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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21

ave have placed our construction on
the good old Doctors language. itis that
he fav0rs-"would use his best endeavors
90 secure"-the improvement of the riv
ers OF the State by the State. l. E.. hy using
the convicts in the penitentiary. As
heretofore stated. this will necessarily
call for the expenditure Of hundreds OF
thousands Of dollars of the people's mon
ey, else where would the Doctor get the
money to feed, clothe. shelter. guard etc =,
etc. the four 10 Eve hundred eonvicts
while out of the penitentiAry At work on
the rivers and other schemes of public
improvement II Clinton Democrat.
Well. then, we'll give you the in
formaiion-bus not you because you
don't want it. but through you 70 the
people who might be led into err"r
through reading your writings
Firstly, you keep The Doctors posi-
ton so thoroughly distorted 'har the
old hero denies it in toto a. you put il
But, take il in The broad way yuu
have il: Where's the Doctor to get
the money to feed. clorhe, etc. she
eonvicis al work on the rivers. e,c?'
We answer: the friends Of the river
improvement schams-h hs.azss aisy,s...a. u u d
hat they could get an appropriation
from the Nstiouai Government TO feed
clo,he, etc the convicts while engaged
III this work and have argued that u,
the convicis under the existing system
we're cost TO the State, that the State,
in such emergency, would be relieved
OF the annual expense of the number
so employed, aud at the same time BE-
engaged IN grand improvement o:
the State 1t was upon this view, a.
we understand il, that DR.. Blackburn
spoke of the ''improveneur of the
river-;" and not 20 the giving Of State
aid in the way Of appropriations
our Of the S;a'e treasury We see
thar the Kentucky river ha- received
M appropriation OF 800 900 from lht
National government. aud it the State
should loan them the use of number
OF couvic,s nov pro6lles+ aud an ex
pen<e, who would be hurt by it? Th.
COURIER fought the proposition o.
I State aid" years ago. when it vas 1
live question. but ve take il thar th,
Democrats of this end of The State art
not opposed TO the Improvement o
other portions Of the State. per Sc
when il don't cot US n cent
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,.s ..epuoncan ca naidnle

a.
A.nv I,rPuoucan ca buidHie
IoFIsIos OF KENTUCKY MEMBERS
Mr. A x Boone, Flrst D strict
Both Thurman and Hendricks
are very strong ip Kentucky Tilden
/, not There is deep seated i'm
preston among our people that Mr
lTiden should have taken the Pre-i
ldency to which he was elected and
they will now favor man for Pre-i
Ideur who. will assert his rights
Mr james A oIcKenIic. Second
District" Kentucky. will favor the
elections OF Western man Ia the
eveGt Of Tilden'- nomination Keniuc
ky would of cours e. go democratic
bui Tilden won!d not begin to poll the
tail strength Of the vote Thurmsu
aud Hendricks are he favorires."
Mr JohH w Caldwell. Third Di--
'ricr says. My opinion ia that Mr..
Tildeu has come OUT of the cipher in
ve~tigaiiun without even smell OF
6re up,n his garments While Ken
tncky may not propose him il will br
found by 1880 that he i the sIronge-'
msn The only III likely to riva
him j. Bryard Hendricks and Thur
man are both -trong in Kentucky
but g we are kelly 20 pursue the old
plan OF putting n hard mouey Demo
crat oo soft mnDey platform | think
the choice lie b-tween Tiiden and
B.yard. with Tiideu decidedly IN The
cad "
Mr. Proctor Knott Of the Fonr'h
District, has formed no opinion on
he subjert of the democratic nou'i
Gaiiou. lie thinks General Gram
sill he the r,pnhlicap nominee.
4 Mr. A bert ) Willis. Fifth District.
Tildeu * not near "a -troDg as he was
We DO not take any stock in the
story he tells about his nonsense
at completely in the cipher despatch
business The story is 100 thin and
his attempt TO make a scapegoat al
PeIton will not do II he had com.
right our aud said that he did attemp
10 6.ht TIA. dsvil EiIh ire he woula
have been much s'Songer in the es'i
nation OF all honest men. Blyard ha,
more strength in Kentucky thar
Ttden bur | think the delegation wil
be drvided between Thurman anc
Hendricks Mr. j S c Black burr
Of The Seventh Kentucky district. say
The fight will hetv en- Thurman ano
Baysrd in Kentucky Tilden will hav'
no strength or sympathy In the STATE
The contest will be between the Ea-'
aud the West. Bsyard repre>eu,in,
the East and Thui man the West ano
Kentucky, will be solid for Thurmsp
Thomas Turner. Ninth district. say,
there is no disposition among his con
-tituent. to reDemiuate Tildeu
Tilden we're the candidate he woul'
get lean minority only. say Is 600 q
20 bui nothing like hi so 600 of 1876
, The real choice Of Kentucky is Ton
Hendricks He Is my candidate per
-onally;@but we think Mr. Thurman
would make the best run as a eaudi
date
Mr. John B Clark. Tenth distric
Kentucky. rays:-"Mr. Tilden is il
no sense my candidate for renomins
ton There i. actual hostility to sucl
proposition among my people
They would no, indor-e his renouiiua
i. tiun at all Our candidate must com
from the West. Thurman is my choic
beyond all others
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RIGar Tc VorE IN MASSACHUSETTS =
In Massachusetts. before a poor man
can vote. he is required TO show that
he has paid his taxes This is the
Radical election equality A PROPOSE
ton of this kind wa> voted down bv
the Democracy of Missouri BY an
overwhelming majority and this wa
true Democracy Tax us, but the
State has no right to make the pay
ment OF taxes a qualifications 30 vote
Crime, not poverty, should alone dis
qualify men from voting
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Sumnar of The Packing f0T
the SeaAOu Just GIOked.

