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

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Elaine, at CowGILEs, for scots
a gallon. ja2S-1t
no per cent. saved by paying CASH for
purchases at Fortunes Drug Store.
Mr.. Ed Walker has again taken an
interest in the Columbus Times. Pros
perity to you.
The Columbus Manufacturing Com
pany has added spoke machine, and will
add other machinery.
A little daughter of Mr. Geo. BeaIe,
q sweet little girl of six or seven years,
died, Tuesday, of pneumonia.
Miss Ella Ringwood, daughter of
Mr.. John Ringwood, of this place, left
Monday for Washington City, to attend
school
Mr.. VIM Miner, an old citizen, aud
we believe a native of this county, died,
Sunday last, at his home, eight miles from
Hickman, of pneumonia.
SECONDHAND MACHINE.
A secondhand Wilson Improved SEWING
Machine, for sale. at great bargain, at
ja2s-st J. W. CoRMAN s co.
Col. Lysander Adams. one of the
Oldest West Tennessee pioneers, died. on
the l4th inst, in Union City, aged 50.
Col. Adams, many years ago was engaged
In business in Hickman.
The consolidation of the telegraph
companies of the United States ought to
make kilograms cheaper. One office can
now do the work formerly two were en-
gagged in, and expenses thus reduced.
Our Missouri neighbors are taking a
sudden love for Kentucky, and are NOV
ing 70 this side of the river in droves.
Quite a number of land transactions have
recently occurred, of Missouriaus pur-
chasing in Kentucky. The object seems
to be for better schools.
County Judge Bailey had good
many litigated cases in his court, Monday
One case, that of Mr. Hewitt VS.. Chicago,
St. Louis s New Orleans RAILROAD, created
some interest. Hewitt shipped two bales
of cotton over this road, which were lost.
The road refused to account for same, And
Hewitt brought suit. 1t was argued by
Tyler s Tyler for plaintiff, and C. L. Ran
die, Tor defendant. Judg0ent for plain
If.
The cry is already started that the
fruit CROP of this year will be a failure.
But there is as yet no satisfactory evil
dence Of this. Extreme cold weather COM
ing suddenly after a warm spell and
plentiful rains, is ruinous to bud aud tree.
But our cold weather this winter has been
rather gradual in its approach, and fruit
trees will stand a very low tenn erature
IN such cases without extensive injury to
the fruit buds.
The RIvER-The river of Hick man
is rising. and has been the past week; but
If the cold weather continues there is no
present apprehension of an overflow.
The river is stationary at st. Louis, and
the Missouri aud Upper Mssis sippi are
yet closed as hard as rock, and likely
20 remain so for some time. The Ohio is
falling at Pittsburg, and by this time is
probably falling all the way down. The
Cumberland and Tennessee are falling.
The river at Hickman is clear of ice.
Some Of our people are talking, con-
tinually, of the need of more stoTes-dry
good stores-in Hickman. We don't care,
but the merchant, however important in
his sphere, is not the one to build up the
material interests of your community.
IL is the uanufacturer-theo one that gives
employment to people who spend their
earnings in your midst, who produce
something from raw material more valu-
able than it was, and draws value from
other sections to yours. Put your money
into manufacturing establishments, and
competition in merchandise and every
thing else will as surely follow as there
is any need for it.
THE TRAGEDY ON TUE ANNIE Sill
vER--Kirk Marsh, the young man who
killed fsszel Blake, the second clerk of
the steamer Annie Silver, and slightly
wounded the captain and one of the pilots,
on the up trip of that bOst, near New
Madrid, last Friday, is pronounced hope
lessIy insane. The first reports which
reached US, were to the effect that the
killing was done by drunken desperate,
but an old citizen of New Madrid, who
has known young Marsh for many years,
informs us that he is a young man OF
good character, sober, quiet, aud inofen
sive, and all parties acquainted with the
young mau aud the Circumstances OF the
sad tragedy, are satisfied that it was un'
mistakeably the act Of insanity. Young
Marsh is an apiarist, resided near New
Madrid, and had been to Memphis TO sci
his honey, and was taken sick ON boar
the Annie Silver, on his return. Ho wa
travelling on deck, but when the officer
of the boat learned that he was sick they
kindly provided room for him in th
cabin. He was known to be delirious-
out of his mind, before the shooting &C
CURED, but of course. no one anticipate
fbe terrible bent his delirium would take
and hence no guard vas placed over HIM
In his wildness, young Marsh conceived
the idea that the boat had passed New
Madrid, and that they were wilfuliy AM
forcibly carrying him from his. home
Possessed of this idea, he rushed from HI
room to the top of the boat, pistol in hand
and commenced shooting. He first sho
ut a waiter boy, who was sweeping on
.ha Tsxas. but missed him. Just at thi