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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16
A STRANGE SUICIDE.

A man named Wheeler committed
suicide in Dundee, Michigan, last Sat
urday. He fancied that he had discoy-
cred means whereby the dead might
be revived. and having failed to satisfy
scientific men of the soundness and
utility of his discovery he determined
to kill himself to give the world sufi-
GENT proof of his reasonings. He left
q letter. in which he expressed the de-
sire that his remains be taken in charge
by Professor McLouth who. by taking
portion of a thick. black liquid left
by the lunatic and scattering it over his
dissected remains, was to restore him
to life. The machine with which
Wheeler killed himself consists of a
strong frame work, which supports a
ponderous iron balance wheel, and
numerous pullies, wheels, steel springs,
wire ropes and belts, most of them
without any apparent utility to an un-
sophisticated eye. The wheel is strong
ly bound with numerous old knives,
sharpened irons. and in one case saw
age-looking broad-axe. When set in
motion BY stout steel spring. ar
ranged on scientific principles. it will
Sun fully ten minutes with frightfal
velocity. The head of the victim was,
hacked and torn from the trunk, and
sliced and cut into thousand minute
piecsA
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16
TELEGRAPH SUMMARY.

The Investigation of the case of Sem
ator Grover, begins in the Senate
to-day.
The Senate yesterday made provision
for printing the entire proceedings
under the Electoral Bill.
Fred Douglass will be appointed Mar
shall of the District of Columbia,
which is worth $4,000 year.
Stanley Matthews was nominated for
United States Senator from Ohio, yes
terday, on the third ballot and he will
be elected to-day.
Frank Hall was arrested in st. Louis
yesterday for having in his possession
dies for making silver coins Of every
denomination below dollars.
Detective Coffey. of San Francisco,
left New York last night with Black
lock, President of the bogus Oyster
and Canning Company, of California.
A number of patriotic capitalists in
New York have offered to loan the Gov.
eminent without interest the $500, 600
needed to run the army until the regu-
lar meeting of Congress.
Senator Morton's ambition since be
could not be President is to be Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, which he thinks will improve
his opportunity to become the leader
of the Senate.
Jim White. colored, attempted to
muir asr Mrs. Stockwell near Union
Ridge, Tennessee, last Wednesday.
He was arrested and lodged in Jail from
which he was taken during the night
by mob and hanged.
A dispatch from New York says de-
tectives have ascertained that Kingon
had, on the day he disappeared, $25. 900
in bonds. and Chief of Police Walling
believes that he was followed from the
city by person who murdered him.
Secretary Schurz has notified all
heads of bureaus of the Interior De-
partment that during his administra-
ton there will be no removals except
for cause. and DO promotions except
for merit. 1t will be useless for per-
sons to file papers soliciting clerical
employ ment or promotion on merely
personal or political grounds. There
are at present no vacancies of any kind
10 ba filed
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16
CHORPENING VS.. THE UNITED
STATES.

The case of Chorpening VS.. the
United States, which has been before
Congress. and the courts, in various
forms for the last ten or twelve years,
has been decided by the Supreme Court
of the United States against the plain
tiff. The claim was for losses alleged
to have been sustained by Chorpening
while carrying the mails from Salt
Lake, by way of Genoa in this State,
to California, when Nevada was part
OF Utah Territory. The mail contract
called for weekly service by pony, and
probably some fifty or seventy-f
mustangs were used on the route. The
Indians were more or less hostile in
those days, and Chorpening claimed to
have lost an unlimited number of
horses and, we believe, was allowed
some $4,000 extra by the department
for the mustangs stolen. During the
war, when money was plenty and all
sorts of claims Were worked through
Congress, Chorpening appeared with q
relief bill, asking some forty or fifty
thousand dollars for horses stolen by
the Indians. The next Congress the
amount Vas swelled to $3.50, 900, and
shortly after the close of the war it had
run up to nearly half a million and was
passed by Congress. The Postmaster
General refused to pay the amount and
the case was subsequently referred to
the Court of Claims, and finally to the
Supreme Court, whose decision is ad-
verse to the claimant.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16

