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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-07
Col. Pickett W.. Democratic
Orr anTznfAOkS

Col Pickett, the editor of the Padu
cab Commercial and prospective Re
I publican candidate for Congress in Thu
District, says he is entirely indifferen
as to whether a Democratic conven
ton is held or not The fact is none
the less apparent that nth conven-
ton, ColIaaPickett, nor any other Re
publican has the ghost Of a chance tt
represent this District in the next Con
gress of the United Suites; and thai
,cithout a convention, there is a posi-
bility of sUch result.
7 If we admit Col. Pickett to be a
sincere Republican and true to his
party, which he claims to be and Is
known to be, then every reason con-
spires TO make us believe that he is not
so indifferent as to whether conven
ton is held or not" 1t is useless to
waste words on this point.
The CoasDterciai makes a farther
point which is not so plain to US, and
wEch we desire explained. That pa
per says:
sin our first article, it will he remem
bered. we only stated what was told TO Us
BY prominent Democrat. This gentle
man averred that a game was going on TO
get up O Convention-that call was
signed for it in Fulton and other coun
-. - sr, bo
CouRIER-that the programme was to get
King off the gubernatorial track, and that
Boone was to have the promise of Lind
say present Sssshaai ths Sasassnndi on
Tyler would be nominated. That was
what our democratic friend told rs, and
we thought his sources of information
good. Why the call never appeared in
the COURIER We cannot imagine
Now, what we complain Of. is not
that the COURIER is charged with
favoring a convention, but that we
favored said convention for the pur-
pose of slaughtering the present candi-
DATES. We also complain that the
Commercials articles do great injus-
tice to Messers Lindsay, Grassland and
Tyler, in so representing the "New
Deal as that the proposed convention
was to be manipulated in their interest.
The COURIER is innocent Of such a con
spiraey, aud so we feel certain are the
gentlemen named. Is it not remark
able that the "prominent demo
crat", who gave the Commercial the
details OF this New Deal" didn't
take some o. the Democratic papers
into his confidence? He must have
been a Democrat par erceticnce to di-
vulge this important maneuver of his
own party 70 the only Republican
editor in thu District, and left all his
Democratic brethren out in the cold
We have a right to, and do, demand
that the Commercial give the name
of this prominent democrat" to the
public. That prominent democrat
has done great Injustice to some worth
gentlemen, and we ask the CONNER
cial to name him. or take the respon-
sibility of the New Deal report on
its own shoulders.
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BULL 'SNARSAP ARILLA

Read the following extract OF letter
from Mrs. Rivers, wife Of Reverend DR.
Rivers, one Of the most learned. eloquent,
and popular Ministers Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, aud who is at present
stationed at Broadway Church, Louisville,
KY:
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 8, 1869.
Dr.. John BHH--DeaGSn Many thanks
to you for the medicine you have so kind
ly given me. have been "A great sufferer
for years, and had the advise Of various
physicians Some pronounced my spine,
some my lungs and some my heart 10 DO
the seat OF my disease. have been burnt,
blistered aud cupped until had become
disheTrtened. Several very eminent ply
siciahs who examined my spine Informed
me that was threatened with paralysis
or appoplexy any day, aud that nothing
but seton would relieve me. had "A
perfect horror Of that, and was hesitating
about having one inserted, when you
kindly sent me your Sarsaparilla which
Immediately begun to take three times
day. had suffered terribly with a most
acute pain in the right side OF my head.
especially when ! would read or write
for any length OF time, and on rising TO
my feet l would be perfectly blind for
several minutes, aud would have to hold
to something to prevent falling.
am most happy to inform you that
pain in my head is entirely relieved;
suffer but seldom with my spine and then
not so acutely. My appetite is good in
deed for the FIRST lime in my life I enjoy
my dinner more than any meal during
the day.
You kindly sent me four bottles again
last night, aud began again this morn
ing and | hope TO be entirely relieved.
Please accept my heartfelt thanks aud
best wishes.
Very truly your most grateful friend,
NJ. Is. c. RIVERS.
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ST.. LOUIS, April 30


