The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-23
Sow srArlsics or FU1rov Coo

SoNg STATISTICS or FULTON CoUN-
4 Tr.-1he assessment Of Fulton coant Just
compiated shows not oaly marked ad-
vance in valuations, hut is also fuller in
he number CT acres of land, town lots.
&C. Under the new assessment ,hc total
tax valuation OF the county Is p. 0Cs. 2s2
agains; a total Of 81 .458,248 in the year
i 1873, making an Increase OF SB07, 9ss.
Shis year we have 10I,6l5 scres Of land
+ and only e2.9G8 last yer The land aver
aged - 36 per acre, and now runs %
4 fraction over ST.. IN 1873 the total land
value was Ssl1,452. whereas it is now
( SI,2Ias8L
in town lots the assessment has dcyel-
oped marked increase, giving Us nov
+ l,476, At valuation Of 1882, 260; against
+ I'D lots last year, valued ct SI7l.I20,
being gain OF S0l,S4O in this one item.
In horses aud mares we now have ]. no
NJ valuation of sos, $40 whereas, in
1878, we had l.cH9 At 500 $50, gain in
number. bat q deti'ease in value.
OF mules we nov assess ,2G7 AZ $50
39I ia 1873 We assessed ,054 At 81 05o
Cat;le-we now claim $3.50 head val
ued Mt sSI,927 In 1873 it was ]. 752 at
S10595.
In 1873 We had only SO stores, valued
at si35,575 we now assess Is at the
slight increase Of .S150.045.
Under the equalization law in 1873, we
assessed on Sl33,GS7, and now on Sl75,-
90.
Last year our pleasure carriages footed
up only e,9s5, and now it is ST.. $50. +
Our pianos and clocks was then only 81, /
30. and it is now s'l7,eso.. ga. n..ures
are as accurate as rough transcrip p, from
.he a SCISSORS books can well be, but will
Of course vary from official figures some
what.
The assessment shows that the popula-
ion Of the county las increased consider
,biy, hu; we apprshend largely from the
yigilant assessment.
In 1915, we had .205 white males over
Il years OF age, We now have l.553 Of
his class. OF qualified legal voters we
'ow have 1859, agaist 100 aad 176
segroes. OF school children between the
ages of and 20, We then Ind I,62S in
he county, aud now 1857 whites with
IS colored TO throw. in.
We may continue Csc 6gures next week,
showing the productive resorces OF the
ouu:y in corn, wheat, nay, tobacco, hogs,
tc. The chief staple Ct Fulton; however.
= babies as viii be seen in the barge in
rease between the ages of6 and 20.
CoNCERr.-The Cautata Of Esther.
lie beautiful Queen, VIII BE performed by
he Amateur Singers of Hickman, in An
lent Jewish Costume, on Wednesday and ,
thursday nights May 27th aud 18th. 1874, /
L the Methodist Church under the di- z
eclion Of Prof s n Brown This beau
icul Centa,a is VIM 3. Bradbury 5 master ,
iecc.
INTERPRETATIONS Z
Esther tho Queen-lHss Belle Fortune. o
Ahasueras, King o. Persia and Media :
hand 90. J. W. Shepherd. t
Zcrei1-Nrs. N. j. Cowgirl.
Nordecai-Dr T. II. Phelps
Queens drst Maid %. Heuor-lIiss Bettio I
Hegai-sIr. T. NJ. Ietaeuy. .
High Priest-Mr. walter fhelpq
Ze4esh Maid Of Honor-li-s lila White. 8
HarboHah-3lr J s. C. BENJAMIN. O
King > observation-disclosures J. j. SEep- q
ord ami \. b. h.ngmsu.
Propletcss-Niss lac F1aua.
Queen Maids OF Houor-Niisses Ca.lie ID
cCutclou aud Fran kie Duncan. g
uaauu Sistcr-Mtss MpI'ie Refmqn u
Hannah At,endaat-Mr. i. G. Wearn- q
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