The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-12-02
CURRENT TOPICS.

leo and Africa.
OsE inch Of rain means 100 tons OF
water on every acre
EACH wing OF the ostrich furnishes
twenty-six long white plumcs.
Florence NIGHTINGALE, the famous
nurse, Is sevcnty-two years old
An electric cigar lighter and electric
refrigerator are two late inventions
The water Of about twenty-five dif-
fercnt springs IL peddled In Chicago
streets
The patronage Of tho vice president IL
limited Ia a private secretaryship and q
clcskship.
TnE experiments In raising tobacco
In Georgia this year have proved very
successful.
THx lhree-hundredth anniversary Of
49, U1lsupr UiFtn occors On AuEuss
.. next year
Rsronrs from different cotton ccnters
report very short crop. due 10 floods
and early frosts
Tue tunnel at Niagara falls Is com
pleted, and the falls are TO be harnessed
by next March
Tnr man who is perfectly proper
toned weighs 2oR pounds for every
foot of his height
TDE scafold on which John Brown
was hanged at lIarper's Ferry has been
sen. TO the Worlds fair
TuBrE Of the four Dutch universities
are open To women. namely: Lcyden,
rtrccht and Amsterdam.
KANSAS CRY farming implement
house iatends sending out young wom-
an ~ a drummer next year.
SIX children from enc family were
lately admitted TO the Soldiers Or
phans home at Atchisop. Kas
NOM than onc-h,th Of the work done
In agriculture and In small industries
in France is performed by women.
4 JrrrinsoNvirLE lind. young worn
an won fine berry farm. valued at
$1,000, rs the result of the recent cleo.
tion.
kSurE NELSON. The povernor-elect Of
Minnesota, was born in Norway. aud
wa ak years old when he cams to this
country.
CHARrr. CoSSrILr. Of Bradford, Pa,
Is To cat six pieces Of billiard cue
chalk, the effect OF bet on IIarrison's
election
BurcnERs who slaughtered a hog In
Lower Saucon, Pa, found, snugly i'm.
bedded Ia the left lung. silver ten.
cent piece.
Julian HAWTHORNE, who 3. the
father Of seven children. calls his home
at Sag Harbor "The House OF Seven
oabessrs"
\ PARIS laundryman uses plenty of
water aud boiled potatoes, instead OF
soaps, sodas and boiling powders. In
cleaning clothes
THEnE arc seven Hebrew members
who have seats in the British house of
commons, and they are all related 10
ia s:S.hss....!t family.
A PniLApSrrniA candidate complains
that 80 many lies were told about him
during the campaign that he can not
sc, credit from his tailor
TnE Arkansas supreme court decides
that express messengers are entitled,
equally with passengers to the protec-
tion of railroad companissL
A PHILADELrniAS paid an election
wager by pushing a peanut along the |
sidewalk on Chestnut street from Broad |
TO seventh with toothpicl
CHAmKs DrckESs cid house at No. 20 |
Wellington street, Strand, in London,
will soon be- n thing of the past as IL Is |
60 bc remodelcd for business purposes
TnE French minister OF public in |
struction has decided TO preserve the |
home OF Joan OF arc In Dumremi rs n |
museum In which 10 illustrate her story. |
PniLApEIrHiA man, who wop |
fsx.a So IaN. - 4.
opened hn accoun; with his halter, and |
will draw on him at pleasure for hat |
SrRrEr ear conductors receive only |
oslt cents for days wages in the city |
OF Berlin. The day Is eighteen hours |
long, with holiday once In two weeks |
A ooID throne, Of the value OF g., 500. |
600, is Ia bc presented 20 the pope by |
the united subscriptions OF all the |
Roman Catholic cathcdrals in the |
world. II IN TO bc given TO his holi. |
ness on the occasion of his episcopal |
Jubilee.
FOLLOWING is the verdict OF Penn.
sylvania jury Of inquest in n case OF
supposed arson: I'VE, the jury. find |
that the thing was done. Who did 1t |
OF how II was done Of course we don't |
know, but we do OF course know that
IL was done"
In Jacksonville, Fla, a factory has
been started for the purpose Of making
brushes and brooms of the palmetto
fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes are
being made OF blocks of the wood, half
OF whose thickness Ii converted into
bristling points
TnE fisheries of Jamaica are 20 be
transferred to an English syndicate.
The waters about this island are said to
swarm with the finest kinds OF food
fishes, but natives have not the energy
and enterprise to capture and turn
them 20 profitable account
TnE representative Of an English
syndicate Is quoted in the dispatches
MS saying that he has just bought 90.
900 acres of land in West Virginia, and
that his syndicate is to establish there
on big iron and steel works similar to
those owned by MIR. Carnegie.
II. X. II. BROWN, OF Newburgh, NY,
II ut present engaged on statue for
the finest type of the native Indian for
the Worlds fair. Lone Wolf, from the
Indian territory, Is the model
REDFIELD PRoCroR feels rs II he was
sitting upon velvet Vermont has elected
him to fill out the unexpred term of
Senator Edmunds and the next regular
term, which will carry him over until
1890.
A STORY is told in Germany OF n let
ter which came back TO the general
post Office with these words written by
the postDnan on the envelope; THE
ID hua al a. |
address unknown"
NATHANIEL s. BARRY, Of Bristol, N.
H., Is the oldest living ex-governor Of a
state la the United States II he SUR
wives until September /, 1890, he will be
0 centenaran.
WITHIN less than year Mr.. Glad
stone has been run down by two cabs,
struck In the eye with piece OF ossihed
gingerbread and tossed by heifer, yet
he Is as lively as ever