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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

All kinds of Dry Goods, Notions, etc.,
at small profits, at Hogan Bros, Union st.
oc3 st
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

Blank g. indicates no report; cipher COZ sta
tiozary; minus q tendency TO fall; plus ~ ten
dency to rise. A q. FORD, Observer.
THE river is receding at this point, with
II inches on the Shoals.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

Tslegraphic Report from SIGNAL Service Corps q.
s. a, Of ObserpGtion; at 3:56 O'Clock p. My
the Pacific and 4 Hdniic Line.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

Black Alpacas, Lustre, equal to Silk,
Southern Palace, 113 Church street. John
Glgsn q Co. oc2 th, fri, tues If
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

MoNsIGNoR CAPEL, who figures Ia "Lo-
thair' led the English pilgrimage to Paray le
Monial.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03
Wooden Goods at McKee's, SO Union st.
sep30 Ct

Latest Style Scarfs, Ties, etc, at Nc
KEGS, 80 Union street. sep30 Ct
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RIVER NEW -
STATIONS.

Daily Report Of Stage Of v Ister. with CHANGE.
in the "a hours ending o, m. Oct. 2. is73-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

Latest Style Of Hats at McKee's, SO
Union street. sep30 Ct
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

Trunks, Valises and SAtcheIs in great
variety, elegant, substantial and cheap, at
VIM. Dunstead's Trunk Store, 81 North
College street, between Union and Church,
Sewanee Block. je6 Il
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03
CITY Notices.

George Searight will serve the Seven
tenth District as Magistrate, if elected, to
ell the vacancy occasioned by tie resigpa-
ito n Of Ben Wallace, Esq. sep S05t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03
STATE OF THE WEATHER.

Local Report for this city, Wednes-
day. Oct. 2, 1873. "a
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ABB I'VE CHANCES.
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4 SERIOUS DIFFICULTY AYERTED

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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-03

These telegrams had the effect of restor-
ing confidence among the men, and they
all resumed wo.k, the freight train going
out in the evening at the regular hour.
A representative of this paper visited the
shops in the evening, where be found work
being carried on as if no disturbance had
occurred.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
"reminiscences of Old Kentucky
Times.


The skill of old Kentucky hunters is
a matter Of history, and the pithy say
ines Of these men have passed into
proverbs. The shotgun was unknown
in frontier life, or, if known, looked
upon with contempt The bear, the
deer. and the wild turkey were the game
the old hunters went in quest of but,
when they could not be found, the rifle
was sighted at the squirrel, and the ball
sent whizzing through the head. To
hit the squirrel in any other place than
the head was the sign of poor marks
man, and poor marksman was held at
a great discount by the hardy pioneers.
But times have greatly changed. The
old hunters are fast being gathered in
the fold Of death, and new race OF
shooters have come upon the carpet.
The larger game has disappeared before
the advanced tide of civilization, so
that rifle is of very little practical
value now. Birds, which cleave the
air on rapid wing, are the things that
excite the enthusiasm of the sports
man. and in order to cut them down in
a sportsmanlike way the shotgun is
called into reqIisition. Notwithstand-
ing the times have altered so much, 1t
is pleasant 70 drift through the reminis-
cences Of pioneer life, and to recall the
glorious reign of the rife.
One of the most celebrated shots OF
Kentucky is DIR. G. Graham. His aim
was next to infallible, and in his younger
/ DAYS he killed as efiAetivelv at long
I range as at short range lie Louis
vile Cosvfcr-JotUnal tells that he could
ring the bell or take the bulls eye at
every shot a distance of 200 yards,
while a turkey stood little chance Of
retaining life if he drew bead on it at
400 wards. For half century the doc
tor used a favorite rifle of primitive
make which be christened Blucher.
The gun was always kept in the very
best condition, and he loved it as fondly
as he could have loved a child. The
barrel was thirty-three inches long, and
the bore nine sixteenths of an inch,
carrying thirty-two balls to the pound.
The doctor is now an old man, and he
has bequeathed his rife to posterity.
He has placed it in the museam at
Louisville, and it hangs side by side
with the rifle that proved such terror
to the Indians in the hands of Daniel
Boone. 1t is well to treasure up these
relics of frontier life, for they are
part of the history of the State that
once was looked upon by the civilized
world as " the dark and bloody ground. "
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
VOL. TX. NO. 4.
=" KEEP HEART. !"



