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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

The result sewrs the South from all
political comedians. aud we do not
believe that, for he present, she should
form any new ines. She should be
neither Democmic nor Republican
Her twenty eigl senators and her one
hunderd and Oh representatives are a
mighty power iCongress; these, for
the present, shold have only the re
Mobilization OF er Interests in view,
standing aloof rom all political alll
ances, ready form combinations
with the W est,or any other section
which will coRine with them to do
justice to this ection.- New Orleans
Democrat
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
E.o,, fsenarIcIa TaAesut.

Gov. Hendricks ha, said to a news
paper repte-euiati'e Dat the E.ecfora
Commission, having one according To
the letter of tue law, he result l. the
election Of Hayes an! Wheeler He
does not believe the Commission acted
according to the >piritof the law. aud
says the longer the cnn,ry thinks Of
liz action the more it sill be condemn
ed The Governor inimates that tn
present defeat will iuue to the future
benefit Of Democracyaud be is oppos
ed to tiiibustering on De part Of Dem
Ocrats
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THE Democratic party has grown
from a hopeless minority in 1868, to
majority of the qualified voters OF
near q half million in 1876. Ii 1t
increases iu the same ratio, what will
be our majority in 1880. Time ser
yers, tremble
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THIS has so far been a remarkably
healthy winter. Epidemic diseases
IRE few, small pox is almost unknown.
aud the air is salubrious Ii is fortu
nate that in times SO hard. and when
be political outlook is so depressing
he bodily health of the people is so
good. If to our other Ills We had
suffered from epidemics, We should
have had rough lines indeed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

CHAs. O'CoNNER, one of the ablest
of American lawyers. says that be does
not believe that any man on the face
of the earth capable of blushing lean
look an honest man in the face and
assert that the Hayes electors were
truly elected in Florida"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
WhatGrant Saws!

Neither of the State governments IN
Louisiana or South Carolina will be
recognized by President Grant, as he
thinks 1t would be improper tor him
to fix Southern policy for his sue
cessor, and thus EN- barrass him. 1.-The
were to recognize the Republican gov
eInors they would have to be sustained
by military force, and he thinks the
entire people are tired of the military
being employed to sustain State
government. He says, if a Republl
can State government can not sustain
itself. then it will have to give way
If remedy is rquired, let Congress
and not the presds Mt provide it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
They Eaaa as srols the rsrst.

-yy,l illa2.lsxille lAss.) Ihdependent.
W e VIII not jo7a in lie ri-...,~e;-
tions OF any who bams she Democrats
in Congress for vo,ius fov the Com
mission. The thimble-rig jpgglerY of
which the eight of the Commission
mastered every obstacle ia their way
was not to have been foreseen. Our
mbers may have been overreached /;
but, after all, it ouly spared Us from
being overawed. Ferry would have
declared Hayes elected The South
could not have dared to initiate oppo
sition The Northern Democracy
lrould not have moved We might
have lodged a case under guo lcurraato,
to consume Itself IN musty murk of
the courts Our Samuel would have
thus played the rde Of poor Richard,
aud Justice would have been only
on our side Of tn, suit Gentlemen.
if they had u, they had Us, aud
there's an end of Z. l. is much more
comforting to think that they had u.
from the first. Let Us think 50.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THERE have been several Presidents
who represented a minority of the
voters of the United States, but Re
turning B. Hayes will be the first &C
cupant of the White House who re-
ceived neither a majority of the poPu-
lar vote nor a majority Of the electoral
yote
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

In Trigg county, the candidates for
he Legislature, are asked to declare
their preference for the next Uuite1
States senatorship. Some are for
Judge Lindsay, others for Gen. Will
Iiams, and others non-commi, tai The
prospects are that every aspirant for
he United States Senatorship will have
a representative candidate for the
Legislature.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THE fact that two Massachusetts,
Republican members of the House,
Messrs Seelye and Pierce, felt unable,
in the debate and vote on the Louis
ana case to sustain their party, or the
decision of the Electoral Commission
n favor of the Hayes electors. is de-
serving of notice.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
CONGRESS.