DR.. JoHS BuLL-Dcar Sir: knowing
the efficiency Of your SarsapariIla, and
the healing and beneficial qmnlitics il
possesses, send you the following state
ment Of my case:
was wounded about two years ago
was taken prisoner and confined for six
teen months. Being moved so often, my
wounds have not healed yet. have not
sat up moment since was wounded.
am shot through the hips. My general
health is impaired, and | need something
to assist nature. have more faith in
your Sarsaparilla than in anything else
| wish that that is genuine. Please ex-
press me half a dozen bottles and oblice
CAPT. G. p. JOHNSON.
p. S.-The following was written April
Both, 1866, by Mrs. JENNIE johnson, mother
of Capt. johnson.
DR.. John Bull-Dear Sir: Ny husband.
DR.. {. ). johnson, was n skillful surgeon
and physician in Central New York.
where he died, leaving the above &. Z.
Johnson to my care. At thirteen years
of age he had a chronic diarrhea and
scrofula, for which / gave your Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t cured him. have for ten years
recommended il to many in New York,
Ohio and Iowa, for scrofula, fever sores,
and general debility. Perfect success has
attended it. The cures effected in some
cases Of scrofula and fever sores were
almost miraculous. | am very anxious
for my son to again have recourse 10 your
Sarsaparilla. lie is fearful of getting
spurious article, hence his writing 10 you
for it. His wounds were terrible, but
believe he will recover.
Respectfully,
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Judge Marshall and the Ne



Judge Marshall failed to get the
solid Republican vote of this Judicial
District, and hence was not in the race.
Some Of his competitors forced him to
take position on the Civil Rights bill
which be did, declaring himself square
ly against il, This was too much for
the "colaSsd brethren" and they there
upon declared themselves in large mum
bers against Marshall. Marshall in
sisted throughout that the race was
uon political, but to please few
democratic supporters, spoke his piece
against the Civil Rights bill, drove The
negroes from him, aud got but few
Democrats in return.
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Ny Journal ab0unds with similar lef-c
scs7s al - = = s-.-s 80 20 sse tt7Ii
uine and written by the persons whose
names they bear.
DO not suffer yourself to DC imposed on.
Don be drawn away after new aud doubt
full experiments. Don't risk your health
by letting novices experiment upon you
with their trash.
Ny Sarsaparilla has stood the test for
twenty-five years; it is still the Sarsa-
parila of the day, and Of the age, tower
ing over all others in popularity and its
curative qualities.
Avoid all those who are trying 10 palm
off on you other extracts Of Sarsaparilla
so called. Remember IL is DR.. John Bulls
Sarsaparila, of Louisville, KY, that il 10
the old and reliable remedy for impurities
Of the blood and scrofulus affection. AL
bear that in mind.
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Blood aDrInker. la Kew York.


Upon inquiry at slaughter houses
it Is found that there are nearly two
hundred persons in this city who are
in the habit of drinking blood, flowing
warmly from oxen, foI strengthening
purposes and for the cure OF certain
diseases. \ Mrs. Emily Hunter, OF
Thirty fourth street, is reported to
have spoken to an inquirer as follows
professor Ye!peau, OF Paris, prescrib
ed blood for me. / was consumptive
and Fastening to the grave. 1t has
prolonged my life fifteen years. l had
the utmost Iepugnance for it at first,
but now a half pint of hot blood from
a we'll conditioned OK is the greatest
luxury Of my life. My sisters baby
has been so far preserved aud nourish
ed with little else but blood. / know
twenty people who drink it in my own
neigh borhoud to whom | have recon
meuded it. 1t has extraordinary eff
fects on some people, especially women,
but should not be resorted to unless
there is absolute weakness of the sys
tenn" On visit of the inquirer to a
slaughter house in Tenth avenue, near
Forty second street, he found deli
cate looking woman with a sickly boy
holding a glass to the blood which ran
from an OK with Its throat cut. Both
drank two or three glasses in turn, aud
departed with an appearance of added
vigor. Que of the butchers was asked
whether he ever drank blood, and is
stated to have replied to the following
effect: "Shure an do now; why not
now faith an ye couldn't tell the diff
ference between it an milk. It's Just
as swate, shure; an in the winter its
warm and foine. Bedad but it's
stringtheniu shure. Hould Oh an
I'll get ye a dhrap. It's best warm
runnin right from the haste The
proprietor said "All last winter we
had men, women and children every
morning to drink blood. They always
imbibe beasts blood, never the blood
of sheep. Some of them Vince Z
at first. but when you close your eyes
blood warm from the beasts neck has
Just the same taste as warm milk from
the COW. We don't charge for the
blood, except when we sell it to sugar
refners." The blood of beeves is as
serted to be more efficacious for weak
lungs than cod liver oil, and to differ
considerably in its constituents from
that of human beings New York
Correspondence Philadelphia Record
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cH1LLsAND FEVER

