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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

ence. The most magnificent DISPLAY of
tobacco, in arrangement and varied ouaI
tiles, the adjective will be allowed. bv
anv one who will examine the DISPLAY
is from Kentucky, nl agricultural hall
Virginia also exhibits a fine collection
OF choice tit bits fthe weed that seems.
with environing clouds, to sooth the
smoker, while he is conveyed 10 that
dream-land that ssodeliciously described
by the disciples of hasheesh and opium.
The reunion of Calitornians, on the 9th
inst, was a grand success. A centen-
arian carriage, used by General Wash
ington, arrived at the show to-day. 1t
is not attractive tits swung on string
straps, swinging within a strong hand
wrought wire frame, having a leather
trunk, or camp-ohet underneath the
drivers seat, covered with leather on the
inside.
Dogs are in demand one hundred of
the six hundred canines, on exhibition.
have been sold alresdy. The best dressed.
and most soldierly brigade of troops, that
| have seen during the centennial, is
that from Connecticut. The United
States centennial cfmmission are in ses-
sion. In the booA department., south
east Sz-d of Ike MI buildingaas the
pulpit from which George Whitfield ad-
dressed the multitude in England. Side
of this is the chair in which Elizabeth
Walbridge, of Arreton, Isle of Wight,
used to sit in conversation with Rev
Leigh Richmond, which he afterwards
narrated in a celebrated tract, 1.-The
Dairyman's Daughte,." This exhibit is
by the American Tract society. Great
Britlan seems to contrsl the exhibits of
the Indies, in carpets, shawls, rugs, &c
In case, some six feet in diameter, oc-
tagon-shape, may be seen Il collection
of value, probably $4,000, of India
shawls, ranging from forty-two dollars
to one hundred and fifty dollars, two
hundred and eighty-nine dollars, six
hundred dollars, and 81, 157; these are
hundreds. A small scarf is worth twen-
ty-two dollars and half to one hundred
and fifteen dollars. One shawl, gilt. one
hundred and fifty-seven dollars. / may
not be judge, but | really think that a
handsome broche shawl, worth twenty
five dollars, is much more elegant than
the settled look of the durable but ex-
pensiVe Indian.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
NEW YORK OVERRUN WITH STRAN
GERS.
New York Herald


New York was never so full of strang-
ers as it is at the present time. The ho-
tells of all classes are thronged to over
flowing, and the streets are filled with
our cousins from every section of the
country. The hotel people state that
the rush F" is entirely without prece-
dent in the history of New York. The
usual travel to this city is due, it is said,
almost entirely to the centennial expo
sition and its attendant attractions.
The terrible heat of the summer Just
passed prevented thousands from visit
ing Philadelphia. 1t was at first whis-
pered, then talked about, and finally ac-
cepted as fact, that the proper time TO
"see the centennial was during the
month of September. The natural re-
suit of this is the overcrowding OF rail
ways and hotels. To the western people
New York is rs much of an attraction as
even the exposition itself To the
easterners it is the gate TO Philadelphia
In consequence, many from choice, q
few perhaps from necessity, flock to the
metropolis.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
ANINDLAN'S LAST SHOT.
StiH Fighting after Both Legs and n
Shoulder Had Been Broken
L.. L.. Ilnol. IIfIla pinncer

On Monday morning, August 2lst,
four white men, while ont hunting two
miles from Dead wood, killed deer, and
while they were skinning it, one Of them
saw an Indian approaching tAem, leading
his pony. He was probably trying to
surprise them. but, being uncertain OF
their exact position, he had approached
too near, and they discovered him first.
One of the party snatched up his shot
gun, loaded with buck shot, and fired
both barrels, bringing down the Indian
and his pony. The confident manner in
which the Indian had walked towards
them had led them to believe that he
was supported by number of others,
and so they quickly retreated toward
Deadwood for reinforcements. \ party
started out to scout the country, and, on
reaching the spot where the deer lay
the men saw the Indian by the side of
his pony, and, thinking him dead. they
rushed forward. The action was fatal
to one of the party, for a shot from the
Indians rife struck him in the heart.
a volley from the others killed the In
dian instantly, however, and the body
was quickly surrounded by the white
men. The Indian had been almost rid
died with buck shot, one shoulder and
both legs having been broken. yet he had
managed to bandage his legs and to take
unerring aim with his wounded arm.
Knowing that his life would be taken
without doubt, he had prepared to sell
it as dearly as possible, and, lying on his
back, he rested his rife on his wounded
legs and shot dead the foremost of his
assailants. In his mouth was another
cartridge ready to reload. His rifle was
the best and latest breech-loading arm
issued to the army in 1875. and it was
probable that he had obtained it in the
Custer or Reno fight, since an old bullet
mark in the grip of the stock showed
that it had been in action.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
GfISCELLANY.