CINcINNATI March Col. Sidney
ID Maxweii. Superintendent of the
Merchants Exchange. to day, submit
ted his repor on wiu'er packing. for
the season just closed The following
are extracts Number Of hogs packed
from Nov / to March l 623 5S4 same
time last sea-on. 9S2 3U2 aggregate
gross weight this season. l6o 133 Az
pounds; last season. ls9 6l6 939 !;
average gross weight this season. 2Iu
SO 100; last season, 28f Is 100 ! sg
gregsts yield Of lard this season. ~
973879 pounds: last season. 20 9oi.
600; average yield per hog his season
36 S4-l00 pounds; last season. Az
SO 100; average cost per hundred
ponnds gross this season. 81 o3 lat
season, 81 10; mess pork made this
season. 81 1897 barrels last season.
So S35; other pork this season, 6,212
barrels last season. 1852
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Another's voice will wake the 6res
Which siumber in thy blood;
Anether's hand will ptnck the rose,
While I have nurs' 4 the bud.
We psrsi got Perhaps no moro
To me shall be the boon
70 feel the joys once have known,
En4ed, alas teo soon.
Bot shonia I never know ,he ttss
Awakened in this heart.
! crave one promise ere 80.
One pledge before we part.
When i1iy shalt enforce the claim,
Denied TO love and me,
o! besve one swelling sigh for hin,
Who, dying. thinks Of thee.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21

To tell diamond from gem Look
through the stone at the point of a
needle or small hole in card, aud
if there are two points or two holes the
.tons il not a diamond.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21
BRING STRAPS,

The 18th of April is the day Gxed
by the committee of Callwsll county
for holding primary election TO vote
for candidates for Senator. representa-
,ise aud Circuit Court Cork.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21

In an Indiana church the pres,iest
girls are selected to take up the col
lection. and no young man dare refuse
TO put in quarter.
A mau in Tennessee. last week,
while troubled over the Stale debt. took
shotgun aud killed his mother in
law. Justi6nble homicide.
The leading temperance womau 10
Wisconsin i the wife Of a liquor dealer.
BY means of their joint frm they catch
business from both sides.
Harvard College is to have female
students next year As set OF to
the natural increase Of males. the
authorities of Yassar will admit gentle
meu.
40 actor rccestiy bcqueathed his
head to be used as the skull of Yorick
in Hamlet, aud thereby proved that ho
could leave ooe "property" at least.
The fashionable wedding ring is
dead gold with diamonds deeply i'm
bedded It costs more to purchase u
wedding ring thar 10 obtain divorce.
A visitor ut q swell restaurant upset
q tureen Of soup on lady's 5000 dress
aud then said, DO pot worry, madam
there's plenty more soup in the kiich-
eu."
An undertaken thus gratefully 70.
! sponis to . friend who had done him
a favor: "If you ever want cofbn, call
on me, I shall be most happy to bury
| you aad your family at the lowest cost
price"
Four thousand eight hundred aud
forty square yards make an acre
soaarc milo, six huudred and forty
acres. To measure IN acre, two hup-
dred and nine feet on each side make
\ sqssre acre. within an ipch.
| Caa animals learn arithmetic I'm.
Y. Star. Yer, they all multiply divi.
sion is common with them they have
an adder among them. aud sometimes
boot jack lifts cat into vulgar frac.
lions.
/ Thursday Of week before last Long
fellow was - yesrs Of age. The chill
drcn Of Cambridge presenied him with
! chair made from the wood Of tho
spreading chestnut tree which he mem,
oralized in his s"Village Blacksmith"
Ccn. Mite, ouc of the Midgess now
exhibiting in New York, has been
presented with little sister. She
weighed nine aud . half pounds at
birth, and the General, who Is fourteen
years old and only weighs nine pounds,
is somewhat astonishcd.
Very few Southern States paid all
of the direct land tax levied III 1851
!, 3, and some Of them hardly any OF il.
The tax was three mills on the dollar,
| the ouly land tau ever levied by tho
! Federal Government. Soon the law
was repealed. bur all the Eastern States
E had pretty we'll paid up. The State Of
n Georgia still owes the Government
about 5000 600 under this assessment
q The last Congress appropriated s72, ,00d
e 10 Georgia for the amount sdvsucei il
. uppressing and removing the Chero
q kees 10 1858. aud Treasury Official,
d refuse TO pay IL, bu, issis, upon placins
!, the amount as . credit upon Georgia
q indebtedness. The question will hay'
Il eveutuslly TO be decided bl Astorp~.
General Dcyeps
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-03-21

An illiterate farmer wishing to enter
some animals at su agricultural exit
birion. wrote as follows 10 the Secretary
of the Society Eater mo also for a
inckass." Aud be took the priGo.
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r. Nj. METHENY.
Family Grocery and
Provision Store.

U BEPS the best Coffee, Sugar. Molas-
IN sss, Flour. Lard, Bacon. &C., to be
found in Hickman. Having no partner
10 divide prosts with. will sell goods the
cheaper. Speciality in Cofees-Green,
Ground and Roasted Come aud see for
yourself
b6 Country produce Of all kinds taken
Ia exchange for goods or Cash. lmarl5
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6rpeers.
w. DIESTELBRINK,
Family Groceries.

MO space to name all articles. but no
IN trouble TO show goods.
Come and see. 1T the corner Of Troy
sad Moscow Avenue, Eas, Hickman, Ky.
jsneS VI iy
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Boot and Shnemakers.

Ladies and Gents hoois and shoes made
TO or ier, and in the latest fashion. In
visible patches put on. whcih last longer
than when eewed. All ask is trial.
Shor-next door to Holcombes drug
stcrs fsb7-19.
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All SORTS.

Beware Of anloajel firearms.
mules. loog hair aui poets.
A ten cent piece is called 10 Sau
Francisco half brother 10 arsenic.
"You have prevaricstsd, is the geu-
,lcmanly siyly Of calling a man liar.
Asa matter Of chorus it is easy to
sing. A Pinaforc is better than pin
behind.
"womaa." says = certain enthusiast.
"nced. no eulogist, for sbe speaks for
herself"
"Hell closed for repairs" is the title
Of q lecture by the latest rival Of Bob
lsgersoll.
The FIRST drink IN life is milk the
intermediate, whisky; but all eventu-
ally get to the bier.
The winter has been SO 6ne that
even at this season 10 Canada they are
plowing--wiih snow plows.
Father Abrau Ryan. the poet priest
of the South, is in Mobile with partial
paralysis Of the throat.
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professional Ga as.

A NJ PA RK ER
IL IAc NE
VIII locate At Hickman about Feb. 18th,
1879. All operations performed IN the
most artistic manner and latest Improve
msnts. janl0
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Liddy, as' niver word more shall
say Sure, au' | know her paeple had
nagers, an maybe they had land. an
horses, an carts. an big white house,
but all the hu>biuds this side the big
wathers couldn't make nae tell word
more than | know about it'll Ne ow,
begoBe, an let me count me baids in
pace for fear the praist reminders the
sins OF me heart, for there's not money
enough in the whuI wourld 10 cause me
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-19

The accident to the steamship Arizona, Of
the Guion Line, off the coast Of Newfound-
land last week, when she eolided with an
iceberg, has called attention to the dangers
from icebergs to vessels going from Liverpool
to New York. A number OF ship captains
have been interviewed on this subject by b
reporter of the New York S,n,. Ono Of these.
Capt. Jennings, of the Adriatie, threw out q
rather novel suggestion for decreasing this
danger to vessels Ia the Atlantic. The Eng
llsh navy, he said had hundreds OF men
known as practiee-men. who burned tons Of
powder every year in perfecting themselves
at tho guns. Their usual field OF exercise
was some old sandbank where they can tire
away without the risk OF hitting any passing
vessel. Capt. Jennings proposes that they
shall practice in future by firing into the lee
bsrgs off the coast Of Newfoundland, thus
breaking them to pieces, causing them to
melt sooner and disappear quicker.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-19

