The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-14
KIsTNER grows pears that weigh

no business transacted next Monday
Sept. 18th. J. II. PLAUT & BRO.
KIsTNER grows pears that weigh
pound
The fresh oyster season Is with u
again, but-we're not with the oysters.
JUDGE Juo. w Wiugare takes tn
blue ribbon on the best apples and ounce.
JAS. CoRMAN is awarded the PIE
MUM for the best basket of peaches pre-
scented the Courier this season.
Take things as they are, aud max
the best out of them. That is the onl.
true and practical philosophy.
Every man should take his county
paper, but he should lake it from the ofilc,
and not from his neighbor.
Watermelous, are among the mos
vicious fruit, that can be eaten, if eaten
after being pulled some days.
The Combs Springs, near Hickman
IN the hands of capitalists, would become
not only healthful, but a popular and
fashionable resort.
Some friends think there will be as
many as 5000 people to hear the distin-
guished Kentuckian. Hon. J. Proctor
Knott, at Hickman, Wednesday the 26th
of this month. The indications are they
are coming from every direction.
Professor Tice, weather proguosti
Gator of some repute. predicts that we
VIII have an early fall The cool nights
of the past week indicate that the Profess
sOr knows what he is talking about.
An exchange thinks It strange that
a man will spend hundreds of dollars 10
find sinner in heather lands, when with
a twenty cent looking glass be could dnd
missionary work for lifetime
Tie Mobile and Ohio railroad i to
be extended to Cairo, leaving Columbus
out in the cold. This will also leave the
Iron Mountain without a connection az
that point, which if, it be true, viii force
that road TO seek a connection at HEX
man.
Judge Robertson, of Ia District
thinks that Magistrates, haveAo authori-
1. to try cases of breaches of the peace
that they have no jurisdiction under -,
present code in such cases. They should
be tried only before Police or Circuit
Courts ~
Judge uts.ey, in the Clinton Dem
oerat-TemFetauee column, says, the
Option law is Seing brought iu,o disre-
pate by fasraFt violations, and that ia
every instance where it has been repeal
ell, the people iave become Iisgus;el with
its non-enforceuent and no fault Of the
law.
Il I aoa,ls S eaIf 10 sigs fBi7 goaa'y had
aud the calf is now as large as the moth
er. Also, Ir Hi ram Hawkins, had "a COW
TO give birth TO calf about the size Of "A
large house cat, and it remains the same
size-never growing any since lis birth.
The Mayfeld Democrat should ex-
plain that horrible story. which IL printed
several weeks since, about an old Ballard
county farmers little daughter being alb
Quoted by a negro, and that negro SKIM
ed alive by the neighbors at the child
request, etc Come, Mrs. EIitress, whence
originated this story
CCOTCH Plaid Dress Goods, the latest
- styles eut-only 10 cents per yard
'1 .sP ana see them J. H. r1AuSa BRO.
SOMETHING GooD.-The Fair for
1877 in Fulton county, commences
wednesday Sept. %, and continues four
days We are in receipt of the premium
list and can assure our readers that they
are worth competing for. They range
from $50 down We are informed by
the Secretary, Judge Kingman, that it
will be the best fair that has been held
since the var The speed ring has been
enlarged, amphitheatre renovated, and
everything prepared for a good time gen
orally. Hon. Proctor Kuou, will address
the people at the opening FULTON Times
The F4adEcS
IKE for j. r. BROWN to sell the
4 Trump, for the men will smoke, aud
they get nearer the worth of their money
out OF it than any other. laug3l
The saddest words of ali are, at I.
might have been" This is what all may
we'll say when the golden opportunities
of the present have passed and they have
not laid in what they need, while GHoL-
son is here offering splendid Goods at
such remarkably low prices. See and be
convinced Good Handkerehiefs, Ladies'
or Geuts, at cents; Good Hose. s to ~
cts, pair Good Half hose, 80 cts; } pa
pers Pins, 10 cts; best Needles, ) cts good
Thread, 6 spoels for p cts; best Prints, ,
to cts; Ginghams, 10 10 cents good
Ticking, 10 TO Is cts; good Cotton Elan
mel, 8 to Is cts; Table linen, very cheap;
good Corsets, &C to 80 cts; good Shoes,
from 81 to 81 -; double fold Alpaca,
from % to 30 cts; Jaens, very cheap nice
Cassimeres, worth 81 5Ofor 81. We only
want an opportunity TO show our goods to
convince you. We defy competition. We
have secured the services of Mr.. JoHN
AIILLEr, the Old dry goods merchant
whose name is sufficient guarantee that
we mean what we say. DO not listen to
others, but come and see for yourself
Every body treated alike, with politeness
a nd attention. F.. F. GH0LSoN,
Davis Old Stand, Clinton ST., Hickman.
j. X. Brown.
Has one of the most complete Family and
Fancy Grocery Stores ia town. laprZ'
THE BENEFIT OF FAIRS Chicago
RnraI. We observe in some of our ex-