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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-03-30
BuO sOLAND. SENATOR HECK,
AND GME IhOG.

fNicholsville Depart. Central Methodist
If there is a politician in the |
world that we love, it is Senator
Beck. lie calls us Bro. holland,
and we call him Bro. Beck. Many
a day we have sat together all day
iA.the court house at Lexington,
ss,,o,soyAlting rascals for the gallows
w. niientiary, and frequently
Feeding; or, il defeated, leav.
Ing The culprit so alarmed that he
never dared to repeat the crime.
We give below an account of Mr.,
Beck's fishing experience for one
day, which illustrates the result to
q man who quits his own business
for something that he does not
understand, aud shows the plain
fate OF those who recklessly tear
down church institutions which
are doing well, TO transplant them
to localities supposed to afford
better facilities, when the thing
needed was not change of loca-
ton, but more money. We copy
from "Anecdotes Of Public Men"
SENATOR BECK's FROG. y
Senator Beck went fishing the
other day, said one Of his col
leagues this morning, and he did
the most stupid thing ever heard
of. He started out early in the
morning for the upper Potomac.
The favOrite bait of these high.
bred fisherman is u frog. Frogs
are procured a day in advance by
boys in the vicinity where the
hshing is to be done. Beck does
not seem to care very much when
he goes fishing whether he catch.
es anything or not, if he has a
number of jolly companions with
him. Soon after he arrived at his
destination for fishing, he set his
pole, ran ont his line, aud threw
his hook with a small, live frog
upon IL. The vigorous statesman
then took position on the bank
Of the river and talked TO his com.
paniOns, smoked. and discussed
future Legislation. A number of
times he observed his line to pull
tant and his pole to sway q little,
but never was there that hum and
that swish of the line which indi.
cate the presence of bass. Mr..
Beck's companions told him that
1t was the frog pulling at the line,
and he never pulled it up until the
time had arrived for him to return
to Washington.
at will be a cold day when I go
ishing again." said the Senator,
as Ne began to reel in his line. II
have not had q bite to-day, and it
Is the best point Oh the river for
bass. The morning, too, Is very |
favorable. DO you know why 1
bsvn't caught fshiv inquired
Senator Beck. "ltis because that
cOnfounded little green frog has
been sitting on that stone out
there looking at me all the time.
haven't said a word, but have
seen that frogs eye on me con-
SANITY, and it was at that frog
that have thrown so many rocks
and made so many gestures, and
beloved so loudly" The Senator
continued TO pull in his line. His
companions watched him intently.
Finally he was heard to exclaim:
swell, III be -!' The line whip
ped up to the stone aud the frog
MAS pulled of it. II was then dis.
covered that the frog had climbed
out on the stone Immediately after
II was thrown into the river. and
had sat there with the hook in its
mouth.
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DEMOCRATIC srArE coNvENrioS
Called - Meet IN Lexington. NY .
"wednesday, nay iSth. lsss.

The Democratic State Central
Committee met in Lexington on
the the 2iss inst aud resolved
that the Democratic State Con.
yention be held IN that city on
Wedne sday, Nay 10Th, at | o'clock,
y. m, for the vrpose Of selecting
delegates to Do ational Conven.
ton to be helGn st. Louie the
9th Of June. In appointing dele.
gates. il 10 recommended that the
vote for Bntkner ana Bryant be
taken as a basis, and that the ratio
of representation be one delegate
for every tTo hundred Of said
votes, and one for each fraction of
one hundred aud over. IL is fur.
Their recommended that the dele.
gates be selected in every county
on the same cay, to wit: Saturday,
the 9th day q May, 1883, in such
manner as th. County Committee
in each count may prescribe. But
If from any c,use a County Com.
mittee shoult fail to take action
looking to The selection of dele.
gates, they sail be chosen by q
mass meeting Of the Democracy
to be held atthe court house Of
such county or counties, Mt l
o'clock, p. N, on Saturday, May
9TH, 1888.
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GALL il still quiet in the First
on,the Congressional race. The
calm, however, may be that which
precedes the storm, who knows
what day may bring forthf This,
however, is pretty certain that
the man who beats Capt. Stone
will have to be a hustler, from
whom Polk Latfoon could learn q
thing or two in that liue. Stone
il popular, has made an excellent
Representative and We are not
aware of the slightest dissatisfac-
ton with his course in Congress,
among the 'bOys in the trenches
Of the Old Gibraltar."-- Prince.
ton Banner.
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KNIGHTS OF HONOR:
welcome Given Grand Dictator J. W.
Cowgirl
From Courier-Journai