The proprietor OF this celebrated rnedI-
cine justly claims for il n superiority over
all remedies ever offered 10 the public for
the safe, certain, speedy, and permanent
cure of Ague and Fever, or Chils and
Fever, whether Of short or long standing.
lie refers to the entire Western and South
western country 10 bear him testimony
to the truth OF the assertion, that in no
case whatever will il fail TO cnre, IL the
directions are strictly followed and car
ried out. In great many cases single
dose has been sufficient for cure. an,k
whole families have been cured by "A sinp
bottle, with a perfect restoration ofun
general health. IL is, however, pru,h
and in every case more certain 10 cVLprs
its use Is CONTINUED IN smaller doseHAfYf7t
week or two after the disease has beeti-
checked, more especially in diff cult AMI
long standing cases. Usually, this medi.
cine will not require any aid to keep the
bowels in good order; should the patient,
however, require a cathartie medicine
after having taken three or four doses
the Tonic, "A single dose Of BULLS VEG
ETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient
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Tnls is the way the little pigs Of
Madison seek their fortunes, aeeoro,ue
to ~ the :, Richmond Register. MI ,; 10,
seeh Embry has noticed for some '''ne
a certain cow not to give the usual
amount of milk, but could not accyu ~
Tor the loss of tactical fluid, uD'i, ne
discovered some pigs sucking her.
They followed her around IKE 'ney
would a sow, aud when they got su 70,
cry the. COW would lie down anu To-
them suck her."
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YHE baby PKoDIGY.-The Ten
uessee papers beat all the rest of civil
lied humanity for sensational publ
cations. Now, they have baby prod
ICY, born at Johnsonville, Tenn, on
July IL, that commenced talking aud
prophecyiug 10 one hour after its birth
The prodigy is said to have predicted
the recent floods and storms in certain
sections. The Tennessee papers are
doubtless amuGng themselves by such
stories, aud We suppose all the world
should be satisfied, as NO Que else be-
lieves such things.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-07

The Local Option Law carried in
the Moscow precinct, and one Of the
precincts adjoining Moscow, Hick man
county, by large majority. Exact
vote not known. The election was
held uuder the general Option Law.
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WAGON AND TEAM FOR SALE,
~ Saturday. July III, 1871.

I will sell to the highest bidder, in the
town of Hickman, on a credit till the LIST
day of January, lSI5,@ one wagon and
team, harness complete, and good Sad
die and Bride. The team consists of
mare and horse. The mare is splendid
saddle animal. For further particulars
apply to JNO. F. TYLER, 5. +. G.
Note with approved security required.
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How TO GET KENTUCKY TAXES

How TO GET KENTUCKY TAxEs-
Our State assessments are hereafter to
be made by the taxpayers on blanks
furnished by the State, and about one
yard long.
1t requires every tax payer of this
Commonwealth to make accurate and
exacting schedule Of his affairs to the
assessor under oath, above his or her
signature.
The best informed merchant who
keeps his books in perfect shape. might
fnd n difficult to fill the assessors
blaues to his or the Commonwealth :
justification. How will it be with the
many thousands of tax payers in the
State WHO keep no books?
The national income tax proved it
self to be so odious that Congress re-
Gently abolished it. The recent Leg
islature of Kentucky has made one
more odious even than that of the
General Government, prying more
deeply into the affairs OF every tax
payer, to be signed aud sworn to by
him, aud recorded in the County Clerk :
Office.
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Forty one sheep were killed by 1
stroke Of lightning last week neal
Princeton
THE lack of stock water is very seri
ously felt by the farmers Ia OOion
county.
An effort is being made to establish
cotton factory at Gaidner, in Weak
ley county.
Mr.. Grubbs, OF Caldwell county. is
the father of twenty Ave children,
seventeen by his present wife.
DR.. Rodmau stamps as utterly false
the report that prisoners ure cruelty
treated in the hentueky nenisenz
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( ,OOO against LOcaI OptloL

