The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-11-30
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NEWS OF. 11HEs WEEK.e s

houses in the town. Loss estimated
at forty thousand dollars. 80
Kidder, Peabody &sCo., Of Boston,
have given 81 200 70 the Police fund for
the benefit of invalid officers, and FAM
lilies of those deceased, who are in
need. ~ e~f
New YORK Is rroubled by runor, as
ket unauthenticated, that the cholera
-srrived in the lower bay.
- sommittee of Seventy in New
ere decided to continue their or
u, with James M. Brown as
vice .Havemeyer, elected
= Max. Z ~ifS ~ sH ss
In = :si.sninary examination. Col
S7slood, the husband of Mrs. Woodruff,
sfre- ed with her for libel, failed utter
", in the opinion ofthe Court, to justi-
fy bis publication of the sscandaIous
matter, and has been held for trial in
5000 bail. .-.
The gin house of DIR. Luke Black
burn, Laconia, Ark, together with
thirty bales of cotton, was accidentally
burned Wednesday. Loss 5000.
The losses by the big Brooklyn fire,
viii not exceed half million. ae
A large safe being removed in ST.
Louis, fell through the floor, toppled
over, and broke six ribs for Michael
mi one 0l The movers.
The time for fling claims for private
cotton taken after June 80, 1865, has
expired. The claims are so numerous,
involve such large amounts, and raise
such intricate questions of law that it
is likely the Secretary of the Treasury
will ask Congress to release him from
considering them, and refer the whole
matter to the Court of Claims. Law
yers favor this course.
The President is engaged preparing
his annual message.
bradford, Ohio A young man
named Abe Webb, charged with hav-
ipg broken open and robbed cars at
Cincinnati and Eaton, o., was arrested
here last night, and taken back. to
Eaton for trial.
-x-8Iayor Kalbfieish, of Brooklyn
has fled his answer TO complaint of
Mrs. Wade, in which she seeks one
hundred thousand dollars damage for
breach of promise of marriage. The
reply attacks the PLAINTIFFS character,
and promises proof of the. allegations
upon trial.
New York-HoraceG Greeley has been
seriously unwell since his wife's death,
from nervous prostration, and result
ing mainly from the severe strain upon
his nervous system through want of
rest and sleep during the last month of
her illness.-Stokes in his new trial /
will be defended by new counsel, his |
former counsel having retired. The |
trial bas been postponed till Dec. g.
The widow of A. ID. Putnam, who was !
killed by Foster with car-hook, has
brought suit against the Seventh Av- t
enue Railroad Company to recover So
900 for the loss of her husband, her
counsel contending that the company
was bound to protect him from injury (
while on their car--The steamship
San Salvador, from Savannah, with 4
freemen for Liberia has, arrived. This
band, numbering $50, is the advance
guard of 5000 emigrants.-The jury
has awarded Mrs Putnam S., 900
damages for the loss of her husband,
who was Killed by Foster on Seventh
avenue car.-Col Blood has again s.
been arrested in civil suit brought by
Chailis, and in default of So. 900 bail,
was lodged in Ludlow Street Prison.
Ee had just given bail in another suit
when arrested.-Mayor Hall recon-
mends to the Common Council to
give Stanley, the discoyerer of DIR.
Livingstone,a a public reception.--Thei !
British coIonists, favoring annexation,
held meeting recently and decided to |
communicate with the Colonists of Buff
falo, Chicago, st. Louis and New Or /
leans with reference to choosing in |
fluential men to cooperate with the |
annexationists in Canada
The Danish Consul in New York |
makes public appeal for immediate !
aid for his countrymen who lost their
property by the recent severe storms in |
Europe, and are now in positive want. |
Mr. Stanley arrived at New York, |
per steamer Cuba, and was escorted
upthe Bay by delegations from the Geo !
graphical Societies and the Herald
Club. Mr.. Stanley will have his first
reception in America at the Lotus
Club, on Friday evening.
c. w. Fairman has received the
appointment of Postmaster at Phila-
delpF vice III. H. Bingham, resigned.
The Co.lptroller of the Currency dis
-~-4ef i, l,t-
=, fss,, fss~ 'scident to administering the
" proyghNp, po.ysgN, contained in the currency
aerefead concludes with a bold and
esn isst recommendation that Congress
repeal every act on the statute books,
which prohibits the loaning of morey
by banks or individuals at usurious
rates. Mr.. Knox says all such loans
are easily evaded.
Jay Gould has been arrested on the
complaint of President Watson, of the
Erie Railroad, who has been investiga-
ting the accounts of his predecessor,
and now charges him with having de-
frauded the Erie Railroad of 50, SOC. COO
According 10 the annual report of
the operations of the Revenue Marine, {,
submitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury, it appears that four revenue
steam-vessels are now engaged on the
lakes, a force, it is stated, which is.
amply sufficient for all the needs of the
service. The expenses of the bureau
for the year We're S93O,249.
Julius T. Julien has been held to-
bail in s., 900, in New York, for mail
ing obscene circulars to boarding
schools and elsewhere.
The Citizens Relief Fund, Boston,
amounts to S152, ,O0O The Harvard
C~uege Bund to So, 500. The Coliseum
ing sold on the 23d, at auction, for
40 e
tcher, now Supervisor of In
tefna, 1Iaoue, has been appointed by
sthe President Pension Agent of Wild
owa4 Agency, New York.
Coz. VIM Penn, clerk in the Third