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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

More than COO race horses are iu
training in Kentucky.
The Detroit house of correction is a
very profitable institution. The pros
fits for one year were $4,000.
Emigration from Germany to this
country is becoming 80 heavy the ship
companies are compelled to charter
extra ships.
In covering R;ddleberger into their
par the Republicans indorse the re.
pudiation of s12 600 600 of Virginia.
Indebtedness
Oscar De La Fayette. grandson of
the Marquis De La Fayette. is dead
He had expected to attend the York
town celebration next fall.
THE Pope has found it necessary TO
caution the faithful against fraudulent
relics Of the martyrs. which it is said.
have been shipped to this country for
speculative purposes.
Mourn BAKER. in Washington
Territory. IS belching forth clouds of
black smoke. and red hot eruptioo is
feared The old earth is uneasy above
and beneath the surface everywhere.
A special dispatch from Mckenzie,
Tenn, tells of the final capture in
Missouri of old Dow Crockett. who has
10 a mysterious way been putting eouu-
'erfeit money in circulation for thirty
years.
Among the last bills that became
laws before the adjournment of the
10th Congress was one TO refuod-4o
Kentucky $500 900 for arming. equip
ping and transporting troops during
he war.
Texas and Arkansas seem disposed
TO follow the lead of North Carolina in
the matter of prohibiting the liquor
traffic One branch OF the Legislature
in each Of these States has voted by
large maiorities to submit the question
Of prohibition TO the pOpulor vote
Albert Gallatin Hodges, The oldest
newspaper man 10 Kentucky on the
day Of his death. died 10 Louisville on
Z
county, Va. 10 1902, was a prominent
man in Kentucky for nearly half
century; was for years prominently
connected With tie D lsonie fraterni y
of the State.
SENATOR MALONE has two sons and
a daughter old enough to take their
places 10 society at the capital. His
i wife, very accomplished woman, who
/ j. the exact contrast to her husband
/ physically, weighing more than two
hundred pounds. i a daughter of Mr.
/ Butler. formerly Treasurer OF Virginia
aud is said to have been beauty IN
her day.
FALL River operatives, who are get
ting Sl,U8 a day, have struck for
higher wages. Mos, likely they voted
the Republican presidential ticket last
fall Oh the idea that better times could
be thus secured How often the Re-
publican consolldatiooists have befool-
ed the working peoplel There seems
to be no limit TO their gullibiliiy. For
twenty years Republican policy has
made the very rich richer aud the poor
aud middle classes poorer
+ During political campaign in Mich
igsu a well known lawyer was address
+ lug an audience composed principally
/ OF farmers in Gratiot countv. | q order
+ 10 win their confidence, ne said: M y
friends. nv -ympafhies have Away
been with the filters of the soil NJ
father was practical farmer. aud SO
vas my grandfather before him | was
myself reared or q farm. aud was. so to
/ speak, born between two stalks oil
corn " Here the speaker was rudely
interrupted By some one IN The au-
dience, who exclaimed. "A pumkin,
by jingol"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

The Austrian government has Joined
the French in prohibiting the impOr-
tation of pork, bacon or in fact any
hog product FROM America. The
British government is considering the
same thing. Our authorities are doing
what they can to show that the reports
of disease 10 our swine are not true.
We will be 10 bad FIX if Europe re
fuses to receive our hogs aud cattle.
The situation is dangerous.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

TEXAS is about to enact q general
law giving railroads chartered in that
State the right to exercise corporate
privileges in other States. This is for
the purpose of facilitating the scheme
Of General Grant aud Victor Newcomb
to connect Louisville, Cairo aud Mem
phis with Texas by narrow guage rail
ways. Under the Gould syndicate all
the railways catering Texas are under
one management. while the narrow
guage railway is to be an Independent
affair. This narrow gaage system is
assuming considerable proportions, as
ID 10 calculated that 1900 miles of rail
will be laid from Cairo to the Rio
Grande within Is months, and by that
time there will be a continuous line
eastward to New York. This project
is engineered by some OF The best rail
way talent IN the country, and backed
by large capitalists. That it will be a
great success may therefore be safely
predicted
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

TIE New York Herald announces
that the reference made by the PIesi-
dent in his inaugural to the Mormon
troubles, was not an idle vsporing, bat
that Garfield proposes to enforce the
law aud put an end to poIygsmy 10
the territories. will be no small Job
as it has been growing nuisance for
many years. 1t is time that polygamy
is ended or the laws changed to reeog
nize it.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

TIE convention of railroad freight.
rate protestauts, at Lexington, offers
slim results to those who expected
cures for all existing railroad evils.
The free pass system was denounced,
and Legislature was asked to make the
officer receiving one penal offender
Congressman from Kentucky were re-
quested to assist the passage Of bill
restricting freight charges.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01
The FrenChHog scare.

