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The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

AFrER the fifteenth OF this month the
lot Of the Maine peddler will not he ss
happy a. IL has been. A law goes into
effect which makes II incumbent upon
persons pursuing that ayocation IN tho
Pine Tree state tn provid" themselves
with paper certifying 70 their good
moral character and to the fact that thoy
nre American citizens. The peddler
who lacks such passport is 10 be pro-
hihitcd from peddling.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

FEHGUs FNts, MlNN,July I3.-Three
cases of smallpox were found to-day in
a family residing six miles south OF
Barncsvillc. They ~cre at once isolated
and a quarantine established. They are
recent arrivals there The physicians
have recommended general yaccma-
tipu
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

Tur giant diamond. lately discovered
In Cape Colony, and now at the Paris
Exposition, weighs iso carats and Is
valued at SIS O00. 600. Ii IA kept In a
glass case by itself and guardians stand
around It all day. At night IL is placed
In big safe, which Is similarly guarded
III ...-.N.A
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
STRUCK IN THH FOOT.
Lightning Plays with the Nails In the
Heels OF a Mans Shoe with Serious Ef-
feet.

feet.
RICHMOND, IND, July 16.-a most pc
euliar accident occurred yesterday
Afternoon from stroke OF lightning.
George Bates young man of twenty
one, was standing on a fat stone under
fruit tree when the flash came lie
was thrown ten feet away, but did not
lose consciousness. Before he knew he
was hurt, he saw the shoe from his left
foot WIS gone, and saw a mist Of smoke
whero be had stood. Crawling TO the
house in the storm, he was found TO be
seriously hurt about the foot. The ifon
pegs of the heel had left as many
wounds in the heel, a deep cash marked
the ball and the sole seemed chopped.
The foot bled copiously, but the young
man is resting easy to-day. His system
noorsagreft I6taT.r'cifE @5uh haulH
not dangerous unlesscomplications arise
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Sail Boat Capsizcs--Thrce Drowned

PORTSMOUTH, O., July ia sail-boat
containing six persons was capsized
yesterday afternoon in the Ohio river.
Philip Herbst and his six-year-old son
went down clasped in each others arms
and drowned; also VIII Bickle. only
support of widowed mother and four
helpless children. The others were
saved with difficulty by man who pad
died out To the rescue.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
MONEY IN CATTLE RAISING.
Five million Dollar. Oncred for Ten
Years Lease of the Cherokee strip.

Year,. Lease of the Cherokee strip.
KANSAS CRY, July 10 The Times
this morning prints the Statement that
the Cherokee Cattle Association tho
present lcssecs OF the Cherokee strip,
will make proposition 10 the next
Cherokee Council 10 extend its lease Tor
ten years beyond It's termination. The
present lease has Ave more years {" run.
The company Offers 10 pay in all $1,000
600 Tor the use OF the strip for th' ten
years, paying at the rate Of siOo,oO, per
annum for the frs, i've years and S7ao 0oo
per Rnnum Tor the second ave yoirs
The total would almost be as muci as
the Government offers topay the Ind ans
for an outright sale OF the land.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
StiIl Wants Sullivan.

CoruNBus, q, July II --Goyernor
Lowry has telcgraphed Governor For
aker TO have sullivan intercepted in
Cincinnati as no has heen released AZ
Nashville, and Is On route north. The
police Of Louisville and Indianapolis
have also been asked TO be on the look
out for the Kilrain party who left the
train az Seymour, Ind, last evening.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

TIM pending treaty with the Sioux
Nation in relation to its great Dakota
reservation has opened a discussion OF
tho whole Indian question. Its believed
by many that Indians can't be civilized
any more than the gypsies Centuries OF
contact with the highest civilizations
have not taken nomadic trait from
the gypsy race, and long years of con-
tact-oyen long years OF hcmming in
by the whites have not civilized a single
band OF Indians. Bishop Huntington
says Indians can not be civilized so long
as they maintain the tribal relations.
But it seems the Indians can not be civ
tlized In any form.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

NEw NoEK, July iS.-Mrs. NJ. j.
lIirschbein, aged seventy years; her
daughter, Mrs. Cohen, tho lattor's two
little children and a nurse were found
unconscious in their rooms at tho West
brighton Hotel, Concy Island, ycster-
day morning, and were with difficulty
revived. They had been almost suiIo-
Gated by escaping gas.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Young Coupie Killed by Cars.

