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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-12-26
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS


HICKMAN, Ky, Dec. %, 1879.
Council met. Present-Mavor Tvlo.
Councilmen French. Faris, P!umm..
Campbell and Landrum.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
WEST HICKMAN WALK.
A A Faris, presented an account 60.
lumber and building West Hickman side
walk, which was allowed, and the clarl,
directed to apportion the same to The lo,s
and if not paid to place same in the hands
OF the tax collector for collection.
PAYING OFFICERS.
On motion, the clerk was ordered .,
issue checks to all the city officers for Il :
months salary.
STREET WORK AIMS
The street committee presented the fol.
lowing accounts for street work, which
was allowed.
John RingwoOd, $500; M. Isbell, 400
W. b Plummer, 600; F. Thompson. 4 90
J. D. stephens, AGO. J. Barry, $50; Ton
Steele, $50; Louis Quinn, ) %, Tom War.
rick, q 75; Thos. McDermott, = so; Louis
Gibbs, 5.l3; Dan Rice, go Joe MeniEsn
LOB; NJ. Shaw, lbs; Andy Shaw, rs; VI
Barhee, l.75; G. Thompson, l.75; Sam
Prevo, LOO F. W Metheny, I.75; Dill
Brown, I75; W. P. Montgomery. 20 cents
Carey Gleeson, 400 j. A. Warner, 90
w. Diestlebrink, zoe; VIM. Lawson, 10 SO
Gus Gleeson, l.S3; Arther Gleeson, , so
EXTRA SERVICES.
On motion, r. E. Millet was allow ed
$50 for extra services as City Clerk.
BOND LOST.
On motion, ordered that a duplicate OF
river bank bond. No. 81, for $3.50 to Ed
Mangel, it appearing that the original il
lost.
ELECTION ORDERED.
On motion, sssdered that an election "
held at the city hall ia the city or Kick
man, on Monday, january $, 1873 and
that Jos. Kirkpatrick and r. NJ Metheny
be appointed judges; James a. Warner
sheriff, aud K. E. Millet, clerk.
AGAINST FIRE.
On motion, the clerk was directed tC
insure the city hall.
ASSESSMENTS.
Ordered that 81, 900 assessed to G.. Hun.
ziker under the equalization law, b'
stricken from his list.
On motion, ordered that John Traut
weine, admir- Of f. Seigrist, be assessed
81, 800 under the equalization law.
SUIT ORDERED.
On motion, ordered that on or before
the 9TH day of January, 1880, that tie
City Attorney commence proceeding in
the City Court against Jas. A. Wnrnes
City Tax Collector, aud his sureties on
his official bond.
MAYORS REPORT.
The Mayor presented his financial re
port for the year 1879. which, on motion
was received and ordered spread on this
minutes and published in the Hickman
Courier.
ORDERED TO MOVE.
On motion, J. w. Shepherd was ordered
70 move his fish shed up the railroad track
10 East Of the old tank frame.
Ordered, that G. Holcombe be requir
ed 10 I'LL up old privy vault on his vacant
lots East ! of . and Vest ! of Old Kick
man.
On motion, Council odjournei to NEE
Monday January ., 1850.
u. T. MILLEr, C. c.
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Commissioners xotsce.

Fulton Circuit Court, kentucky.
Geo. 3. Prather's admir-, prtif,
against Equity
Geo. b. Prather's heirs and cred
itors, defendants.
Notice is hereby given to the creditors
of Geo. b. Pr8ther, deceased, that the an
dersigned, Commissioner of the Fulton
Circuit Court, under an order in the above
styled cause, will attend at the County
Court Clerks Office. in Hickman, KY, from
the date hereof until the 4th Monday Of
January, 1880, to receive and hear proof u
claims against said decedent; and that al
claims not presented to him and proven a.
required by Law, within the time specified
above, will be forever barred.
JNO. 4. WILSON,
Master Commr Fulton Circuit Court
sept1-l879.
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WHISKY vs.. state Finances.

Mr.. George, the State Senator from
this District, has been giving the sub
ject OF the deficit in our State finances
some thought and investigation He
says that n comparison of the figures
furnished by the State Auditors re-
ports. the wears before aud sibce the
adoption of option laws in Kentucky.
shows the chief cause Of the lessensd
revenue to the State. We havn't the
Auditors reports before US to investi-
gate the. matter, but he cites the fact
that by operation of the option law in
the different counties hundreds of So
looms, which in former years paid
$3.50 each to the State, are now closed,
and the State derives no revenue from
such sources; aud that In the main the
consumption of whisky has not beeu
materially diminished. Upon this view
of facts. he win introduce a bill in the
Legislature, Immediately upon its as
sombling, taxing all drug stores, and
houses dealing anyway il liquor,
sum equal 20 the revenue lost by the
closing Of saloons.
Speaking of Senator George, reminds
us that the CoURIEa likely did him
injustice in regard to the employment
OF thel peuitentisry couvicts. When
visiting Hickman, this week, he said
he fully. endorsed our position as to
working them on the county roads,
but differs only as TO its practicsbility.
His efforts will be in favor of anything
feasible in this direction.
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THE sun.
REV YoaK
1879.
1873.

