The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-04-06

Large qualities Of zinc are being
mined IN Union county, Tennessee.
A negro definition Ola bigotA"A
man as knows too much for one niggah,
and not enua for two" s....a
Men are frequently like tea-the
real strength and goodness are not
properly drawn out until they have been
in hot water.
A Texas stockman recently sold to
parties in southwestern Kansas 10000
head Of cattle and 1900 horses for sl4O,-
600 in silver.
The well Known steamship com
mander, captain Thomas J. Lockwood,
died OF hemorrhage Of the brain at
Savannah, Ca, the 10th,
Cheap non,explosive oil from wood,
chiefly pine, is now extracted in Sweden
in fifteen factories, with favorable re-
suits.
The buildings for the great Paris ex-
position of 1873 are making rapid pro-
rress. over 2,0C0 worlzmen are en-
ployed, with 1,200 carts. raN
When the Vanderbilt VIII contest
came to its sudden end lawyer was
heard TO remark: Its highway rob-
berry! it robs the profession Of $1,000
600. f1effs
A married man up town had blue
glass put in his wiie's sittingroom-to
match her eyes, he said. She returned
the mpliment by having red glass put
in her husbands library-to appsec'.str.
= rs and s-.--.Ssv ST. hle.,
NouAe in I,lanus - " llhi y 'tf7I1.
one night recentfy, ana one poor niisnf.
had to own that he was grandfather of
the lot.
One can get bath in Jerusalem for
nothing in the purest water; but it is
cheaper 10 pay twenty-five cents for
bath in the rear Of an american barOer
shop and then 60 home and rub on the
mud with dry towel.
Nobody likes to be nobody; but
everybody is pleased TO think himself
somebody. And everybody is somebody;
but when anybody thinks himself every
body, he generally thinks everybody clio
is nobody. H
The Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean
railroad extends over 2,l95 miles, and
the whole system, when completed, will,
cover ,423, a greater mileage than any
American road can show.
..Forty-two dromedares passed
through San Bernardino a few days ago
en- route for Arizona. They ae intended
for Transporting machinery and provis-
ions to the mines of that territory. 1t is
the enterprise Of some Frenchmen.
OLrvrE !. MEADE, Former Peters
burger, in writing TO bis friends in that
city Of his marriage in California, thus
tersely dcscribes his bride 'She has
n head as red as n woodpecker's, and
owns sheep until you can't rest.P
Two little girls were lately prattling
together, andon Of them said, eve keep
four servants, have got six horses, and
lots of carriages; now, what have you
gotg' With quite rs much pride the
other answered We've got skunk
under our barn."
The presidential family viii consist
of governor and Mrs. Hayes and three
children; Webb c., aged ninteen; Fan
ME, aged eight; and scott Russell, aged
six. The two oldest Of the four sons Of
Gov. Hayes are away irem home, one Of ,
them attending the Cambridge law
school, and the other is member Of the
Junior -slass .,f- Cornell ssuiFoT-iIy-
The cost of the ball given by the
lord mayor of London to the prince Of
Wales, on his return from India, reached
the enormous sum Of S135,795, and was
the most expensive ever given. The
supper cost 1000, besides 1885 for
the wines, 50 800 for flowers atemporary
marquee, erected just outside the hall
and which was torn down the next day,
S47, ,125. Among upholsterers and
decorators was distributed $4,000.