At the meeting OF the French
Academy o Medical Science last month.
there was big pow-wow about Amer
lean pork, and as consequences the
French Goverumen, hastily prohibited
the importation of nat article from
tbi, country. l is worth noting that
three distinguished French physiciaos
Dr. Colin, Dr. Dovaine and DR. Vallin,
ridiculed be right, aud one Of them
denied that a single case of trieh
iuosis had ever happened in France
from the use of American meats.
Several leading medical journals 10
Paris also denounced the action of the
Government a. precipitate. 1t was a
clear case of hog panic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

The Stale Commissioner Of Agricul
ture 10 his February repori says. 1.-The
condition of late sown wheat is deplor.
able. Earlier sown is doing fairly
we'll. especially where it was put 10
with drill. The same is true of bar
ley aud other small grsio, while later
sown could not give less promising
prospect. IL has bees lifted to the
surface by freezes aRd thaws, and
presents a dead appearance. Ia fact,
much of il is dead. As indicative OF
its condition aud appearance, the state
ment of one is that ii looks as if il
could be swept up with a broom.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

THB press of Russia are now openly
advocating q constitution, aud are not
doing so 10 ambiguous terms. The
feelings of the present Gear are in
consonance with those of his father
Predecessors, and the moral effect of
the recent explosion on him remains
10 be seen
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

ADvIcEs from Germany state that in
come parts of Schleswig and Posen eu-
tire villages are being depopulated by
the emigration Of their Inhabitants, and
that even this early 10 the season the
Hamburg ADD Bremen steamers are
bringing over large numbers Of steerage
Passengers.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

MALONE is beginning to gather the
price Of his treachery to the Demo
cratic party A part of bis bargain
with the Republicans was that he
should be allowed to select the Ser
geant at. Arms Of the Senate.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

Hon. Tom TURNER estimates that
the proportion which Kentucky re.
ceives for purposes of education and
internal improvements out of the sum
paid by her into the public treasury is
one-fonrth of one per cent.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

THE remains of the late Car have
at length been consigned to the impe
rial vault in the Cathedral of SITS Pc
ter ADD Paul, where it is to be hoped
no nitroslyeeriue will be applied to
them. The Nihilists are after live
game, aud it is probable Alexander's
mutilated body will rest in peace.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

WIN. NJ. EvARTs, Allen g. Thur
man aud Timothy o. Howe, Commits
sioners from the United States 10 the
International Monetary Conference at
Paris. will sail By the Inmau Line
steamship City of Richmond, April 2
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

The railroad blockade 10 the North
west is more serious than was supposed.
Some roads will not be open for a
week and upon all the lines there is
great difficulty in getting men to show
ell. Snow blindness aud other difficult
ties make the work of clearing away
very difficult.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

TaE scare iu Europe about diseas ed
pork has caused marked effect on the
market. 1t is said the reports are all
a matter of speculation, gotten up to
bear the market.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

The Memphis Avalauche gives the
good news that there is more business
and less politics iu the South than ever
before known"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

Ma c. p. HUNTINGDON. one of the
great railroad kings, has contracted to
complete the Paducah and Memphis
road. This insures the work.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

CAPr. j. o, JOHNSON, OF Benton,
was fouud dead in his room at the
European Hotel, Paducah, last Sunday.
Cause Of death not known.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

A Clerk of the Court of Appeals,
Capt Tom G Poore would prove a.
efficient as be has been 10 the House
of Representatives. 1t ia doubtful
whether any - -. State could
defeat him - Yeomau
The old Democratag5Esf Western Ken
lucky vii! stand as 6rm as the rock of
Gibralter for him for Clerk of the
Court of Appeals.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01
Donhre md rmIsted.

