The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-08-03
NO. so.
general News Items.


sardines.
Africa exports peanuts to France very
largely.
Ice cream in paper boxes is sent from
New York 10 Cuba.
There is young phemale phooI a
Newpawt who weas nine diamond ring
on one fpga.
Iu Leghorn, which has such a repu-
tation for bonnets, the women wear ker
chiefs on their heads.
Two type setting machines are work
ing satisfactorily in the office Of the
London Times.
Nine Long Branch races have beer
won by horses from Scott county, KY.
Tomatoes that weigh two pounds art
grown in Georgia.
Twenty per cent Of the men aud twen
ty seven per eeut--.of tile swomees VIII
marry in England are unable to sign thei
names TO the parish register
White wells are very fashionable in
Paris, and, of course, will soon be here
They are made of plain white tulle, dot
ted with black.
The druggists say the demand for fly
paper this summer is unprecedented. aud
hOusekeepers say there never were such
swarms OF flies.
The Philadelphia Library building, an
ancient pride Of the Quaker City, is to
be sold to the government.
1t is said that the Duluth people won'i
allow small pox patients to be Inferred
in their cemetery, because there are
several unvaccinated corpses buried there
In recent contest in Yorkshire, Eng
land, for Parliament, the expenses of the
successful candidate were S53, ,645, and
those Of the unsuccessful one S42, lG9.
Quite a number of Northern people
have gone South to get rid Of the op-
pressive heat, for it is fact that the
thermometer does not rise as high in the
Southern as in the Northern States.
An enterprising eight year old Pari-
sian recently put yerdigris in his uncle :
soup. which he had first skilfully pre-
pared by mixing copperas and vinegar.
lie wanted to live alone with his auut.
An English chemist AYERS that the
manufacture OF wine is now conducted
on such highly scientific principles that
grapes are gradually being dispensed
with.
Sonoma county Cal, is convenient
place for trout fishing aud cooking. You
can catch your fish in Sulphur creek, and
cook it in hot spring within arm s
length.
a uew federal census of New York
city is to be commenced at once. Thi,
is for the reason, doubtless, that the cen
sus of 1870 is believed not to show the
actual population Of the city.
Iron shingles have been recently pat
en,ed and are said to be less expensive
than slate They are made about siz
bysthiueen inches in size, and fasten
with headless nails.
Among the curious things connected
with the cod fish is the frequency with
which large stones are found in the
stomachs. These are of various sizes,
sometimes, in large fish. weighing many
pounds, aud it is popular belief among
fishermen that these are taken IN just
before storm for the purpose of anchor
ing themselves during the expected swell
of the sea. This is coroborated by fact
Cif it be ooe) that all the fish taken be
tore the storm agree in this peculiarly,
whereas st ordinary times nothing of the
kind can be detected
Commodore Vanderbilt, according to
the New York Worlds Saratoga CORES
pondent, "has found new love-not
lady love this time, nor even a horse,
but Methodist clergyman. lie is con-
stanlly accompanied by DR.. Deems of the
Church OF the Strangers, and it is even
rumored that the tough old Commodore
has experienced a change of heart, apd
is about to join the Methodists." 1t is
high time, indeed; but hasn't the Com
modore been betting on Longiellow?