From Courier-Journsl
There was q very large gather.
ing of leading Knights Of Honor
at Liederkranz Hall last evening.
The occasion was q reception Civ
en- by Golden Lodge No. I, to the
Hon. j. w. Cowgirl, Grand Die
tator of Kentucky Knights of
Honor. Loyal Lodge and several
others came in q body. Dictator
1iiestOn presided. An encourag.
ing address was made by the
Grand Dictator. who detailed the
history Of the fraternity from it's
humble origin ia this city, June
80, 1873. to its lofty place as the
leading insurance society of the
world, paying each yer $4,000. GOO
TO it's sick members and to the
heirs of deceased members.
at has stood every storm" said
he, "and passed through every
peril with perfect success. When
the yellow fec scourged the
South, driving away insurance
companies, the Knights of Honor
rescued all who had fed from it
for shelter. My own lodge at
Hickman was so broken up that
for months we did not meet. OF
our small membership thirteen
died in the epidemic. We wrote
to the Supreme Reporter, asking
how we stood. He answered;
"Kentucky Lodge, No. $40, is all
right; the members at large have
paid your assessments for you.
Send proof of the deaths of your
members" We sent the proof,
and inside of sixty days $4,000
was sent from the Knights OF
Honor Supreme Treasurer TO the
heirs of those yellow fever victims
at Hickman
In closing he paid a high com.
pllment to Mr.. Jas. A. Deharee, OF
Louisville, founder of the Knights
of Honor, and urged that the pro.
posed memorial homestead be
bought for him. Excellent adj.
dresses we're also made by Messrs.
S. NJ. Bernard, j. w. Mccall, Alex.
Lawson, j. w. Hammond, Joseph
Shelter, Charles Ii. Montz, and
others.
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SWEEPING INyrsrIGAriONS

FRANKFORT, KY, March o.
The spirit Of investigation is upon
the members Of the General As.
sembly. The disposition is to 20
straight to the bottom of every.
thing iu sight, and to spare no one,
This was evidenced by what oc.
Cured in the House to-day. Mr..
Wood varied these proceedings
somewhat by Offering a bill to
make the Auditor of Public Ac.
counts, the Treasurer, Attorney
General, Secretary of State, Su.
perintendent of Public Ins,ruc.
ton, Register Of the Land Office,
Public Printer and Librarian ineli.
gible for a third term. lie said
that he expected to do all in his
power to secure the passage OF
the measure, and lie relied upon
the prompt efforts of all good
Democrats to assist him. He
thinks that when his bill takes
effect il will prove a wholesome
check, and result Enthusiastically to
the public good.
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STATE Auditor Hewitts Office
has now been undergoing investi-
CATION for about two weeks by
experts, and SO far nothing wrong
has been developed. Gen. Hew.
lit says that he "cOurts invesiiga.
ton and all the experts In the
land will be welcomed into his
Office" This is the way for an
honest man to talk, and il the re-
ports hold up as ut present, he
will add honor to his name. State
Auditor Hewitt's name is connect
ed with that of the defaulting
Treasurer's, in regard to partner
ship speculations in large quanti-
ties of whisky, which, If true, puts
Hewitt in a bad light. II he is
guilty, let punishment go without
fear or favor The investigations
will tell the truth or falsity OF
said charges.
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sEsAToR INGALLS,, writing TO a friend,
.sys sthe southern Coafederacy il an act
i've, organized political power as much as
I was In 1871
Is ii possible for a man of such
ability AS Senator Ingalls, to in-
dulge in such rawlings as the aboye'
Is 1t possible that any consider
able number Of Northern people
will believe him when he makes
such asserti0ns' ltappears hard
~ reasonable, and yet party feel.
ing il SO strong that 1t stops at
nothing. 4! is u part of the doc
trine OF the Republican party to
preach this secti0nalism, aud TO
keep the North excited against the
South.
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The Tate defalcation will be
charged To lack of watchfnlness
on the part of the Democracy of
this State. While it will cut no
figure in the Presidential election
it will cut a big figure in the Con,
gressional elections in this State
Democrats will have q hard time
to hold their own in the fairly
strong Democratic districts, aud
III the close aud doubtful districts
will tie apt tn be defeated. Thi,
la very unfortunate contempla
ton. but nothing is to he gained
by refusing TO look at the situa
ton AS it really exists. : Louis
vile Democrat.
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This is AN age of improvement.
The farmer that fails to avail
himself of the latest-improved
labor saving Farm Machinery,
Implements, &c, is "left in the
lurch." We are pleased to in
form our farmer friends that We
offer them, this season, the finest
and most popular line Of Ma
chinery and Implements We have
ever handled, consisting of En-
gines, Thresbers. Clover Hullers,
Straw Stackers, Saw Mills, with
repairs and extras pertaining
thereto, Flows, in great variety,
such "a Sulky Breakers, Two
horse Breakers, Double Shovels,
Single Shovels, New Ground
Flows, Cultivators, tongueless
and with tongue, both riding
and walking; Hay Tedders, Hay
Rakes, Hay Leaders, Corn Drills
with checker and drill combined;
two row Corn Checkers, Disk
and Smoothing Harrows, Bind
ers, Reapers, Mowers, Stalk Gut
tiers, with straight or spiral knife,
and many other articles, in this
line, too tedious to mention. We
buy direct from the manufacture
ers, hence we get all the dis
counts they can allow, and we
can afford TO give portion OF
our discounts to our patrons, and
when We buy direct from the
factories we know what we are
getting.
We are agents for, and repre-
sent erciusirely. number of the
best factories known to us, such
as the Buckeye Binders, Reap
ers, Movers, Threshers, Engines,
Clover Hullers, dc. Gaar, Scott
d Cos, Engines, Threshers, Saw
Mills, Clover Hullers, &c. ID.
NJ. Osborne n Cos Binders,
Reapers, Mowers, &c, aud sew
eral Others.
Bissell Chilled Plows, best in
Ame,'icd, made by former partner
of Mr.. Oliver, ofthe Oliver Plow
Works. Malta Cultivators and
Double Shovels, he GENUINE.
mo bogus Mditds ain ours") the
best in the world of their kind.
Blount's True Blue, Uric line Of
Flows. New Departure Guilt
vators, and many other things.
We invite all to call and ex-
anime our Machinery, Imple-
ments, Groceries, DC, and see
what we can do tor them.
Day Field Seeds, Land Plaster,
Lime. Cement, Feed for Stock,
&C., kept constantly in stock.
Respectfully,
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HIGH BRED TA0TTlNG STALLION
MAND0WER!

by 0lendowsr, (No. l9i5), hy Alasnt
Lightning. NO i023l ~ Aimoa. ma S3l
by aieIandeI's Alfalfa
Dam Of Msndower. rarlingyille Girl,
by Prophet be by Old Prophet he BY @
Ilill's Vermont Blackjack
MANDOw Err was foalrd in Nav, lSsI,
is IS hands II inches high. weighs lol0
pounds, il dark Mahogany Bay, no white,
black points extending up 10 the kaees,
sound. very handsome, and high styled,
Nth p'enty OF substance. and stout, ele,n.
bard hone lie shows hne trsiiing Action.
and, when trained, j. bound 70 le very fast
aaSDOWER dcseend-. on both sire
AMI dam side, from the fastest irouers Ia
the country, aud In his vein. ilo~ the
commiogled blood Of the lrotting famile.
whieh have produced the tastes, ltouer.
with the greatest uniformity. ! gill say
his pedigree shows over enc hundred lrot.
iers in his family that have Irotied a mile
between two minutes ten second. TO two
minutes thirty seconds.
MANDOW Err will make the Season oil
1855 at my home. two miles from HEX
man, on Troy road, commencing March
10th, and ending June lat.
TsRNs-sl5 20 10 insure 4 mare in foal
50 % payable at FIRST service, balance
payable when mare show. -ign. of t-inl
IN foal II the mare Is traded or .old,
claim the SIS 90 in all cases claim tn,
produce Of Mando~sr until service money
is paid. will not be responsible for acci.
dents. For further information, sdif.-l
uSNuuN ~ uAANa,S
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HEwIrr's REsrONsysILirY.

FRANKFORT, March 23.-lSpe.
cial. The talk about Auditor
Hewitt having constant access to
the Treasurer's office is the mer.
est bosb. Secretary Adams has
the KEY, and he will hold onto it
until the Legislative Committee
asks for tie same. A large share
Of the attack on Gen: Hewitt is a
manufactured article, with a de.
sign that is easily discernible. 1t
Is not intimated that any Of the
bondsmen are personally rcspon.
siOle for this, but the stink smells
from that direction. 1t will be no
excuse in law, even if the Auditor
was not more severe in his con-
strnclion OF the statute relative
to the monthly settlements be-
tween himself and the Treasurer.
Gen. Hewitt said to day that he
did now, as he had always, court
ed an investigation. All he asked
- hat he be not sdjudged guilty
without a trial.
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RAILROAD VETOED.