4 laugbable circumstance once took
place upon trial in Lancashire where
the Rev Mr. Wood was examined as
witness Upon giving his name
Ottiwell Wood the judge, addressing
tie reverend per-on, said: Pray. Mr.
Wood now do you -pell your name?"
The old gentleman replied;
% double T,
| double u,
+ aouble l..
Double u,
Double o. D."
Upon which the astonished lawyer
laid down his pen. saying it was the
most extraordinary name be had ever
met 10 his lite, add after two or three
attempts declared he was unable to
record it, The court was COW ulsed
with laughter.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

Many people who f. merly traded
at Hickman. now rush TO Fulton to
avail themselves Of tie great bargains
offered Il Fulton Index
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

HE barge rate on grain from 81.
Louis to New Orleans IS s cents a
bushel, and the ocean raie thence TO
Liverpool is about 90 cents making
% cents bushel from 81. Louis to
Liverpool by the river route. The rail
rate from st. Louis to New York is 10
cents bushel, and the ocean rate
thence to sAlVerpasl 17scsats-m aking
30 cents a bushel from ST Louis to
Liverpool through NsW York or any
other Atlantic port aere is a differ
ence of 4 cents buhsl, therefore, in
favor Of the river rus-and this can
be increased to Z cents when barge
rates shall be reduced to cents
busbel between ST bouts and New
Orleans rate which will still leave
good profit. The Mississippi river
route, therefore, offers iwo considerable
advantages over the riil route to New
York; difference off cents a bushel
10 freight and one D three days in
time.-[St Louis Republican.
The farmers will ee at once that
this cents bushel is the tax which
railroad combinations impose on Agri-
cultural products; and to ralieve them
of this tax is the object Of the friends
Of river improvement. 1t is conceded
that the improvement of the rivers is
the only certain means Of holding the
railroads down to reasonable rates.
Let the farmer make the calculation
for himself at the rate of cents
bushel on all the products of his field,
aud then apply it to the thirty million
of farmers in the country, and see what
a tax the farmers aIe paying, yearly,
not to have the rivers improved The
appropriations BY Congress for the inn
provement of the rivers denounced by
some as an extravagaot waste of the
peoples money, when set down side
By side with the cost to the farmers in
shipping their produce, will prove to
be "magnihcentIy snail"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

One hundrsd people are supposed
to have persisted 10 the burning OF the
Italian Opera House at Nice.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01


TIE United States Senate has been
at dead lock the wst two weeks.
MahOne's vote gives ecg Republicans
one majority; aud fonp dis, it is said,
the Republicans bargaiOed to allow
Malone to name one of bis Virginia
Democrats for Sergeant at Arms, which
ONCE controls the largest official pat
rouage of the Senate, aud the RePuo
hcaus name the Secretary. Malone
named one Riddleberger for SereeaOt'
aud the Republicans Mr.. Gorbam for
Secretary. The Democrats are strong
enough to prevent this election by
"hllibustering. and have succeeded so
fer. Both sides are determined not to
yield, and, therefore, the "blOck" is
likely to remain for some time. The
Republican having, with Malone, one
majority, mus: ultimately elect. But
it is probable the Democrats may force
them to give up "Mahone's man, and
elect two strait Republicans.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31
Bears and Hornets.

The Blooming Grove Pa.) CORE
spondcnt OF the Philadelphia Times
writes: Bears have been far more plen-
tiful this year than for many seasons
past. There are many extensive for
ests of beech and oak in the counties of
WAYNE. Pike and Monroe, with vast
outlying swamp lands of laurel. hem
lock AMI tamarack Despite the fact
that these forests are penetrated BY the
Erie Railroad, the black bear makes
in them his breeding and feeding haunts
almost as freely rs scores of years ago,
before civilization had made any ad-
vance in this section. Along the bor-
ders of these great swamps is a wide
strip of soft mud. These swamps are
almost inaccessible to man, and the
bears make them their places of refuge.
When the bears are plenty this border
of mud is full of the animals tracks.
In many places the mud is found hol-
lowed out in wide spots eight or ten
feet long, three or four feet wide. and
two feet deep. Should large patches
of scrub oaks be found beaten down to
the ground it is sure sign that the
bears have been working" there and
feeding on the acorns. They rise on
their launches among the scrub oaks
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31

Yesterday afternoon negro boy
came very near being run over by the
locomotive of the special train. Had it
not been that an old negro, at the risk
OF his own life, seized the boy by the
collar and jerked him backward just as
the COW catcher reached him. he would
undoubtedly have been cut TO pieces. A
gentleman who witnessed the heroic act
said to the old negro: 1siil g.
81 suppose you are the father OF that
boyP'
mo. sab; his fodder lbs out in de
country. and sends de boy totown to
get his editication. DE boy boards wild
me, sah.'' sfs sT -.,.
o..Yoa seem 10 take great deal of in
terest IN him."
..Indeed I does. sab. His fodder
owes me foah, two mnmfs board OBJ dat
boy; so YOU see dis ain't de right time
foah him to be run ober by de kears."
-Gdtreston Nescs. llsIi'a .r.a ~,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31
A MANS LIFE.

