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The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28
WIND.
no,c 7ornadoes Operate.

A terrible disastrous storm of wind
swept over the Comango valley, in Penn
sylvania, last week The day had been
noticeable for the number and severity
of its thunder storms in the immediate
vicinity, but about six o'clock in the af-
ternoon it cleared up and the sun came
out brightly. A few minutes past six,
however, two clouds appeared in the
horizon in the west, and increased rapid
ly in size and grew deasely black. They
approached the village rapidly, and seemed
to touch the ground. The sky assumed
yellowish cast, and for a short time an
oppressive stiffness prevailed. Presently
a cool, stiff wind began TO blow, increas-
ing in strength as the clouds drew nearer.
When these were within mi c of the
place, at a point where a range of hills
known as the Wyckof mountain has its
western terminus, the two clouds came
together, and a binding light broke for
an instant through the valley. 1t had
now grown quite dark, and for some
time many of the inhabitants of the vii
lage and the outskirts had been flying in
terror from their houses and crossing the
river for the open fields on the opposite
side. When the two clouds collided
they united into one. which almost in
stantly became a whirling mass, shaped
like a pillar and which rushed with
great velocity down the mountain side
Trees were uprooted or moved down in a
swath fifty feet wide; buildings were un-
rooted and the air filled with debris
borne along in dark mass by the whirling
cloud. Fortunately in its course there
was no buildings other than a few barns
and sheds, the farm houses being on the
level plain north of the road, which fol-
lows the base of Wyckuf mountain for
two miles The storm hugged this range
Of hills, filling grain fields with flying
branches and timber, and demolishing
everything in its path. 1t passed oft
some distance u the south Of the village
and followed the hills to Miller's Point.
= mile below, where the mountain juts
out into the sire am, and thus compelling
the road to cross the river, which it had
done for twenty years by a covered
bridge When the clouds reached this
point and struck the iutting rocks it
turned to the left, and sweeping down
on the bridge, lifted it bodily from its
foundation hundred feet, apparently, in
the air, breaking it into three pieces,
each about thirty feet long. One of
these pieces was thrown into field ten
rods from the river, the other was carried
a quarter Of a mile down the river, where
it fell into the stream, while the third
piece, being caught squarely up in the
whirlwind, was borne aloft for mile,
where it fell 10 the ground on the farm
of Charles Goodman, crashing into his
cattle yard and killing a morse and a
COW. Mr.. Goodman's family saw the
huge mass approaching, and ran in ter
ror from the house, taking up 4 position
in the field.
At Goodman's the storm cloud seemed
to spend its fury. 1t passed off to the
southwest and disappeared.
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

ant object to accomplish ten thousand
years to come? q? No matter. 1t is many
and many year since the hapless half
breed scooped out the stone to catch the
priceless drops, but to this day the tour
ist stares longest at that pathetic stone
and that slow dropping water when he
comes to see the wenders of McDougal's
cave. Injun Joe's cup stands first in the
list of the cavern marvels; even "Alad
dins palace" cannot rival it.
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28
VOL. XII. NO 26.

prey. Their manner of attack is an i'm
mense leap. Instantly their strong pin
GERS are fastened, and they only let go
when the piece gives way. At such
times, this little animal seems animated
by kind of fury which causes it to dis
regard entirely its own safety, and to
seek the conquest of its prey The bites
are very painful. The natives relate
that criminals were in former times ex-
posed to the path of the ants, as the most
cruel manner of putting them TO death.
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28
CUSTER.