Keep heart brave comrades True-this way Of ours
Lies Der the rugged hills and sleeps Life
Where we must not expect 60 walk on flowers,
% Bnt brace ourselves 70 meet its toll aud strife.
Ihsn let us not too fathless be, aud fearful
Ihongh treading with tired feet thorny way
But, with conrsge hopeful still, aud cheerful
Bear on the heat aud burden Of the day"
Keep heart my brother Though the clouds may
hover
Low ON our pathway like sable pail,
our father Is beyond the clouds.-mOreover
his loving kindness reigns above them ALL
And, when msfortnnes stroke faus thick aud
The stoutest heart il often shaken sorest
To make 1t firm and steadfast to the last
Keep heart brave comrades Tho this night OF
When aching eyes are filed with unshed tears.
Oppressed with bitter thoughts Of sad to-morrows-
Worn with agony Of doubts and fears
We grow weary Of these self-denials,
Forgetful Of our hope and faith sublime
Never remembering hercest trials
Are only born OF Earth-and die with Time
Keep heart my brothersl In onr human blindness
We Oft mistake the blessing FOR the
We oft forget our Fathers loving kindness
,,. Can bring .bs1ter from from hs seeming worse
All ''dust and ashes'-falling 10 decay
OIr plans naught.-Cfod keep truly humble.
Willing TO wait His tiIne-aud pace,-and way
Raay, h@-. ,ise eomrasle4' srl,-o tlss -fo..s'~~,
Together ye have met both wind and tide,
As friends upon the waters dark together
Your boats have braved the danger,-side by side
Is this not something? Surely you can bear it,
If those yeu love and honoIS4id not share it;
None near 70 whisper" Comrades keep NJ
heart :"
Keep hearts my brothers Z Let as leave OF trying
To win Lies golden summit al a bound
BecdiIge we must begn-despte our signing
To climb the ladder slowly-round by round
Let life be fun Of honest, strong endeayor
Fearing not Fate's decree, or Fortune's frown-
Let principle be guiding-star forever,
And perseverance win the victor's crown!
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
Is There a God I?

How eloquently does Chateaubriand
reply to this inquiry:
There is a God The herb of the
valley, the cedars of the mountains
bless Him; the insect sports in His
beams the elephant salutes Him with
the rising orb OF day the bird sings
Him in the foliage; the thunder pro-
claims Him in the heavens the ocean
declares His immensely; man alone has
said, ''There is no God !" Unite in
thought at the same instant the most
beautiful objects in nature; suppose
that YOU see at once all the hours of the
day and all the seasons of the year
morning of spring and a morning of au-
tumn; night bespangled with stars
and a night covered with clouds
meadows enabled with flowers, and
forests heavy with snow fields gilded
by tints of autumn; then falOne
you Will have a just conception of the
universe. While You are gazing on the
sun which is plunging under the vault
of the west, anotheg observer admires
him emerging from the gilded gates of
the east. By what inconceivable magic
does that aged star, which is sinking
fatigued and burning in the shade of
evening, reappear at the same instant,
fresh and humid with the rosy dews of
morning? At every instant of the day
the glorious orb is at once rising, re-
splendent at MONDAY, and setting in
the west or rather our senses deceive
us, and there is, properly speaking, no
east, west, north, or south in the world.
Everything reduces itself to single
point, from whence the king of day
sends forth at once triple light in
one substance The bright splendor is
perhaps that which nature can present.
that is most beautiful for while it
gives us an idea of the perpetual mag
nificence and resistless power of God,
it exhibits at the same time a shining
image of the glorious trinity
A NOVEL description of gunpowder,
possessing extraordinary proiectile
powers, Is said to have been recently
adopted by the Prussian artillery. 1t is
composed of certain portion of nitre
and sagdust, and in this state can be
kept in store without fear OF exposition.
Torender this composition explosive it is
necessary to add sufficient quantity Of
| snlphuric acid to make it cohere, and When
dried it is ready for use. This compo-
sition has certainly the advantage oi
cheapness, combined with extreme sim
.plicity in its manufacture, and is said
to leave but little residue after being
fred
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01