1879. REV YG2K. 1879.
As the time approaches for the renewal
of scriptions, The Sun would remind
its friends and wellwishers everywhere.
that il is again a candidate fer their con-
sideration and support. Upon its record
for the past ten years it relies for ces-
tinuance of the hearty sympathy and gen
crous CO operation which have hitherto
been extended to it from every quarter of
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giving the news of the day. it also con-
tains a large amount of literary and mis-
cellaneous matter specially prepared for
it. The SUNDAY Sun has met with great
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the Canadas, and beyond. Ninety thou
sand families greet it's welcome pages
weekly, and regard it in the light Of
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EDIsoN's new lamp is nov a cOnced'
ed success. 1t will save half the cost
for oil, abolish the use of matches, can
be used in powder magazine with as
much safety as cold iron, makes nc
smoke, and will enable any small town
to be as we'll lighted as cities pow are
with gas.
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DIR. j. l.. Bone, of Arlington. sued
Messrs. w. L. Ringo and Benny Cum
Minis for damages in the sum of $4,000
before the Common Pleas Court, on the
ground of false imprisonment. The
case is an outgrowth of the Arlington
burglary case that was tried in the
Ballard Circuit Court several months
ago, in which Mr.. Bone was made par
'y defendant, under indictment by the
grand jury, but was acquitted on trial
|-TClinton Democrat
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Conn m1isSi~nS

FUTON Circuit Court hett~chy.
Frank Millers adm, prIif,
against Equity
Frank Miller's heirs and credit
ors, defendants.
Notice ia hereby given to the creditors
Of Frank Miller, deceased, that the
undersigned, Commissioner of the Fulton
Circuit Court, under an order in the
above styled cause, will attend at the
County Court Clerks office, in Hickman.
KY, from the date hereof until tie 4th
dondsy of January. 1880. to receive aud
hear proof 81 claims against said decedent;
tnd that all claims not presented TO him
aud proven as required By law, within the
time specified above, will be forever bar
red. JNO. A. WILSON,
Master Comm'r Fulton Circuit Court.
septI-lo79.
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Tue count in Maine is creating q
Juror of excitement. The following
circular gives an indication:
NEW YoRK, Dec. ga dispatch
FROM Washington says: "a circular,
without any signature, has been sent
TO the clerks in the departments from
Maine, who served 10 the Union army
during the war, ordering them to SO
arrange their affairs that they can meet
without delay at the Grand Army hall
to organize a rife club and start at
once for Augusta, Me. The circular
says that uniforms, great coats aud caps
have been furnished, aud raiions, trans
portation aud a supply of Spencer ri
fies will be provided on the way North.
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John B. Clay is the only child of
Henry Clay now living. He has a
comfortable home at Lexington, owning
200 OF the PaterRal acres and many
beautiful horses.
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A COMMITTEE of Congressman are
to inspect the Mississippi river frOnits
source to its mouth, next March, at
Uncle Sans expense.
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GRANT will be the Republican caDdl-
date for President; but if 20, Blaine
stands next.
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MAYoR,s MESSAGE,

Honorable City Council Of Hickman, Ky.:
Gentlemen-In pursuance of the re-
quirements of our charter, |, herewith,
through you, submit TO our c tizens re-
port of the financial condition Of our city.
Our charter requiring this statement this
early, before the whole years business
is closed:up, renders il impossible to he
exact, ssand this difficulty has been greatly
increased through the remissness of our
tax collector in not closing up his collcc
ton of the revenue he being at this time
twenty-five hundred dollars behind.
Yet, | am confident that when all the
settlements are in and the accounts of
the year are all closed, it will not be
found to vary in any particular as much
as one hundred dollars from my state
ment herein. The statement is predica-
ted upon the condition our finances will
be in when all the accounts are closed up,
including tax collector
You, gentlemen, began your duties un-
der more unfavorable auspices than any
previous council for years. After ex
hausting the revenue of 1878 you had to
meet nine hundred and eighty six dol
lars of part due funded bonds, aDdttwo
thousand dollars of unpaid checks, with
out n dollar in the treasury. In addition
to this, our city al just passed through
dreadful scourge, resulting from her
miserable sanitary condition, and you
had been elected upon q distinct under
standing that no expense should be
spared to remove every cause of unhealth-
mess and disease. How well this pledge
has been redeemed, the unparalleled
health of our city for the past year, suf-
iciently attest
Total revenue collected of 1879, Sc, 900 90
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No more Congress until Jaouary s

The Courts sustain the Postmaster
General in the order not to deliver
letters to lottery men.
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To the State OF New York snow has
fallen to the depth Of seven feet
The tobacco crop in Graves county
this year Is the best aud largest ever
raised.
The world is still pretty much in the
dark concerning the electric light
The New York Herald says it hs~
been perfected aud is success, while
the Tribune regards the latest work
upon it as pretty much thrown away.
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TnEY have been enjoying extreme
cold weather in the North recently.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

North Carolina sweet potatoes are coming
North.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30
GBs Smprna Gimss.
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, July 30.