lect. The first essential OF an enlightened
system Of te xation will be secured In the
adoption of the equalization plan and con
tentment among the people and soltdtty In
the public finances will I've the logical result.
Our next Legislature will be called upon to
pass laws emhodying the equalization Idea
and placing it upon a practical, working
basis To them WY suggest a careful exami-
nation Of the system as adopted IN Illinois,
and under the operation of which that State
has been rescued from condition even more
depiorable than now exists In Louisiana and
placed upon the most substantial anu opulent
footing. R,lr new constitution ia filed with
the visest and soundest provision for the In
diyidual and the public good. 1t only re-
nnires an intelligent Interpretation OF that
instrument ny the Legislature III order TO re-
store Louisiana to the loftlest place OF pros
perty
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-19
TEXAs VIA VICKsRHRG.

Our readers have doubtless noticed that the
formal announcement Is made Of the sale Of
the Eickahurg, Shreveport and Texas Rail
road This sale Il tn be made on Monday, the
first of December at the Canal street en-
trance III the Custom House In this city. and
will include All the property, franchises, roll
Ing stock, buildings, shops, etc. appertain-
lug To the road, constituting in all one 81 The
most important transactions that has ever
taken place In the State II will
give to the purchasers the opportunity to es-
tabllsh between the Mississippi river and the
great grain and cotton districts Of Texas the
quickest and most direct rail connection pos
eible The road la already completed and In
running order from Vleksbure to Monroe,
and from Shreveport to the Texas line.
leaving only gap Of about one hundred
miles between Monroe and Shreveport, The
route here has already been located. 1t runs
through high and level country, presenting
no engineering difficulties and involving q
comparatively small expense. All the ugly
country has been passed through-trom
yiekshurg to Monroe. and, SO far as concerns
expense and trouble. the road Is two-t thirds
built already
As we have said on more than one ocea-
sion, this road may be made either great
benefit or great injury to New Orleans, &C.
cording az II falls into friendly or unfriendly
hands. IT taps and must eventually control
come of the richest and most productive dis
tricts now tributary to New Orleans the
great Ouachta and Red river valleys. the
Tensaa and Macon bottoms, and the fertile
upands lying between Monroe and Shreve-
port. Furthermore. In Its completed state 1t
will drain the most important region OF
Texas and then come III competition
with the ST. Louis lines at point where it
possesses great advantages over them ne re-
CARDS the East and the Atlantic or the Gulf
seahoard Ii the future owners OF this road
should determine to favor New Orleans or
even to avoid hostile discrimination. 1t will
become source Of vast profit and advantage
to our city az we'll as to the region through
which 1t passes. If not, our merchants and
capitalists will bitterly rue the day they suf-
fered It TO fall Into nnfriendly hands.
Meanwhile the sale Ia duly announced and
will doubtless he held upon the appointed day.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-19
SHERMAN'a LATE WITNESS.

What the untowafd Crllncher used to say
of his pious but hapess spouse may now he
said of the gentle Pinkaton. She's at 1t again,
Our readers will remember how that remark
able female, after filing the innocent visiting
statesmen OF '7G-77 with horror and consterna-
ton, shook the dust of New Orleans off Of her
No. II rnssets aud struck for fresh fields and
pastures new, 1t appears that Eliza selected
the neighborhood OF Canton, Miss, as the
new arena In which to display
her abundant gifts, and, having
suuatted In that llLstarrad community she
set about the business of life after her pc
culiar fashion. Charms such as ELIAS natu-
rally and speedily stirred the pulses OF AT
RIGS sunny children In her vicinity. and ere
long one of the most intrepid of them all.
Weyland Prlehard by name, led to the altar
the hlushing Pinkston for his bride. We have
not very full particulars of the honeymoon
or. indeed, OF the domestic establishment
which ensued. 1t may be imagined. however
that life In constant eompanionship with the
austy and tempestnous Eliza was not marked
by any special languor or monotcny.
Two brief years OF welded bliss by tho adj
venturous Prichard may thus be disposed Of
In sentence. He had captured the fair and
shrinking Pinkston, and II he wasn't happy
he ought to have been. And now we come to
tho denouement. In which Prlchard Is found
dead In his bed one bright November morn
Ing and Eliza is escorted. reluctant as ever, to
the county calaboose charged with having
untimely snuffed out the brief taper Of her
spouse's life,
That's all, SO far 1t surprises no one who
knew Eliza well or had ever heard much about
her. but 1t may be of Importance to some OF
those portly visiting statesmen who used to
get watery about the eyes and blow their
heaks with unnecessary violence while she
was exhibiting her sores and unfolding her
fearful tale some two or three winters ago.
Eliaas eruptive temper. her sprlghtly way Of
handling the rolling pin. the tomahawk or
the cheese knife these, with many other
pleasing and attractive characteristics Of
hers. have always been familiar as twice-told
tales with us. Weare sorry for our neighbors
Of Mississippi very sorry indeed, but we
are powerful glad that Plnkston is camp
ing out Of Louisiana nowadays.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-19
UNDER THE NEW CON
STIIUTION.

