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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-16
TEE TERRIBLE FIRES EX
ds2CEsIEAS.
- oAesss OF 'FOyysss m ashes aRd
counties swept DJ 'he
FLAMES.
E3unaTeds Of lIves Lost.


Never have we known or read Of any
thing to equal the terrible ravages of the
forest fires which have been prevailing
in the State Of Michigan the past week
Dozens Of thrifty villages and towns have
been laid in ashes, and the farm houses
barns and fences Of whole districts aud
counties destroyed, aad there now appears
no reliable way Of estimating the num-
Der Of lives last. The towns Of Huron
City, Bad Ak, Verona, Port Hope, Men
don, Cass City, Caseville, and other
places, are totally destroyed, or have only
one or two houses standing. In some
places for thirty miles not a fence or farm
house is left. The smoke from the forest
fres rendered midday as dark as mid
night and he frigLtrul flames sounded
like fearful hurricaue in every diree-
ton. Some families sought refuge IN
wells and oisterns, ana hundreds Of lives
are known to have been lost. The loss in
cattle, hogs, horses, aud provisions Is
immense. At places whole brigades of
citizens are turned on. blowing the
ground, and using every psssible exertion
to prevent the fire o4sFsading. When
the wind drlftej in / 9riain direction
nothing seemed possiBfiare -ystsths- mad
deDsd games The desttsatiou and suffer
ing in the territory afflicted is beyond
description, AID the good people of other
sections are and have been sending help
The trains on most of the railroads were
forced 10 suspend running. The descrip-
ton of these terrible scenes are heart
rending:
The woods and ground were so dry that
no warming Of the dan ger was given.
Faster than a racehorse came the FIRE. Il
would embrace "a house or barn with its
contents, aud was away to.the next. Per
sons who have been through the terrible
ordeal say that in ten minutes from the
time The 6re struck, there would be no
vistige OF house left. There are many
instances of men women and children
around lying on THAR faces in the road
where they had fallen when ogertaken
By the fire. Children were found lying
on logs where hey ba3 olambered for
safety. There was no Ending each other
when once separated. Many took refuge
in wells to escape, but IA almost every
Instance we're sufiocate3.
Companies Of citizens are now engaged
in goiag over the burnt territory to res
cue the living ana destitute FROM starya
ton and suffering; and also to bury the
horses and cattle. for it is said that the
stencil arising from tAo vast acres Of dead
cattle Will be iasuGerabie.
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Judge Grassland reeah.

Hon. Edward Grassland, died, at his
home in May KY, Saturday the 10Th
inst, o'clock, p. m. Ths public were
not unprepared for this sad announce
menb the critical condition Of Judge
Crossland's health for months past being
a certain warning of the nearness of
death. His death will cast feeling of
sorrow over the whole psople of Western
Kentucky, and hundreds of households,
in nowise connected by blood, viii receive
the sad news as if near relative had
passed beyond the dark river. Duriag
his life he had occupied many places Of
public trust and confidence, had mixed
and mingled with these people under auy
and oil the vicissitudes Of n somewhat
eveutful history, in peace or in war, and
always enjoyed their enthusiastic love
and confidence. lie was, without excep-
tiOn, personally, the most popular pablo
man whose name has been before the
people Of Western Kentucky for quar-
ter Of century. He won and held
friends by personal magnetism rarely
eeuaIed. Men voted for Crossland not
altogether because Of capacity, eOmpeten-
cy. or politics, bat because they loved the
man-ihey felt that he was their personal
friend-their elder brother; AMI this
sentiment actuating his supporters, he
was always invincibls before the peo-
pie. He served our people as member
of the State Legislature, Commonwealth
Attorney, Colonel in the Confeder
army, Judge of the Common Pleas Court,
four years in the Federal Congress, and
Judge of the Circuit Court, and in all
these positions discharged his duties
worthily and faithfully. But this gallant
old leader and friend has gone from
among US. No more on LIES parade shall
we meet him, or be welcomed BY his kindly
smile; and nov we eau only pay the trib-
ute OF plenteols funeral tears 10 his
memory.
Rest on, true-haertci 1Ei noble lead
Dear a. the blood ye caves
No inpions footsteus shall tread
Tins hsroa-e Of your .rave;
Nor shall your glory De forgot
While IA na her record keeps.
Or honor points tho haioWed spot
Where Nelcr proudly sleeps
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Butter irOaa cotIon-seedSou.