hei" i'sisceace Of the Dashing CdraIry
Leader.
| b Gen Roeser, Of Minneapolis, formerly of the
Confederate Army.
City Engineer Gen. Rosser, of Mime
lapolis, Mimi, publishes a card thiseven-
fng relating to the death of Gen. Custer,
Iln which he says:
From what can gather from Gen.
! .sSrry's Instructions to Gen. Custer, il is
Equitecvtdent thatit was expected, ifnot
expressed, that Custer should attack the
savages wherever found, and as to the
manner of attack, Of course that was left
TO the discretion and judgment of Gen.
Custer; and viewing the circumstances
Of this fatal attack frem my standpoint,
| fail to see anything very rash in the
planning OF it, or reckless m its attempt
cd. execution. On the contrary, feel
that Custer would have succeeded had
Reno with all the reserve of seven COM
Panies passed through and Joined Custer
after the first repulse. / think it quite
certain that Gen. Custer had agreed with
Reno upon place of junction in case OF
the repuIse of either or both of the de-
tachments, and instead of an effort being
made by Reno for such a junction,
as soon as he encountered heavy resist
ance he
TOOK REFUGE IN THE HILLS,
and abandoned Custer and his gallant
comrades to their fate. 1t is useless to
say that Custer should have amused those
Indians as he reached them, or diverted
their attention until Gen. Terry could
come up with reinforcements, for, al
though it is stated that Gen. Terry was
only twenty or thirty miles of, and he
moved by forced marches, he did not
reach the sceneOf the disaster until three
days after its occurrence The Indians
were running, and it is very evident to
my mind that Gen. Terry expected them
to make every possible effort to escape,
and Custer was doubtless ordered to pur-
sue them, cut of their retreat TO the
south, and to
Drive THEM BACK UPON TERRY
and GibbOn, and, thus hemmed in be-
tween these commands, they were to be
cruched. To do this, it was necessary
for Custer to strike them wherever found
and 10y vigorous blows and hot pursuit
he was TO drive them into the trap which
Terry hsd set for them. Infantry on ex
peditions against Indians can only bt
used As guards for supply trains, and II
! pursuit of Indians upon mission sucI
is Clusters they are as useless as fox
hounds in pursuit of wild geese. 1t was
expected when the expedition was sent
out that Custer and the Seventh cavalry
were to do all the fighting, and superbly
did portion of them do it. As a soldier
| would sooner to-day lie in the grave OF
Gen. Custer and his gallant comrades
alone in that distant wilderness, that
when the last trumpet sounds l could
rise to judgment from my post of duty,
than to live in the place of the survivors
of the siege on the hills.
| knew Gen. Custer well have known
him intimately from boyhood, and, being
on opposite sides during the late war, we
often met and measured strength on the
fields of Virginia, and can truly say
now that I never met more enterpris-
ing, gallant, or dangerous an enemy dur
ing those four years of terrible war, or a
more genial, whole souled, chivalrou'
gentleman and friend in peace than Maj.
Gen. George \. Custer. Respectfully,
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

per in a woman. Sheridan, to keep Gus
ter in his place, kept him out on the
plains at work! He gave him fine COM
mand, one of the best cavalry regiments
in the service. The Colonel, Sturgis,
was allowed to bask in the sunshine in
large city, while Custer was the real
commander
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Circumstantial evidence:

Circumstantial evidence: Cir
cumstanccs alter cases, you know re-
marked a Scotch lawyer to an old farmer
client. Vera true, sir" replied the
farmer, "and cases after circumstances
as weel; for, man, | mind when We were
young and had bat few cases, your cir
cumstances were ma over braw."
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

GOETHE AND GEORGE SAND ON
DEATH.-Here is passage from the late
letter traced by the hands of George Sand.
which is singularly like to a saying of
Goeth on his death bed: II am not one
of those who shrink from submission to a
great law and rebel against the end of
universal life" Is it not told of the
great German that he broke long
silence by this wise and consolatory
utterance: After all. this death is SO
general thing, it can not be an evil
thing"
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

THE house has passed bill apPro-
priating 100000 for the construction of
two military posts or depOts in the Sioux
country, in accordance with the recon-
nlendation of generals Sheridan, Terry
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

TnE secondary light of the darlened
portion of Venus, now visible every
evening, is believed to be in the nature
of the aurora bOrealis
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

THE senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of Jas. N. Tyner, of Indiana, as
postmaster general.
The Hickman courier., 1876-07-28

The Methodist Episcopal General
Conference has voted to have a new
hymn book, snd appointed committee
of fifteen to be divided into three
sections of five each. to go over the
whole work, with instructions not to
make any changes, either by omitting
old hymns or admitting new ones, with
out three-fifths vote. This matter of
hymn books has become very important
interest of literature and finance, as well
as of religion, in America, and we have
as rich, scholarly, and ediIying hymn
books as any nation in the world, and
are likely to go beyond any other nation
in the number and size of our collections.
The recent compilation of Drs. Hitchcock
and Schaff is said by good scholars to be
equal to any in Christendom, and
valuable as collection of poetry. as
well as a manual of devotion.
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presses the belief that it will be mark,
ed with a general 'improyement 10
business. That paper says:
"We may have several failures aud
suspensions, but none Of character
to inspire alarm. There is a very
large amount of commodities now in
the interior awaiting transfer to the
sea coast. The drain of currency to
the South has not vet ceased, but it
will begin to flow back about the close
Of January. The metcantiie demand
for money rs one. of the tmost hopefHl
features Of lhe situation |; aud for the
first time in "A a long period business
men begin 10 have confidence initbs
iuture.idw Hasoo uui1uogsb sdl moil
IL The sBHlIstin diseourses in similar
vein. concluding upon the whole, that
sthe past year has brought us compar-
iatively near toia pefiediof ihdnstrisl
and commercial restoration, and that
the things to be fes red are much few-
eri and those 10 be hoped for more lnu-
merons than they were o year ago.''ia
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The New York Tribune says that
the Democrats cannot elect the next
President without New York, Repub,
licansl can, Those two facts supply
the key of the next election. The
Democrats must nominate a candidate
and frame a platform, and put their
party into position that can secure
New York. O,herwiseithey are whip
ped before the fight begins. Z But the
Republicans can still make adesperate
struggle, with a possibility, Of success,
even though the probabilities in this
State should be against them. sdT
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a-AGoverner, Hartranft made a rec.
ommendation which the Housest Haf.
risburg realizes the necessity ofadopt.
ing, but is looking around for d way
20 deprive the Governor Of the credit
He proposed that one. third aof the
corporation tax go to the General
Revenue Fund which would yield
$3.50, 900 for current purposesa in ad
oition 10 what is now received 1 The
House is enqairing around to know &
thero is not some other way 10 reach
the same resultf d They want The
credit of the affair-and some money
as ell.- Gosette. Go.tG2ihai "a .mIll
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.--Pennsylvauia has been under Re.
publican administration several years,
and New York Under Democrstiee con.
troll. The total cost Of our State Gov
ernmsnt, including about one and q
half millions paid on the public debt,
was triae over $4,000, 900 hast nysar.
That Of New York was about SIC. .O00,-
900, and Tilden thinks Il ought to, be
reduced to sS,oOo,0O0, Yet New York
should costno more for its govern
mont than PennsyIvaria. 1Hd fIesnid
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-The GOyernor CONTINUES q advO

