The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-06-22


Some little wheat Is coming in to
market.
The present has been the dullest week
IN Hickman for twelve months.
The Troy Timesa advocates the re elee
ton of r. P. Caldwell to Congress
Croquet is raging at Gardner Station
PADUcAH is taking steps to put up a
rolling mill.
TIE weather the present week has been
the hottest of the season-the thermom
eter averaged 90 in the shade.
A baby born 10 Padueah the other
~ was Immediately christened Horace
Greeley Rommel.
A little girl named Maggie Eckert IN
Frankfort. was severely bitten by dog
supposed TO be mad the other day.
RELIGIoUs.-Mr. Beard, of the St
Louis Conference, will preach at the
Methodist Church, to morrow morning,
and night
The first train was 10 cross the Eliza
bethtown and Paducah railroad bridge
over the Comberlaud river on Monday
the 18th inst.
Benton Circuit Court commences on
Monday next The candidates for Con-
gress will hold fourth . that occasion
PRRsoxAL.-J. 3 Maxwell, editor Of
the Troy Times, was il Hickman, Tues
day.
Ma Frank Bop5ur7n', Of Jordan
, Station, represented Fulton county, in
the Democratic Convention.
THE Hickman Minstrel troupe are to
play at Fulton Station on the night Of
abe 28th inst .
THE Court Of Common Pleas is IN
session at Clinton. Some citizens com
plain Of the existence Of this court.
TUE examination AMI exhibition at
Fulton Female Seminary. Fulton Sta
ton, closes on the 28,h instant, with
pic mic, procession, etc.
THE Radicals of this District say they
are determined to have newspaper or
gan. The concern will be located at
Paducah
WE learn that the work of extending
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from Co
lunbus to Cairo, on the river route, Is to
v commsnced within week or two.
FIRST WuEAT-Mr Mat johnson.
of the middle precinct, is entitled to the
premium for the first wheat brought to
the Hickman market this season.
TWENTY FIVE or more persons in
louisville have been bitten by rabid
dogs. There are still four or five loose
unmuzz!ed dogs to-the mile.
The Murray Male and Female Insti
tute will be completed BY the lst Of
September next, and the President OF
the Board of trustees advertises for
sealed proposals from teachers.
A FRIEND has brought to this Office
full grown euckle burr. This is pro
nounced remarkable for the season, as
they usually never fully develop uuti
late in the fall
TIE weather reports of the war De
parimept, originally intended for the
benefit of Commerce only. have proved
so useful to the agricultural interests that
the Department will soon give daily crop
reports.
10. MILLER. the head commander Of
Hickman battery No. l, announces that
be is willing to celebnie the approach
ing 9Th of July. in honor of our cid
President and father of his country,
George Washington.
THE Paducah District Conference Of I
the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
embraces 10 its territory the greater por-
ton of the part Of Kentucky west Of tire
Tennessee river, met in Paducah june
14fh, and adjourned Saturday afternoon
Bishop Kavanaugh was present
- CLINToN, the county seat of Hickman
Snunty, is just now considerably excited
about the location of the Mississippi
Central Railroad. A delegation of her
citizens waited upen Gen. McConbs Sat
urday last, Offering Inducements for Gin
ton be made point on said road
PROF w K Jones. president ofthe |
Melrose Institute, Trenton. Tenn, l.
travelling over Western Kentucky, in
the Interest of his school IIeis an ex
pcriencsd teacher, gentleman of cul
tore. asa Ne commend his college to the
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