The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-02-22
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

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elevator.
Virginia killed only three railroad
passengers last year.
Twenty-six negroes, exclusive of chill
dren. left CASTOR, North Carolina, last
week, for Kansas.
The lower house of the South Carolina
legislature killed Mothtt beli-puneh
bill by vote of 81 to 3.
There are eighty Masonic lodges in the
state of Florida, and the order is repre-
sented as in fine working condition.
Itis thought that General Joseph E.
Johnston will be elected to congress from
the Richmond (Ya.) district without op-
position.
Wilmington IN. C) Star: Owing to
the long continuous warm weather the
buds on the peach trees are swelling and
almost ready to burst forth.
A great deal more grain than usual has
been sown this season in Mecklenburg
county, y. c. Wheat and oats are al
ready visible above the ground.
The supreme court of Georgia has de-
cided. for man, without some muo-
cent reason or excuse, to put his arm
around the neck of another mans wife,
is an assault and battery"
The lower house of the Mississippi leg
islature gave an unanimous vote of ap-
Proval Of $3.50 and the railroad $500 for
the detection Of the party or parties who
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: St4ihSstt fss Assel n1snt 81 Fss1d7sssEssa Is
estimated at s176,Oo0, 600; that of the
city of New Orleans at Sill, ,0Oo, 900,
thus making the real and personal as
easements OF the state outside of New
Orleans only 500, ,O0O,060.
Savannah News: The fishermen of
the Altamaha are preparing their nets
for the capture of the toothsome shad,
which are now beginning to run in that
river. Our market has been literally
supplied from the south for some time.
Mr.. NJ. c. Jones, school commissioner
of Bulloch county, Ga, and worthy citi
zen, is the father of child recently born,
which is entirely destitute of arms.
The hands are attached to the body at
the shoulders. The child IS a large,
healthy-looking boy.
Prattville Ala Signal Prof. Eugene
4. Smith, state geoIogist, has forwarded
TO J. Lawrence Smith, of Louisville, KY,
4 specimen of tantalite, found in this
state-the first discovery of this metalin
the United States. It's specific gravity
was over -, and its surface indicated
partial decomposition
Arrangements have been made by the
Macon county, Ala, authorities with
Col. Il. II. Abercombie for the hire of
the county oenyicts at the rate OF 50 so
per month for abIe-bodied persons. the !
costs in each case 10 be paid in advance
Col. AbercombIe works the convicts On |
the old Williams plantation on Calabee
creek.
A bill before the Mississippi legisla-
ture imposes tax of 20 cents q gallon |
on whisky in the hands of wholesale
dealers, and another tax of . cents on
the drink when the same whisky is re-
tailed. This would make the total gov
eminent and state tax on a gallon of
whisky about 3 50.
Nashville American Wah Hing, a
Chinese laundryman on Cherry street,
applied 10 the county court clerk yester-
day for license to marry q colored girl &
whom he employs IN his laundry. The |
clerk refused TO issue the license, as he
said it was prohibited by law. The
Chinaman, after considering for awhile,
Whitee woman no have
me, and you no lettee me have yellow
gal; me 90 backee to China.
The Staunton (Va.) Vindicator, in an
irticle on the opium habit, says: One 1
physician tells us of a case in which
ady, q confirmed opium eater, sent two
lorses to 8 neighboring city 10 sell, the
proceeds Of one to be invested in NOR
ohine. By some difference in price the ]
ale miscarried, and in two or three days !
he man returned. When she saw him
coming down the road leading both s
horses she fell 10 the floor in an agony of :
and died in q few hours. ]
The Savannah grand jury recommend:
That all civil officers who, to discharge
heir duties effectively, are compelled to
De armed, be required to wear belt and
holster for weapons, that they be seen {
50 that they may not violate law them
selves whilst enforcing obedience from
others; and that all arrested persons
found with concealed weapons on their
person be prosecuted for the offense, and
the officer making the discovery be re-
quired to prosecute, on pain of dismissal
from Office. Il
Raleigh News: Albert johnson, ESQ,
of our city, assisted in putting together
the first locomotive engine used in Vir-
ginia and North Carolina. 1t was built {
by Edward Bury, at Liverpool, England,
and was brought to this country and de
livered st Petersburg. The engine was
named the Roanoke" and its weight
only five and half tons. The cylinders
were Sxl6. and the driving wheels four
and half feet in diameter; just in front
OF these were two pilot wheels, each
three feet in diameter. There was no
truck as in the engines of the present
time. nor was tender used