tNe" orleans D-mucrtt-i
Two gentlemen of this city, after ex-
perimenting for several months, have at
last discovered or invented. a-method of
making excellent butter ont Of cotton
seed oil A sample was sent 10 thisoiice
yesterday aud was tested by several ex-
perts, who lagished high enc3miums upon
this new discovery Being OF a3purely
vegetable nature, 10 VIII noti have. the
enemies 20 combat that SO. vigorously and
raucorously assaulted the oeomargarine,
which is manufactured from animal oils.
The inventors propose 10 make two grades
of this vegetable butter, IS hioh they claim
TO be far superior 20 all sOther kinds Of
artificial butter yet made, and at The same
time profess that they viii be able 20 sell
% Al much less price.
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KensucEky a.rayers.

NnlcaSO Hints
The Governor of Kentucky came back
very neatly, quietly and genteely upon
the Governor Of Pennsylvania. The latter
had asked the Executive of other States
to initiate his example and prOclaima day
of prayer, forgetting, if be ever knew,
thatbe was a good way behind some others
in this matter. The Governor Of Kentuc-
ky replied: 81 most heartily approve of
your proclamation, and beg TO inclose to
you my proclamation of like import the
date of which you will notice The
Kentucky day was in the middle Of July.
And-who kuows?-perhaps it was Ken
tucky's prayers that kept the nation s
patient long enough alive to ensble the
Governor of Pennsy iyania TO get cut his
proclamation.
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The Multiplied EugIIsn wor.


The London correspondent of a..
York Evening Post speaking Of tha ra,is-
ed version of the New Testament ~ he
hesitation with which it is reosirai in
England, SAYS:
ait need hardly be said there i rttIe
likelihood of the revised version e,l;ng
its way into official use. So faraeTt.rovg
none Of the more important uonco,, r+rT,i al
bodies has adopted it for public varsbin
Whether q clergyman of the Chi If
England could now use il in the rae,,,lor
services Of his church or not. ia a o,,e.tion
as to " hieh high legal authorities -, not
agreed, though the better opinion ssers
to be that be could not, and that some for
NAL legal authorization By the Crown or
by Parliament would be ueeessarv This
VIII not be given; II is not even talked Of
as possible. Further rejection AMI study
OF the new translation may modify men 3
views, bat at present the proposai 10 snb-
substitute il officially far the oIJ one
would encounter the greatest onnoeition
from the general public, aud fs5 little
support even among scholars. Bnt It
would be a great mistake to suppose that
the work is therefore a failure and barren
of results. Even those who do NOT like
it admit that il is q most valuable contri-
button to more perfect Translation than
any which has yet appeared, and that it
supplies . basis on which Il permanently
satisfactory structure may be erected. TO
the large and Increasing class of persons
who desire TO read the Bible intelii gently
and teach it in Sunday schools, bat have
no knowledge of the original tongues, it
is of the utmost service as throwing light
on the old version, giving a better idea
Of the meaning of difficult p1ssages eman
cipating them from conventional f4lrases,
aud showing them how TO apply-rst,eir
minds 10 make oct the connection OF
writer thoughts. IL is, so TO speak like
a critical edition of the New Testament.
prepared by an nprecedentejly capable
set Of editors, 20 use and apply which Is
of itself no small education in critical
methods. And in this way il may be ex-
pected 10 give considerable stimulus TO
biblical studles among US
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A sInse On Fire.

The stories from the Michigan forest
fires are so narrowing in detail and so
sweeping in generalization that it would
almost seem as though nobody would ever
again undertake to live in country
where this wholesale destruction and
death by roasting is possible; but of course
il will have no perceptible result in keep
ing people from trying to make homes
aud get living out Of the ground and
away from the crowd. There is one safe
guard which seems feasible, and it win
be strange if il is not made considera-
ton in the building of future homes.
This is provision for getting under
ground while the fire passes over. If
there is not sufficient prooftha asbestos
paint win save the houses AMI barn, and if
there is no other way of lodging the de.
vouring element, then let digging be
part of the original building and finish
ing of the place. 1t would be easy to
make the common cellar under the house
large enough to hold the family aud all
the furniture and vsluables in an emer-
geucy, snd an excavation like a dirt-shed
well closed in would do the same for the
cattle and grain and farming TOOLS. la
some countries the houses are buiit with
view o protection against the dangers
of earthquaking; why would it not be
we'll enough for people living where these
fires are possible to take such precautions
as they may. ~ Louisville Commercial
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e Earseas E.ana.o.Hner.