The scenes in Congress the past
week have been of the most exciting
character, resembling those Of 1861,
at the breaking out of civil war. The
Democrats feel themselves greatly out
ragged, wronged and defrauded, aud u
large number of them IRE determined
to place every obstruction in the way
of counting Hayes in. Those Of the
Democrats, however, who favor pro
ceeding with the count, according to
the stipulatious ofthe bill, making the
best of bad bargain, appear to be il
a majority, and will no doubt carry
the day, in time for the peaceable IN
auguration of Mr. Hayes.
The resisting element comes largely
from the Northern Demoeracy-the
Southern Democracy inciiniug to a
peaceful solution. The South, appears
TO have yielded to the inevitable, pro
testing against the wrong, and keeping
sharp look out for their home local
governments.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

TIE Democratic party has been out
geneaaled, but the rascality performed
by the radical party will insure the
success of the Democracy in the next
Presidential struggle.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THE crime of counting in a Prcsi
dent who was beaten before the people
will fall in its ruiuous effect updA Re-
publicans as well as Democrats. As
long as party feeling runs high the
Republican masses may rejoice over a
supposed party victory, but when de
.ibsrate reason returns, the crime will
appall them as well as Democrats. .
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THB Democratic members of the
Presidential Commission voted unani-
mously not to count Crouins vote, the
Oregon democrat. This shows they
we're capable of rising above their
party bias. The Republican members
voted straight party votes every whack-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

TILpEN has published letter de
handing Congressional Investigation
into the campaign expenditures OF
both parties, and scorning the compro'
mise not to Investigate either.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

PRESIDENT GRANT has accepted an
invitation to go to Europe on one OF
the American line of steamers plying
from Philadelphia. He expects to
leave this country about the middle OF
April.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

IT wac FraHvfs T. DS-i. - S--'~'
.hat Grant would be the last Presl-
dent elected by the people. Prophets
are seldom honored until after their
deat&
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

The Southern States have 13S cleo
'oral votes, which needs OILY A
Northern votes to carry the Presiden-
ey al any election. The South holds
ne balance of power. Hayes will
,hink of this every day of his admin
istration.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

DoN CAMERON has telegraped 70
the President of the Peuusylvani.
Senate to keep the bill upprop,ia,ipg
81 100000 to arm the Stale militia II
a condition to be ready any momen,
as the air is pregnant with events
which cannot be foreshadowed
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

THE Republicans cant claim to have
elected Hayes. They don't talk about
his majority but they say he has
heen counted in" What a platform
for fuiure campaigns?
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

The State Central Committee of
Prohibitionists urges the friends of
temperance to nominate candidates for
the Legislature in every Assembly
district in the State and to rally to the
cry of down with the liquor traffic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
BOUND IN THE DARK.

There were at least two hundred PEG
ple present, aud each one understood
that even the striking of a match
would break the wiS Many jokes
were passed aud considerable coniu
,iop existed, bur at length the minister
announced that all was ready. The
ceremony was gone through with, aud
At It's conclusion, the affair having
been "a profound success" a rush was
made for the bride; she was kissed by
) hundred men. and was then carried
home. a distance of mile aud half,
10 a big arm chair.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

TILDEN received one million major
ity of the white voters Of this country
Hayes is declared elected by one ma
;ority of the electoral tribunal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

CHIEF Justice wm. Lindsay, will
be prominent candidate for the pe.t
United States SenatOrship in tbi,
State.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
OrQfcrS
/ Singular Request That
Famaf be Granted.

{ HAVE time and again requested the
l Tax payers of Fulton county to come
forward and pay their taxes Some re-
sponded cheerfully, while others have
thus far failed to comply with this rea-
sonabIe request. shall hereafter cease
tolmportune with those in default-bul
wi a ask their horses, mules, cattle, hogs,
sheep corn, wheat, tobacco. household
ana, kitchen furniture, land and tene-
ments to pay their taxes. These will
certainly respond to the demand under
the manipulat;ons of the Sheriff AID his
Deputies This. January 20th. 1877.
d. +. WALKER Sheriff.
JANIS u
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
Josh Billings Insure. Isis Life.


