The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
Interesting Eters,s.

Nothing will be done with Guiis.n..
case before October.
It is proposed to remove President a.
Geld to Old Point Comfort.
An average of 1000 postal cards rs..,
the Dead Letter Office evOry day, beeauss
posted without any address.
President Garfield is the oul, PreHs.,.
OF the United States whose mother iva
TO see her son enter the White House.
Amelia Wells, Queen of the Gvns;..
who is now in Pennsylvania, is wor,t
$50 00o, invested. in land, horses and
stock.
Kentucky pays about 500 600 anua,lv
for the support Of pauper idiots and lana,
Tics outside Of her eleenOsy nary inst tin
tions.
Wheat is Is per cent. higher than :,
was at this time last year; but the cron
this year is probably % per cent short o +
that of 1881.
Mexico is to be annexed TO the Uni,ea
States by means OF railway bridge
across the Rio Grand At Ell Paso Del Norie
GA the New Mexico border.
The people of Louisville have raised Tho
question as to tbs proper pronunciation
Of the name'of their go ahead city: Shall
it be Loo-e-ville or Loo-is-ville7
There were $50 distilleries in. operation
in the United States last year or this
number 254 were in Kentucky North
Carolina had a greater number than Ken
lucky.
James n. Keene is reported to be at the
haa 81 4
view of controlling, the freight tonnage
on the Mississippi. Missouri and OH
rivers.
Dr. T. J. Edwards, of Union City. sOla
his celebrated young stallion, Hard
wood, six years old. 10 W. A. Forth, OF
| Chicago, for $4,000 cash.--[Unio Clty
paper.
All Germany is getting Up and coming
TO America. By Christmas time there
will be only few old people left with
Bismarck, King William and the stand
ing army.
Prof. Swift, Of the Warner University,
Rochester, says the new comet will be at
its brightest on the ooh of August 1t
viii be one Of the most conspicuous comets
of this century.
Chief Justice Gray and ex-AttorRey
General Devens are spoken of as proper
men to ell the vacancy the Supreme
Bench of the United States occasioned By
the death of Judge Clifford.
Gov. Crlttenden, Of Missouri, will give
So 900 each for tie apprehension of the
James brothers, ard 5000 each for the
villains who were engaged in the recent
robbery of the Rock Island and Pacihc
railway.
The fish in the Kentucky river in the
region of Frank fort are dying rapidly, the
cause supposed 10 be from the slop that
goes into the river from the distilleries
near that city. The surface of the water
is covered with dead fish; they can't stand
distilery slop.
A con ference OF national or associated
charities has been in session in Boston, in
which the practical workings of the Vari-
Gus organizations were explained, and
amongst other topics, that of the suppress
sion OF vagrancy and street begging was
freely discussed.
Hon. James Blackburn, Secretary Of
State, has received a letter from John
Lambert Broughton, Foxley, Hereford,
England, making inquiries of Mrs Sarah
r. Scott, widow of Lambert Scott, who
died at Nashville, March 70, 1868 he
knows of something % her advantage
A plague of rats has appeared near
Dagneux, in France. Innumerable swarms,
which seem to come from the direction Of
Lyons, have invaded many communes,
doing great damage 70 the crops. Some
farmers have killed from five teuAsix
thousand rats IN their fields by mare,
; aas --~sss ~ mortal combat.
Z & a.
Gen. Eaton, United States CommISF4sr
Of Education: Whilst Gen Eaton dia not
consider the condition of instruction in
the South satisfactory, he said there was
general progress, and that in some cases
it was quite marked. Gen. Eaton has re-
commended annually, for the last ten years,
/ that the General Government should sp
! propriate the net proceeds Of the pubic
I lands and distribute them for the first
ten years on the basis Of illiteraoy.
/ Guiteau's aunt hearing that the editor
/ Of the Nashville American threatened to
/ destroy a clock now in his possession, but
made by her husband. Calvin Guiteau
( writes to him. begging him to spare it..
1 The Guiteau family, she says, is an old
/ American family, and never until now
/ hss breath of scandal disgraced the
name. The old clock was the hand-work
/ Of an honest man, who would raise his
voice as quick any in condemnation Of the
/ degenerate member OF the family that has
/ cast gloom over the whole land
| Some weeks since when Hon. 0sear
/ Turner had about completed his arrange
ments to take his family to the ssacoast
} for the summer, Mrs. Turner unfortunate
/ ly suffered relapse, and has ever since
/ been seriously ill at her country resi-
/ dence near the city, where she has re-
| quired the constant care and attention Of
her husband and daughter. The many
/ friends Of the admirable lady will earnest
] ly sympathize with h er in the affection
I she has been enduring with but little in
/ Permission, for more than year Cour-
1 ier-Journal.
The Atlanta (Ga) Constitution says:
/ Hundreds OF families have been broken
up, and many innocent women and young
girls have been hurried off to Utah to be
sealed TO some leacherous saint in the
great temple dedicated to lust and con
oubinage." And yet the General Govern
ment permits the villainy to go on. IL
imprisons men in every State for bigamy,
and Furnishes severely the nameless
crimes it permits in Utah. II throws
open the doors of the Ca pitol and permits
! a noted bigamist TO hold a seat in Con-
gress, aud not an honorable member is
possessed with enough courage to kick
him out and down the steps, or to attempt
the enactment of law which will pre-
rent this disgrace and crime Il lEte'
Ocean.