The ST. LOUIS FAIR-We have
received a pamphlet containing the list
of premiums, order of exercises, &c,
&c, Of the Fair of the ST. Louis Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical Association,
to be held from the 9Th to the 10th OF
October next. Fifty thousand dollars
are offered in premiums, of which
eleven thousand dollars is for premi-
ums on cotton.
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Gov. Ames, OF Mississippi, does not
more than reach home before he calls
for troops to protect country negroes
in voting illegally at the Nicksburg
election. But Ames is only human.
He would be nobody in Mississippi
without the 6gro vote, and it is natu
raI that he should be jealous of any
movement on the part of the whites to
weaken the source of his power.
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A. S. ANDERSON

HNHAT OLD SADDLER. Red hot for
business. Farmers support your
home mechanics. keep constantly on
hand Saddles, Harness, Brides, Hames
and Chains and in fact everything that
a farmer wants in my line. Cheap for
cash. or approved paper on short time.
pa Cash paid for Hides and Fur.
mari
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THE State election returns indicate
that Local Option, voted upon in diff
ferent parts of the State, was, in most
instances, defeated. Louisville went
1 600 AGAINST local Onion.
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To the PubIic.-This is to notify
the public that the business connection of
Mike p. Dillon with my marble works has
ceased, and he is no longer authorized to
transact any business for me whatsoever
and has not been since Feb. !, 1874.
b. c. RAMAGE.
Hickman, Ky. June p. 1874.
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THE Eddyville Telegraph is out
spoken in favor of Judge Bennett for
Congress. and is hopeful of his sue
cess before the people.
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alrw Adrrrtisements.
BEECHWOOD SEMINARY
Hickman, Ky.

" VIE EN- SESSIDN Ot inlS IN
stitution will begin on
Monday, Aug. 31st, 1874,
and be divided into two terms of 20 weeks
each with the following rates of tuition
per term, PAYABLE MONTHLY:
Orthography, Reading Writing and
Mental Arithmetic. 90
Geography, Grammar, Arithmetic,
History .............. 90
Philosopy, Algebra, Latin............S2O 90
Geometry, Bookkeeping and Survey
'-.--'--'' 80 w
No deduction for absence except ia case
of protracted sickness.
Thorough decipline will be enforced.
Sufficient assistance Will be employed to
give all necessary instruction. l bespeak
the hearty cooperation Of the Parents and
Guardians in the control Of their Chi idren
e. +. JONES, Principal.
Hickman, Ky, August l, 1874.
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GOVERNOR Ames, of Mississippi.
asked the President, in an informal
way, to send troops to Nicksburg to
ssarevent any possible outbreak there
ATasslection day, and was told by the
q 1900 " lzfss--En reply, tt'as-etIis
esdent declined to move troops ex-
5sept upon call made "strictly in nc
cordance with the terms of the Cons
Stitu;ion"
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LIGHTNING RODS!

RT R. ]. w. PORTER. has established
WI permanent depot at Hickman, KY,
where any of the most approved Light
ming Rods,
THE STAR GALVANIZED RODS.
THE STAR COPPER RODS,
PATENT CABLE RODS,
together with Points, Fastenings, Insula-
tors, Weather Vane Points, ETC., can be
had and the same put up by experienced
hands, on proper and scientific principles.
Prices and terms reasonable.
Will keep his own work in thorough re-
pair free Of charge.
Headquarters at Bondurant & Drewry's
warehouse, Water street.
Be25- All orders promptly attended to and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Observation-Disclosures & Drewry, II.
A. Tyler, Sam'l. Landrum. c. A. Holcombe,
and great many others in Fulton, and
Hickman counties, KY, Obion, Dyer, and
Lake counties, Tenn.
april1S-tf
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Remember the extension to Cairo
sunday next, on the Glasgow
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JENNIE JOHNSON.
BULBS WORM DESTROYE..
Ertrdct of a Letter from Georgia
VILLAxow, WALKER County, Ga,
June 20, 1866.

