The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27

regained the respect of his townmen an,
also $25.
Mr.. Ralph Waldo Enerson's speech a
the dinner given to President Hayes il
Boston was as follows: "Mr. Mayor,
have to return my sincere acknowledge
ments for your invitation to attend you
most welcome entertainment, and wisI
L could express in fitting terms m,
thanks. But was always bad speake
and am more so in my old age. Tn.
president, am sure, will forgive me fol
endeavoring to sit down.
GOVERNOR CULLoM, of Illinois, ha
inaugurated his new system of proceed
ings in cases where pardons are asked for
A convict recently sent to the peniten
tiary for a year has given public notice
that be viii apply for a pardon on 2
given day, and az perz7rsS s,sz .-s-ssS:
tions thereto are invited to file them at
the governors Office, where they will also
have an opportunity to examine the
papers in the case.
A singular drowning accident occurred
at Grand Lake, Nova Scotia, recently.
An English girl named Emmett, aged
twelve, sat on a log at the shore of the
lake to bathe her feet, and getting into
day dream, did not notice that the log
had fioated out into the lake. Suddenly
realizing her position, she lost presence
of mind and sprang into the water.
Strange to say, this is the sixth child
her parents have lost by drowning.
WILL give to any clergyman in San
Francisco $1,000 in gold to substantiate
that the death of Voltaire was not as
peaceful as the coming of the dawn.
They say Tom Payne died in fear, in
agony, hearing devils rattle chains in the
other room, and that the Infinite God
went to work to frighten a dying man.
1 viii give reward of $1,000 in gold to
anybody who will substantiate the truth
of that story.-Bob IagersoH.
DURING the FIRE of September, 1776,
which destroyed so large portion OF
lower New York, including old Trinity
church, the royal arms were taken from
the latter edifce and carried to a place
of safety. When the loyalist5 subse-
quently emigrated to st. John, New
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arms with them and when Trinity church
was built some five years later, they
were hung up in the new edifce. Here
they remained until the fire of last week
destroyed the church and all its contents.
Mr.. Barry Sullivan, the English actor,
has lately had curious operation per-
formed upon his eye. He was accident
allv struck by sword in the sensitive
organ some months ago, while playing
Richard III The eye has never since
completely healed, and the physician
concluded that some fereign substance
must have lodged in the eyeball. The
necessary operation was performed and an
eyelash was removed, which had beer
thrust in at the point of the sword. Mr.
Sullivan is now recovered.
A MAMMOTH concert was given at the
Crystal Palace, London, in aid of tn,
Welsh imprisoned miners, and their gal
Iant rescuers The conductor was Mr.
Brinley Richards, and one of the chic
attractions was the singing of solos b.
the miner who cheered the spin S of hi
fellow prisoners by singing hymns t.
them in their dark dungeon of coal. HI
sang before the cultivated Londor
audience the same melodies that haC
supported the rude miners in their hou
of trial
In Paris, in 1713, women wore above
their silly little skulls "edifces of bras
wire, ribbons, hair and all sorts of tawdry
rubbish, more than two feet high, max
ing their. heads seem in the middle o.
their bodies. If they moved ever SC
lightly, the edifce trembled and the in
convenience was extreme. The king
Louis XIV, could not endure them, but
master as he was of everything, was I'm.
able to Danish them. They lasted ter
years and more, despite all he could dc
and say"
The receipts of internal revenue for the
fiscal year ending June 80 will reach
S119,OO0,O6O. an increase of s2,0OO,0 ,00O
over the receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1876. The receipts were
estimated at s12O, ,O0O, 900, and the com
missioner of internal revenue thinks this
sum would have bcen-exceeded by about
$4,000, 900 if it had not been for uncer-
tainty occasioned by the proposition to
reduce the tax on spirits. The total re-
ceipts of the government for the current
fiscal year will considerably exceed the
expenditures.
WoMAN's SPHERE.-As house-mistresse
and as mothers, women have duties to
I erform quite as important in their re-
suits, if not so extensive in their area, as
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