The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-14
ITEMS Of General interest.

poGIUt delegates TO the state conNeu-
ton
Thirty five thousand dollars con
tributed by the worlds charity to the
relief of the sick aud needy of Mem
phs is tied up by garnishments OF the
boudhoders.
The people ought to squelch the
.trimmers A man who Is afraid TO
express an opinion, or who has none
to express. has no business in repre-
sentative body
Our exchanges report very dis
couraging accounts FROM the fruit crop
in all parts of the State Apples and
peaches are both reported killed 10
many localities.
Memphis rather likes the abolitio .
of her autonomy 1t has burst the
city rings into smithereens aud left
local politicians with their occupation
gone Mobile aud Dallas talk of fol-
lowing Memphis example.
The question is frequently asked, of
what denomination of christians is the
Rev. Dewitt Talmadge He is in full
fellowship with that branch of the 0 d
School Presbyterian Church. known
as the General Assembly division, and
| a regular ordained minister.
Kentucky has 500 lunatics in Asy
lums and l27 children in the Feeble
minded INSTITUTION The outside cen
sus is too stupendous for publication,
but many of the names are to be found
in the candidates column of the coun
try press Emmett Logan.
Candidates for the Legislature who
/ dare not make known their convictions
on the measures likely to engage the
attention OF that body next winter
are dangerous Representatives They
may vote contrary to the convictions
aud interests OF their constituents
A Western Journal assures US, up.
on what authority we do not know
that so far Grants sojourn 10 Europe
has cost him fourteen dollars in actu
al cash, This sum he must have
expended TOR hack hire during the
lameness of one Of Lord Singleton +
carriage horses aud for his dinner
while in Cork Courier Journal.
The people wilt vote next August
on the proposition to hold a Consti-
tuional Convention Intelligent cit
liens will fnd il profitable to study the
Constitution il the meantime, that their
votes may be cast intelligently. MANY
of the best informed men of the State
believe that Constitutional Conveu
ton ought to be held. and the sacred
document revised aud improved.
A Magistrate court at Stanford,
Ky, the other day, emporarily set up
the whipping post Two little negro
boys were convicted Of stealing Ow
ing to the extreme youth of the boys
the court agreed to dismiss the case ii
the mothers oil the boys would prop
erly whip them. The mothers agreed
to this, aud we judge did the work
! effectively, for the account says they
''liserally tore the boys to pieces"
Another. candidate for the Demo.
cratic nomination TO the Office of
Lieutenant Governor withdraws from
the contest: Hon. Henry A Tyler
has long served in the State Senate
aud is. perhaps the most competent
man that has yet offered for the posi-
ton of presidin. ofice of that body
Meade and Marshall have instructed
their twenty FIVE votes for him, but he
l. unwilling to enter into the personal
scramble now going on, and there
fore steps back into the position of
honor-a private station.-Courier
Journal
The late city of Memphis having
become, by the repeal OF her city char
ter. only taxing district, certain un
forseen Inconvenience have made
themselves felt. For instance, a law
was passed by the Tennessee Legisla-
ture in 1877 prohibiting the sale Of
intoxicating liquors within four miles
of any incorporated institution of
learning. under heavy peualty This
law does not apply to municipal cor
porations, but Memphis being no long
err corporation, the. grand jury in
session in the taxing district embraced
in its late limits is compelled to do
its duty, aud the saloon keepers are
on the ragged edge. Thus virtue has
its reward.
In the Massachusetts Legislature a
bill is under consideration which pro
vides that tramps shall be punished by
Imprisonment at hard labor for one
year. and that ''any tramp who shall
enter any dwellinghouse or any un-
occupied building. or kindie any FIRE
in the highway or on the land OF an
other, without the consent of the oc
cupant or owner thereof, or shall be
found carrying any firearms or other
dangerous weapons, or shall threaten
TO do any injury to the person or pro
perty of another shall be punished by
imprison at hard labor 10 the House of
Correction or State Work house not
more than two years. The enact
ment is not applicable to any female,
to minor under is years of age. to
any blind person. nor to any person
who has a eerti6ctable character from
the Seleetmen of the town of which be
was last an inhabitant.
3EsssIssipps River sslsi Passed.
The passage of the Mississippi Riy
err Improvement Commission bill place.
the whole subject Of the river aud the
protection Of the allayial lands on
proper basis There are only three
plans to be considered by the Com
missiou-,he leveas, jetties aud out
leta Tie h IT has haen dannnrtratad