One song above all songs sing,
One SONG that breaihes of love and spring
A name life Is "A precious thing,
l know that we who live to-day
Are born to dream and die as they
Whose forms have wholly passed away.
Tint we. whose hearts are bold and stout.
Are weak discoveries cast about
Amid the windy sess of doubt.
The simple faith Of other years
Is mufiied music ~ our ears.
A voice of longing chsked with tears:
For we have lost the holy trace
DfGOd. tine unknowabie one. whose face
Is hidden in darkness for space:
And many men are prone TO swear
That God Is but the souls despair,
A being as ghostly as the air
Thai nut of passion and sweet breath
Shall come whatever wisdom saith.
One everlasting night OF death.
Alas. know that sorrow dwells
Within the soul a sound In bells,
That hearts are often flaming bells:
know that bitter crime and lust
Are part OF our polluted dust
The damned are kindred 10 the Just.
i know il all. and yet sing
As freely as a bird in spring
A mans life Is precious thing.
For though life darken and death be fleet
There is a Heaven for hearts that meet,
A Heaven OF passion wildly sweet
And strong men feel n fierce delight
In the hard brun; and toll OF light:
They conquer nobly where they smite-
To live Is TO aspire. 10 hear
Through harsh. discordant cries the clear
True voice Of hope forever near.
To rise beyond the earth, u find
ETHEREAL heighfs whcreon tn mind
May sweep and circle like a wind.
And oh IL il enough 10 be,
To feel and hear. and think, and see,
To know t6at ayes dwell In me.
And there is rspture in thr thought
That am SO diviuely wrought
Time ctpnot make me wholly naught.
What though faint AMI perish.
Have thar within me VIII ich Is high
AZ God and infinite n the sky.
--deorge I'd Jdr Montgomery.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31
Have Cows Front Teeth ia Their Up
per Jaws.

A couple of Third Ward citizens met
each other on the sidewalk last Monday
morning as they We're starting for their
places of business, and one of them,
who resides ON Van Bnren street, asked
the other. u jackson street man. if cows
had any front teeth on their upper Jaw.
The jackson street man was a little
astonished at the question, as there had
been nothing said about COWS, but re-
piled promptly:
why. Of course they have front
teeth on their upper jaw; how could
they bite eff grass If they hadn'tP"
The Van Buren, street man said il was
not question of logic, but question
of fact; and il the Jackson street man
dill not Know whether COWS had front
\ teeth on the upper jaw or not. he ought
Ito say so. Il did not ask you for your
fopinion," he said; IL asked if You
knew"
The jackson street man was little
nettled At this. aad replied with some
warmth. He said if be had a child
three years old who would ask such
question as that he should be afraid the
child was an idiot ri
on WoelC:
~ certainly should."
Then" said the Van Buren, street
man. las il is such simple question,
of course YOU can tell me whether cows
have got front teeth on their upper jaws
or whether they have not"
"Why, of course they have"
'They have, eh?' It4 f
"lesn 6aa.r1
IN bet Won ten dollars they
haven t." said the Van Buren, street
citizen. pulling ont roll OF bills. aud
peeling OFT a couple of tiyes and shaking
them at his neighbor. - Put upor shut
up"
There IS some internal catch about
this thing" said the other. suspicious
"; II might have known ii, too. the
minute you asked ME such an internal
idiotic question,
No catch nj all about it." replied
the other, . if CONS have got front teeth
on their upper jaws the ten dollars is
yours Ii they haven't the money is
mine Nothing could be fairer than
that, could there?n -,i.z
But still the jackson street man hest
tata2 IL was barely possible that cows
did not have any front teeth on their
upper jaws. He remembered, then.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31

He gave all the hackmen ii the
Uuion Depot stand-off, brushed the
boot blacks right and left, and shout
dered his sixty pounds of baggage and
started up Jefferson avenue in search
of tavern. He was right up and
down man. and he wanted to strike a
tavern where they had an old-fashioned
boiled dinner.
Just come in from Lansing" he
observed, as he fell in with a pedes-
trian.
Did eh?" Been out to the Legis-
lature?r
"You bet have I'm not a men,
Der, but l made things hum out tn ere
all the same"
Have bill?"
mot exactly. / come down from
- County to take the kinks out of
our member He was sailing in with a
high head, and if I'd waited ten days
whole State. What dye think"
81 dunno"
"He wouldn't speak to me when /
first got there! Think of that! Up
home there we rated him about No. 4,
and sent him down to Lansing more
because none of the rest of us could
leave. and he wanted to cut me
colder'n a wedye! What do YOU
think ~,
Rather mean.n e
"You bet, But | lowered his nose
bit. We'd heard how he was prancing
around and puttino ON airs and making
out that he run our county. and a few
of us rot torether and wrote him a let
ter. Il didn't seem to do any GOOD.
and so we rot together again and thew
sent me down 10 put on the curry
CONT" -ti m.
..And Won did?-
.D;dn't 10 He'd mt in about a
aozen h;i,s .tfect;pc orr county and T
mashaJ ali hnt two He had laid him.
self ont for six or seven speeches. and
mashed ali but one. The first day |
GOT there he was supporting motions
and moving to amend and Strike ont.
hut | mirhtv soon let him understand
that no such chat passed for oratorv
with us. He tried to bulldoze me at
first. hut when he found that his con-
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-03-31

