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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
oar 1unamaissy Negroes.

From the Louisville CodrierJ ournal.J
The colored people Of Lincoln coun
ty should have thought twice be-
fore issuing the address" they have
laid before the public. They can OBJ
tain nothing they ask save through
The Legislature Of the State. aud :hey
should bottle up their enthusiasm un
iii that body meets 1t is scarcely
worth while to notice the absurd mis-
representations embodied in the ad
dress. but when the wonderful DR.
Fitz Butler. Prof Stewart aud other
colored citizens say: In this State we
are not protected 10 our life, liberty
and property, dU Of lchicb are takcH
from as, they know they are uueriug
a demonstrable falsehood and one
which the Republican organlin this city
would not dare to utter. People who
have had life, liberty aad property ta-
ken away from them must be in very
desperate condition, but 10 that coudj-
lion they could hardly own and enjoy
the large amount of property reported
by the State Auditor as belonging to
hem all over the State The Courier
Journal has always advocated all need
ed educationa! facilities for the colored
people, and has urged the necessity Of
making the per capita for educational
purposes the same for blacks and
whites We shall continue to advo>
cate that policy, aud believe that it
( vii! be realized in the near future. We
/ are persuaded that the majority of the
colored people in this State do not 10
dorse the iuAamatory proceedings OF
/ the Fitz Butler crowd There is a bet
/ ter way of obtaining educational al
vautages than that. Appeals to the
National Government" will not avail.
Let the colored population agree upon
bill to be presented in the next Leg
( islature, making it imperative that a
colored school shall be taught in each
/ district 10 the State where there are
colored children IN sufficient numbers
living, and that the pro rata distribu-
/ ton OF school money shall be the same
as the whites. There is a better feel
ing on this subject in the State thau
t hat existing in 1867 and 10 '6S, which
brought forth some unjust legislation
a. to the negrOes-subsequently re-
pealed, however
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
The Tennessee parK Horse.
sudge Esowen 3. Jackson a. $.
senator.


A dispatch received from Nashville
"Wednesday, announces the termination
OF the long, protracted and exciting
contest for United States Senator by
the election of Hon. Howell y. JACK
son, Democrat, of Madison county
The Republicans pushed Maynard up
to within two votes Of an election, one
Democrat voting for hin, and 1t being
we'll understood that several other
Democrats were "shaky" aud not to be
depended upon under all oireumstan-
ces. Senator Bailey, the State credit
Democratic candidate, bad excited the
incorporating opposition OF dozen
or SO Low Tax Democratic members
who would not vote for Bailey in any
emergency, but were ready to elect al
most any other Democrat. This being
evident, Senator Baileys friends, who
had stuck to him so long and so faith
July, at the Instance Of 'helr chl0i,
withdrew his name- which bsing done
blasted every hope Of Republican
success.
Judge Jaes.oa, the Senator elect, is
comparatiyeiy unknown to fame, either
State or Uadonal. In this sense he Is
very dark horse" He is a lawyer,
Of the ely of Jackson, aud of very
marked gbility. He is an uucompro
missing Democrat, bat has never been
10 politics. or public life, further than
holding the appointment of special
Judge, and being elected a member of
the present Legislature from the coun
ty Of Madison. He is State-credit
Democrat, but we understand is too
dguiGcd and courteous to have ever
uttered a word of disoour;esy toward
The Low Tax element of the party.
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Grounds nr EeIvorce.

10 a divorce case in Cincinnati, the
court took occasion to correct 4 mis-
conception in the public MUD 10 re-
gard to the grounds for divorce Tho
case was that of Bertha Deils vs. jacob
Dells The wife left the husband on
account of his drunken habits He
was draukard when she married him.
and she knew the fact. The court said:
The plaintiff herself having left the
defendant, the only ground upon which
divorce could b4 granted was gross
neglect of duty. All that was proven
10 that regard was that the defendant,
being a dissipated man when she maI~
RED him, the fact of his dissipation be
ing known to her, his habits of dissi
patton continued, in consequence Of
which he failed to provide support
The court was unable to fod that he
earned any more after his marriage
than be did at the time Of his marriage"
The case was dismissed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
Ken,uck,,s NexI Senator.

