The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-12-15


thr'c miles in progress. 1t is propose,
to exPend over five million dollars dur
ing the current year, chiahy in com
pleting the work in progress.
TIE sugar crop in Jap.aica viii b,
Fi'fm'us this year in SINE parishes. III,
ans having been net only abundant. but
osonaole. But the sugar planters ar,
oppressed by the extravaganza and waste
- .he publ money by the government
Nbleh eD .orces payment of capital and
''ie, from those engaged in planting.
THERE is little doubt that ENGLAND
would take action in case of war 70 50
cure Constantinople against capture.
LVen If she did not send troops to hold
'he city, she would doubtless anchor
~ F'lie OF her NEST powerful iron-cIads in
's'e boSphorus, and take pains that Rus
4 should in no event get the great citv.
ins4and will never let Rusiia have Con-
s'antinople if she can help it.
BRITISH manufacturers are compIaip.
ing that the street cars used there aro
made in the United. States because III.
british mechanics can not do the
-. sRs To- sizalss <yssss.
--deted fh.--.....ss:iii1ln some Of ae shae
fisld steel Iaaflufactnrs- sra ,aavi,,r tla
country; and Ar .eriean cotton GOOD
can be exported from Liyerpoel cbeaner
'nan those O.. English make can be from
II = public dinner given bv the an
h chronological society of Paris, proposal
of singular nature was circulated, in
which several gentlemen promise 10
write viii, directing that their brains
tie sent to the anthropological society
Tor inspection and dissection. 1t is
- Thought that by procuring the thinking
organ of persons whose habits and works
are perfectly known, some light might be
thrown on the laws of physioInental
"rganization. The scheme having been
published in several Partisan papers, has
E provoked a furious attack from the
I Gniyers.
ORvILLE Bossermsn, boy twelve 7
years of age, son of Samuel Bosserman.
OF Vale de las Niejas, Cal, was aecus-
t1m'd to exercise on a swing, and, stand
ing on box, would turn the rope under 4
his armpits, and throw himself forward /
with MI his strength so as 10 make the .
swing rise to the greatest possible height
The ether day he met his death while
performing the feat. In some way the
roTe slipped from under his arms and
caught him by the neck. He had been
engaged in conversation with his mother
not more than ten minutes before the
accident was discovered She afterward
called to him from the kitchen, and hear
ing no response she went out and found
him suspended by the neck. dead
The Paris Figaro Is in trouble. One
of its writers, some months ago, gave
description of modes of capital punish
Enent in vogue through the world, and !.
ESeln up with particularly blood-curd
! line account Of the implement of !
-rsiminal OF Zanzibar Now its not so
long since the Sevyid Burghash visited :
in France, and probably he subscribed :
=
indignant letter to the French minister :
f. foreign affairs, to say that it's all a
l.e, IS death by implement is never in
iiicted in his dominiOns. And the un- ,
II ppy Figaro is under government dis
2 asure. This is getting to be Il very
.. i)us world indeed when Partisan pa
!, rmusn't lie
NEW YORK isn't the only place, it ap
7, ars, wnere a body found in the water I
has 10 remain until the coroner comes, no {
II .tter-how long delayed is that officials t
coming. England is just as bad, or ]
yirse A short time since the body OF a =
man vas found floating in the Humber, y
mar Whitton, by the crew OF Hull a
steamer. 4 man was sent in a boa6 to :
secure it, which he did by tying it to a I
stake at an isolated spot A farmer dis +
covered it and notified the police, who p
declined to act, and the body was left t
thus exposed for two days and night, b
until the coroner and jurors waded knee k
d ep through mud at low tide to view it. Y
Ia one aspect of the case the English c
have the advantage. The New York s.
policemen, who permitted body to re- r
main six hours in East river, were never !
even reprimanded. The British police r
NJ IL are to be punished. i
AMONG other subjects which are en- :
ta.ing the attention of the centennial +
commission in connection with the mat {.
t..- of 4 final report upon the interna- .
tiopal exhibition is that of the possible /
In. reduction of noxious insects and plants
tcorn foreign countries. Quite number +
of the displays, especially from South
! alerica and Australia, are infested by
in ects of varieus orders, such as moths, ,,
beetles. etc, and it is probable that,
should the subject be investigated by
9. mpetent specialists, a very large list
would d-~detected. Professor Riley has
By-tsly made a communication to the
academy of science of St. Louis, urging !
that any species that are not already in
the United States should be carefully .
considered and measures taken to pre-
vent their spreading from the cases in
witch they may be found. He enume- !
r..tes four species of beetles and two of
moths as observed by him. The subject
OF The plants will not be so easy to con-
: !cr as that OF the insects, as another
season at least will be required to deter
NJ ne what kinds have been propagated
+ ON The paekings of the goods brought
tr mabroad Itisstated that already over
Il new species have been determined
a. the result of the exhibition in Paris |
in 1867, and much larger number may
be expected to show themselves in Phil
adelphia. In view of the general i'm
portaDce of the subject, as we'll as it's Q
scientific interest, it is satisfactory to '
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