The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-11-14

Over 5000 saloon licenses have been
taken out in Chicago this year.
Snow storms are reported all
along the Hudson river, N Y.
The Bank of England has in its
vaults Sl75, 100000 of gold and silver
bullion.
Lexington has a delinquent tax list
of over 500, 000-running back for
eight years.
Spain has finally decreed the liberia.
ton of slaves in Cuba, and payment
to the owners
All property should be taxed or ex
empted. We want no privileged class
es in this country
It is estimated that there are 1900.
600 "tramps" in America, begging
from house to house.
The wheat crop of Kentucky is
estimated by Commissioner Bowman
to be not less than nine million bush,
els.
Mrs. Meyers, of Memphis, ran away
from the yellow fever, aud then came
back and purposely burned herself to
death
During the year ended June Both,
the Patent Office received 1890 APP
pications for patents, and granted
12,471.
Hogs being crowded too greatly
into Cincinnati, fell to S315. but
vent up again to So % for early de
livery.
A hog weighing / $50 pounds, was
exhibited on the Paola, Kansas, Fair
grounds, last week by NJ D. Eileman,
of Cherokee county.
The country is still ruled by far
mers after all. OF the 100000 vo-
ters in the United States, 5000, 900 Of
them are tillers Of the soil
New York city is now treated to %
places of amusement nightly-19 of
them being theatres, the others con
ceris, circuses and museums
The cost of the entire postal service
for the next fiscal year is estimated by
the department at $40 .000,000 an in.
crease of 100000 over the present
year.
10 1851 there were no railroads in
Missouri; 10 1861 there were 500
miles; at the close of the war, 925
miles; in 1875, 2,860 miles; in 1879,
3,439 miles.
According to governmental esti-
mates and actual figures, the annual
product of the United States in gold
and silver mining will amount to the
sum of S99,0G0,O00.
The Commissioner of Emigration
shows that 100000 emigrants have
landed at the port OF New York IN the
past thirty years. Thus far this year
l26, 4S9 have arrived
The Georgia Legislature lately pass
ed bill appropriatiDg a certain sum
of money to each soldier who lost an
arm or leg in the Confederate service
The bill will cost the State over one
hundred thousand dollars.
New York City gets away with 1920.
600 worth of oysters every day, and
expects to do better as cold weather
approaches. The oyster business APP.
proaches in magnitude that of cotton
and wheat.
Georgia is put as the most prosper
ious Southern State, and she is
said to have not a single millionaire
Her wealth is generally diffused, and
the majority of her people have plenty
of work at reasonable wages.
National Banks, particularly in the
West, are increasing thei T circulation
very rapidly, aud the Bureau of Eu-
CRAVING and Printing is being crowded
TO furnish the notes. Last month the
increase was near s3,50O,O0O
The estimated cost of supporting the
public schools of New York for the
year 1880 is s2.55S, 900, the item of
salaries alone amounting to S2,034 900;
and there is still lack of aecommoda. =
ton for the rapidly increasing Number
of school children.
The regular army of the United
States embraces now 20,566 men and
l $50 officers The army is about the
right size, but there are about 359
officers that might be dispensed with
safely They cost the country as much