The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
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and sentenced to five years in the state
prison.
The Chinese have established @ioss
house" and "opium smokery" in India
napolis, and are getting an extensive Gus
tom from the " NJ lican man Tor the
latter.
The great Corliss engine in machinery
hall, Philadelphia, has been taken down
and packed ready for removal TO Provi-
dence, r. l. Seventy railroad cars will
be needed to carry it. -.
The Warm Springs and pache Indians
have fed from the San ~SarlOs agency,
where they were recently taken by the
| soldiers and agent Clem. Troops are in
| pursuit. They have gone in the direction
of the old agency, in New Mexico.
The secretary of war has addressed
I letter TO General Schofield, commanding
at West Point, heartily approving his
order, which provides summary and Sc
we're punishment for hazing cadets.
A machine has been invented in New
York, mounted on wagon wheels, which
is intended for use on farms in the sue.ts
1t deluges the ground behind it with
smoke from burning chips and birthstone,
and holds the smoke down long enough
to suffocate every potato bug, locust and
other insect that comes within its in
fuence.
Gen. Crook. veteran and successful !
Indian fighter. says that the Indians are
now as well armed with breech-lOaders |
rs the regular troops, and shoot better. |
The terrible loss suffered by Gen. Glib |
bon's command in the Big Hole battle !
proves that the Nez Perces aad excellent |
weapOns, and knew how to use them. 1t |
is becoming painfully evident that Lo |
no longer The simple child of the forest |
that lie was ia the days of Cooper. 1t is |
4 great pity he was ever initiated into |
the mysteries Of breech-loading rifles. 1t
will not be a great while before the noble
red man will be hankering after iron
clad and KruPp cannon.
4 dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio, says:
A cattle plague, thought 10 be a species
of the Texas fever, has broken out among
the cattle in the surrounding country.
Texas cattle this year are covered with
ticks of two varieties, the bite of which
is poisonous to the blood. Many of the
cattle are dying daily. Several cases of
children having been poisoned by drink
ing tie infected milk have already come
TO the notice of the city physicians The
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be easily detected By spots. The disease
Is said to be very infectious. A vetenn-
airy surgeon who has treated about 40 |
cases says the symptoms with milch cows
are first a falling of of about half the
yield of milk, then bloody passages OF
ucine, and in a few hours death. He rec
1mmend5 as treatment, to wash the ami
nal in a lotion which acts as a disiniec-
-ant for the ticks and an antidote for the
poison.
The Scientific American, calling atten-
ion to a dispatch received from our min.
ster TO Greece, in which it is asserted
hat the United States can now and {
will control to a large extent {
he grain markets of Europe, reminds It's ,
eaders that Russia has been our only
in this trade, but under the !
most favorable circumstances Tor that /
,ower the United States has had the I I
dyantage of that great cereal-prOducing q
Ountry, as our machinery, raj road svs- 1
EN-, elevators and simple customs regu-
atoms combined have enabled us to place '
ur grain on shipboard at about fifteen 5
er cent. less cost than the Russian {
lippers can .lrrrIICiie z1-vff-. 4tfiss-y-zz-s :
hicl, Russia is now engaged will GER .
,iniy not lessen these advantages, and I
liu slCu dl OuL4OoA II nuCS uOI 5cCLll q
10 much to assert that with reasonable r
forts we shall control the English and
me Of the principal continental markets.
/ anticipation of this British capitalists
e now engaged in building six of the
rgest sized iron vessels, designed ex- I
-essly for the conveyance of grain on ,
nglish account and it is suggested that
e should not only strain every nerve to
eet the increased demand for our bread :
lffs, but that we should supply the
lips also" 9