The Russians, not to be outdone by
the Egyptians, who have furnished a
list of their sovereigns from rameses to
the khedive, have presented a work, ga
Thousand Years of Russia" with pictures
of the sovereigns who have reigned in
Russia during that period. They also
show a Typographical map of western
Russia, comprising five hundred sheets.
1t is a magnificent specimen of topo-
graphical genius. Warsaw displays
brandy, made in 1890, and mead, made
in 1770. The largest nugget of Russian
gold ever found is represented by mass
of imitation it weighed lightweight
Russian pounds, or seventy-nine and
three fourths American. The original
number of dog entries, as mentioned in
a previous letter, three hundred, has
been increased to six hundred. The dog
show has created more interest than the
friends of this animal had hoped for.
Attendance yesterdY to the dog show,
1875. In the Connecticut brigade now
visiting the centennial is the third regi-
ment. 1t is the only regiment in the
United States having trumpeters, with
its drum corps. 1t is the third Oldest in
the world, having been instituted in
1889. Its first regimental flag bears the
inscription, Second Second
Battalion, 1859, which is in the
atheneum, Hartford. The regiment to
which this one stands third in age, is the
" Cold Stream Guards" of London,
England, the oldest known military reg.
mental organization.
In the west end of the main building
is the exhibition of the American society
of civil engineers, upstairs, whose exhi-
bition is of great value, from a scientific
stand point The models of bridges
shown are splendid specimens, and other
plans and models of great value to the
scientific world. The shaddeck, from
Nassau, Bahama is of the orange speci-
mems, and measure from twenty-four to
thirty inches in diamater The grape
fruit, also the same species, viii measure
fifteen to eighteen inches in circumfer-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
AcRoss THE FIELD or BAR1Er-

"To-morrOw, " ma, I'm sweet sixteen
And Billy Grimes, the dr0yer.
Has popped the Gu stion TO me, ma,
And wants to be my lover
ra-nlorrow morn, he says, mamma,
He's coming here quite early,
To take a pleasant walk with me
Across the field Of barley"
q You must not 90, my gentle dear.
There no use now talking
You shall not 20 across the held
With Billy Grimes walking
To think Of his resumption too!
The dirty, ugly drover.
I wonder whore your pride has gone
TO think Of such lover,
cold Grimes is dead, you know mammal
And Billy is so lonely;
Eesides- they say, TO Grimes estatei
That lfilIy is the only
Surviving heir TO all that left
And thar, they say, Is nearly
A good ten thousand pounds, manlhii-
And quite six hundred yearly u
"I did not hear my daughter dear,
Your last remark quite clearly
But silly IS q clever lad,
And no DOUBT loves you dearly;
Remember then, tomorrow morni
To be up bright and early,
To take pleasant walk with him
Across the field OF barley :"
- OIL So
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
HELL GITEc NOT OPEN.
New York sun.

new Atfh sun
Mr. Bennett heads his account Of the
blasting of the reef at Hallett's Point,
''Hell Gate Open" This is wrong. He'll
Gate is By no means open, as yet. Some
three millions of dollars more than has
already been spent will have to be put
in the operations there before He'll Gate
is open. The reef at Hallett's Point was
only one, though probably the most i'm
portant, of the rocky Instructions that
interfere with the navigation of He'll
Gate
Moreover, the explosion of Sunday was
merely the end of one stage in the pro-
gress of the work of cleaning away the
Hallet's Point reef The first stage was
when the excavation was completed and
charged. The second was the explosion
of the blast and the breaking up of the
rock. Tho third viii be tI.o removing OF
the shattered rock This last will be a
work of good deal of time. No one
knows yet whether some of the rocks
may not be too large to be lifted. If any of
lHtHl CildHCC 10 weigh my u a II AShAA -
tons, there is no apparatus in the harbor
that can lift them except the powerful
derrick of the department of docks.
The probabilities are that it viii be a
year before the work of graphing these
rocks has gone far enough TO make any
appreciable improvement in navigation.
Meantime, it will be necessary, in order
to enable the carrying on of the Crap
pling operations, to buoy out the bottom
covered by the explosion. Consequently,
for the time being, instead of there being
a large channel for vessels to pass through,
there will be a smaller one.
Gen. Newton has so far conducted the
vast improvement with great wisdom and
skill The explosion OF Sunday was one
of tae most successful achievements in
submarine engineering on record.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
FInE1s THE DISMAL SWAMP
Richmond Dispatch