menu NaLtttt-l
Col. Dan Murphy, of Haiieck STATEN,
Elko county, came 10 California in 1871,
and may be said TO have male the county
pay him well for his time. lie is nov
probably the largest land owner,on this
coutinet lie has 100000 acres Of land
in one body Ia Mexico, G0,0JJ in Nevada
aud %, 900 in California. his Mexicln
grant he bought four years ago for SOD,
900 or five cents an acre. II is sixty miles
long and covers q beautiful country OF
hin aud valley, pine timber and meadow
land. IL comes within twelve miles0f the
city Of Durango, which IS 20 be station
on the Mexican Central Mr. Murphy
l-aiz sees W boat on HE Calisas-,st-r land, aiit
cattle in Navaja. lie got 50 000 sacks
last year aud ships 5000 head Of cattle q
year right along.
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wOaaAN DOCTORS.
Taree Hundred aud Ninety
Row ian Active Practice

At meeting of the American Social
Science Associations, last week, DR.. Emily
Pope read paper on ''The Practice of
Medicine by Women ii the United
States" She said the Woman's Medical
School in New York was The first school in
the country TO require three years grad
ed course before graduating. Now large
number of frst-olass institutions admit
woman on equal terms. The 40 cirou-
lars sent out to women physicians have
brought statistics showing that 39G are
engaged in active practice; II never pr0c-
ticed % have retired after practiciug IL
of whom after marriage; 7 retired from
iU-health, and have taken up other
work. These women are in rs States, New
York. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
having the largest proportion. OF those
heard from IS per cent were single when
they began to study, - per cent. were
married aud per cent. widows.
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ClreuIt Jnage Appelnted.

dispatch received here this morning
announced that Governor Blackburn has
appointed William C. Bullett,, Esq, Cir
cut Judge of this district, to I'll the va
e.aney oecasioned by the death Of Hon.
Edward Grassland Every body here
aeoats IS pleased with the appointment
and consider il an excellent one. Judge
Bullet IS man Of fne legal sense and
the compliment TO him is well merited
one. We congratulate the new Judge,
ieeiing assured that he will give general
satisfaction % litiganis and to the public
generally. II faagqch Ne7gs
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TRAlX ROB8ERY. .
no,y Ml>aeur, Is E:,ses,ed.

.Mis5oari seems infested with regularly
organized bauds eff train robbers. Scarce
~ one bold robbery dies ont in the news
papers, before another occurs. The Gov
ernor Of the Slatc has tried proclamations
ana the offer Of big rewards, but the rob
bsrs don scare at such things Last
Thursday The passenger train on the Chi
caeo anl Alton railroad was stopped and
robbed by II men ia Disguise. The ex
press car was broken open. and Hesseu-
ger Fox, refusing 90 give uP the key to
tie safe Yves go terribly beaten that he
Vas not expected TO live. The amount
taken is no, known, bat is estimated at
fUotu ave 90 twenty thousand dollars.
After going cfrough the express car. ala
the passengers were rohbeiof their mon
ey an3 watches, amounting to several
Thousand dollars. The robbers were
heavily armed, ana kept Up a continual
firing Of pistols TO intimiilte the passeu-
gers. Several shots were fred Al con-
ductor Hazeibaker, bat he escaped unburt.
The whole affair occupied less than fifteen
minutes and was done very systematieal-
ly. After securing their booty, The whole
party returned % The woods. The train
men made a show Of Resistance, but being
unarmed they could effect nothing. The
spot selected for he bold deed was in
dense woods iwo miles frsm any habita-
tion. The train was stopped by red
lantern and al obstrucriou on the track
The Governor has now organized the
militia in the counties along the railroads
and Is resolved on the capture Of the bold
robbers. The gang claim 10 be the James
boys but it is not believed
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The 81. Aouis Uonven.lon.

