The Hickman courier., 1872-05-04

the $3.50, 600 subscription offered for the
LOCATION of the Southern Baptist Semi
nary in that city. The remainder has
been pledged.
TBE House on Saturday passed bill
amending the pension law for widows
and soldiers of 1912. removing the iimi
taGons as to length Of service and par
ticipaIiou in The rebellion.
AT Lawrence. Mass, over IA 600 per
cons are employed in maDufaetories-
the largest, and with scarcely a rival 10
the world, the Pacific Mills, having
1000 employees. with monthly payroll
reaching 1922 500.
THE violence of the eruption of Ye-
sdyius is abatiDg Thousands of acres
of cultivated land have been utterly de
Nastated. The loss of life must have
been terrible. but it is impossible yet to
say how great.
The annual report of the Minister of
Justice Of the Grand Duchy of Mecklen-
burg>Schwerin contains the following ed
flying passage Ninety four men aud
thirty three women were fogged during
the year. They received altogether ,,
GOA lashes.
W. Roberts, of Heart county, Ga, a
ninety two year old blacksmith, is now
runiug his fourth set of grinders, can
walk forty miles day, thread needle |
with one eye shut, and married forty t
year madam last week.
a Negro boy tied horses bride rein
10 his arm. hear the Louisville House Of
Refuge last Saturday afternoon, aud
lay down on the grass. \ passing train
frightened the horse, and the boy was
kicked and dragged to death before he
,could be rescued.
SINGLETON. the man confined in Jail
at this place and awaiting q new trial for
ihe murder OF his step child 10 Lyon
county, again attempted suicide night be
fcrc iusr oy currfug his throat with
piece Of tin. He did Mt quite reach the
jugular vein, however, ard consequently
still lives Princeton Banner.
The New York Legislature has done
very sensible thing. 1t has enacted
that reading newspaper shall no longer
be considered a disqualification for
juror in that State. This is step in the
right direction. The more intelligent,
men are, the better equipped they are to
set as jurors, and that is the basis on
which the law iu question rests.
The New York Times SAYS of Amad
ems: at is probable that no better
choice could have been made by General
Prim when he gave a King to Spain
than the young Italian Prince AT all
boF ha = Ia f,l
of Spain, there is no reason to suppose
that anything could be gained by his
overthrow. The friends of good govern
meut and law and order should, there
fore, wish King Amadeus all success in
suppressiDg the turbulent factions who
are perpetually fom-ntng disorders in
Spain.
Mrs. ELIZABETH COMBS, residing
three miles east of Lovelaceville, Me-
Cracker county, says her husband, j S
Combs, left her about tbe first of April
taking with him their youngest child,
named George Allen Combs. She be
lieves the said Combs has gone 10 dis
souri, or Illinois She is very solicitous
that he should return 70 her and bring.
the child. Any one knowing anything
of the whereabouts Of Combs aud the
child will confer a special favor on a
poor woman and distressed mother by
giving her the information. Newspapers
will confer a great favor on a distressed
woman By giving this a notice.
TIE ansmolous condition of Bristol,
town OF 5000, and partly in Tennessee,
partly in Virginia, makes the following
facts of interest: The State line passes
near Pss r4Ey;,ss 4Rs ssss h Nan street, and
to an inch. The line used to be deeply
venerated, and in former years it would
have been considered a symptom of the
decay of the Republic for a Tennessee
constable to cross the. street on the side
walk, on the sacred %oil of Virginia, to
arrest criminal But the line is now
regarded with less veneration. When a
man kills another and steps over the line
for protection the officers step after him
and fetch him back Killing is eonse
quently notso popular as formerly Each
side of the line has separate Mayor and |
Board of Aldermen, and regulates its
own affairs in the sense contemplated by /
the constitution. There are two papers
published, Que on each side of the line.
Each side has also its own schools and
churches.