A SCIENTIFIC person OF California has
discovered that earthquakes are merely
electric phenomena, and that they. can
be prevented by proper use of earth
quake conductors The new theory
asserts that whenever the earth and
the atmoshere are in a certain peculiar
electrical condition, an earthquake is
the immediate result Having thus ac-
counted for the origin of earthquakes,
he proceeds to assert that railway
tracks act as conductors for the earth
quake fluid, and distributing it all along
the line of the track greatly lessons the
force of the convulsion. Inproof of which
he alleges that since the railway con-
Meeting Sacramento City with San Fran
cisco was built, earthquakes have rarely
succeeded in reaching the latter city
with sufficient vitality remaining IN then
to make really creditable catastrophe
1t should be noticed, however, that he
omits to say why the railway should
conduct earthquakes away from Sar
Francisco, and not toward that once
favorite haunt of the vigorous and law
less shaker His theory, like that of {
great many other Missionaries, it simpl,
shocking.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
THE FIRST SNOWFALL.

The snow had begun in the cleaning,
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With a silence deep and white
Every pine, aud fir and hemlock.
Wore ernine too dear for an Earl,
And the poorest twing on the elm tree
Was frlnged inch deep with the pearl.
From sheds nesv-roofed with Carrara
Came Chanticleer's mufted crow,
The stiff rails we're softeued to swan s-dow
And still fiuttered down the snow.
stood aud watched by the window
The noiseIess work Of the sky,
And the sudden fiurries OF snow BIRDS
Like brown leaves whiriing by.
thought of mound in sweet Auburn,
Where q little head-stone stood
Where the flakes were folding il gently,
As did robins the babes IN the woods
Up spoke our little Mabel,
Saying, q" Father, who makes 1t snow 2"
And / told her of the good All-Eather
Who cares for us below.
Again looked a. the snow fan,
Aud thought Of the leaden sky
That arohed DER our first great sorrow
When the mound was heaped 50 hgh.
I remember the gradual patience
That fell from the cloud like snow,
Flake by fake. healing and hiding
The scar Of that deep stabbed WOE
Aud again to the child whispered,
I. I5srflhea..' tie S..'rs,i 81 , i f6ers
Alone can make It fall
Then with eyes that saw not, kissed her.
And she kissed back. but could not know
That my kiss was given to her. sister
Folded close under deepening snow.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
ESTABLISHED 1859.


Most of the applicants are from Florida and
Georgia
The projects of the company who are
aiming TO get possession of San Domingo are
attracting much attention. 1t is not doubted
that there viii soon be an attempt to establish
United States ,protectorate, aud annexa-
ton, if the peerle viii stand it. Some say
that it will be brought up this session.
Samuel Gibbs colored cadet from Florida,
where his father is Secretary of state, who
was admittedto West Point last June, failed to
pass the January examination, and has left the
academy for home. He is a full-booded Afri-
can, and proved an exceedingly dull scholar,
though not more so. perhaps, than nineteen
white cadets, who failed under the same or
d cal, and viii also retire to private life
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
TIE DRINKERS APOLOGY.


Come nowi II drink, where's the crime ?
Can YOU tell
Look around us! All Nature is drinking well ;
The earth drinks the dew, and the sun flowing
free
stoops to drinks Of the wave from the cup of the
sea.
The tree as he plunges the roots in the ground
Through numberless months drinks the torrent
profound.
All drink-but only, that scion divine.
While the others drink water, knows how to drink
wine
And, measureless tippler, can boast he alone,
Having once drank enough, that he still can
drink on.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
Captivity and Death of Mary Queen of
Scots.