From letters received By the Executive
Committee having in charge The River
Improvement Convention, TO be held 0c-
tober 20, IL seems much interest in the
movement is being excited i'm different
parts Of the country, and the prospects
are that the convention viii not only be
very large, but wiilAoutain many repre-
sentative men of all sections The mil
road interest is expected % send some of
its ablcst men. Invitations have been
sent TO the Governors of all the States
and members Of Congress, ana CONNER
eial Boards throughout the Mississippi
Valley will send delegates. Special in
vjtatjon has Seen extended TO Capt Jas.
D. Eads 90 deliver un address or prepare
a paper 90 the Improvement of The great
iiNer, auu cen UttmOrri i-rc-tteu or the
Mississippi River Commission, and other
members Of chat body will probably take
part - be urOceeliugs
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Confession 90 one 81 the Train
I'm p q q -.

St. Louis, Sept l2-The Dispatch s
Kansas City special sayt, the situation
this morning in reference 20 the Sharp
Curve robbery, on the Chicago Alton
railroad, remains the same. No more
robbers have heeu captured, but the off,
GERS are stii on the hunt. They are aided
By knowledge obtained from young Chap
man, who, IL is now certain, has made 3
full con fession, aud more arrests are ex
pected to day. The officers found large
quantity Of plumber taken from passen
gers in cave four miles from the scene
Of the robbery, in an uafreque part
Of the country.
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anew ,vayIo nlII mo.qu.to es.

Mrs John Murphy, a Philadelphia
woman, Ia her zeal 20 get rid of the blood
thirsty mosquitoes that disturbed her
nightly rest, tried the virtues of gunpow-
der. She distributed small heaps OF the
stuff around the room aud left the main
portion of the powder in n tomato can.
When she ignited one heap all the others
went of simultaneously and the tomato
can went sailing through the open win
dow with the velocity of a rocket The
explosion knocked Mrs. Murphy down
and set FIRE to her clothes. She was found
to be seriously injured.
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ursslizlns gEomn,o,E, cave.

Kentucky is to have mushroom farm,
and the Mammoth Cave is to be tst$iized-
Niagara Falls has long. been.tbe despair
of enterprising smill- owners, and innu-
merable schemes for utilizing its wasted
power have been born and have rcrished.
Now Kentucky turns!;her great natural
industry 10 some practical use without in
any way interfering with its wonders and
beauties. IL is said there is room enough
TO produce one million pounds Of mush
rooms daily Thus do we constantly ada
10 our industries, but we are at loss D, W
TO class it, as it is partly mining, mana-
featuring and nsrieultural.-LC Courier
J0arnai.
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sECTE0sA1IssE.

The sincere and universal expressions
of sorrow coming from all parts of the
south at the dastardly attempt to assassi-
nate the President has forced words Of
encomium from its most implacable op
poneuts, as note. the following from two
leading .Republicaa Journals:
The expressions Of sorrow which come
from everywhere in the south al the assns-
sinatiou of the President are among the
hopeful signs Of the times They are so
general and bear such evidences Of sin
ceritV that no one who reads them will
longer doubt that the section of the coun-
try long ago in rebellion is now a part of
the Nation, not only IL law, but in spirit
aud sympathy. Though every Southern
State 7oted against CART ed : election, tn at
section regards him as much its President
as the President Of the North. His breadth
of character aud rge-heartedness have
met with fuller Response than any Presi-
dent for many years, and very many
Southerners apparently feel the same
affectionate regard for its Chief Magis-
trate that is,feIt every where in,tAe North
u is not the least of Garfield ; triumphs
shat this should be so.-BLfalo Express.
Again is the South "solid, bat this
time in a way 10 persuade tAs American
people that they are not divided in their
sympathies, or in their love for the Repub-
lie and IT'S institutions by any sectional
lines. In this hogr Of trial and affection
there he's been no manifestation of grief
more profound, no expression OF sympathy
more genuine, than that which has come
from the Soathern States. After ali, in
baptism by such suffering great souls ere
developed, and, we believe that after the
shock Of this calamity is over the AmOri-
can people Will be aniied in closer bonds
than eves before. - Tie Buffalo Cs7RWercjaS.
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TFrom the Cincinnati ENQUIRER