The fact that Senator Williams
friends are working openly against
candidates for t6eiLegislaturo, in the
central part of the State, who are
known or suspecteda as being favorable
to Mr.. Beck 5 re-slectiou, creates q
sensation, and, if true, will bring 70 a
hot contest. Williams and Beck live
in adjoining counties, and Williams
friends think one or the other will be
retired at the expiration of their term.
Beck not only beat Cerro Gordo to
secure his own election, but it is IN
derstoood worked zeaIously against
him to elect Judge Lindsay. This is
a conceded fact, aud hence Cerro Cor.
DO proposes to pay him back in his
own coin. The papers have it that
Senator Williams is casting the weight
Of bis influence for Judge Lindsay to
the end of consolidating his friends
aud the Southern Kentucky mem bers.
We don't believe that the entente cor
cordial is any too good between Lind.
say and Williams, and this, with other
reasons, causes US to suspect that Hon
Oscar Turner, aud not Judge Lindsay,
will be the fayorite aud most available
candidate for the Williams men to cen,
ter upon We speak BE- conjecture.
and in no sense by authority, as the
Clinton Democrat intimaies.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
The r,enslnn KuNIness.

Senator Hoar has introduced a bill
ITO provide for retired and retiring
Presidents" 1t proposes to pay an-
nually to every ex President of the
United States sum equal to oue fourth
OF the salary paid him while 10 Office.
Judges of thc Supreme Court and army
officers are already pensioned. 1t il
understood that Mr. Hayes will retire
from office sith $4,000, savings of
his salary. The other day We read of
Judge retiring on a pension, and in
medlately thereafter accepting the pc
siilon OF attorney for railroad COM
pany at a salary of $4,000 year
Let this extension Of the pension busi-
ness 90 90. aud directly it will reach
the poin. that pine tenths of the peo~
pie will have TO toll to support 10 lnx>
nrious idleness the remaining tenth
ex Office holders
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
The CoIored sensatIom.

Some coIored politicians of Ken
lucky are seeking to create a sensation
in the political world by suit in the
United States Court to compel divis
ion of the common school fund 10
this State between white and colored
children alike. Under the present law
in this State the entire revenue deriv
able from taxes paid by colored poo-
pie, from every source whatever, is ap.
propriated exclusively to the education
Of the colOred people. The cOlored
man is asked to pay no taxes for the
ordinary current expenses of the State,
but the white man shoulders all the
burden, and pays the school tax for
the white schools besides. If the col
ored politicians could accomplish their
purpose of causing a common pro ra
ia, we doubt if the colored schools
would gain a cent by the arrangement,
while the white PER capita would be
decreased very materially. 1t may
prove successful 10 breaking up the
common school system OF the State.
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CONGRESS.

No vote yet on the Mississippi I'm.
provement bill.
No bankrupt bill will pass this ses.
sion.
The arrears Of Pension law calls for
1921, 100000. RetreGchment mem
bers put their foot in it.
The House is hammering away at
the appropriation bills, and bin to
establish government postal telegraph.
The Electoral Count rule will create
storm when it comes up. which will
be When. absentee democrats put in az
appearance.
Senator Williams bill to prevent
contagious diseases ameng cattle, may
or may not pass this session.
There is only Eve weeks more of the
session, and yet members contisue to
introduce new bills, with no hope Of
their passage.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

