The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-10-02
CURRENT TOPICS.


half for pension and half for more pen
sion.
ENGLAND In said ~ be looking with
~ovctous eyes upon the Sandwich Isl
snds
LAURA ALBFisr. OF !ronton, Mo, ha,
Just been married To- full. blooded fu
dian.
Tns Oregon hop crop will be shor,
about 10, 900 bales The hop louise Is u
blame
ouR copper output this year fell shor,
of the usual amount by more than 100.
900 tons
TnE fruit output Of California In
eressed fully thirty fold during the past
- yoasR a..
A GIANT hog Is being exhibited IN
Grand Rapids that is ssid to weigh
i.sos pounds
LADY TfNSysoS Is a collector 81 old
pipes but they were all smoked by her
husband. the poet
A riEr.D os wheat near Huron, \. ID.
yielded fifty-thrce bushels and twenty
pounds TO the acre.
TnE greatest long distance bicycle
r'ding record Is It5 miles In hfty-four
anu onc'haif hours
n'N"s, '"uha eA'ensi'eiy IN
ated near Brnganza
II nuL,oNh. "i Nor,hneln' minn''
has obtained I. 100 bushels OF potatoes
from one acre OF land
lfan am ksl.nA In n. I,lt.a
- ps' an 'siana I'D INC inuian
n'on'poi"s" cas' OF java 'hs burning
w "t"o"s s'i goes on.
H''o"hA'h,oAL piunacr w west
en P"po, rucon',y 'eicrrr" '" '''s ""'Ser
.no herman h'ss"r
NM y WOOD has contributed
si'o'ooO 70 'he fonng Womsns chris
wan assoc'a'lon OF broohiyh
MRS Nh. Z WHirStf's diamonds are
valued NJ siooooo' and one OF her soli-
'aires Is as large ms hhHeinu'
Az albino catfish nine inches long
anu weighing over pound has been
ON e>hio''ion n, Lancaster Ia
~ eiec,ric nying machine was re-
eenuy made 70 rise 10 height OF sew
enty feet and ny ahou, 400 yards
I'M near future promises 70 witness
an unprecedented amount OF railroad
oniid'ng INTO Tue heart oil Africa
DwAnr trees In Japan only two feet
high are exact reproductions In minia-
ture OF sycamore. oak cedar and apple
trees
A LADIES regatta ut Stockholm the
other day comprised nine boats. all
rowed by young women In pretty
dresses
by the use Of the camera with pow.
erfui telescopes new and very large
crater has been shown upon the moons
surface
TnERr are s,ill fourteen different
places ON the globe where canniba''sm
u practioed, but the custom N grad
uaily dying opt
Tnr new insect which has attacked
the bces grown Tor the sugar INDUSTRY
has seriously affected that industry on
the Pacific coast
MILWAUKEE maintains as par, OF It's
public school system a cooking school
NJ an expense OF si,tOo year MISS
Iorrer l. rs head
w A. KEITH. OF buchanan. Ca, has
found n hard Hint stone IN the heart OF
solid pine tree. How The stone got
there Is mystery
TuE value OF the farm products OF
the United states this year Is several
hundred millions OF dollars more than
was ever before reached
JAY Cookh says his father buiit the
hrst railroad In The United states fres-
ident HARRISON the hrst was present
a' the opening OF the line.
BESIDES the large planets which re-
volvc about the sun, over 200 others
have been discovered ana cntalogued'
a.sd science Is daily adding 10 this list
'OLD liurcu" the eccentric wheat
Inungcr has brought his bed 10 New
York from Oh cago II Is sofa about
xix feet long, upholstered with carpet
ing
Isaac CopN, the father Of Buffalo
Rill was che first man TO shed his
blood In Kansas for the cause of hu.
man liberty in the troullous days OF
1854
IT Is said that there are FIVE citizens
of Kawanda Falls Pa, each bearing
the same name, John A. Lihson. They
are not related In the rcmostcst way. as
far as they know.
LuIuoKALASi, the name Of the ua-
waiian queen. who is said to be grow
ing unpopular. means lily OF the sky,
and is prunoun ed a. though written
Iil.lie-woke a.lanny.
AuSlouE necktie was worn by a re-
cent visitor To Macon, ia IL was made OF
n rattlesnaiSe's skin. the rattlcs serving
rs a pin. The wearer killed the reptile
nine years ago In Florida
FoxEs. coons. rabbits and wood
breeding on abandoned farms.
have become 20 numerous In th n towns
within radius OF ten miles Oh pir"'hs
ham, Ct, that they are eat'ng up MI
the farmers profits.
Tux French law makes husband re-
sponsible for the support OF MS w',es
parents for ihio,i','''," - -,
the enforcement ., Wv ~" '',r, sha hos
the parents o' any ,"n".' ,ss
recently become " 'r'noa oo"n ~ .
PAnis, WIN PoP"'a''o N, ~ 900 ~.
e,5oo,ooo Souls mas "sa , .n a.
Qros within Is limits Stalis'ica"s s"y