The great Dismal Swamp is on fire.
More than 1000 acres are now burning
over, destroying timber and doing great
damage to the land, the surface of which
is a vegetable deposit several feet deep.
Gangs of laborers are engaged in cutting
bitches and using other precautionary
means to prevent the spread of the
flames to the cultivated fields of the
farmers in the swamp. Norfolk and
Portsmouth are overhung with thick
clouds of smoke. A heavy fall OF rain
would afford happy relief.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

A USE FOR VoLcANoEs.-Defunct vol
canos are to be utilized. A hospital for
incurables is to be built in the crater So
latera, lying between Naples and Pozz-
noli, in southern Italy. The vapor aris-
ing from this crater is charged with sui
phur and arsenic, and is said to be used
in lung diseases. This crater is owned
by the government, but for some time
has accommodated an establishment for
the manufacture of chemicals.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA.

"The messenger found the guards ap-
prehensive of nothing, but on opening
the door they cav her stone dead on a
throne of gold, set out in all her royal
ornaments. Trad, one Of her women, lay
dead at herfeet, and CHAIRMAN, just ready
to fall, scarce able to hold up her head,
was adjusting her mistress disdem.
And when one said, angrily; "Was this
well done of you, Lady Charmian?"
"Well, indeed" she answered, land as
became the descendant of so many kings"
And as she said this she fell down dead
by the side of the throne" This picture
was loaned the commission by an English
gentleman. 1t is bold conception of the
artist, and attracts that attention that
seems to gather in shadows round the
memory Of the Egyptian queen, whose
ideal life General Lytle has enshrined in
verses filled with emotion and beauty.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

Some one says: "Learn this lSsson
No one cares about the size ef your feti
except yourself; therefore be comfort
able" But young man who is going
to see a girl who has an eccentric father
cares more about the size of her parent:
foot than he does about his own.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

A SPANISH capitalist advocates the
connection OF hirica and Europe by a
tunnel under the straits OF Gibraltar.
he desires 10 obtain for the enterprise
SIC, ,00O,0 900, and says that, with this
tunnel and the one between Calais and
Dover completed, the railroad companies
might soon lie advertising that they
would take paSst ngers from London to
Calcutta "without change of cars;
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

SAN FRANCIsco has ''an accomplished
epileptic impostor" ''FIis manner of
doing business consists of establishing
himself in front of house in which the
inmates are at the time looking out on
the street, and bringing about an
epileptic fit As soon as the mans
condition is observed, there is a rush to
his assistance, and when he is brought to
he tells woeful story of distress, which
is usually responded to with a liberal
contribution of coin. He then selects
another house in another quarter, and
goes through the same performance again
with the same result"
ALTHOUGH no spindles of consequence
have been added to worksin the northern
states since 1874, yet the consumption
of raw cotton was greater during the
past year than ever before. We give the
consumption of the northern mills in the
last six years
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
THE WEEK PAST.

WHAT kind of people are going TO the
centennial An Austrian who is there
says: Most OF the American visitors
here don't know the difference between
Austria and Australia. and ask me how
like living in the BUSH"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

MILLIONS of butterflies are passing
over the city at all hours of the day, fly
ing at a height of three or four hundred
feet and all going westward. The but
terfies are all of the same species, large
insect with brownish-red wings marked
with black, and all fly in the same direc
ton, toward the west. In September
1868, the butterflies appeared as they are
now appearing at st. Louis, at Madison,
Wisconsin; Mantena, Illinois, and St.
Joseph, Missouri. In 1870 the phenom-
enon attracted attention at Waxahachie,
Texas, and now the statement comes
that swarm is passing over Keokuk,
Iowa.-,St louis Republican.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