For nineteen years Mary Stuart re-
mains prisoner under guard, wearing
the weary hours with needle-work,
with dogs, with turtle-doves, and Bar
barry fowls" She cools her feverish inn
patience TO the last by mad gallop in
fair weather after the hounds The
confinement is not severe, but the tor
ture is insupportable, for the hope of
deliverance Is never quenched. Eliza
beth never announces a definite purpose
concerning her royal prisoner, probably
never had one For nineteen years
both captive and captor are made mis-
erable by plots and counterplots and
whether Mary in prison or Mary at large
is the more dangerous 10 the security
of Protestant England is a question
so hard to decide that Elizabeth never
fairly attempts to determine it.
At length a plot is uncovered more
deadly than any that has preceded.
Half score of assassins band them
selves together TO attempt Elizabeth's 3
life, and to put Catholic Mary on the
vacant throne. The blessing of the
pope is pronounced upon the enterprise.
The Catholics powers Of Europe stand
ready to welcome its consummation.
Mary gives it her cordial appreciation.
"The hour of deliverance, - she writes
exultingly, els at hand" But plots
breed counterplots. In all the diplo-
matte service of Europe there is no 80
ingenious spy as Walsingham, Eliza
beth's Prime Minister Every letter Of
Mary's is opened and copied by his
agents before sent TO its destination.
The conspiracy is allowed to ripen.
Then. when all is ready for consumma-
ton, the leaders are arrested, the plot
is brought to the light Of day.
Mary, with all her faults, never knew
fear; no craven heart was hers. The
more dangerous was she because so
brave. She battles for her life with
a heroism well worthy a nobler nature
battles to the last, though there be no
hope. She receives the sentence of death
with the calmness of true courage not
of despair With all her treachery,
never recreant of her faith-never but
once, when her infatuated love Of Both
well swerved her from it for a few
short weeks-she clings to her crucifix
till the very hour of death. Almost
her last words are words Of courage to
her friends Weep not, she says ;
81 have promised for you-" Her very
last are a pslam from her prayer-book--
Sin thee, o Lord, have put my trust.
And then she lays her head upon the
nock as peacefully as ever she laid IL
upon her pillow. No "grizzled, wrin-
kled old woman. but in the full bloom
of ripened womanhood-forty-hve, no
Mary Stuart pays ON the ''caiioio
at Fotheringay the penalty oi nel
treachery at Edinburgh.
The spirit of the stern old fiiltaes
satisfied. and the prophecy OF the s,s.. go.-'
Book receives a new and pregnant ,Ii.',.1 iiiu,l
tration---" Whose sheddeth man 1is,''
by man shall his blood be snen'
Haypsr's.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01
IN GENERAL1

1t is now said the Reading railroad COM
bination is controlled by English capitalists
largely Interested in coal aud iron mines in
England and scheming to advance the price
of these articles so that they would be
imported in large quantities and a great profit
be reaped-
The directors Of the Colonization Society
have resolved TO urge the .GovernInent to
establish line of steamers to Liberia Three
thousand applicants now await passage
and three hundred leave the first Of May.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01

To MEND china, take avery '
solution of gum arabic in "n'el. z, .l'.' ,le
and stir into it plaster Of paris un.r .,..;.. ~
mixture becomes of the prope, y. tbo
tency. Apply it with 2 brush ..,a |" "a,ick
fractured edges of the china ano ,'.icI
them together. in three days .1s .',s.1 = Iia
cannot be broken inthe same p'.s'a a
whiteness of the cement
doubly valuable.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1873-02-01

out daring to address word to my fair
one, caught each word that fell from her
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-05

The funniest breach Of promise case 10
modern times has just been triedein Eng
land. TIE hero, finding his ardor cooling,
and desi,ing to frighten bis betrothed into
breaking the engagement,l told her that he
was greatly distressed by polpitation OF the
heart. She did not seem inclined TO believe
him. so he went to doctor for medical
certificate OF bad health. What he receiv-
ed did not suit him, and he applied to an
other physician, who was more open TO the
influence he brought to bear. Armed with
this certificate he visited his lady adored,
and as he supposed, presented it to her, but
unfortunately be gave her the wrong
certificate, and it was read at the trial.
The doctor declared that the heart trouble
was not serious, that at the age of the ap-
plicaant be might hope to recover from it,
and that matrimony would be likely to do
him good. Damages, $1,000.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-05