Gov. Buckner has vetoed The
hill to incorporate the Cairo ant
Memphis railroad company, for III,
alleged reason that the charter
gives the company n sort Of rov
ing commission to go wherever /
wants to either in Keptug},..ol
Tennessee-because they w al III
earth aud the ful,ness Thereby IN
the charter might be used Il
defrimeDt of other eDterpf3
This charter has had q mi al
experience in the present Legis.
lature, from well founded obiec-
tons TO the provisions of the
charter, or from the active OppO.
siiion of rival enterprises, or from
both causes. In the House, 1t
was Withdrawn and amended, as
understood to be changed TO meet
the Governors objections /; it then
went to the Senate, where it was
held in committee until three days
of the agreed day for final adjourn.
ment. and then adversely report.
ed. 1t was then amended aud
passed, and now the Governor We
toes it. This kills it. The SEES.
sion has been extended, however,
and there is ample time for a new
bill TO he introduced and passed,
this session, If the company is
willing to accept such "A charter
as the Governor will approve.
The failure to obtain this char.
ter would prove a sore disappoint.
ment to the people Of Ballard,
Hickman and Fulton counties, aud
a great injury TO the best interests
of this section. Not knowing the
actual provisions Of the charter,
we cannot undertake TO say that
the objections of the Governor
are wrong, but the proposed road
is of such vast importance to our
people, and the prospect for its
early construction so fiattering
that we can but view the veto as
a real calamity to Western Ken.
lucky.
HIS OBJECTIONS.
The Governor assigns tue fol.
lowing objections to the charter:
/. The company asks the priv.
ileges of an insurance company,
TO insure freight, live stock, and
the lives of passengers, without
complying with the insurance laws
of tue State as applied TO all other
insurance companies doing bust.
ness in this State.
2. The company asks for vain
able franchise from the people,
without contracting to build or
do work in any specified term OF
years, which, the Governor holds,
might be detrimental to other pub
lie enterprises.
3. Tie charter does not stipu-
late for a citizen or citizens of
Kentucky to be incorporators.
The charter is classed as "spec-
ulative." One thing is certain.
and that is, it the incorporates
are really in earnest in their inten.
lions to build this road, then they
will eliminate the Objectionable
sections, aud get their charter {;
but if they do not intend to build
the road, but only want to use the
charter for speculative" purpo-
SEES, to induce some other road to
sell out to them, or to prevent
any others from building, then,
We shall perhaps, hear no more
Of it.
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TELL THE TRUTH.

Tell the truth, should be the
guidin Z principle Of those charged
with investigating tho Tate detail.
cation. The air is full of rum0rs
charging this and that official with
completely in the robbery Of the
State Treasury, aud the public
confidence so Outrageously abnsed
ny Tate, is perhaps too ready to
believe charges and insinuations
against any and everybody. Let
The investigation proceed thor.
ongily, aud let no guilty man es.
cape, bnt certainly II is unjust aud
wrong TO condemn any public Of
fcer OF high or low degree with.
ont any proof, and even when
charged until he has had a fair
trial.
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PEARS OF FLOODS.
Numerous lee Govg~s In the uppei
MtsuOurt.

Sioux CITY. IA, March 20. The
present conditions are almost iden-
teal with those preceding the
great flood of 1882. The snow
lies deep all along the Missouri
Valley and on the prairies drain.
ing into it. There is D series OF
gorges in the river from here to
20 or 100 miles above here, which
with the Upper Missouri and Its
continents have broken up and are
flooding. If the weather turns
warm, disastrous foods must en-
sue. A great amount Of property
is exposed here, and there is in
tense anxiety, not only at this
point. but throughout the low
lands along the river.
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w.i.Lsr pcrEArrKE DEMoCH IT'S,