Returns from all but one town in the
First Congressional District of Con-
necticut give Marston 10. S43 and Jones
1870 votes. If the remaining town
is returned the same as last year it will
be tie between the candidates for
Congress.
A special meeting of the Cabinet was
held yesterday afternoon. 1t was en-
tirely devoted to the consideration of
appointments in cases where commits
sions have expired or are about to ex-
pire. There was no reference what
ever made TO Southern matters.
John D. Lee was placed in the guard
house at Camp Cameron, Utah, yes
terday, and is closely watched. The
prison is to be guarded by troops, by
order of the Secretary of War. Lee
bitterly dehounces Brigham Young,
who he says deserted and betrayed
him.
The white Republicans of New
Orleans held meeting yesterday and
adopted resolutions appealing to the
citizens of the United States to raise
their voices and demand speedy relief
and protection for the loyal citizens of
Louisiana. and that the Government
chosen by a majority of the loyal voters
of the State be sustained.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16

III is reported on good authority that
Postmaster General Key intends to
inaugurate an entirely new system of
classifying and awarding bids for mail
contracts. No bid will be entertained
unless accompanied either by guaran-
tee of personal performance of service
by the bidder or by sworn copy of
the contract under which the service is
to be performed by a third party.
This means death to straw bidders.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16
WESTERN DISPATCHES
CHINESE MURDERED.
A Brutal Outrage Near Chico.

A Brutal Outrage Near Chico.
A dispatch from San Francisco says,
on the night before last six Cinnamon
employed in clearing land near Chico,
Butte county, were attacked in their
cabin by gang of whites. Three were
shot dead, a fourth died soon after
wards, the fifth is beyond hope of
of recovery, and the sixth who is
slightly wounded, escaped by feigning
death. He says that after finishing
their work. the murderers set the cabin
on fire and fed. He extinguished the
flames and gave alarm. The murder
was in cold blood and unprovoked.
No clue to the assasins.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16

JOSEPH L. LEWIS. who was engaged
in business in New York City for
many years. died last week in Hoboken,
New Jersey. He was an Englishman
by birth, and was Sc years of age at
the time of his death. He was worth
81 900, 900, which he willed to the
United States to help pay the National
debt.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16

SOMEBODY in Boston said to John
Weiss, lately: do you think that the
intelligence of Boston is insulted by
this Moody and Sankey enterprjse?"
"No," responded Mr.. Weiss, "for /
don't think the intelligence of Boston
has been addressed"
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16

THE Republican State Central Com
mittee of Louisiana unanimously
passed resolution calling upon Pinch
back to resign his position as Chair
man of the Committee and as member
of the National Republican Committee.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-03-16

Gen. Rocker of Austin has been
appointed County Commissioner of
Lander county to fill the vacancy
created by the death of George G. Love.
So Says the Reveille.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

NEw TSD1sTRIEs-NEw LINES OF
BUsINEss-Ths law of supply ana
demand generally creates trade points
exactly in prop ortion to the conyenien'o'
interest aud necessity of community y
/ Business is often over-crowded, tnS' 10
merchants have more to sell than the peo-
pie have means or necessity to buy Jul
this relation inevitably adjusts itsen' q"
does so just as surely ias water Will nnu
its level 1t is this unequal or foreeu re-
Iation which causes so many more ine'-
chants TO break than any other classes Vi
people. And yet in the face OF ali TINS
experience business circles are nearly
everywhere overcrowded, precisely assare
the professions. 1t is more inviting TO
the young man to be merchant, or %
attempt the law, or medicine, than to fol-
low the pillow or walk into the mechanic
shop. And yet 30 per cent. OF tho sue
cessful men, come, directly or indirectly
from the farm or mechanic shop.
1t is proven by experience that all
kinds of manufacturing establishments
pay better per cent. than mercantile
life. And yet young men, with few
thousand dollars will face all the disas-
trous chances of dry goods store rather
than invest in manufacturing estab-
lishmeht. The old men wisely shake their
heads when you hint, some new indu try,
and rush their sous on into profession
or store, when the chances are nine to
'ne against their success. They never
IAN force themselves either as business or
professional men beyond the capacity of
he community to sustaia What the
country needs, and what young men seek
ng to establish themselves in life might
acceed at, is new industries-somethiT5 ygs
be demands of your community are not
lready supplied with. What is it that
our people send off for, and pay high
rices for? Ascertain that, and then
that article at home and You
re sure to find demand for it aud sale
ur people buy chairs, furniture, stoves
1tton ana wooden goods, and the material
at of which such are made il at our
oors in abundance, besides thousands of
her things. 1t is no experiment for
tactical men to undertake such manu-
ctures. Their success is as nearly as
Ired from the beginning as any business
IN be. The statistics show that fewer
anufactures in the South break than
~ other line of business. Not 50 in the
orthern States, because they are largely
Try distant from the raw material which
ey must have, and hence the advantage
hich the Southern ma1efacturer has.
There are few If any instance of fail
e in manufactures in the South, and We
re say none when the managers were
actical men.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

SOMETHING EVERY PATRON OF A
FREE SCHOOL SHOULD READ The
laws and regulations prepared by the
Board of Education for the discipline and
government of free schools in this State,
arc mandatory, not optionary, with teach
ers and trustees. These regulations pro-
vide for expulsion, suspension, whipping
etc, for certain offenses, InsubOrdinati0u,
refusal to study certain books, neglect to
study, and many other things. The school
law holds teachers and trustees under the
same obligation to enforce such laws as
are constables and sherifs to discharge
their official duties The teachers. and
trustees are the agents, or officers, of the
State, AMI not Of the patrons Of The
school. Now many who have not invcs-
tigated, may think this wrong, but right
or wrong it is law. There is no resPon-
sihility OF teachers to pareuis-tbat the
parent ceases control, or rather passes IL
to the teacher, the moment child start
from home 10 school and until IT returns
home This is the contract the State
makes with he parents who send 70 the
public school, aud under no other condi-
ton can a pupil be accepted. The state
also contracts with the teacher, ta1t if
he neglects to enforce the laws end regu-
lations as prescribed by the Board OF Ell
ucation, he subjects himself to dismissal
and the Withholding of any State money
due that school. Many, not conversant
with the school law, are apt to look at the
free school precisely as they would pri-
vate school, where the teacher is employ
ed by, and is responsible to, the parent;
but, in the free schools, the State or its
agents. supercede--so to speak, the parent
that is in all things pertaining to the
education of the children attending pub (
lie school Now, any action of a teacher
can be appealed to the trustee, and from
the trustee to the Commissioner, and the
decision of the Commissioner is final. .
The appeal, in no way, can ever go to the
parent. If here are those who except to .
tn, prin ciple of such laws and regUla-
tions, they should not fault the teachers
and trustees, but address themselves, to
having the Law changed, or amended. The
and trustees, are only the agents,
sometimes may be the unwilling agents,
for the enforcement of these laws. And
il may be, that some who read this article
will assert that it is not law, but investi
CATION will prove that tits
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
H e. BROWN.
Has one of the most complete Family and
Fancy Grocery Stores in town. LaPr2'

WINTER ADJUSTMENTS Now that
the long winter nights approach, our
young people should make an organized
effort for sssae class Of literary anu se
ment- The Odd Fellows Hall is we'll
adapted 90 such ases. In days gone by
we had n dramatic club which reflected
credit upon the members and good enter
tainment 20 the gublic- We might have
a few popular lecturers, and hear some
thing in the way of science, art, travel,
etc. The literary Society we had last
winter, wac eminendJ praiseworthy and
enjoyable, but depending on the volunta-
ry and unassigned contribution of mem
bers, Jagged ia interest. dramatic
club works better, and especially if or
gsni1ed with good hall, snd with view
Of inviting occasional public lecturers.
We ask some Of young people to take
hold Of the matter, and let US hear from
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
Reating suGims.

The poor people OF New York City
have an uuaccountbie mania for
funeral pomps aud ceremonies, con
seqoeutiy when member OF a family
dies all available fuuds are expended
ia laying the body in state, aud u an
impressive cortege. The matter Of
carriages is not vexatious to the
mUuruers, as the occupants are expect
ed to contribute their quota to the
eagerly embraced by hundreds who
regard "a funeral procession in The light
OF a gala parade. But the lying in
state, to be imposing, is costly
luxury, particularly with the pecun
ious, consequently as corpse is an
object of curious inspection by admir-
ing friends, tho beauty of the exhibit
ton can be secured al smaller expense
than through the purchase outright.
10 an undertakers window can be
seen coffiu Of the most costly iabrica
ton. with a superb of silver
ornameDtations, Iiu,d with rich satin,
aud otherwise adorned muuliceutly
i TAG Slnlie OF IHl~ SO'O cdHn u can
be hired Of it, exhibitor, who supplies
an exquisite lining in accordance with
The rules OF trade. pink for a brunette,
light blue for blonde, and so on.
and into the loaned receptacle places
the corpse until the hour OF burial ar
rives. when then the To- d frame of
the coffin i slipped our au1 the deceas
ed transferred into cheap stained
wood imitation OF the costly outer cas-
ketsud Aanied" without the i'm
posture being detected At present
a handsome external case demands
rental OF 50 day, aud body il
generally laid out for three days,
this, wirlIdthe ineidenfsIs, constitutes
d good source OF revenue.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
The Fulton Times wants the vagra ut

The Fulton Times wants the vagrau
law enforced in this county.
A number of our citizens will at
tend the Inauguration of the Hickman
County Fair, near Clinton, to-day.
The paupers cost Hickman count,
81, 200 last year, and Fulton county only
$500.
One of the best farms in Fultor
county offered for sale. See advertise
ment Of J. Fl. Simmons.
See the advertisement of Ed Man.
gels bakery and confectionery. He keeps
the freshest and best, and sells as CHEAP
rs anybody. ManseI is an old resident
has served this public many years in this
line. the farmers and everybody know
him and his house, and now with thanks
Tor past patronage; he continues TO serve
all with pleasure and satisfaction. Give
him call.
The Union City Fair, last week, met
With miserable weather-only one fair
day in i've Otherwise, their exhibition
would have been a grand success.
He who pulls off his coat cheerful
ly, strips up his sleeves in earnest, and
keeps his mouth shut while at work is
the man that wins.
Dig the potatoes as soon as they are
ripe. or the wet weather may spoil them
They should be put in cool, dry place
away from the sun
The COURIER is indebted to Sena-
tors McCreery and Beck, and Hons j.
Proctor Knott and A. R. Boone, for the
favor of Congressional Documents
The Fulton Times warns the public
against an abseonding school teacher, one
w. T Davis, whom, the Tunes pronounces
q swindier.
Travellers, farmers, and all others,
should bear ia mind, that they can get
good warm mesles, at all hours, dan or
night, at Frank Seigrist's restaurant, on
Clinton street
The rules of fashionable life drill
the character out of girls until they are
as much alike as pins in a paper, and /
have about much sense and sentiment
in their heads.
The county of Fulton should cause
an authorized map of the county to be
made. Thousands of acres of land escape
assessment each year, and the revenue
from this source would soon pay the peo-
pie for the expense of dOrrect map.
Mr. Preston Fortune is now regu
larry installed at Cannon * Co.'S stand
prepared TO serve his friends and the pub
tic in the drug and prescription line.
Mr.. Burt Cannon, who is an excellent
druggist, will remain with him several
months.
The next session of the Kentucky
Legislature is likely 70 pass a compulsory
SCHOOL law-compelIing, under penalties,
nil parents, to send their children to the
common school, that Is all who do not
send teiprivate schools. This proposition
meets with much opposition and much
favor.
The country l. over run with SPUR
reIs, and the sports have many squirrel
yarns afoat One of which is thai a
drove OF squirrels desiring to cross the
river, made a raid on lot of shingles,
each squirrel launching one for his own
canoe, stepped upon il and fiOated across,
heir elevated tails serving rs sails.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