Twelve persons in the city Of New
Washington. .h,.r-s q. e,,-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-02-15
DISTRICT COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURT-JUSTICE NACARTETr-R -Rridoet
vs. Took of calendar; Smith vs. Linlins, same action:
Hunter rs. Wayman, Judgment by default: johnson
p r% III Ferry S9nPahy Iq1Ty out; directed to
verdict rr ti,,i,ttif # for siOo. ITs;,, g -; W ~
ie1Eei TO amend declaration; Chapman, Hosmer d Co.
S. NlSbey ct al, rule on defendant to employ new
,EQrITY CoURT-JUsrICE Cox.-McCauley VS..
hEShts OF 81 Patrick demurrer sustained with leave
10 amend Brney vs. Leonard distribution by truS-
zee approved. In re Charlotte Thomas, lunac Will
I I H Bayne appointed committee. Chaves VS..
IlIieT vs. Hopkins: sale ratified finally and cause re-
ERRED 10 the auditor Tenley Tenley; submitted.
A I NS. key: auditor 5 report ratified.
IkHBATE COCRT-JCSTICE CON.-In re will of
Jon Wilson; viii and codcile admitted 10 probate.
anu record and letters teStaInentary issued
NiEEiiaINAL CoCET-JCsrICE JAMEs.-JOhn Silas
t''iAIlail Johnson, murder of James T. Johnson: on
rI i gMls NiGkenS held TO await the action of the
SS',nu Jury on the charge of burglary. Washington
alexander committed 10 jail as witness.
S. ASSIGNMENTS FOR TO-DAY.
ttills tOurt Of the 1hief-J Justice Cartier
,5' ~ scS Nyiie and Hagner.-Nn. 81 Quinn Dis
1. u Colunb.; No. - District OF Columbia John
Pay VS Holden; No Il, Mccormick VS.. Freed
I,' Siyilgs and Trust Company; 81, National
JI.'',lgl9lliSn Bank vs.. Hitz; No 53lS, Ferry vs..
II,,istey; No: 81. Simmons vs.. Douglass; No. 571s,
H. 'y vs. Griffith; No. ~. GuntOn vs.. Zanzinger.
H ~ WalIach Fairfield: No J9ss Capitol Hill
i',,s:lalS Association vs. Hilton.
a. SttEGN Ccurt-Justice MacArthur.-Appeal calen-
~ NO; 81 NcJil vs.. Dixon. Regular calendar-NO.
,oWd vs.. Ackers executor; No 81, Wilson vs. Sal
81 az No l3, Berger Goldsein et al; No. I9S,
Jones V 3Iurtagh; No I9a Busey vs. aIagarrity No.
" Liunaud vs. Davis: No. 29i. Guinand VS.. Davis /;
~ ~ Soper vs.. Woodruff ct AL; No. 2O6 Equitable
49, insurance Society W. Keyer ct al: No. 2lS,
GG..liiiiSSioTd Is. Bennett; No. 209, Washington
Terlt Company vs. Davis; No. 2Ii. Wilson vs..
NJ u a.! No. IL, Watkins executor, Darncille;
- Hoqcy ". Webster d Bro: No. 2l5 AicBar
~ iinhhell; No 2l7, United States, use of Adams,
d., itrMian CT al. 10. Dis. Wood * Watts & Og-
" No No ~ Carroll et 81. Smith: No 30 Avery
sin No--l Gaines vs.. Dexter: No 22 Stock
I'M m et al. V RUhrcr: No. 223. Williamson vs..
L,ll,S; No 81, Chapman vs.. Church.
tLFlity Coart-Iusiice Cox.-No. g. Stoddard VS..
'tI'trEElId; No. @5. HHntIy vs.. HuHtly.
,, IliiIlila toart-JUstice Jamcs.-John Slas Mar
".I" Ohi.s0h: murder OF JalneS +. Johnson.