The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
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tTdtty-D TOhth.
lcouRIER's sAsHvILLE CORRESPONDENT.
A CITY. even if il is "set upon hill, 3"
If that Hill is composed principally OF
limestone rock, is a hot place in the sum
mer. as all the citizens of Nash willie can
testify. We have just passed through o
terrible ordeal of heat, out the record
shows that the health of the people has
been better than usual at this season of
the year The Board Of Health does all
il can TO produce condition bordering
on cleanliness, At least. Old citizens do
not complain, but olfactories fresh from
the country, find many odOrs which do
not suggest new mown hay. Nashville
abounds in alleys-all her streets are mar
row-bnt in all quarters of the city pass
ways, more narrow ssill are TO be seen,
paved partially at least with cObble stones,
which makes them a. once disagreeable
for walking or riding and very difficult
TO be kept clean. There is an abundance
of good gravel TO be had, but our City
Fathers prefer, for reasons supposed to be
known only 10 themselves. TO use lime
stone rock, though experience has proved
il TO be open % the most serious objections.
However, we are 80 busy just now over
the water supply, or rather the lack of
water, that the condition of the streets is
but little discussed. The Dean Engines
the breaking of reds at the water works
the action of the city council, Sc, sc,
are talked of everywhere. 1t would seem
only reasonable that the citizens of a city
so large as this shonld have furnished to
them n liberal amount of water unmixed
with any foreign substance. On the con-
trary it is not unusual to get water from
the hydrants so muddy that an egg drop
ped in an ordinary goblet full Of il, is
entirely hidden from sight. Some physi-
! clans assert the stomach TO be delica e
organ, but they must be mistaken rs The
citizens OF Nashville thrive on such water
and complain only because they DO not
| get enough OF il.
The lighting OF n city is another thin &
the internal working of whose machinery
Is hard TO understand. A householder
burning gas in Nashville has but little
idea what his bill will be at the end OF
the quarter. Two or three facts will give
| you some notion Of the way affairs are
managed Mr.. a. outraged at the size of
his bill, bought coal oil lamps and turned
of his gas without giving notice at the
gas. office OF his proceeding. At the end
of three mouths the bill was presented rs
usual, but with slight reduction as the
spring was coming on, aud the nights a
/ little shorter-that reduction you see,
Z
action. Mr.. b was called away hurriedly
his train left in the night He was a
/ bachelor keeping TWO rooms In the rush
Of getting off he locked his door and left
a jet of gas burning in each room. lie
was absent six weeks without once think
| ing OF his gas, but when upon his return
he opened his door and realized the con-
dition of things he sorrowfully thought
of pay day. Imagine mis- surprise 10 ind
his bill only fifty cents more than the
I preceding quarter. Electricity is GER
tainly the light of the future. Some how
l feel awe stricken TO think or talk OF
electricity. Is it the soul of matter? Be
it what II may, il has hit gas stock bio "
even in lOw-going. jog-trot Nashville.
Gas stock is dull now at figures much re-
duced.
Every body has gone to the springs this
summer. If there was one really we'll
kept watering place in the State it would
be oVerrun. The water and the scenery
are all right in several places, but the
management is conspicuously defective
IN some essential every where. People
are tired of town and rush to the springs
they stay there until driven home by
discomfort, and as they luxuriate ia de-
Gently prepared food and comfortable beds
they resolve that they viii never again
commit the absurdity of going to a Ten
nessee watering place.
One of Nashvilie's brightest ornaments
who has been studying for the stage in
ArfFf.-NoEk for the past year, will make
seasoned VIM suiA-s~eek as Long Braneb.
-,Ns-s-ung lady's career viii be watch ed
with heartfelt interest by thousands who
have never seen her winsome face, as her
parents have long been widely known as
among Tennessee best representative
IF he RI nd al 4 tn "a.
pre-eminently Southern.
Nashville, this State, and, indeed. the
whole country are deeply afflicted in the
death of Col. Burch. Here, at bis home
the sorrow IS of a more personal charac-
ter. He had many friends and admirers
n all classes of society.
The drouth is really Unprecedented and
has effected the crops most inJ rriously.
F.F.