The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-14

BUTLER VIII be nifty SIX years oiu
next November The proposal to
make the anniversary Of his birth
day Of nalionsl fasting and prayer ex
cites much enthusiasm.
THE representative 10 the next Leg
islature, from Warren county, will be
Instructed to have law enacted to
prohibit any citizen of that county
from cultivating niJre than thirteen
dogs.
OSE reason why Wisconsin girls get
sniallars per week is because they
80 down stairs at midnight TO in
Grange noises, while the man
la,.-s-.t--- s:s:S.s .,s,s'4-
WHEN Tennessee husband will
his vile for washing pota-
toes in his Sunday plug hat il is time
to inquire whether this generation of
men isn't getting to be too eoufouuded
higtioned Tor the age Of the country :
john Mitchell. the Irish patriot,
has arrived in Ireland lie is very
i'll, hut hopes 70 be able TO open the
campaign for Irish liberty at au early
cay. Success to him and the holy
cause 10 which he has devoted the
greater part Of his life.
A physician, on presenting his bill
10 an executor of the estate of de
ceased patient asked, Do you wish
10 have my bill sworn TO p NO !"
replied The executor, .the death OF the
deceased is enough TO prove that you
attended him professionally"
TIE Radicals elected the Circuit
Judge in the Daviess and the Mays
Wills Districts-both strongly Demo
cratic-aud The County Judges in
Ohio and Mclean. both Democratic
counties. The Democrats will learn
some serse after oil the offices IN the
state are gwen TO the Radicals.
The Dyersburg Progress learns that
ia parts Of Dyer county the corn and
cotton crops are both looking well,
while in other portions they are almost
total failure This is because in
some portions OF the county there have
been good rains, and in other portions
scarcely any rain at all since corn and
coFbn were planted.
Brownlow has lost his hold upon
the affections Of the East Tennessee
negroes since he denounced the civil
rights bill A crowd OF them at
Knoxville threatened TO mob one of
their number last Friday for having
voted with Rrownlow, or for Swan,
and he had to appeal 10 the police for
protection.
TIE Mckenzie Times says "On
Tue. day night last female Of the
a. the table OF mine host of the Nc
Kenzie Il ouse She was politely re-
ouesied to vaeate the seat she had
Iaken, but refused until Cap Null
Kindly volunteered to chaparope her
u tie door with the neither extremity
of his boot"
certain minister of the gospel
who lives not thousand miles from
Maysville, on one occasion thought
il proper to castigate bis sou. bright
l,t. fellow of FIVE or SIX years. He
was very much startled Then the blows
we're falling thick aud fast to hear the
little fellow exclaim. We'll. if you call
this Christ L anity, l don't want any
of it 10 mine
JUDGE William LINDSAY. Of Ken
lucky, is. ia m by respects, remark
able man. He is now thirty eight years
old, aud has served four years in the
army, four years in the State Senate
aud four years as one OF the three
Judges Of che Supreme Court OF his
state. lbs prospects are regard
nood for q service of four years as
Goveruor.--.JacksoH Tam Courier
Lllerald.
SoME darkies we're standing at the
corner discussing the candidates gen
peraliy yesterday, when one Of them
earnestly remarked: II tell you wat It's
gemmeinen, you mu~s vote fur Neal
fur DE furry o. somebody else to Git
dat man Rannel out OBJ dar, fur be-
cause, said he, eff you ebber do any
Thug and git up afore dat man, il don't
mike no difference wedder you is or
not, he'll send youto de pennetenshry.
shore. Tell you dat RanneI man es
Ta'feri r And the crowd coincided.-
Padgcaf Neps.
1t may not be another abduction (
ease, but tie following advertisement (
published in the Western Kentucky T
papers looks very much like il: IN
krmation wauted of the wherea bouts f
Julia Ann Lively. daughter OF Jue
igssf.sys gtalHg s Sia saf1s :EY or fsshsee
has Ei.sh, hair aud blue eyes. aud
Scar on one hand CHE effects Of
-drning when baby Any person
bringing said child ~ me- or giving IA +
formation that will lead TO its recovery /,
Will be gratefully rewarded"
TEE grasShopper plague. which has
heretofore been confined to the NorEh
west, has broken out in auoiher direc
ton. The insects FIRST made their ap.
pearancs in aDumber OF places IN New
Hampshire and subsequently in Cana
ds Great complaint is made of the
destruction caused by them to vegeta
ton of all sorts, aud the Canadians
have Appealed to the government for
aid for the sufferers. The accounts of
the devastation of these pests are ri
most incredible by those who have not
beeu eye witnesses to their destructive
powers. In a single night IN some
places they hsge cleared whole fields
Of every sign of vegetation.
There is locality in Breckenridge |
county near the Hardin line, contain
Jog some eight or ten acres, in which |
10 D NAL can live auy length of TIM,
owing 10 the strong Hiasms. A shoot
time since the owner of the ground
undertook to clear it, and with bis son
proceeded 70 the work. The sou was
overcome, and it was with difficulty
that The father. affected as be was. could
get himself aud soD out. a calf was
turned 10 the place. and soon alter
died There is nothing 10 the looks of