BELLAIRE, o., July l5.-Thos. Fulton
and Ella Ault, cousins, out driving in a
dog cart, near Gleneve, just west of here
were struck by B, a O. fast freight
train, the horse soaring and jumping on
the track. Both were killed, The man
was carried from the scene of tho acct
dent nine miles away to this city before
discovered on the pilot Of the engine.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Panama Canal Relief mn passod

PARIS, July l2.-The Senate has
adopted the Panama Canal Relief bill.
IL appended clause TO the measure,
however which necessitates the return
OF the bill to the Chamber OF Deputies
for adoption by that body.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

THoUGHTFUL hnanciers say they see
signs OF danger in the railroad situation.
Great as was the increase of the United
States mileage in 1887 and 1888, fifteen
thousand miles more are under con-
struction, and a total OF "a, 900 projected,
25, 900 miles OF IL for the South. This
means an increase OF one-third OF tho
total mileage the country had on the LIST
day OF January 1889, and an enormous
growth in the amount of railroad securi-
ties ON the market. II means an expen-
diture OF 81 $3.50, 900, 900 for construction
and equipment and that means 81, ,0so,-
600 more OF annual interest on bonds,
ard IS, ,4OO, 900, 600 more OF stocks,
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Murderer Gibbeted.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 16.-Tom
Condor, who murdered Jack Riley near
Troy, Obion County, in September last,
was hanged yesterday. Condor was
forty-tLree years old, and had been a
Mormon for years. lie shot Riley while
the latter was asleep in a chair.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

Tur famous French sPso;siist tn
Bgayn-Soquard, announcsA-tkDH>0-
discovered the secret OF prolonging hui
man life. He tells the Biological So
oiety OF Paris, OF which he Is president,
that after twenty years OF exhaustive
experiment no has discovered the long
sought olixir, the dream Of the alchem-
lists Of the Middle Ages. The announce
mcnt that certain vital organs Of young
pigs are utilized In compromising the
mysterious mixture will furnish Chicago
with a pretcxt for cornering the pork
market this year.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

THF total expense Of the New York
Centennial has just been published.
They amounted 90 si5I 6s6. OF the re-
ociptS which wurc ov'r sl7o,0 only
si2 iol was contributed by the public.
The balance was furnished by the city
Q lh state VI Now York. ofilclallv.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
ohio Pension ofieers Appointed.

WASHINGTON, July IS. The Commits
sioner OF Pensions to-day appointed the
following named Examining Surgeons.
At Alliance, o., DIR. Frownfeller, OF
Canton; DIR. p. W. Walker and J. II.
Tressle, of Alliance. At Youngstown,
o., &. X. Justus and DR.. John c. Nc
Curdy, OF Youngstown. At Massillon,
o., DIR. A. Perle Pease and DIR. Il. Clark
Miller, of Massillon.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Prisoners Sunocatcd.

JAcKsoNvILLE, ORE, July I3.-Thio
morning the jail, containing throe
prisoners, was discovered to bc on fire,
Before tho cells could be reached three
prisoners were suffocatcd.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Texas Fever I'm Oklahoma.

WELLINGTON, KAN, July l6.-Arrivals
from the Cherokee Strip report that
Texas fever is playing havoc with cattle
there. Forty head were seen dead in one
pasture yesterday, and in others from
seven TO twenty-five carcasses were lying
around. Hundreds OF cattle, they say,
are dying in Oklahoma.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

ris announced that Governor Buck
ncr, Of kcntucky, refused 10 place a
copy VI the constitution OF that state
among the American exhibits at Paris.
because 1; appears from thai document
that slavery SAIL exists In Kentucky.
ln other words slavery was abolished In
Kentucky by Federal but not by State
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Fatal Cunning Accident,

BELIrFoNrr, PA, July 12.-Mr
Schener, well known tailor OF Pine
Grove Mills, a village twelve miles
south of here, while out cunning had
the top of his head blown of by the ex-
plos!on Of his gun. A searching party
found the body ON Tuesday, with the
gun near by.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
COAL FLEET IN DANGER.
Myriads Of Shrimps Destroying the Oak
um and Letting the Water Into the
Rar1es

mNFiaus OF otk-
um and Letting the Water Into the
Barges.
MEMPHIS, July 15.--For week past
the coal feet moored few miles above
the city has been in jeopardy, and only
by strenuous efforts and a large outlay
of money have the owners succeeded in
keeping the boats Gnoat. The fleet con-
sists OF seVenty-five barges, containing
$50, 900 bushels of coal, valued at s75,-
900. The trouble was brought about in
a most singular and unexpected manner.
Shrimp, in countless myriads, have
eaten out the oakum in the seams Of the
boats, letting the water in and render
ing the services Of large number Of
men at the pumps necessary to keep the
boats from sinking. The boats have
been moved into the current, which
washes the shrimps of, and sawdust
rammed into the leaks. Several days Of
labor will yet be required before the
feet is considered safe.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Americans win Get IiAngelus.

