The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1890-08-22

. ~ ldi Iitlrs " NUtANiN anu AHt IfSl
are Of various occupations.
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the distressing intelligence is
sent out from the pension hurcau
that this great country "ohlyr has
64.000, 900 inhabitants. Instead oI
complaining we should rejoice
for We have just started ~ it were
aud are only one hundred years
old.
CONGRESSMAN Springer says
that during his recent trip through
Illinois he found the Democrats
enthusiastic in their support oI
General Palmer, and that his pros
poets for election are exceedingly
good, Ms the indications all point
to selection of Democratic leg.
islature.
"TuE name OF Hon. Harvey
Myers is being very favorahly
mentioned as a probable factor IN
the makeup of the Gnhernatorial
ticket. Press aud people through
out the State unite in naming the
hustling young Speaker OF the
last House as n dangerous eandi
date for ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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TUE Muhlenburg Echo says
That was ~ wise expression of the
old Methodist minister. who, in
the course of some remarks on
fidelity TO party on all questions
said that man could find ~ way ia
heaven through any church, but
there was no way for the relief oil
the people except through the
Democratic party.
THERE is one county In the
State that hasa woman for an off
Ger, as the following from the
Beattyville Enterprise will show
Miss Life Ii. Mahan is the only
person In Lee county, ut this vri
ting, who is eligible to hold the
office of County Superintendent
of Public Schools, So do not thro "
your vote away, hut honor Lee
county's Queen OF Learning.
YOUNG America is fast taking
The lead, particularly in Kentucky
The Gibraltar Democrat says;
We are glad to know our young
friend Galen Miller, who is just
II years of age and was the Demo.
cratic nominee for county clerk
in Galloway, was elected. We
congratulate him upon his success
aud his supporters for electiug
him. He will make good officer.
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THE Kentucky Republicans en-.
joy the satisfaction of knowing
what hit them, and are homes:
enough To own mp. What the Cat.
letts6urg Democrat says Of the
Big Sandy Republicans will apply
to nearly all of them: "The Re
pnblicans here and throughout
this section charge their ignomin.
ious defeat at our recent election
to the work of Boss Reeds rump
Congress aud the Force bill"
The knights of Labor, Farmers
A lliance, miners, mechanics and IN.
bOrers generally held a large and
convention nj Dan.
vile. ILL.,. August O, and nominal.
ed Col. Jesse Harper, Lincolu's old
law partner, to run against Can
non, who has made himself con-
spicuous In HIS support of Reed
md Mckinley. IL Is thought that
The Democrats will also unite with
This organization and spike this
Cannon. whose plurality is only
2 800 votes.
AN office.seeker in Souih Caro-.
ma announces his candidacy as
follows: ITO the Good People of
Edgefield: The wind biOweth
where il listeth, aud no man can
tell whence IL cometh or whittier
gOether,' but | am not that kind
Of n eat. am % Ben Tillman eat
and il elected comfy commission.
er propose to reform, beautify,
idorn, resuscitate, rejuvenate aud
rehabitste Edgefeld county from
the edge of the water up to the
top Of the rocks. ! am u labor
ing man and haul wood. Ii not
elected / can haul on. would
say more, bat am a man Of few
words aud full OF trouble"
IL all Kentucky there ara hut
six ex-Confederate soldiers who
are charge upon the counties
OF their residence. A prominent
Federal soldier recently said that
this fact of itself was the pr0udest
monument the Confederates could
wish; the COnfederates draw no
but they help to pay
hem to others; they have 40
Soldiers Homes, but are taxed
TO support those OF the men who
fought them; they are good cit. I
zens; hard.work, peaceable, hon |
Drable men; paying what they owe
and looking the whole world in
he face. They have a record that
hey are not ashamed of aud have
no apologies to make any man or
set of men on the earth. They
ire true To the United States gov
srDm. b, aud il any foreign nation
links 10 the contrary, let IL send
over an army TO see us.-Frank-
or. Capital.
The Democrats of Indiana have
decided TO hereafter formally Op.
N the State campaigns on Septem.
Der z, the date of Hendricks
firth, with impressive exercises
n his honor, Hendricks was n
power in national politics, but the .
dol Of Indiana. 1t was his habit /
when engaged in canvass to re.