The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1889-02-15

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WILLIAM Of Germany has pat an editor
IN a bastiio for commenting edltorially on
Williams lame ear.
TUX full name OF tho biggest man In
France at present Is George Ernest Johu
Maria Boulanger.
IN the next Legislature OF Pennsylvania
there Will be sin Browns, one Waite aud a
Green, but not a single colorel man.
THERr ara at Troy. n Y. 1900 person,
working on collars sna osGs sad their an
nual wages aggregate - $4,000.
TuE population Of Africa l. about eight.
cen 81 the square milo, la Europe there
sfs eighty eight 90 the ,ams speca
THK express companies have decided to
end Their war In other words, they are
going 20 parcel out the receipts equally.
TINS Attorney General has decided that
Indians who have been allotted land In
ssveralty can not sell standing timber
thereon.
THr Empress ~ chlrs hs. dcr-a
that shakspeare shAll be translated into
Chinese for the benefit u the son OF
lisavcn."
DH ScHILrnASN, the archie llogitt Il
master Of fourteen language. In his youth
he was a sailor before the mast ON Ger.
man vessel.
VIM n Berry from Arkansas a Plum
from Kansas aud a Posey from Indiana.
what's tho matter with Congress Tor a I've
o'clock tea.
ala Mcpos AL. the Lieutenant Govern.
or Of. Michigan. Killed fow days ago In
railroad acciienL had an insurance on his
life Of SiOO Ooa
porr RICHARD HENRy SToDpARp has had
a cataract removed from his eye, ard IL Is
expected that bis vision will soon he jus,
a. clear a. ever.
TuE court, OF California have decided
that ChlnamAn's queue mus, net 10 cut ~
when he 3, sent TO prison. bu, they arc ca;
Oh Jus, the sane
DURING the year isss Zee DESTROYED
property wor h tis6 51S ~ which wai Ia.
sured 20 the aiuosui % 500, I9s ~. leaving
a net loss II 81 aiI.iH
TnK superintendent Of tho phliadslnkia
public schools arg tho ieachrrs 10 Instruct
their pupils upon tho evils Of cigarette
smoking sni tight laeing
OHDrRz have been Issued Tor fifteen new
locomotive. and go freight cars for the
Mexican National railroad The iraflc on
the road IL rapidly Increasing.
ToNDoS's latest musical prodigy is n
Russian pisnist I've years old. who play,
Chopin 60 pericction ani - not in the least
handicapped by his awful name Of R,ou,
kocEalski
TINS senate u the Empire State has
bili before 10 which provides for the arrest
uf ARy psrsoa under hftscn years c. az
who ia found smoking cigarette in any
public place
TnK cos,iiesi book owned ia Chicago Is
q copy Of The first folio edition of shake.
spearo, pa blishei In 1894 II il regarded
rs the finest cory In America. ani i val.
ued at $40 ON
TuE public debt lsss cash In Treasury.
February iSS,. 10 u ,lsi siA0il Reduction
dnring January. s1a2i6 ssh Total cash In
Treasury, NJ shown BY tae Trea.urer's
general account SdlI 80 80
AccoRDiSg 10 careful SOLICITATIONS made
BY British clergyman o, no nnl lust
rnh.ished fse;es:sG;s ssys !Bcsas .sa igr-
ing the last 10 years from sI,0ol. 40 90
iSi, loQo0l, or nearly fourfoid
r. ruHNrR the largUI, man in Washing.
ton Territory, has just died. The coffin
AMI body weighed 50 pounds Tneelsket
was sevea i.-i lens and three feet side.
and require ten men TO lit T.
TIN Kansas Eenats his passed unanl.
mously IN O. restrict the ownership VI
real estate IN that State TO American c.t.
Eens and those who have Lawful ~ declared
their intention 10 become such.
COUNTESS MAHriNrz Soils stamp, Mt tho
posr-oiiice win low IA fhlladelphia. She
was Baltimore girl, aul her hus and Is
real herman count at present In reduced
circumstances an In PhllAdeph hos.
pitaL
Two hundred aai thirteen cubs have
been formed emong women Tor tn, study
of political economy. The relative value
81 French and american bonnie, will
probably b the chief topic under consid,
GRAFTON.
THERE arc more wars In rates than rail.
road mon are concerned in. Ihs New York
snd. Chicago dry.goods jobte are Gght.
ing fog the control Of the trade Ia ging-
hams and the rival dealer are 20 ling be-
low cost
Jons =. SCorr. successful cotton
ri-ntar OF sonih Caroline has heen en-.
gagged by The Russian Eovernm,nt 60 ac,
as superintendent Rnd Instructor ON
large cotton plantation owned by the
government in one Of the southern prov
incos,
Inc mild weather OF December AMI Jan.
uary had ~ tffccts ON the naples OF New
England IN Maine aud Vermont aud 9th.
,r sections trees yielded a gooi flow Of
sap, and sugar was mads in midwinter a
very unusual occurrence.
Tux late Prince Rudolph, OF Austria,
when In London was admired in the Mari
borough House set az the only man who
could stand NOR, sit up later aud keep goo
ing longer than the Prince OF Wales.
VIcroRIA's will was made in s7i en-.
crossed on vellum, and is now great
bound volume fastened with n lock, with
several blank pages loft for subsequent
oodlclls. The last was made recently and
distributed the jubilee gifts
PRoF. DAVIDSON says that the English
language Is easier to acquire than any
other spoken, while only half dos,n
English speaking people have over heea
able 10 ma ster the Chinese. lie thinks the
whole world will speak English In time
CoxxissIosER CoLMAN, OF the Depart.
mont Of Agriculture. has addressed a let.
ter to the president OF each OF tho agrlcu.
tural experiment stations Of tho Unted
States !, commenting that they pay spsclal
attention 20 the matter u instruction in
tho theory of sugar-poiueilon.
Crows are m ne numerous la portion, Of
lower Montgomery county, Pa, than they
have been for years, There Is a "roostn
In tho Chester Valley, few mile, from
bridgeport whers fields, fences and bare
trees are literally covered with rfows
People come for miles around to SOS IL
STATISTICS show smaller actual mum.
Der Of strikes during the year isas than !,
1887, but larger percentage OF success