The Hickman courier., 1878-07-19
Conaenssd IoeaIs d lie week:


Hottest
p0ilss,
The eenuiy election i getting hot
Tho heqllh Of Hickman i. rs@arA
shly good.
The issrs between county can.
diatss Office.
The prosPpofs are that The ooupeti
tiao in biooded cattle rings At our county
Fair, tais FAi, will excel any previOu.
year.
TnEsE sre ten candidates for Super
iniendsnt of Public Instruction in
Kentucky. and eight Of them preach
ers.
Rev SIR Acton. for some gears Pre-
siding Elder in this District dropped
dead from ap,plexy a the depot At BOli-
var. Tenn. one day this week.
Columbus Sentinel. San Pettigrue.
= oolored mAu was killed Wednesday
while attending a bsrbacas back Of the
islard. We suppose he had too mnch
corn juice aboard. A eolerea person by
the name Of BOYD Beckwith did the shoot
ing.
The capdidate who site down
this year expecting the volers TO
hunt him. enfold him IN their brawny
arms srd bear him sriumphaptly into
ofice. ia fooliEg away his lime. If you
want 70 oe elected, getup and hump
yOufseli.
Our eolored people had successful
barbecue on last Saturday, and they
deserve praise for the orderly department
sud good behavior. 1t was for the bene-
ct OF The Baptist Church Sunday School,
aud was under the management OF G.. W.
Pratt, Nit Clark and Zlck Williams.
The recently discovered cave in
Glasgow, KY, described by a visionary
writer as surprising the Mammoth Cave
n size anl wonders. is really not much
after sli. The owner says that no thor
ougb exploration has yet heen made that
che water formations do not exist, and
hat 10 numuies have been fouad.
Columbus Sentinel: The river ia
getting 70 be ss great thcrouzhfare for
tAe dead as fer the living. There we're
four bodies. ali meD. aoA.ed past this city
This week. One Moadly, one Tuesday
enc Wednesday aud enc yesterday. At
preseu. there is one lying across the
riFsr jast above toEz Ne CANE ikers
sunday
Having learned that oart4in tax
r1ysrs in Graves county objeot to paying
rheir part of the $4,000 appropriated 70
eaitd monument is John c. Breckin-
ridge, 7 3. Gregory. c L Fr5st, J a. No
Neeiy, " Y McNeely, y J. Anderson
snd + B Gregory give notice through
tie Leader iAat they Viz pay for ali
such
QuxsY Why vii men snake
Nar6urg B.o5- Seal Of North c-roi.Ha. at
t-e SANE psiSe g lfebily
Tie deaihs fron suos,roko the
P.st ~ssF. in the s-eas ci.tes. have been
terrible aud unprecsi-ntei Ia 81 Lo1is
$50 cases IN one day. sni n an average
of % cases eaea day tAs present week.
aad more thau one third the casas have
proven fatal. In all The other Ci,ics the
fs,eiiiy has been unusually great. In
s.. Louis perfect panic exists, and
l-sepls are sfra:i . % oa tIe streets.
Tne heat has Gia5e thiag, lively for
the lsss few days. even the shede Of sn
asniag post his been aoeeptahls. We
taAe ;his opportunity os throwing oat
word Of caution . hose Who are mu.h
exposed to shs san. to prevent sun stroko.
a few green raves. r,isssasl cloth o.
two or three tiicsassas~ OF paper, worn
in the hat. viii prove cfs,tIal AnI. By
all means avoid drinking coli water ia
large quantities.
The third seni annaal term Of the
LaIies Aid sos.sty expired Thursday eve,
Ja;y u 1878 Tie election Of orz,srs for
IT, ensuing .ern was as follows: Presi-
dent M-s. Buchanan. Vice President,
Mrs eei Secretary. Mrs. Ranlle.
Treasurer. Mrs. Walker. The Society,
during the past term. has collected Ss5 50. .
AMI expended s7375. leaving balance in
treasury Of sos.
Mas. BrcuAsAx, rres't.
Ia DEBow, Ssc'y.
Some. herea5ouis, may not know
that is has been hot this week, and We
print the following report of the Their
msmstsr. 81 Hickman: