The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-16
CURRENT TOPICS.

TnE Boston Post has been sued for
nine cents by the Boston a Albany
railroad
THE London museum contains the
hrst envelope ever made. I, was used
in May. 1890.
Rosa FOSnruR will receive go, 900 for
her .iorSes Thrashing Corn" from an
Ams ricnn dealer.
STALK Of kansas timothy FIVE feet
and three inches high will be exhibited
at the Worlds fair.
:. A,ss.2stsg Y MsdIson, Ind.,. carries
by raric Antoinette.
stockmen Ia South Dakota arc i'm.
porting Russian wolf hounds for the
protection Of their herds
A RESIDENT Of Bates county, Mo. re-
Gently finished guitar composed OF
over 1000 pieces OF wood
An electric plant has been discovered
I'm India, which will influence a mag.
ncuc needle twenty-five feet distant
Miss sorHoSfsBA BRECKENRIDGE,
daughter OF the Kentucky congress.
man, has recently been admitted 10 the
lan
An exchange regrets that with sin
comets In sight not one OF them IL like.
ay 10 bc secured for the Columbian ex.
position.
TuE mayor Of Pittsburgh has issued
an edict against every dRnce-house and
low rcsor, in the city and ordered them
sealed up.
JupGE ArToTLp. Of Illinois, recently
elected governor, IL now possessed OF
property amounting to 10000. 900 In
value, 81 Is said
HENRY NJ. CoICoRn, whom Blondip
carried across the Niagara river on bis
back and on a rope Ia 1859. Is painting
pictures In Chicago.
WOLVES In Russia destroyed annually
800 600 head Of domestic animals, valued
at 5000. 900 rublcs. Their number does
no, sppreciably decrease.
In Is estimated that nearly 10000
women hive registered In Boston for
this years municipal elcction-a gain
ofahout 1908 over last year
iNlIt LoiA j. now paid for the right
20 pubiIsa'h.s novels scrially Mt the rate
~ three cents a word. That beats Alex
hf.Na'H A'NiAfNH Hf'NfA NFfkN u Aluts
BLNjAMiN Pooh, OF Raymond, ". H.,
cast his first vote for Monroe In 1910, |
and has not missed presidential elec.
ton since lie i almost n ecntenarian. |
a NICnITA thief while being escorted |
90 jail by the sheriff. his wrists encased |
In two pair 81 handouts. picked the |
pocket ~ a farmer whom no passed Of |
SiI
SLY hundred pounds Of Wild honey |
was recently taken from twelve trees |
In New Madrid county. Mo. by party |
OF honey One tree yielded $50
rounds
To JAY GoUiD's credit, he never as
sumcd a coat-of.arms or apcd the man
ners Of foreign aristocracy With all
his faults he was an American Of |
Americans
Ntss ScHlticnrR, a pretty bar.masd
In an Edinburgh hotel, has recovered |
sio 600 damages from Mr.. simpson. q
guest 81 the house, for breach OF prom
ise Of marriage
Turn Is a shepherd at Manor. II IN.
eary, who is 100 years oldf and still at
tends 10 his hockS li{s wife, who Is
the third partner Of his Joys and sor-
rows, IL ninety one.
TIM worst scandal that has ever oc-
CURED IN connection with American
politics was nero bagatclle compared
To the Panama canal scandal, which Is
now CONFUSING France.
GT fifteen cholera patients received
Mt hospital IN Brugcs, Belgium, with
In forty.cight hours thirteen died The
plague is making rapid progress in
number OF Belgium cities
Tux authorities OF the French navy
propose 90 confer honor on the Boy"
who stood ON the burning deck"
They are about 20 name n now torpedo
boat the Luce de Casablanca."
BURGLARS entered the prison at Old
,nburg Hungary, occupied by 500 pris-
oners, aud among other things stole and
carried away !, 500 forms and guam
iity OF gold and silver bric-a-brac
SINCE 1881 over one million Biblea
have been distributed among the Ger
man troops under the direction OF the
emperor just enough Is charged for
them TO pay for the cost Of production.
Tue New York sun says that In two
years there won't bc trst-class pas
,engcr ship on the Atlantic with n
Jingle screw. Twin screws nre the
-lfest bulwark against accidents to
i. ,chinery.
~ his great speech in the relchstag
IL opposition to tho army bill Eugen
Ii.hirr made the striking statement
Nat already the German laborer has 10
york n month and half TO enable him
u ray his share Of the cost OF the army
~ navy.
rsx highest chimney IN Germany.
md probably ON the continent, has
just been built at ,Stolberg, near AK.
a-Chapelle. 1t Is 4OJ feet high, and II
stands, moreover, on an ominence
VIII ch rises some 27o feet above the sur
plain.
A BATTLEsNAKR will not cross hair
rope, Experienced campers, when they
lear rattlesnakes are around encirclo
heir camp with a hair lsriat or two
md feel secure.
FATHER ToLTos, the first American
black man TO be made "a priest objects
q cling called "colored." THAT word
= an offensive affeotation. | am u
Negro-a woolly-headed Negro" soy
Father Tolton.
Moses Iona, u wealthy Hebrew who
He'd recently in Milan, left n fortune ,
estimated to be worth g., 000, 900, 10 the
'ity of Milan to found an institution to ,
supply work 10 worthy persons unable ,
20 find employment elsewhere.
Tug following story on Norwalk
CT clergyman has Just leaked out:
IN recent occasion, after marrying
couple, an envelope was handed him
which h supposed contained the mar
iage fee, On opening 1t he found Q
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