The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-12-11
THE HICKMAN COURIER.
HICKMAN, KY,
FRIDAY, DEC. II. 1891.

A Californian claims to hav,
discovered u mountain of sulphur
two streams of milk white water
and II lake of lux in Lower Cali
fornia.
The negro parsoa in Kenturk'
who declared that the forbidden
fruit spoken of Ia the Bible wal
the watermelon is in danger of he
ing hanged, ORA VII and quartered
The busy season is already
opening up with the merchants
and from now until the end Of the
year there Is expected to lie III
era Of great commercial activity
The committee appointed to sc
lect the place of meeting for the
National Convention of the Labor
and Farmer organizations has
named ST. Louis, February 22nd
1892.
THE colored people IN Alahams
have scheme on hand for the
purchase of l40 acres OF land IL
South Oxanna on which they pro
pose to build a town Of their owl
and call it Blaine City.
Gov. HoGG, of Texas, in a recent
address to colored citizens, is quo
ted as having said: you colOret
people do very well, except wher
you 90 into politics" And Gov
Ilogg bit the nail upon the head.
The committee appointed by
the Hebrews of Berlin TO assist
Russian Hebrews in emigraiiug
has aid 10000 since the committee
was formed. aud has paid the pas
sage of $4,000, mostly TO America
The conclusion that the present
Congress will admit New Mexico
but not before the Presidential
election, is probably correct
None OF the Territories are likely
to get in in time to cast an electo'
raj vote before 1896.
A Southern genius is credited
with the discovery that very fine
article of sugar can he made OF
distilled from the long deSpised
cotton seed. The product is claim
ed to he fifteen times the strength
of an equal quantity of cane su.
gar, aud twenty Times the strength
of sugar made from beets.
The Republicans CT 0h:a are
so in the habit of crying fraud and
corruption at their Democratic
neighbors that they cannot refrain
from charging their own house.
hold with theft and bribery. The
defeat of John Sherman for re.
election to the U. S. Senate by
such a man as Foraker, will be n
grea; victory for the Democrats
of the country.
The cases involving the consti-
tutiOnality of the Mckinley bill
are being argued before the y. S.
Supreme Court. The plea of the
plaintiffs il that the bill is uncon.
stitutional because ii leyies tax
on one producer to pay bounty
to another, and that ii is invalid
because a section was omitted m
the enrolment. The decision will
be awaited with general interest.
THE anti.Harrison Republicans
have begun n Systematic effort TO
defeat him for denomination in any
event. IL they can't get Blaine,
they wilrtake Mckinley, or any
other representative man of their
party. They have shrewdly begun
their campaign in Harrison's own
State aud propose to demonstrate
in the next six months that he is
so unpopular that it cannot be
hoped that he will ever carry In,
diana again.
Now that the season for fairs
aud other church entertainments
has arrived, where articles are dis.
posed Of by rattle, or drawing lots,
it should be remembered that the
anti-lottery law adopted at the las,
Congress prohibits newspapers
from advertising a rattle or draw
ing of any kind. and even prOhib
it's them from giving the result o.
the rafiles or drawing or telling
who won any article in that way
The penalty imposed is the exclu
sion of the paper from tho mail
and heavy fine from the publish
err. Managers of fairs or Othel
places where rafting Is carried OF
should remember this and not ex
pect a newspaper TO violate thu
law.
The Louisville Times says: a
delightful story comes from New
York by way Of the Chicago Her
Md. TO the effect that the Cleve
land and Hill wings Of the Empire
State Democracy are doing some
more Hopping together. 1t is SAID
that Mr.. Croker, the Boss Of Tam
many, called together Dan In
mont. as the friend of Cleveland
and another gentleman, as the
friend of Hill, aud laid the Law
down TO them. Croker said &c
them that 1t was important thai
the Democratic ticket Of 1S9:
should not only he elected, bul
that New Yorker should be al
the head of II. lie then advised
the two wings TO flop, aud the
story is that they have Topped ia
n way pointing to Cleveland il
1892 and Hill in 1896. 1t is too
good TO he altogether true.