The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-12-19

There hopes lie StreWn ana Wltherlhg,
Like leaves by winter blighted.
But, from the earth on which they lie,
Behold bright faith is springing,
AaA 40 the fadeless bowers on high,
Her angel flight is winging.
Nashville is slaughtering 1000 hogs
per day.
Twenty FIVE thousand live quaiIs are
being imported from England to be
set at liberty in Pennsylvania.
Hayes movement against the green
backs will consolidate the Democrats
and Observation-Disclosures Com
monwealth.
Charles Francis Adams for the first
time in his life, laughed the other day
when an agent wanted TO sell Mrs.
Adams a refrigerator.
The Epgli h government has in
augurated system of public works
with a view to furnishing employment
for the destitute in ireland.
The fee bills in the Kentucky Court
Of Appeals aggregate about $50, 900
year, but Clerk Jones says he would
sell them for $4,000 cash.
Governor Mcclellan has not been
very i'll again, as was reported. He is
gaining strength. and will soon have
entirely recovered his health.
The rats of Illinois eat up and de-
stroy 100000 bushels of corn every
year, aud the query with her is whether
to stop raising corn or rats.
The English Mission is to be offered
to Ex-Governor A. H. Bullock, of Mass
sachusetts. Bullock is wealthy man,
and great admirer Of Hayes.
As we anticipate, the story of car
riage being presented to Governor
Blackburn by the gamblers has turned
out to be stupendOus hoax.
Uncle Dick Sharp, of Frankfort, is
the boldest man in Kentucky. He has
entered the list against four widows
for the position of State Librarian.
When Congress met the other day,
Proctor Knott and Randolph Tucker
rushed into each others arms and a
| resouuding kiss echoed through the
The volume of emigratfou' s,.s-
country from Europe steadily increases.
During the past month 10000 emf
grants were landed at New York, an
increase of 81 900 over the correspond
ing month of last year.
The oldest Postmaster in the SER
vice is Edward Stabler, of Sandy
Springs, Montgomery county, Nd.
His commission is dated Decem Der Il,
1880. nearly 10, years ago, when An
drew Jackson was President.
Mrs. C. NJ. Williams is the first lady
in America to hold the position of
President of a bank. She was elected
President of the Raleigh On. C) Ma
tional bank, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of her husband.
Is it fact, as reported, that the In
diana Republicans are already forming
Kuklux gangs to drive the exodus
negroes out of Indians? The Repub>
licans in that State who earn their
want any negro competition.
The report of the Treasurer of the
United States exhibits an enormous
increase in the bullion during the past
four years. In 1866 it amounted in
round numbers to about SCI ,000, 900,
aud now the cash bullion in the treas
ury is 1922 ,S07 1868.
If there should be no unforeseen in
terruption of the present prosperity,
the average of railway earnings the
last few months will be more than
: maintained for the whole years of 1879
and 1880, and the railroad property of
the country will be more largely and
uniformly profitable than it has been
in any past year.
a French statistician computes that
the daily amount drawn from the civil
f list by various European sovereigns is
t as follows: Gear of Russia, $50, 900;
, the Sultan of Turkey. s14.4OO; the
Emperor Of Austria, $4,000; Emperor
of Germany, Sc 400; the King of Italy,
So 200; the King of the Belgians, ST.
$50, and Queen Victoria near $50, 600.
The hair of the Presidents from
Washington to Pierce is preserved in
the Patent Office in the city of Wash
ington Washington's IS pure white
and fine in texture. Jelferson's is a
mixture Of white and auburn and rather
coarse. as is also the hair of "Old
Hickory" The custom of preserving
the presidential locks was abandoned
in Buchauan's time How il arose,
e and how the Patent Office was the re-
5 pository selected it would be interesting g
to know.
0 The River Columbia.