The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-04-04

Ito c0nsnsution Of A3Bss ch useits
allows NO msn 20 vote who cannot write
his owD Dnne. aud Rad The eossii,u
ton in the Enslisb language
| A North Caroiins officer report. Tia
incomplete returns show the exis'eBe
OF III e3a dog. in that Ssste-Aboui
one dog to every three sheep.
Oh-isl- in the u S Tre,sury dens
that there j. any such smnnnt oi hnen~
rois 10 circulation a 50 900 o00 The,
believe that S.. 600 exceeds the annual
snm
Henry Wilson. clerk ut the Coviug
ton election in Jauuary. has been il
dirted and held iu $500 for making "
false poll book = ICourier-J"sruai
There are about "a 600 hives of bee
owned in Sac Diego county. Cslifornia
yielding it is reckOned, million
pounds Of honey year.
Two thousand four hundred az
seven,y~seven barrels Of beer were sold
IL the sixth congressional district o.
Kcntack, in r. bfnsry What pros
pee, For July aud Aags-sl
Uader the new law leaf tobacco IN, b
sold BY licersed persons to person
that are licensed 10 quantities lr 8
than original paeksees; or 10 ethe,
words. il - again made lawful 10 sci
leaf tobacco at retail
Paal Boynton the daring Swimmer,
reached Louisville OF 3 o clock Thar
day afternoon. the 20rh Inst and no,
anticipating the proximity Of the rai,s
went over he had hard -enf3a. hot
was not injured Thousands OF pro-
pie tursed oat to witness his approach
A convici in the Syracu-e prniten
| thar, ha- written o1' rules Tar ihs gov
ernm-n OF hi, fellow prisoners They
prohibit all act not in accordance
Nith decrney and gond order. ADD hx
A. he penalty Tor oT~n-es tho expul
ian OF the guilty party fron shs iss,i
tuition.
Only II per cent Of all per.ens who
landed az the port Of New York dsring
he past year settled in the South. Tho
Wesi received seine As per cent 81
per cent settled 10 the Casters States
aud less Than ! per ront. in Cansda
TeTas was the iavOriie destination Of
nearly all who weut South.
Mis-. Lockwood, the srst woman
admitted TO practice IN the United
States Supreme Courr. 10 City years old,
tall erect gray haired, aud the nos
SCISSOR of 6ue eye. She made her 6rsr
appearance in he court dressed in a
,emi maui-h blue cloth sae9ne. with
brass baton. and q plain sLl,etc.r
-kir;
The Memphis HraM IL credited
| With the fo'oWiny uisnt 4 ~ q.
wa found dad at r ftrrn mile bayou
near :, Francis river A jury held Ia
inquest aud brought la a verdict in &C
eordanee with the iss'- after ahich
she Squire notiriug pistol on he 3 u.
SIN OF the dead man. again called o
jury roge her. who funni him guilty.
carrying contested weapons and 6nrd
him S25. aud SOME stock ~ the dead
mau was then sold to pay the fiue'
HAD TWINS AT SIXTY Cd Ami
Pulls. q negro woman living At Bisu~
Powell's liz nile- below Yanceyvili,
IN the Yauceyviile aud Milton road
has just cIv-a birth TO wins Phiili-
j. -ixty years old The funuie-' i. ~
aid woman s'onf'v persi-'- tha' q ey
had no father There is an exec lent
mineral sp,iug Oh Mr Poweils Ian
and the old woman insists that it cam
from drinking Mr. PovelI's missrat
water = CRIde~ville IN g Times
Recently a Methodist church in NJ
vada expelled one nf lis members H.
thought it the re-ulf of the pastor
spite sgains, him, and cot To be onr
done in hi~ deyotiuns. be conduct
service in rather an original way H..
owns saw mill near the church On
Sunday he attaches TO his engine an
immense steam eaIliope with which he
makes hi. Instrumental music. and with
The Sweet Bye aud Bye" drswns The
voice Of The neighboring par.on.
The widow Oliver is progressing in
her suit with Senator Cameron, of Pa
She h,> sued for SD 0JJ for breach
Of PROMISE oi uIrriage and ascribe-
| paternity Of a child 10 the grsv head
ed old rrprohats H. l. n"w 80 year
nld, aud the widow holds his letters
where he promised marriage
Hon SImnn was <msr, enough In h.
United States Ssnrtor Minister TO
Russia Governor nf p nnsvlvania
Secretary of War. and to hold altman
ner OF po'itiesi places hut he d cant
know how to ksh, shy Of . shrswd
widow.