PARIS, July l2.-Several papers here
announce that the Chamber OF Deputies
will not vote credit for the purchase
of the Angelus, and that the picture
will go to Americans, who are ready TO
pay $4,000, the amount for which tho
picture was sold at auction.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Dimensions OF the New Cruisers.

WAsHINGToN, July 15.-At the Navy
Department 1t has been decided that the
general dimensions of the two new
three -thousand-ton cruisers, for which
proposals have been involved, are
Length, 257 feet; breadth, 81 feet;
depth, 10 feet ~ inches.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

DumNG the present year Russia will
spend $50, GOO, 600 on naval equipments;
France; s., 500. 600; Germany; 81, $50, 600;
Italy, over 50 600. 600 and the smaller
powers are following these examples to
the extent OF Their ability. II is quite
clear that In the wars OF the future
the navics will count for more than they
have ever done In the past
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

TnERE was an arrival az Castle Garden,
theotherday, the like OF which has never
beer seen before. ltconsistcd OF an Irish
man without any baggage or any visible
means Of support except a whcelbarrow.
This instrument or implement he APP
peared 10 cherish with marked concern,
and ho said that he had travelled all over
Australia with IL. Precisely how he was
90 use il TO gain u livelihood hero was
not apparent, and the unsentimental
commissioners decided that he must be
sent back 10 llr!tain.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
E,ccn,inn hy ElcctricIrr.

Nrw YORK, July l3-ENpcrt tcsti-
mony is being taken 10 establish the
fact, in behalf OF VIM. Kcmmler, that
the new method OF execution by elcc-
tricity in that State is cruel and inhu-
man. and therefore unconstitutional.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
M Trtlth In Ia.

PHILADELPHIA, July l3,-Tho officers
Of the Southern Cotton Oil Company
deny the current report that tho COM
pany has been absorbed by the Cotton
OH Trust They declare that their COM
pany is absolutely independent and pro
nnscs Ia rcmain so
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

A NEw foRK physician has given II as
his opinion that where tho sun has no,
full play good portion OF the day on
any house that tendency 10 diphthoria
Is developed during an epidemic OF tha,
dread disease.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

LoNpoN Justice says that all tho poo
pie nov living In the world. or about
1, 900. OO0- 600. could find standing room
within the limits OF field ten miles
square, and by aid OF telephone
could be addressed by a single speaker.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

RICHMOND, Va, July lathe funeral
Of the widow Of President Tyler took
place from the Ballard House. The re-
mains were attended by distinguished
pcrsonagcs Of the state and city. and
wore followed by A large concourso OF
people. They were inferred beside the
remains OF President Tyler.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Respited by the President.

WASHINGTON, July l6.-Jack Spaniard,
Joe Martin, VIM. Walker, Elsie James
and Frank Capel, who were sentenced
70 be hanged for murder in the Indian
Territory, at Fort Smith, Ark, on the
l7th, have been respited by the Prcsi-
dent until August 0, TO enable him 10
eXAmine their cases.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Rnricd Under a limo Kiln.

GALEsBuRG, Ill, July l5.-Tho fall
ing of brick kiln at London Mills yes
terday severely injured several men.
II is feared that four or five who were
buried under the falling bricks are dead.
The telegraph line is out of order and
only reports from trainmen are obtain
able
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
The Pope.

ROME, July i3.-The osscrvatore Ro-
mano says that should the Pope bc
forced 20 exile himself from Rome,
he will not ask sovereignty from
any power, but will merely request tenn
porary hospitality, as he will certainly
roturn 10 Rome
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

CONNECTICUT woman Is suing her
neighbor for damages Tor putting up fly
scruens. she claims that the flies that
can not get into the ncighbor's house on
this account will come into hers, and she
will thereby have double the number.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

MAN named John Swift, who died
the other day IN Connecticut at the age
of 9s, had never used liquor, tobacco,
tea or coffee, and was never out OF bed
later than . o'clock. In fact Swif.
mover led fast life.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

4 HkRsiE,,-iooNtSa wire, dangling
in The air, a. New York. knocked three
men and a Newfoundland dog senseless
within loss than Eve minutes II was a
severed olcctric-light wire. When the
crowd discovered what Il was, nobody
made light of g.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Peaceful Orange Day in Canada.