JENNIE JUNE writes to her raging fell
low women: Doubling the votes would
only double the trouble What woman
can do is to lend all their efforts to-
ward achieving pecuniary independence.
This will reduce the population and put
an end to ill-assorted marriages quicker
than anything else. Women, young or
old, who can make from one to FIVE
thousand dollars per year by their own
efforts, do not care to rush into matri-
mony. They are happy; they have
homes of their own making; they have
only Themselves to please, and they can
save or spend their money as they please;
a powerful inducement to remain single
to those who would be made poor by
marriage"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

PRENTICE MILFORD writes from the
centennial that "there is certainspecies
of irritation in perpetually running
afoul ofGeorge Washington-everywhere
George Washington on canvass-in oil
in water colors-on village tavern
signs-George w. in marble-in terra
Gotta, India rubber-gutta percha-in
tallow, wax, stearine, gum, soap--in iron,
brass and bronze-in sewing machine
work, wire work, hair work-and always
George Washington, no matter how hot,
10 matter how cold the weather-G W.
with that monotonously serene father
ofhis-country face-and G.. W. doing
nothing but standing for a perpetual
model of greatness and benevolence"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
ELEcTRIc SUSPENDED oRGAx.

This machine is blown by the d" union
electric motor" 1t is suspended by
cords from the ceiling to the distance Of
some ten or fifteen feet below the grand
organ, and some forty feet in front of it..
1t is about eight feet high and six feet
in width, and is connected with the or
gans from which it receives its musical
supplies by an elastic tube some thirty
or forty feet in length. / have written
at length of the electric organs, and of
the pianista, and thought they had eX-
hausted the field of musical inventive
thought, but wonders still break upon
my vision. This principle may be de
veloped until a grand central building
will enclose an organ of great compass,
conducting, electric tubes will be led to
each house, As we DO water and gas
pipes, and the subscribers to the music
supply can, say Tor one dollar per week
or less, have old hundred b-eathed in
mysterious notes within drawing rooms.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

The Boston Advertiser thinks this
result WIN surprise nearly everybody
for it shows that all the spindles in the
country are needed to keep supply OF
goods for export and for consumption by
the people.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY is of medium size
and height. His form is somewhat bent
His face is thin and chiseled with deep
lines. He looks like a studiOus, dyspeptic
clergyman who has tried to live on half
a salary and failed in the attempt. The
vigor and subtlety and force OF his
punished lectures and essays, which
abound in trenchant criticisms and de-
fant challenges to popular beliefs, give
the impression of an athletic and power
lL personality and make the appearance
Ofthe rather slight, pale-iaced student
professor somewhat disappointing. The
disappointment is increased by his speech.
His voice is husky and badly managed
GrdDhic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

The construction of a pipe through
which to force oil from the oil
regions TO the Atlantic ocean-such
is the scheme of the Pennsylvania trans
portation company. The company's of
ficers have signed contracts for the pipe,
and expect to lay il at the rate of three
miles day, breaking ground for the en-
terprise at Brady's Bend, Butler county,
Penn, this week. The pipe will extend
to Philadelphia and to Baltimore-N
Y Tribune.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

The most superior collection Of miner
ais is exhibited by citizen of Philadel-
phia; the collection is as complete as can
be made. The group Is elementary and
valuable to the student, As all the prin-
cipal species. All grand divisions in
Dana, every chemical element; every
system of crystalization; tTimorphism
one hundred specimens averauinn four
square inches, mostly crystalized. Crys-
talized Amazon stone, feldspar, quartz,
brookite votile rosettes, pcrofskite, ho-
drotetanite Ca new mineral) koenig,
schorlomite, sormarskite, tellurides, cop
per hexagonal grophite, embolitc,
aegarite, ozarkite, chlorastrolite, wayel-
lite, pegauite
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13

BAYARD TAYLOR, writing to the Gin
cinnati Commercial, says: The orthodox
element has been largely represented in
Prot. Huxley's audiences here. 1t is
more than personal triumph for him
it is a triumph for seience-that Chicken
ing hall, which viii seat 1,2O0 persons,
has been crowded for three nights at the
prices paid for the Mighty Dollar or
the Black Crook There is hope for the
future, when one OF the greatest scientific
men of our day attracts as much interest
as the coarsest farce or ballet"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-13
PHLLADELPHIA LETTER
International Congress of Physicians
Minerals Electric Suspended
OrOdn--Art -HisceIIdIty.
From our Special Correspondent
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PHYsI-
CLANS.