Jay Could is more popular West
than East, aud there he is looked upon
as something Of a beuefactor. An
Iowa gentleman who had long con
versation with Mr. Gould reports him
to the State Register as saying, among
other things: On the general theory Of
railway business. Mr.. Gould believes
in low rates and large business. He
says that the rates at which a railway
can carry freight aud passengers and
still make a tue aud liberal profit are
capable Of exact mathematicil calcula
ton. So there need be no misealcula-
ton or blundering A railway, once
built and we'll equipped, can do large
business as we'll as u small, aud 10 DO
ing the large business at low rates ii can
make more money than in doing "a
small business at high rates. Thus
the large business aud low theory at
once make more money for the railway
and better serves its patrans. As it
brings to the. railway more business
and profit for city so, by encouraging
developing aud making business, does
it bring to it in the end a greater pros
fit almost as directly. The railway aud
the people, who are its patrons, work
together in this way IN a common in
terest and to a common profit. In
following it, too, the railway finds not
only its greatest and most certain pro
lection, for, with railway SO operated
there will be peace between the people
and the corporations, and III unfriend
ly or rigorous legislation will be avoid
ed. Acting on this theory Mr.. Gould
has kept down rates on his road dur
ing the late boom, aud on the first OF
this month madeIa still greater reduc
ton both in freights aud fares.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
Telephone Police.

\ small box containing a telephone,
connection with central aud district
police stations, aud an ingeniou9ly cen
rived piece Of mechanism for sounding
police alarm, is securely fastened as
near the intersection Of two streets and
as far toward the corner as is practic
able To this box there are a number
of keys, which are put 10 the hands OF
any respectable cItizns making appiica
ton for them, At any time, day or
night, an alarm may be sent from this
box by merely unlocking it and depress
ing a lever. In from Que to two min
utes it will be answered by wagon
containing three policemen stretcher,
hand cuffs, manacles aud the other
necessaries for coustabulary emergency.
After the box is opened, the key is re
tanned until released By master-key
iu the possession Of the captain af the
district.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

There are 5000 more women than
men IN New Euglaud.
There are fifty thousand criminals
confined in the prisons IL the United
States.
An Increase Of 1000 miles Of rail,
way a one year Is a big thing, and no
mistake.
Hereafter newspapers viii 90 to
Great Britain for l ceut each, instead
Of : cents as formerly.
The frequent recurrence Of billiards
10 Kansas this year has driven great
many persons to seek employment upon
the railroads of Texas.
The papers report better coasting
at Maysvile this year than they have
had since 1896 Three or four legs
broken, but 10 deaths yet reported.
Hoo. VIM Lindsay will contest for
Mr. Beck's seat 10 the United States
Senate. aud will receive aid from Gen.
Williams friends Il Commonwealth.
President Hayes and the White
House, during 1880, cost the Govern
eminent Sll9.964 $50 900 IF which
Mr.. Hayes received as his salary, the
other $50 964 being for White House
expenses.
Juo. NJ. Porter, Esq, Common
wealth's Attorney 10 the Bowling
Green District, made over 1000 by
prosecuting AMI having fned the di
rectors and stockholders Of tn Warren
county Fair Association, for allowing
pool selling aud the wheel of fortune
swindle on the grounds.
There are thirty match manufactur,
les 10 the United States. A PROPOSE
ton to repeal the tax on matches is
pending before Congress. The own
ers of these factories are fighting this
repeal because, if passed, others may
be. encoura ged to em bark 10 the same
business. Such are the monopolists.
The plan for the raisiug Of quar-
ter of a million dollars, the earnings of
which are TO be devoted to the main
tenance of the senior living ex-Presi
dent of the United States, has not fall,
en- through, as has been the general
impression Subscriptions are still sos
licited The sum of $500, 900 has
been raised o New York, and New
England is now called on to contrib
ute the reminder. One of the Bos
ton journals is urging thar this be done
but it insists also upon Congress $ doing
something handsome for Grant
A German physician of celebrity
has lately been Investigating the subject
of early rising, aud has come to the
co nclusiou that far from making a man
"healtby, wealthy and wise, it has
quite the contrary effect, aud shortens
life instead of prolongiug it. 10 the
majority of cases which he has inves-
igated, the long-livers have INDUCED
in late hours, aud at least eight out OF
every ten persons who attained the age
of 80 aud upward were ia the habit OF
not retiring to rest until the small hour;
aud remaining III bed until the day was
for advanced.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

The Galloway Ne,cs suggests as mat
tiers for the consideration Of the Leg
islature CD scme provision by which
a portion of the vast mullitudes of EN-
igrants may be attracted to Kentucky,
aud (2) the Improvement of the school
system of the State.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
4 PreIIy Fair Eater.

