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

CURRENT TOPICS.
Biz comets are now Visible In the
heavens
The bank Of England was incorpo.
rated In 1904
The net debt Of Canada IL reported 70
BE- e237, 7si, 900.
THE resurrection plant grows in Mes.
uco 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.
FLoREScE NIGHTINGALE. the famous
nurse, IN sevcnty-two years old.
An electric cigar lighter and electric
refrigerator are two late inventions
Tine water Of about twenty-five DIFF
fsrcnt spriasa IL peddled In Chicago
strsetA
The patronage Of the vice president IL
limited TO private secretaryship and .
elsvkship
THE experiments In raising tobacco
In Georgia this year have proved very
successful.
-. ahrss-hsssrsdth sanivsr.asy d
q neaS year
Rxronrs Sson different cotton csntss
rsport very short crop due 70 hoods
and early frosta
THK tunnel at Niagara falls 10 CON-
pleted. and the falls are 10 be harnessed
by next March,
THE man who Is perfectly proper
TONED weighs 2oH pounds for every
foot Of his height
was hanged at lIarper's Ferry has been
sen. TO the Worlds fair.
THREE Of the four Dutch universities
arc open To women. namely: Leydcn,
Utrecht and Amsterdam.
A KANSAS Cry farming implement
house intends sending out young wom-
an ~ drummer next year.
SIX children from ono family were
lately admitted TO the Soldiers Or
phsns hcme at Atchison. kas
MONK than one-hfth of the work done
In agriculture and In small industries
In France Is performed by women
A JryrrnsoSviLLr lind. young wom-
IN won fine berry farm, valued at
$1,000. rs the result Of the recent cleo
tion.
ksurn NELSON. the governor-clect OF
Minnesota, was born In Norway, and
was ak years old when he cams to this
country.
cmAELrs coSSKILr. Of Bradford, Pa,
IL TO ca, ak pieces Of billiard cue
chalk. the effect Of q bet on HArrison's
election.
BuronEns who slaughtered . hog In
Lower Saucon. Pa. found, snugly i'm
oedded Ia the left lung. silver ten
cent piece.
JULIAN HAWTHORNE. who IL the
father Of seven children. calls his home
at Sag IIarbor "The House OF Seven
0abtlerN"
A PARIS iaundryman uses plenty Of
water and boiled potatoes. instead OF
soaps, sodas and boiling powders. In
cleaning clothca
THrnK arc seven Hebrew members
who have scats In the Britain house Of
commons. and they arc eli related 70
thu Rothschiid family.
A PniLADELrnIA candidate complains
that M many lies were told about him
during the campaign that he can not
get credit from his tailor.
TnE Arkansas supreme court decides
that express messengers are entitled.
equally with passengers. To tho protcc-
ton Of railroad companies
A PniLApErruiAS paid an election
wager by pushing q peanut along tho
sidewalk on Chestnut street from broad
90 seventh with toothpick
CuAmEs DIcKISs cid house at No. 20
Wellington street, Strand, la London,
will soon be thing OF the past, as u II
90 be remodelcd for business purposes
TuE French minister OF public in
struction has decided TO preserve the
home OF Joan OF Arc In Domremi a. .
museum In which to illustrate her story.
A PniLApKrrniA man, who wor
twenty-four bats on the election. has
opened an account with his halter, and
will draw on him e; pleasure for q hat
SrRrEr car conductors receive only
osIS cents for days wages In the city
OF Berlin. The day Is eighteen hours
long. with holiday once in two weeks
A GOLD throne. Of the value Of o., 800.
900. Is to he presented 10 the pope by
the united subscriptions of all the
Roman Catholic cathedrals In the
world. IL Is TO be given 10 his holi.
ness on the occasion of his episcopal
Jubilee
FOLLOWING Ia the verdict of Penn
syivania jury OF inquest In q case OF
supposed arson: 1--WE. the jury, find
that the thing was done. Who did Il
or how II was done OF course we don't
know, but we do, of course know that
10 was done"
In Jacksonville. Fla, q factory has
been started for the purpose Of making
brushes and brooms OF tho palmetto
fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes are
being made OF blocks Of the wood. half
Of whose thickness Ia converted into
bristling points
THE fisheries of Jamaica are to be
transferred TO an English syndicnte.
The waters about this island are said TO
swarm with the finest kinds of food
fshes, but natives have not the energy
and enterprise to capture and turn
them 10 profitable account.
TuE representative of an English
svndicatc is quoted in the dispatches
M saying that he has just bought 90,- !
900 acres OF land In West Virginia, and
that his syndicate Is TO establish there |
on u big iron and steel works similar to
those owned by Mr.. Carnegie.
II. X. ID. BRowN, Of Newburgh, MY,
II at 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.
REDviELD PROCTOR feels as II he was
sitting upon velvet Vermont has elected
him 10 Ill out the unexpired term Of
Senator Edmunds and the next regular