EXTENDING THE WHEAT CULTURE SOUTH
The Macan Telegraph announces that for
the first time in the history of Georgia the
local mills find wheat in sufficient abund-
ance to run them without drawing supplies
of wheat from the North. There are I'M
doubtedly parts of Central Georgia where
wheat can be grown to perfection, for there
the soil is a stiff clay loan and is rich in
the elements that wheaet requirs. But
even upon the sandy soils of that State it
appears that good wheat crops can be raised
by the application of fertilizers, and if care
be taken in the tillage. 1t seem to be a
remarkable thing that in such soils wheat
should be grown, as the Telegraph states,
as far south in Georgia as the Florida line.
This success has been achieved by the use
of the drill Nor is it only in Georgia that
the cultivation of wheat is extending. In
Northwestern South Carolina the Germans
have demonstrated that excellent crops OF
both wheat and rye can be raised by deep
drilling and manuring with the waste OF
the barnyard composted with muck and
pine skaters. The seed is drilled in
punches, the drills being sufficiently wide
apart to admit of running narrow cultiva
| tor between. After while the wheat
tillers and covers the whole ground. Three
crops of rye for forage are cut there by the
| Germans in one season.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

THE ToMATo.-Some of our Oldest readers
remember when the tomato was first intro
duced into this section more as an orna.
ment than a vegetable. To give an idea Of
the consumption of this vegetable, the fol-
lowing statistics recently published in the
American Grocer shows the amount of toma-
toes canned in 1878 to be l9,66S,000 pack
ages, as follows: New Jersey, 5,592,0O0;
Maryland, 6,84o,OOO; Delaware, 1,8S4,OOO;
Massachusetts, 100000; PENNSYLVANIA, 1922.
600; Pacific coast, 100000; Western and
other States, 100000. This makes no &C
count of the vast quantities canned by
families for private use, nor of the great
| amount eaten in the raw state. The prices
for the year have averaged from go cents tC
81. 10 per dozen, making the value of thi
| industry to the trade something more thar
$l,600,000.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

A NERVE TURNER.-Now for the nerves
Now for those little filform organs that give
our American bodies more trouble than do
those pesky, little politicians our American
souls. An Italian physician of high stand
ing claims that he has discovered method
of tuning up nerves-actually tuning them
Just as the strings of a violin, guitar or harp
are tuned. Moreover, he proposes to bring
the cords into such harmony that the ner-
vously-disordered person shall be instantly
and entirely relieved. He says that the
nerves lose their tone, justa musical in
strument loses tone. If they are run down
alike it is of small consequence, as they will
still be in unison; but when some run down
completely, some partially and others not
at all, harmony is wholly destroyed and
nervous suffering is the necessary result.
Thus far the Italian goes and no farther
he doesn't give US single hint as to how
the tuning will be done. Should he come
to this country, however, he can find any
number of subjects to experiment upon
His idea certainly is a delightful one.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

The improvement Of property on the sea
shore and the increase in its value
are among the wonderful things in the way
of business enterprise of the present time.
From Sandy Hook to Cape May every avail.
able place for bathing and the enjoyment Of
sea air has been. or soon will be, taken up
and built upon. Localitses which few
years ago were in undisputed possession oi
the sea gull, sand snipe and mud hen have
been converted into pleasant places fol
Summer residence, and value given tc
them which is astonishing to those who. in
former generation, believed that " New
Jersey was but shovelful of sand left after
the world was made, and thrown there be
cause there was no other place in which tc
put it."
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30
TUFTS PILLS

IRE compounded from substances that are
free from any properties that can inJuro
the most delicate organization. They
Search, Cleanse, Purify, and Inyigorate
the entire System. BY relieving the en-
GorRcd Liver, they cleanse the blood
from poisonous humors, and thus impart
health and vitality to the body, causing
the bowels to act naturally, without
which no one can feel well.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

There's bound to be trouble in this old
country yet. They are Taunton Massachu-
setts and Macon Georgia mad.-Bur6ngton
Hawkeye. And South Carolina is Aiken for
another whipping.-Philadelphia Bulletin;
And Wisconsin is Madison old hen and
even little Rhode Island is beginning TO
Bristol up.--BoSton Post. And Maine says
she will Bangor hair anyway; and let Ohio
Conover the subject, fearing no harm be-
cause Illinois talks Fiatt as she sees North
Carolina Raleigh round the fng.-Au6'"n
Advertiser.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