4 Richmond, Va, telegram of the
3lst, says: Joshua Joynes, a man
we'll known in the Eastern part of this
State as glutton. to day sat down to
dinner, near Onaneock. Accomac coun.
~, aud disposed Of as much food as
would have served dozen men for a
square meal. Joynes has frequently
performed similar ridiculous feats for
wagers. His bill of fare to day con-
sisted of fifteen pounds Of pork, twelve
links of bologna sausage, sauce from
a large hog, one large goose. which the
gormandizer has had up fatteniug for
the past month. one full grown chick
en-, one peck of sweet potatoes, one
dozen large biscuits. one large mince
pie. and six cups of strong coffee He
sat down to this repast at one O'Clock
and at half past two he had disposed
of every article named, picked the
bones of the fowls aad took a glass of
egg nog. He then smoked a pipe,
jumped on a horse and rode five miles
through the frosty air. Joynes weighs
two hundred and fifty pounds, aud is a
good humored old fellow Of sixty.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
Romantic MarrInse.

Last week John II. Il. Taylor. the
cashier of the sab treasury of the New
Orleans custom,house was married to
Miss Carrie g. Orr. The marriage
was the result Of romantic incident
that transpired upon the banks Of the
placid Bayou Barataria 10 June last.
a party of ladies' aud gentlemen left
New Orleans on that occasion for Gay
of fishing aud general enjoyment, when
the refreshments giving out, Miss Orr
and Mr.. Taylor, although compare
tive strangers TO each other at that time
we're detailed to forage for fresh sup
ply, but as the boat which they we're
in neared the opposite shore Miss Orr
unluekily, AS Mr.. Taylor will have it,
fell overheard aud was rescued by him
The consequence was that a warm at.
iachment sprang up between them
which ripened into a love match, and
resulted 10 their marriage as stated a.
bOYe
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

The system of preparing postage by
means of small adhesive labels. to be
sold to the public and received by the
post office in evidence of payment y hen
attached to letters or papers was first
advocated by Rowland Hill in 1887,
aud was adopted by the British post
Office in 1910. The stamps were first
used May 6, of that year, and were iu>
roduced in 1887 ioto the United
States. All civilized nations have
then.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

tine census returns show that Car
ter county has about 600 more males
than females. whilst johnson county
has about 1900 more females than
males. The Frankfort Woman wants
10 know what's the matter up there?
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
The Mexican Congress has adiourn

The Mexican Congress has adjourns
ed to April l. During the recent ses-
sion a remarkably large number of
railway concessions were granted by
the Government to American capital
lists, and Congress will have to pass
upon them ir the spring The Con
zales Administration seems fully alive
to the necessity for tyieg our sister
republic TO the United States by cords
of steel When the roads are built,
the obstructive tariffs of the two re
publics must be literally reduced to
accommodate trade,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

Down with Mormonism or Polyga-
my" is now the ism Congress has got
20 meet. Utah is the only place in the
United States where a man can legal
ly have more than one wife There
it is considered religious duty, and
10 the States they put parties in the
penitenliary for the same offeuse. The
strong arm Of the Government must
crush the twin relic.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

The speeches 10 Congress, last week F,
denouncing England for perfdy and
swindling. created sensation. Our
Secretary Of Stqte thinks the denun-
citation all wrong, aud that England
will correct any error or wrong when
shown. The charge is that England
swindied our Government by COLLECTS
ing several millions of fraudulent
claims in the Fishery awards, and did
it knowingly.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28
TAKEN UP.