| A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTs.-We learn o
several accidents which occurred yesterday
as follows:
While the Fourth of July procession was
passing the new saloon owned by a. man
named Dolan, near the new river bridge, at
Parker's Londing,. g,.about IL o'clock yester-
day, without moments warning the ve-
rands OF the house which was crowded with
people, fell to the ground carrying the
people with it. Mr.. Vim. Shepard, an old
and respected citizen was standing under
The porch and was Instantly killed, bisioeck
being broken by the weight of the timber.
A. little girl was injured so severely that she
died short time after being taken out
Sixteen or seventeen of those on the porch
were quite severely bruised. This is all we
could learn OF this sad affair.
An old.man named Sebastian---, re/
siding at Salem, Clarion County, was
drowned in the Allegheny River, at Oi
City, yesterday. 1t appears he was iutoxil
Gated at the time, and had crossed the river
In buck board arriving all safe. He,
however, Immediately turBed round and
drove back but missed the track and got
into deep water, and apparently becoming
confused fell out of the wagon and sank at
once. An inquest was held and verdict
of accidental drowning rendered.
We learn that a man was ran over and
cut TO pieces on the Valley Road at Scrut-
grass, yesterday. He was intoxicated at
the time,
1t is also rumored that man was shot at
Scrubgrass, yesterday, while in drunken
row.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-05
BUSINESS CHANGE.

w. A. Lozier, who has been
engaged in tie Wholesale Ale
trade for the past year, has this
day disposed of his entire in.
terest in said business to the firm
of Fox IL Williams, who will
continue the business at the old
stand. Mr.. Lozier desires us
to return his sincere thanks to
his many patrous for the lib.
eral patronage extended TO him.
during the past year. f. A
Phillips will act as agent for
the new proprietors, and keeps
a full supply of that fine Buffalo
Cream Ale on hand.
Mr. Lozier desires all par
ties indebted to him to settle
at once as he wishes to have
his books balanced.
Dated April "a, 1873.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-05

Herr Wieniawski has found q protege 10
San Francisco, the ten year old son Jewell
Ter named Litchtenberg. The little fellow
played several pieces for the great violir.
let, and afterwards repeated piece after
Herr Wieniawski had played it. Herr
Wieniawski consented to give the boy q
lesson of one hours duration every day dur
ing his stay in the city, and take him to
Europe and place him in the Musical Com
servatory at Vienna, under his own tuition.
free of charge, until he graduates.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-05

Last night a disgracefrl row occurred on
the late train up between Oil, City and
Rousevile. Two men from TAR Farm
having imbibed too much Oil City local
option, got into a row. One was small
man and the otbe: large man. The large
man had the advantage and was beating
the other one severely, when another man
came mp and undertook to take the Dig man
off. This was not apparently relished, as
the big man rev knife and lstabbed the
other in the hand, .inflicting severe
wound. No arrests were made although
all purte es conc erned ought to be punished
Tor participatin in so dsgraceiul an affair.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-07-05
Gold at l p. m. ll5la
- The Post Office NewsroOm Soda
Fountain 10 now running in full blast
Call and try glass of Ice cool soda water

PoLrcE.-Yesterday queer old suit: In
which the social system OF Pioneer was
somewhat exposed, came up before Justice
Reynolds. It appears one Bland, colored
individual, has better half who is given
TO "ways that are dark and tricks that are
vaIn." A short time since, according to bis
testimony, he caught bis better half ln too
close quarters according to bis views, with
certain white man, known as the "light-
ning ticket seller of Pioneer" Thinking
his honor had been wounded, Bland pre-
ceeded TO polish the woman off in fine style,
administering ia her sound beating. Fl
then turned oh the miserable ornery speciI
men Of q white brute, and dished bin up q
good solid pounding, which We might a.
well.remark served him just right. The
woman did not relish the beating she had
received, aud swore out warrant. A jury
trial was demanded by Bland, which result
ted in the defendant being declared not
guilty, and the prosecutor pay cost.
! The white man or thing rather, is the
same party accused some months since Of
grossly insulting two young ladies in the
depot al Pioneer. He 10 said to have wife
and several children residing there.
This is about the worst case that has
came up before the Justice In long time,
and the details were too disgusting for put
licstion.