The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-11-10
soUrHEEN ITEMS.

A RUNAWAY horse in New Orleans Intew
two men under a passing dummy, ana w"
funerals will probably be the result
THE New Orleans Democrat says the moe
pendent movement IN that PARISH IKE rue
little boys brother, has " died at oorni9s"
A TENNESSEE negro bit of two Oh ms T TSi,
ored brethern's ears lew DAYS ~ oc
court bound him over to keep Tue F4ee
THpFE runaway couples have pasSeu
through Cumberland KY, on their way 70
rhe states of Tennessee end matFimoh!' Ii
one day. -. 60
TRAM loaded with cotton caught hre
,,ear Rrenban Texas, a few days ago, ana
four cars and one hundred and ten pales VI
cotton was destroyed.
RICHMOND. Va. has goat that rlyals
Mrs. Maginnis'. II took the who're PuitGe
forca to arrest il, and now the poilee court 10
afraid to sit ON the case
IT, sonut- sheriff of Montague county,
IT, I'll the handouts off prisoner 10
LET him wash his face, when ne sel%eu PA'
tol and shot the sheriff i've times
JOHN W. HOLLAND, OF DanVlle, va, 70 40
ia andoubted authority on all quesuohs re-
istino Il. tobacco. says the present crop Is the
rneanest that has been made SINCE MS reeoi-
lection. =.
Now that the yellow fever has about dls-
aDneared the Savannah DOCTORS are vagina
in the papers terrific war VI on one hiosn nI
or The English iallSudSG -
sufferer from the new plague
GALVESTON wants to get the trade with
Mexico by early extension Of the narrow
guage railroad TO a point on Caney river,
from whence navigation through bays ana
lageons could be secured TO Galveston
Mr. JOSEPH HCFF, of Columbus, Ga,
With thirteen mules, has made $50 bales OF
.otton 4 GOO bushels of corn and 1880 bush
els of oats. This is 10 bales OF cotton 25l
bushels of corn aud 100 bushels OF oats per
mule.
A RICHMOND policeman discovered an
freshman down or his knees before bronze
statne of Stouewau Jackson and received
this explanation: {" He was my old gineral,
and 1 thought as was passing would stop
and offer prayer tor nm.
Wa. DAY. of Sanford, Fla, has lemon
weighing inst one pound, which he plueked
from tree belonging 10 ID. {. Caldwell.
The doctor pulled COCO lemons from me
same tree last yesrs and VIII get above 7,VVO
from il this year
THE cotton men, OF all others in the country
seem TO be most interested III the Little row
over in Turkey. The question with them IS,
what effect will general European unPleas-
antness have on the price OF our IeadlhS
staple, and upon this question they are some
what perplexed
THREE hundred and thirty-three husbands
in Mobile want little vail found on some
body's doorstep a few nights ago, but the
chief of police saws that the man obtains II
must make oatn that ii i mis- child, where
upon three hundred and thirty-t5Tee wives
swear that the brat shall starve first.
OLD JOHN ROBINSON, of circus nOtoriety,
has really purchased the mineral spring
property at Atlanta, AMI Col. AdRir IS Low
getting estimates for twenty Cincinnati
brick tenement houses" TO be erected there
on in the spring. johns head IS level on
cal estate.
THE Lexington, KY, Press says: Hemp
old CROP is selling readily at 1928 cash
New corn at sl.4O and $50 per barrel at the
heap. The small era II throughout the eoun
try never looked finer at this season OF tbs
wear, and has q fair start TO make tnrt enough
10 resist upheavei. which has been the grea
trouble with small grain in this section
DENIsoN Texas, News: Among the az
. rivals at the Alamo Sunday evening Wer'
Captain NJ +. Bates and lady, Of Savile, Ohio
The captain weighs three hundred and nine
ty pounds and measures seven feet clever
inches in height, AMI the lady weighs fOu
hundred and thirty pounds 3nd measures
eight feet two inches in height.
THURSDAY afternoon Mr. John Oyerman
who lives near Eureka Mills. Texas, was rid
ing out looking after his stock. In his round
he saw somebody lodging along in the
brush and riding near he saw two negroes
One of the negroes was skinning a COW, and
as Mr.. Oyerman rode up the other negro
without word of warming, fired on him
woundiug him in the thgih and the bowels
He Immediately rode TO his mothers, mile
or so distant where he now lies in very
critical condition, not being expected u
live He has a vile and six children, tn,
youngest being but eight days old.