The Governor continues to advo,
cate compulsory education. We dis.
agree with him on this question, and
wish he were of clearer mind Of the
subject. The statistics of attendance,
given in the report of the State Super
intendent, show that as our public
schools have Improved, the ratio Of at
tendance has increased, until now we
have about million children in at
trndance. 1t is extremely doubtful if
compulsory education would show bet,
ter average results. AS It is, the at.
tendance is voluntary, and the chill
dren are deeply interested in their
studies. Change our system to one of
compulsory attendance. aud we fall
back into a semi barbaric method Of
conveying instruction. When the vol-
untary system works well, It is sound
policy to leave we'll enough alone
tTUSSac. rHr+i r1 ffo hoo -s; ..,.s Z
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-Sixty-two years ago Saturday
General jackson, familiarly styled
"Old Hickory at the head of less
than 4, ,150 troops. composed of q few
regulars "A battalion of colored SOL
diers, aud the rest undiciplined mill
tia from Kentuckey, Tennessee, Lou.
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T He S U NJ


DAllsYrAN Day IllekbY ,lepR ls5b.
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The Democratic press : of the
country are terribly exercised because
Secretary Chandler has made known
his intention to dismiss from the pub
lie service under him all Democrats
now snugly ensconced under an adj
ministration they miss no opportunity
20 revile, with a view of putting in
, Republicans. To mitigate--or aggra-
vate-the Democratic grief. we may
remark, that the pressure on Mr..
B Chandler to do this thing is made by
wounded Union soldiers who have
been turned out of their former situa.
tons by the Democratic House of Rep
reseatatiges to make places for rebel
soldiers. If the House will insist on
providing employment for the men
who followed Lee. Chandler can hard
" be blamed Wjth justice for taking
care Of those who followed Grant.
This howl is one which exalts the
Secretary of the Interior in the esti-
nation Of all Union men, and CORES
pondingly .degrades the complaining
Democracy. who rail at him for fol-
lowing the example they haze sci
him to initiate. = HenGngO Citizen. ~
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GsaRRkKx [0Nys0Ys.'sI
d IRy RRET.i HARTE nid

yldn Begins in the ,Novennber, ,nnmhergd /
Mr., Harte's first extended work. !, The
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'''PHILIP NOtANiS FRIENDS.
Or Show Your Passports,

ByrEDwARD EvERE TT HALE. !
The scene OF this story is laid In the
Southwestern territory, now forming the
of Aaron Burr's treason. The characters
lived In section which was now Ameri
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this record Of their aGventurous lives
makes story of intense and unfiagging
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lin an elaborate article on the
financial and commercial outlook of
the year upon which We have just en-
tered, tue United States Economist ex.
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-New Yolk ei.y reqaIred $4,000.

New York city required sS1. .000,-
600 last year for its government, al
though the expense Of the year was
81 ,25O, 900 less,tban the previou ear
The total debt Of that city is at
sl16,6l9,4S6s7; but deductihg assets,
and merely temporary debts,p and the
net amount is s91, ,154, ,s5902. Not a
very desirable city to own real estate
in. la fHshiss7 4at.ph ra9H
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SECOND FARMERS vacsnoaT

= 1Y CoI. NEV. u. W ANIME, Ut.
Col. waring is now In Europe, visiting.
in row-boat ride of two hundred and fifty
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