The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-12-12


TO shoot" Berrony laughed and said:
I'll | threw up my hat they'd shoot
he talked with his ambushed friends
with the utmost freedom and nonehaI-
enee, and seemed to be jolly over the
crowd of them that was gathering.
After he had been released; he turned
to ohepherd, one of the deputy coll
Iectors, and said "Shepherd, I want
to warn you now if you ever come over
these mountains again you are dead
mad
Mr. Robinson says that the organi-
zatlon seemed perfect, and that the
mountainers sank out of view like
shadows at sign from their leader, or
came to the front at his call 1t will
probably get to be Interesting before
these men are disabled, if, indeed, they
areaisabled at all.
We learn that in skirmish with
anolher crowd of distillers, Deputy
Shepherd was shot in the face and neck
on saturday night last This trouble
oec6rred in Rabua county, but we have
90 4vsiculars from the scene Of action.
--srhe ForeSEAs.sEs,sss sss..ss. aEass-z-.
Tie condition of the foreign fruit
trade Of Philadelphia has rarely been
liyelief at this period than it is at the
preset date. says the Confectioner
Journal. Raisins have recently adq
vancel 80 cents per box, in cOnse-
queue of recent severe weather on the
coast of Southern Europe. They now
command 81 % to So per box, and
are oming in freely The steamship
Escuia arrived here from NJ ilaga
early last week, bringing 10000 box
es. This is the busy season for raisins,
OWN, to the demand for the holiday
trade
Onnges are coming in very rapidly,
neark all from Louisiana and the
Wesi Indies. A Cargo Of 300, 900
has ilst arrived, consigned TO the house
alludd to. These came from the Ba
hama Islands, and hundreds of thous'
andsare coming in every week Or
ange will continue to arrive in large
qualities from louisiana and the West
fndns until December !, when they
willbegin to arrive from Valencia and
the Island of Sicily. Oranges from
the after places will come until next
August. Oranges now sell from SIS
to $50 wholesale.
LEMONS are arriving in small quan-
titles, and the supply IS not what is
desiied They are brought principally
from Malaga, but after the 1st OF
DECEMBER they will come from Sicily
Abmt four fifths Of the lemons that
cour to this country are shipped from
the Island of Sicily, and they will con-
tinm until next September Lemons
nov sell for 50 80 per box of $50,
wholesale
Tie market is overstocked with do
mesic grapes, and California grapes
are beginning to come in large guam
title. Among the choice grapes are
the white ones from Almeria, Spain
andihey come 10 80 pound kegs. and
they as well as the best California
grapss, sell for Sc and s. per package
. Of "a alo14 q d NI~t~ss~ s~-Pes come -
moderate quantities., aud sell for Sc
aud 81 30 per package of - pounds
Itis thought the recent storms 10 Spain
will Increase the price Of grapes about
10 per cent. White grapes will con
tinue to arrive for the next three
months.
Bananas are steady, and q very
brisk trade is being done. An aver
age Of two steamship loads per week
come 10 this port, and this firm imt
ports an aggregate of 10000 punches
per month at the present time, eacl
punch containing an average of II doz
en- bananas. They sell for about :.
per punch. During last March, the
/ firm mentioned, imported $4,000 puu-
ches. The best months for importa
tion are March, April May and June
Cocoanuts are being imported in
large quantities, and the confectioneri
in the city use up about 100000 o
them per month. One house Croft
Wilbur & co.. has a contract tol
100000 per month. They come from
Jamaica, Cuba, and the Spanish Main
and sell from S37 80 to $50 per thou
sand. Pineapples arrive in April
May. June and July. They com
from the Bahama Islands. and between
/ 100000 and 100000 reach thi
port every year.