The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-09

! A NEW SPELLER.-The following
little titbit item, will be cheering news
to some of our Hickman correspondents,
Who mercilcssly abuse the present rules of
photography The theory of Mr. withers
is good, and in all candor, we think, will
-oRs day Bsadoptcd Rowsl sIaper.
Reporter says; "a book whose author is
George Withers, and which advocates the
/ spelling of the English language as it is
/ pronounced, has been published in Lon
don by Trubner & Co., a firm, the attach
ment of whose appellation to a book is a
voucher of merit
The COURIER is forced to appear
again this week with some blank columns.
which wounds us to the quick We should
be glad to fill them with good reading
matter. but it would be deliberate, pre-
meditated bankruptcy, to do so, with the
| meagre patronage now bestowed. Our
readers are supplied with their usual
/ quota, and little more, of reading mat
ter. These blanks should sparkle with
thrifty double column business cards,
true reflex of the town which the paper
represents. Some of our livest men have
grown apathetic, and seem not to realize
their own advantages, or afraid to pro
| claim them too loud.
A game of Base Ball was played on
the grounds in West Hickman, between
the Hickman Club and the Debating Club,
in which the Hickman Clnb defeated the
latter by score of 80 to 81
Hietmea Cgub-M. E. MiIlet, 10 Deitch,
VIM. Frenz, D. Barry, G. Wolf, 10 Kirk
patrick, VIM. Flack, Chas. Meacham, aud
f. Berendes.
De6atiag Ciub-will Steele, F. S. Mars.
5 Landrum, D Measham, H. Berger, Chas
Wilson, Chas- Hackett, D. Freeman, VIM.
( Plummer.
Unpirs-R. NJ. Isler; Scorer, Geo. B.
Prather
The grandest aud most benevolent
work before the good people of this com
munity at present, is to contrive ways
and means to give honest employment to
the number of good men, willing to work
but with nothing to do in our midst.
These are principally mechanics who find
nothing to do at their own trades There
are some of them, of course, who don't
really want to work, and who charge ex-
brilliant prices and half work when they
are employed, and we are not speaking
for such. But it is for the deserving
those who will work when they can ind
it to do. They are live men, and only
want opportunity. If they would put
themselves in rganization-put prices
as low as possible, and help each other, it
might be good step.
BAwDY CRAFT IN TROUBLE One
of the numerous bawdy boats that are
plying the Mississippi river, traffcking
in the honor of lot of low down women,
got into trouble at Point Pleasant Friday
last. Some of the citizens, feeling them
selves outraged by the presence of said
craft, gave its proprietors notice to
'leave" Failing to comply with this or
der, squad appeared on the bank, and
opened lively fire on the boat with RI
fes, pistols and shot guns. Brown, alias,
Hutehcraft together with another man,
who were in charge of said boat, plunged
through the windows into the river and
swan to the Kentucky shore, leaving the
Inflated women to the mercy of the as
sailants. The boat was cut from its moor
ings and during the night the storm
drifted it down TO Tiptonville, without
the loss of any lives. These are said to
be desperate, bad characters, and the
~ oil . o NJ
alert
There are some live men in Kick
man, men who are determined to push
trade and make things lively. They are
the ones who have made the Hickman
market the envy of all the surrounding
markets, aud attracted trade from far and
near They are the ones, also, who ad-
vertise in the Hickman COURIER, and Tho
say through it and through actual bust
ness dealings, in bold displayed type,
that they do not shrink from competition
with the merchants and traders of the
surrounding places. They say to the
country people, those who sometimes
trade at other places and towns. and who
know the prices and quality of goods sold
at such points to give US trial. They do
it boldly, well knowingst hs-t some of The
places with which they have to compete,
are exhibiting commendable degree Of
push and enterprise. The CoURIER says
candidly to all its readers, free from any
spirit of partiality, or as nearly so as
possible, that the business men represent
ed in these columns, can and will, on the
average, and on legitimate sales, sell
goods lower than any point for one hun
dred miles around. We might in truth,
say the same of some of our houses which
are not now advertising, but they appear
to shrink from making such assertions for
themselves in the face of the competition
which surrounds us. Those houses, which
do say it through their cards, know the
competition they have to meet, but they
challenge the people to put them to the /
test.