from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
In an interview Published elsewhere in
this apper Senator Beck denies as we had
no doubt he would when an opportunity
presented itself the authenticity of the
published statement that he had de-
clared IN favor Of the elevation of Senator
Anthony to the position Of President pro
tenn, IN the event Of the death of Presi-
dent fairfield. Mr.. Beck says he has new
er been interviewed on that point, and
has had no occasion to express himself,
and has not expressed himself. Ever since
the PRESIDENT was shot he has believed
that be would recoverRnd he believes so
now
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Frankfort Tsoman: Thore is very
sensible suggestion in lhe Georcetown
Times to the effect that no dance of a
famine or even of any great stres. b the
market for bread-stuffs need be appre-
hended. It thinks there will be pieuty
of corn for food in all parts of The coun-
try, and wheat enough to feed mara peo-
pie than we have. Il says 1.-THE elevators
and grain warehouses at Chicago ore full
to overlooking, and storage for grain is
not to be had The same report comes
from Baltimore and Cincinnati Cars
filled with grain have been standing on
the railway tracks at Cincinnati for weeks
unable to unload, and last week com FIVE
years old was handled in that eity and
corn two and three years old il Coming
in freely. The outlook is by no means so
discouraging as some of the croakers
would have il.
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erigin I'D ...Fi.e swoct nre.nnn.nre.. ;,

=
There is d story that the popular hymn,
"The Sweet Bye-and- Bye, was tho work
of two men while drunk. Joseph P. Web
ster, who composed the music, died sever
al years ago. Dr.. S. T. Bennett. author
of the verses, lives in Richmond. III. He
says tiIat the charge of intoxication is
untrue. though Webster was a free drink
er. The two wrote hymn book in 1874,
and "The Sweet Bye. and Bye' was one of
the pieces jointly produced for IL The
suggestion came from chance remark by
Webster, who was hebitually despoudent,
that all would be we'll "bye.an5 bye. y
Bennett at once made the rhymes and
Webster brought the music out of q fiddle,
which was his customary aid in compost
ton The hymn hook had its day and is
iorgot'eni hut this ona tune is put into
every new publication Of the kind and
has sale Of about ten thousand comics a
year in sheet form.
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THE Frankfort Yeowal Is opposed 10 a
call Of a Sovereignty Convention by an
act of the Legislature to change tie old
Constitution. II is certain that the old
thing needs revising, but as we don own
any slaves now, it's immaterial 10 rs
whether il is changed or not STATE
Journal
We find ourseif in 'ts same condition
as to tie slavery question, and if there
was no ether consideration demanding q
change, We should be dumb So clam with
regard to it. But that is the very least
consideration with us. The material in
teresls Of he State are greatly concerned
and there i DO estimating the beneficial
effects upon the whole people that would
fow from such changes "a ought 10 be
made Clinton Democrat
The Hickman COURIER has earnestly
argued fer new constitution, but The
proposition has been three times rejected
BY the people, and for The reason that the
people have three times said may, we
must conclude that they are not sueiei-
emily anxious for ue,0 constitution as to
justify s. revolutionary assemblage even a.
the bidding of the State Legislature
Such a proceeding might unsettle affairs
for years and years, and grow up a fierce
conflict such as used to exist between the
New Court and Old Court parties. The
convention assembled by authority of the
Legislature might be endorsed by bare
majority Of those voting, and the ne,g
constitution 50 ratified, but those oppos-
ing would fight it's operation by clinging
70 the present or old constitution. Be-
sides The short crops ia Kentucky this season
render the people less willing to incur
the expense Of 5 doubtful Sovereignty
convention.
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IL there be one thing more senseless
ana nischievous than another in sur In
dian policy, says the " J. W@ld, 1t IL
.be custom Of con ioning as ats Of war
when perpetratei by red sayAges airoci-
ties which would be only 100 mereiIully
punished with the gallowy'w ere white men
in arms to perpeirate them. Why should
American officers, civil and military, be
subjected to the Disgrace Of parleying and
making treaties with seoundrels hot from
the flames Of American homes, the massa-
ere Of American women and children and
the torture Of brave men captured ID
battle2
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Fan Elections.
From "a Exchange J

Elections occur this Fall in New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia aud Mis-
sissippi. The only State officer elected
in Pennsylvania is Treasurer. Ia New
York, full State ticket is elected except
Governor and Lieut. Governor, together
with members Of the Legislature and four
Congressman. Fun State tickets and
legislators are TO be elected in Virginia,
Mississippi aud Ohio.