The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-29
snow II Hickman. Wednesday.

Snow IN fllcAmdn, houuSS~aJ-
The old Commercial Hotel is to be
called The Laclede House, and will he CON.
pleted for occupation next week, probably.
DIR Raeland's Celebrated Relief. is
a sure cure for nervous and sick headache.
For sale by Buck & CowGlLL. aug9 1t
Prof. p. G Halybnrfon, late princi-
nal of the Hickman Male Academy, is to
take charge of an academy near Augusta,
Georgia.
The prices ofsome articles are eighteen
per cent. lower than before the war.
Corn has not been so low since 1876.
excepting in 1851, cotton not so in twenty
three years and mess pork since 1912.
A large foundry and machine shop
is now to be erected in Union City, to
commence about January lst. Sneh in
situations. it is said has doubled the val
ne of real estate in that town, and there
is no property there for rent.
Now i the time to advertise. Bnsi
ness may be considered dull. but tell the
people of the city AMI country what yon
have through the columns of the news
papers. and yon win aid in reviying trade
especially your own.
DR.. Gober. OF Louisville we are
happy to announce. has decided to locate
in Hickman for the practice of his pro
fession. He is not only an exec llent ply
stefan, bnt the people of the town Of
Hickman ana the county Of Fulton are
deeply grateful to him for his noble ser
vices during the epidemic He viii step
square into an excellent practice. We
learn thar Gober & Faris will practice
jointly. A stronger firm could not bsser-.
ganized.
The Fulton Times corrects the re-
port which hal gone out, that the Benson
family, of that place, had yellow fever
last week 1t was pneumonia. 1t appears
to be fact that the local causes which
invites yellow fever to town in hos
weather. causes pneumonia, diptheria'
etc., in rhe winter. The best medical al (
vices agree that Fulton was only spared
a sweeping epidemic this summer BY the
promptness with which the town was de +
populated on the appearance of the first
cases. Fulton must clean up and drain
precisely, as Hickman is going 10 DO.
What il it that never fail. to cure
Rheumatism and Neuralgia? Raelands +
Lightning Relief. For sale by BuoE {
CGwGILL. [aug9-lt
Our school interests which we're so
completely broken up by The pestilence
are reviving with encouraging prospects
The free school has opened, AMI the three [
teachers have as much as they can do (
Mrs. Reulhsc's female academy will re-
sumo the first Monday in January, and 4
Miss Belle Fortune will also resume her
music classes on the same day. Prof. +
Flowers contemplates a male cademy /
Prof Haly burton having declined re-
turning, aud Mrs McMurry, we learn, I
has organized private school. Mrs
Mahoney, great favOriie with her old
patrons, we are advised, viii soon retarn.
Hickman, and all the towns on the
Mississippi, are greatly interested in the
vigorous effort that is to be made before
Congress, which convenes next Monday,
for the Inauguration of system of ina
proving the Mississippi by the National
Scarcely lit lie creek in
New Englfnd which does not receive
more government aid thau the great Fa-
Their of Waters, while railroad lines have
Toasted in aiillions. This old river has
been neglected AMI lie gisated againt m
til her commerce is comparatively ruined,
and the towns along IFS banks share the
same want of prosperity The Co0RIEn
rieI to make this question the issue in
,ur recent Congressional race, bat the
leaders rulel TO she contrary. and made
he fight on conventions. money,
,nd othe r non practical iss ucs. No one
knows how Col. Turner. our new member
elect. stands on levying the Mississippi
,r kin lred questions, that more than
my thing else interests oar people. We
know how lie stands as to convent lions,
etc, but there IS nothing in All that that
concerns the material welfare of this
The member from this Dis
riet should not only stand in favor of
hese Mississippi river improvements, the (
best system that Congress VIII give as
'nt should work vigorously AMI actively
or sach accomplishment We believe
'ol. Turner will vote call r5cht on such
but, as II was not an issue
n the canvass. the people shoail. in som e
way. make known their sentiments an
interests. that he who represents this (
District. may WORK.