pr. John Buli-Dear Sir: have re-
Gently given your Worm Destroyer several
trials, aud find il wonderfully efiicaciOur.
IL has not failed in "A single instance 20
have the wished FOR effect. am doing .
pretty large country practice, and have
daily use for some article of the kind.
] am, sir, respectfully,
JULIUS p. CLEMENT, NJ. d.
7. $50 unqualified and numerous aro
the testimonials in favor of my Worm De
stroyer that newspaper space is entirely
too small to tell its merits.
1t is an infallibIe remedy for Worms.
Try il and be convinced. See my Journal
for more full description,
JOHN BULL.
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of his family, &esNow, assert, most
confidently, that :sch and all of these
objections are groundIess. Get the law
read it for yourself-and see if there
IS anything in it to prevent farmer
blacksmith, carpenter, or any other
man, provided he be not tavern, bill
lard table, coffee house keeper, mer-
chant or druggists, from furnishing
spurious, viuous or malt liquor TO any
one he pleases, So that it IS not true
that a man cannot get it for his family
II be needs it without getting pre-
scription. and then iron druggist. IL
Is not true that wine cannot De pro-
cured for saerement 10 fact, the Stea'
majority of objections urged against
the law are incorrect, but this ar'ic,e 70
already long enough, Twill hereai'el'
IN another, examine other oDJec',o"''
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p. S.-Nr. Johnson was the son Of a
skiilful surgeon. His mother recommend
ed to her friends, and for many years used
my Sarsaparilla with perfect success In
Scrofula aud Fever-sores Mrs. johnson
states that tho cures effected were almost
miraculous. Read my Joarnsl for ex-
tended information and advice in your
case. My journal contains certificates 81
eminent persons, ministers aud medical
men-ncn who are kn0wh here in this
community for integrity and veracity.
have recently received n most remarkable
certificate from an eminent gentleman %
Louisville. JOHN BULL
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BULLS CEDRON BITTERs.

BULLS PICTORIAL Wild cHER5Y
BULLS VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS.
All the above medicines prepared BY
Or. John Bull at his laboratory, Firm
Street, Louisville, Ky.
For sale by C. A. HOLC0AIBE. Druggist
Hickmaa n.y. Hareht-b
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xevte,y o, me Local option
contest.

U1cKu4v KY, Aug. 4, 1874
NJ c.o,. From reading your
last paper it Appeals '"a' -
sion prevails with some u VI"
that The Local Option Law a. IA
ed in the CoURGEsis incorre'. H. 80,
in Hickman, where We nav 80,
iual law in manuscript, We " " -
you give the law eorrec''y' III -
lished it at the solicitation % wv, ~
friends and foes-ior Tue in'O' - " = :
Of the people.
There is iouudsiion LOT 'p"
however, in the fact tha' 'n1;e "".
Misrepresentation indu 'geu ."' me-
be by both sides certain IL 10 1'ia' =.
many nersnns know this from the
fact That nearlv oy,ry day l hear men
say, if Il had UNDERSTOOD 'ne "a" !
would have voted differently: Now
am sure that whatall fair minded men
want in ali casss nfthis kind is to know
the simple, unvarnlshed 'ru'h' 80 ma
their action may be correct.
The excitemeut OF the e'ec',o" u
past, and we may now calmly ana con
scientiously examine the objections
urged against the law to see whether
they are well fouuied or not, for ii they
are, we should t once as honest people
turn as one mn ygsinst Local Option;
but, if S.sssG ss.lsns are grounu,ess
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Mr. J. G Craig, a citizen of Ne
Cracker county. has sued the city OF
Paducah for $500 damages, for the
loss of a valuable dog killed by the
official dog killer.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-10
rGEYERAL NATURR-No. 70. I

AN ACT TO amend an act entitled Gan act to
provide for the payment of horses and other
property lost or destroyed in the military ser
vice of the United States" approved March
third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.
Be q enacted bV the Senate and House Of Rep
resNtatiues of TIE United States Of AHSsTiOG IN
Congress assembled, That the first section Of the
act OF March third, eighteen hundred and forty.
nine, providing for the payment for horses and
equipments lost BY officers or enlisted men in
the military service shall not be construed to
deny payment to such officers or enlisted men
for horses which may have been purchased by
them In States In instruction; and payment In
any case shah not be refused whore the loss
resulted from any edgency or necessity Of the
military service, unlebs it was caused by the
fault or negligence Of such officers or enlisted
men.
Sec. 2. That no claims under said section or
this amendment thereto shall be considered
unless presented prior to the first day Of Janu-
arr, eighteen hundred and seTenty-stx.
Approved, June %, 1874.