The Hickman courier., 1871-04-01
The bestspecimen Of Greciau architect
ure in the world is the Girard College for
orphans, Philadelphia.
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TIRE next term of the Supreme Court
for West Tennessee will commence al
Jackson on the first Monday Of April.
THE marble statue of the Hon. Jane.
Guthrie arrived at Louisville from Italy,
via. New Orleans.
The Legislature has granted charter
to the Mayheld Female Seminary. The
trustees have already $1,000 cash with
which to erect building.
EVENING STARs.-Eenus and Jupiter
are now the bright evening stars, the for
mer to be seen just above the setting sun
and the latter about mid heaven.
II cost ten dollars in Memphis for a
man to 60 into hotel, draw a revolver
from his pocket, and threaten to shoot
every woman in the house,
THE latest sweet thing" with the
Memphis ladies is to promenade the
street leading pet goat with blue ril'
bon tied around its neck Colt, ladies
Tar population Of Henderson is 4, ,l58
and there are thirty two more womeu
than men in the city. The -Nelos want.
to know if there necessarily will be thai
many old maids.
GOVERNOR Alcorn, of Mississippi is
supposed to be bidding for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the Vice Presi
deucy in 1872.
A DRoP of cologne taken on lump of
sugaf is said to have the effect Of bella
donua in Identifying the eye, without
any Of its injurious effects.
Ara recent railway festival the follow
ing sentiment was given Our Mothers
the only faithful tenders who never
misplaced aswitch.
4 YousG girl IN Boundout has per
feet passion for walking in snow With
bare feet. She viii 20 shedding for an hour
at time with neither shoes nor stock
ings on.
SUSAN B. Anthony holds that it is as
demoralizing for wife to depend upon
her husban for subsistence as it IS for a
man to depend upon another man for his
subsistence.
q LoyER, whose praises had caused
bis lady-l to blush, exclaimed
Allow me to gather the rose which ]
have planted in your checks. It is law
ful for him who sows to reap the harvest.
rHE distressing report comes to vi
from Washington that Congress is no
likeIyto adjourn for month. The Ku
klux business will be thoroughly venti
lated.
BRIcK PoMERoY says that there viii
be special trains employed around Wash
ington to carry at reduced rates th'
wives of Congressman Bowen, who al
want to be there to see the approaching
! trial.
MINISTER W4sHBURNE has sent Il
the President a fragment of shell which
dropped within one square Of his resi-
denes during the bombardment Of Paris
The shock OF his fearful peril turned th,
Minister'S Eair white as Stow.
THERE is more iuiprovement going on
in Murray this Spring than usual
Every ybody seems 10 be determined either
to have new house or make their ole
ones new Murray Gazette.
THE Kentucky Legislature has re
fused to pass an act to enable Paducaf
to subscribe $500, 900 to the Paducah
Shavneetown railroad The defeat o
the bill is ascribed to the Influence O
Senator Oscar Turner.- Cairo Paper.
TIE New Orleans ice factory runs ST,
machines. each costing $751; 900 in gold
aud freezes sixteen tons of ice daily
| The water IS pumped from the Missis
Isippi purified, aud frozen into blocks
three inches thick and twelve by twenty
! four inches in area.
ONE T. M badger, Of Brownsville, Tex
~, has been candidate for the Legisla
ture thirty times, and has never had the
remotest chance for success. He threat
ems to continue running while be lives,
from mere force of habit.