The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1888-12-14
CURRENT TOPICS.

YER.
Tue German Emperor IL nlcknsmed 'rhe
Bantam OF Berlin"
PRESIDENT HARRIsos's favorite
exercise Is that Of walking.
BARON Hmsm, OF Vienna, has given
b,0o0, 900 to Jewish schools
PINK parties for infants are said TO be
the latest novelty In Chicago.
A MERRY. oo- ROUND has been set up In
an old church building In Louisiana
TIVE Italian Senate has Just defeated .
bill granting woman suffrage In Rome.
AN Engiishmsn has Invented machine
for making illuminated thsster posters.
THKsE Is one thing that is seldom found
ain the soup" That 10 the church social
oyster
POSTMASTER GHSrRAL DicxiNsos, re-
commends the abolition 81 the frankink
privilege
A woNAr Of Huntington, c., who 10
only thirsy. hve years Of age, las had nine
husbands
La lAss aEser~rcs william 1. er~siiisd
with ssylnr N2oco,occ out Of his public
slio~a ncc.
FoR tho first time In four years Rich
mond. Va, will have q Republican daily
Newspaper
RUSSIA Is trying TO effect a large loan.
The coming war In Europe will b. carried
on ION tick"
TsE population Of Japan, st the end Of
last year, according TO the oelcfai Gdfeife,
was e,0o9 O07
sourn CAROLINA cast one vote for Cen
sral Fisk, aud Kentucky two votes for
Belva Lockwood.
" 10 said that David Belasco win be en-
gagged 20 initiate Mira Jas @. Blaine, Jr.,
into her stage career
The headquarters 0. Thomas Il BsrTy's
new brotherhood Of United Labor will 10
at nsst Saginaw, Mich.
A DOCTOR In Cincinnati charges next 10
nothing for his services In cases where his
patient does not recover.
FurEES years ago Omaha was offered
fifteen acres Of land for city park Tor tl3, :
90 which IL now worth sTJ0o0J.
In costs Maryland $4,000 per year TO
maintain ncr oyster navy and prevent 9th.
Or States from owning her oysters.
A MOUNTAIN peak In Cassia County,
Idaho, has been named after General Har-
rison. II Is 1000. feet above the sea.
THx days Of Captain Kidd and his
Wild fresbooters are recalled by tho depre-
da ions Of the oyster pirates In Chesapeake
bay.
REPUBLICAN lady a. the result Of an
election bot extracted a sound tooth from
Democratic dentists mouth at Fl Paso.
Tex
AN Australian paper seriously discusses
the mugwump. under the impression tina,
Il IL a Rocky mountain ass recently dis.
covered.
A vienna man has left Nv will Oh. sun
OF ~. eco forms 10 a young woman who
bsbituaily nodded 20 him whenever she
met him.
TINS time Il rapidly approaching wher
the question of gifts Tor relative. and
friends will 10 uppcrmost In the minds ol
the people.
IT IL said that In Difference 10 the wishes
% Mrs ciey Gland the President and sh'
will maks an extended European tour AZ
nETWEs. ysas Of last year and Noven
ter Of thia year % oOo,ooo standard silvei
dollars vcfr added 10 the stock Of unused
money IA sAs Treasury.
AN old negro Of Waco, Tex, has beer
sen; 10 an insane asylum because for year
10 has occupied a cabin In the outskirts o
the city with pet steer.
or tie s.osS aii;-s of railroad nstruct.e
In the United States during the first hall
Of issS only i've miles are set down 10 thu
credit Of the State Of Iowa.
A CAAFORNIA farmer. believing tina
cats " ~ -sierminnie squirrels ami goph
ers purchased large number and ss
them AZ liberty ON his land.
II Il reported that many q the cardinals
q, Rome favor tho selection OF Cariina
Gibbons. OF Baltimore. or Cardinal Tasche
reau. OF Montreal, as the next Pope
CorrrR Is stiil on the boom The French
syndicate that has cornered the product o
the world Is carrying a stock % 100000
pounds, and IL grasping all IL can get
A CALI jumped on the piio, Of rapid,
moving train ON the southern Pacific AM
rode nine miles, I'LL the cars stopped.
hhea scampsred OF about its business.
! 1T Is proposed 90 organize Joint Memo
rial Association OF Union and Confederate
s-i-.e== &c acquire and preserve tho tat
;,s.feld OF Chickamauga, and mark
with iultabls tablets and monuments.
A JOINT resolution has been offered II
Congress, proposing ala amendment 10 In
Constitution, providing that the Presiden
and Vice President shall be chosen ever.
fourth year. by the direct votes OF the peo
pie.
A NrwARK IN ~ singing society visit
cd Edison's laboratory In West Orange
~ j., the other evening and sang severa
choruses into the photograph that Is TO
shipped 20 England and let of before 10
OF scientists.
TuRtn l2-pound cannon balls and one 4
FOUNDER were found 10 Rutland. VT. by
yorkman engaged In excavating for tn
foundation of new mill. They are sup
posed 10 be relics Of the Burgoyne cam
psgn In III.
PEOPLE are surprised TO find that, hay
Ing scarcely digested tho Thank sgsvin
turkey, they are sspidly iunping intoth
Christmas season. Thanksgiving came
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