Prof. Einback, of the United States
Coast Survey, has been engaged the past
week in establishing post of observa-
ton e1 Hickman. He has selected Court
House square as the point of operation
The object is to determine the geographic
position-the longitude and latitude He
will be enabled to leave with us the mark
of the true meridian, and also accurately
the variations of the needle which win
he ~ use To the people.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

SYMPTOMS of a Diseased Liver.
pain in the right side, under the edge
of the ribs, increases on pressure;
sometimes the pain is in the left side
thepatientis rarely able to lie onthe left
side F.; sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder blade. and it frequently
extends to the top Of the shoulder and
is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
tism in the arm. The stomach is affect
ed with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are Costive,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain. accompan-
led with Il dull. heavy sensation in the
back part. There is generally con
siderable loss of memory, accompan-
led with painful sensation of having
left undone something which ought to
have been done. A slight, dry cough
is sometimes an attendant. The pa
tent complains of WEAKNESS and de-
bilitv he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains ola
pricklv sensation of the skin; his spir-
its are low: and although he is salts
fed that exercise would be beneficial
to him, yet he can scarcely summon
up fortitude enough to try it. In fact,
he distrusts every remedy. Several Of
the above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few of
them existed, yet examination of the
body, afterdeath, has shown the LIVER
to have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND YER
DR.. c. MCLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise al who are afflicted with this
disease TO give them y FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements and as
ssimple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE Of INVITATIONS.
The genuine DIR. G. McLANE's
LIVER PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box has red wax seal on
the Id, with the impression DIR.
MHLANE's LIVER Pills.
The genuine 81: LANE LIVER Pills
bear the signatures OF Z. NJ:
and FLEMING Bios. on the wrappers.
HInsist on your druggist orstore-
keeper giving you the gynuine DIR. c.
McLANE's LIVER Pills, prepared
by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing 10 give Or C. McLANE's LIVER
Puts a trial we will mail post paid TO iiny part OF
IN: Tinted States one box OF Pills Tor twenty i've
cents FLEMING BROS Pittsburg, Pa.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
The AMERICAN pEoPzE.

No people in the world suffer rs much
with Dyspepsia as Americans. Although
years of experience in medicine bad
failed to accomplish certain and sure
remedy for this disease and its effects,
such ms Sour Stomach Heart burn Water
brash, Sick Headache, Costiveness, palpi
tation of the Heart, Liver Complaint,
coming up of the food, lew spirits, gem
eral debility. etc, vet since he Introduce
ton OF GBEEN's AUGUST FLOWER we be-
iIeve there is no case of dyspepsia that
cannot be immediately relieved. 30, 900
dozen sold iasi year without one case of
failure reported Go TO yonr druggist
Buck & CowsfLL and get a Sample Bottle
for 10 cents aad try it. Two doses will
relieve you. Regular size - cents.
may2
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

Why can't we all come together and
help to build up our own town. county,
and section? Whenever you hear man
undertaking his own town, trying to pull
down his own county enterprises, and
representing the superiority of other
sections over his home section, set it
down that there is somewhere something
wrong in that fellow. Such men ought
10 leave, and the sooner the better for the
community. The high and the low, the
rich and the poor, have an identity of in
terest in building up home, and that one
wfo misrepresents, undertakes, or abuses
home institutions. is generally selfish,
schelzing public enemy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26
DEST WITTENBURG FLOUR. at
II aug24I JOHN WHITING S.

The Postmaster at Fulton was robb
ed last week of money package oon-
tanning S23I. While the postmaster turn
ed away from his desk to answer call,
the thief is supposed to have reached
through the railing and grabbed the
packaRe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

Ma. B. d. TuoMAssoS, Of the firm oil
German & Co has just returned from a
business trip down the Mississippi lie
sold goods as far down as Osceola Ark
This speaks well for the enterprise Of
Hickman merchants.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-10-26

CeNCcBT.-S Same Ut the Hickman
ladies announce their purpose TO give q
musical entertainment a Dan early day
We don't know the time, or particulars,
but the assurance that it wl-5e under
the musical direction Of Mrs. kinglna",
and that the sweet little cantalrice Miss
Belle Fortune will sing, ENSURES rare
feast The time will be announced IN
the CoERIEB.