New YoRK, July lS-Dispatchcs up
to midnight from various parts OF Cana
da show that Orange Day was appropri-
ately celebrated without any unpleasant
inc{dpnta
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
ENGLAND Ignores Haytrs blockade

LONDON July l3.-The Pail Mall Ga
zotte says that tho blockade of liaytian
ports is plainly ineifcc tive, and that
Great Britain has therefore notified
Hayti not to molcst British vessels yis-
iting insurgcnt ports.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Woman Burncd To Death.

CLAY CENTER, KAN, July ~. Mrs.
II, II. olney, after roseuing her twochil-
dren from her burning house to-day, re-
turned to save some household goods.
She was overcome by the heat and
burned TO death.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
The RaI,imore Tested.

PmLApELrnIA, July la.-Tho steel
cruiser Baltimore returned 10 Cramps
Yard last evening after satisfactory
test OF both speed and sea mancuvcring.
Tho engines averaged nineteen knots
on development Of $500 horse-powcS
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
National Educational Association

NASHVILLE, Tenn, July l6. The city
is rapidly filling up with visitors TO the
session of the National Educational AS
sociation, the opening proper of which
occurs TODAY
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

CHAHiEs C. NoUNG, Of watertown. n.
". will bring suit against Mshoning
County. O., for the site OF the court
house az Youngstown, O., and slOO. 900
damages lie Is grandson Of John
Young. for whom the town was named.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Hobnobbiny Win rho o,s.,

LONDON, July 16.-Mr, Lincoln the
United States Minister, and his wife and
Mr.. Russell B. Harrison, son of Presi-
dent Harrison, dined with the Queen at
Windsor last evening.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

CARLorrA PATTI was noted for hor
prcdigal charity. The poor who came
,o her never went away empty handed,
and she never stopped TO inquire
whether the object of her generosity
was worthy ~ u or not
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Real French Duel.

PARIS, July 15.-M. Belz, the Secre-
tary OF the Boulangist Committee at
Marseilles, to-day killed in duel NJ.
Pierrotti, an opportunist tho editor OF
Lo Petit Provencal, Marseilles
/ journal
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
kilIcd by lightning.

GETTYSBURG, PA, July -. Two
non named ilorncr and Rcifsny
ter were killed in barn, ten miles
,outh OF here, by stroke Of light.
ring. The barn was set on Gre and
destroyed,
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
New ohin PnstmastArs.

WASHINGTON, July l6.-The following
Ohio fourth-class postmasters have been
appointed; Garfield. Mahoning County,
Martin V. d. King; Petersburg, Mahon-
ing County, 5. w. Wallace; AchOr, Co
lumbiana County, Lizzie Davis; Bucks,
Columbiana County, Shepherd Hawley.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Compulsorv Military s.ry,c.

ATLANTA, GA, July 49, hundred
military men of this State have
petitioned the Legislature OF the
State for the passage Of law making
enc years military service compulsory,
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

JAY GOULD says that for tho first year
OF his married life he lived on siO0 got
up at daybreak, went to church every
sunday and was as happy as a boss bum
BILE bee In sweet clover.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Earth Quakes al CharIes,ou. s. O.

CHARLESTON, :. G., July i2.-There
was slight shock of earthquake last
night at 9;i6, lasting about ten seconds.
Buildings were shaken, but no damage
was done, and there was no scare.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
standard Pipe Lane vetoed.

CHICAGO, July l6.-Ihe ordinance
granting the Standard Oil Company the
right TO construct and operate a pipe
line to the center Of the city was vetoed
by Mayor Cregier tonight. An attempt
to pass the ordinance over the veto
failed.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

NEW ORLEANS, July 16.-C. w, Rich
and j. j, Jameson, of Lauderdale
County Miss, have been arrested on
warrants charging them with aiding and
abctting the Sullivan-Kiirain prize
fgh.. Fitzpatrick, the referee, was also
aprestcl
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Chirago GobbIes Her suburbs.

