her express per-
mission. This is fun for the boys. but
death to the frogs" and occasions some
serious meditation 10 the New York
World.
WE heard of boy the other day who
! accidentally swallowed silver half dol
lar. They gave him warm water and
tartar emetic. and antimonial wine, sud
poked their fingers down his throat un-
til the boy thought he would throw up
his toe nails. After awhile doctor came
along who understood such cases. He
administered a small dose of patent med
icfne snd in less than ten minutes the
boy threw up the half dollar in FIVE cent
pieces.
| AT the New Orleans fair last April.
The cost To produce pound Of cotton was
discussed The conclusion reached was
that on the best alluvial soils, in a good
season and with close management. ten
cents will make pound; but on the
average upland, and with the average
economy the planter loses when he does
not receive Is cents per pound. If this
be correct estimate, planters in Ten
nessee had best turn their attention to
grain, grass and stock.
WILL UNCLE SAM BUY CUBA "A
A Adams, Secretary Of the u s. Lega
ton at Madrid. arrived in London with
dispatches from g. N. Sickles on special
mission TO Washington, whence he sailed |
on Saturday, The dispatches are under.
stood to contain Information entirely
satisfactory for the settlement of Ameri
can claims arising out OF the Cuban war
and all controversies arising out of the
Same. The purchase of Cuba is not
mooted. but it is believed that Spain
would be disposed to treat on the subject.
LARGEST HOTEL IN rHE WORLD
The Grand Central Hotel, Broadway.
New York, is the largest hotel in the
United States. 1t has nearly one thou
sand rooms. 1t Is the principal resort Of
the European and Southern travel. Al
great feature in it is that persons occu-
pyiug the upper rooms pay ouIy SO per
day, and the superb elevators running
back and forth every moment between
the Office and upper story make the up
per rooms as convenient as the lower. 1t
occupies the site of the old Southern"
Hotel
WE hear now ofa Chinese composition
called "Schiocao,' which has tie proper
ty of making wood substances perfectly
water tight. and are told of wooden chests
which had been to st. Petersburg. and
had come back to Pekin uniDjured, and
that the Chinese use the composition also !
for covering straw baskets, which are after
ward used for carrying oil long distances. |
Card board, when covered with the COM
position, becomes as hard as wood. and |
most wooden buildings in Pekin have
coating Of 1t. II consists of three parts
of blood, deprived Of its fbripe. four of |