kun to the conclusion, lately, that
life was so uncertain that the only wa
for me tn stand fair chance with 9TH
er folks waz to get my life insured and
kal!ed gu the Agent uv the Garden
Angel Life Ins urance Co.." and au
swered the following questions which
was put tn me over tue top Of pair
of gold spex, by slick little tat old
fellow, with round gray head, and a.
pretty little belly Oh him az ever emmy
man ever owned.
QUESTIONS.
1st Are you mail or femail if 80
please state how long you have been
SO
2d. Are you subject to FITS, andsif
so, do you have more than one at a
time ?
81 What lie yure presiz itein@
weight?
4iba Did you ever have emmy ances
tor; AID if 20 how meuny, and Nv
what sex?
5th. What is yure legal opinion of
the constitutionality of the 10 conn
man ttncr
6'h, Do yu ever have emmy night
mares
7th. Are yn married or single, are
w a@achelor?
8th. Do yu believe in future state
if Va DO state it?
9Th. What are yure private sent
ments about rush Of rat. to the head
Can it be did successfully?
lOrh. Have yu ever committed. sui
eide, and if so, how did it seem 70 at
feet you?
After answering the above questions
like man, in the confrmatif. III,
slick little fat old fellow with the golC
specks on. ced 1 waz insured for life
and probably would remain 50 for
term Of years. l thanked him, anc
smiled one of the most peusive smiles
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

A Raleigh man actually married his
mother in law. There is 20 telling to
what extent this presidential mudile
will drive a crazy man.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

JGdge A1Onc's T. Ofeaa.
here are some inclined % censure
.Juge Boone's vote in favor of the
prudential Commission. Now that
thspartisan character of the Tribunal
Is Down, aud it's results before the
covtry, it is too easy to overlook the
sitAtion existing at the time the vote
wa given. The Tribunal was the
bel the Democrats could do; without
,bibill the Democrats were gone, and
vii it they barely had chance The
NGhern" Demoerats-esp ecially the
Sc germ Democrats-bad backed square
fSlowu, and it was at this juncture
] lee Boone was called to vote upon
tthbill. We believe Judge Boone
- what he conceived to be hi>
soImn duty, actuated by the highest
moves of patriotism, and for the best
INCEST Of the country. In the Lou
isiaa case Judge Booue was one Of
tbs0bjeetors, and we print below his
priest which will give his constitu
ans brief view of his manly posi-
tio'
fEe undersigned, Senators and
men bers Of the House Of Representa-
,iqs, object to the decision of the
elstoral commission as TO the electoral
goeaeof the State Of Louisiana, be
TX B'r'' elslon vSas made IL
:, ounce onnder which said
y ~. l. .g9ssf0n acts, il This, dat by said
Z svS jke said commission is required to
decide whether any aud what votes
from such State are She votes provided
tor by the Constitution of the United
States, aud hCw many and what per
sons were dul! appointed electors in
SAID State; yet said commission refus
ed to examine and ascertain vino were
duly appointed doctors IN and by the
State OF Louisiana and what vote,
from such State are within the provis
ions of the Constitution of the United
States.
Second. Because the act creating
said commission was passed to the eud
that the commission would hear aud
examine evidence and honestly decide
which electors in any disputed State
were fairly and legally chosen; where
as the said commission refused to hear
and consider evidence offered to show
that the electors whose votes the safe
commission has decided shall be count
ed were not duly chosen, but false,
and fraudulently acted as such elector-
as well as the evidence offered to show
that the pretended certificates OF elec
ton Of said electors were produced b,
corruption and were wholly untrue
Third. Because the said decision j.
10 disregard Of truth, justice, aud law
and establishes the demoraiizing an
ominous doctrine that fraud, forgery
bribery, aud perjury can lawfully be
used as a means to make Presiden
Of the United States against the well
known or easily ascerJained will of the
people and OF the State.
JNO. W. JOHNSTON.
VA. y WALLACE,
j. E BAILEY.
GEO. Il. DENNIS,
FRANCIS HERMAN,
JAMES X KELLY,
ELI SALISBURY
Senator's
JAMES II. HOPKINS,
ANDREW r. BOONE,
CHAS. B. ROBERTS,
THOS :. ASUE
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

President Grant and family will
leave the Executive Mansion on the
third of March.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

Grant will make dying request Of
his successor that Bristow be not IN
the Cabinet. :"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
alew Adreyt;sementa.
EaE<en Ep.