This afternoon Mayor Cregier and the
heads Of the police, fire and health de-
partments left for Hyde Park to take
formal possession OF the surrounding
municipality and its property. Having
accomplished that, they will proceed TO
the Town Of Lake and Lakeview on
lfl.s grranl
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

A cAvEAr has bcon filed In the Patent
oflcc for device 10 utilize the old moni-
tors for coast defense by means of
mounted cannon which disappear and
are reloaded below the water mark.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Canal Re,icrBiu Finally Passed

PARIS, July iS.--The French Chamber
of Deputies has passed the Panama ca
nal relief bill In the form in which IL
was adopted by the Senate.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
Destroyed by Lightning.

ST. JosEpH, Mo-, July l5,-Tho works
Of the Consolidated Tank Line Company
in this city, we're destroyed by lightning
Loss $4,000,
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19
A ROMANCE.
oead Lovers Father Wins the s,rick.
en- Brides Hand.
''"sn'p which Began Ia a House Of
mourning Ends In "A Wedding with
n awealthy rrenchman.


wealthy rrenchman.
PirrsBuRGu, PA, July -yesterda,
afternoon Miss Clara Brownlee. OF
AIl"ghony City, and Mr.. Hippolyte
S'hahncr' of Paris. France. were united
In marriage at ST. Andrews Roman
'athollc Church OF Allegheny. The
story Of their cortshlp Is highly ro-
mantle the place Of their first meeting
being In the house II mourning. Mr..
lhppolyte Schailnor Frenchman by
e'rth aud man O. Immense wealth.
lie Is a widower and well advanced In
years A year ag' Mr.. Schaliner's $
son, aged about tNsnty-six, came TO
America ON a pleaspe trip In his
travels he stopped In p!sssae T. and be.
- ss-.. ~ nlnsi q iGprO'- MA,;,s,
s|Eare Z VAS : -sesps Anis,ytyotcd in
his attentions, and the announcement OF
the wedding day was anxiously awaited
by friends OF the Brownlee family. I'm
fortunately. just at this poriod the
young man contracted faal lllhess,
and in just one month after their first
W'cAhE hT' H'haHh'I' Ji' say corpse
in the house Of his bctrOthed.
Tho young lady accompanied the
remains to Paris Afor tho
funeral Miss Clara remained for
several weeks, The guest Of Nj Schaff-
ner. sr.. and returned home the a'llanced
bride Of her dead lovers fathor Miss
Iirownlee's family are Of marked refine
mcnt and culture. The hs!ae = striking
ly beautiful andweli adapted TO grace
fully adorn the luxurious hone which
awaits her In Paris. The church was
with invited guests The hap
py couple will visit New York city and
sail for Paris tomorrow. Tho groom Il
a leader Ia both financial and social cir
slps In Paris
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

TIM London Daily News says that
communications between tho English
and American governments have result
cd In an understand - -.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

his beloved virginia. Mr. fotts %Ss
he has the original manuscript, and Ed
itor Kaufman gives the entire story a
strong editorial Endorsement
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

BRirIsH syndicates are going up and
down our fair land seeking what they
may absorb. Why not tackle the Keely
motorp
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

A Newfoundland dog In California
which lately lost his master was found
no less than three times trying tdig
open his grave. After the last visit the
body. for some reason or Other was
di.interred. aud the dog upon sullliue
,be coniu took To tho woods auj there
after refused u,l food.
The Hickman courier., 1889-07-19

A mau an peck OF trouble Is IN
a measure " be pitlsa. --SIsvssssd sHs'
The Newtown bee., 1889-06-14
For Railroad Readers.

Maloney, once baggage master on Con ductor Comstock's train, is now con ductor on the Hawleyville branch.
 Louis Betts, the IIawleyville branch conductor who was injured at Bethel some time ago, is improving.
 Engineer Dority and Conductor Char lie Comstock have charge of one of the limited expresses which began to run through Bethel, Monday.
 Although issued nearly month later than was expected, the llousatonic Summer time table, issued June 10, diff fers but little from the synopsis pub lished weeks ago in the BEE. The linn tied expresses leave the Consolidated road at South Norwalk and reach the main line by way of Bethel and Hawley- vile Junction, making about the same time as in previous years. On the main line, the 1 30 p In is now express to Botsford and reaches stations north about seven minutes earlier. The New Milford special now leaves Bridgeport at G D m instead of 6 10. Down trains are the same, except the milk train, which is seven minutes later. There is no train to connect with the steamer from New York, except the Q 90 p n freight. When the special left at 3O it connected conveniently and many would be pleased with the same arrange mcut.