One OF the most important and notable pro-
visions In the new constitution is that rela-
tive to the equalization and uniformity Of
assessmenta throughout the State Hereto
fore, although the law provided that tdrntion
should be equal and uniform. and although
the letter of this injunction has been snrupu-
lousy adhered to by imposing fixed tax
upon all taxable values alike. tho spirit has
been most hagrantly violated through the
monstrous inequality Of the assessments.
The new constitution, therefore. strikes ct
the root of the evil bydeclaring that assess
ments shall be equal and uniform. &C
cording TO standard which admits Of grades
and relative values, thus opening the way
for the only just and equitable system of tax
alton and setting Louisiana 10 the high road
TO public prosperity.
Under the operation ot he plan of eaualizine
assessments 1t will not be possible To fall Into
any OF the old errors which In the past have
worked such cruel Injustice to Ia tividual tax
payers and such misfortune to our State fl
nances, The old folly OF assessing lands Of
equal value at praposterously unequal rates,
simply because the estimates happened to be
furnished BY two persons of widely diff arent
views OF things, will now ~ as much ont VI
the question as the equally stupid folly o.
assessing lands of utterly different value
at exactly the same rate, because the
estimates happened To be furnished
Nv officials of harmonious views and
with the same way Of looking Mt things
In other words, the assessment Or lands viii
hereafter. under the new constitution, be
carried out In the only rational and intellt-
gent and equitable manner-that ts To say
upop the basis Of their intrinsic value #
arriving at this. 1t will be necessary to con
slider every condti ID entering into practical
vaIue-the fertility and productiveness OF the
soil. its location with reference to transport.
alton routes. its facilities OF fuel drainage
aud every other detail bearing upon its ell,
cheney az A wealth-prniueng element. Lands
will have to bn classified according to this
standard and assessed according to their elias
sijlcation. and then it will ~ as impossible fo1
the owners of vast and productive properties
To escape their just proportion of public
tribute, through the favoritism Of an assessor
as IL will be for the owners Of meagre. seanty
and poverty-stricken lands to be uniustl5
burdened through official ignorance or neg
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-19
MASS MEETINGS
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
Rooms STATE CENTRAL, COMMITTEE, I
Democratic Conservative Party.
New Orleans. October IA. 1879.

Rooms STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
Democratic Conservative Party.
New Orleans. October IA, 1879.
Mass meetings of the Democratic Conserva-
tive party will be addressed by Gov. L. A. Wilt.
Hons. Samuel d. MeEnery. ]. @. Egan. Allen
Jumel. t. H. Fay W. A. Strong, e. A. Burke, III
N Ogden, r. John Ellis Albert VOORHEES,, j. B.
Eustis, D. r. Jonas. r. N. Ogden, John Me-
Emery, Don Oaffrey. Robt Richardson. ], g.
Moncure, T, d. Lyons H. G. Wieklffa A. 8.
Heron, A. Roman. r. r, roehe. w w. Farmer,
VIM. M. Levy Vim. II, Jack. Gen. Randall Glib
son Gen. T. Floyd King. James Lingan. j. q.
Hawkes., +. T. Theard, Hon. J. Fl. Acklen, Hon.
e. W. Robertson, Hon. j. b. Elam
The meetings will he held as follows:
November 49, Wednesday-Co
November 30, Thursday Alexandria.
November a. Saturday -Marksvllle.
November a. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
November g. Tuesday Vermilionvtllo,
November as. Tuesdayst. Martinsville.
November &c. Wednesday-Iberia.
November 2T Thursday Ahbeville.
November a. Thursday franklin.
November az, Friday-Houma,
November g. Saturday
December l. Monday -Napoleonville. VS."
December l. Monday-Donaldsanv
November 10, Wednesday-st. Charles parish,
Hehnville.
November 30. Thursday-st John court
house,
November "a. Saturday Polnte-a-la- Haohe.
November "a, Saturday Franklinton
November IA. MondaV-Amite,
November 2b, notwithstanding.
November az. Thursday-Port Vincent
ALBERT VOORHEES,
President State Central Committee Democratic
Conservative Party of Louisiana.
q M TrMMIsnN Hacretarv On1K