4 S 4 STRAY, by Andrew shuck, liv-
"A. ing in Fulton county, Kentucky, 3
miles east os Hickman, on what is known
as the Shuck road, ONE RED STEER, with
white face, marked with under bit in the
right ear. No other marks or brands per
ceivable, two years old past, which | ap-
praise at ten dollars $1,000.
Given under my hand this the 24th day
of November, 1880
o. W. MILES, j. P. F. C.
l DO certify the above post note is true
copy of the records in my office, this No
vember 9th, 1880.
dec3-4t o. W MILES, J. P. F. c.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

CANDIDATES for the Legislature are
announcing themselves 10 the different
counties Of this State. Generally they
are being required to advocate con-
stitutioual convention. This proposis
ton has been twice defeated, by a sheer
want of interest in turning out to vote
The last time it carried by large ma
jority, but not a majority Of the whole
vote. The votes Of all absentees, sick
and dead, since the last census counts
as a vote against it,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

The Fulton IR1e.c writes to a bust
ness man of Hick man, "the Iader has
tie largest circulation of ary paper 10
the county, PERHAPS" We don't ac-
cuse the Iade.c of uUering that which
is not true, but, in the language of our
courteous neighbor, the MayGeld Dem
ocrat, it "omitteG the elements neces
sary to form a consistency suficie y
resembling the truth to be taken for
it," It's all right. Young roosters
must learn to crow.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

FoR our part, We would like to see
Kentucky have a new constitution,
hoping that our viva voce voting would
be changed to voting by ballot. The
manly way Of singing out your sen;i
meuts at the polls by word Of mouth
sounds heroic, but we don't think it
obtains the real sentiment of the PEG
pie as fairly as the ballot. As honest
neD, having due regard for the rights
of others, think of this question, with
out prejudice.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

THE FIRST TO Grow RfcH-Gov-
ernor Churchill, of Arkansas, sensibly
devoted much OF his inaugural address
to the States need of Immigration, and
urged its encouragement by Legislative
enactment. The Southwestern State
that first devises fair aud attractive
system of popping its waste lands will
69 the first to grow rich New York
Herald.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

THERE has been considerable talk,
but so far there are 20 announced cam
didates for the Legislature from this
and Hickman county. Now is a good
time for the people to "press" some
good man, aud not wait to choose be
tween greater and lesser" evils after
awhile. Some fellows will imagine
themselves loudly called, 10 few
weeks. aud take the track, aud then
there will be 40 good way to get them
off It's respectable place, aud re-
spectacle man onght to represent Us.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

Hon. j. SToDDARD JOHNSON, of
Frankfort, publishes a card, anuOuuc
ing that he will DOT be candidate for
Governor, &c. lie would adoru the
GuberuatoriaI chair.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

BLAINE, as GarGeld's Secretary Of
State, means vigorous opposition to
Grant ever being elected President of
the United States. Blaine is the one
prominent Republican who was not
willing to be absorbed by Grantism-
wanted the Presidency himself.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

THERE is a boom in the marble and
stone business at Princeton, says the
Banner. a company there has the
offer of unlimited capital to put up
machinery, &c, aud the marble will be
put in the best markets Of the United
States. The Banner says the marble
compares iayOratly with the finest
Ifalian.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

A BILL has been introduced into the
Missouri Legislature to re-establish
the whipping post, but there is little
probability that it will pass.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

TuE State School Superintendent
warns teachers 10 this State not to sell
their school scrip 70: it will be prompt
ly paid.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-01-28

WADE HAMPTON has got into fuss
with the editor of the Charleston Is
c. Mercury, and ends the discussion
by "stop my paper" Hampton has
been our beau ideal of a ehivalrous
statesman, but this little piece of work
together with bis challenge to Sherman,
has dropped him considerably in our
estimation.