The large number of physicians who
read my correspondence, will, / am sure,
feel interested in the account of the
proceedings of the congress, a synopsis
of which is appended.
President. DR.. 5. ID. Gross, Philadel-
plIia
Vice Presidents.-Dr. Paul F. Eve,
Tennessee; DIR. Joliffe Tufnell, Dublin
DIR. w. L. Atlee, Philadelphia; DR.. G.
Large, Copenhagen; DIR. J. B. Johnson,
st. Louis; DIR. T. Seneleder, Vienna ;
DIR. Hunter McGuire, Virginia; Or.
Johan Hort, Christiana; DIR. 5. c. Rich
ardson New Orleans, Dr. William II.
Kingston, Montreal DIR. j. =. White,
New York; DIR. II. Mujake, Japan
Professor n. r. Smith, Baltimore Pro
fessor Ruden, st. Petersburg: DIR. J. NJ.
Toner, Washington, ID. c.; Professor
4ttsster, strfesxald; Dr CsaL. Collins,
Rhode Island; DR. r. f. Hudson, Aus
tralia; DIR. II. Gibbons. California d.
Z. De Basieux, Belgium; DIR. n :,
Davis, Chicago; William Adams, Esq,
London, Eng. DIR. L. Dugas, Georgia /;
Professor Simpson, Edinburgh; DIR. j.
X. Bartlett, Wisconsin.
Honorary Vice Presidents.-SurgeOn
General Barnes, U. :. A; Surgeon Gen
eral Beale, L. ;. n.
Secretary GeneraL-Dr J. Mines
Hays
Assistant Secretaries.-Dr. William
B. Atkin, DR.. r. J. Dunglison Dr.
h. A. Cleaman, DR.. w. W. Keen, Dr.
Bertolet.
Section of Medicine Chairman,
Professor a. Stille; secretary, DR.. j..
Ewing Mears
Biology.-Professor J. c. Dalton;
secretary, DR.. J. Tyson.
Surgery. Professor Joseph
Lietr; secretary, DR.. j. II. Packard.
Dermatology and Syphilology.-Chair-
man, DR.. j. G. White; secretary, DIR. \.
Van HarliBgin.
Obstetrics.-Chairman, Prof. Barnes,
Of England; secretary, Or. William
Godell.
Ophthalmology.- Chairman, r. Brad
enell Carter; secretary, DR.. J. Green.
Otology. Chairman, Dr. l.. Turnbull;
secretary, DR.. c. H. Barnett
Sanitary Science.-Chairman DR..
Stephen Smith; secretary, DR.. +. NJ.
Hunt
Mental Diseases. Chairman, Or. J. Z.
Gray secretary, DR.. w. kempster
The report was accepted, and the gen
tlemen were all elected by acclamation.
Professor Gross, on being conducted to
the chair; returned his thanks for the
honor conferred, and said that nothing
would be dearer to him during the re-
mainder of his life, than to preside over
their deliberations. He considered it
not an honor bestowed solely upon him,
but as a tribute to the profession of Phil
adelphia, who had been so instrumental
in organizing the congress.
The daily gazette., 1876-06-26
Ofthe Chicago VhisItey
King-TsC0 Years for Hesin0.

CHICAGO, June "a In the United
States Circuit Court this morning
Colonel Jussen, on behalf of the de.
PENDANTS in the whiskey cases, asked
for stay of sentence. Judge Blod>
gett, however, overruled the motion
and pronouced the following sentences
A. c. Hesing, to pay fine of SIS, 900
and to be imprisoned in the county
Jail for the term OF two years; o. B.
Dickenson and jonathan Able, distil>
lers, each fine of $1,000 and three
months in the county Jail; Simon
Powell, fine of So, ,000and xmonths
in the county Jail; 81. B. Miller, ex.
County Treasurer, fine of $4,000 and
six months 10 the county Jail; F. l..
Reed, fine of 81 900 and one day in
the county Jail, Ii. G. Phalaan and
David Bush. each fine of 81 900 and
three months in the county jail; VIVA.
Cooper fine of $500 and three months
in the county Jail; r. P. Hutchins and
David Cockrane, a fine of $1,000 and
three months in the county Jail; Geo.
t. Burroughs, fine of $4,000 and
one year in the county Jail. Ex Alder
man Hildreth was called, but did not
appear. and it is supposed he has gone
to Canada.