hisuAk q the Dem, cratic party being
ru,ned 10y the defalcatons OF Treasurer
l-ts Is the metest kind Of bosh The
idea that any one man can oyertufn the
Dem cratic party OF Kentucky. lea hiss
do what he NAV, 10 one too pperilc for any
sensible person to indulge In even for n
moment II il true the Democrats gave
Mr.. Tate his position. but so did they give
office to the very men who unes, ihei his
crime and who are now ende-vortng t.
bring him to Justice. Mr., Tate is not the
first man who has gone ss,ray. The re
cords Of the Republican States OF the
North abound with accounts Sf deiaulting
officials; and when the same party con
trolled certain Southern States their Tae,s
uries were remorselessly piundered.-
ducsh News.
1t is not q question of party at
all. No party, no religious organ.
izatiOn, no charitable society, can
prevent now aud then a dishon.
est member from obtaining places
of power aud trust. This is the
history aud nature of weak, fallen
humanity. Up to the day of Mr..
Tate's fight, no man living had a
better, purer, more honorable re-
cord, private and public, and the
Democratic leaders and voters had
a right to trust man with such a
life record. If the people do not
trust q man with such a good life
reputation, whom shall they trust 7
Therefore the Democratic party
is ia no sense culpable or guilty
Of any wrong for electing Mr..
Tate. 1t may be said that the
Democratic party is TO blame for
continuing "a man, even with such
good record, ia Office so long.
aud it may be that this was the
mistake. but the history Of de.
faulters shows that many more
have been guilty during short
terms than long terms. Polk, the
Tennessee defaulter was only in
Office short time. So, after all,
1t is in the real honor of the man,
aud his weakness as TO tempta.
ton. The Democratic party can
only lie held blamable for Tate's
honor, or any officers disbonor,
when as party it attempts to
shield, white.wash, or protect,
such offenders. If a ring of cor.
rupt oilice.holders obtain such
power as to control a party so far
Az to shield and protect plumber
ers, the honest men irrespective
of party should assist to put any
party In power that will not shield
or protect. But, when one man
proves dishonest, aud his own
party exposes and Furnishes, then
the party is not to be blamed, but
deserves honor, instead.
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FATHER TAAFE, who has been
the Catholic priest at Flemiugs.
burg, Kentucky, for two years,
has become temporarily deranged
by smoking cigarettes. He re.
Gently confessed to a misdemean.
or and paid a fine to escape scan
dial, as he said. inquiry showed
that he had committed no INSIDE
meanor. Father Hickey. of Mays
lick, hearing this, called on Taafe,
who denied having paid any fine.
Even when confronted with the
evidence he remembered nothing
of it. Taafe had been smoking
cigarettes very freely, sometimes
a hundred a day. and it is feared
it will be necessary TO take him TO
an intirmary.
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THE Palucah Republican, rep.
resenting u party whose officials
have stolen millions OF dollars, is
greatly disturbed over State Treas.
urer Tate's defalcation. The Re.
publicans appear really mad be-
cause ono real big thief has been
found that does not belong to their
party. Let no guilty man escape;
aud lot honest men, irrespective
Of party, stand gu this platform.
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ARTICLES of Impeachment Of
Treasurer Tate have been pre-
ssnted in the Legislature, aud that
body offers "A reward Of 5000 for
his apprehension and return TO
kentucky. Attachments against
his private property and suit on
ais bond have been instituted.
Every measure that could be TAX
en Was quickly put in motion.
Expert examination Of his ac-
counts is progressing as rapidly
as possible. His books are in
considerable confusion. The de.
f,cation will probably lie shown
80 be moi less than 100000.
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JOHN II. HENDRICKS FOR STATE
fREASC nER.

The facts are that Senator John
X. Hendricks offered and pressed
lac resolution in the State Senate
10 investigate the State Treasurer
aud Auditors Office, and that all
cOurtesies and Establishment ex-
tended by Tate to defeat the oh.
jrct of his resolution, only excited
Senator Hendricks the more to a
more determined effort toward q
thorough investigation, aud hence
his speech begging for an exten.
sion of the session, asserting that
IL would be an outrage to adjourn
without thorough aud impartial
Investigation being had. 1t was
the Hendricks resolution that led
to the exposure and downfall Of
Tate, and the investigation thus
instituted will bring about the
thorough overhaullng of each and
every tlduciary officer, aud if there
he any more thieves and robbers
in public place, il will let the light
la OH them also. Hurrah for Hen.
bricks. If the Democrats want
10 yindicate the honor of their
party from the blotch caused by
the misplaced confidence IL Tate,
let them nominate for State Treas.
urer, the Democrat, who tnrnei
the lights on the robbers, no mat.
ter if it should expose some who
had been hOhored aud trusted by
his own party. John X. Hen
bricks is the honest man. the hon-
est Democrat, who did this. The
democrats Of Kentucky can in
lao wise better express their hon
est indignation aud condemnation
of robbery and plunder in their
own party, than by nominating
and electing for Treasurer the
honest man who offered aud press
ell to passage the resolution that
brought about the exposure and
detection Of these robberies.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-03-30

The State Board of Equalization
met on the 10th inst, with all OF
it's members present, and placed
the cash values on land for this
year. The assessed value Of land
in the First District varies but
little from what it was last year.
The following is the assessment
of lands in 1887 and 1888: