The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-01-20

Ma. u. GvrAwsy. Of Tennessee Pass
Col, gave birth 10 Ave bouncing boys N,
other day
Ia rHrsrprSr GnEvr, 81 Franco, Ia writ
lug . took entitled The Memoirs Of .
President"
a coNNrcricur farmer, whose son 10 A.
prison, has visited him every year fol
thirty years
A0rHsAN physician has traced ninety
two distinct disc scs IN women 10 the us,
Of the corset,
A riNr tree cut at six Lakes recent,
yielded a,sc feet Of morchantabie lumber
valued at $50
THr banjo crane il the latest mania OF
Fashionable society, and banjo rsSitai."
10 one OF lie outcroppings
ps NAM NALKTh's attire now consist.
Of "a little ovorcost. a dark suit with q cut
away coat, and walking stick.
A JrEstt err butcher quarrcled with
another man aud STRUCK him with sAu
cage, breaking three OF hts ribs
IN has been discovered by naturalist.
that u takes dog ninety DAYS 10 forge,
has cd home and take 10 . new one
A VnrNlN was arrested rocontIy al
Newport, Tenn, Tor rotbing the pockets Of
his fellow lurymen while out making up a
verdict
fioKIpa paper tells Of Q Lemon Jus,
packed which measured fifteen and one.
half inches aud weighed tuo pounds and
two c..ces
Tnrsr l. promise 81 a real estate crash
Ia brooklyn, prizes having gone too high,
and there being more new buildings than
can be- occupied
Jrsss Mrsp's horse ran away near Ire.
mon', %, and throw HIN hcadiong into the
frozen rrcvs, vhe e be broke through tho
ice and was drowned
ANnRrN CAHNrGrr. tbs iron prince. who
pays one 81 hts foromen a salary OF sga.oo
year, dii bis first work In a Pittsburgh
telegraph fiise tor ~ week.
kpwiN Boorn's hobby Is 10 smoke con.
iinually enormous pipes Of tobaeco, Que
hesss ~ Win sy~ss " ~ a-s = - .i7.as-
Tnr Duke q cambridge. ccmmander-ln.
chef Of the British army, gets $500 q
year, while oil Couni Won Molike, OF the
German army, receives - 5000
T"s Chicago tf'---..-=s ==s--s;s ;s.;
the year ISIS Il "a good time Tor old bach.
clors TO cogii-s the gir!s TO rcciprocs and
not hcsii-s' In other words. issS Is the
year 10 ms
MssrrH Joe n"~ooHrE, a sixteen year
old Newburgh, y Y, hey. has issued a
challenge 10 any boy Of his age IN America
% skate from Que mile 10 Ave for one hun.
dred dollars
CoLoSEL SWIM. of Oglethorpc, GA. /.
somewhat % = farmer. II Il said that at
the close Of the war hs began farming on
capital q $50 HIS annual income Is
now tiUWl
A aeon many OF tho Congressmeu miss
the free passes they enjoyed before the
days Of the Interstate commerce law. and
think their salaries ought 20 he Increased
asa compensation
TnrRr are lace curtains in the parlors Of
Robert CARROTS million-dollAr baltimore
mansion which COS, $50 yard. some Of
tho carpets on the floors are actually worth
their weigh; IN gold.
MICHIGAN clergyman named Spring.
stein ia engaged 10 a crusade against
Christmas, which he says II pagan fes.
iiyal aud Is in full tilt after Santa Clau.
With intent To destroy him.
BERnr BowDEN,a twelve year.old colorcs
boy Of Macon, Ca, has tho largest mouth
81 anybody In those parts. lie can hold
i've hens egxa Ia II az eEca without .;,G.-
Guilty aud II very proud Of H.
TYR made from paper Is the latest nov.
city. process has been patented In Eng
land by which large type used for printing
placards can be made from pulp. Such let.
ters arc at present cut on wood.
torrrr JONI. tho proprietor Of a Mime.
apolis restaurant, on bet Of si0 recently
ate 30 oysters In two hours lie ato ny
raw, 1875 stewcd and go steamed, and lin.
ishcd with thictcon minutes TO spare.
Tnn fricndicss pauper. Frank Holman.
who died IN Cincinnati fcw days ago,
once drew regular salary OF $4,000 per
annum from his employer, A. I. stewart,
the millionaire merchant of New York.
Inrnr viii DO plenty of international OK
hibitions this year. Among others will be
one relating to music at Bologna, one at
Vienna covering architecture, sculpture
and painting, and one at Melbourne ucm.
prisiug everything.
A COAL dealer occupies n panel In one Of
the Chicago street car lines, and a pawn.
broker with an eve TO business occupies
the next panel, with hand pointed TO-
ward the coal dealer, says do you need
money! The point Is easily scen.
GENERAL wssnISGroN Swell, a retired
oficer Of the u. \. army, died tho other
day at San Francisco, aged eighty six
years. He served sixty-four years and
eight months In the army, and was the
second Oldest man on the retired list
1T Is said that a newly rich Now York
woman got from O sexton possession Of "a
tombstone sacred 10 the memory OF some
ono Of the same name as herself that was
In an English graveyard, and now has II
set In her library wall, with a fictitious
pedigree, AS voucher for her aristocracy.
GOVERNOR SwiNrfoRD, OF Alaska, Is In
Washington, WHITTIER he went 10 attempt 10
secure legislation to restrain tbs rapaclty
OF the Commercial Fur Seal Company. lie
claims that the company rules tho Terri.
tory, and during the last year has exceeded
by 5000 the number Of seals which IL is al.
lowed TO kill
IN Is told OF DR.. ID. II. Agnew, tho
eminent surgeon OF Philadelphia, that
early In his career he became discouraged
by an unsuccessful ease OF tracheotomy,
gave up his profession and went into the
coal business. In that pursuit he failed,
and then went back TO surgery.
KATIE KENNEDY, OF Cincinnati, the pref.
~ sister OF a young man who is now In he
Southern Indiana penitentiary under life
sentence for murder, Is so convinced OF
her brothers innocence that for three
years she has been truant from home,
aud In the uisguie OF man has been the
constant companion of thieves, in tho
hopes Of obtaining n confession which viii
BET free the conylct.