The Hickman courier., 1874-03-21


~. r. authorities to protect the ages-
~
SOUTH
An unprecedented influx of northern
srs Is reported from Florida
Tho steamer Edgar Stuart has been
Il seized upoa libel for seamen's wages.
The council of the wine and spirits
traders society Of the United States have
- announced that they favored the present tenn
pe-ance movement
On the morning of the 14th, the hang
ing OF Sid Wallace, al Gainesville, Arkansas,
passed of quietly, except that Sid gave few
uneeremonious kicks
Archie Dauson, a well-known dwarf
OF Page county, Va, is dead His weight
would not exceed twenty-five pounds at the
H-,a ~ his death.
- is estimated that fifty thousand
cotton have been shipped from Nash
- e lasashv vile and Decatur, and Soul
ls telegram says the
Fargo of 5000 bales of cot
BEN burned. The loss is
Fargo and s., eco on thieves
breign Offices.
- + Htion of the finest cotton
Memphis are under water and.
Hg to heavy rains, breaks constantly
n>.sg IN the levees, especially between
Helena, on both sides of the
"A d9Hh of at least S57, 900 has been
found in the account of Adoiph hammers,
late tax receiver of Louisville, KY. Hammers
o had considerable property besides illsur-
ance OF S15O,OOO ON his life which VIII proba-
bly, be contested.
William McGinnis, wealthy farmer
6 ScCEaekin county. KY, was found dead near
- p-31 -<7siIit in Hardin county last Friday,
- s1nnling guard overthe body. He
line initgrss B .sEas7spot at Deni-
scn, Texas. thesl Sd fexas express Of
aoss sdjsfans. thh-.Fs sht cars laden with
merchan&ze and Inn snd number of
vaTuala sample trunks5fe sre consumed by
fire crthe 14sh. Loss $40 GOO.
A erevksse is reported in all zee on
ths Mississippi eide of the river at sunnbwer
landing, forty miles below Friar's Point. Capt.
Lee, OF The steamer Phil Allen. says the over
> n uses 80 bad reYorteei l'sssseel afei.,
pliSlsnd Helena, and thinks The damage VIII
be comparatively light.
The steamboat Southwestern, with a
full list of passengers and five hundred tons
= of assorted cargo was burned at Colfax Sun
day morning The. boat and cargo are total
loas.s Value of cargoiunknown- The boat was
vsined at $50, 600; insured for $4,000 The
passenger lost their baggage
The directors of the Memphis and
CharlestafA railroad have refused to accept the
prcpo< IA the Southern Security company
to am se ard restore control of the
rad &c stockholders, the payment oi
$3.50. COO which the Security company claim
they have lost in running connecting roads
A break occurred in the upper Bass
~ levee three miles below Lake Providence
n The break was two hundred miles long at las
accounts. \ dozen OF. more large plantation
back Of Goodrich landiig viii overflow from
this crevAsss. Itisreportedit it has stopped th
runn - of trains on the yickshurg ndShreve
reported that the dead bod.
md IN the road near Independence, Mo,
days ago was that of Albert Pinkerton,
.,.s;,,e ssl.o had been trailing tho robbers o
- qls4H tain train at Gad's Hill in Jan
on - s supposed to have been kille
by th James Brothers, or some 0
their ing in Clay county
The{ 81 lille Board of Trade hay
adopt q 1sion asking congress to exten
aid to the Texas Pacific railway, and resolutio
requesting Kentucky congressman to urge
change of the bankrupt bill pending. s
as to provide for uniform amount of exemI
-@s1on throughout the country without refel
encs to any state law in the matter.
The jury in the case of the Grar
parish prisoners brought in verdict of NJ
guilty. As to Alfred c. Lewis the jury ga
there was no possibility of agreement. AS
the others they were discharged by JudG
Mood. and were remanded, on motion of Il
- district attorney who announced that the
sere other indictments against them
y 1.---,tol, froy,, R-oVrpex-5IIa Taxa
=. land OF twelve Mexicans, well ar-ne
drove through a thiekly populated ranch
about 200 head of cattle tho night of Il
5th. Depredations OF this sort, since Cortins
reign at 3Tatamoras, are becoming more fr
quent than before The United States troo
are too few in number to proteOtsp persons q
8 -
kHon. Alexander q. Stephens b
brought suit against the Western and a
larstie railroad company. OF Georgia. to I
- cover 81 100000. he charges that he tran
a. - fesred to the state of Georgia all OF his
n-z..~ feaest In the road, of which he was
- ~ lessecs, in 1870 He has since learn
.nat the transfer was made, and
claims that the property is therefore still h
The case of the United States agair
T. @. Barnes, formerly collector of inter-
rsyenne for the 9th district of Kentucky. l
been decided in the United States Dist
court for plalntln, and verdict brout
against Barnes and securities for 800, 600
amount due the government. VIM. E. With
formerly deputy collector under Barnes
his successor, was recently arrested by
Ufited States marshal.
The state of West Virginia having
to this time refused to pay her share of
state i23<5Ptedness prior to the war, and
ing de<l proposition for arbitration
meaa Seen offered in the legislatuT
Ricl Secting the attorney-ge genera
hs. INST the state Of West yirg
in me court of the United States
= the public debt standing in
narae OF Virginia ON the 10th day of Al
1855, including interest to that date.
Mike Mahon, alias NJ L. Mason,
bee 1presented before the city court
Louisville, Ky, the charge of swindl
& II appears that Mason has Hooded the SC
with lettsrs addressed TO various parties
resenfing himself TO - eproprietor of the
= lantlc house. in that city, and has in his
|<{ session trunks and money belonging t
relative Of the party addressed who dice
his house. He requests the payment Of a
against the deceased and the valuables
thea.bs forwarded. Hundreds of letters
Ez5 1oney hkve been received to Mas
ad Al Go ast few days. He was on
Il pe< y 4 the .south, and ayailed himsel
q BID & f1ositor, of AsheviIle, N c.. of
1z 8 tains The following: " Bald NJ.
Ezln b the edge Of Mcdowell county. has