The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-10-02
THE HICKMAN COURIER.


land.loan measure and free
coinage bill in the next Congress
INSTEAD Of Congress appropri
ating S5,OOO,OO0 for the Chicag,
Fair 1t is likely TO appoint a com
mittee to investigate its manage
ment.
Mr.. HALL, of Missouri, is max
ing a gallant fight to rescue tn,
Alliance from the sub. treasur,
plan, but the odds are heavil,
against him.
The New York Democrats hav,
adopted ringing platform an,
nominated State ticket headed
by Roswell p. Flower for Cover
nor, aud w. +. Sheehan for Lieu
tenant Governor.
The great strike Of cotton pick
ev, arranged for Sept. ~ by the
managers of the ColOred Alliance
turned out to be a fiat failure
Only in Que neighborhoOd in Texas
was any attention paid to the or
der, which was issued in all the
cotton States.
THE special session Of the Ten.
nessee Legislature came to an end
last Saturday without a settlement
of the convict question, beyond
authorizing the Governor to call
out all of the State militia if nee.
essary to keep the peace. More
trouble is expected at Briceville.
The census report on mortgaged
Indebtedness shows Tennessee
cities and towns to be more heav-
lily in debt than those of any other
State. And yet those cities the
heaviest in debt, Nashville, Men,
phis, Chattanooga and Knoxville,
are the most prosperous, and rank
III prosperity with any four cities
IN the Union.
GERMANY is hungry enough this
year to eat American pork If ii
can get In after paying the Kaiser's
Mckinley tax. Perhaps another
year or so of famine might con.
vince the Kaiser that the real val.
ne Of food is in its feeding quail.
ties, and that there is no feeding
quality 10 his Mckinley taxes.
AS long as Europe is hungry
enough to elevate our breadstufls
over the Mckinley tariff wall, no
amount OF betting on cheap bread.
stuffs will prevent them from ris.
ing above the average of McKin.
ley home market prices for bread.
stuffs. The law which governs the
price Of farm products is very
easy to understand.
"YOU may be assured that moth.
ing in this obligation shall in any
wise conflict with your political
views" is a part of the assurance
given to members Of the Farmers
Alliance on joining it, and the
pledge 80 made must be kept in
good faith. The Alliance must not
be used as a machine for coercing
its members IN their politics.
THE Supreme Court of Ken.
tncky has decided that "when two
persons are Jointly indicted for
murder, one as principal aud the
other MS alder aud abettOr, the one
charged rs principal may be found
guilty of aiding and abetting, and
the one charged as alder and abet.
tor may be found guilty as princi.
pal, each being criminally respon.
sible for the act of the other as
well MS for his own act.n
BETWEEN the hostile Indians
and the cowboys, the negroes " -
have been deluded into going to
Oklahoma are having a hard time
of it. The Indians declare they
coded the lands only for settle.
ment by the whites and they are
determined to make war against
the negroes. The Indians of to.
day are not less handy with their
scalp.knives than they were for.
merly, and the negro who goes to
Oklahoma should wear q steel
helmet.
MRS. MARY STUCKENBERG, who
lives in Louisville. is the object of
a great sensation, by the appear
ance on her person Of what is
called the "Stigmata," that is to
say, marked with the Savior's
wounds" She goes into frances
every Friday, and spots on her
hands and feet aud over her heart
bleed, but without pain. The fam.
lily aud friends are excited, belev.
ing the wounds Divine manifesto.
tiOns. Bishop McClOskey pro.
nounces ii sail foollshness.n
THERE never was more effect.
i've object lesson TO show that
tariff duties are taxes than has re.
suited from putting sugar on the
free list. People who were pay.
ing Z cents o pound for granulat.
ed sugar a year ago, and who are
now getting il foril cents a pound,
can no longer be bamboOzled into
the belief that protection protects
the consumer And they will ask
for the repeal Of duty OH coal, salt,
lumber. wool and other things Of
use aud necessity, knowing that
they will reap tue full benefit
,herefT0m.