A A STRAY-by James Goalder. Iiv-
"a ing four miles below Hickman, on
the Mississippi river on the 10Th Of Feb
ruary, 1877, one BLACK cow, with "a
white face and marked with swallow
fork and uuderbit in left ear. AMI crop
aud two splits in right ear-ahout 3 years
old, having no other marks or brands
which / aPpraisc At SD. Witness my
hand, this 2Oth of February, 1871
J. F. BUSHART, J. 2. z. c.
feb20 Nv
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02
Marriage Under a CnrEouS
SAskI

VIII.
h Michigan, a wealthy old citizen
named a young and beautiful girl
Win he died, instead of hamperiug
his jouug widow by conditions that
aheshould not marry, lie expressly
prodded that unless she did marry
within Is months after his death, thai
all Hs,vast estate should 90 to the
Stae of Michigan for charitable pur
poas If she did marry, ia exact
acardance with the s,ipulatious of the
will she should Inherit it all. Here
is tie way the will reads
IN case my wife, Celia, does not
take unto herself another usbaud
within thirteen months from the date
Of ny burial all requests otherwise
made in this will are to revert to the
Sale Of Michigan. to be used TO;
building and furnishing u home for
oldwomeu.
Whether Celia was pleased or dis
pleased at this provision, deponen,
salh not, but The old man had ~,
besa under the sod more than six
moaths when the widow was look
outfor another man. If it was sin
guiar for the dying Dodsworth to urge
his vile to marry again, but it was sui
more singular that be should desiry
the ceremony to be performed unde.
the following circumstances, viz:
And it Is made incum bent on said
Celia Dudsworth that iu taking a new
husband the marriage ceremony shat.
be performed ~ the big barn on IN,
farm. on the Il road 1t shal
take place at ten o'clock in the eve
uiDg, on the main floor, without lights
OF any description, with all doors shut.
and free invitation shall be extended
20 all. The clergyman shall stand in
the stables and the bride and groom
on She main floor, and the priucipat
paAies to the ceremony shall be dress
cd 10 black thrnug Sout
\ WILLING WIDOW.
The widow announced her intention
10 faithfully obey in spirit and letter
lie will was probated aud the twelfth
month bad scarcely passed before she
ssued an invitation for the public to
attend wedding at the big barn just
sho the groom was to be, no one could
positively assert, as the widow had
2eeu keeping company with widower
, bachelor aud two young men, aud
ar as any outsider could judge, she
owed one as well as the other Being
rood looking and talented, and having
fortune behind her, it was not
TRANCE that she should have mum Der
# suitors. She seemed to enter iuto
he spirit Of the affair with great est,
: also did the minister; and to fur
her mystify the people in attendance
lie bride entered the barn alone at
me door, the groom alone at another,
nd no one knew that the minister had
rived until bis voice was heard in
be stables.
BOUND IN THE DARK.
There were at least two hundred PEG
lie present, aud each one understood
hat even the striking of match
\ IL
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

IT was foolish notion that every
j ustice of the Supreme Court was just
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-03-02

JNO. W. JOHN SION.
WM. y WALLACE,
J. + BAILEY,
GEO. Il. DENNIS,
FRANCIS HERMAN,
j JAMES X KELLY,
ELI SALISBURY
Senator'S.
JAMES II. HOPKINS,
ANDREW r. BOONE,
CHAS. B. ROBERTS,
THOS. 5. ASHE,
II. b. MONEY,
HESTER CLYMER,
Representatives..
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soOhtabIs Customers al a Fair.

W. Gays the Gold Hill
Joe Blake. ~"lY known ia Gold
(Nev.) News, form,. vent on 8 Wis.
Hill as Imperial Joe,' after q
il to the East. One night, Toe
lucky Sitting" so the story runs,
and his "pard" dropped in to see a
church fair that was in progress. 1t
was in country village, and the peo-
pie, unlike most church folks, had
some conscience in the matter Of charg-
ing. Joe and his friend were both
strangers, and walked around while
to take in the situation. Joe Gnalig
concluded that it was the cheapest fair
he had ever struck, and proposed to
his companion that they buy out the
whole shebang. The propositioh was
accepted. They startedateach side of
the door and went around until they
met in the middle, buying and paying
fer everything on the tables. Then the
fun commenced. Prizes were announc.
ed for the prettiest girl in the room
and for the ugliest girl girls with lit
tie feet and girls with big feet receiv'
cd premiums. The strangers were the
center Of attraction they were the OBJ
Herved of all observers. After turn
ing the heads of a 4 the girls and max
ing all the boys desperately Jealous
they gave the remainder Of the goods
back to the church ,and left as myster
iously as they came, simply saying il
explanation that they were miniDl
speculators from Nevada.