The latest news from Europe report ex-
traordinary heavy storms all over Europe.
The crops are badly damaged and in some
places, entirely destroyed. 1t is estimated
that Europe will have to to pay out to for
eipn country this year for food, over $780,.
100000, and of this amount America will
get more than half. While they will be
sorry for the poor inhabitants of Europe,
our farmers will be glad to hear this news.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

The Now Orleans Times has from the first
declared that the negro exodus from Louis
lana was not instgatsd by landsharks or
railroad agents, According to its report
the mania not only continues, but has
reached the sugar plantations and threatens
ruin to the agricultural, industrial and
commercial interests Of the State. The
Times holds that the exodus is the result OF
a spirit of dissatisfaction with their sur
roundings and of sense of insecurity on
the part of the negro.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

General Walker estimates that the com.
ing census will add ten millions to the of
fetal figures of the population Of the coun.
try-making it 4S,000000. This will prob.
ably be we'll ascertained in time for use in
proportions at the Presidential conventions.
1t is barely possible that some of the orators
will call it 50O00,000.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

A prominent New York trunk line presi-
dent says that within twenty years the rail
road fare between New York and Chicago
will not be more than $5, and may be as
low as 81. He thinks the roads could max Q
money at those rates now, it they had
plenty of patronage.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

Trustworthy advice from the silver min.
ing region in Montgomery county Arkansas,
near Hot Springs, are to the effect that rich
ore near the surface has been discovered in
many places, covering an area of several
miles. California, and Colorado miners
now there concur in saying the prospect is
very good AS yet there is no satisfactory
discoTary Of true fissure vein.
Smyrna times., 1879-07-30

Heavy French orders for wheat are said
to have been lately received at New
Orleans. This indicates an important
movement, and shows something of the eff.
feet the ietty outlet will have on the com.
merce of the Mississippi.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
REFORMING BAD BOKSAND GIRLS.

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AT RANDALLS ISLAND.
CURIOUS PHASES OF REFoRHAToRY LFE-How THE
BOYS AND GIRLS WORK AND sTCDY-INrEREsT-
ING FACTS AND FIGURES.
TO anyone riding by on Harlem or a Sound
steamboat buildings forming the House of Refuge on
Randala Island present very picturesque and quiet
appearance. The walks carefully laid out the grass
is closely clipped and the great trees throw pleasant
shade over the lawns Behind the brick walls and with
in the shops where the boys and girls work during the
dav busy scene Is visible There at present about
G25 boys and girls in the institution The average age
OF the inmates about thirteen and one-half years,
some being young six seven and few being as
old as nineteen over Ouehaf Of those In the House In
1873 we're Of Irish PARENTS about onesixth Ger
mans and the rest from the United states, Eng
land and the Continental countries The boys and girls
are sent TO the Island for all kinds OF Offences the chief
OF which petit larceny, vasrancY ds0rdery con-
duct picking pockets and truancy None are taken over
sixteen years old at The time Of cJmmtta Toe children
are committed their minority but are discharged or
are sent 70 farms or placed IN families when their
conduct and their proficiency their studies warrant
the managers IN allo wing them 10 leave the Island
The day WITH the boys and girls busy and some
what long one At 5:lj a. the bell rings and they
emerge from their little cells and gather round the big
washing tub. From 10 o'clock they meet IN the
school rooms and listen 20 Lectures some TOPICS OF
practice penmanshIp. This hour lie preparatory 10 the
of the day. At 1880 breakfast - served III inc
large, scrupulousy clean, airy diningrooms. The
youthful appetite appears TO be good for about five ana
oneaf OF -four and many huge OF potatoes
are devoured After breakfast the bows and girls
90 10 work The former In many run hand knitting
machines stitch Overals with steam power make wire
cloth which is worked into sleeves and into enormous
rat traps The little fellows with bare work away
ke beavers for each has task % hnish and II he
works hard he can hour TO play ball ia the yard
An II In. he
the boys say they very quick 10 learn and much
good work comes from their nmole fingers. They are
fu OF mi chef regard visitor with couiica looks
when let out for minutes rest they come tumbhng
down stairs and run The yard with great gee
Many OF them are Drghteyed, intellisentookng boys
The girls spend hoday IN mending, washing and IRON
ing the vast quantities OF clothes that sent TO them
every week They finish much Of the work that the
bows do They make all Of their own aud the boys
clothes and all are busy from morning 10 night In
1873 800 shirts were made by the gfs. and 51-@Os
pieces were washed.
About Q or 3 D. m. the boys begin TO appear In the
yard which is surrounded by high wall. They have
comp,sted the task set Tor them. and are ready Tor