The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

less politics and more business.
Tho .eai- who cheats his land lord is open
tosthe charge or ignore-rents.
General Hazen, Of the Weather Bureau
says We are TO have mild winter. The
cal men say Hezen Is crank.
Bob Ingcr oil don't believe in purgatory.
/ Well, as the Irish Priest said, .he may go
! further and fare worse"
AT the Nashville ice factory the manhead
in the ammonia boiler blew out and the
eyes OF John Meyers were put out
The Kentucky Prohibition Convention
to nominate 4 candidate Tor Governor
and other state Officers is called 10 meet
Louisville, February 10, 1888.
During the past - months American
newspapers have been received by mail in
England at the rate OF more than $4,000 a
! day, or 10000 600 year.
-srurir, aitnougfl II came from Gotham:
The way to convince girl that the waltz
Is immoral, IS to let her see her favored
DTau waltzing with another girl
Thus far 80 miles OF the Kentucky river
has ben reopened to navigation The inten
ton is to reconstruct the old State slack
water works and continue the system l58
miles above the forks.
It Is stated that there are several la.
bankers who favor a simultaneous move
ment ON the part OF National banks To sur
render their National charters and organ
ize under State charters.
Mcssrs. Moody and sankey left Pmis at
the close OF Tia ore fortnight's labors in the
4 /. l. Z
England, which was opened Sunday; Nov.
The old lady who owns the house IN
St. JOSEPH, Missouri, where Jessie James
was shot, is making fortune by charging
the curious p cents to see the room where
the fatal tragedy was enacted.
Mrs Langtry has taken in S6S,00O in
New York during the past four weeks al
many prcttye women in Kentucky spend
their mornings in milking COWS and wisL ing
for $40 in the afternoon 10 buy a winter
bonnet.
The Board of Audit on the Garfield claims
have made the following allowance to ply
sicians: DIR. Bliss, $500; DIR. Frank Hamil-
ton, -, 900; DR. Agnew, s. 600; DR. X ey-
nolds, $4,000; DR. Boynton. s., 900; Mrs DR.
Edison, s. 000.
There is n rumor Of rupture between
Senator Malone and President Arthur. 1t is
claimed that one OF their principal reason
for the present difference" arises from the
support given Mahone's reputation by the
administration.
a CLinaman who wrote poem on a grain
OF rice did very well, bnt Chicago printer
accomplished n feat which sounds more
ri 10 Il r
paper, and after calling all the accounts
of divorces, murders and other crimes, re
ited what was left on three cent piece
Scitz .L..an Porters case comes up
EEK, and we shall then
1Fer General Logan is "a bigger
Hy1I',n old Grant" General Grant does
lyf represent any particular State that we
know OF, but then he carries several guns
OF heavy calibre.
-Four Louisville preachers, two on a side,
last Monday debated the question Should
women preacb?" The referees failed to reach
4 decision; and as woman has been preaching
since the world began and will continue to
preach until the end OF time, their deliber
ations will not be OF much consequence.
] II Jones Secretary of the Royal Ben
eft Association, which made an assign
ment al Nashville, was sent to Jail III de-
fault of bail on warrant charging him
with obtaining money under false pretenses,
fraudulent breach of trust and misappro
priation OF funds.
While Gen. Butler was delivering a speech
in Boston. during the recent campaign, one
of his hearers cried out, 81 ow about the
poons. Benz Benjamin good eye twink led
merrily as he looked bashfuily at the audi
ence and said: "NoY, don't mention that,
please. was Republican when l stole
the spoons.
curious decision is reported as having
been given by "A Chinese Man DARN the 9TH
or dav. 4 Chinese who had been drinking
in a tea house pulled out dollar to pay
the bill. This was Immediately claimed by
an Indian, who was there too, and who ac~
cused the Ohinaman of having stolen 1t
from him. On the matter being referr ed
to the magistrate second claimant appeared
IN the person Of a japanese; but neither
could make coed his case. After pro-
found deliberation, the magistrate came 10
the conclusion that shere was not the slight |
est c@idence,,to prove thatlthe dollar belonged !
10 either the JapaEese or the Indian. lie /
declared, therefore, that it should De equal /
" divided between them; and the China |
d an discharged from custody.
The Sultan OF Turkey cqrrie revolver.
A few days since q servant in the place /
approached The Sultan, snd while attempt
ng to draw a petition from ais bosom, was
hot and killed by his royal highness,
VII ~beli sxei, he Vas going - be assassi-
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